Chapter 473 The duke’s visit (14)
A few minutes later, we were all positioned according to Cecilia's plan.
There were elves that were positioned on the sides of the cliffs that all had their bows at the ready. They were ready to fire as soon as they saw the enemy.
The ones that were still in the valley surrounded the carriage, as if they were planning on using the carriage as a blockade against the goblins.
At this point, the trembling on the ground had become even stronger and it was clear that the goblins were getting closer.
There was even a disgusting smell that filled the air as this happened.
It didn't take long before the goblins came into view.
Though it was a stampede, they were moving at a moderate pace into the valley.
However, as soon as they came into the valley and saw the carriage, they stopped moving. But this was nothing more than the calm before the storm as the goblins organized themselves.
The goblin riders with their wolves came to the front while the rest of the goblins formed a wall formation. There were even goblin archers that were lined up in the back of this formation, ready to let their arrows fly into the sky at any moment.
The way that the goblins moved, it was clear that they weren't a random group, but rather a trained group that had gathered for a specific reason. For a group of this size, there had to be something like a Goblin General holding them all together.
A Goblin General, this was something that they hadn't faced in a long time…not since the town had been hit with that beast wave.
After the goblin riders were in position, they charged out without any hesitation.
The rest of the goblins slowly made their advance towards the carriage while the goblin archers prepared to shoot.
The moment that the goblins made contact, they would let the arrows rain down.
Cecilia raised her hand for her people to hold as the goblin riders charged at them.
Seeing these goblins on wolves coming, the knights couldn't help feeling the pressure that came from this.
However, Cecilia still didn't give them the order to charge.
The goblin riders came closer and closer until they were almost upon them.
That was when Cecilia suddenly dropped the hand that she had been holding up while saying, "Do it now!"
As soon as she gave this order, the ones that weren't on horses suddenly pulled the ropes that had been hidden in the ground with all their might. As soon as they pulled on these ropes there were hidden wood spikes that suddenly came out of the ground.
The goblin riders weren't able to react in time and many of their wolves were impaled by these wooden spikes. With the speed that they were going at, it was an instant death as the spikes pierced their heads and brains.
There were also some of the riders that were pierced by these spikes and were killed by the momentum.
However, there were more of them that were thrown into the air from their wolves as their wolves were impaled on the spikes.
They couldn't stop themselves as they were thrown right at the mounted knights.
These goblins riders tried to turn themselves in midair to strike back at these mounted knights, but they didn't have a chance. As soon as they were in range, the knights easily cut through these goblin riders.
It wasn't just that they were stronger after the intense training that they had undergone after the beast wave, it was also because of the special swords that they had in their hands.
Even though the dwarves had only been here for a few days, that was more than enough time for them to outfit each of the knights with special swords.
The main reason that the dwarves had followed Zwein back was because they wanted to learn his rune and forging techniques. So during this time, they had been practicing with what he had taught them.
At the same time, there was quite a bit of mithril that was brought back from the Dwarven Kingdom for them to use.
So all of the knights had mithril swords with runes engraved on them.
The sharpness of these swords was guaranteed and they cut through the goblin riders like a hot knife through butter.
There was no resistance at all from the goblin riders.
Even the ones that had raised their swords to block found that these swords couldn't resist the mithril swords at all.
The swords of these goblin riders were made from bad quality iron that they found, so naturally they couldn't compete with these special made mithril swords.
Just like this, most of the goblin riders were wiped out. The ones that were able to avoid the spike trap were quickly disposed of by a few knights that had been waiting in the wings in an ambush.
The goblins in the back couldn't help hesitating when they saw what happened to the goblin riders, but that only lasted a few seconds. As if they were spurred on by something, the goblins didn't hesitate to march again.
It almost seemed like they were driven by fear based on the looks on their faces.
As they came closer, the goblin archers prepared to fire their arrows, but…before that could happen…
There was a rain of arrows that suddenly fell down on the goblin archers.
It was the elves who had been waiting on the cliffs the entire time.
They hadn't fired their arrows when the goblin riders had charged forward, they had been waiting with their bows drawn the entire time for the goblins to come forward.
These arrows pierced right through the goblins and mowed down all of the archers. All of the arrows were aimed perfectly at the goblin archers, so there wasn't a single one that survived.
All these arrows that were shot out were those with mithril arrowheads, so the goblins didn't stand a chance against them. These were also made by the dwarves in town during this time.
There were only the regular goblins that made up the bulk of this group left, but…it didn't seem like they stood a chance against these humans and elves.
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