Not waiting for a response, the man came running faster than any human Evrolk had ever seen, before he knew it he had already ripped the spear from his arm and was attacking his neck, which he only managed to narrowly dodge by throwing himself backwards. But taking advantage of the situation he sent his tail to attack the man's right side, in turn he immediately positioned his spear to block the attacks.
Twisting the spear he coiled around Evrolk's tail and struck near its base, scoring a deep but not mortal wound. Evrolk screamed and tried to kick him but was stopped by another fireball coming from the woman that exploded as it hit his chest and forced him back.
"Sofi no, you can't use magic in regency." Liem shouted back, he didn't even need to turn around to know that the woman he loved was on her knees and struggling to breathe.
"Don't... Fff, worry..... Aaaf about…. that.... So-"
"I know!!" He shouted without taking his eyes off his opponent but internally wanting to scream.
'But let me protect you, at least this time after all.'
Concentrating all the strength he could, Liem pulled the spear hard towards him, making a deep cut on the green creature's tail.
'Things have really changed, since when could goblins get so big?' He thought briefly, mistaking the creature for an ordinary goblin.
The creature in turn, when it managed to rebalance itself, stood on all fours pointing its horns at Liem, putting enough strength into its legs to dent the ground, it launched itself towards the human, hoping that he would dodge, giving a free path to the woman behind him. considered to be the weakest link. But instead he remained where he was and even had the audacity to put the spear in front, sensing danger Evrolk used all the strength of his muscles to deflect his head from the tip of the spear, causing it to hit the base of one of the horns, breaking a second and ended up deep in the shoulder.
"Uuuuuuurrrrraaaaaahhhhhh" the pain that Evrolk felt was only compatible with the pain of lightning, he felt the world turn black for an instant because of the pain. After all, the base of its horns had as many nerves as the base of its claws, losing one of them was like having its claws ripped out, causing incredible pain.
However, the human seemed to overestimate his own strength and as painful as it was to have half a spear buried in his flesh, the strength of his attack, added to the resistance of his skin and muscles and the force that the human put into the thrust, caused the spear to collapse. left allowing a full body impact. Worse for the human 2 heads smaller than him, who even ended up with some of his own spear stuck in a small part of his chest, it wasn't a serious injury but it was still enough to make him retreat and crash into a house.
Continuing the attack Evrolk ended up crashing into a house, getting up with difficulty he ran his fingers over the remaining stump of his horn and took it out hissing at the same time, not only did he already feel more acute pain in that area, but he could also swear that His head hung to one side, now without the horn and with a cut at the base of the other.
'How can these damned people dare to do this to me, TO ME!!! I'LL TEAR THEIR FAMILIES IN FRONT OF THEM, I'LL-'
He didn't have much time to continue with his vengeful reverie, as he soon felt familiar stabbing pains in some parts of his back, turning around he saw the older human already sending more of the branches towards him, instinctively Evrolk knew he was aiming for the injuries that had, especially the smaller ones to really cause damage. Forcing him to throw himself on the ground so that he wouldn't hit his two worst wounds, on his arm and chest.
Again Evrolk prepared the same attack he used with the other human, but this time he knew that this one would not have the courage to face him with brute force, and when he dodged out of the way, Evrolk would end up close enough to the woman, perhaps even could use it as shields to attack the strongest human.
This time his judgment was partially correct, Ivan would even have to deviate, but not without leaving a surprise. As the monstrous goblin lunged towards him, literally like an arrow, he launched his own arrows right into the stump of the horn that the man Sofi brought had left, as well as the horn that he had made a cut at the base of.
When Ivan's arrow hit the stump Evrolk involuntarily ended up turning his head and his arm instinctively moved towards it to try to reduce the pain, but in doing so he ended up killing the other already fragile horn, causing it to finally break, with There are two horns on just one side of the head. Evrolk actually tilted to one side, causing his attack course to fall apart and falling like a sack on the right side, destroying another house on the way and ending up further away from Sofi than before and closer to Liem.
Ivan, however, did not emerge unscathed from this attack, even though he dodged almost immediately after the arrows left his bow he was hit by the monster's right shoulder when he dodged, which ended up both dislocating his left and breaking his arm.
'Sorry, guys... but I can't take it anymore, you'll have to finish him off.' he barely managed to finish thinking before passing out right in the middle of the street.
Getting up, he no longer knew which time Evrolk took a deep, difficult breath three times, both to get his bearings in the midst of the pain and to try to define where he was and who was close to him. He realized that he ended up further than he would have liked from the human woman but still close enough to reach her, but before that a leg appeared in front of him forcing him into a weak defense.
Soon the strongest human appeared in front of him again, unarmed but Evrolk knew he couldn't underestimate him just because he was human, even if it was a poor defense Evrolk was still stronger than any normal human and he still managed to force- it back. Considering it normal would be a mistake that not even the most foolish and stubborn goblin could make.
Preparing for a fight with his fists, for the first time since waking up Liem was even grateful that he was technically wearing a skirt, as he could move with more freedom and flexibility than with his old armor. And the man with honey-orange eyes, older than anyone could imagine, was sure he wouldn't let that creature come close to his Sofi nor would he allow anyone else to be hurt or killed by him.
While the man and the giant goblin were fighting, Hannah, who managed to recover a little with Sofi's medicine (which she may or may not have added a little bit of diluted potion to), went to Matt's body and placed him in the safest place he could find. Ironically, it was where the spearmen used to fight the goblins, but the moment the giant goblin changed color, the man and Sofi appeared and Ivan managed to send him to the man again, it was enough for everyone to forget they were fighting and protect themselves from the waves of wind and energy released by the exchange of blows between the two.
She did the same with Ivan in the meantime and gave both of them the medicine, then looked at the state of the fight with each other gaining the upper hand but neither of them gaining the definitive advantage. As she watched the battle Hannah felt a light light enter her eyes when she saw where she was coming from she knew what she would have to do to win the fight.
But she knew that her chances were low on her own. It was then that she felt a tap on her shoulder and when she turned around, she could believe what she saw behind her. She signaled to the big goblin, as he gripped his ax, looking at him with a hatred that anyone could see.
Honestly, Hannah didn't like the idea of them helping, but at the moment it seemed like the best option, and against her better judgment she decided how they were going to finish off the goblin chief once and for all.