[Wave 1 : 40 goblins]
[Prepare for battle]
A group of armed goblins came out of the black hole, each one of them holding a shield and a blade. Some of them with helmets, some with arm guards, but every single one wore a small metal chest plate, ragged skirt and leg graves.
The blades they had were better than the bone-things they had before. Now a piece of metal, sharpened badly and visibly poor quality.
But undeniably they were a weapon better than before.
However. The soldiers on the human side were prepared better too.
Even though they wore exactly the same as before, the one training session, the 2 fights before, even standing by other men in the most basic formation - It helped tremendously.
They were no longer men covered in metal and holding a sharp metal stick, thrown into the world to survive.
No.
They were men, in armor and a equipped with a sword. Thrown into the battle to kill.
"MEN. FORWARD 1 STEP" Sergeant Marcus said calm, but loud
The 37th squad, or Adam`s squad ,or the loose gathering of men, took one large step towards the enemy.
Like an answer, the goblin commander on the other side screeched
*SKREE - AAAAGH *
And the goblin army moved forward. Step by step, one by one, row after row.
"BACKLINE - Prepare to thrust. FRONT - Brace for impact" Marcus started to gesticulate with his sword.
Adam squished the swords handle with both hands, and breathed in a big pocket of air.
Ben behind him swallowed spit loudly.
But they both, and every other soldier in line, stood still as the goblin squad approached.
*KRUAAAAGH * when the goblins went into the fighting distance, their commander swung his standard and screeched incredibly loud.
"ATTACK" Marcus also swung his sword and shouted.
Ben thrusted right next to Adam`s head, hitting a goblin that was stopped by Adam`s sword.
The green body was kicked by the metal boot, and fell on the next incoming enemy.
First row crashed into the soldier line and got stopped instantly. The 2 sets of metal covered men were barely pushed, and after the crash they started to push the other way.
Front line swapped from blocking to swings, heavy swings from over their heads. The backline stopped attacking and prepared to attack in the right moment.
And so goblins attacked and attacked, soldiers killed and killed.
Adam pulled out his sword out of the last goblin of the wave and with a fast swing, got some of the green blood off of it.
*tsk*
The goblin commander clicked his tongue, and waved his standard again.
[The second wave will now begin]
"MEN. SWITCH LINES" Marcus announced as another wave of goblin soldiers started to come out of the gate.
Same numbers, almost the same equipment.
Adam, sweating and kind of tired, switched with Ben, who excitedly moved in front of him.
Which is normal, if you can and want to kill monsters and you then are stuck behind someone else, you will go forward as soon as you can.
*SKRUUG -- BRUUGH -REEEAAGHH* the commander screeched, differently this time.
The goblin army started to split into 2, each trying to go around the army of humans
"BACKLINE, SPLIT TO THE SIDES" Marcus issued a command instantly.
Adam still sweating moved to the left, and the squad formed a reverse U shape, with frontline still facing the enemies, backline on the sides and the commander in the middle.
Goblins still went forward, but widened enough to go around the front row.
And when both of the groups were near enough the human squad
*KRUAAAAGH *
And all of the monsters attacked the corner soldiers. The previously single or paired goblins, were now in fours or fives attacking a single soldier.
Even though most of the blades were stopped by the armor and swords, one of them got to the flesh every time. And if one managed to strike once, it struck again.
"FLANK THEM. GO GO GO" Marcus started to gesticulate fast , showing the backed out soldiers to move forward and help the front ones out.
And so the counter attack begun. Sadly too late, as the 3 soldiers who got attacked first already fell, and the others nearby started to have even bigger problems.
As the goblins pulled their blades out of the bodies, they licked the blood off of them and looked for the next target. And when they saw panicked metal men.
They grinned.
And with a screech they charged at them.
*Fwoosh*
The last goblin who had a struggle with the blade being stuck a bit, suddenly found himself smashed into it.
Adam pulled his sword upwards, ripping it out of the goblins body.
"DIE B****S DIE" As he charged at the rest of the monsters who already got to other soldiers.
"INJURED PULL BACK" Marcus started to back off , pulling others with him.
Adam meanwhile ripped through the goblins, slashing and bashing at them.
As another man fell, his attackers turned to Adam, who was right now behind them and away from the group.
*Shthck* When one of them turned around he got a sharp metal stick through his skull, which was pulled out in the next second with a gush of green liquid.
"I SAID " Adam assumed a position from the videos on swordsmanship, widened his stance and gripped his sword with both hands and lowering the tip of the blade so it pointed at the enemies.
The goblin grouped didn`t seem to care and smiled widely, exposing their teeth, licking their blades and finally, sprinting at Adam.
"DIE" who made wide baseball swing, but instead of a strike to the ball, it ended up as a cut to their torsos, crushing 2 spines at once.
However 2 now + 1 before < 5 attackers, which left 2 goblins still alive and very near Adam
And they did manage to injure him, one in the left arm , right where the armor meets the joint and leave just leather and skin, and the other grazed his torso beneath the chest plate.
While Adam recovered from a way too large swing, the goblins pulled the swords out and attempted again. One to thrust, other deiced to take a bite of out his body.
A pummel to the biting head, crushed some of its teeth out and stunned the goblin, the other one grazed Adam and got a kick to the stomach.
Adam took a deep breath, again with pain in his body, but small enough that he ignored it and charged, his blade high above the head aiming to destroy the monster with one strike.
And when it fell, it went down like there was nothing in its way.
There was, but not anymore. The little green body was now 2 even smaller green piles of flesh.
The other goblin scared for his life started to run towards the commander.
Who already tried to back out of the fight.
But he didn`t get far enough.
Adam came close, very close. Looked the monster in the face.
And as the goblin leader looked at the empty eyes of a metal helmet on his face...
He saw nothing but darkness.
Adam grabbed his shoulder and pierced his stomach with a decisive blow.
The goblin cried but didn`t scream.
And then he saw it.
2 small flaming eyes looking at him.
Disgust. Anger. Excitement.
Those were the last emotions the goblin could see.
Adam threw away his body and came to the last running goblin.
And without a doubt cut off his head.
He turned around to see his squad finishing off the rest.
[Wave 2 cleared]