Ch 14.
Spearman, Heavy Swordsman, Female Paladin, Warrior, Noble Fighter all attacked the warboss, he blocked with a great tower shield.
The quintet moved to withdraw their weapons, but then the warboss gave a great pull and the tree adventurers weapons all flew out of their hands.
The spear, swords and great sword were all stuck to the tower shield!
"Unlike last time I came prepared for facing top tier adventurer!" The voice of the ghost that was possessing the warboss said and took a step forward, as the disarmed and tired top adventurers all took a step back.
Witch, Dwarf shaman and Wizard could do nothing; they had used up their spell count for the day.
Lizard Priest had used his strength against the Spider Queen
High Elf Archer was out of arrows from killing so many goblins.
The rest of Slayer Keep or the remaining adventurers were in no condition to face, let alone defeat this warboss.
CLANH* CNACK*
The sound of a sword hitting the roof of the old elven fort wash over them, drawing attention to Goblin Slayer.
He was the most tired of them all, he had journeyed the day before and had run all night, now it was nearing dawn and the effect of two days of no sleep was taking its toal on him.
Goblin Slayer had dropped his sword, and was leaning heavily forward, using his arms to support himself on his knees as he breathed raggedly and coarsely.
"No time….no time for a duel….gotta kill it now…Not a goblin….a ghost…..pity I gotta use this on it…" Goblin Slayer said and straightened his back and shambled forward towards the possessed warboss.
He took out the item that Witch had enchanted for him.
"Oh….it's you….I'm surprise you're still alive, meat shields like you don't usually last long. I mean with that shabby armor it's a surprise you survived this battle, now stand aside, I have dealings with your boss, do that and I'll only torture you the least before killing you." The ghost possessing the warboss said.
To which Goblin Slayer drew the object that Witch prepared for him. This was his latest ultimate weapon.
"You….shall…not…pass!" He said and opened and activated it.
It was a white party fan with a red dot on it that sprayed a 'create water' spell when opened.
The water splashed against the face of the warboss.
The not amused warboss raised his weapon, ready to turn to jam this wretch before him, when all of a sudden he could not breathe, his body ached like crazy, his heart started racing like a hundred horses, his vision faded and he fell to the ground as strength left him, while his whole body seemed to be shutting down and exploding at the same time.
"W-what!? H-how!? I have s-s-s-supreme poison cure and immunity." The possessed body of the warboss said as he looked at some very slim strands of tentacles across his skin, which ended in a jellyfish the size of a pinky fingernail.
"Irukandji….. That small burst of water…. contained …contained a jellyfish from halfway across the world, in a land that is so teaming with poisonous animals that no demon or dragon dares live there. And that….and that small blob jellyfish, is one of the most poisonous of them all. Those meter long tentacles are riddled with hundreds of thorns…and each thorn had a poison strong enough to down an elephant. …You're poison immunity is working just fine, but you have to much poison inside you for it to filter all of it." Goblin Slayer said as he hell on his ass from exhaustion, Heavy Warrior catching him, as Lizard Priest, despite being very tired himself rushed to give aide to his comrade.
Cow Girl came with a stamina potion for Goblin Slayer around the paralyzed from pain and in infernal agony suffering warboss the adventurers and Slayer Keep gathered.
"So this was the overlord that you slayed last month?" Spearman asked.
"Yes. It appears his spirit has returned, he must have mastered 'Fake Phoenix' before dying" Wizard stated.
"Fake Phoenix states that when the user's soul leaves the netherworld, it can return as long as the one that send it there yet lives." Witch said with a grin.
"And the one that sent him to the netherworld is that jellyfish right?" Female Paladin said with a grin as all the adventurers gave a vicious, sadistic look at the dying warboss.
The Irukandji died soon after, and what appeared to be the spirit that possessed the warboss disappeared into mist and dissolved as well.
With that the adventurers turned to what was left of the goblin horde bellow, they all had monstrous look in their faces as they goblins pissed themselves in fear at what was coming, the militia, the dwarfs and the elven archers joined in as well.
Lead by Amazon, who was the only one toughs enough to still fight to near full strength, despite having been in the thickest fighting all night, they surrounded the remainder 800 goblins, who tried to run away, but were all butchered.
"I can't find any goblin lords!" Warrior shouted worryingly as the massacre of the goblins was coming to a close.
"Don't….don't worry…the last hidden unit…." Goblin Slayer said before he fell asleep from exhaustion.
Deep in the woods the goblin lords, about 40 in total all ran like crazy in their mad dash away from Slayer Keep.
The whole Waaagh had been destroyed and the filthy inferior races had won the day!
But they would pay for this!
The goblin lords would reach their great nest, take the remaining breeder women, withdraw and then they would battle amongst themselves for a new warboss and when their numbers would be big enough they would make them all pay!
They reached the cave and rushed inside, only to find dead guards!
Upon seeing this they dashed even faster into the very heart of the den, passing by killed goblin after killed goblin!
They finally reached the very centre of their next, where they found only dead guards, dead hobs and champions and dead goblin children, but none of the captive women!
But how?!
The wolf riders had chased away the foes that had been sent against their nest!
The riders from….FROMT HE VERY SAME FOE THAT HAD TWO AMBUSH UNITS WHEN THEY RESCUED THE WOMEN USED AS MEAT SHIELDS!
The humans used the elven riders as bait to lure away the defenders and another hidden force snuck into the now truly defenseless nest!
One of the goblin lords realized this and they all turned to run out of the cave.
They reached the exit and smashed right into an invisible barrier!
In front of the cave, Priestess had come from her hiding spot after the goblins went inside and had trapped them in with holy barrier!
She looked them in the eyes, those hateful eyes before she braced herself and pulled a rope, which detonated the explosives inside the cave.
BOOOMM!
A small bang was heard echoing from the distance, those at Slayer Keep turned to the direction from where it came from.
"Looks like the lords won't be any trouble." Noble Fencer said as she and Warrior leaned into each other for support.
It had been a long night!
Back in the forest the smoke form the explosion inside the cave was clearing up, most of the goblin lords were dead, but more than a few were alive.
Heavily injured, yet alive.
"Mercy…..mercy…we….we we're wrong….go back in forest…live peacefully…" The Goblin Lord that had previously realized first the trap said.
"I…I would like to give mercy." Priestess said and the goblins smiled at that, the humans were so foolish, weak and worthless!
"But…..but I have seen too much…too much of what you do to…..too many of your victims to…..to not know what has to be done. Also, Priestess said as she turned around and from the nearby bushes, the leaves started to rustle as a new group came to the cave.
"That one that spoke is the most intelligent of the lot, he's he prime candidate to become a warboss." Priestess said to the Captain of the Slayer Squad as she turned her sadden eyes away from what was about to happen.
"We will be extra thorough with that one vice-commander." Apprentice Slayer said as he lead the squad forward to finish their prey.
"My Master Goblin Slayer is our strength, we always look to him for courage and I am his direct apprentice in the slayer arts. But the vice-commander heals us when we are injured, counsels us when we are sad, and helps us reconcile when we argue. She is our heart. And your words have made her sad. For that your pain will be legendary." Apprentice Slayer said.
The long shaggy haired, golden eyed Captain of the Slayer Squadron was wearing a long cloak( for stealth and sneaking) with a hood over his armor, from inside it he drew out his own short sword, whose metal was coated in red.
Apprentice Slayer started cutting of the hands and feet of the smart goblin lord and only after he was sure that the creature was fully defenseless did he go for the killing blow, the other slayers did the same.
It was brutal, and painful, but it was quick.
The Slayer had listened to their master's teachings and took on themselves his philosophy of never wasting time.
"Take the heads, but remove the jaws. And do the same with the champions and hobs. The giant and wyverns have no value. Goblins are stronger than them." Apprentice Slayer said.
"Why?" Priestess asked as the last hidden unit addressed their army's vice-commander and the one that lead this successful next clearing and ambush.
"The battle is over, but the night is not. There is one last task to be performed for this battle to be properly over." Apprentice Slayer said as they started gathering heads.
It was not yet over.
Soon it would be.
But not just yet.