At evening a group of adventurers came and warned the sisters and the other villagers about the goblin raid.
After dinner both the sisters went to all the rooms and warned the children of the raid. They shut all the windows themselves as they left.
" So are we going to fight the goblins or not ?" Grisella asked Gojo.
" Yes, we are definitely hunting them. This is one of the best chances for us to level up. Also there will be those hobgoblins so the villagers won't be safe, if we do nothing. " Gojo replied. Grisella nodded without saying a word.
Gojo had heard about hobgoblins from Sister Isabel. These goblins were a little taller than an adult human and were very strong compared to normal goblins. They could easily knock down walls of any village house.
That was why they were so feared.
It was around midnight. Grisella felt someone poking on her forehead. Opening her eyes she saw Gojo standing beside with a wide his face.
Lowering his voice as much as possible he said " Let's go " and then gestured towards the door. Both them tip toed their way outside.
In the village two goblins were scouting the surroundings. They had been ordered by their leader to scout the village for any adventurers. As they looked around they noticed two human figures approaching them from far away.
The two figures were Gojo and Grisella. Seeing them come their way the goblins charged at them with their daggers. Gojo grabbed one of them and broke it's neck. Grisella struck the other one down with her sword.
After killing the two goblins the both of them waited for the others to arrive. They didn't have to wait long.
It was group of dozens of goblins. There were dozens warriors and archers, two mage goblins and two hobgoblins. Gojo was first one two step forward. He nonchalantly walked towards the goblins closely followed by Grisella.
The huge goblins rushed at Gojo with alk that they had. Several arrows were fired at him but thanks to infinity nothing happened. He started running through the goblins killing many of them by hitting them with small rocks he had gathered using lapse blue technique. He was aiming to slay the hobgoblins.
As he reached for the first hobgoblin all the goblins surrounded him. Grisella rushed to rescue but she couldn't. There were two many goblins standing in her way.
In front of her eyes Gojo was struck by arrows fired at him and one of the hobs struck him with a short sword. Gojo fell to the ground covered in blood.
Grisella felt defeated, what would she do now ? what will she answer to the sisters ?
is the village doomed now ? She was lost in these thoughts when she heard.
" Nah I'd win "
Surrounded by goblins on all sides Gojo stood his body was covered in blood. More importantly he had finally acquired the reverse cursed technique.
The goblins were taken aback by this but one of the hobs charged at him with it's sword. Gojo stretched out his right hand pointing his middle finger and index finger. There appeared a small red orb at the end of his fingers. It was pretty small, after all it was level one.
Nevertheless Gojo shot the red orb of energy at the hobgoblin. It struck the goblin's eye and made a small hole. The hobgoblin fell to it's feet and Gojo punched it's face with all his power. The made a hole in the middle of it's face and it dropped dead.
Picking up the short sword that the hobgoblin dropped Gojo rushed at the other one. The other hob tried to strike him many times with it's sword but all in vain.
Gojo had coated the sword with some cursed energy. With this sword he struck in the leg of the hob. The hob then fell down on the ground. Gojo delivered the final blow at the back of it's neck.
With the two hobgoblins dead the entire goblin army fell in chaos. Gojo turned towards Grisella and said
" Now is the time to strike Grisella, kill as many as possible. We will be level up now. "
Grisella though shaken by the previous incidents, gathered herself up and charged at the goblins with her sword. Both of them massacred almost the entire goblin army with very few escaping into the forests.
After killing the goblins Grisella went over to Gojo and asked
" What was all that ? How did you pull that ? You literally came back from dying. "
Gojo who had drained out all his energy replied " I'll tell you later. You see I am tired. So let's have conversation later. "
Grisella wasn't pleased at his words but seeing him tired she didn't argue back.
Around dawn a group of adventurers made their way Seldis village.
" Do you they'll be alive till now captain. There were hobgoblins in the group as well. "
said Grisha one of the adventurers.
" I hope they are alive. Otherwise our visit will be for nothing. " said Wynn, the leader of the group.
As soon as they reached the village, they were greeted with a gruesome sight. There on the roads of village lay goblins torn apart, twisted and slashed up. Even the hobgoblins were dead.
" Captain ! Looks like some other adventurer group made their way here before us. " said a surprised Grisha as he looked around.
However, Wynn didn't seem convinced. If the goblin attack took place at night the adventurers would have come here at night. Who would have come to protect a small village at night ?
These questions kept lingering throughout his mind.