At the mouth of a rocky cavern covered with rubble, Galadia stopped.

"This is it. ”

Griffith looked inside, and it was an ordinary cave, a winding tunnel that was more than one person tall enough to allow several people to walk in parallel until it reached into the invisible depths.

"Spread out and check if there's an exit nearby," Griffith said, "and the man with the shield will go down with me, and the others will hold here." ”

The elf bit her lip and plucked up her courage to say, "I'm going too." ”

According to the prior arrangement, half of the militia followed the captain to secure the rear road, and Griffith and Galadia covered each other and advanced along the dark cave passages. In this narrow cave, more troops could not be used.

The unbearable stench was getting stronger, and Griffith was a little worried that the torches would cause explosions or suffocation in this place.

"Ahh In front of them, large and small eyes flashed in the darkness, looking at the humans outside with extremely vicious gaze.

Goblins...... Griffith beckoned, and four militiamen armed with wooden shields immediately stepped forward, forming a strong defensive line.

"Prepare for battle!" shouted the midshipman, who had no plans to hide his tracks from the beginning, "Galadia, do it!"

The elf ignited the feathered arrow and shot it into the eye in the darkness. Then came a scream and the sound of falling to the ground. Bright flames set the goblin's corpse on fire, illuminating the path ahead.

"Boom!" the goblin guards immediately swarmed out and lunged towards the shield defense ahead.

Galadia shoots a dazzling barrage of rockets through the crowd. Her rate of fire was extremely fast, and the sound of arrows and chords merging into the sound of tearing sackcloth. The flames even formed a line and swept over the enemies in front of them.

Griffith was shocked. In last night's battle, Galadia's archery skills were indeed superb, but not to the extent of exaggeration. The elf's wrists and arms look slender and delicate, but the explosiveness and persistence of this burst of fire have surpassed those of the wrestlers in the army. Even the strong, skilled archery veterans couldn't match her.

Could this be the extraordinary of the "Ranger" path!

The dense fire knocked down a dozen enemies one after another, sweeping away the shadows that rushed towards them. The flames and grease from the arrows ignited the shot goblins and illuminated the dark caverns.

Griffith put one hand on the shoulders of the front-row militiamen.

"Forward. ”

The team stepped past the dead goblins and headed into the depths. As they walked around a corner, a dozen more monsters suddenly pounced out of the darkness.

"Steady. ”

"Boom!" the screaming goblin slammed into the Wooden Shield defense. The militiamen couldn't see clearly in front of them with their shields, only a dozen small monsters were wielding a variety of weapons and beating desperately.

"Attack, kill them!" Griffith took the lead and stabbed his spear down from the top of his shield, nailing a small monster to the ground on the spot.

The militiamen in the back followed closely behind, constantly thrusting through the gaps in their shields or from above. The goblins crowded in front of the shield were slaughtered in the blink of an eye.

A third wave of attacks soon followed, and a dozen more goblins pounced. This number is presumably the maximum number of goblins that can be thrown in a single time in the cave. In a narrow space that could not be detoured, no matter how hard these goblins tried, they could not penetrate the defense line of the large wooden shield in the hands of the militia.

"Replace!" Following Griffith's command, the militia in the second row took advantage of the gap in the battle to replace the militia in the first row with their shields, and the replaced soldiers were unscathed, and retreated to the back to drink water and rest with a relaxed face.

Then the fourth and fifth waves of goblins attacked, and with the help of spears and shields, they left a few corpses behind and retreated into the depths of the cavern with a wild scream.

"What a sinister tactic~" Galadia hasn't had a chance to attack again since she first shot a round of bows and arrows, "Last night, too, and now, your tactics make the goblins unable to exert their power at all." Is this the kind of war experience you learned from the front?"

If these goblins rush up together, they may be defeated by a rain of arrows. Griffith shot a corpse on the ground, and said calmly:

"War is unscrupulous. Exhaust the enemy's physical strength and courage with defense, and rely on formation to fight unorganized stragglers, so that we can leave the battlefield alive, and this is not called a war, at most it can be regarded as a war of law and order. Notice that the road ahead has become wider. ”

After breaking through this road, the human militia reached a large circular cavern. It's so spacious that it's no longer a road that four militias can block.

"Let's get some light!"

Galadia and the militiamen in the back row threw torches and straw piles in front of them, illuminating the large hole in front of them, and only then did they see the whole place.

"Vomit ......"

The moment they understood what they saw, several militiamen vomited.

Inside this spacious cavern, four or five mutilated human bones were scattered on the ground. There were still strips of torn cloth hanging from the bones.

Three young women were crushed to the ground naked, beaten and gnawing wounds all over their bodies, and disgusting filth smeared everywhere.

These ugly, obscene goblins dare to ......

Galadia gritted her silver teeth and trembled with rage. The militia on the side was also furious after vomiting, panting for breath and about to rush forward.

Griffith nervously glanced around the scene and was surprised to find that there were only about fifty ordinary goblins.

What's going on? Where is the top species to gather the goblins? There are no goblin warriors?

"Steady, don't move!" Griffith, realizing that the situation was not good, "everyone, hold your positions and don't scatter." ”

But everyone present was carried away by anger and humiliation, and everyone was ready to go up to take revenge.

Just then, a naked goblin suddenly lifted the lower half of the woman in front of it and slashed at her flesh with its sharp claws.

"Ah!" screamed the dying girl.

Hell, Griffith grabbed Galadia's hand, who was about to rush up. Beside him, the angry militiamen roared and swarmed up, rushing at the little monster in front of him without formation.

"Stop, it's a trap!" Griffith shouted in vain. His cry was only a reminder of Galadia. Before the militia could pass through half of the cavern, the soft ground suddenly collapsed.

"Wow!" three or four militiamen fell into a hole in the ground filled with sharp stakes and were killed instantly. The rest of the people panicked.

At this time, more than fifty goblins rushed up and besieged the chaotic militia with all kinds of weapons.

Galadia hurriedly bent her bow and fired, knocking down several of the strongest and swift goblins, and then immediately attracted a large group of enemies to besiege them from all sides.

"Stand back, back into the tunnel!" Griffith threw his spear and raised his shield to defend as he drew his sword and attacked. The longsword was not suitable for wielding in the dimly lit caverns, and he patiently looked for opportunities to stab, killing a goblin with each blow.

The besieged militia gradually fell, and the rest were forced to retreat into corners and put up a desperate resistance.

"Hold on a little longer!" said Galadia as she ran out, blowing a whistle and calling for help to the militia outside the cave.

But instead of the militia rushing to help, there were screams and shouts, as well as the sound of swords.

Griffith and Galadia fought and retreated, and it took a while to reach the entrance to the cave.

Under the dense shade of the trees, where the sun could not penetrate, the main force of the militia behind the palace had collapsed. Broken corpses lay on the ground, and the dozen or so remaining men resisted in desperate groups.

Before the two could see the scene, a huge and strong creature swooped down on them waving a thick tree trunk.

The two of them subconsciously flashed to the side and were almost hit.

In front of them was a three-meter-tall green-skinned creature. It's not as obscene as a normal goblin, with a rugged face and a body as thick as a bucket. The great stick in its hand was a broken trunk covered in flesh, blood, and bones.

"Goblin trolls!?" said Galadia's voice with surprise and panic. This is a variant of the Goblin that has a higher status and is more powerful than the Goblin Samurai and Shaman.

No wonder it was the shaman who led last night's attack. This troll is the ruler of these goblins.

"Click!" the goblin troll pinched its left hand, and the head of a human armorer it had held in its hand burst open like a crushed watermelon. The headless corpse was thrown to the ground, twitching slightly. It was only then that Griffith recognized from his leather armor that it was the warrior of the House of Aiden.

Thirty or so goblins followed the trolls, some besieging the remaining militia, while the rest scanned the slim elves from top to bottom with lustful eyes.

"Woohoo!" the goblin troll swept over with a giant club.

Its attacks were as unstoppable as a tempest, and the Cadet Knight and Elven Archers were repelled by the furious wind pressure before they were even hit. Galadia seized the opportunity and fired two arrows, sharp and piercing into the troll's chest as if they had been nailed to the walls.

The troll didn't even shake it. A strong body and fat are the best defenses.

If I fall into the hands of such a thing...... Can you escape now...... Galadia's heart was beating hard as she looked at the terrible creature, and her hands were covered with sweat as she clenched her bow and arrows. She first looked at the treetops above her head, but found that the distance was too far to reach, and couldn't help but look at the apprentice knight beside her with a pale face.

Griffith landed on one knee, stared at the goblin troll, slowly lowered the round shield in his hand, and breathed calmly.

The elf's eyes widened in surprise. In front of her, the crude chainmail of the human soldier seemed to be immune to fear, calm as a cold rock.

"Galadia," Griffith slowly got up and trotted towards the goblin troll, "shoot it in the head!"

As soon as it was too late, Galadia shot three arrows at the troll with lightning speed.

The troll raised its hand to block, and two eyeball-fired feathered arrows plunged into its arm, and another through its throat. However, the sturdy flesh was indifferent to the arrow that shot into the throat, and swung the stick at the humans in front of them.

The flow of time seems to have slowed down. Griffith, who was trotting, accelerated the moment the feather arrow hit, and the moment the troll raised the stick, he had already pounced at the enemy's feet.

The Cadet Knight landed on his knees, leaned back to the limit, raised his sword and slid between the trolls' legs. The blade of the sword sliced through the flesh, and before the red and yellow liquid could erupt, Griffith had already appeared behind the troll, and with a brace of his left hand, he leaped sideways from the gliding state.

"Whew!" the goblin troll fell to its knees with a twisted face. Before its knees hit the ground, Griffith adjusted his stance in mid-air, his sword stabbing into the troll's broad shoulder socket from top to bottom.

"Ahem!" the goblin troll didn't even have time to scream before the sword stabbed into the fat flesh that was not protected by the collarbone. It spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot, shook it and fell to the ground.

Galadia, who was still thinking about whether she could jump into the treetops to escape, couldn't accept everything that happened in this moment of lightning for a while.

Also shocked were the militia and goblins present. Before they even understood what had happened, the troll's terrifying body had slowly smashed to the ground.

Griffith drew his sword and swung a cold light at the goblin who was still in a daze, and the two heads flew up immediately.

"Huh!" the goblins who were present blew up their nests on the spot. The goblins, who were still besieging the militia, and the goblins, who were coveting Galadia, screamed at the same time, and ran away.

Without stopping, Griffith picked up a longsword from the corpse of the militia captain and dashed into the chaotic goblin with both hands. The little monsters howled and threw down the corpses of their companions, and fled into the depths of the forest without looking back.

"Win?" said Galadia barely believing her eyes. Goblin trolls are rare and powerful creatures, with incredible strength and vitality that allow them to fight against both Grand Knight and Elite Ranger.

How could it be so easy to be killed?

Griffith chased for a while, then immediately turned back and shouted to Galadia and the militiamen, who were still in confusion, "Take up arms, follow me, and we will go back to the cave to support!"

With that, the midshipman put his sword back into its scabbard, picked up a shield and led the way into the cave with the captain's sword in hand.

Galadia and the militiamen were stunned for a moment, and then they followed one after another.

There are scattered goblins pouring out of the cave. They apparently knew about the troll's plan to flank them, and thought they had the chance to win, so they walked unhurriedly.

Then they saw the trolls that had fallen to the ground and died, and Griffith, who swung his sword at them. The Cadet Knight smashed the head of a goblin with a swing of his shield, stomped one to death, and slashed two fleeing creatures with a swing of his sword.

The slow goblin was immediately killed by the advancing midshipman, and the rest of you pushed me and fled towards the cave.

Galadia and the militia followed, unable to keep up with the Griffith assault. By the time they reached the cave, it had become a flesh mill.

The thriving Griffith followed in the footsteps of the goblins, killing enemies who stopped and tried to fight back.

"Goo~" Some goblins seem to understand the situation. The return of the human warriors to the cave means that the powerful leader of the goblins has been defeated. The ugly-looking monsters all showed terrified expressions, and some even curled up on the ground and let out a cry of begging for mercy at Griffith.

Griffith did not heed the cries for mercy at all, wielding his sword and slaughtering the chaotic enemy. In the end, he not only saved the desperate remnants of the militia, but also drove the remaining goblins in the cave everywhere.

"Raise your shield!" Griffith stopped and shouted to the militiamen who had gathered, "drive them into the corner!"

The goblins, who had already been slaughtered, were immediately surrounded from all sides. Although they are more numerous than humans, they are crowded together and cannot be used, so they are forced into corners together.

Several goblins also tried to take the captured girls hostage, but they were shot by Galadia's longbow in the first place.

"Coo-coo!" The last dozen goblins were left with no weapons, and they huddled together, staring at the humans surrounding them with wide terrified eyes, purring like doves.

"They're begging for mercy. Galadia gestured to the huddled goblins.

"Can you get anything out of their mouths?" Griffith lowered his shield and drew another longsword from his waist.

"No, there is no superspecies. Ordinary goblins can take orders from the upper class, but they don't have the ability to speak, only the instincts to obey, eat, drink, kill, and mate, and even if they use mind-controlled magic, they can only obtain fragments of chaotic memories," Galadia said as she took out the medicine to treat the miserable three girls, "It's very difficult to get them to surrender honestly. ”

"It's useless. Griffith pushed the militia away and stood in front of the terrified goblin with his twin swords in hand.

"You don't have the concept of repentance, do you?

"That's all it takes. ”