Goblin Dependency-Chapter 265 - 142 Tidal Shaping

Under normal circumstances, an adult goblin’s combat ability is not considered strong.

There’s no need for those soldiers who’ve been trained year-round or heavily armed village guards.

A burly farm woman with nothing more than an old and rusty grass fork can easily handle them.

But when the number of these cockroach-like low-level demons rises to dozens, even up to three digits.

With the lead of an elite individual among them, they possess the strength and courage to attack small human settlements.

"Screech!"

A cold light flickered.

A One Handed Sword stained with foul goblin blood thrust fiercely into the chest of the green goblin before him.

The blade was sharp. Though slight marks on the hilt and sword indicated it had been used for a long time and wasn’t fresh out of the Blacksmith Shop.

But thanks to its owner’s diligent maintenance, it remained in excellent condition.

The sharp sword tip pierced through the goblin’s sandpaper-like coarse and fragile green skin almost instantly with its user’s force.

Epidermis, muscle, cartilage.

Then, amidst the sound of metal grinding against flesh, it gradually halted.

It didn’t penetrate completely through the body, nor was the accuracy on point to kill the enemy in one blow.

This naturally wasn’t because of the sharpness of the weapon.

The hand, tightly gripping the hilt and trembling violently due to exerting too much power, gave the reason.

Abi held his One Handed Sword in reverse with his right hand, his left hand bracing at the end of the hilt. ƒreewebɳovel.com

Leaning forward, he almost pressed his entire body weight onto the blade.

"Ah!!!"

He roared loudly, suddenly applying force.

The sword in his hand, which had gradually slowed after piercing into the enemy’s body, finally pierced through the last layer of resistance amidst the goblin’s abrupt screeching halt.

"Huff... huff..."

Gasping heavily, completely ignoring the filthy liquid mixed with rainwater, blood, and goblin saliva on his face.

With some difficulty, he stepped on the goblin’s corpse and pulled out his One Handed Sword.

Due to exerting too much force and being physically exhausted to the extreme.

The moment the blade was freed, he couldn’t control his center of gravity and almost fell backward.

After staggering a few steps, he steadied himself again.

As a newcomer who hadn’t been in the field long, Abi hadn’t mastered those so-called "Battle Skills."

In some ways, compared to the villagers of Cui Xi Village, his only difference was the attire he had painstakingly gathered with much Gold Coin, some experience fighting goblins, and the well-fed and gradually strengthened body from the substantial gains.

He was aware, at times, he was a burden to the team.

Especially when the enemies they faced were no longer goblins wielding wooden clubs.

Therefore, even though the others never complained, he still did his best to contribute whenever possible.

Even now, it’s the same.

Early in the battle, when the Bear Goblin had yet to join, a few of them and the villagers stood at the front line against the goblins’ assault.

He even had a nostalgic and strange feeling of fighting alongside his teammates.

But when Red Mane, surrounded in red light, single-handedly smashed the entire defense line.

He returned to reality.

Acknowledging his limited strength, Abi retreated when his three teammates needed to focus on dealing with the Bear Goblin, avoiding causing them trouble.

While aiding villagers under goblin attack, he silently kept an eye on the battlefield’s situation.

And it was because of this, he witnessed Adeline’s severe injury, Xia Nan’s tough maneuvering, and Berg’s tragic death.

The teammates he spent every day with turned into cold corpses; the captain who looked after him since the beginning of his career was severely injured, life and death unknown.

The Green Blood Team, just returned from a completed task, was on the verge of collapse within minutes.

The enormity of the shock left Abi incapable of feeling sorrow.

Only numbness remained.

But even then, with the last shred of sanity in his mind, he restrained himself from rushing to his death in a foolish manner.

Taking advantage of Red Mane being entangled with Xia Nan, Abi hurried to the edge of the battlefield and poured the Healing Potion from Adeline’s body into her.

He guarded her until she regained the ability to move.

Then he quickly left the battlefield and threw himself into the battle with the other goblins.

Until now.

"Bang."

His body, covered in mud and blood, slowly leaned against a wall along the roadside.

Around him, the goblins’ howls echoed from all sides.

He cast his gaze to the other side, in the direction of Xia Nan and the others’ battlefield.

His vision was blocked by the village’s wooden houses; he couldn’t see the specific scene.

But the Bear Goblin’s roaring, which previously resonated in the air, exciting the goblins into a frenzy, had not been heard for some time.

"Has the battle... ended?"

Abi murmured.

Who won?

Adeline and Xia Nan, or... the Bear Goblin?

He already had an answer in his heart.

He wasn’t a fool.

When Abi saw Berg, the Senior Adventurer in the team, had his head effortlessly crushed by the enemy; when he saw Adeline, the captain capable of clearing an entire goblin nest, gravely injured and unconscious in one strike.

Even the newly joined Xia Nan, who once ruthlessly decapitated Huo Ya Bennett in one swift blow, barely managed to hold on under the Bear Goblin’s assault.

Abi realized the power disparity between his team and the enemy.

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