Book 3 Ch 7.

Arrows flied, axes descended, shields smashed at the Goblin horde.

No!

This was not a horde anymore.

This was a broken mass of goblins that were cut down by the thousands every minute, surrounded by a river of magma one one side, the sea to the other and 3 murderous armies on the remaining true, death was all around them.

Some drowned, some burned, most were cut down, but they died.

High Queen's earlier proclamation had become fact now.

The goblins were better at dying than them and this now truly was not a war, this was pest control!

But something was missing from this.

"Priestess! Marry us now!" Warrior bellowed out as he slashed 5 goblins at once.

"I am a little busy now!" Priestess said, carefully dodging half a dozen sprays of goblin guts and blood per second.

"Yes. But after this the'll be healing, marching and preparing for the next battle, I don't think we'll ever have this much leisure on our hands soon!" Noble Fighter said as repeatedly hit the head of a hobgoblin with her long shield, turning the creatures head into a meat paste.

"FINE!"Priestess said and turned her attention to the murder rampaging couple in front of her. "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today!" *SPLASH!" TO BE COVERED IN GOBLIN BLOOD AND GUTS YET AGAIN!" Priestess screeched out in frustration as she had been so close to getting by without the red blood overtaking her again!

"Noble Fighter, do you take me as your husband?" Warrior said as he side slashed a goblin, without taking his eyes off Noble Fighter's face.

"I DO! DO you take me as your wife." Noble Fighter Said as she parried a blow from another goblin and bashed it to death with her shield, also without taking her gaze of Warrior's face.

"I do!"

"Then you may kiss."

*SPLASH* Priestess was interrupted by another splash of goblin blood that hit her.

"You may kiss."

*SPLASH*

"JUST KISS ALREADY!" Priestess said as she gave out a great battle cry and started bashing the nearest goblins with her staff in frustration.

Warrior and Noble Fighter hugged each other, just as two goblins jumped on them and descended from above, knives ready.

Noble Fighter and Warrior caught the two of them mid flight , hurled them both to the ground at their feet, then each stomped on the two goblins, crushing their heads, before the bride and groom kissed each other deeply.

"Do you think they'll be reception?" Goblin Slayer said all of a sudden, making the entire Slayer Army stop from killing goblins.

"ORCBOLG ACTUALLY SAID SOMETHING THAT'S NOT RELATED TO KILLING GOBLINS!" High Elf Archer bellowed out in shock.

"This is a most auspicious event why_." Lizard Priest suddenly started glowing like crazy, lighting poured from the clouds above into him as he started levitating all of a sudden.

"Yes! Yes! By witnessing the miracle of sir Slayer actually having an honest interest in something else other that killing goblins, I have achieved enlightenment, i have seen all is possible, i have achieved nirvana!" Lizard Priest descended from the torrent of lighting with the aura of Buddha around him .

" I am a Nagga now! Like those before me." Lizard Priest said to them with endless wisdom in his voice and eyes.

"This calls for a celebration, how should we celebrate this?" Dwarf Shaman asked.

"Kill the goblins." Goblin Slayer said and the battle, restarted.

And it didn't last long, at least it did not felt like it.

For when the last goblin was killed, burned, or driven into into the sea, the sun had risen up, as the sound of two crying babies a boy and a girl echoed throughout the battlefield.

"HUZAAAH! HUZZZAAAH! HUZZAHH!"

The cheers from the 3 armies flooded the field as the beautiful sunrise came over the sea and High Queen presented the young prince and princess to her kingdom and allies.

The goblins were dead, two beautiful babies were born and 3 kingdoms had been saved.

What more could one ask?

"That creature was not a Night Goblin. It was a Night Gobliness." Goblin Slayer said delivering the terrible news that shocked and pulled the celebration out of all of them.

They had just exterminated countless goblins, created an organizations panning many kingdoms who was succeeding in destroying the goblins and they just had their leader crowed a King and their allies now had two healthy children.

But the goblins now had the ability to now reproduce on their own, it was clear that despite the Slayer Army, despite Slayer Keep, despite Slayer Kingdom and the Slayer King, the future was grim and uncertain.

What more could one ask?

The gods could ask this as they were now giddy with excitement at the great show their favorite character had put out for them.

And now it was time for the chapter to end.

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''Keeps the reader turning the pages''- Pennie Mae Cartawick, author of 'Sherlock Holmes: The Gaslight Collection'

"Think of Lovecraft and Poe, and then put on 3D glasses." -Howard Lipman- Author of the 'Delphic Oracle' and Tesla's Tower'

What if in the struggle between magic and science, magic was the victor?

What if technology disappeared and magic became what was used to colonize the galaxy?

What if now magic is used to wage war across the stars?

The imperial fleet's only hope for victory is the 'Hero of the Empire' Metternich. Too bad that the man many consider to be their greatest hero, is in fact their greatest coward.

Metty once more finds himself in a desperate situation on the Planet of Volun 4. Newly promoted to the rank of Commodore, he must take command of the defeated 378th fleet cops and lead it to victory against a superior foe, and he must do that before the arrival of an even greater enemy force, while also keeping his secret cowardice hidden from his own troops, lest they turn on him.

Meanwhile rebellion stirs in the Occupied Territories, as a mysterious figure called 'Nobody' emerges to rally the rebels and lead them to victory against the Empire. But is he truly their salvation?

Enemies to his front, vengeful rebels to his rear and surrounding him are allies that may betray him at any moment.

Just another weekday for poor ol' Metty.

-BALADA: a Song of Stars by RMSolea.

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