Chapter 94: Everything’s a Mess
Elin was at a loss for what to do. She had quickly given both herself and Elmo a Str enhancement and was doing her best to pull Kim down the hallway as Elmo covered their rear from the goblins that were still trying to get them. Jonas was stumbling along, holding a deep gash along his left leg while holding onto the wall for support.
All that came to mind for Elin was to get out of there. She wasn't sure how long the fight had been going on, or what the consequences of her using up her MP for anything other than healing, but when she saw Kim start to falter, and the goblins attacks start to hit her, she used her sacred shot to buy enough time to pull her from the front line.
Elmo was able to use his rock spray to great effect there, but it was clear that he was only going to be able to hold them off for a little bit. Too many were pressing against each other to get to their group for Elmo to adequately keep the goblins from their group if they didn't fall back.
Glancing back, she could see Elmo using his frozen missile spell in addition to his rock spray. What Elin couldn't understand the most was how he was able to use so much magic. She couldn't imagine that he'd been able to get his MP to a level that would be pretty much inexhaustible. Yet, that's how it seemed to her.
She filed that thought away to talk to him about it later. If she had an ability like that or MP to the level that she wouldn't be able to realistically run out, then she wouldn't need to worry so much about not being able to do much outside of healing when the rest of her group were in a fight.
As it is, while she'd like to assist Elmo in trying to keep the goblins from getting to them, she knew that she needed to be the eyes of which direction they were heading in. She certainly didn't want to encounter more goblins ahead of them if she could help it.
She couldn't say how long it was that they'd been engaged in the running fight with the goblins when Elmo picked up Kim's legs and they were able to carry her and move just a little quicker. Jonas didn't seem to have too much trouble keeping up, but he did slow them down a little.
Elin wanted to try and heal him, but they could hear goblins behind them. She wasn't sure what would happen if she took the time to merely heal Jonas' wound. She was mostly hoping that they'd be able to find a room that they could hide from the goblins. Or at least something.
Elin felt like her heart was ready to pound its way out of her chest. Similar to what she had happen earlier, but not quite the same. After all, at that time things weren't looking anywhere this bad for her. Nor did she have the rest of her group to worry about.