NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 380
What the hero party saw as they chased after the Lizardmen was—
“Rip and kill!! Rip and kill!!!”
“A Hobgoblin larger than a Goblin! Its insides must be huge!!!”
“My obsidian sword craves blood! I hope to drink your blood!!!”
It was the view of Lizardmen carrying out indiscriminate slaughter against the Goblins.
Seriously… how did it come to this….?
No, they surely weren’t this violent before…. What on earth turned them into beasts like this?
Back in the day… hmm… they used to charge at dinosaurs without a hint of retreat, but that was just out of survival instinct, not something that suited kids who look like they walked out of a Mohican comic!!!
Where did the Lizardmen go who used to offer white flowers in gratitude!!! Why have they turned into such end-of-the-world-like creatures?!
Did they have to change in order to survive as the ages passed? Have they become aggressive due to the Demon King and other threats?
I don’t know. There must have been a cause for this transformation…. But it felt like there were so many hunches that I couldn’t pinpoint just one for sure.
Well, it can’t be helped. There must have been a reason for the Lizardmen to change like this.
In a world where threats frequently appear that ruin daily life like monsters, seeking strength isn’t a bad thing.
“Alright! Hobgoblin! Defeated!!!”
“A measly Goblin isn’t interesting at all!!! Where’s the Golden Goblin!!!”
“Wrap this up before the Great Warrior arrives! If the Great Warrior shows up, we’ll get everything snatched away!!!”
Seeing the sight of about ten Lizardmen literally grinding through hundreds of Goblins. The disadvantage of numbers was meaningless.
One Lizardman had the fighting power of dozens… no, over a hundred humans. That was the spectacle on display.
“Impressive…”
The hero party, including Eric, could only stare blankly at such a display. They didn’t feel any need to help the Lizardmen as they were shredding the Goblins to pieces.
Of course, the members of the hero party could do that kind of thing too, but… they would hesitate to wipe them out indiscriminately to that extent.
No, since they’re monsters like Goblins, maybe it’s a bit different. If the opponent were something like a human, they’d hesitate, but since Goblins are monsters who walk on two legs and use tools… the hero party might be able to go through with it if they wanted to.
“Wow… the Goblins are scared and running away….”
“It’s the first time I’ve seen them scared.”
Although they are monsters, they possess enough intelligence to use tools.
Which means they have emotions. Yep.
Well, usually they can kill their individual emotions and throw away their lives like dust for the sake of the whole group… but in front of the crazed Lizardmen, it seems instinctual fear was rising up.
The Lizardmen’s massacre of Goblins came to an end after more than half of them were shattered by the arrival of a lightning bolt from the sky.
“Grroooar….”
A Goblin appeared with a streak of lightning.
Gleaming with a golden light as if the lightning had embraced its body.
“Primitive… lizards…!”
Unlike the other Goblins, the Golden Goblin spoke with hostility, gripping a bizarre sword shaped like a bolt of lightning and leaping toward the Lizardmen.
And the fierce battle that unfolded was… hmm. Overall it was fierce, but the Lizardmen began to be pushed back little by little.
Their sturdy scales, thick and tough muscles, and pillar-like tails couldn’t protect them from the Golden Goblin’s lightning.
Thanks to their innate robustness, they were withstanding the lightning damage but couldn’t completely dispel the accumulating harm, leading the Lizardmen to be pushed back little by little.
Of course, this was the story of the Lizardmen directly colliding with the Golden Goblin. The other Lizardmen were still shredding the other Goblins.
“Grrk… it’s strong…!”
“If we can’t handle that lightning… we can’t catch the Golden Goblin!”
“Grrk… the lightning is piercing through the moisture of my skin…! It’s painful! But this pain is proof of battle…!”
No, why are you enjoying the pain? Are you a masochist? I’ve taught the Lizardmen various things, but I don’t recall teaching them how to be masochists!
Anyway, the Lizardmen who had decisively slaughtered the Goblins began to hesitate against the one Golden Goblin.
They had torn apart all the other Goblins, so that could be considered an accomplishment… but a single Golden Goblin is more powerful than hundreds of Goblins. If they can’t deal with that Golden Goblin, it won’t mean anything.
But…
“Are we just going to stand by?”
“The Lizardmen are strong, but is it too much for them to handle that Golden Goblin…?”
“Their compatibility is bad. The Lizardmen need high skin moisture but the Golden Goblin’s lightning spreads even more along that moisture.”
Alice’s calm words made everyone nod. The Golden Goblin’s lightning was indeed difficult to deal with.
As for the Lizardmen holding on while taking that kind of lightning… let’s just put that aside. They were clearly taking damage.
“We should jump in. We can’t let the Lizardmen sustain more damage.”
Just when the hero party was about to intervene.
“Wait a moment.”
Alice spoke softly.
“Alice?”
“Dragon Priestess?”
Alice, who had halted the party from rushing in, gazed into the distance.
Something, an existence imbued with immense power, was soaring through the air.
Although the others hadn’t noticed this fact.
“It’s here.”
Ka-boom!!!
A spear flew from the direction where Alice was looking.
No, it wasn’t just a spear. Riding atop the spear that was flying was a single Lizardman.
This… I’ve seen something like this in a comic before… Is that even physically possible? Hmmm…
Well, in a world where magic exists and spirits are present, it’s something I should just roll with. Yep.
Anyway, the spear carrying one Lizardman shot towards the Golden Goblin with remarkable accuracy, and at the moment it was about to hit, the Lizardman lightly jumped off the spear.
With the spear now lightened, it was aimed at the Golden Goblin.
“Graaah!!”
The Golden Goblin parried the spear aimed at him with the bizarre sword in hand… but perhaps he couldn’t completely dissipate the immense power contained in that spear, it transformed into lightning for a moment to evade.
“Hmm… as expected, this isn’t enough to catch it. I had an inkling it would be like this.”
The Lizardman who jumped off the spear murmured softly, then drew out his spear that was deeply embedded in the ground and lightly swung it.
This was a special spear imbued with the blessing of the Creator Dragon God. It had been received as a reward for winning in the selection of the Great Warrior among the Lizardmen… and as long as the blessing continued, the spear would never break.
Of course, the one wielding that spear was the Great Warrior of the Lizardman.
“Well, since it was a spear aimed merely for restraint. Then… shall we begin?”
The Great Warrior of the Lizardman lightly gestured to the surrounding Lizardmen to step back, then readied his spear to aim it at the Golden Goblin.
Seeing the Lizardman’s Great Warrior, the Golden Goblin unleashed a barrage of lightning, as if to say he wouldn’t go down easily.
Crackle crackle!!
Brilliant rays of lightning spread in all directions. A force strong enough to roast flesh and combust nerves. Unless one defended magical barriers, that lightning would end things simply.
No matter how tough a Lizardman is, facing that widespread attack multiple times wouldn’t guarantee their lives.
As the Great Warrior of the Lizardman observed that incoming attack, he bent his body forward.
Massive power gathered in his tightly coiled legs, and his firm feet readied to push off the ground at any moment.
Like a taut bowstring, the Great Warrior of the Lizardman prepared to move as he pierced through the streaks of lightning spewed forth by the Golden Goblin, finding the path that wouldn’t get hit and would reach the Golden Goblin.
With that single path discovered, the Great Warrior of the Lizardman moved.
Charging like a gust of wind, the Great Warrior of the Lizardman sent the black-edged obsidian spear flying towards the Golden Goblin.
A thrust faster than lightning… no, faster than lightning; the Golden Goblin reacted to the Great Warrior of the Lizardman’s strike.
“Graaah!”
As if caught off guard by the unexpectedly swift strike, the Golden Goblin’s left arm was severed.
“Ugh, I couldn’t penetrate his heart…!”
Faster than lightning… or rather, since the Golden Goblin couldn’t respond, it was faster than lightning that severed its arm, yet the Great Warrior of the Lizardman didn’t seem satisfied.
The severed left arm of the Golden Goblin glared at the Great Warrior of the Lizardman, then in the blink of an eye transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot up into the sky.
“Next… I won’t miss.”
The Great Warrior of the Lizardman could only watch that streak of lightning.