Chapter 4: Three Girls

Passing through the wooden passage of the docks, the cloaked trio turned into a shopping street that was not suitable for fast running, and the hem of the wide cloak kicked up dust on the ground and knocked over the stalls. They bumped into several humans and monsters, and fled awkwardly, causing a lot of grumbling around them.

"Stop them!"

Yaleb shouted loudly, but his voice was distorted by the unsteady breath of the violent running and the inaccurate pronunciation, and the others who could not understand what he was saying just looked at them in confusion.

The goblin wizard behind Areb chanted magic, and two fireballs ignited the canvas in front of the shop, causing the pedestrian to flee and the entire shopping street to become even more chaotic.

"Stupid, stupid! Don't use magic here! ”

Areb ran and shouted a reprimand at the goblin wizard who unleashed his magic.

Originally, there was still a certain distance between the two sides, but because the three of them chose this more crowded road, which was more beneficial to the shorter goblins, this distance was constantly being narrowed.

Seeing that they were about to be chased by the goblins, one of the three pushed the shelf with fruit next to him, ignoring the screams of the shopkeeper, and rolled oranges, apples and other fruits down the road.

"This obstacle doesn't bother me!"

Laughing inwardly at the boring obstacle set by the other party, Areb leaped swiftly over the fallen shelf, and the four goblin warriors followed closely behind, but the goblin wizard who was concentrating on practicing magic was not so agile, tripped over the rolling fruit, and fell to the ground.

"Hmm, it's useless!"

Areb frowned as he saw his men fall in embarrassment in front of everyone. It would be a shame for these three guys to dare to cause such chaos on their own turf. And it will also make the owner you respect question your own ability, so, absolutely, you must not let them escape.

Somehow, because of the fierce chase or the heavy mental pressure, Areb felt a little out of breath, but when the three of them turned into a dark alley, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his breathing became smooth again.

Areb followed the goblin warrior into the alley, and at the end of his vision was a wall. That's right, this alley is a dead end, and it seems that the clumsy trio is really bad at escaping.

At this time, the goblin guards who had rushed to check on the situation due to the riot gathered one after another.

"You can't run anymore, just grab it!"

Areb shouted triumphantly as if a hunter had caught his prey, but the only few sentences he had learned in human language did not express this meaning, so it was not said in human language, so the other party should have heard meaningless screams.

However, the three who ran fast did not stop. The man who had attacked Areb earlier drew his sword, and the sword emitted a red glow like flames.

"Everyone, be careful!"

Judging that this was some kind of martial arts skill, Yareb issued a warning. The goblins quickly removed their shields hanging from their backs to block vital points.

“!”

The blade glowed red, but instead of the pursuing goblins, it was directed towards the wall in front of them.

A violent explosion rang out, and the gusts of wind that followed caused a scorching sensation, and a large amount of rubble in the middle of it created a "crackling" crash on the goblins' raised shields.

"Has anyone been hurt?"

Areb waved his round shield to block the last few pieces of flying rubble, and asked his men.

"Chief, we're fine!"

The unanimous answer behind him was full of confidence.

The dust kicked up by the explosion reduced visibility to some extent, but it was more than enough to see what was ahead. A large hole had been pierced in the center of the wall, and the edge of the hole had some black marks that resembled burning, and the light from the opposite street cast into the somewhat dark alley, and the two figures ran out quickly towards the light source.

Wait a minute! Two?

At this moment, the goblins' dwarf vision was blocked by a dark shadow.

"Goblins, don't be too arrogant!"

The man who broke through the wall blocked the hole with his body, and the arm in delicate hand armor that reached out from under the cloak grabbed the corner of the cloak, and threw it into the air with all his might.

The figure that emerged from the wide cloak had short red shoulder-length hair, and because of the light on her back, her appearance was indistinguishable, but judging from her bumpy slender figure and crisp voice, she should be a woman.

"You're no match for her, stand down!"

Areb stretched out his hand and signaled to his subordinates to give him enough room to fight, although Areb could only understand the words "goblin" in the other party's words, but from her tone, it was certain that she was not begging for mercy.

In order to become a subordinate who can help the master, I have been working hard to practice martial arts, and now is the time to test the results!

Areb said inwardly, pulling out his short knives from his waist at either side.

Goblin Blade Stream!

"Lanka, don't you really need me to help you get it? Would you like to take a break? ”

Nina blushed and looked at Lanka beside her, and said embarrassedly.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's not heavy at all! It's true! ”

Although sweat was oozing from his forehead, Lanka still showed a relaxed smile.

He held in his hands a number of bags that were propped up as if they were about to explode, and the daily necessities inside almost completely blocked his vision. Luckily, the streets weren't as crowded as they used to be, otherwise he would have fallen several times along the way.

Due to the decline of the population, a large number of vacant houses appeared in the city, so the humans who remained in the kingdom lived in the city, and Nina and her three siblings moved to Sivalan at the invitation of Lanka.

There are now less than a thousand human soldiers in the Principality of Basol, half of whom remain in the royal capital of Fortress, while the other half are sent to Sivaran to assist the goblins in maintaining law and order, to make up for their lack of proficiency in the human language. As a trusted man in both Kilgaru and Korod, Lanka was appointed lord of Sivaran and the surrounding territories.

After a period of busyness, it was hard to arrange all the matters and take a break, and Lanka, who was able to take a break, happily came to visit Nina. happened to meet her to go out to buy daily necessities, so he took the initiative to become her flower messenger. When the merchants saw that the lord had come in person, they gave away a lot of goods in order to curry favor, which is why the bags in Lanka's hands would be piled up in the shape of a small mountain.

"Bang!"

Just when the two of them were talking and laughing and passing by an alley, two people suddenly rushed out of it, and Lanka, who was holding a large number of items and had no time to dodge, was knocked into the square.

In a different tone of exclamation, the contents of the bag scattered, and a small man in a cloak crashed into Lanka's arms, and the two fell to the ground together.

"Ah, it hurts, it hurts!"

The little man rubbed his head and sat up from Lanka's body, revealing a somewhat childish cheek from the fallen cloak and hat. It was a beautiful girl between sixteen and eighteen years of age, with long, wavy blond hair and eyes as clear and watery as a lake in the sun.

Lanka came back to his senses from the impact, just in time to meet the eyes of the girl sitting on top of him.

The girl found the handsome young man on the ground, his cheeks were red, and his hands were waving wildly in a panic, and Lanka, after seeing a woman sitting on his body, immediately pushed her away, and then glanced at Nina with some embarrassment.

"Oops, you stoned me!"

The other person who rushed out of the alley with the blonde girl was a dark-haired girl with freckles on her cheeks, and some of the goods that had been knocked into her fell on her. She was lying on the ground moaning in pain.

Lanka quickly stood up from the ground, and when he saw the blonde girl with the sword at his waist, his eyes flashed as if he had seen a life-saving straw. She immediately rushed to Lanka, took his hand, and pleaded, "Please, please help us, there's a group of goblins chasing us, it's so strange here!" Monsters everywhere! ”

Lanka tried to withdraw his palm from the girl's hand, but she held it too tightly.

"This young lady, please calm down, I think you have misunderstood, here is ......"

As soon as Lanka tried to explain, a scorching gust of wind blew out of the alley. So, Lanka subconsciously protected the blonde girl on his chest.

Then there was a violent explosion, and two figures flew out of the alley and landed on the street. One of them is a girl dressed in delicate orange-red armor and short red shoulder-length hair, instantly reminiscent of flames. And the other, no, not strictly human, he was a goblin in shining silver armor.

The two seemed to have gone through quite a fierce fight, both gasping for breath.

"Stop it!"

Lanka jerked his hand free from the blonde girl's grasp, and an arrow stopped between the two who were about to continue their move.