The goblins, most of whom only wore loincloths to protect the lower part of their bodies, ran toward the walls with their curved short swords raised high.
Behind the thousands of goblin fighters were massive goblins clad in armor and wielding huge weapons that weighed quite a lot, judging by how it opened the snow as they dragged it on the ground.
Some of them that slung their weapons on their shoulders left deep footprints on the snow-covered ground.
The smallest goblin was about half the size of an adult human, while the biggest was about 5 feet tall but was very stout.
They weren’t muscular but had a massive amount of thick flesh, especially at their abdomens.
“Make sure no one is outside their homes!”
Below the walls, Kelvin was giving orders, and his voice fell into Asher’s ears.
“Your Lordship, we don’t have many arrows.”
Eritrea reported solemnly.
“There was no proper time to recuperate, so I understand. Just keep shooting until all the arrows are exhausted. Then, the bladebreaker will be the knife that delivers the final cut.”
“Ready yourselves!”
Alec roared, and fifty shieldmen slammed their shields and spears on the ground while three hundred axemen slammed their axes against their shields.
“Hoo!”
“Beat your weapons so those wretched creatures will know who they’re about to face!”
Boom!
The combined sound made by 350 soldiers shook the wall.
Alec’s cloak billowed as he turned his head and looked at the goblin army that were racing toward the wall with ravenous eyes.
Alec looked like a giant amongst men as he stood before his men. The height difference was staggering.
“Fire!”
Eritrea’s voice cut through the air like the cry of an eagle, and 200 rangers lifted up their bows, nocked an arrow, and drew it until the bow was fully curved.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Arrows tore through their air, their tails dancing in the wind as they made dazzling curves and struck goblins that were 400 yards away from the walls.
As Eritrea drew her great thunder bow, azure lightning crackling along the bowstring and gathered at the arrowhead of the three arrows, she nocked.
Swoosh!!
There was a light shockwave that made the hoods of rangers beside her fall off, revealing their stunned faces.
Three arrows crackling the lightning traveled a distance of 700 yards and pierced through the head of a five-foot-tall goblin wielding a mace. The first arrow struck its forehead, and the other two plunged into the eyes.
The moment the goblin fell, a lightning shockwave exploded outward, paralyzing a dozen goblins instantly!
A perfect aim at a distance of 700 yards was absurd for a gold-ranked markswoman, as it was the shooting range of a diamond-ranked sniper.
Eritrea was only able to do this because of her special diamond-ranked elemental bow.
Before the goblins could react, Eritrea had released six more arrows. Three after three!
She targeted the massive goblins, which were at least silver-ranked warriors. Should any noble in the wasteland see that there was a markswoman who could shoot down silver-ranked warriors like flies, they would have done all in their power to bring her over to their side.
Eritrea was like the famous war machine, the trebuchet!
She kept releasing arrows after arrows, with each taking a life and paralyzing those around for a period of time.
A short while later, her right hand went to her thigh, but she couldn’t find any arrow in her quiver. It seemed as if she snapped out of her reverie of continuous slaughter and averted her eyes from the battlefield to her empty quiver.
‘Arrows!’
Turning to her left, she saw other rangers taking arrows from a large wooden quiver placed beside them. It was then she realized that there was one not too far away from her.
Others distanced themselves since her shots could be quite distracting.
As she raced toward the quiver, a large hook came from below. It came with such speed that Eritrea knew her head had come into contact with it, so she slid under it, swiftly got to her feet as if she had done it a thousand times, and nocked an arrow.
Right at this moment, she looked down and saw that the hook wasn’t an attack, but it was a rope ladder!
She took a dagger and began to cut.
Bam! Bam!
The ground shook, causing her to turn her head in the direction where the trembling came from, and she saw Alec running toward her.
Upon arriving at Eritrea’s position, Alec cut the rope with one swing and continued running. He kept cutting the ropes, causing dozens of goblins to fall to the ground.
Eventually, a goblin warrior reached the top, and with a swing of his deadly spiked mace, the bronze-ranked shieldmen scattered, but none of them were severely injured.
“Ugly!”
Alec roared.
The goblin turned to face him.
It exposed its yellow, sharp tooth and dashed toward Alec. The scrap armor it wore made clanking sounds.
Alec raised his shield to block the goblin’s downward strike. When the strike rebounded, causing the goblin to stagger, Alec seized the opening to thrust his spear.
Clang!
Still, the goblin managed to deflect it.
Right at that moment, more goblins entered the alure from another ladder.
A big hand cleared them away and entered the alure with ravenous, reddish eyes. It brandished the massive blade that looked similar to a cleaver and dashed toward Alec, who fought against the first goblin warrior.
Alec tightened his grip around his weapons and engaged in an intense battle with both warriors.
His spear danced about, searching for opportunities to deliver a swift kill while his shield protected him from their weapons.
Alec fell on one knee and protected himself from their united strike.
Bam!
Shockwaves spread outward, and the stone beneath his feet cracked at the dreadful sheer power these goblins had.
It was at this moment that Alec was absolutely certain that these goblins were gold-ranked abyss knights!
He clenched his teeth.
