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"Formation B." Goblin Slayer ordered and the forces of Slayer Keep replied without a moment's worth of hesitation and the ships under the command of Slayer Keep did as he was told.

The rest of the fleet followed suit, it was the kind of situation where everyone else followed the first one to act.

"A pity. This is not what I wanted to use formation B for." Goblin Slayer lamented as the ships did as they were told.

Positions were takened, smaller boats lowered in the sand, spells cast, ropes prepared and all done in less then half n hour. Which was a good thing, since the enemy fleet was just about to come into combat range.

"Today...we teach the Demon Lord why he doesn't stand between us and killing goblins." GS said to his comrades as they, being the last on the ship, jumped of of it, just as the nearest demon ship got into boarding range.

Landing in the lifeboats that floated them away from the now captured fleet, namely about a 3/4 had been abandoned to the demon lord army.

Who cheered and geared at their 'cowardly' foe.

Goblin Slayer didn't even look back.

"5...4...3...2...1" He counted down and just like that a huge explosion shook the surface of the moon.

Before their departure Goblin slayer had riggedd 3 out of every 4 vessels to serve as fire ships for any fight with goblin navies on the moon, keeping the food, water and supplies safely in the remaining quarter.

The other fleets had followed suit, though there was some hesitation, since their leaders felt bad about abandoning their ships like this without a fight.

"Ships can always be rebuild, the dead cannot." Goblin Slayer repeated the words that he had said to those that were against this maneuver, but despite it being 'unheroic', it was very effective, 8 out of every 10 of the demon King's ships had been destroyed, a number about equal tot he ships that the allied force had lost now.

But more importantly the same amount of demon lord warriors had been lost, while the allies sustained zero deaths.

"Should we pursue?" Warrior asked.

"No...not in full force. Send a scouting party to follow them. The rest of us we make for our original target, after that...after that we will see about the demon king's army."

Goblin Slayer said and in life boats, in overstuffed ships and in many cases on foot, they marched towards the goblin stronghold on the moon.

The demon army had taken a toll on his forces, but barely slowed them down, or even blead them once.

For before nothing could stand in the way of Goblin Slayer killing goblins.

And now he was not alone!

As wolf rider from a nearby dune witness what was happening, he rode with all his might towards their nest on the moon.

When he got there his wolf died from exhaustion and the rider was not far behind it's mount.

But before he gave his last breath, he managed to give one final wording that would serve as a eulogy to him and to many surviving goblins.

"DOOM."

It was a word that all goblins dreaded hearing and as the rider died, from over the hill that overlooked their moon hive the goblins could see moon dust rising and shapes emerging from over the hill.

Goblin Slayer...and his allies had come to slay them all!

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