14 Fighting the goblin ambush

While Ulfthein looked at the arrow beside him, Arnar smiled broadly.

"Tsk, they're just a bunch of flea dogs and those horrid Goblins, if they want to die so much then I'll help them!"

being a Silver practitioner dealing with these creatures was the simplest for him, the group of goblins seemed to have no extraordinary character among their ranks so even the escort warriors were more than enough.

'' Wait, the attack is a bit weird, we shouldn't act immediately, let the boys warm up a little ... ''

Ulfthein said seriously as he watched the battlefield and with a hand signal, ordered his 20 warriors to regroup and take a defensive stay.

the troops had more than 10 years of training and were the elite among the elite of the island, just feeling the presence of Ulfthein and the signal of this, soon they stepped back a few steps and made a consistent formation about 10 meters from where the tents are.

the horses were also warhorses so they kept their composure in the face of the noise that the fight has made.

divided into 2 rows the 10 men from the front held their shields and short spears, in the back were another 10 men with long spears giving the main attack to the Goblins who jumped to attack them and try to break their ranks.

behind them, 2 women fired with their bows from the horse's back with extreme accuracy to the Kobolds who used bows to harass the troops.

while on the other side there were more than 100 goblins insight that shielded behind thick tree trunks that were stacked in several rows, these were at least 2 meters long and seemed to be part of a large tree because they had a diameter of At least 1m, for the small stature of the Goblins it was more than enough to cover their bodies.

these goblins advanced slowly but surely, while some had to risk and go to attack because if they did not do it, the Ulfthein warriors would clean them one by one.

the goblins would not lose the initiative and filled with bodies the difference of power between the 2 sides.

behind these goblins among the trees of the forest about 30 meters were hidden the Kobolds, who even though they were not known for being good archers, had a good musculature and could repeatedly use the bow with it solving one of the weaknesses of the Goblins in Long distance attacks.

Ulfthein frowned and asked Jarheid to put his mind to work, for Ulfthein could see that he preferred to face these creatures head-on.

'' What do you think of the Jarheid situation? ''

Jarheid with his sword in his hand and thinking of cutting some heads stopped when he heard his father's voice.

'' A child's game! They don't even have any extraordinary goblin among them! They seem a little smarter than normal goblins and they are better equipped but that's it, they are no match for us ... although it is certainly a bit weird, they seem to be more than 100 goblins and are well organized ...''

Ulfthein returned to see the Goblins who advanced slowly with the trunks and who occasionally went out to attack melee to the defensive position of their troops, the goblins had cured leather armor and wrought iron swords that although they did not seem new these were in a good state.

'' Goblins do not have the head to forge steel and treat leather, when they even begin to learn from this they usually have a shaman to guide them or a Chieftain, but before they develop further we take care of them, so it shouldn't to have a group of Goblins like these in the immediate vicinity, less with such refined strategies as this one, on the other hand the Kobolds are a fearful and fierce race at the same time, while they are at a disadvantage they will try to flee and if they are in advantage they will attack atrociously with cruelty like that of a demon, even though his level of weapons is not far above that of the goblins, the elaboration of bows is a tedious process that the Kobolds cannot learn overnight. ''

Jarheid in that understood what his father wanted to say, also that he was grateful to clarify his thoughts.

''so...''

`` That's right, only with the help of some Human these creatures could acquire this type of weapon, also seeing their way of attacking could be almost certain that the amount of Goblins that attacks us they are more than 300, as for the Kobolds these must be more than 70 or 80, do you see how Kobold archers do not attack at the same time? The safest thing to assume is that their ability with the bow is poor and they cannot reach this distance. ''

Ulfthein withdrew a couple of steps toward his horse and took a bow, after this without an expression on his face he took the arrow that had fallen on the ground in front of him and stretched the bowstring pointing to a Kobold that was hiding 2 meters above the branch of a tree, this was the Kobold further to the rear about 50 meters away.

Ulfthein simply released his hand from the rope and the arrow shot out with incredible force, the speed of the arrow was such that before you even heard the hum of the arrow breaking the air it had already reached the head of the Kobold.

the Kobold unable to react, the arrow was buried through the eye socket reaching the back of his skull and transmitting all the power of the arrow, thereby causing him to fall from the tree.

the other Kobolds who watched this happen could only scream in fury and fear as they watched Ulfthein take a new arrow and point to where they were, thereby hiding and reducing the number of arrows that shot at human guards.

the warriors of the escort on their part had about 30 corpses of goblins at their feet and since the battle had begun about 2 minutes ago they had not backed down or advanced a single step, nor even a scratch they had failed and only a couple of Arrows embedded in the shields were what they had achieved by almost 50 deaths of the sub-species side.

Ulfthein to see that the situation seemed to be more than controlled did not relax his guard.

'' Be careful, it's just the beginning of the attack! hold positions !! ''

Ulfthein with a shout directed his troops Arnar nodded and somewhat deflated for not being able to participate in the battle, he grumbles.

"Tsk, that ball of weaklings is not even worth messing up my ax! It will give more trouble to clean the blood over the ax than to slice them in half!"

Jarhaid seeing the situation also got something serious.

'' With that amount of casualties and the Momentum of our men, the goblins would normally retreat in defeat, the Sub-species are not creatures that fight against larger opponents ... what gives them the confidence to continue attacking? I do not like this...''

When listening to Jarhaid, Ulfthein kept silent and only answered firing another arrow at the Kobolds who seemed to have forgotten the death of their friend in the rear and began to attack again.

while they were in this Agatrhia and Lydia shot at the Kobolds that surrounded them on the sides.

'' Aunt why the little green men don't back off? Weren't they supposed to be cowards? when we went to the Assembly, we barely killed a couple and they ran away ... ''

Lydia said with doubt and curiosity to her aunt Agatrhia, even though she was a little girl in her 10s, her ability with the bow was exceptional.

she didn't even flinch and her arrows seemed to be remote-controlled to the heads of the goblins and kobolds.

Agatrhia looked at her niece with appreciation, barely 10 years old and this was already better than all of several generations above her, if it were not for her older nephew Lydia would be the greatest genius of the new generation on the island.

'' hehe, what do you want me to know? Maybe the steel weapons they bring give them the courage to keep dying? The complex things I leave to your father, all I know is that coming back I will prepare new clothes for you and for Heikko!, hehe so long without seeing him and I feel bad''

Lydia looked at her aunt, who while remembering Heikko said it with a playful tone and with bad intentions, her aunt used to spoil Heikko but most of all she was a strange woman and used to play bad jokes at the same time, so for Heikko his Aunt was a tabuu issue and when he misbehaved, Lydia threatened him with his aunt, Heikko upon hearing his aunt's name, it was as if they were stepping on a cat's tail and he used to hide before he met his aunt .

'' Sigh, Aunt Agatrhia you should leave Heikko alone, you know he doesn't like you being so cloying with him, less ... do that ... ''

Agatrhia fired another arrow and when she heard Lydia turned to look at him, bewildered.

'' ehh? but since he was younger he liked it! Besides, my sense of aesthetics is better than all the pumpkins on this island! Thanks to me the people of Drakki city dress decently! ''

Lydia just sighed and continued firing arrows from the safety of the rear, as soon as her aunt's aesthetic sense she preferred to remain silent, she preferred utility over colorfulness.

...

quickly more than 10 minutes passed and it was more than clear on which side the balance was tilting, while Ulfthein and his team remained whole and with just one wounded by a crush on the shoulder, the amount of Goblins that had fallen reached almost 200 of them and not only that but the Kobolds had died more than 40.

the smell of blood filled the forest and the unintelligible moans of the Goblins occupied the noise of the forest animals that had vanished in front of the bloody combat.

'' I have to admire the Moral and balls of these disgusting green! Look that coming straight to his death and not being scared by all his dead companions, he is worthy of admiration, it is the first time that I have met with such brave green bastards! HAHA''

Arnar said with a happy tone while throwing an improvised wooden spear, this was just a branch of a tree that they had as firewood and he had sharpened, the power with which he threw it was even greater than that of an arrow and there was crossed by 2 goblins trying to get out of the log cover.

Ulfthein paid no attention to his friend and navigator and with a loud voice that everyone could hear he said.

'' They are here ... Attention Men! change of formation !! ''

Ulfthein made a sign of hands and the warriors of his escort moved quickly, leaving a closed and semi-circular formation, with 8 men in front with shields, 8 in the rear with spears and 4 who had gone to accompany Ulfthein.

'' KUEEEGHHH ''

Seeing the movements of Ulfthein and his men, a growl of Goblin could be heard coming from above.

none of the warriors even turned to see, the confidence they had in Ulfthein was such that they relied perfectly on the strategy to turn to see a battlefield that had not been assigned to them.

while the Goblins that were among the trunks responded with shouts of excitement and in a moment jumped those that were located in the part closest to the defensive formation of the warriors, the trunks had reached about 5 meters from the defensive formation and taken in the form of a defensive structure so that the goblins could advance without exposing themselves to the arrows from the rear in the forest to the defensive position of the human warriors.

likewise, the Kobolds came out from among the trees and had begun firing their arrows indiscriminately at the defensive troops.

Ulfthein, seeing his backside on the cliff, took an arrow and shot one of the more than 40 humanoid figures that could be seen here.

It was a 70-meter thing but the arrow came in an instant, but unlike what happened with the Kobolds that hid among the trees, the figure moved and dodged the arrow's path with ease.

Ulfthein nodded slightly and did not continue attacking.

"Sure enough, it is a well-developed ambush, and this solves why there were no extraordinary ones in their ranks, most likely they even planned to take us to the feet of the ravine and throw heavy objects from above ..."

Jarhaid when listening to his father was surprised because after all, they were just slippery goblins that although they knew how to put traps in view of him, these goblins were a just lot of cowards.

Ulfthein did not think much and gave his orders.

'' Our troops are tired after 10 minutes of intensive combat, while the troops that should be tired of their side were exterminated by us, Jarhaid will take care of stopping the goblins offensive in the front and defend your aunt and sister!''

Jarhaid stood up and answered loudly.

'' Trust my father, I will not leave one alone alive, I will proceed safely while I eliminate them! ''

Jarhaid nodded and retired to where the defensive formation repels the attacks of the goblins and Kobolds.

Ulfthein looked at the more than 40 enemies that had been divided into 2 groups and came to the flanks to the camp from the rear, to say to Arnar.

'' It seems that these will please your craving for combat Arnar ''

Arnar just smiled in a good way and with a war cry he launched himself into combat.

"You will take care of those on the right!"

'' Yes ​​Great Chief! ''

The 4 warriors who had left the defensive ranks nodded and released the spears, took out their axes and shields in hand.

Ulfthein looked at his men who stoically fought in the defensive lines against almost 200 enemies with only 17 of them counting their children and sister and in their rearguard to their commander and his 4 best warriors in the melee.

"Something still feels out of place ..."

Ulfthein could not help thinking that things were too simple to end this, he fell silent and closed his eyes for a couple of seconds, by the time he opened them again, he looked at him in a concentrated way to the right which was where the road where they had come turned.

behind a hill in the position where Ulfthein more than 200 meters where he had set his gaze was a man with a black hood lying on the ground and breathing quickly.

'' Damn that Ulfthein is as sharp as they say it is ! it would be best to leave here immediately, fuck! Why do I always have to deal with monsters? Those 1,000 silver coins are not worth the risk! ''

The man in a black hood threw a piece of rancid meat in the place and throwing his gloves on it, quickly got on a horse and ran away from the place, leaving the meat stink in the place.

a distant roar could be heard coming out of a dense forest several kilometers from the place, the man did not stop to look and cruelly hit his horse more while he cursed and retired from the place as a soul carried by the devil.