Chapter 64
Translator: Raizu
Editor: Sushi
Chapter 64 – Goblin Rush
For the sake of reaching the other passage at the end of the room, we set foot into the suspicious room . I get Shisuha to put one hand on my back, as a countermeasure to prevent us from getting separated in case of another forced transfer .
[… . No surprises here . ]
[But it doesn’t seem to be a teleportation type trap this time . ]
The dreaded Magic Formation reared its unwelcome face yet again, the moment we progressed to the center of the spacious room . At the same time, walls rose up from the ground and sealed both passageways up .
Although I braced myself for another teleportation, particles of light started to overflow from the walls instead, as the light of the Magic Formation grew in intensity .
The particles gathered into lumps and moved to positions that surrounded us from all sides .
In contrast to my wariness, the lumps of light all turned into the most common purple Goblin .
[That got me all nervous for nothing!]
[They… certainly aren’t worth the spectacular lights show . ]
About 30 Goblins spawned around us, all of them raised their clubs and charged towards us at the same time . The situation of being surrounded by monsters like this should be considered dangerous .
But, our opponents are the weakest of Goblins . They wouldn’t pose any threat to us no matter how many of them surrounded us, we’ll just clean them up one at a time .
Both me and Shisuha can instagib them . In fact, I can defeat multiples at a time with a single wide Bar swing, and soon they were wiped out .
[It’s… not over yet . ]
[So it’s the sword wielders now . ]
Without letting us catch our breath, particles of light flowed out of the walls once again . They gathered into lumps again and this time, they became the sword wielding goblins that appear in this Labyrinth . You couldn’t really call them much of an upgrade from the most common Goblin, so there’s no big difference in how to deal with them .
When we annihilated the second wave, light flowed out from the walls yet again, and this time it was about 30 spear wielding Goblins .
What’s going on… how long do we have to do this?
[Aren’t they getting stronger with each wave?]
[That’s what it looks like… let’s not get complacent, and clear them out steadily . ]
[Yeah, you’re right . ]
The brawl went on as bow users, shield users, mages, Black, and Red Goblins appeared in sequence, with us defeating them all . Our opponents kept getting stronger as we progressed, which is kind of worrying .
We have yet to encounter enemies beyond the Red Goblin . If this event isn’t going to end, then we’ll be finding out what lies beyond soon enough .
The entrance and exit are still sealed . So this event isn’t ending any time soon .
I psyched myself up for the next wave, as light began to flow out of the walls again .
[Ugeh… What the hell are those?]
[Can they be considered bodybuilder Goblins?]
What appeared, weren’t the usual Goblins that only reached our knees in height, they were even taller than me . With their toned dark skin, bulging muscles and abs, they all have visually better physiques than me .
And there were about 30 of them naked machos surrounding us . Can I vomit now?
I definitely haven’t seen these guys before, Status check time .
●Evolutiogoblin Race: Goblin
Level: 45
HP:8000
MP:0
Attack Power: 550
Defense Power: 400
Agility: 80
Magic Resistance: 0
Unique Ability none
Skill Muscle Buster
They are sorta strong for Goblin standards? They certainly look strong, but their stats aren’t all that impressive . And they’re unarmed too, so I don’t feel very threatened at all .
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All the Evolutiogoblins that appeared took to a crouching position at the same time, they all then broke out into a run towards us with explosive momentum .
The Goblin that reached me first made a mighty right foot stomp, and threw a hefty left straight punch at me reminiscent of famous boxers of the past .
When that same fist struck my armor, a dull sounding thunk was produced . But I didn’t take any damage . The Goblin that attacked me on the other hand, its arm bent in a direction it isn’t meant to go from the wrist upwards . That’s kinda what happens when you hit my glorious armor with your bare hands .
I gave my attacker’s head a nice stab with Excali-bar, followed by a couple more stabs to the body in my retaliation . The Goblin collapsed and dispersed into particles of light, its HP depleted to 0 from just those few attacks .
Glancing at Shisuha, she was evading the Goblins attacks and counter attacking when the opportunity showed itself .
Against the fist sent towards her, she grapples said arm with both of her own arms and tosses her opponent onto the ground . Without releasing her crutch, she follows up by suppressing her opponent’s shoulders with her feet and proceeds to twist and break the arm in her grasp . She then finishes up with a crushing blow to the head with her staff .
What’s with all them MMA moves, aren’t you supposed to be a staff user?
[Urya! Fuhn! Nnー, this is a whole lot easier to do now that their bodies are bigger . ]
[Y’know… You are a whole lot more honest about yourself when it comes to this stuff . ]
[The stress does pile up . I’ve mostly been holding it back though usually . ]
[You girls sure have weird standards when it comes to moderation…]
Our fight with the Evolutiogoblins went on for awhile . The round ended with her grabbing the last Goblin’s head and smashing it onto the floor, the devastated Goblin turns into particles of light and dissipates .
This round took us some time to finish… Shisuha may be putting on an act most of the time, but that didn’t change much even when combat is involved . Though she did amp up the violence meter a tad .
She herself says she has been holding back, but can that really be called “holding back”… The same can be said with Estel, I find it hard to put faith into their standards of “holding back” .
After we defeated the Evolutiogoblins, particles of light continued to flow out from the walls . Which means this event still isn’t over .
What appeared next, were another 30 or so tall Goblins holding staves . They thankfully wore some tattered robes so I don’t feel like vomiting again . And almost immediately after spawning, all of them raised their staves and started producing small magic circles beside themselves .
Crap… They’re Spellcasters!? This is bad, Shisuha will end up in the crossfire if I don’t do something!
[Shisuha! Get ready to heal me!]
[Kyah! Wha, Okursan!?]
There’s nowhere for us to run to as we are surrounded on all sides, neither can we stop them as they have finished their spellcasting preparations . So what I did was, I pulled Shisuha into a hugging position . I covered her with my own body as much as I could, to block attacks from hitting her as much as possible .
Shortly after, my body gets barraged by an assortment of impacts . There were some explosions too . I was getting blasted by various kinds of magic .
The magic attacks are just plainly painful, as they ignore defense . But thanks to Shisuha whom I was covering, the pain quickly subsided as she constantly healed me with her recovery magic .
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[Ow ow ow… You good to go?]
[Ye, yes…]
[Alright, use me as a meat shield, and let’s go kick their asses!]
After surviving the magic attacks, when the dust settled I quickly let go of Shisuha and we charged towards the Goblin closest to us . The plan was to defeat as many as possible before they can set up another barrage of magic attacks .
As much as I want to check their Status, even I know that we needed to strike first in our current situation . They look similar to the previous Evolutiogoblins, there shouldn’t be too much of a difference (in stats) .
Upon reaching striking distance of the 1st Goblin, I took a swing at its body with Bar . Shisuha released a staff strike at the same time . The Goblin crumpled from our combo attack, and dispersed into particles of light .
So they have much lower HP than the previous Goblins . After defeating this 1st target, we headed towards our next target posthaste .
Balls of Fire and Earthen Bullets etc flew at us as we moved, and I blocked the ones that seemed likely to hit either of us . We repeated this pattern, and slowly wiped out the Goblins .
[Fuu, we somehow managed to beat that wave… Can this event just end already…]
[I’d like for it to end soon too . Fighting spell casting monsters is a bit too much work for just the 2 of us . ]
How long is this Goblin Rush going to last . We’ve easily killed hundreds of them by now, can we be done now please .
As if having heard our rants, the lights show that summoned the monsters reacted differently this time .
A ridiculous amount of particles incomparable to all previous waves flowed out from the walls, the particles all gathered into 1 massive lump a slight distance away from us .
[Wha, what the hell is that!?]
[Tha, that’s pretty big . That’s not the kind of enemy I can take on by myself…]
The particles of light stabilized, revealing the form of our opponent . It was big, comparable in size to an Ogre or Cyclops . It was a monster that walked on all fours .
Its entire body was black, with fangs coming out of its mouth on a head that resembles a hippopotamus, and 2 jagged twisted horns protruding out of its head . It also had something like a transparent bulbous membrane on its back . A black Goblin can be seen seated inside .
What the hell is this thing? It has been Goblin type monsters all this while, why’d a Kaijuu suddenly get thrown at us… . .
R, regardless I’ll have a look at its Status .
●Cruise Goblin/Calamitas Race: Goblin/Behemoth
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Level: 65
HP:8000/15万
HP:8000/150000
MP:0
Attack Power: 10/4500
Defense Power: 10/50000
Agility: 10/120
Magic Resistance: 0/0
Unique Ability: Pilot/Hyper Armor
Skill none/Piercing Charge
… . Eh? Oi oi oi, are you shitting me!? What is up with this bullshit!?
You can’t just outright cheat by riding on a Behemoth! Screw you!
[H, here it comes! Shisuha, that thing has 4500 Attack Power! Avoid its attacks at all costs!]
[Ueeh!? T, that thing has that much power?! T, thankfully there’s only 1 of it . Let’s run!]
The Goblin ridden Kaijuu began to move its gigantic body . Every step it took caused tremors in the entire room .
Its steps gradually gained speed, causing the room to experience an almost constant earthquake, as the thundering footsteps followed .
There’s no way we can just blindly stand and fight this sort of enemy, so me and Shisuha are running around the room in a clockwise direction .
[What are we supposed to do about that thing! It has stupidly high defense too!]
[Magic… That’s the only way! Okursan, aren’t you able to use wind elemental attacks?]
[I can, but it’s going to take forever to kill that thing with only that!]
We discussed our options as we ran around . Fortunately for us, we are able to maintain our distance .
Sure, I can use wind elemental attacks which ignore defense . But the Behemoth itself has soooo much HP that it feels like a fool’s errand, and trying to hit the Goblin on its back (with the wind attacks) is another problem altogether . More like I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to hit it with it chasing us all over the place .
I’m almost certain that the Goblin sitting on the Behemoth is the real target, but climbing up there just to land attacks is a challenge in and of itself . The membrane looks thin at a glance, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was counted as a part of the Behemoth and actually has high defense too .
Is escaping the only option left for us? …But if we do that, I’ll be leaving team Noru behind . Our only chance of overcoming this situation, boils down to whether we can get rid of the Goblin seated on the back or not . What other options do we still have… Think, I have to think of something!
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