I AM THE MONARCH – CHAPTER 4 : FIRST BATTLE (2)

 

Gulp .

His adam’s apple shakes roughly .

‘Two? No . Three . ’

Roan lowered his posture while still leaning on the tree .

Blow .

The leaves are blown by the wind .

Chwee . Chwee .

They cries of the goblins get nearer .

Stealthily .

Roan slowly took out his short sword .
An old and sharpless short sword .
However, it was enough to complete his role .

Chwee .

A sound heard nearby .

‘Now!’

Roan quickly turned his body .
And then, he saw the goblin right in front of his eyes .

Chwee!

The guy fell in a state of confusion when he saw Roan appearing suddenly .
Roan didn’t let go of the opportunity and quickly stabbed the goblin .

Stab .

The short sword got stabbed in the guy’s chest .

Chwee .

And the goblin that dropped down after .

Chwee! Chwee!

The goblins that were behind got angered at the death of their companion .
Those guys rushed on to him .

Pull .

Roan pulled the short sword that was in the chest of the goblin and threw it .

Thump .

The running goblins couldn’t dodge it and rolled in the floor .
An ideal opportunity .
Roan quickly rushed on to them and stabbed them with his spear .

The spear stabbed the head of the goblins in succession .

Chwee .

He disposed three goblins in an instant .
But even so, his face wasn’t good .

‘It’s a disaster . ’

His palm of the hand hurt .
Just because he moved his spear twice, the skin seemed to peel off .
On top of that, it didn’t even have strength behind it .

‘I really became a complete novice . ’

Roan smiled bitterly and picked up the items of the goblins .

“I’m sorry but I will have to take your necks . ”

His hand that moved at the same time .

Slice .

The head of the goblins rolled in the floor .
Roan tied the dirty and rough hairs of the goblin and grabbed it .

Drip . Drip .

Green blood flowed from the sliced part .
And then, the leaves of the mountain shook fiercely .

‘Mmm!’

The wind was was still the same .

‘It’s them!’

If it wasn’t for the wind, then only one option remained .
The other goblins were coming down to look for their comrades .
Roan quickly ran towards the exit of the gorge .

Chwee! Chwee!

Angry noises from the goblins could  be heard behind .
However it was impossible for them to chase him .
He had already come out the gorge and entered the plains .
He could see the rose troop far away .
Roan shook the thing in his hand .

“It’s the goblins! Goblins are waiting in ambush!”

He shouted loudly but no one heard him .
He was still too far away .

*****

Mason, that was waiting for Roan to come, frowned when he looked at Roan coming out of the gorge .

“Why is that **** like that?”

It seemed like he was yelling something, but he couldn’t hear him .

“And what is that thing he is holding?”

A thing that seemed to be like water melon .

“He seemed to have picked a fruit in the woods . ”

Another guide that was next to him said with an impudent voice .
Mason looked at him as if it was stupid .
However, as Roan got closer, Mason’s face froze .
Because his yells were heard more clearly .

“It’s the goblins! Goblin!”

Only then he realized that it wasn’t a watermelon he was holding, but the head of a goblin .
Mason looked at the other guides with dumbfounded faces .

‘It’s really a goblin?’

Especially, Mason was several times more surprised than the others .

‘For a monster to appear in the zone of Ale! It had never happened until now!”

He shook his head like that while opening his eyes abruptly .
This wasn’t the time to be like this .
He ran to the squad following from behind . .

“Go, goblins!”

Shouting with all of his strength .
At that time, Gale that was cautious of Dosen yelled while he lit up with joy .

“What?! Is that true!”
“It is! Look over there!”

Mason pointed at the gorge with his finger .
Everyone’s sights moved .
Roan, that was running with his hair fluttering .
And a faint voice .

“It’s a goblin . Goblins are waiting in ambush . ”

Gale’s eyes became sharp .

“The thing in his hands is the head of the goblin . ”

His right hand extended to the skies .

“Squad hold . Battle formation . ”

At that moment, all of the adjutant yelled with all their strength .

“Squad hold! Everybody battle formations!”
“Battle formations!”

The aides yelled and they each went to their respective squads .
Gale still looked at the gorge calmly in the middle of this noise .

“Dosen . ”
“Yes!”

Dosen that was nearby approached him .
Gale pointed at Roan .

“Bring that soldier . I need to hear the story . ”
“Yes!”

After Dosen replied like that, he made eye signs to Mason .

“Yes! I will bring him!”

Mason replied nervously and moved his feet .

‘Damn . Am I the only one that’s going to get punished?’

His face showed a hint of nervousness .
He made fun of the guy that said he was going to investigate .
He was absolutely confident that there weren’t going to be any monsters

‘A goblin!’

But the guy he had made fun of appeared with the head of a goblin .
Mason bit the lower parts of his lip .

‘I need to coax him well so he doesn’t say unnecessary stuff . ’

His feet that was running towards Roan became faster .

*****

‘Pant . Pant . Pant . ’

Roan felt like dying .
He ran with all his strength because he feared that the rose troop would enter the gorge, so his chest felt like exploding .
He wanted to rest a little after informing that the goblins were waiting in ambush, but he didn’t have the leisure to do so .

“Commander Gale is looking for you . ”

Mason grabbed Roan’s wrist .
In the end, Roan couldn’t even take a breath properly and got dragged towards Gale .
At that time, Mason whispered in a low voice .

“Forget everything I said to you back them . Understand? Actually, I also thought that there was a high chance for an ambush . So I got responsible for it and sent you to the gorge . Huh? Right?”

Roan didn’t even have the strength to talk back .
Mason got anxious as he saw that Roan wasn’t showing any reactions .

“Are you listening to me? Huh? Answer me . ”
“Whew . Understood . ”

Roan let out a deep breath and nodded .
Only then did Mason’s mouth shut .
The two of them moved quickly and soon reached in front of Gale .

“Oh! Come here!”

Dosen exaggerated without any need to .
Roan slightly ignored him and bent towards Gale .

“What was in the gorge?”

Abruptly taking out the main subject .

“It’s an army of goblins . ”
“The numbers?”
“There were at least a thousand in the side of the mountain I searched . And normally, thinking that when you ambush, you will have another squad in the other side of the mountain . So thinking about it, it would be more than 2000 . ”
“Mmm . ”

Dosen frowned .

The number of soldiers the rose troop had was 800 in total .
It wasn’t even the half of the goblin’s army .

“Are you certain?”
“I am . ”

Roan replied unhindered .
Because he had already experienced it in his past life, there wasn’t even a tiny bit of mistake .

“Mmm . What a pain . ”

Gale shook his head .
The number was also it, but the location they were hiding was also a problem .
The goblin army had already took over both sides of the mountains . They were in a really vulnerable position to attack when they were below .
Then, Dosen interrupted .

“Wouldn’t it be better to go round the gorge and go directly to Pedian’s plain? We will get 2 days late but we can evade an unnecessary fight . ”

Anyways, the objective of the rose troop was reuniting in Pedian’s plain with the other squads and subjugate the monsters together .
There was no need to confront the goblins .
Roan, that was listening still got surprised and yelled .

“You can’t do that!”

He remembered the miserable and cruel past .

< First battle (2) > End

Translator’s note: Thanks for reading!

Translator : Subak