An army of goblins emerged from the bushes. I spotted even more crouched behind the bushes and aiming their ranged weapons at us.

I prioritized freeing my arm from the goblin’s jaws. I felt a sharp pain again, but endured it.

“Are you alright?” Yoo Yeonha asked.

Everything happened in an instant, but she had already finished analyzing the situation. We didn’t have time to discuss any strategy with an army of goblins around us and a hungry troll in front.

“Haaap!”

Yoo Yeonha’s minion number one shouted and raised his shield. The mana-infused shield split into multiple shields and guarded us in every direction.

— Krwuuuaaah!

The mountain troll smashed its club into the ground. The club carried a ridiculous force, but couldn’t break through the minion’s shield.

Bam! Bam! Bam! 

The minion became drenched in sweat as he continued to block the mountain troll’s barrage. The real fight began as the minion blocked the enemy’s attack.

“Heup!

Yoo Yeonha cracked her whip and wrapped it around the mountain troll’s neck while I fired at the goblins hiding in the bushes. Yoo Yeonha’s second and third minions spread out to the sides and slashed the mountain troll’s ankles.

The goblins scurried away after I unloaded my gun a few times. The cunning monsters instinctively knew their chances of winning had decreased to near zero.

I aimed and fired at the mountain troll again.

Bang!

A medium-sized mountain troll didn’t pose much threat to the six of us. Most Cube cadets already knew how to fight by the time they turned seventeen. The battle concluded anti-climatically and Yoo Yeonha’s party leisurely watched the mountain troll...