Chapter 85: Unexpected Help
The goblins were the first to charge. Kim and Jonas didn't seem to show any interest in charging at their opponents themselves, but seemed fine to let them run at them. However, Elin couldn't help but worry that it wouldn't go as well as previous battles.
For one thing, they could come around Kim and Jonas to fight her and Elmo at close range, which she understood was a bad position for a mage to be in. Although, she couldn't help but wonder if Kim and Jonas were too busy worrying about the villagers to consider that.
Elmo was raining down his spells on the goblins, taking down a couple in their charge, but otherwise just hurting the others while enraging them at the same time.
Jonas threw his dagger and was able to eliminate a couple other goblins before they'd crossed the distance, forcing him to work with melee attacks rather than ranged.
Kim had kept her sword sheathed until the first bugbear was almost on her, at achich point Elin saw a cut appear in the bugbear's chest, as if Kim hadn't moved. Which Elin knew couldn't have been the case. Although, it did give the other goblins pause, as they tried to figure out what happened. Not that Kim gave the other bugbear time to do anything as she used her same attack on that one before drawing her sword.
Elin was happy that Kim was able to kill the two bugbears so quickly. The other goblins weren't anywhere near as a problem that Elin could determine, although, she still didn't like how many there still were attacking them.
However, before she knew it, the goblins were laying on the ground either dead or in their death throes. Elin couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. She hoped that was all the goblins in the area. Yet, she knew her job wasn't done. She had to check everyone for any injuries that might have occurred without any of them noticing.
She checked Jonas and Elmo first, mostly because she wanted to save Kim for last. Where she could admire what she could see of Kim's body. Both through the armor she was wearing and from Kim's figure in general.
If Elin had her way, they'd be done with the goblins and she and Kim could go somewhere to be alone for the rest of the night. However, she was still fully aware that the likelihood of that happening was less than the sun coming up at that moment.
Suddenly a loud roar could be heard in the distance, followed by a loud explosion and a flash of bright light. Elin felt startled, as she had no idea what might be causing that noise. She was also the last to react to it. The others had already started running towards it by the time Elin was able to recover from her initial surprise.
Grumbling to herself, she began to follow them, doing her best to keep up. Especially with how she felt her own legs complaining about all the running she'd been doing that night. She also could feel her eyes complaining that they were tired too and she should get some sleep.