Tresuria nodded, and with a slow movement of her hands, the vines opened a passage, and they went to the corridor that led to the big open clearing.
She walked carefully to the curve, with Chujitsuna Hito right behind her. With a last glance back to check if the now serious Snake-kind girl had her arrows ready, Tresuria poked her head into the clearing. She carefully aimed her green flower at one Goblin that was on the path on the plateau. The small seed hit him on the leg, and he almost fell.
The other Goblins behind him grunted, annoyed by the sudden stop, and while he was rubbing his leg and wondering what that weird pain was, Chujitsuna pointed an arrow at the piece of bloody meat he was carrying over his head.
Five arrows hit the meat that five Goblins were carrying on that path, and Chujitsuna backed away without making a sound. Tresuria took a step back and nodded at Taisetsuna.
She gently pushed Nozomu to the front, and she stood right behind him, with her sword ready and Magic in her free hand. Behind her, everyone got ready to run.
Nozomu poked around the corner to the plateau and saw the Goblins placing the meat at the Drakes’ clawed feet. They eagerly ate the meat, disputing the pieces between them. As they were swallowing, Nozomu counted the seconds. At three seconds, the Drakes closed their jaws and froze. At ten, they dropped dead, with the Goblins that were still placing meat near them, wondering what happened to the dangerous beasts that subjugated them some days ago.
Nozomu waited two more seconds, and then he raised his hand and signalled for the others to follow him.
He ran, with Taisetsuna shooting Wind Slashes ahead in quick succession, clearing a path for him.
Behind her, Chujitsuna Hito was shooting Rock Balls at the heads of every Goblin in range, and Tresuria was shooting her seeds from her green plant. There was only a small ‘puff’ sound at every seed shoot, but at such an incredible speed that as soon as it hit a Goblin, he would fly for two metres and roll on the floor, completely knocked out.
At the back, Robert Keskula and Hinen Sukemoru kept on throwing Fire Balls or Water Spears at the Goblins around them, and they died without even realising what killed them.
With that, they reached the path that led to the top of the plateau, and they kept on running to the top, with Draiky, Nozomu, and Taisetsuna opening a path, and the others killing the Goblins at the bottom, in the clearing.
When they reached the top of the plateau, Draiky rushed to the first Goblin in front of Nozomu, grabbed his feet with his vines, and used him like a mace to hit the other Goblins, throwing them to the bottom of the plateau and making them die with the fall.
He then ran to the pile of meat and bloody bones and began throwing bones or small rocks that he could grab at the Goblins in the clearing.
As soon as she got near the Drakes, Chujitsuna checked them, and while pulling the scales near the neck, she pierced an arrow into the Drakes’ flesh to be sure they were dead.
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She then joined the others at the edge of the plateau, and pointed at the path they used to get there and said to Tresuria, “Hit any Goblin that comes from there! We will take care of the others. I will be right at your side to cover your back and to be sure that none of them hits you from below!”
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Tresuria mumbled a quick ‘thanks’ and waited for the first Goblin to make the last curve before hitting his head with a seed. She saw in horror the Goblin slip and fall to the ground a few metres below, head first.
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She stared at the pool of blood that was coming from the dead Goblin, and Chujitsuna shouted near her ear, “Wake up! More are coming! Don’t let them reach us, or we will be done for! Tresuria! Move!”
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The nervous Gailie did as she was told, and hit every Goblin that was running up the path with her seeds, without looking at where they were falling.
At the edges of the plateau, Nozomu, Taisetsuna, Robert, and Hinen were shooting Magic at the Goblins in the clearing below, when currents of Goblins came from the surrounding tunnels.
While Nozomu did his best to shoot small Wind Balls with the bracelet that the Princess gave him, Taisetsuna was shooting wave after wave of Wind Slashes that left behind piles of dead bodies.
A few metres from her, Hinen was shooting lines of frozen Water that cut the Goblins in pieces. At his right, Robert Keskula was laid on the floor, with both index fingers pointing down, shooting tiny Fire Balls at the Goblins as if he were a sharpshooter with two guns.
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He shouted, without stopping shooting, “Anyone need help? I am covering two tunnels here, but they keep on coming. I already have two piles of dead Goblins.”
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Nozomu jumped to put himself in front of Taisetsuna when he saw four Goblins shooting Fire Balls at her, and he said, “I am going down there! I can’t do much from this distance, but I can take care of the ones that shoot Magic.”
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Taisetsuna was about to shout for him to stay put when Chujitsuna rolled on the floor to avoid a Fire Ball and said, “Yeah! Go there, more are coming from the tunnels, and it is difficult to shoot my arrows while avoiding those buggers! I can cover you from here because I still have plenty of arrows and a tonne of Magic at my disposal! I can make sure you don’t get in trouble!”
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Tresuria shouted after hitting another Goblin, “Draiky will go with you, Nozomu! Be careful! If their Magic hits you, you will be in trouble!”
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“Don’t worry, their Magic can’t do anything to me. They can’t even touch me. It is not the first time I deal with Goblins, remember? Draiky, follow me! Let’s get the Magic Goblins!”
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The weird pet plant ran down the path, with Nozomu right behind him. He used his powerful vine arms to push the Goblins over the edge of the path, leaving Nozomu free to shoot with the Magic provided by his bracelet at the Goblins that were shooting Fire Balls at them.
When they reached the clearing, Nozomu told Draiky to get behind him, and he ran straight towards the first group of five Goblins that were throwing Magic.
On the plateau, Chujitsuna kept on shooting arrows at the Goblins that were coming from the sides to get to Nozomu, and she frowned when she saw him being hit by several Fire Balls, but nothing happened to him. She saw in complete disbelief how he tackled the Goblins with his shield in front of him, leaving behind only dead bodies or Goblins with missing limbs, and Draiky finished their misery.
Nozomu made a tight curve on his run, and changed directions, going to the next group of Goblins.
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On the plateau, Chujitsuna saw two Goblins grabbing Nozomu and biting his legs, but he didn’t seem to bother. “What the… Taisetsuna, Nozomu is immune to Goblins or what? They can’t even bite him! What the heck? “
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“Less talk and more shooting! He is not immune to rocks or their weapons! Take care of those! Any unarmed Goblin is not a match for him!”
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“Okay, but you will have to explain to me how he does that when this is over! I wasted a bunch of arrows when I didn’t need to! Why don’t we just sit tight and let him deal with all those Goblins? Since they can’t harm them, why are we here?”
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Taisetsuna answered while looking at another tunnel to see if more Goblins were coming or not, before answering, “Because if we did that, he would annoy us forever! Stop babbling and cover for him, will you?”
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Another arrow shot, another dead Goblin, and Chujitsuna answered, “Alrighty! But it’s just me, or are there not more Goblins coming from the tunnels?”
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Hinen answered, after throwing another frozen Water Spear, “From this side, they also stopped. There are just a few down there. Do you think those are the only ones?”
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Robert Keskula got up and made a slight frown when he saw Nozomu slicing a Goblin in half while two other Goblins were throwing Fire Balls at him, with no success in stopping his rampage. “We should go down and check. Nozomu is doing some crazy things down there, but there could be some Goblins hiding in the tunnels.”
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Taisetsuna went to the path that led to the clearing below and tapped Tresuria, who was in front of it, checking if more Goblins were coming or not. “Let me go ahead, okay? Come right after me and stay sharp, just in case there is a Goblin still alive down there.”
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Chujitsuna spoke while approaching the dead Drakes, “You guys go ahead. I am going to take out the claws of this guy and a few scales. Hinen, stay with me and do the same to the other Drake. I can show you how to remove easily the scales. Be careful because the meat and the blood of the Drakes can be slightly poisoned.”
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The frowning Cat-kind boy went to the smiling girl, and Robert Keskula followed Taisetsuna and Tresuria.
In the clearing, Nozomu smashed the head of the last Goblin that could use Magic with his shield and looked to his left, where Draiky was biting the chest of the last Goblin and pulling it to slice it open. The Goblin died with a muffled screech, and he then returned to Nozomu’s side, looking around for his next victim.
They both walked amongst the dead piles of Goblins, killing the ones that were still alive but deadly wounded.
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When Taisetsuna and the others joined them, she said, “Let’s make teams of two and go to the tunnels to kill any surviving Goblin. If there is a nursery, we must kill all the babies, or in a few days, their number will increase again. If another horde of Goblins appears, retreat to this clearing so that we can deal with them. Robert and Tresuria, go to that tunnel. Draiky, you come with me. Let’s check that tunnel over there. Nozo, can you go alone to that tunnel in front of you?”
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“Sure, but I don’t fit in those tiny holes of the nurseries and I can’t shoot any Magic to kill them. I guess I can call you if I find a nursery, though.”
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“Do what you can. Let’s go, so that we can decide what to do next.”
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They rushed to their designated tunnels, avoiding the pools of blood and dead bodies all over the ground.
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On top of the plateau, Chujitsuna and Hinen were taking care of the Drakes, and he asked when he was putting another big scale on the ground near him, “Do you want to take out all the scales, or only a few? Because these guys have far too many scales!”
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“Just the bigger ones. I suppose we can come back tomorrow and get the smaller scales. The larger scales are more profitable, but the smaller ones are also easy to sell. I don’t know about you, but I could use a few coins from the sales to buy the materials for the Academy. I brought all my savings and my parents said they would give me more money if I needed it, but I like to earn my own money.”
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“Yeah, me too. I often do errands for the Adventurers of my father’s Guild. It is a pity we can’t also sell the meat of these Drakes because it’s poisoned.”
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“Well, if I hadn’t poisoned them, we could very well be fighting them or be dead. Claws and scales will be enough.”
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Hinen shrugged and pulled another scale after cutting the skin underneath to get it loose.
In the tunnels, Nozomu was looking at the second nursery hole he found and frowning. He went to the end of the tunnel that ended on a wall and went back to the clearing to wait for the others.
Minutes later, Taisetsuna joined him, and after he told her what he found, she went to kill the Goblin babies, while he and Draiky were making piles with the dead Goblins.
Almost five minutes later, they were all at the bottom of the plateau, gathering the scales and claws that Hinen and Chujitsuna were throwing down at them.
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When there was a big pile, they came running to join the tired group at the bottom, and Chujitsuna spoke after looking at the piles of dead Goblins. “Damn, we killed a bunch of them! What do we do now? Burn the bodies? They have nothing we could sell on them, I guess.”
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Taisetsuna sat on a rock and spoke, “We need to carry the scales and the claws to outside.” We have a Goblin for the point of the try-out, but we could also take a few of these dead Goblins to show the other Parties what we did, and for them to fear us.”
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Chujitsuna Hito said, with a big smile plastered on her face, “What about if we took all the Goblins with us? I can make some wheels made of rock outside. Tresuria might be able to make some sort of a waggon with vines, and we could tie those waggons to the Unicorns, the horses, and the deer. I can also pull a waggon. Imagine the faces of the Principal and all the Teachers if we returned with all these dead Goblins? We could mock them a lot because we did what they weren’t able to do until now. And we also made sure this horde of Goblins didn’t attack the Capital or the Academy one of these nights! We could even get a medal for this!”
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