The first goblin appeared in the tunnel entrance.
It saw them waiting and hesitated for just a second. That second cost it. Hiroshi's blade took it across the throat before it could raise its weapon. It fell and the one behind it tripped over the body.
Elias's sword came down and finished the second one.
Two down immediately. But more were coming. Hiroshi could hear them in the tunnel. Many more.
Three goblins pushed through together, trying to overwhelm with numbers. The entrance was just wide enough for them to squeeze through shoulder to shoulder.
Hiroshi took the one on the left. His Dodge skill read its attack pattern and he sidestepped the clumsy swing, countered with a thrust that caught it in the ribs. It went down hard.
The middle and right goblins both attacked at once. Hiroshi blocked one strike with his blade but the other got through, scraping across his forearm. Pain flared but his Pain Suppression skill pushed it back to something manageable.
