2 Hunt

I woke up early, I put all my weapons and armor, left my bag of clothes in the room and took a bag with only supplies while hiding my money in a hidden pocket.

I descended to the bottom of the inn and sat down at the table and waited for the members of my new group to arrive, as soon as I sat down, Hella was already descending the stairs so she saw me and said good morning and ordered food for both of us.

"Shall we not wait for the rest?"

"They can take theirs".

"OK".

While we were eating the four of them descend practically together they sit at the table and they serve.

Shortly thereafter we began discussing our battle plan again as we left the city.

Entering the wilderness we were already awith weapons in hand, Ana and Remi had already gone to locate targets for the group while we wandered with me in the front Hella behind and Douglas and Mike in the middle.

Shortly afterwards the two return saying there an group of 7 goblins in front of us.

We prepared for combat, everyone was tense and I even. Walked a little without making noises.

They were normal goblins 2 had bows 2 had wooden sticks and the other three had rusty swords.

As soon as I saw an opportunity I used [charge] towards an archer and when I checked near him I used [shield strike]. My shield hit his head directly, making his neck stand in an unnatural position, he was dead.

Goblins are not known for their intelligence, but for their brutality and instincts so as soon as I jumped on the first everyone came up to me.

The first blow that was to fall on top of me was blocked by one of Hella's swords as I blocked a wooden bat with my sword, one of the goblins behind him had carried an arrow from his chest. Douglas had raised a thorn of dirt beneath a goblin and landed well on his back than he was hitting Hella.

With that I only needed 4 goblins to go and when I noticed a blow hit my shoulder just a slight bruise nothing that would stop me from fighting, but instantly I felt a heat on my shoulder and soon the pain disappeared, Mike must have done it.

After that the fight was easy, a dagger slammed into a goblin's arm and Hella killed him, the archer was killed by Remi I killed what I was fighting and the last one was killed fast by me and Hella together.

As soon as the fight was over we began to pick up the mana stones inside them and anything they had of value.

Then we sat down and rested for a while.

"Wow, I was so nervous at first, it was so easy," Remi said.

"Of course they're just goblins scouring the area so it was not difficult, usually a F rank group with 3 or 4 people could handle them too"Douglas replied.

"Well our coordination could be better like when Ronan went upstairs Remi could have dealt with the other archer and Douglas could have killed one with a spike of land that would leave only 4 making the fight easier in the future," Hella said pointing to basic our team.

"Well, at least it was a good fight, taking the blow on Ronan's shoulder no one else was right," Mike said.

"Hella is right, we need to improve the group work if we could get most of them out in the beginning, the fights would be much easier," Ana said.

After that we hunt another 3 groups of goblins that ranged from 5 to 8 and we set off in the jungle even for lunch.

"Well, it's a good day today, we find only groups of goblins and none of them are too big," Remi says as she eats dried meat.

"21 goblins core, maybe about 30 copper, making it easy," Ana said, she seems like she's the most miserly in the group.

"Do you guys still have some more hunting?" I asked

"What kind of a monster are you?" Mike said "even receiving more damage and defending you still have the energy to continue fighting even in this armor?"

"Uhn? I barely started sweating, and now that we are starting to improve our teamwork, not to mention that the sun is high."

"You use your body a lot, but Mike and I use lots of mana so it's hard to sustain like you," Douglas says.

"Shhhhh !!" Says Remi.

"What Remi?" Hella asks in a low voice.

"Something is coming," she whispers.

I put on my helmet and hold my sword, everyone is ready for combat, but I realize that Remi is on my side instead of the back and Hella is behind Mike.

Reminiscent of a tall bush, three orcs with 1.8 meters and their pigs heads pop up, my first reaction is to take a step forward of Remi, even if it takes away the sight of her, it may give her time to move away.

They charge in our direction, two using axes and one sword looks like they are of good quality, I block an ax with my shield while I try to make a vertical slash on the orc, but it is stopped by the other's sword, the third hits his ax against me in my ribs making me take a step aside to absorb the impact.

Remi can not shoot his arrows because they are very close and could end up hitting one of us in the middle of that, Douglas and Mike are low on mana and can not help Everyone soon Douglas waits for an opportunity.

Ana crawled back from the orcs waiting for an opportunity, I'm suffering a lot trying to hold two orcs alone, my left arm starts to ache for the attacks on my shield, not counting any more blows that hit me in the trunk and blows that I had to swerve with my sword.

While our fight was taking place a peak of earth appeared on the floor and crossed the foot of the orc, with this opportunity I was able to use [heavy blow] in the orc that was with the injured foot, my blow caused that his chest opened and it spurred blood doing it let out a howl of pain.

The orc beside me when I saw this scene began to attack me with more force, it was at that moment that a dagger was stuck in the thigh of the orc that was attacking me with all its fury, with that I was able to take a few steps back, at this moment the heat came back up in my body, my wounds improved enough to be able to fight more.

The orc with a cut in the chest was finished with an arrow that penetrated its neck and Ana had already gone to help Hella causing cuts in the back of the other orc, leaving only the one with the mobility debilitated for me.

From there it was easy and we were able to finish in less than 3 minutes.

Sitting me tired and in pain in some places of the body I take my helmet and look around me. Hella is completely drenched in sweat, Ana is dealing with the sack while doing this, Mike and Douglas are pale by the lack of mana, but their bodies are still fine, Remi has a slightly darker look on his face and is not as cheerful as ever.

"This fight has more or less shown our abilities and we are not very capable of more than that," Hella said.

"But Douglas and I did not have enough mana, if we could fight them rested 4 or 5 would not be a problem," Mike says.

"Naive to think that we can always fight with our enemies misfits, most of the time we fight after some fights so we better get used to it and not try to extend much, certain boss?" I tell Mike this as I look at Hella expecting an answer

"Do not call me boss, but Ronan is right, we can not assume we will never be caught off guard, this time we were lucky that was few enemies next time we can actually end up dying." Hella says with a serious expression.

"You saw Mike until the boss agrees with me."

Before Hella could say anything Ana appeared excited.

"Well, just with the monster cores we can make 2 silver it looks like we got some good money today."

"In fact, practically a week of G rank work to earn two silver, doing elimination missions is sure to make us richer and up the ranks faster," Douglas says.

"Well at least we can go back to the guild now, eh?" Remi asks

"Yes, let's go back" As soon as Hella says these words we are going to the direction for the city.

We collect our money in the guild and we are in the men's room making a meeting about how we should proceed.

"Does anyone have anything to comment on today's battles?" Says Hella sitting in a chair near a window.

Right now I was standing against the wall and called the word.

"I think we should change our battle plan a bit, stronger foes would have been able to deal with our formation very easily " so I say that everyone stares at me.

"Go on," Hella says.

"First Mike should better manage mana consumption."

"As well? I heal every time they get an injury," he says as though he does a great job.

"That's the problem, when you use healing on me and on Hella sometimes we have no more than a bruise or a cut, that makes your mana consumption increase, but our effectiveness in the battle is still the same, so I suggest that Mike heal all minor injuries only when the battle is over or when the injuries are more severe."

"Would not that be dangerous to Hella since she does not have a completely armored suit like yours?" Says Ana.

"Yes, so I propose another change, that instead of Ana protect those who are behind who would do this would be Hella, dealing with what passes for me."

"But why make Hella protect us if she is more effective in leading with you?" Says Douglas.

"Well imagine if we fight with 10 enemies at a time, Hella and I would not be able to fight them all so some would pass, Ana can be good in close combat because she is a killer doing her best to fight hidden than directly in the front lines ."

"I think I understood more or less what you mean," Ana responds. "You want me to go ahead and get attention while Douglas and Remi stay behind dealing with those who are farther or easier, Hella takes care that you do not receive an attack behind the back as you do not let any enemy pass through it and I will deal with those who are very focused on the battle so that I can perceive my presence giving a quick and clean killing blow."

"That's right."

"I think we can add one more thing," Douglas says. "As you told Mike to control his mana consumption, I think I should do the same."

"How would you do that?" Question Remi.

"Instead of me using large earth spikes I can just stick the foot of most monsters, leave where they are harder to move around or shoot small stones at specific points to draw attention, using only a death attack on the first ambush ."

"Oh very clever of you," Remi says.

"We're going to rest and go to the fight tomorrow," Hella says as she leaves the room.