Chapter 45: Tower defense (3)

"Ahhh!"

A loud cry was heard beyond the tall wall. The goblins on the scene were shocked momentarily as they looked at the goblins screaming on the ground. Blood gushed from where the now severed feet once were.

'At least it's still alive,' the child thought as he ordered the goblins to take action. So the goblins stopped staring blankly and rushed towards the goblin. They lifted it up and rushed it towards the portal. Where immediate and miraculous help could be provided.

While the goblins were doing that, outside the wall, the kobold alpha held on to a pair of feet. The two feet were still gushing out blood from the severed part.

Throwing the feet away, the alpha kobold looked angrily at its own fingers. The tips of which were now no longer there. Only two stumps that were bleeding were left.

Since the child had designed the metal door to have a guillotine blade-like end, when the gate closed down, both the goblin's feet and the kobold alpha's upper fingers were snapped off.

Raising its other arm, the Kobold Alpha clawed at the gate. With a chilling sound that would make anyone uncomfortable, a not-so-deep mark was left over.

Seeing as its attack did not yield what it had expected, the kobold raised its claw to try again. But suddenly...

Swoosh!

An arrow from atop the wall flew in its direction. The kobold alpha flexibly raised its hand and caught the arrow.

Clutch!

The alpha looked at the arrow held between its cut-off fingers. It then focused its gaze on where the arrow came from. It was a goblin with a bow still pointed at it in its hands. Its other hand was reaching out to a cuiver full of arrows.

Swoosh!

At that moment, another arrow arrived and headed to the alpha, but this time, the alpha did not catch it. It just jumped aside and let the arrow stick to the ground.

More kobolds appeared. In total, there were around 16 of them crowding up against the wall. The group looked menacing with how many injuries they had all over their bodies. Some even had arrows sticking out of them. But as if these creatures were immune to the pain, they gazed at the wall with a furious look.

Of the previous 20, one had died, while three had been greatly injured. Unable to continue forward, the three fell behind to nurse their wounds.

Now faced with this large and perculior construct, the kobolds were perplexed on how to go forward.

But although these kobolds were still confused about what to do, the goblins were not going to let them figure it out easily. Multiple archer goblins appeared on top of the wall and started firing down arrows towards the kobolds.

Due to the immense agility of the kobolds, the arrows weren't too much of a threat; dodging the arrow was almost easy. Still Some of the arrows did land, but no arrow managed to end the life of a kobold.

At that moment, when the kobolds were still dodging the arrows, the alpha finally decided on an action.

Rushing off towards the wall, the kobold alpha jumped over towards the wall. The alpha started climbing the wall with its clawed fingers. Of course, the kobold didn't just stab its claws right into the bricks made of rocks; it instead used the gap between each brick to get a good grip.

As the child had not yet ordered the goblins to start coating the walls with cement to smooth them over, such gaps existed within each level of the wall. Making it easy for the Kobold Alpha to climb over it.

Seeing the alpha grasp the flaw on the wall, the child ordered the goblins to attack it.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Arrows flew at the kobolds directly, but with its agility, it was able to dodge the arrows by jumping from one part of the wall to the next. But even with its agility, the kobold still had a few arrows landing on it.

The other kobolds did not just watch as the alpha scaled the wall on its own. They too jumped in and stared at climbing the wall. With more kobolds scaling the wall, the rain of arrows focused on the alpha lessened. Letting it climb faster to the top.

Seeing the alpha get closer and closer to the top, the child finally decided to use it.

"Use the magical cement."

From the top, already prepared wheelbarrows of magical cement were poured down from atop the wall. The moment the cement touched the kobold alpha, it felt the extremely hot mixture covering it.

Even with its resistance, the Kobold Alpha still screamed in pain as the head spread through its body.

"Graahhh!"

In the end, the alpha let go of the wall and fell directly to the ground. As for the other kobolds, they did not have a better ending. In fact, they fell down much quicker. not even taking much time to try and endure the pain.

More cement continued falling. Prompting the kobolds to rush away from the wall. But the goblins weren't going to let them get away that easily. As more arrows were showered their way.

Swoosh!

Chut!

The alpha felt an arrow stabbing him on the shoulder.

At that moment, the alpha looked around, at the fallen kobolds with their now wet and grayed fur, and at the goblins that looked from high above. A true leader knew a defeat when it saw one, and the alpha kobold liked to believe itself a true leader. So...

"Arghh!"

The alpha barked an order. All the kobolds started running away from the wall towards the forest. Seeing one of the kobolds still stuck in a pool of cement with a bunch of arrows stuck in its body, the kobold alpha ran over and supported it out of the pool.

Holding the injured kobold, the alpha rushed out amid the barrage of arrows.

In the end, the kobold group finally got out of range of the group of goblin archers.

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