Chapter 7: Four

Bugbear,

One of the variants of Goblins.

Equally evil and greedy, but compared to their thin and weak cousins, Bugbears possess genetically mutated strong physiques and agile figures.

They are cold-blooded and fierce, and possess a certain level of intelligence, proficient in Gnomish and Common.

Some assassin organizations in the western part of the continent will even specifically recruit young Bugbears and train them into professional killers.

Almost every Bugbear has the ability to become a Goblin tribe leader after reaching adulthood.

And the Goblins who have obtained the Bugbear "Boss" will also see their courage and harmfulness increase exponentially due to the leader's brutal rule and powerful strength.

But on the other hand, compared to the huge number of Goblins that are like cockroaches all over the continent, Bugbears are not many.

After reaching adulthood, they leave the group to stand on their own, and they are also scattered in large and small Goblin tribes.

Many times, with younger brothers responsible for satisfying their greed for food and treasures, Bugbears are too lazy to go out in person, just nesting in their own caves like dragons.

If it weren't for being too greedy or having really bad luck, it would be basically difficult to encounter them within the activity range of low-level adventurers.

Just the same, once they face this most powerful individual among Goblin-like creatures head-on, the fate of these adventurers who haven't even obtained professional levels is self-evident.

Roar—

A low roar filled with aggression echoed in the spacious cave.

The nearly seven-foot-tall burly figure stood up quietly; under the brown, rough hair was solid, brown bear-like knotted muscles, and the yellowish-brown eyes revealed dangerous colors under the reflection of the firelight, and viscous, foul-smelling saliva dripped slowly from the two fangs protruding from its lower jaw.

And the most eye-catching was the morning star hammer almost half a person high beside its feet.

The slender handle made the pitch-black hammer head look particularly eye-catching, and the muddy ground that sank slightly due to the weight, along with the iron spikes densely covered on the surface of the morning star hammer, made it hard to imagine what kind of miserable result would occur if such a hammer smashed down properly.

"Gagu, hold it back!!!"

After a moment of panic, Hunter Maji, who had relatively rich combat experience, finally reacted and shouted at the half-breed Orc at the very front of the team.

Escape, absolutely impossible.

At the moment, they were only more than ten meters away from the Bugbear, and with the opponent's explosive power far exceeding ordinary people, it could cross it in the blink of an eye.

And although the cave was relatively spacious, it could only accommodate two people walking side by side, far from the extent of being able to scatter and escape.

Rashly turning around to escape and leaving one's back to the opponent, I'm afraid that before they could even escape to the entrance, the three of them would have been torn into pieces by the Bugbear.

Must take the initiative to attack!

"Xia Nan, you are responsible for those Goblins on the side!"

A single Bugbear was already enough to require them to fight to the death.

If they had to deal with those annoying green-skinned mice during the battle, their survival rate would probably drop by another ten percent.

Therefore, Maji could only choose to believe in this newbie in the team who had just shown his ability, believing that he could fight for space for the two of them to concentrate fire on the Bugbear without interference.

Maji's roar, filled with tension, made Xia Nan instantly come back to his senses.

Even before he had time to react, he watched with his own eyes as Gagu, who was at the very front of the team, held his heavy two-handed axe and rushed towards the Bugbear with a wild roar.

Xia Nan realized something was wrong.

Unlike the other two in the team, the original owner was just an ordinary farmer and hadn't even heard the name "Bugbear," so naturally, he wouldn't know how dangerous it was.

But just judging from their performance, it was enough to prove how urgent the situation was.

At this moment, he didn't have time to think too much.

As soon as the hunter's voice fell, he tightened his grip on the longsword and rushed towards the four Goblins located on the side of the cave with a stiff scalp.

To be honest, Xia Nan felt a little unsure in his heart.

Unlike the chaotic battle when encountering a raid last night, without the containment and cover of teammates, in the spacious cave environment, he needed to face the frontal attack of four Goblins at the same time.

Perhaps it was a coincidence, or perhaps he had some talent for fighting.

Looking at the four green-skinned rats in front who were hurriedly picking up weapons, a flash of inspiration flashed in his brain.

"Facing one against four head-on is too dangerous; I must split the battlefield and attack with all my strength to find a breakthrough!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the 【Spinning Slash】, which had been practiced to lv4 under the original owner's years of hard work, almost instinctively stored power in a running state.

Hum—

Cold light flashed!

The Goblin closest to Xia Nan was cleanly chopped in half horizontally.

And at this time, the other three green-skinned beasts had also rushed over side by side, holding wooden clubs in their hands.

Xia Nan, who had immersed all his heart and soul in the battle, was quick-eyed and quick-handed, kicking over the iron pot whose bottom was burned red-hot.

Boiling juice mixed with turbid grease poured out, and the scalding temperature made the Goblins who had almost rushed to his front subconsciously stop, and the originally neat formation was also split.

Plan achieved!

Xia Nan took two steps forward fiercely, exerting his advantage of being tall and strong, and stabbed the one-handed sword forward with force; the sharp blade instantly pierced through the Goblin's fragile skin and stabbed into the abdominal cavity.

A gust of wind struck, and he dodged to the side, dodging the swing from another Goblin from the side.

At the same time, the sword blade that penetrated the monster's flesh was not pulled out, and he launched 【Spinning Slash】 again in a "meat skewer" posture.

"Chirp!"

The sharp longsword, gathering the strength of his whole body, tore through the weak body of the Goblin, which had no defensive power at all, with an irresistible posture.

Cutting out horizontally from the body of one Goblin, accompanied by the spurting bright red blood, it chopped its other companion into two sections, upper and lower.

It was only until this time that the last green-skinned mongrel managed to bypass the overturned iron pot and arrived in front of Xia Nan.

Then, finding that only itself was left on the field, it showed its cowardice as a low-level monster.

Throwing away the wooden club in its hand, it turned around and wanted to escape.

It was chased and stabbed to death with two swords.

"Huff... huff..."

Xia Nan panted heavily.

Highly concentrated, in just twenty seconds since the battle started, it almost consumed most of his physical strength, and even the coarse cloth linen clothes on his body were soaked with sweat.

The one-handed sword was still gripped tightly in his palm, but his right hand couldn't stop trembling, and the difficult soreness came from the arm muscles in bursts.

That was the side effect of using 【Spinning Slash】 twice in a short period of time.

At least he completed the task the squad gave him.

Xia Nan thought so in his heart.

At the same time, he turned around and looked towards the other side of the battlefield.

"The two of them should also..."

"Damn!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 8 =====