I’m not Goblin Slayer Chapter 012

“Whoosh!”

Helyl followed Gauss’s command and chose not to use her skills.

However, even without using skills, her years of archery training still allowed her to maintain relatively good accuracy.

While the goblins continuously besieged Gauss, Helyl, after missing a few arrows, once again consecutively pierced the upper arm of one goblin and the side of another goblin’s waist.

Parrying the attacks with his wooden shield and spear, Gauss dodged sideways and once again approached the injured goblin.

As if realizing what he was about to do, the goblin shakily raised a crude wooden club with one hand, attempting to intimidate Gauss.

Gauss, however, seemed to ignore it. In his accelerated thought process, he appeared to have entered a calm mode, sliding behind the goblin.

His wooden spear thrust out, and amidst the goblin’s terrified howls, it plunged into the injured goblin’s heart.

“Killed Goblin * 1”

“Total Monsters Killed: 4”

He didn’t stop, dodging another incoming attack, then charged towards another goblin whose waist had been pierced. The wooden spear aimed at the wound and thrust in.

He twisted his wrist, and the white-glowing spearhead furiously churned inside the viscous body, a fatal blow!

“Killed Goblin * 1”

“Total Monsters Killed: 5”

He felt himself becoming more and more skilled.

The wooden spear in his hand was strong and powerful, covered with a faint layer of white light, and when it made contact with the goblin during a swing, it was accompanied by a mysterious power boost, erupting with even greater force.

It was precisely because of this mysterious power that erupted at the moment of attack contact that he was able to kill goblins more easily.

“Obtained Title [Goblin Hunter]. This title will upgrade with the number of kills.”

“Current Effect: Nemesis. In combat against goblins and related advanced species, attack damage is additionally increased by 10%.”

Gauss remembered that he seemed to have a title.

The effect named Nemesis allowed him to unleash greater power when facing creatures like goblins.

At this moment, the fear and panic about combat in his heart had been completely dispersed.

He was covered in blood, his breathing heavy due to the high-intensity combat, and his stamina was greatly depleted, but his eyes became firmer.

He looked back at the goblins around him, only four of which remained alive.

His emerald eyes reflected the burning fire on the ground, somehow causing a strange panic in the remaining goblins.

Goblins were inherently cruel yet cowardly creatures.

Their cunning nature made them naturally good at assessing the situation.

When they held an absolute numerical advantage, the brutal side of their nature would dominate.

At such times, goblins were fearless warriors, launching relentless attacks with the momentum of wanting to devour their enemies alive.

This was also why they would proactively emerge from their caves to engage in battle.

But now, as one companion after another was pierced, bled out, and turned into cold corpses on the ground by Gauss’s hands.

Their cowardly side inevitably became exposed.

Coupled with a strange, unsettling aura emanating from Gauss, the goblins directly facing him began to tremble uncontrollably, and panic spread among them.

Now, who was the hunter?

Who was the prey?

Gauss glanced at the wooden spear embedded in a goblin; its tip was broken.

He didn’t know if it couldn’t withstand the white light added to it, or if its material was just subpar.

Just then, his arm felt a bit sore, so he decided to switch weapons.

He pulled out the dagger from his waist.

“Whoosh!”

After missing several arrows, one arrow pierced a goblin’s lower leg.

Helyl provided support once again.

Seeing this, Gauss stepped on the soil, which had turned dark red from blood, and quickly charged forward with his knife.

Having switched to the dagger, he became more agile.

Moreover, he found that when his thoughts sped up, as if entering a low-spec bullet-time mode, nimble weapons seemed more conducive to his performance.

Holding a shield in one hand and a nearly two-meter long spear in the other, his movement and turning were quite restricted.

The other three goblins seemed to be startled, standing still and motionless.

“Clang!!”

The highly raised dagger slashed downwards, the white light enhancing the blade’s speed, which surged again the moment it touched the goblin’s skin. The goblin, having lost the ability to resist, was like a lamb to the slaughter.

Its neck, along with one side of its shoulder and an arm, was cut with a huge gash.

Blood splattered, and half of Gauss’s face was once again stained red.

Another one!

“Total Monsters Killed: 6”

Gauss grunted, carrying the momentum of continuous victories, and looked towards another goblin not far away.

“Bang!”

He raised his small round shield, and the moment it clashed with the goblin’s wooden club, all his strength poured out.

The wooden club in the goblin’s hand flew off.

Gauss took a deep breath, mustered his strength, and swung his dagger, cutting across the waist of the disarmed goblin.

“Total Monsters Killed: 7”

Helyl, who had climbed onto a tree, watched this scene in a daze.

What was going on with Gauss?

So strong!

Gauss was showing signs of being in a killing frenzy.

Although his brain was throbbing and his arms and legs began to tremble uncontrollably from frequent bursts of effort, his body and mind were extremely excited.

Swallowing saliva that tasted like rusty blood, he looked at the remaining two goblins, which were already showing signs of fleeing.

At this moment, their will to fight had been completely shattered by Gauss’s ferocity.

Their weapon-holding arms were trembling wildly.

“Mage Hand!”

Magical power materialized in the air once again.

The Mage Hand seized the opportunity of the goblin’s fear-induced weakness, swinging down from above.

The force, exceeding ten pounds, directly knocked the weapon from the goblin’s hand.

Then, the Mage Hand again knocked away the weapon of another goblin.

The last two goblins were disarmed by the Mage Hand.

At this moment, they lost their last bit of resistance, exposed before Gauss.

Gauss naturally wouldn’t waste this precious opportunity. Suppressing the violent heaving of his chest and enduring the burning pain in his lungs, he quickly closed in.

Gripping the dagger tightly with both hands, his lumbar spine drove his shoulders, and his upper and lower arms exerted force together. The dagger cut horizontally, mercilessly disemboweling the goblin that was panicking and trying to turn and flee.

Its opened abdomen spilled intestines all over the ground with a splattering sound.

“Total Monsters Killed: 8”

He didn’t pay attention to the two halves of the goblin on the ground; the last goblin was already fleeing.

He gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, crushing the foul-smelling, muddy intestines and organs splattered on the ground, and burst forward.

Taking two steps at a time, he caught up to the last goblin that was about to dart into the forest.

“Swish!”

The thrust dagger pierced its back, finally embedding itself into the goblin’s soft, tofu-like abdomen.

Gauss twisted his wrist sharply, and the dagger, embedded in the goblin’s body, directly mangled its internal organs.

“Roar!!!!” The goblin let out its last, unwilling howl.

Gauss pulled out the knife, and his legs suddenly went weak.

His body abruptly lost all strength. Just before he could fall, he supported himself with his hands on the ground, kneeling.

The continuous high-intensity bursts had drained his stamina faster than expected; he was now in an overloaded state.

“Total Monsters Killed: 9”

Looking at his constantly trembling calves and arms, Gauss gasped for breath.

His cloth armor was in tatters, and he inevitably had some minor scratches on his body from carelessness.

“Hiss—that hurts a bit.”

Having temporarily ended his own battle, the excitement faded, and the exhaustion and pain inevitably surged over Gauss.

He had actually performed beyond his usual level.

Aside from the goblin scout he had dealt with one-on-one at the very beginning, he had consecutively slain seven goblins in one go.

Of course, this was partly due to Helyl’s continuous archery suppression from a distance; after all, without her constantly firing good arrows, repelling goblins, forcing their movements, and wounding them, his opportunities for evasion and fatal blows wouldn’t have appeared so frequently.

It was likely that not long into the engagement, the scales of victory would have tipped towards the seven goblins.

But ultimately, Helyl was only providing auxiliary support; the primary credit for the current outcome certainly lay with Gauss’s unwavering will to fight.

Although he appeared to be mercilessly slaughtering the goblins, his combat power was not at a level to completely crush them.

If anything, he might have been the weaker party in terms of combat strength.

Rapid thinking, the Nemesis effect, and finally, the panic the goblins fell into because they were scared of him—without the combination of these factors, the battle scene would probably have been completely different from what it was now.

As the saying goes, when the body reaches its limit, the will carries you through.

The goblins ultimately lost their will to fight, while Gauss, even with his stamina exhausted, fought with increasing ferocity. This alone determined life and death!

In the treetops, Helyl lowered her bow. The continuous drawing and shooting of arrows had made her arms ache and swell, clearly a strain.

Just as the two were heavily panting and recuperating, a painful scream from a young man suddenly came from the other side.

It was Bell’s voice!

That’s right, besides the nine goblins that Helyl assisted and Gauss primarily attacked, totaling their combined kills.

There were still nine goblins besieging Bell, Mia, and three other villagers.