As I arrived at the Mayor's mansion, the sounds of clanging armor and murmured conversations filled the air.
The soldiers were gathering in front of the mansion, their faces set with determination. I scanned the crowd, my eyes locking onto Joseph and the others.
I walked towards them, my footsteps echoing off the stone pavement.
As I stood beside them, I asked Joseph for the current situation. He shook his head, his brow furrowed in concern. "I don't know," he replied.
"According to the Mayor, this hasn't happened before since the infestation started." I nodded, my mind racing with the implications.
Just then, a voice spoke behind me, its tone emotionless. "Hey." I turned to see Katherine standing there, her eyes fixed on me with an unyielding intensity.
She raised her fist, a small smile playing on her lips. "Let's do our best." I nodded, bumping her fist with my own.
As we stood there, the Mayor emerged from the mansion, his face flushed with urgency. He addressed the soldiers, his voice booming across the courtyard.
After a brief speech, he called us forward, introducing us to the soldiers as the ones who would deal with the shaman and hobgoblin.
The Mayor's words were like a spark to dry kindling, igniting a fire of determination within the soldiers.
They cheered, their voices echoing off the walls as the Mayor gave a few more motivational speeches. Finally, he sent the soldiers off to their posts, leaving us to discuss our plan.
Joseph, Viona, Jessica, Grant, Katherine, and I huddled together, our voices low as we discussed our strategy.
Joseph's eyes locked onto mine, his expression serious. "My party and I will handle the shaman," he said, his voice firm.
"I leave the hobgoblin to you two." He nodded at Katherine and me, his eyes gleaming with confidence.
We nodded, our faces set with determination. With a final nod, we headed towards the wall, the sounds of clashing steel and screams growing louder with every step.
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As we climbed up the wall, the sounds of clashing steel and screams grew louder, a cacophony of chaos that seemed to shake the very foundations of the wall.
The city guards hauled us up, their faces set with determination, their muscles straining with effort.
As we reached the top, we rushed to the edge, our eyes scanning the horizon for a glimpse of the goblin army.
What we saw took our breath away. The goblins numbered in the thousands, a sea of twisted faces and wicked-looking blades that seemed to stretch on forever.
"WHAT THE FUCK?" I exclaimed, my voice lost in the din of battle. I turned to my side, and saw the horror etched on the faces of my party members.
Joseph's eyes were wide with shock, Viona's face was pale, and Jessica's eyes were fixed on the goblin army with a look of frozen terror.
Grant's face was set in a grim mask, his eyes scanning the battlefield with a calculating intensity.
Katherine's expression was, as always, unreadable, but her eyes seemed to gleam with a fierce light, a hunger for battle that seemed to burn within her.
As I looked out at the goblin army, I saw a trebuchet firing rocks at the wall.
But these were no ordinary rocks - they were enchanted, imbued with a dark and malevolent energy that seemed to shake the very foundations of the wall.
BOOM!
The trebuchet fired again, the sound of the impact like a crack of thunder, shaking the ground beneath our feet.
The wall trembled, the stones seeming to shudder and quake as the enchanted rock struck it.
"FUCK," I muttered, my mind reeling with the implications.
Even for a shaman and a hobgoblin, these numbers were just ridiculous. We were in for the fight of our lives.
Joseph's voice cut through the chaos, his words bringing a sense of clarity to our mission.
"Okay, maybe the numbers are more than we planned for, but the plan remains the same. We kill the shaman and hobgoblin."
He paused, his eyes scanning the battlefield. "Without their leaders, they're like headless chickens."
I nodded, channeling mana into my feet as I prepared to launch myself into the fray. "Then what are we waiting for?" I exclaimed, my sword at the ready.
With a burst of speed, I shot forward, landing in the midst of the goblin army.
My sword sliced through the air, cutting down goblins left and right. Heads rolled, bodies crumpled, and the sound of clashing steel filled the air.
BOOM!
A projectile whizzed past me, striking a goblin that had been heading straight for me.
The arrow exploded on impact, sending shrapnel flying in all directions. Goblins screamed, clutching at their wounds as they stumbled backward.
I charged forward, my sword slicing through the goblin ranks. A goblin tried to attack me from behind, but I was too quick.
I grabbed its dagger, crushing it into tiny pieces of glass. The goblin's eyes widened in shock as I turned to face it.
My hand glowed with a frosty aura as I reached out and grabbed the goblin's neck. "[Frostbite]," I muttered, my voice cold and detached.
Ice spread from my hand, engulfing the goblin's body. It let out a blood-curdling scream as it froze solid, its body turning into a statue of ice. I crushed it into tiny pieces, the sound of shattering ice filling the air.
BOOM!
I turned to see the rest of the party charging towards me. Joseph, Jessica, Viona, Grant, and Katherine were all fighting their way through the goblin ranks, their swords and spells cutting down the enemy with ease.
Hoooo!
The shouts of the guards echoed through the air as they rushed through the gates, joining the fray.
I nodded at Katherine, and we charged forward, our sights set on the hobgoblin.
As we fought our way through the goblin army, I slashed around me, goblin heads rolling to the ground with each strike.
I conjured three lightning spears, hurling them at the goblin army in front of us.
BOOM!
The lightning spears struck, sending goblins flying in all directions. The sound of thunder echoed through the air, the smell of ozone and smoke filling my nostrils.
As the smoke cleared, the goblins charged at us with reckless abandon, their eyes blazing with a ferocious hunger.
Katherine stood tall, her bow at the ready. She swiftly pulled three arrows from her quiver, their razor-sharp tips glinting in the moonlight.
With a fluid motion, she nocked the arrows on her bow, her fingers weaving a intricate pattern as she applied fire elemental mana to the projectiles.
The air seemed to shimmer with anticipation as she drew back the string, her eyes locked onto the goblin horde.
The arrows shot forth with a deadly whisper, their trajectory unwavering as they hurtled towards the goblins.
The first arrow pierced the abdomen of a goblin, its tip bursting forth from its back in a shower of blood and viscera.
The second arrow struck a goblin in the forehead, its brainpan exploding in a gruesome display of gore.
The third arrow ripped through the limb of a goblin, its bone shattering like brittle glass.
BOOM!
The arrows exploded, their fire elemental mana unleashing a blast of flames that engulfed the goblins.
The creatures shrieked in terror, their bodies incinerated in an instant. The sound of their screams was like a chorus of the damned, their bodies reduced to smoldering husks.
As the flames died down, the area was left in a gruesome state. Goblin bodies lay scattered, their limbs torn asunder, their faces frozen in perpetual screams.
The air was heavy with the stench of charred flesh and smoke, the ground slick with the viscera of the fallen goblins.
Krieek
And yet there were still more heading our way.