Chapter 32: Hob-goblin(2)

After the trap was set off, the child of course didn't just let the hob-goblin stand till and watch. He ordered the Hobgoblin to rush straight for the taken down kobold.

And without wasting time, the hobgoblin immediately raised its axe the moment it got close.

Woosh! Chut!

But, the kobold was too nimble, even though the the hobgoblin attacked it while it was down, it still managed to dodge. Lettting the falling axe to stab into the ground instead.

The hobgoblin pulled the axe out o the ground. But it was too late, with the time it took to get the axe out of the ground, the kobold had gotten up and charged closer to the hob-goblin.

Wich was a mistake. A mistake the now dead kobold on the stump had once made. But this kobold did not know that hob-goblins thrived in close combat. So it got closer with intentions to scratch the hob-goblin's face off.

Only to be met with the green and bare feet of the hobgoblin to the chest.

Bam!

The kobold was kicked back. It was stunned, but the hobgoblin was not, so it raised its axe and attacked. The kobold tried to dodge, but...

Sluch!

The blade part of the axe sliced a good part of its jaw off.

"Awwhh!"

That dog like howl was heard once again by the hobgoblin. Only this kobold was no juvenile, but a fully grown kobold. It jumped back while clutching its heavily bleeding snout.

But how could the hobgoblin let it have its way? So the hob-goblins ran foward to finish it off, Only to be stopped by it track by an attack from the side.

Bam!

A rock impacted the hobgoblin head. Or rather, the helmet protecting its head. Due to the previous attack, he helmet was greatly dented and looked more like a thrown out can of soda than anything else. But although the helmet was busted in many place, it still did its job quite well. So even though the rock did do some damage to the hobgoblin, it was till fine.

The hob-goblin then looked at the direction where the attacked arrived from. It was of course one of the kobolds.

When the trap was triggered, the attack had managed to hit all three kobolds, but because the cluster of logs wasn't that big, it only managed to properly take down one kobold. The other two were still hit, but since they weren't the focus of the attack, they were able to get up without much trouble.

One of the kobold got up much quicker because it was about to be attacked by the hobgoblin. But the other only got up not too long ago.

Now both kobold stood on their feet, but one of them was injured due to the hobgoblin's attack.

In the child's eyes, there was only one way he win this battle. Take out the weakest link first.

So the hob-goblin roared and ignored the incoming projectile attacks. It charged directly at the injured kobold with its axe readied.

Woosh!

The hobgoblin swung its axe, but alas, it was a step too slow, as the axe only met air. With the kobold having dodged the attack.

Thinking quickly, the child ordered mid attack to changed the force exerted on the axe. So right after the axe had missed, the hobgoblin pulled it back. Surprising the kobold that had still clutched its snout.

As the axe returned, it returned with the nail part at the front. The nail stabbed right into the right arm of the kobold. The very arm it was using to cover its bleeding snout.

The scene was gory and outright heart wrenching, but the kobold had no time to think about that. Nor did it care how painful it was for the kobold. So it pulled the axe as well as the stabbed arm to itself. Thus tearing the kobold's flesh deeper.

Bam!

With another kick, the kobold was thrown a meter away. With all the pain going through its body, the kobold failed to stand still. So it fell to the ground, with its blood pooling on the ground.

The hob-goblin raised the axe, but an attack from the other kobold jerked its head back. Effectively stopping it from attacking further.

The hob-goblin grew angry at such an attack, but there was nothing it could do to the kobold. This was because the kobold had noticed its long ranged weakness. So the kobold made sure that it didn't get close at all. It adopted the same technique as its dead pack member.

It attacked from a distance.

As for the bloody kobold on the ground, it had long escape from the hob-goblin's range.

Not too far from the hob-goblin, the previously attacked kobold stood up. One of its arm was likely hurt, as it dangled motionlessly on its shoulders.

But the right arm, which still looked good, was grabbing onto a rock? ready to jump in.

The child sighed, "It seems like things aren't going as I had planned."

The child's original plan was simple. Get the hobgoblin to lure the kobolds into the trap. Once they're grounded by the trap, the hobgoblin would then swoop in and make them rest eternally.

But the kobolds were too good. Even after that attack, only one of them was truly down. And even that one was already on its feet.

With all three kobold standing, the child found the hob-goblin's probability of success dwindling. Plus, becaue of its low stamina, the hobgoblin was going to reach it's limit soon.

The child thus determined that this was a fight that it could not win. So he ordered the hobgoblin to do its last thing before going for plan B.

The goblin thus threw the axe in it's hands at the one kobold that was barely injured. The kobold dodged the attack, but the hobgoblin wasn't intending on hurting it. Since the moment it threw the axe, it ran away immediately.

Seeing the hob-goblin running, the three came back to their senses. With a roar like bark from all three, they chased after the hobgoblin.

Its didn't take long to the kobolds to catch up to hobgoblin. But it was not because the hobgoblin was slow and the kobolds were fast. It was because the hobgoblin had met with a dead end.

Behind it was the three raging, kobolds. While in front was a cliff. Although he hobgoblin did not see the end of It, it was clear that the fall down would not he nice. Couple that with the inherent knowledge it has about hights and a certain part of its brain, what came out was whole bundle of fear. So, soon enough, the hobgoblin felt its legs wobble.

This was the end.

It was going to die.

The child on the other side of the forest spammed the hobgoblin with as much orders as he possibly could.

"Jump," he ordered. But the order was ignored by the hobgoblin. It was too afraid. Beneath that muscle, it was still a goblin after all. So the child could only sigh. He stopped ordering the hobgoblin and only watched as it slowly approached its doom.

One of the kobolds gripped a rock nearby, clearly intending on throwing it. As it did not want to get closer to the hob-goblin. Soon...

Woosh!

The rock flew towards the hobgoblin, but the rock only managed to pass through the air. As its target was no longer where it was headed.

The hobgoblin jumped.

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