CH163 Goblin Raid II
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Under the combined assault led by Alex and the Direwolves, the goblin village had suffered heavy losses. The initial fifty-something Hobgoblins had been whittled down to just over thirty.
Now, those remaining Hobgoblins surged after Alex's vanguard, chasing them under the barked orders of their village chief.
"Scatter!" Alex commanded, his voice cutting sharply through the forest air.
At once, the raid group split into pairs and dashed off in four separate directions, weaving through trees and brush.
"You will not escape!" the Goblin Village Chief howled in its guttural tongue. "Chase them! Kill them all!"
The Hobgoblins roared in response and split up, albeit in a clumsy and disorganised fashion. Each splinter pursued one of the fleeing pairs in uneven groups.
The largest group, predictably, went after the most tempting prey—Alex, mounted on Fen.
