Blood tax

Chapter 6 Night Battle
There was a rustling sound from the dark bushes, and a small head with pointed ears came out.It glanced at the gate of the distant village, and was surprised to find that there were no guards there.

"Jie Jie Jie Jie!" There was a noise in the bushes, and dozens of goblins jumped out, holding various weapons and ropes and groping towards the village.

The two-meter-high fence was empty, and the goblins could use ropes to climb up.However, since the gate is not guarded, wouldn't it be better to open the gate and rush in?After all, climbing walls is no easy task for a little goblin.

The sneaky goblins gathered carefully in front of the gate to see how to pry open the wooden door.

"Whoo~ka~"

A goblin accidentally touched the door, and the two thick wooden boards were pushed open just like that.

“Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie!” The goblins burst into joy and rushed in while greeting the group behind.

Hundreds of goblins jumped out of the bushes in the distance and rushed towards the unsuspecting village gate.

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"They're here, are you sure you want to do this?" Galadia turned to look at Griffith, and pointed to the front again.

"According to the tactical action laid out earlier, you will win," Griffith said briefly, and then expressed his determination with his actions, striding out of the cover with a long spear.

The goblins passed through the main gate and found themselves on the left and right sides were two-meter-high low walls made of wood and dirt, filling the gaps between the houses, leaving only the road ahead.The little monsters walked quickly along the passage in the middle of the low wall, and they encountered a corner before they went far.

The group of attackers groped forward lightly, preparing for a surprise attack by the unprepared humans.

"Jie!" The lead goblin snorted as soon as he turned the corner, startling his companions.An iron spear pierced the goblin's eye socket and plunged deep into its head.

Griffith clenched the iron gun and pulled it back, stabbing the goblin next to him like lightning.

The goblin who was suddenly attacked immediately exploded, screaming and rushing towards the apprentice knight.Griffith felt like he had been hit by a hailstorm, with seven or eight hits and pains coming from his body.

Galadia was shocked to see it on the side.I saw a large group of small monsters swarming up, and in a blink of an eye, the tall apprentice knight was hung like a bunch of grapes.

The goblins slammed Griffith with daggers, machetes and hammers, piercing his leather armor and getting stuck in the mail.Griffith threw the spear, pulled out the dagger and stabbed two, then pulled out the long sword and raised it horizontally with his body.The two goblins that were smashing were peeled off like potato skins.

The vision in front of him suddenly became clear, and Griffith had already seen the goblin robbers rushing towards him in the darkness.For the time being, he didn't worry about his double-layered armor being penetrated, he calmly swung his sword to kill, and at the same time dexterously stepped back.

The goblins that came one after another screamed and rushed up, only to find that the humans in full body armor had retreated to the two rows of sharp wooden fences, and they hurriedly chopped down the goblins that had rushed to the ground one by one. .

With the cover of the wooden fence, Griffith did not worry about his flanks being attacked for the time being.Although the wooden fence is not high and it is not impossible to climb, the goblins still rushed towards him in the hasty encounter.

"Give me the shield!" Griffith stretched out his hand to the left rear, and immediately handed over a wooden round shield with a circle of iron around the edge.The apprentice knight took the shield in front of him, lowered his body and kept thrusting his long sword forward.Seven or eight young villagers also took out wooden spears and stabbed the little monsters from behind the wooden fence.

The long swords and wooden spears were like death gods, knocking the swarming goblins to the ground in the blink of an eye.

Although the number of goblins is far greater than that of humans, no matter how hard they try, they can't break through the breach of a double-armoured foot cavalry guard.The most ferocious and crazy goblin slammed into this line of defense, and was immediately killed by the blade, and the goblins who followed closely saw the same kind killed in the blink of an eye, and did not want to climb over the sharp fence. , they fell into panic, gathered in front of Griffith and cowered.

"Knights! A large group is coming up from behind!" the villagers watching from the roof shouted nervously, "a large group is passing through the gate!"

Hearing this, Griffith protected himself with a shield and waved his long sword to the back.

"Grease."

A nimble little boy nervously wiped the blood from the sword with a cloth, while another villager wiped twice with an oil-soaked cloth and wrapped it around the blade.

"ignition."

A torch was handed over, and the long sword was immediately wrapped in flames.Griffith felt the heat in his hand, swung his shield and long sword and rushed out.

The tall human being covered in armor suddenly rushed forward, and he was waving a long sword with flaming flames in his hand. The firelight illuminated his hideous visor, as terrifying as a Balrog crawling out of hell.

The goblins were startled by the scene in front of them, and could not help but take a few steps back, and then collided with the group that came behind.The back team of goblins, who were hurrying on their way, also had swords and short spears in their hands.

Griffith strode forward, splitting a head with a sword, and then swung the round shield and swept over.The smashed goblins let out a scream and fell back together.

"Attack!" Griffith turned his head and shouted, "Follow me! Drive them out!"

More than a dozen villagers behind the wooden fence saw that the apprentice knight was unstoppable, and they rushed up with their spears.

"Inflict a large number of casualties on the enemy in a short period of time, destroying their morale." Galadia recalled Griffith's previous deployment, "The effect is indeed obvious. Well, then see me next."

Leaping nimbly across the roof, the elf archer bent his bow and took aim at a target facing the straight path leading to the gate.

The goblin group that was on their way was hit hard at the corner, and they all retreated towards the road back.Several goblin leaders were crowded behind, pushing their subordinates forward while shouting.

Suddenly, a cold light flashed, and a strong goblin leader was shot through the forehead.Before the other goblins could react, another shouting leader had his skull thrown off, and the red-black liquid smeared the faces of the same kind around him.

The little leaders who were still shouting just now went dumb and stared in horror at the front of the darkness.

"Whoosh!" Another sharp arrow shot through the throats of the two goblins and pinned them to the ground together.

There was a sudden burst of fire in the darkness.A tall fierce god wielded a flaming long sword, pounced like a demon that had come out of a legend.Around him, a large group of lit goblins were covered in blood, screaming and being killed.

The entire goblin group suddenly only screamed in horror, and the front part, which was repelled by Griffith, retreated like a tidal wave.The little leaders who were urging the attack just now and their subordinates turned their heads and ran together, immediately forming a wave of trampling on each other.

"Priority to attacking the warriors in the enemy's army to prevent the opponent from recovering the organization," Galadia chanted Griffith's second request, "This is how the war in the East was originally fought."

Just as the goblins were crowding towards the main gate of the village to escape, a few villagers walked along the fence to the wooden gate and closed the gate from there, then dropped a few thick wooden boards to block the way out of the gate.

trap!Even the simple brains of the goblins immediately understood the current situation. Instead of attacking Griffith and the villagers who were chasing after them, they hurriedly started smashing the wooden boards blocking the exit.

Occasionally a few stronger goblins tried to counterattack, but they were immediately killed by Griffith's blade and Galadia's bow.The remaining goblins were all terrified, frantically digging a hole in the plank with the weapon in their hand, and then swarmed to the escape route.

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"What happened?" In the bushes hundreds of meters away, a goblin decorated himself with feathers and skeletons stood up and said, looking at the front door drowned in screams.

"Sir Shaman, the door is blocked." A clever goblin said, pointing to the front door blocked by wooden boards.

"I see," cried the shaman, "I mean what's going on inside."

As soon as he finished speaking, a thin goblin emerged from the gap in the main entrance and ran towards the place where the shaman was hiding with his bare hands.

Before the shaman could decide whether to come to help, a feather arrow cut through the darkness and hit the back of the goblin fugitive's neck.The runaway fell to the ground with a plop and twitched.

Another goblin got through the breach, and was pinned to the ground just after a few steps.

An even more shrill cry erupted from the position of the main entrance, and a third goblin emerged from the darkness.But before he could get out of the gap, a powerful force grabbed its calf and dragged it into the darkness again.

"Jie!!" The goblin screamed, desperately waving his hands towards the shaman in the distance, and then disappeared into the pitch-black hole.

With a scream, the main entrance of the village fell silent, leaving only the big hole in the plank staring eerily in the direction of the goblin shaman.

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What should I do... retreat... I should retreat at this time!The goblin shaman was sweating with nervousness.Half of the subordinates sent out have all disappeared in this small village, like feeding a terrifying giant beast without a burp.

However, if you retreat, you will not be able to complete your mission...

"Will they come again?" Galadia leaned over the low wall, staring into the dark distance.

"It's possible," Griffith said as he stepped on the corpses and looked up at the elf above him, "Why do you think so many goblins attacked the village?"

"Why? Isn't it for plundering livestock, food and people?" Galadia tilted her head and asked, "What else can these low-level monsters do?"

If so... Griffith extinguished the flame on the blade and said to the villagers behind him, "Take away their weapons, then chop off their heads and put them away."

The villagers, who had not yet recalled the excitement and horror of the battle, heard this. Although they didn't know what the apprentice knight was going to do, they still took the axe as he said, and began to chop the head with the light of the torch.The entrance to the dimly lit village immediately rang out with a thumping sound of slashing.

(End of this chapter)