This is a long chapter, everyone. I hope you like it.

"So, where are the goblins exactly?" Grimm Slayer asked the experienced adventurer.

"They like to hide in caves, abandoned structures or temples, or they create campsites on the woods." Goblin Slayer said while walking ahead of the party.

"They sure sound like primitive cowards for me." The Furious Brawler said while adjusting her gauntlets.

"Underestimate them, they are cowards, but they are smart." Goblin Slayer expressed more awareness of the party. It was worth nothing since he is pretty much teaching the huntresses about those foul creatures.

"What makes them so dangerous? If they are low-tier monsters, then they shouldn't be much of a problem." The Elemental Fencer commented.

"That is what the last party I joined said." The Priestess spoke with a somewhat remorseful tone. The party noted how she wasn't comfortable with the topic.

"Oh, huh, sorry if I said something harmful." The elegant girl apologized.

"It's alright; it is normal to think that at first." The young healer said as she never got too far from the armored guy.

"Hey, do you think those two are a thing?" Brawler whispered at the Ninja's ear.

"Don't know, but it seems like it." She replied as they walked from behind.

The party kept walking at a point when it was becoming dusk. The walk was long enough that they didn't notice it. "This should be fine." The Goblin Slayer was the first to stop.

"For what?" Fencer asked.

"For waiting."

"Aren't we supposed to exterminate goblins?" The hooded girl asked the specialist.

"We are, but it's better to wait for them until they come out at night." He said while using a rock as a seat. The rest of the group did the same on getting comfy and putting their bags on the ground. The Goblin Slayer pulled out an oil lantern and left it on the center for the group.

The huntresses started to mind their own business: Cat Ninja used a whetstone to sharpen both of her blades and to adjust her ribbons. The Furious Brawler did her fighting stance and began practicing shadows. Elemental Fencer was looking at some of her notes and reciting some spells. Last but not least, Grimm Slayer pulled her scythe and held it on a reverse position. That brought the Priestess' attention.

"Hey, what are you doing?" She asked the hooded girl.

"Practicing."

"With what exactly?"

"My aim." Grimm Slayer said while grabbing her weapon in a manner that no sane person would do.

"Not to be disrespectful, but I don't think that's how you are supposed to hold it."

"What? Oh, that's right; you don't have those kinds of weapons, right?"

"What kind of weapon?"

"Just watch this." Grimm Slayer said to the Priestess, making pay attention to her scythe. On the weapons opposite end where the handle was, she aimed at an apple that was still hanging on a tree. She started to make weird noises on it, which not only the Priestess but also Goblin Slayer found odd.

She was slowly but surely got on the center of her eye, looking precisely at what she wanted. One a simple click, a loud noise came from her weapon along with small traces of smoke. The apple exploded out of the distance without much explanation. The adventurers were surprised, although with Goblin Slayer was hard to tell if he was.

"How did you do that!?" The Priestess asked with shock.

"This is a gun." Grimm Slayer replied.

"A gun?" Goblin Slayer asked too.

"The latest scream of innovation in Remnant. Those muskets are from the Kingdom of Atlas; it comes with various types, which makes me fall in love with how reliable they are." The hooded girl started to get overly excited about talking about weapons, something that not even Goblin Slayer would act in such a manner.

"I don't like it."

"What?" Grimm Slayer was confused about the armored guy's statement.

"I don't like it. Too much noise and slow. It can alert goblins easily."

"What are you talking about? This weapon is the most important tool to kill a lot of things."

"But not suited to kill goblins." He replied bluntly. There was no reason to keep discussing any further for the narrow-minded adventurer.

As the Priestess was looking at the huntresses doing their stuff, she started to remember about their tags back at the Guild. All of them were ruby-ranked, which makes even more curious as she and Grimm Slayer have the same age. "Hey, Grimm Slayer?" She asked.

"Yeah?"

"I was wondering, how did you get that name? If all huntsmen mostly kill Grimm equally."

"That is a reason." The Brawler joined the conversation. "My little sister was able to kill a Nevermore by herself during our first mission."

"A Nevermore?" The Priestess asked.

"A giant bird-like Grimm, but if I'm honest, I wouldn't say that I kill it alone since you helped me out." The Grimm Slayer said nonchalantly.

"But you were the one who came up with the planning and the finishing blow." Ninja commented off-handedly.

"I'm more surprised that someone like her could be this good in the first place, not that I dislike it, but it still baffles me up to this day," Fencer commented about her companion as well.

"You can see my baby sister is no slouch when it comes to Grimm. That makes me so proud!" Brawler got her arm around Grimm Slayer's neck, asphyxiating her with a hug. Everyone laughed about the sweet moment they had. The Priestess was happy that they were enjoying each other's company. One can say she would like to bring the rest of her party someday.

At night, the Grimm Slayer stared at the sky with curiosity. "This is odd." She commented.

"Odd about what?" The Priestess asked.

"The moons, we don't have them in Remnant."

"Really?"

"We do have only one, but half of it was shatter."

"How that happened?" Priestess' curiosity was endless, as new details kept coming up.

"We don't know; since it's always been like that for who knows how long." Brawler said as she was looking at the sky too. The Priestess was curious about their home; she thought that it must feel difficult to be in a different place, far from home. They did nothing but gazing at the moons.

"It is time." Goblin Slayer broke his silence. Everyone took their belongings as he shut the oil lamp and put it back on his bag. The huntresses got their weapons at hand and some potions at hand. The armored guy pulled a basic bow and arrow while holding it with his right hand.

"What do we do now?" Fencer asked.

"We track them down." Goblin Slayer replied.

"And?"

"We kill them."

"That's it? No plan of attack? Or back up plan? Anything at all?" The sophisticated girl couldn't understand that someone would act recklessly.

"That's it."

"Gosh, you are worse than her." Fencer was astonished.

"That doesn't sound like a bad plan. They are just goblins. How bad this can be?" Brawler's comment made the Priestess worried, being overconfident was never a good thing for anyone.

They began tracking down those creatures. The armored guy looked at the ground to see where they're at. There were small footprints, saliva, blood, and some pieces of clothing were scatter on their way. He pulled a long rope and extended it by attaching it to some trees.

The huntresses were curious about what he was doing correctly. He broke some tree branches and put them on the ground, hiding the rope underneath the leaves. Goblin Slayer surely didn't waste time despite the party were waiting for him a little longer than expected.

"What are you doing?" The hooded girl asked Goblin Slayer.

"Preparing."

"For what?" As Cat Ninja asked, they started something approaching towards them. Goblin Slayer gave hand signals to hide on the bushes. They obeyed his command, scattering enough to make themselves invisible among nature. Goblin Slayer got the Priestess and Elemental Fencer next to him.

"Grab it." The armored guy handed one end of the rope to both female companions. "Wait for my word."

"Okay?" Fencer couldn't understand what was going on, but he sounded pretty sure of what he was doing. It was something odd to see him like this for the Fencer.

As they were quiet for a whole minute, they started to see what was approaching finally. A pack of Goblin Riders was coming. Those repugnant creatures were using wolves as mounting animals. They were holding small swords and knives with one hand. From what the party could see, there were only three goblins on the pack.

"Pull it." He gave the signal to the Fencer and Priestess; they did exactly what he told to. The very second when the goblins were on their range, the rope emerged from the leaves at the exact height to the creatures. The goblins not only hit the string and losing their mounts, but also got impaled with several needles on their necks. Goblin Slayer jumped out of the bushes with his bow in hand to shot them at their heads. Every single arrow he shot, he always landed on their grotesque faces without hesitation.

"Whoa, what a savage." Brawler was impressed with the armored guy's tactic.

"One, two, three." Goblin Slayer started to count the kills of his prey.

"So those are goblins, huh? They look pretty short." Grimm Slayer remarked of the creatures' appearance.

"You did have a plan after all. Why you didn't tell me of that beforehand?" Fencer asked Goblin Slayer.

"I didn't want to say in case of goblins were spying us." He commented as he retrieved the arrows from those dead goblins.

"Okay, you are acting paranoiac." The sophisticated girl said while a disgusted expression on her face. She usually wouldn't have to worry while killing Grimm as those disappeared after being slain. Goblins were a different matter.

With a knife on hand, the armored guy started to open goblins' chests, splattering around himself with each slice. Everyone, except the Priestess, looked with horror as for how he began to cut the goblins' corpses into smaller pieces, creating a massive pond of blood around them. Goblin Slayer pulled a piece of cleaned clothe and absorbed the blood with it.

"What are you doing!?" Fencer asked in shock and repulse as the armored guy began to apply the blood over his armor.

"I'm covering my scent." He said without saying anything else.

"Is that necessary?" Brawler said with the same reaction as Fencer.

"Goblins can smell. This should help us to blend easily." He was done applying the blood to himself. "Who is going first?" He asked the group.

"I'll go." Grimm Slayer spoke, much to her party's surprise.

"Are you sure? I don't want you to get covered in blood." Brawler objected.

"It's okay if this can hide us, then I would try it." The hooded girl tried to assure her older sister.

"Okay. Could you help me with this?" Goblin Slayer gave the blood-soaked piece of cloth to the Priestess to apply at the Grimm Slayer instead. He tried to make another one so he could do it with someone else in the meantime.

"It will be alright; I can do this." Grimm Slayer breathed in and out, trying to gain enough strength to tolerate while the Priestess was putting blood around her. "Eeeck! Eww, eww, eww, goblin's blood!" She started to feel uncomfortable in no time.

"Please, don't move." The Priestess was covering her in blood. Neither side was happy with that.

"Who's next?" Goblin Slayer asked the huntresses.

"Let's get over with." Brawler stepped towards the armored guy. "Touch my hair with that, and I will break your helmet alongside your face." The blond girl warned Goblin Slayer. He didn't complain as long he would do it carefully.

"Tell me the smell isn't permanent." The Cat Ninja was the next after the Priestess was done with Grimm Slayer.

"It is not, but I would suggest cleaning your clothes anyways." She replied with a dead look on her face, knowing precisely that wasn't the best experience either.

"You're next," Goblin Slayer said to the Fencer, she was crossing her arms while backing off.

"Are you a madman? I refuse it."

"You need to cover your scent."

"Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope… If you think I will ever let you cover me with that, you are crazy."

"Please, it is for the best." Priestess tried to insist too, but the sophisticated girl had none of that.

"There's no use to convince her, the 'Ice Queen' will never easily comply." Brawler commented.

"Hey!" Fencer replied with annoyance due to the nickname. She walked away in disgust from the group, but not too far from them. Grimm Slayer grabbed the blood-soaked piece of cloth from the Priestess' hands and threw it to the nagging huntress. She went mad as it touched her back. "Why you little…" She started to chase the hooded girl in anger. Everyone started to laugh off the moment.

"Odd." Goblin Slayer said while looking at the goblin's corpses.

"Is there something wrong?" Priestess asked.

"Goblin Riders tend to scout on bigger groups. Only three showed up."

"I'm sure they are just taking a break or something," Brawler said as it wasn't imperative. The party decided to move on with Goblin Slayer being ahead of them.

They went carefully with each step in the dark woods; they were always alert for any surprise attacks. It was unsettling being outside. Those weren't like fairy tales that some of that group used to read as children. They were already grown-ups, most of them at least, as they already faced tougher enemies.

Goblins, as the huntresses saw at first hand those small creatures, they looked neither tough nor smart to oppose a real threat. If those were for low-tier requests, they shouldn't be much a problem. Especially when you have a silver-rank expert at the party.

"I can see them." Goblin Slayer stopped suddenly; the rest of the party did the same. They were looking at two different sources of light between the trees. The lights looked apart from each other.

"We would need to divide." The hooded girl commented as she examined the party.

"No." The armored guy objected. "Bad idea."

"Why?" Brawler asked.

"We still don't know many are around the area yet."

"We are ruby…er, I mean sapphire-rank huntresses. Those aren't even at the same level as Beowolves."

"Don't underestimate goblins." Goblin Slayer warned to the blond huntress, and she didn't care at all.

"Please, you must listen to him." Priestess tried to act as a mediator, but it was awkward between those two.

"We will go first towards the light of the left. We can go to the other light after that." The armored guy gave simple instructions to everyone. Brawler wasn't too happy about going together instead of dividing and covering more area. She looked at her younger sister, who was willing to listen to Goblin Slayer at the moment.

"Grrr…fine." She sighed.

Goblin Slayer gave the signals to Cat Ninja of pulling throwing knives and shurikens. Both were aiming at the goblins that were guarding a cave. They threw them fast as the wind at their heads. The goblins got stab on the eyes, Goblin Slayer and Cat Ninja jumped them with a surprise attack to cut them in half. The armored guy used his small shield to smash one of the goblin's head against a rock, impaling the knife further in its head. The Faunus girl used only her tanto to cut the other goblin's throat.

"Four, Five…" Goblin Slayer counted the kills.

"That was easy." Ninja commented as she cleaned her blade. Goblin Slayer remained silent as he examined the entrance and more pieces of clothing on the ground. Those were better fabrics and textiles, something that a person would wear it.

"Did you find something?" The hooded girl asked.

"They have someone as a hostage." Everyone was shocked at hearing the adventurer's words. He lit a torch and examined the cave's appearance. By judging the diameter and the entrance's size, the cave didn't look big for a full nest. Goblin Slayer started to wonder that the goblins' patterns of thinking were off lately. "We must go inside, but only three people can go inside as such kind of space would make us easy prey for the goblins."

"Aren't you going inside?" Priestess asked her companion.

"My armor wouldn't allow me to move properly inside. I need three of you to get in and look for anyone there."

"I'll go." Grimm Slayer volunteered herself, but the armored guy refused it with a hand signal.

"Sorry, but your weapon isn't good in such space."

"Then I guess I will go in it, I can go without blend on the shadows if things go bad." Cat Ninja offered to go instead. Goblin Slayer was touching his chin under his helmet, quiet for a couple of seconds.

"Goblins can still sense you on the dark, but you can still fool them as long you caught them by surprise first." The adventurer said with approval. "We still need two more."

"It looks like I will go too; my magic could work on close quarters." Fencer offered help, much to the huntresses' surprise. "What? Don't look at me like that."

"If that's what you want." Brawler shrugged.

"Would you accompany them?" Goblin Slayer asked the Priestess.

"I-I don't know."

"They will need your help inside there. They are capable enough."

"Not so sure of leaving you out." The Priestess was conflicted about leaving her companion, especially if he needed healing due to his reckless behavior.

"I'll be alright. They would need your knowledge about goblins inside." Goblin Slayer started to pat Priestess' head, giving her confidence. "Be careful." She nodded. The two huntresses and the healer went inside the narrowed cave, leaving the rest of the party watching for more goblins outside.

Fencer went ahead of the group with a torch on her left hand, already drawing her rapier with the other hand. The Priestess was behind her with Cat Ninja being the last on the line to cover everyone's backs. They walked close to the walls; the further they went. Exactly as Goblin Slayer mentioned, the cave wasn't that long as they were getting closer to another source of light at the end of the cave.

"Hey, look," Fencer said to the others as they saw a small door in a broader room. It was a dead end. "Could it be?" Priestess started to look at her surroundings. There were some smaller torches on the walls; it gave her some bad vibes about the cave.

Both huntresses approached the door, the closer they were getting, it became colder once at the center of the place. Cat Ninja started to open the door with a small irritating sound on it. On the dark hole, bound by chains, and dried blood all over the room, there was a person on the ground. Beaten, weak, and unable to react with light, the huntress looked with horror as the girl in drags was in such a deplorable state.

"Oh my…This…" Fencer wanted to throw up, but she only looked away while Priestess and Ninja went inside to help the prisoner.

"Her… don't tell me this…" Ninja was also out of words, trying to grasp the situation.

"This what goblins do to women," Priestess said bluntly. They thought Goblin Slayer would be the only one, but the adventurer girl wouldn't go sweet either. The documents the huntresses learned about goblins back at Remnant omitted those details. "Let's get her out of here." She said while trying to carry the prisoner with her shoulder. Ninja wanted to help her to stand as well.

"I don't like this…" Fencer tried to hold her breath. Some dirt fell over her head, much to the sophisticated girl's confusion. Cat Ninja's ears started to twitch by hearing crumbles nearby.

Those noises came from above.

"Move out!" The Faunus warned the rest while walking in the center of the cave. Fencer and Priestess jumped out of the way as the ceiling was collapsing. The earth and dirt started to engulf the area. The party covered their eyes and mouths to avoid the smoke of dirt before getting blind by it. From small glimpses, they started to notice a significant figure as they began to regain visibility.

"Is that…?"

"It's a Hobgoblin!" Priestess yelled in terror before Cat Ninja could say anything about the large goblin. The huntresses were caught by surprise that there was a more prominent type of goblin than the usual imps they saw before. It roared at them with ferocity while carrying a massive club with its right hand.

"What is he doing?" Fencer asked as the Hobgoblin was moving towards the exit. With its club, it did a mighty swing that caused the tunnel to crumble, efficiently blocking their way out.

"It looks like we have no other choice." The Cat Ninja drew her katana with both hands while Fencer was taking her stance. Priestess put the hostage back to the hole for her safety. Two huntresses and an adventurer against a Hobgoblin, they didn't like their odds.

"Dammit! Something blocked the tunnel!" Brawler said while trying to dig between the rocks with her punches.

"Don't waste your energy; those goblins were expecting us." The armored guy restrained the blond huntress from punching the rocks. Grimm Slayer was looking at the wood. Her bright silver eyes started to notice a couple of dark figures among the trees.

"More Goblin Riders are coming!" She told the others, they reacted quickly and took cover behind the trees. The Goblin Slayer got his bow at hand while looking for his targets. Furious Brawler took a sling and began spinning it in circles while gaining momentum. Grimm Slayer got her musket ready, loaded, and deadly for anything incoming.

Five Goblin Riders went at high speed, fast as lightning with bows, spears, and swords ready to fight. Their eyes were vicious and the wolves hungry, they threw their spears and arrows at the party who they were taking cover. Goblin Slayer shot back at them by hitting on either the riders or their mounts. Brawler did the same by launching rocks with her sling. She was breaking skulls with her projectiles. The hooded girl aimed carefully through the iron sights, and with a simple pull of the trigger, she was able to get multiple kills with a single shot. Both rider and mount got their head exploded on the right angle that the pellet pierced the wolf's body and hitting the goblin's head.

"Nice shot, sis!" Brawler complemented to the girl in red.

"Focus!" Goblin Slayer said to the huntresses without taking his sight away from the pack. Grimm Slayer started with the tedious process of reloading her weapon, applying another pellet, and some powder before being ready for another shot.

"Another wave is coming!" She yelled while looking at the distance. "Those wolves look pretty bad."

"Those aren't wolves." Goblin Slayer reaffirmed to the hooded girl's words. The second wave was three Goblin Riders, much less than before. However, their mounts were much wild and bloodthirsty. Their hides were black as night, and their faces covered with a bone-like armor that made themselves distinctive from other predators.

They couldn't believe what they saw it. Three Beowolves were acting as mounts for the goblins. Each one of them was carrying two goblins on their backs.

"You have to be kidding me!" Brawler wasn't happy about how things were turning out. The party kept firing at the wave, but it went much tricky as the Grimm were more resilient to arrows and rocks. Goblin Slayer tried to aim at the riders, but the canine creatures were using their heads to block the arrows without failing.

"Incoming!" Grimm Slayer called out for the armored guy. She aimed against one of the charging Beowolves. She pulled the trigger again, killing the Grimm without worrying about the bone armor. It wasn't enough as some of the goblins fell off the mount tried to shoot at the party too. "Well, not enough." She commented while reloading the musket one again.

"We better change our tactics." Goblin Slayer put the bow away while drawing his small sword.

"Come at me, ugly imps!" Brawler did the same; she got her gauntlets ready against her opponents.

As the riders were approaching, some of the goblins shot arrows at the armored guy, but he blocked must of them with his shield. Goblins jumped off the mount, leaving the Beowolf to roam free by going directly at Goblin Slayer. The Grimm swung his claws against the adventurer with ferocity. Its vicious claws and fangs gave him enough trouble as it was powerful than regular goblins.

"Let me help you with that!" Grimm Slayer went at his aid. She sliced with her scythe at the creature, but It blocked her attacks with the claws and bone-spikes from its arms. Goblin Slayer took the chance as it was already distracted by backstabbing it and Grimm Slayer executed the Beowolf by decapitating it. They were far from done.

"Get off me, stupid goblins!" Brawler was busy on her side of the battle due to a lot of goblins were trying to surround her. She was able to kill some of them with one punch, but those foul creatures jumped from the trees. Packs of goblins tried to pile themselves on her to slow her down. One after another, they were over her like insects, hoping to kill her quickly. Little they knew that she hated that. "Get…off…ME!" She did a double lariat, punching goblins out of her way.

"Sis!" Grimm Slayer saw Brawler in danger; she ran while leaving a trace of roses behind. The last Beowolf tried to attack the hooded girl, but she dodged with ease and using her blade to cut the Grimm in half without leaving it much a chance to fight. "Are you alright!?" The hooded girl stood next to the blond huntress.

"I'm fine… I just need… a minute." Brawler spoke with a long pause while catching her breath. For weak creatures, she was surprised that a lot of them managed to worn her out in no time. "Are you okay?" She asked.

"I'm good. We need a way to think about how to defeat them and…watch out!" Grimm Slayer pulled herself and her older sister out of the way as something strike the ground with enough power almost to kill both huntresses with one strike.

"What the hell is that!?" Brawler yelled as she and her younger sister saw a bigger goblin with small pieces of armor and scars on it. To make matters worse, it was restraining an Alpha Beowolf with chains around its neck as it as an attack dog. Both looked equally monstrous.

"A Goblin Champion." The armored guy said with a cautious tone than usual. "Step away from it!" He rushed towards the huntresses, hoping to help them to survive as the Goblin Champion was beyond their leagues. The powerful goblin looked at the adventurer with a devious smirk. It released the chains from its hand, making the Alpha to charge against Goblin Slayer while ignoring the huntresses.

With the Goblin Slayer getting busy with the Grimm, it left both sisters to deal with the Goblin Champion by themselves in the meanwhile.

"On your left!"

"Got it!" The Cat Ninja replied to the sophisticated girl while they were still fighting the Hobgoblin inside the cave. The strong goblin swung its club at the girl in black, but she vanished instantly to reappear behind it. It reacted quickly and grabbed her from the neck to strike her against the ground. Fencer used her magic by throwing fireballs at it, freeing the Faunus from its hands.

The Hobgoblin used his club to block the magic attacks. He started to charge against them like a bull, but the huntresses dodged it in no time while the opponent only hit crashed against the wall.

"This is useless; that thing keeps stopping all our attacks." Fencer started to get annoyed by the large goblin.

"Isn't a faster way to take it down?" The Ninja asked the Priestess, who was the only one with experience against such creatures.

"I know how to stop it, but I need you to get it close to a wall." She explained both huntresses. It didn't take too much time for them to know what exactly to do. The Elemental Fencer used her magic to infuse electricity into both Ninja's blades. They charged at it with fast movements.

Fencer used her rapier with frontal strikes while avoiding the Hobgoblins' attacks. That gave enough time for the Ninja to slash it with electrical blows to stun it. The goblin began to back off without noticing that it was getting its back against the wall.

"Blizzard!" Fencer used ice magic on the ground, making it slippery enough for her companion to kick it, cornering the Hobgoblin. "Now!" The sophisticated girl gave the signal to Priestess, who was already praying to cast a miracle ahead of time.

"Protection!" She shouted while a wall of light trapped the Hobgoblin with the magical barrier. That left it vulnerable for the final assault. Both huntresses began stabbing, cutting, and crushing the defenseless opponent to the point that it became nothing but a pulp of blood. The barrier disappeared, leaving the Hobgoblin's corpse fell to the ground.

It was a disgusting view of Fencer.

"We are safe but still trapped." Priestess commented as she was taking the hostage out of the hole.

"Seriously, there's no way out unless we have an explosion." The Cat Ninja said while cleaning her blades.

"I'm out of magic to even create one. The mist we can do is wait for them." Everyone nodded at Fencer's suggestions. It was clear that it was impossible to leave the cave by themselves. They sat and waited for the rest of the party to exit. Priestess began to pray, hoping that Goblin Slayer and the huntresses were safe outside of there.

"Up here!" Grimm Salyer yelled at the Goblin Champion from a reasonably high height. She was spinning vertically with her weapon, hoping to cut it in half. Too bad it wasn't a Grimm. The powerful goblin blocked the attack with one arm while countering the huntress with a punch. The hooded girl went flying among the trees.

She slowed herself by using her weapon to hook on a tree while avoiding damage. Brawler charged at it and started punching the Goblin Champion on the torso but didn't do much damage due to its muscle mass.

It returned punches at the blond huntress as well, she withstood those but were painful.

The Goblin Slayer was dealing with his problems as well. He did nothing more than avoiding the Alpha Beowolf's attacks. He tried to use his short sword, but its bones were covering most parts of its body like armor. The Grimm attempted to bite the adventurer's head while lifting his body. He stabbed it with a knife on the mandible, releasing it without problems.

Goblin Slayer distanced himself from the Alpha as they looked at each other at the eyes with hatred; those were eyes of a predator. He put his sword away while pulling his torch and a small flask from his satchel on each hand. It was clear that he had something in mind about how to defeat it, but it would be a waste of resources.

The Grimm was the first to make a move, to leaped towards the armored guy with its big fangs. It opened its mouth wide enough to tear heads off, but something that didn't anticipate was the Goblin Slayer's sharp mind. He shoved both the flask and lite torch on its mouth while pushing it away from him.

The Alpha started to react rather violently as he felt something burning inside. It was screaming in agony as how all smoke and fire were burning its intestines on an accelerating rate. It didn't take too long before the Alpha's chest started to melt, and spilling fire with painful coughs.

"What a waste of good gasoline." The Goblin Slayer said while looking at the Grimm, slowly dying.

"What a resilient guy…" Brawler muttered while trying to get enough strength to be at least able to stand correctly. Her stamina was running low, and health started to reach critical. The Goblin Champion punch her once again to the point of sending her across the woods, making one tree to fall.

"Sis!" Grimm Slayer yelled. She tried to fight the powerful goblin by herself by using her speed to catch it off guard. Sadly, that wasn't the case for Little Red. "Ugh!" She got grabbed off the neck with a firm grip that could break bones like branches. The Grimm Slayer was asphyxiating as the Goblin Champion was strangling her skinny neck. It smiled viciously, ready for its next meal right on hand.

Before it could make a large bite on the hooded girl, the Goblin Slayer threw a knife at the powerful goblin, stabbing exactly at its right eye. Bleeding and half-blind, the Goblin Champion did a gruesome reaction that roared like an animal. The goblin dropped the unconscious huntress to the ground.

"Play time's over." The armored guy spoke with a deeper yet menacing voice. Underneath his usual composed demeanor, there was an eerie aura surrounding him. The most prominent feature was his left eye turning into a crimson, ones compared to a demon of vengeance.

The Goblin Champion tried to back off a little, but it was futile as it sensed another terrifying presence behind it. It turned what was behind it, only to see a yellow radiance on the trees. It was bright as the sun, burning as gold, the Furious Brawler was walking towards the Goblin Champion with red eyes straight out of the depths of hell.

"Get your filthy hands away from my sister now!" She yelled as much as her lungs could allow her, something that made the earth to tremble.

Both huntress and adventurer got the foul creature on their sight. It began to feel terror despite being a fearless fighter among his race. Those ferocious fighters didn't say another word, not that they needed anyways as they let their eyes do the talk for them.

WARNING!

Adventurer's Guilds and Huntsmen Academies do not make themselves responsible for injuries or collateral damage caused by the Goblin Slayer and Furious Brawler during the berserk status. It's highly recommended to be on a safe distance until they return to a healthy state.

They charged at the Goblin Champion at the same time. It tried to block both ways, but the Furious Brawler broke its guard with a single punch. That left an opening that Goblin Slayer to the chance by using his short blade to slash its stomach. It wasn't enough.

Brawler punched to its knees, efficiently breaking them as sticks. The Goblin Champion tried to punch her back, but the armored guy amputated its arm with the Grimm Slayer's scythe.

Kneeled and defenseless, Goblin Slayer positioned his shield behind the goblin's back. Brawler wasted no time and began launching a barrage of fisticuffs at the torso of the Champion. How many ribs did she break? How many internal organs did she pulverize? It didn't matter for the Brawler as every blow she made at the goblin until it threw up blood at her face.

The Goblin Champion wasn't able to even recognize its surroundings. The armored guy moved his shield behind the goblin's head. It acted as an aiming target, fitting as the Brawler was charging one last strike with a fist on fire.

In a blink of an eye, she punched the Champion's head until crushing it, splattering into thousands of pieces. The headless corpse became a geyser of blood, painting the woods in red.