Chapter 34
Beyond the two archer platforms that lay at the end of the goblin village were the tall and thick trees of the forest. Past them was the hill with the cave to where the boss was keeping Belamouranthe.
Like the first time through the wave, four club-wielding goblins emerged from behind the trees and two blue goblins popped out from within the cave, followed by a single yellow archer.
Adam was feeling pretty out of breath already, which was a bad way to start off the fight. Instead of charging straight down the middle between the trees that naturally guided players towards the cave, Adam veered right and around one of the thick tree trunks, such that the archer couldn’t see him.
The green goblins came around the side as he’d expected and ran face-first into his spinning buzzsaw, which now moved 55% faster than at the start of the stage.
The result was gruesome and swift, with all but one of the four creatures ending up headless on the ground, and the last one having a massive slice carved out of its cranium.
Adam quickly harvested their ears and ran to the right of the trees to block the archer’s line-of-sight as much as possible. Unlike last time, the two spear-wielding goblins surged forward to try and drive him out into the open.
His barrier was slightly cracked from grinding against the last goblin’s skull, but he didn’t resummon it, since it could still work as a shield in a pinch.
The blue goblins were smarter than the rest and came around the trunk he hid behind from both sides. Adam immediately shoved his barrier into the one on his left and then flung it back towards the other, who destroyed it with a quick thrust.
He summoned another and stumbled as the dizziness struck him hard.