"alright, seems like we can't get a little rest Lina, let's depart immediately. It would be bad if we arrive even. Little later" as I spoked it, everyone hop onto their saddles and started to lead the horses.
"lead the way" "yes, milord follow me"
"by the way how did you get in here?" I asked curious about how he tracked us in this place.
Considering the disappearance of the deadly forest fog, it would still be a challenge to navigate around this vast tree formations.
"milord, i was just following the traces of footprints on the ground as well as the disheveled plants, there is also a noticeable traces of battle nearby so I could easily track the lord's whereabouts" claimed the soldier while their horses are in constant move.
By how vague his uniform is i could understand he was a scout from my expedition army.
"such impressive observation skills, are you a scout i reckon?"
"y-yes milord, I'm from the 2nd scout unit, this lowly soldier doesn't deserve such praise" he humbled himself while trying to track back the path they came from.
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Few hours after Felix and Lina departure.
At the outskirt of Felix's army camp.
"kwekwekwe, lord arrolyth will greatly reward us if we manage to kill these humans, run wild my brethrens" a small horned goblin riding a demonic direwolf chuckle with a big devious grin.
Suddenly a small army of normal goblin on wolves back rasing their weapon and scatteredly scuttle towards Felix forces temporary camp.
Inside the command post. Morth is discussing a small scale fortification with the leaders of each respective soldier unit, they are trying to be cautious due to the recent monster attacks they've built a barricade and traps on the predictive possible monster attacks, with a few scouts send off to detect dangers in advance.
A soldier enters the command post with an urgent message.
"s-sir Morth the scouts have arrived" a soldier guarding the post who entered spoked. It also leads the meeting in a temporary pause.
"brami, let scout in"
"yes" the soldier exited and another soldier enters.
"s-sir I'm khaile from the 4th scout unit, I have an urgent report" with the usual respectful bow, his complexion also seems a little distress.
"carry on, tell me" the atmosphere is a bit tense, even the others in the room fell silent, they might have know what it is and now they are thinking 'what monster is trying to attack us again'
"sir, a group of goblin riders are approaching the encampment, they are hostile as they're armed with weapons, the scout unit manage to reduced they're number a bit and there are at most 50 that left"
"is there a casualty to our side?"
"y-yes, Bain and jainer died in there line of service"
"i see, those two are excellent recruits, such a pity they didn't get to shine. Those two are strong enough to deal with those goblin, how did those two die?" with his usual emotionless and dull expression, no one could really guess what he was thinking but everyone knows what he was capable at.
"they were killed by a weird looking goblin which seems to be the one leading them, the goblin has a horn on its head, it moves as fast as a wind and it can even see through our invisibility skill"
The room suddenly grew loud as everyone seems chattering and chatting about such monster.
"i see, so it was a wind goblin, such monster have the blessings of the wind. It is not that rare given the wind mountain is just nearby" Morth replied, he contemplate and thought of strategies to eradicate them.
"well then, you may take your leave" he calmly sighed with a slight frowned expression. The scout exited the command post as the chatters continously growing loudly.
Morth slammed the table and shouted "silence!" and everyone in the room fell to silent.
"since master and general Lina is still yet to return, I'll temporarily be in command, i will deal with their leader, the rest of you take your soldier to take on the rest" the meetings continued and everyone exchanging ideas and strategies for an half an hour then everyone started to command their unit into formation, Morth also gotten ready to receive the enemies. No one also questioned is strength, he had a strength on par with Lina, and as a former slave who served Felix froschterra for years, he held his absolute loyalty to him.
With his leadership, they've manage to win the battle with little to no casualties. Every soldier is already an expert on their own way and it is quite laughable to lose to a rowdy goblin who only swung their weapon recklessly like a child playing with a sword, with a voracious look in their eyes.
Unlike them, the wind goblin fight differently, it also seems like it does not even care about his perished kind, all he sees is his thirst for bloodshed and tasty treat.
Morth had a rough time over it's trickery and deceitful plays but he still manage to defeat it despite how fast it was, it was still just a weak monster, despite everything, in the usual his expressionless face never changes.
(Wind gale)
He chant slowly as he activated his power, a slashing technique incorporated with wind and ice freezing the enemies wound as it slash. And as swiftly as a wind it move.
"kukuaa, you-you dirty humans, even if we were defeated here, lord carrion will still going to--" before he could continue, Morth beheaded the horned goblin and replied "you sure talks a lot for a mere goblin"
The soldiers cheered for their victories but Morth know this isn't the time for that, fortunately good news, came knocking.
"sir Morth, the forest fog has vanished, kiltrant forest is now safe to traverse" a soldier came after confirming it.
"well done, now send a scout that is good at tracking to guide master back, also report to him the urgency of the enemies next attack" his charismatic voice echoed through the place, the soldier nods and replied.
"yes!"
'master has already told me that in advance that he knows the way in yet he might not know how to get back, he also said in these vast forest it's hard to find the way out so he instructed me to send a scouting to get them, i hope they're alright' morth thought as he sighed worriedly.