“Charge!” A voice came from within the enemies. A tall shirtless man stood up on a roof and yelled, causing the goblins and bandits to run towards the group.

“Support group, split into three!” For the first time, Bedgard spoke in a loud and aggressive tone. His usual calm and collective self finally let loose as he pulled out an axe and shield. Being the first to charge, he beheaded two bandits that were charging towards Chrisel with nothing but a swing.

As the support group started getting into position, the main group, led by Chrisel did not stay idle. Even though no one said anything from the main group, they all moved quickly.

All sorts of mobs started to charge towards them; goblins with armor and weapons, bandits that ran with frightening speed compared to the average, large wolves spanning over three feet tall, and many more.

While the main group was dealing with strong individuals, Yuu, who was on the support group ran towards the right side.

The formation that Bedgard told them to be in was a simple one. Move along with the main group, two teams are to be on both sides, and a team lagging behind to provide support and assistance.

Luckily, even though everyone was split into three, Jqonle was also assigned to be on the right. Though, Lezith was assigned to the left, causing her to be unable to accompany and help them.

Regardless if Lezith was on the same side or not, he tightened his heart and settled his mind towards killing.

“Ah!” A bandit screamed as he ran towards Yuu. He had a drop of tear running down his face, yet his actions were different than his expression. Charging at Yuu, he thrust his knife towards him.

Pressing his right foot onto the ground, Yuu quickly spun around, letting the blade of the scythe guide his path.

Without much being said, a head flew off to the side.

Luckily, before entering, he had taken the pill that Chrisel had given him. What it did was help suppress the disgust and dreadful feeling of killing someone.

Even though his brain was sort of calm, he couldn’t help but feel a slight headache while his heart tightened due to the action he did. Though while standing, he was confused as to why this bandit was screaming for his life, not even dodging the attack.

“Get off!” To the side, Jqonle was fighting against two goblins. He swung his spear, slashing the cheek of one of them, while the other was spewing a barrage of attacks, nearly scratching his scaly body.

As Jqonle was defending, he saw a brand new goblin charge at him out of the corner of his eye. But despite seeing the third goblin, he couldn’t do much as the two goblins in front of him decided to push harder.

“Dammit!” He swung his spear, causing a loud noise as it slammed through the air. This managed to cause the two to dodge, but due to their short stature, they merely ducked instead of jumping back.

The predicament for him was, either take a couple of slashes and kill one of them or run away as the three were already in close distance.

The latter wasn’t an option due to the sheer number of people around him and the inability to move around too much. Knowing this, he gripped the spear with his two hands with more force than he usually would and prepared to charge at the two, hoping to kill both of them before the third got to him.

“Gah!” Before he could even charge towards the two goblins, he heard the one nearby suddenly faint.

“Don’t think I’ll let you get killed!” To his side, Yuu took his scythe out of the goblin’s skull, letting it fall to the floor.

“Gaw!” One of the goblins hissed at him.

Preparing his spear, Jqonle spoke before charging at the goblin, “I’ll take left.”

Seeing that the man had already charged, he didn’t hesitate and went with him.

While Jqonle dealt with the goblin on the left, Yuu was preparing to swing his scythe down onto the right. However, he slowed down and instead went into a more defensive form after seeing the goblin in front of him change.

While goblins generally were not talented in using mana, it didn’t mean they didn’t use any at all. Sometimes they would have a trick or two, or at the very least be able to cast something like a small fireball.

In the case of the goblin in front of him, the goblin’s eyes started to turn red while the veins on his body became more visible. Blood was starting to seep out of his eyes as if he was risking his life to defeat the human in front of him.

“Sacrificial Magic!” Taking a guess on what was happening, he was confident in what his eyes saw. As the name implies, sacrificial magic required one to sacrifice something, whether it be a material, a life, or your own, in order to gain new strength.

Sacrificial magic towards one's-self wasn’t really rare in any regard, but most people never learn or inherit it due to the cost.

This made him ponder on why a random male goblin even learned it and why he was using it.

Nevertheless, Yuu prepared himself. Even if the goblin used magic, it wouldn’t make him incredibly strong.

Deciding to take the first move, the goblin ran towards him at a fast pace. A pace quicker than an average goblin would run at.

As the goblin got closer, Yuu quickly dodged an incoming knife attack before deciding to go on the offense. Though he did not use his scythe, instead, Leah threw two knives towards the goblin.

While she could not throw them with great strength or distance, with the distance that they currently had, injuring it was not a problem.

Not expecting such an attack to occur, the goblin flinched, dodging one while parrying the other.

“Gah!” The goblin screamed. Within this time, Yuu had already prepared his scythe and pierced it between the goblin’s neck and shoulder.

Despite the scythe going in, it didn’t go in deep. As soon as the scythe touched the goblin, it grabbed the handle, preventing it from going in deeper.

While the goblin grabbed the scythe, it yanked it out of its body before immediately rushing its dagger towards him, not letting the scythe go.

Just as he was on the losing side, a spear suddenly pierced its chest, stopping it in its track.

Quickly picking up a knife next to him, Yuu took the blade and inserted it right into the neck, killing a vital area instead of slowly damaging it in other areas.

As the goblin received a fatal blow, it tried to move its knife towards Yuu, however, the goblin’s hand was being gripped by Yuu, having let go of his scythe to free both his hands.

No longer making a struggling sound, it quickly collapsed, no signs of life remaining.

“What the actual hell,” with the goblin being dead, Yuu dropped on the floor, trying to calm his breath. “Thanks for the help,” he said with a huffing breath.

“Luckily I killed the other one in time,” Jqonle also huffed but he stood near him, guardian the two of them.

After taking a moment to breathe, Yuu immediately got up and prepared to fight once more. Despite having his focus only on the battle, many fights and deaths were repeatedly happening as blood flew through the air.

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“Die!” a curved blade caressed two green necks, causing red liquid to shower the dirt with a metallic smell.

It has probably been about fifteen minutes since the battle has started. Not a long time, but enough for multiple battles to happen.

If Yuu had the count the number of kills he had done, he would have counted 9 in total. A large amount for someone new to this scene.

But as he and Jqonle were battling with their hearts out, roars could be heard.

This was not from a goblin, a tamed wolf, a bandit, or his own allies, instead, it had a familiar tone to it.

Turning his head, in the distance, he could see twenty tall creatures. Each one was different with some being more fatter, another being completely bony, but if there was said to be a similarity, it would have to be their green skin.

Off in the distance, he could hear Bedgard yelling, “Group together to kill them! They are difficult to kill by yourself!”

Next to him, he could hear the lizard’s voice cracking ever so slightly, “Do-do we engage?”

“If we’re nearby we have to, though if it does we need to go and support our comrades!”

It didn’t take long before a woman started yelling to her teammates, “One of those things is coming towards us!”

Ironically, Yuu and Jqonle were not too far away from it. Deciding to charge first, Yuu ran towards the group of allies as Jqonle lagged behind.