Adias Floryn: Get Back The Kingdom
Part 9: Killing Goblins

“Dias!! Just burn him!” Halbert who was watching Dias was fighting against the goblins.

“What do you mean? He must learn to control his magic first in order to better control his mana. Your sword! Dias!!” Reply Iaros while giving instructions to Dias. 

Dias nodded and carried out the instructions given by Iaros. Dias ran over the goblin carrying the small mace weapon, and tried to slash it. But the goblin still easily avoided it. Dias was still too slow with his small body.

After that, the little goblin attacked Dias by jumping and directly hitting his rock from above. 

“Transg!!” Fortunately it can still be tackled by Dias.

“What I said!! Burn it!” Halbert.

"ck ck ck, boring.."

“Do not follow the devil's words. Stay on the right path, Dias! Use your sword and show if you can even without using magic. Boost your speed!.” Iaros with a serious face.

“You insinuate me, Iaros?”

“Your face looks like his Father tuyul.” Iaros.

“Ngaca boss, than your face looks like a bandit?”

“Iya, I'm a cool bandit right? Depriving all the monster lives inside the dungeons that have sprung up in this world?” Reply Iaros arrogantly.

Upon hearing Iaros' words, Dias further increased his speed and held his sword tightly. Although his hands were small, ever since Iaros trained Dias physically with such an inhumane schedule, he finally made himself easily swing the sword. 

“Sratt.. Srats.. Jleb!!” Dias was finally able to thrust his sword through the goblin's stomach. Dias was able to breathe a sigh of relief after thrusting it and releasing his sword from the green creature's body. The green creature fell to its knees by holding its bloody wound.

“Do not let your guard down! It's not finished yet!” Iaros. Suddenly the goblin shouted loudly. 

"Khaaaakkkkhhaaaakkkkkhhhhhkkk!!.." The goblin screamed, but not a cry of wrath, but a cry of help. The goblin seemed to be moaning in pain over the wounds given by Dias. 

“Khakhhkkhaaaahkkkhhaakkkkkk!..”

Dias gave a terrified goosebump with that screaming voice. It was a cry of despair when one was in a cornered state and could do nothing. The green creature screamed loudly and hoped that a colleague could help him.

For some reason Dias saw the goblin as if it looked like an old geezer screaming for help. He felt even more guilty, evident by his trembling hands that seemed hesitant to swing him back. 

“Quick kill him!” Iaros's orders. But somehow his feet could not move a single step as if stuck in the ground. 

Then, suddenly from the north look birds flying into the sky. From far away there were footsteps that were moving in a hurry and so many sounds of steps were heard. 

“KHAKK!!” Not long after, a group of goblins appeared carrying their own drums. Their expressions were so wrathful when they saw their own friend being injured. Some of them snorted in annoyance, others were surprised. 

They all stared at the little boy who was standing there frozen with a sword that had been covered in his friend's blood.

KHAAAKKHH!”

“Use your fire magic now, Dias!” Shouted Iaros.

“What are you doing, Dias!! Why are you even quiet!! Burn them all!!” Said Halbert who felt itchy wanting to help him. “Iaros, isn't this too dangerous?”

Iaros understands what Dias feels, because he also experienced it first when he was first taught by his teacher about how to survive. “Just calm down, I'm sure, he can definitely deal with it. Let the pain teach him.” Her speech. 

“KHAAKK!” The group of goblins began to attack Dias. Dias who was still silent with a frightened face still tried to defend his horses.

One of the goblins swung his drum towards Dias' head from above. Dias was able to fend it off despite a slight stagger. From the right bank, there was another one that attacked Dias, and once again, he was able to fend it off. Another attack came from the left, and He was still able to fend it off. 

However, each attack launched by a group of goblins that made Dias hit back. Step by step towards the back proves that he does not want to go forward to attack them. He could only fend off and dodge the attack. Until finally one of the attacks hit Dias' head. 

“Duakk!!” The attack made Dias' head bleed. Another attack came from the right and the mace hit Dias' arm. Followed by another goblin from his left. 

“Halbert, did you bring Health Potion?” Said Iaros who turned out to be sweating coldly seeing Dias bleeding.

“Ngak, lah.. Didn't you just say that you believed that Dias could deal with it?” Halbert replied in surprise. What Iaros said was the exact opposite of what he had just said. 

“Huh, you useless bald spot, I should have just brought Steve.” Iaros then left Halbert.

“What!?” Halbert just looked at Iaros's back which was getting away with a strange look.

Dias tried hard to avoid and fend off the attacks from the goblins even though his injuries were already severe. The blood from the top of his head that flowed into his eyes made it hard for him to see. His body trembled withstanding the pain, with the lips also shaking. 

“KHAAKKKHH!” Once again, the goblin was about to charge towards Dias' head again. If he receives the attack again, then it is certain that he will not survive. 

“Stupid basis!!” Before the attack arrived, Iaros came first and bulldozed the 5 goblins quickly without any remains. Finally, there was one goblin who had been dying from being pierced by Dias' sword. The goblins were increasingly frightened by the arrival of Iaros. 

“Bokah, why don't you fight?” Iaros said with annoyance without looking at Dias. Dias himself was also confused by himself who could not do anything. 

The irritated Iaros then strangled the dying goblin and raised him high towards Dias. 

“Quick, kill!” Said Iaros with a sharp eye. The goblin looked in pain as he fumbled his neck firmly held by the cold man.

“But, i.” Dias who saw that instead looked hesitant with a terrified expression. 

“No buts!! You must realize, if the creature in front of you is just a monster hostile to humans! If you let it go, it will be a threat to other humans. The rest of humanity will be killed, just because you let it! Then before that, you must kill this creature, or I will kill you.” Iaros said to Dias.

Dias swallowed his saliva after listening to the words of Iaros. What he said was not wrong at all, to make himself aware of what he had to do. 

Not that he was afraid of being killed by Iaros, but his words that told him to loudly eradicate all threats, made his heart jerk. 

“Threat?” Dias pondered for a moment and thought about it deeply. 

It was accidentally thought of by Dias, the face of two people he had wanted to kill so badly in his life. He thought that if two people were left alive, they would both be a threat to other humans. Dias who realized that tried to convince himself even better. 

“You must know who you must destroy, and who you must protect. But before you know it, you must destroy your present self, and learn to protect yourself!” Iaros continued to connect his self-declared statement earlier.

Hearing that, Dias held onto his sword tightly and prepared to stab the goblin. With a serious look, Dias channeled his fire into his sword, until it was covered in his fire. 

“The threat must be destroyed!” said Dias in heart. And sure enough, Tobias and Julian are no different from these goblins. No matter how much they both suffer, if left unchecked they will never stop to kill. People like them are unfit to live on this earth, so it will be very deserving to be destroyed. 

“Swooshh.” The sword managed to pierce the chest of the dying goblin. 

“Khaaakkkhhh!” The goblin thrashed in pain with blood flowing from his chest. But even though the goblin looked in pain, now Dias was no doubt marked by his serious expression that did not change. 

“...” A few seconds later, the goblin stopped thrashing and already showed no sign of life at all. Dias then pulled his sword back and Iaros threw the goblin's corpse away. 

“Good work,” Say Iaros.

Dias looked breathless and tried to stand up straight. He looked back at his hands that had been covered in blood. He still could not believe that he had killed a monster that he had initially been so eager to kill.

Although they are monsters, they also have families just like humans, and protect each other also if one of their family members is hurt. But anyway, they are still a threat. Threats that can potentially be harmful to yourself or the people around us. For this reason, all forms of threats must be eliminated. 

“You can still walk, right?” Asked Iaros who managed to stop his reverie.

“Don't joke, carry me dong. Don't you see my bloody head?” Tanya Dias who still had time to sing her smile towards him.

“Humph, spoiled base. Come here.” Reply Iaros who was sitting crouching offered a sling on his back. With pleasure, Dias accepted Iaros' offer and directly climbed on his back. 

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