The Forest Feeds No Idle Goblins

Chapter 256: Chapter 229: Eagle’s Cry

Evita leaped over the tall grass, nocked an arrow, and fired it into the sky. Those goblins seemed rather cunning. Instead of clashing head-on, the moment one was shot down, the entire group immediately flew backward. Frankly, they were just like the cowardly and crafty goblins she was familiar with.

When Shire had found her earlier to explain that a group of goblins would be attacking, Evita hadn’t paid it much mind. Just as she had told Shire before, all the other goblins in the forest were synonymous with "useless." No other green-skinned creature could possibly be as "freakish" as Shire.

The thought of the runes and cannons he could create made her chuckle. ’Have the opposing goblins eaten the wrong frogs or something, to dare and attack Shire’s group?’

"Legend among goblins, how are you planning to deal with them this time? Going to blow them all to kingdom come with those cannons of yours?" That’s how Evita had teased him at the time.

However, Shire ignored the young Centaur Race Leader’s words. Instead, he very seriously explained the enemy’s potential combat Abilities.

It was then that Evita learned the goblins from afar could command Petrifying Lizards and could also fly. Both of these combat styles made her heart tighten.

She had heard the elders of her race speak of Petrifying Lizards before and knew how terrifying those creatures were. The flying goblins that Shire had specifically mentioned also put Evita on high alert. After all, in the forest, besides birds, anything else that could fly was, without exception, a formidable foe.

Demons, Great Mages, Giant Dragons—these were all well-known flying threats. Even the two flying Chimeras they had defeated previously had cost their small squad a great deal of effort.

From then on, Evita and her people had been constantly training to shoot down aerial targets, and that training had continued right up to the present.

During this time, she had once asked Shire, "Leader, what about those Petrifying Lizards?"

At first, Shire calmly told her he was thinking of a way. After a while, the leader’s answer changed to, "You don’t need to worry about it."

As the centaurs’ archery training progressed, Evita grew more concerned about the danger of the Petrifying Lizards. She even went out of her way to consult the Ghost Witch named Agatha. However, when she saw Agatha intensely tuning the cannon, Evita grew puzzled. ’Even if this thing can shoot far, one of them won’t be enough to deal with so many lizards.’

The question lingered in her mind all the way to the battlefield. When Caocao was the first to shoot down a goblin from the sky, the other centaurs also began firing arrows into the air. But Evita didn’t shoot. She just watched her people intently, afraid they might take even a single step forward.

’Why did Shire specifically mention before the battle that we couldn’t take a step forward, that we had to shoot from where we stood?’ She couldn’t quite figure out what her leader was thinking.

Soon, Evita witnessed a scene that completely shattered her perception of the world. In an instant, solid ice froze the entire area before them. All the charging enemies—the vicious Petrifying Lizards and the goblins driving them from behind—along with the grass and trees on the ground, were all frozen solid.

The white surface of the ice shimmered with a blue light, stunning every centaur to their core. They all forgot to shoot. Her entire side stood frozen in place, all of them shocked by the powerful Magic Effect.

Then, Shire’s command reached their ears. The order to attack pulled everyone out of their shock. Evita quickly came to her senses. She continuously directed the centaurs to circle around the side, doing their best not to step on the ice-covered area, because Shire had said that region would be slippery and disadvantageous for four-legged creatures like them.

As the attack unfolded, her side’s forces advanced rapidly. Evita shot at the goblins in the sky while keeping an eye on the distance. Through the gaps in the trees, she could already see the loosely positioned goblins.

’There are so many of them.’ Evita drew another Arrow from her Quiver. She noticed the clothes the goblins wore and the weapons they held were similar to what her own people had used in the past: clubs and bones. No, perhaps they were even a little worse, since they didn’t have a Bow and Arrow.

’How could guys like this have pushed the Naga back?’ She frowned, finding it strange. ’Was it only because of those Petrifying Lizards?’

Then, as if in answer to her question, there was a huge BOOM. A tree not far from her was struck by lightning and immediately blasted apart.

The explosive effect startled Evita. She leaped aside and immediately looked up at the sky, only to see the flying goblins continuously casting lightning down at the ground.

A continuous crackle of electricity filled the air as trees on the ground were struck by lightning one after another. Flying wood splinters and collapsing trees slowed the squad’s advance. Many centaurs and goblins retreated, wary of being injured by falling trees or even being directly hit by lightning.

’What should I do?’ Evita wondered, shouting orders to her kin as she tried to think of a solution.

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"Lightning?" Shire raised his telescope, sitting on Caocao’s neck. He was stunned by the change on the battlefield; he hadn’t expected the flying goblins to use this move.

"Did they not use lightning when they fought you before?" he asked, frowning and looking down.

The Naga Prince, standing beside the Giant, shook his head grimly. "No. Those guys are very agile in the water, as if completely unaffected by the Water Flow, but they’ve never used lightning Magic."

"This makes things a bit tricky," Shire said, raising his telescope to watch again. ’It’s probably because they were in the water; they couldn’t cast lightning Magic because it would affect them as well. Now that they’re in the air, they can cast it freely.’

’Fortunately, the number of flying goblins is limited. If all those goblins could fly, it would be a complete disaster.’ He quickly ran through countermeasures in his head. His forces couldn’t charge forward right now, which gave the enemy the perfect opportunity to escape. The thought of so many goblins scattering in every direction, without him being able to catch a single one, filled Shire with regret. ’I was hoping to activate a new [Blessings of the Gods], but it looks like that’s out the window. Besides, as long as these Flying Goblins who can use the Lightning Technique are around, all future battles will be a huge pain.’

As the battlefield descended into a stalemate, Shire pondered what to do. He knew that his next choice would be crucial.

But then, a sharp eagle’s cry came from the sky. High above, a golden figure shot down like a bolt of lightning and crashed right into the midst of the goblins. Shire watched it all happen through his telescope and said in pleasant surprise:

"A Giant Eagle... why does it look so familiar?"

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