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Episode 11. The Power of a Hero
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The Goblin Riders’ archery skills were quite excellent.
This is because it was an evolved form of a common goblin, so the strength it lacked had already been supplemented.
“Ugh-!”
Shudlen groaned as he hastily changed direction due to the sudden barrage of arrows.
“Schudlen.”
“I’m sorry. I don’t think I can hold out much longer, Your Majesty.”
I just strained my joints by making a sharp change of direction.
It’s hard to keep going at this speed, and if you do, your joints can really get hurt.
Schudlen gave his opinion cautiously.
“It might be better to just fight.”
“They can already catch us now. They’re just having fun with the hunt. It doesn’t matter if they slow down a little.”
“But then wouldn’t it be like they wanted it to be?”
Ugh, Shudlen ground his teeth.
It’s like being hunted by a mere monster.
Although he was still a new reporter, his reputation as a reporter was indescribable.
But Ethan calmly consoled him.
“It’s okay. Just follow what I say.”
At present, Ethan had no body to reproduce the knowledge in his head. Instead, that body was in Schudlen.
We can’t perfectly recreate it, but we can overcome the current situation.
“All right.”
Schudlen seemed determined and slowed down.
Then, they were quickly caught up by the Goblin Riders.
Then Ethan stretched his body and thrust his sword.
Swish-!
“Squeak!”
The goblin riders who had rushed in were stabbed by Ethan’s sword. However, since he was riding the horn hog so well, he was unable to inflict fatal wounds.
‘Does not matter!’
I stabbed my sword into the red dot and applied poison to it as well.
“Run again. Shudlen!”
“yes!”
The angry goblin riders stopped their mischief and drove their horn hogs to kill Ethan and Shudlen with full force.
“Keeeeeek!”
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A flying arrow aimed for Ethan’s neck.
However, Ethan was not without skill, he just did not have the strength to move quickly.
He cut the arrow in half precisely and hid among the trees.
As soon as Ethan and Shudlen disappeared, the Goblin Riders scattered and went into the trees. As they entered, Shudlen jumped out.
Phew-!
“Keeeeeek!”
One of the goblin riders who followed in was killed.
Ethan gave immediate instructions.
“run!”
This time, I changed direction and ran in the opposite direction. Goblin riders on horn hogs have difficulty making sharp turns.
On the other hand, although the joints of the Shudlen may be broken, it is easy to change direction.
As we sprang to the other side, the angry goblin riders made a sharp change of direction with a squeaking sound.
But where was he hiding until just now?
It’s right between the trees. It’s hard to change direction as it is, so how can you do it properly between the trees?
Ethan was holding the bow of the Goblin Rider he had just killed. He pulled back the bowstring strongly and fired.
‘Instead of arrows.’
The needles of the Heoryu acupuncture were used instead of arrows. The needles came in various sizes, so if you used the largest needle, you could use it as an arrow.
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The goblin riders trying to escape through the trees were hit with spit.
“Keeeek!”
The places where they were inserted are their red dots.
As the needle pierced his weak point, the Goblin Rider fell down from the Horn Hog he was riding.
“Don’t let your guard down. The guys who threw blood and diverted your attention earlier are coming.”
“How did you know!?”
There must have been some distance between us.
“You screamed just before you died, didn’t you? You called your comrades. You said you had a difficult enemy to deal with.”
Doo doo doo doo doo-!
As I spoke, I heard the sound of the hooves of the horned hog.
“Damn it. Run again, Shudlen!”
“Can’t you just kill them the same way you did just now?”
“A big one comes mixed in among them.”
“If you say it’s big… … .”
-Keeeeeek!
“It’s the Goblin Rider King.”
[lv 35]
Level 35, indeed.
Goblin Rider King, who had a level far higher than that of a normal Goblin Rider, was much larger than a normal Goblin.
There, riding a horn hog even bigger than that, he was chasing Ethan and Schudlen with fierce momentum.
“Cow, the speed… … .”
The speed was so fast that Shudlen was taken aback.
But Ethan was calm.
“Back to the tree!”
Ethan’s calm voice calmed Shudlen’s panic.
If it’s Ethan, he knows a way. Then this won’t be a graveyard.
Shudlen quickly moved his feet towards the tree.
But hopes were dashed, as the Goblin Rider King advanced, smashing through the trees.
In this case, we cannot use the same method as before.
“Your Majesty. What should we do now!?”
As Ethan said, there was still strength left. I had to do something more while I still had strength left. Otherwise, the worst would happen.
Ethan made a quick decision and gave instructions.
“Go deeper. And. Wait.”
Kwaaang-!
The Goblin Rider King boasted incredible strength. With one strike, he could collapse trees and create a path.
It was a power that you would never think of as coming from a mere goblin.
Only an ogre would be able to display such majesty, but it was quite natural for those who were called kings of this dark forest.
This is a place where you can’t survive unless you’re strong.
It meant that everyone alive in this dark forest was a survivor.
“Keeeek-.”
Boom-! Boom-! Boom-!
Reaching the depths of the forest, Shudlen paused for a moment to catch his breath.
“young master?”
There was no movement from Ethan on his back.
“this!”
I forgot that Ethan was sick.
Schudlen moved violently, not thinking of Ethan on his back, in order to somehow avoid his opponent.
Besides, it occurred to me that perhaps one of the arrows shot by the Goblin Riders might have hit Ethan.
“young master!”
There was no answer from Ethan.
Just as I was about to bring down Ethan.
“It’s okay. Rather, look down at me.”
Schudlen slowly put Ethan down.
Ethan’s face had turned quite pale.
It’s okay, but in this state, I can’t kill even one of those goblin riders from before.
Boom-!
“I’ll run away. I’ll try to get out of the forest somehow.”
“It’s no use. I’m already behind in speed.”
“Then I have no choice but to die like this. I don’t know, but your highness, you are not the type of person to die in a place like this.”
Although Schudlen only spent a short time with Ethan, he was able to catch a glimpse of Ethan’s extraordinary qualities.
Ethan was the man who could change the Countess Wickers.
I couldn’t let him die here.
“I owe you a favor. If I could repay that favor here, there would be nothing better.”
Boom-!
The Goblin Rider King was getting closer.
Shudlen made up his mind. He would buy time for Ethan to escape while he himself fought the monster here.
I thought I would die on the battlefield someday, but I never thought I would die to a single monster.
But now that didn’t matter.
“Please run away… … .”
“What should I do if I start thinking about death already?”
For a moment, Ethan’s eyes lit up.
A sinister glare was seen in the body that looked as if it would collapse from illness.
That was will. A cool will.
Ethan wasn’t giving up on anything.
“I have no intention of dying here.”
Kwaaang-!
The Goblin Rider King maintained his fearsome momentum as he felled the last tree in front of Ethan and Shudlen.
“Keeeek.”
Then he lifted the spear at his waist with a threatening howl.
He thought that Ethan and Schudlen, who were not running away any longer, had no will to fight, so he got off the horn hog and made a louder squeaking noise.
At the same time, goblin riders began to arrive one after another from both sides.
Complete siege.
There was no escape now. The goblin riders looked as if they were waiting to see how their king would divide up the prey.
Schudlen fell into despair.
It’s the end. There is no more hope.
“I’ll try to find a way.”
But that didn’t mean I could put down my sword.
He took a step forward and aimed his sword forward as if to protect Ethan.
Then Ethan stepped forward.
Shudlen looked at Ethan with surprised eyes. It must be hard for him to even move.
How can you walk so powerfully?
Ethan’s eyes were focused solely on the Goblin Rider King.
‘Between the eyebrows.’
The Goblin Rider King is about twice the size of a normal goblin, standing over two meters tall.
So, to aim for the space between the eyebrows, you have to stretch your hand out, and then you lose speed.
‘shoulder.’
The bright red dot was pointing to a very deep part of the shoulder.
Likewise, it is very high.
“Hoooo.”
The giant Goblin Rider King laughed as he watched the human who seemed to be observing him. The other Goblin Riders responded to his laughter.
Shudlen froze for a moment at the sound of the goblins’ mad laughter.
Ethan breathed calmly. Thanks to the hero’s breathing, he was able to remain calm even in the face of death.
A desperate situation.
There is only one way to overcome this situation.
The method was very simple: kill the immediate threat, the Goblin Rider King.
‘There is only one way.’
Give strength to the sword in your hand.
All I could see before my eyes were bright red weak points. Each and every one of them was difficult to hit.
-Breathe. Breathe. Be strong. And be brave. All of these trials are meant to make you stronger.
The words of the hero Hercules came to mind.
-Concentrate your breathing and exhale in one breath. Exhale this breath that you have drawn from the deepest part of your soul through your hands.
Hercules came to mind and the things he had shown me in the video.
The image of a hero who shattered huge rocks and destroyed trees the size of houses with one blow.
There was no doubt. There was only certainty and certainty.
Hercules was the one who made the impossible possible.
– Take a deep breath. Be confident in your strength. Be confident that you can cut down in one blow whatever is in front of you, whether it is a man-eating lion or a giant dragon guarding the golden tree. That is the breath of a hero. That is the kind of being a hero is.
The Goblin Rider King appeared before Ethan’s eyes.
He saw the giant club he had been holding in his hand towards the sky being brought down on himself.
If you hit that, it’s clear that it’ll be difficult for anyone but the strongest to survive.
Wheaaa …
Even amid the crackling sound of the wind cutting through the air, Ethan calmly pondered Hercules’ words.
Hercules was an unkind god.
But the moment I understood everything he was saying, I was able to recreate the hero’s power in my body.
Breathe and believe.
There are bound to be trials on the hero’s path, but heroes do not crumble in the face of trials.
The club was swung down. At the same time, Ethan’s sword was also swung as if it was being shot.
-The moment you breathe, be confident that you are a hero.
“understood.”
There is only one thing that needs to be done.
Don’t worry about whether you can cut or not, if you’ve decided to cut, then cut!
Crunch-!
The Goblin Rider King, who was cut diagonally, collapsed with a thud.
For a moment, the surroundings became eerily quiet.
And then slowly Shudlen opened his mouth.
“oh my god.”
At the same time as Shudlen was shocked, the goblin riders’ eyes also grew wide and began to snicker.
What they felt was fear. Fear that their king who led them had died in one blow!
The guys started to slowly retreat, trembling with fear.
And Ethan, who had struck down the Goblin Rider King with a single sword, exhaled deeply.
“come.”
As I glared at them with a quizzical expression, the goblin riders all turned around and started to run away.
fantasy,
