Chapter 18: battle of the gods

"Tell me creator, do you bleed?"

"..."

At Komoru's question, Zenn could only stay silent. He was not sure how he was supposed to answer. But his knowledge of movies told him this question di not need an answer at all.

"No answer? Then i will test it myself!"

After his words were said, Komoru sprinted to Zenn with the greatest speed he could muster. His large hammer trailed behind him with clear intentions.

Zenn who saw this was instantly alarmed. Although komoru as he was could only amount to the size of his arm, he was still a unknown entity. So, Zenn jumped back the moment he saw possible danger.

And it seemed that his choice was correct, because after getting close enough, komoru jumped and aimed his hammer to Zenn's leg.

Bam!

A loud bang comparable to a loud firecracker sounded. Because he jumped away in time, Zenn was not harmed at all, but the same could not be said for a certain rock that was near him.

When Zenn looked down, he was shocked to see that the rock was turned to hundreds of pieces with a single attack. The rock itself was not too big, but it was as big as Zenn's head. As large as he was, he did not believe he could crush a rock like that unless he threw it at another rock.

So this action of komoru spelled fear in Zenn. If an attack like that hit him... Zenn was too scared to think further. But little did he know, komoru himself was fearful.

Komoru turned back. Not too far away from where he now stood, was a large foot sizes hole. In komoru's estimation, the hole was at least five meters long.

At that moment, komoru could not help but look at Zenn, the creator of such a large hole. When Zenn jumped back a second ago, this large hole was easily create by his feet.

Soon seeing this, Komoru made a rough estimate of Zenn's strength.

'If use half my strength, i could make a hole that big.'

But he knew full well Zenn did not use his full strength. Although a person's feet is stronger than their arms, they are not as easy to use. So in that instant, komoru got a clear answer.

'He is far stronger than me...'

Yes, Komoru was pretty sure that he should not be able to beat the creator. That was why fear suddenly struck him.

'Oh no, i turned my back on him!'

Komoru instantly jumped back. His feet propelled him to jump over the large crater created by the Zenn. But he was the surprised. Surprised because there was no attack that followed after him. When he looked up, he was able to see the creator he was so weary of running off to the top of the mountain.

"..."

Komoru was confused. The creator has such strength, why would he run away instead?

Komoru gazed at Zenn's steps. Every step Zenn took created a crater as large as a normal goblin. As he watched Zenn run up the mountain, a thought suddenly flash through his head.

'Could he be afraid?' He asked himself.

When komoru watched Zenn's running figure, he could not help but compare him to his queen. As the right hand man of his queen, komoru knew almost everything about her. And one thing he was always baffled about was her strength.

In this world, female goblins and male goblins are all very different. Male goblins are much smaller than the females. As such, female goblins are always much stronger than the males. But because of their royal status, female goblins have no combat training or experience.

In Komoru's eyes, Zenn looked no different from a goblin queen. Innately strong and powerful, unable to use said strength.

'Then I have a chance,' Komoru thought. But although he thought so, he did not run in to attack. After all, experience or no experience, strength is still strength. So Komoru opted to use his army instead.

With a wave or his hammer, the large army of mix matched creatures sprang to action.

Hooves, claws, feet or wings rushed up the mountain.

On top of the mountain, Zenn who had just reached the top calmly looked down. And what he saw was the raging tide of an army rushing up yo him.

"Shit," Zenn cursed, but his was of course not heard.

With Zenn, the two goblins felt their legs weaken. Unlike Zenn who watched the scene from a higher point, they themself saw it for what it truly was...

DEATH!

The army's stampede felt like a raging force that was moving to claim their lives. At such a terrifying scene, the queen who had a weaker heart could not help but look at the towering figure. He stood hundreds of meters tall. From where she stood, she could not see his face quite properly, but she could tell he was not panicking like them. This was what made her pounding heart ease just a little bit.

Her lord was with her, so she will be fine. Everything will be fine she believed.

On the other hand, he lord she pur all her faith on was watching the coming arm with an expressionless face. But although he seemed calm on the surface, his beard was not so valiant.

'What should i do?' He asked himself. 'Should we run?' But whne he looked at the two goblins, he saw expectations and reliance.

'I can't run. At least not yet.'

After all, he had not felt like his like was in danger even now. Plus, Zenn was actually very interested in Komoru's hammer. He waned to get it for himself. It is said that whoever could lift the hammer would be a god. Couldn't the gigantic him lift a single finger sized hammer?

That was why Zenn decided against running. But although he chose to stay, there was no way he would watch as the army drew closer. As such, he grabbed a rock from the mountain and suddenly flung it...

Boom!

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