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Alexander had lost the feeling in his legs awhile ago. The light of the Goblins torch was bright and irritating to his dry eyes. Tired from no water and working dubble time had worn him abd the nanites in his body out.
Alexander tossed Kai to the side. A thud later and a few breaths and his mind was set. 'I am getting out of here alive with this idiot, and nothing is going to stop me.'
His hand went to the metal helt at his waist and drew his sword. The weightlessness felt relieving to him in exchange for what was in front of him, a bad day for someone.
Alexander held a short sword over his tense shoulders. Its Greene tech patented designed edge pointed at the goblins neck, a clear sign of aggression. Challenging him was his only choice, control the flow of battle and you win.
'This goblin is definitely tougher than the ones in the cave. Its faster than me but its worn down. Half of It's body is burnt, it's left arm is useless. I can do this.' Alexander stepped forward slowly watching the goblin who grew more agitated at the humans presence. The pain of its arm pulsed and it wondered did this human have something to do with it.
The goblin held a single club with spikes made of raw iron. Like a caveman it grunted at Alexander and prepared to swing.
The goblin, mostly likely one of the participants of the match earlier, lifted the club up with a screech. It swung at downward at Alexander with a strong wind following the swing. The velocity alone gave of a frightening chill as if it would annihilate anything it smashed.
Alexander blocked the strong attack with a shaky guard, taking the full force as its club broke his haggard defense. His mindset was one of preparation but the strain on his body was immense.
Alexander's hands became numb immediately from taking the strikes, blocking so hard blood dripped from his grip. The blood made holding onto the hilt like slipery lava. Something he had to ignore for the first time. It faltered him for a second before shook his head and re-focused through his distractions.
The goblin attacked again but became confused as it hit air. Its attack was perfect and it had practised that move many times. But this time his opponent wasn't another senseless goblin, it was a Hunter.
For Alexander, this move had saved him from many a hit from Kahawai. As an athletic boy Kahawai had strength in spades and moved unbelievably quick. When being attacked by that kind of strength you have to think quickly. A quick dodge on its defensless left and the giblin was wide open for attack.
Practicing with Nakamura taught him a great deal about timing, using the moment his opponent thought he had won to counterattack.
'You're slow!' Alexanders blade slid into its left side, the body was tough bit the fire loosened the leathery hide, the skin gave in with his full force behind it. The goblin died with a twitch as the weight of the club brung him down.
Alexander scanned around for more goblins and saw a few running back towards the congregation.
'They are most likely geting reinforcements. Right now would be the best time to get this idiot out. Huh,where did he go,' He turned to grab Kai and run, but found only marks where Kai had crawled through the gate, leaving him yhere to fight the large Goblin.
His legs were helplessly numb and his hands barely moveable as he stomped clumsily through the gate and fell over just as his timer beeped and the barrier of magic encased the whole camp in a light blue dome.
The barrier encased the entire camp using Max's personal tech and the mana of Kai and Alexander, the barrier expanded well beyond the safe standards set out by FUG.
The Goblins inside beat wildly at the barrier as they saw the humans, angrily trying to get to them. There minds went like this,'They where just attacked after a good match and these humans showed up. So lets kill'em and eat'em for suppa.'
The smoke that rose from the carnage of Kahawai's attack, a large barrage of min fireballs slaming into the crowd of goblins and wooden things, filled the top of the bubble quickly. It swirled back down onto the survivors, enshrouding them in toxic fumes as they slammed over and over aginst the barrier.
"You have some nerve, Kai!" Alexander crawled through the dirt and mud towards Kai's slumped form. Angered at how he risked his life for that slimy trash. He was going to over look the playing dead but to leave him we he could have helped was too far.
"I did what.. I had to, freak. Someone get this idiot away from me!" Kai spoke breathlessly as he pushed himself to get away from Alexander.
"Girls, Calm down. You're both beautiful, and mother loves you equally," Max quipped. "You did well and you both survived. In the nick of time I may add. Lets survey the situation and make sure that those goblins dont break out, which I need total concentration for."
Alexander spat at the defenseless Kai, as Kahawai and the Scout team, bloody and fierce, joined them.
They looked just as out of breath and exhausted as Alexander, but being the scouts and warriors of the group, they had more stamina.
"What happened, and what's that thing?" Fox spoke. His sword shifted mechanically into a large axe, as he prepared himself for the horde of goblins banging at the barrier.
Relax, boneheads. That thing is called a barrier and it is very fragile from our side but extremely strong on their side."
Max tapped at his holographic display, examining the levels of fluctuations and data the barrier was handling. The smile on his face meaning that all was going exactly how he wanted.
"How are we going to get rid of them behind a barrier? Seems like a very huge step to miss." Kalani asked, confused.
"That's the problem with thinking the school pushes on you delinquents try. Magic can do wonders I will admit. I've made so many breakthroughs with light magic, It was my first bachelor's degree ill have you know. However, Science is the first and most powerful magic humans nearly mastered. Take this barrier for example. It's magic keeps all elements, except Air, from getting in or out. The smoke from the attack earlier will create a powerful cocktail. Well, see for yourself.."
The Goblins began to slow their banging against the barrier as something affected them quickly. Those closest to the barrier could be seen with dizzying expressions or passing out after an amount of time. The bigger ones puked onto themselves or others before passing out.
Those still able to move had run into the cave opening to escape the unknown illness affecting the others. Unknown to them that their fate was already sealed as their flight brung with them their own demise.
"Thats..That's..." Kai mutterd disgusted.
"That is death in her purest form. No blood, no ammo, just death. Delivered by our hands. I would never use this in our world, as It could cause untold destruction, but here, I see it as survivability."
'What magic can do that?' If he was my enemy, could I beat him?' Alexander questioned.
Within minutes the entirety of the goblin camp was reduced to bodies and smoldering embers. Hundreds of goblins died within minutes and the carnage spread over the entirety of the camp. No one was spared.
"You really are a depraved individual, Max. However effective it may be." Kahawai mulled.
"I'll take that as a compliment, their sacrifice to science means we don't have to be sacrificed for their meal. I call that equivalent exchange. Thanks to all of us, we don't need to face hundreds of F ranked enemies, that could possibly over take us, or take days to hunt down."
A deep rumbling spread through the entire area, originating from the mountain. A scream of pain and anger echoed from the opening.
"I assume you have a plan for that, Braniac. Most of us don't look ready to fight a D ranked boss." Alexander sat up.
The mountain cracked and shook, breaking apart as a single individual rose from the top. Rocks fell to the side and debris rose and peeked at the barriers apex fqlling down onto the helpless bodies of goblins. The individual turned to the group and directed its floating body at high speeds towards them.
"Here it comes!" Kalani shouted, bringing her own spell to her hands.
The floating individual was a Goblin Shaman, a powerful Goblin who learned to awaken it magic.It was tall, near Kahawais size, staring many of them in the eye with soulless black eyes.
Alexander stumbled back, holding his sword shakily. He was an F rank, being so close to a higher end D ranked creature with hostile intent sent fear th4oygh his body.
'Its so hard to even think? Is this the true power of a creature stronger than me, something I could never defeat? This isn't a D ranked creature. It's to strong. Power like this, I would expect it to be a C ranked creature!'
The creature slammed a green fist into the barrier, it's black locks and trinket embroidered robes jingle with every hit. The barrier held for three hits before cracks in the spell began to show, sending alerts to Max's screen.
"What's the plan for this thing," Kahawai asked, a large ball of fire magic in his hand.
"I had, five. They are all standing right here, so do what you do best. I made a wonderful recovery formation, so you should be feeling better. Aim at its vitals and good luck!" He said, scurrying behind a deployable metal dome with strong runes all around it.
Crack! Crack!
The goblin broke through the barrier shattering it.
Smoke rose again to the air, but all the Goblins had already fallen. The Goblin shaman, rose its staff angrily, it's movements were drawn out and sluggish. It's mana fluctuated wildly at the group, making them stand behind Fox's shield. The shaman used the mana around it, now that the elements were free to use, trying to healing itself.
Light mana flooded it's system, activating it's cells to work faster, divide, and absorb quicker. This would work on many poisons and many diseases that the shaman had seen, but never on Carbon poisioning. The poision replaces oxygen in the body and stop more oxygen from combining with cells, it's Light magic speed up the time it would die from asphyxiation, and it did almost as soon as the spells magic ended. If it had been a complete C ranked monster and not just a high ranking D rank, which were still governed by the laws of the universe, it may have survived.
The group saw the Light spell activate and retaliated almost immediately, casting their fire, water, and darkness spells at the creature with all their might. The combination of tier zero and tier one spells collided against the dead body, blasting it back into the mountain with frightening speed.
The goblin shaman crashed head first into one of the many spikes that decorated the mountain, commissioned by itself. Reducing the creature to a skewer.
"Well, that will do guys, perfect as always." Max folded his safety bunker and joined them at the gate. "Couldn't have planned it better myself. Oh, wait I did."