"Blessing Of Water Spirits."
He cast a buff on himself. Quickly jumping from the branch, planning to land behind the surprised Hobgoblin Leader.
As soon as he touched the ground and crouched in momentum, his sword swung outward leaving a deep gash behind the knees of the distracted Hobgoblin.
The leader screamed in pain and collapsed on the ground. He saw Darius smirking down at him, in rage he shouted to his subordinates, "Kill him!"
The Hobgoblin supported himself on his elbows and began to drag himself away from the battlefield.
That bastard hurt him too badly, he couldn't walk anymore. He also must have been the reason for those women to remain uninjured.
If he had known that this man would turn out to be so troublesome, he would have not ignored him.
He should have sent a few of his subordinates after him. It was a grave mistake to ignore the man as weak and let him escape, only for him to ambush them.
"Damn it!" The Hobgoblin cursed, "His Majesty is going to be angry."
He dragged himself behind a tree. Peeking from there, the assailant was fighting fluidly and killing many of his subordinates.
The two women hastily came to the man's aid. His subordinates would not stand a chance now. He quickly reached for his pouch on his waist, pulling out a vial of green liquid.
As he was about to pull off the cork, a rushing sound of crunching leaves and thumping invaded his ears. Recognising the noise, he hastened.
Alas, a kick threw the vial out of his hand. He drew a dagger immediately, attempting to stab the assailant's hips.
The man parried with his short sword.
The sword changed the momentum and cut off the equipped hand.
The Hobgoblin's other arm was pinned forcefully below the foot of the assailant.
Darius looked down at the grunting Hobgoblin, his hand pulled the monster's medium-long hair and asked, "Why did you attack these women?"
The Hobgoblin stopped struggling. Knowing that his time had come, he laughed loudly, "You have won today, Human. But next time our great Lord will personally come for your head. You never stand a chance against our great Lord. And when he comes, those women will become his breeding slaves and you will be cut limb by limb."
He laughed manically as he screamed, "Victory to the Great Goblin King!!!"
With that, his head was pierced by the sword of the raging Darius.
"Your Goblin King will die by my hands too." He spat in disgust.
Suddenly, a thicket behind him stirred. With movements abrupt, he dashed towards the cause with his sword.
There he saw, a Goblin running away in fear, "Damn it!"
He cursed while chasing it. That tiny fucker was fast.
He felt his buff disappearing, leaving him no choice but to stop. He could not take such unnecessary risks.
That Goblin would surely report the incident to its King.
If the Goblin King was as strong as that Hobgoblin said then he would have to prepare plenty to fight the Goblin King.
For now, he returned to the two women. They were collecting the unused arrows of the Goblin Archers.
He chuckled seeing Tiara telling her mother loudly, "I'm not going to eat Goblin Meat anymore."
"So much meat will go to waste. And it's not too bad." Fiona said, concerned about the corpses.
"I don't care! It's the worst-tasting meat ever!!" Tiara shouted, an adorable pout adorning her face.
Darius approached them saying, "It's not too bad though."
"Not you too, Darius." Tiara crossed her arms and turned away.
Fiona smiled seeing him, "I'm glad to see you fine, Darius."
When she first saw him not escaping from the battle and instead, climbed a tree. She wanted to beat him with a slipper.
But now, she was joyous that he didn't leave. If not for him, she and Tiara would have...
"Thank you, Darius. Because of you, we still live." Fiona said, smiling.
Darius coughed in embarrassment, "It's alright. That's what friends are for."
'Shit! I friendzoned myself.' He felt like crying. This was called taking a flying arrow in your ass.
"Friends?" Fiona asked, the word sounded unfamiliar.
"Friends!?" Tiara exclaimed excitedly, "Are we really friends, Darius?"
"Of course we are. Do you not want to be my friend?"
"I want to!" She quickly embraced him, squeezing her big breasts into his face, "We're friends!"
Fiona chuckled and gazed at the two of them softly for a while before interrupting, "You two can continue after we return home."
"Come here fast." Fiona approached the felled tree which was chopped into many pieces, "Help me load the wood in the cart."
"Okay!" The two replied.