Going a little back in time a few seconds before the red-haired girl was brought to the hobgoblin...
"Shouldn't we do something?"
Ben who has been watching the situation nervously until now suddenly spoke up. The red-haired girl was being dragged out of the steel cage by the cuff of the neck by the goblin. He gritted his teeth as he clenches his fist in anger.
"Calm down let's not allow our emotions to get the better of us. I won't allow those goblins to do as they please with the lives of humans but, for now I want to think of a plan instead of just jumping in without thinking."
I said as I stared at the goblin with murderous intent. The only goblin that could potentially put up a fight would be that hobgoblin but, there was so many goblins present that it was difficult to count. My eyes turned to Nikita who was currently standing on my left with her crimson eyes flashing with killing intent.
"Hey, Nikita."
"Mm?"
She quickly came out of her daze and turned her focus onto me with a serious face.
"Do you think you could take care of those goblins down there? I'm going to deal with the hobgoblin myself."
"I see... I understand. If you want someone to wipe out the sheer number of goblins, then It's easy for me and with Alya's help it should be only a few minutes."
"Right, leave it to me, though. Make sure you don't slow me down, okay beast."
Alya said chuckling while gently placing her hand at her soft lips. Nikita's round shaped eyebrow furrowed slightly when hearing Alya's comment.
"Hmph, don't slow you down, that's my line! And I thought I have already told you before but, you should know your place."
"Oh? Well then how about we make a bet?"
"Hm, Bet? What kind of bet are you talking about?"
Nikita asks as she stared at Alya warily, for some reason she seems to be uncomfortable about making a 'Bet' with Alya. Though, I also feel something was bad about this bet, and when I heard the contents of it, I couldn't help but heaved a sigh. Alya's emerald eyes shone mischievously as she opened her mouth.
"Fufufu! it's not something impossible for you to do actually, if I kill the most goblin then I will be allowed to sleep in the same bed as Haruto tonight. But, if you kill the most then you have to sleep inside the same bed, well... what do you say? Ice princess."
She asked casually as she chuckled pleasantly to herself. Meanwhile Nikita stayed frozen in place with her mouth agapes for several seconds without speaking, at this point her usually pale cheek was now dyed a faint crimson color.
"Y-you... do you really think I'm going to do such an indecent thing? And you know an unmarried man and woman shouldn't be sleeping together, right?"
Nikita said in a stuttering tone but, Alya simply shrugged her shoulders without much care. I don't see why their making that kind of bet without my consent. Though, I guess no one is going to ask me how I feel about this? Honestly sleeping with beautiful woman on the same bed is rather stressful for me and would make it difficult for me to sleep.
Just when I was going to break up the two of them a loud plea entered my ear.
"N-No! Please d-don't. Please so-somebody h-help me!"
The hobgoblin stretched its hand outwards in an attempt to grab the red-haired girl, Tch! I guess I have no choice.
"I'm going to face that hobgoblin, Alya, Nikita makes sure those other goblins don't get in my way! And Ben stays here and don't move."
"Ori Loudis!"
I chanted the spell to raise my physical body and kicked off the ground leaping high into the air, at the same time I unsheathe the sword at my waist. The sparks from my coat flickered as I released my magic power to increase my defensive power.
Swoosh!
Thump!
"Grararara!!!"
The hobgoblin writhed in pain while holding his severed arm, glaring at me with eyes filled with madness. A clicking sound resounded as I place my sword to rest over my right shoulder.
"Gararara!!!"
A furious roar came from the hobgoblin's mouth as its severed hand small bits of flesh gathered together slowly its missing hand regenerated until it was completely back to its previous state. Seeing that I raised an eyebrow.
(This thing can regenerate, I guess in order to completely kill it I'll have to destroy its entire body)
At that I slowly brought my sword downwards and took a stance, while staring at the hobgoblin coldly.
"Hey, I'm sorry for scaring you but, could you go over there for a bit? Things might get really dangerous over here."
I gently turned my head slightly over my shoulder to look at the red-haired girl standing behind. her expression was truly pitiful as tears slowly trickled down her cheeks but, I pointed towards the place where Ben was currently hiding so, I could rest easy without worrying about her. As for the rest of the villagers since they were currently locked inside cages since they were not in any danger at the moment, I could focus on the hobgoblin without worrying.
"!!!"
From the corner of my eyes, I saw many goblins holding a spear suddenly they all threw it in my direction, the spears soar through the air at a tremendous speed. Tch, I clicked my tongue in annoyance as the spears drew near but-
Swish~ Swish~ Swish~
The spear was easily deflected as multiple flashes of silver light moving in rapid speed intercept them, in the air moving like that of a snake that refused to let its prey get away was Nikita's silver fox tails, like a whip she attacks using her nine silver tails easily blocking all the spears that came flying into my direction. For a brief instant my eyes met with her crimson eyes, she nodded her head before her pink lips curved upwards into a fearless smile.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
"Grarara!"
"Grarara!"
"Grarara!"
Wind in the form of blades came flying into their direction as the bodies of the goblins were cut to pieces without even being able to put up the slightest resistance. Standing on top of a giant rock watching over the battlefield with her long green hair swaying back and forth by the gently breeze while donning a gown that stretches to her knees was a beauty that could easily take one's breath away the 'Great spirit of wind' Alya.
She easily slaughtered fifty goblins in a split second with a wave of her hand. Many corpses of the goblins could be seen spread across the ground.
"Hehe he.... well, Nikita looks like I'm in the lead. I guess I'll enjoy hugging Haruto tonight."
Alya said as she hugged her body with her cheeks dyed red daydreaming. Hearing the words of Alya Nikita stopped in her tracks with a red face.
"H-hey you perverted spirit, don't lump me in the same category as you! And I'm not even serious yet!"
Nikita exclaimed as she raised her hand upwards. At the same time countless ice swords, ice spears, ice daggers materialized. She then clenched her fist before bringing her raised hand downward.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
A loud swooshing sound resounded as the goblins were mercilessly penetrated from all direction. Even the goblins who were equipped with shields were mercilessly cut to pieces either by a blade of wind or a blade of ice. There really was no escape. All the villagers inside the cages stared at the scene completely dumfounded.
".... Those girls really are monsters, aren't they."
Ben who was hiding behind the various boxes at the corner couldn't help but voice his amazement, at the same time the corners of his mouth kept twitching. The red-haired girl looked blankly at the scene before her while blinking repeatedly. For what seem like eternity the cave was filled with the screams of the goblins as though going through the worst kind of torture.
...
"...."
I stared at Alya and Nikita who were currently slaughtering the goblins left and right without caring if it was adults or children. Suddenly I couldn't help but feel a little sorry for those goblins.
"... Those two really don't know the meaning of the word remorse, do they?"
I mumbled to myself before turning back my attention back to the hobgoblin who was currently standing before me, the hobgoblin held a long sword that was roughly eight cm tall. With a speed unbefitting for its huge built the hobgoblin closed the distance between us and swung its sword vertically downwards.
Clang!
A clear metallic sound resounded as I blocked the long sword of the hobgoblin while holding my sword horizontally, the ground where I stood broke apart under the heavy pressure as a large crater of five centimeter in diameter was formed sending dust and dirt flying.
"Tch, I guess those muscles of yours aren't just for show. Huh? Well then I guess If I don't take this seriously, I'll be in a lot of trouble."
I muttered somewhat bitterly. If I hadn't raised my physical body earlier, I'm sure I would have easily been overwhelmed. I took a single step forward before forcefully pushing away the long sword of the hobgoblin, a loud creaking sounded, and sparks flew as our blades scrapes each other.
"Hah!"
I dashed forwards and swung my sword vertically upwards towards its chest but-
Clang~
Our swords clashed and we were both push back, I had to retreat four steps while the hobgoblin took two steps back. Even with my body strengthened the overwhelming difference in physical strength between us is still too great. Perhaps someone like Nikita could give you a good challenge. I thought before my right feet moved forwards, I then swung my sword so many times that they left afterimages multiple flashes of light closed in onto the hobgoblin.
"Grarara!"
However, the hobgoblin braced its sword as its muscles bulged repeatedly as it swung its sword drawing an arc midair, a metallic sound followed by sparks covered the area as we were once again pushed back by the recoil.
"In that case."
I then place my hand onto the ground.
"Mother of earth pierce my target, earth spike!"
"!!"
A large magic formation covered the ground, at the same time the ground shook as tall impalement protrudes from the ground. The hobgoblin senses danger and tried to gain distance between us. However, I unfortunately had no intention of letting him get away the ground of twenty diameter undulated as earth impalement more than twenty cm tall rose upwards from the uneven ground, piercing the body of the hobgoblins.
"Gararara!!"
Many other goblins who were fighting either Alya or Nikita with prefect union, were unprepared for the sudden attack, they panic as their battle formation was easily broke apart and they scattered around and ended up dying when the earth impalement protruded from the ground and got either their hearts or their heads pierced through after bumping into each other.
"Grararara!"
The hobgoblin stared at me with bloodshot eyes as it forcefully pulls its body that was impaled from the chest out, green blood trickled down its chest as it tightened its grip onto its long sword.
"Heh, I'm sure that must have hurt, right? But it's definitely not the worst pain you're going to experience here."
I said coldly while releasing killing intent. I also tightened my grip onto the hilt of my sword, while at the same time I raised my left hand towards the hobgoblin.
"Mother of fire burn my target, fire blast."
A magic circle appeared before my outstretched palm as a large torrent of fire gathered at the center condensing. The temperature risen causing everyone inside the cave to sweat intensely.
"Grarara!!"
Rumbled!!...
The hobgoblin charged forwards as it lunged its large body at an impressive speed causing the cave to shake constantly. From the magic formation before my outstretch hand a torrent of flame went into the direction of the hobgoblin engulfing him in a sea of flames.
(I guess they were right, you really do lack intelligence)
"Gararara!!"
The hobgoblin's face grimaced as it writhed in pain as it thrashed about while swinging its long sword inconsistently as though attempting to extinguish the flames covering its large body but, no matter how much it thrashed about its efforts bare no fruit.
"Well look at that, because of the intense heat it can't regenerate itself before the flames burn its body."
Alya commented as her emerald eyes shone faintly.
"Yes, If I remember correctly fire blast is the highest-level fire magic, right?"
"Yup, looks like my assistance wasn't needed this time."
Alya said shrugging her shoulders. I couldn't help but give a weak laugh. The screams of the hobgoblins had completely stopped at this point as the flames continued to burn fiercely but-
RUMBLE!!!...
BOOM!!!
A powerful tremor shook the cave as countless rocks from the ceiling started raining down.