Reborn Regress Return: I Am the Heir of Shadows!-Chapter 59: Graug-Fam The Slaughterer!

A lance of shadow tore through the air, overlapping with Fran's arrow, twirling around the arrow as it struck the final goblin. The arrow piercing its chest, while the bolt of shadow tore apart its innards, killing the final goblin with a combined damage of 155.

"Nocta, to the bridge!"

Immediately after the final goblin fell, the victory screen didn't appear, no experience and gains, instead a low rumbling drum echoed.

A low, rhythmic thud echoed with the sound of trumpets, and the distant entrance across the bridge lit up with torch fires.

'They are coming.'

"Prepare yourselves, Maria, Fran get behind the pillar, avoid getting close!"

"Julian, what about you?"

Maria focused her gaze on the distant flames, swallowing as she forced herself to move. The pain from the arrow was slowly recovering, but the dull ache lingered.

'This world isn't like the other... so this is what he meant by special.'

"Julian!"

He ignored Fran's concerned question and Maria's voice as she stepped into the wall. His silver hair flowed in the faint wind, and his cheek dripped with beads of sweat.

'I'm counting on you Eclipsa.'

The shadow contorted and wrapped around him as if to show her response physically.

He couldn't deny that the feeling of a woman's body helped keep his mind from falling into negative pitfalls.

'It's embarrassing to be a human who get excited over his shadow...'

"Grom Lack! Ugul Tor!"

A guttural, low voice echoed... like a rumbling of someone choking on a piece of chicken.

"Gul Data! Gul Data!"

The huge goblin, more like an orc, wore black metal armour and stood over 3 metres tall. It stepped forward with slow, measured steps that caused the ground to shake with a loud thud.

Muscular green skin, with countless scars, showing how tempered this monster was. A goblin that evolved and earned a second name.

The first true Elite Julian met since he started playing this game.

The harpy queen was an elite, but it could never match the strength of a dungeon elite.

It's finger pointed towards Julian. "Gul Data!"

'That phrase... I believe that means... Kill them or Kill him?'

The goblin alphabet is too complex and based on the sound of their tongues, more of a gesture using a certain word could mean to kill or feed. Thus, Julian just took the worst meaning and narrowed his eyes, glaring at the dirty yellow orbs of the enemy.

"Gul Data!"

BANG!

The four goblin warriors holding makeshift shields stolen from the dwarves slammed into the ground, sinking into the rock and shattering the stone beneath them.

"Nocta, hold the line!"

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His wand flickered, gathering the mana for his next spell, while focused on the battleground, watching the goblin warriors mock Nocta with their dirty pale eyes.

'We can do it...'

Julian's palms dripped with sweat as he pulled back his arm, a dull ache biting into his biceps until the mana for the spell was complete. He flung his wand towards the enemy, and the sphere of darkness, a bomb of the shadow element, hurled through the air.

A burst of 234 damage struck all four goblin warriors and the elite Graug-Fam.

"Attack!"

Immediately after, Maria's body glowed blue, her eyes fluttering as she entered a trance and tapped the floor with her feet, creating a small circle that bubbled and rippled like the surface of a river.

Ten orbs formed from the ground, twirling around her body, as she snapped her fingers while performing a refined tango-style dance.

"Water shot!"

The water condensed and then shot towards the group of enemies like bullets. The sound of compressed water striking metal echoed, piercing through one of the goblin warriors' shields.

Although only dealing 10 damage, inside her small body, she could constantly reform her water orbs.

'She's practically a water machine gun.'

However, Maria placed four of the orbs around Nocta as the huge golden-haired shadow faced the enemy goblins.

The elite roared once again, "GUL DATA! GUL DATA!"

The goblin warrior struck the ground with its shield, raising its war hammer in the sky before charging toward Nocta with a bloodthirsty roar.

Three other warriors followed, their drool and spittle spraying against the air as they ran.

'Damn monsters.'

Maria scrunched up her nose at the sight of the disgusting green creatures. Their ugly faces twisted in anger, and she fired another volley of water bullets, each causing a resounding crack.

Her spells continued dealing a steady stream of 30 damage, but their health barely dropped.

"Phew..." Fran swallowed her breath, as her entire body glowed with a pink, rose-like hue, which formed into petals.

She aimed at the goblin elite, before muttering a quick prayer to the gods, "May my arrow find its mark."

"Arcane Flurry!"

With a flash, ten arrows materialised around her, and she released her string with a sharp snap.

The bowstring rang out as if playing a song, each arrow striking the Elite Goblin and dealing 20 damage. Her beautiful arrows chipped away at the monster's health. She lowered her right hand. The throbbing pain grew worse, and her index finger became swollen.

'It hurts...'

Fran grimaced as she glanced at Julian's back, seeing the sweat dripping down his neck. She knew he had to concentrate, but the pain in her fingers grew worse. She regretted hunting alone in the daytime, almost getting killed, after she fell and bruised her index and middle fingers.

'I need to be patient... I must endure it, for Julian.'

Julian's left arm crackled with energy as he used Mana concentration, while gathering shadows in his wand and flinging a lance of Shadow Bolt at the elite for 270 damage.

The whistle of Fran's arrows constantly soared through the air, but the speed was slower than before, and normal arrows only dealt 10 damage each to the enemies.

"Prepare yourselves!"

Nocta's body shimmered with a black aura, as her massive shield dragged along the ground, destroying the top layer of marble and stone before smashing into the monsters for a critical hit, sending them staggering back five steps.

However...

BOOM!

Graug-Fam's enormous blade struck back, sending Nocta's body sliding back to the start of the bridge, forced to slam her shield into the ground to nullify the force.

"..."

'Master! He's strong!'

'That blow, must have hurt her...'

Julian's eyes widened as he constantly flung his wand, with small mini lances of shadow for 23 damage, in between gathering the mana to cast Shadow Bolt into his left hand.

"Umbra! Support your sister in battle!"

The dark shade's body shimmered and trembled as if waiting for his order, her movement like a phantom as she rushed towards the ground, and lunged at the elite Graug-Fam with a piercing strike dealing 30 damage.

"We've barely done 1/6 of its health..." Maria's voice trembled.

She panted slightly from the constant dancing, yet she could feel her physique and body improving the longer she danced.

With a hop, her body twisted and changed the dance to a calm, flowing foxtrot.

[Squall!]

Her soothing water mana started flowing through the party, healing their minor wounds, including Fran's swollen fingers, Nocta's chunked health bar, and Julian's remaining wounds.

'Although my tunic allows me to regenerate health... it doesn't cure wounds or ailments... in battle at least.'

"Shadow Bolt!"

Bzzzt!

Another 135 damage, followed by 23 from his want, in a one-two.

However, his eyes widened as the eyes of Graug-Fam turned red. The monster lifted its deadly cleaver—with a low grunt.

The goblin stepped forward and cleaved in a massive arc, cutting through Nocta and Umbra. The immense force sent Umbra flying back into the wall with a loud thud.

She then rolled down covered in dust and debris, suffering 68 damage, while Nocta took 45 and slid back several steps.

'This is too much... we are out of our minds to be here right now!'

Maria's eyes trembled, darting between the kneeling Nocta, who looked winded, Fran, who desperately shot arrows while panting. Then finally Julian, who issued commands to his two shadows while flinging his wand at the elite.

"J-Julian!"

"GRAAAA!"

Clang!

Slam!

The goblins started to assault Nocta, her legs unstable as she desperately tried to keep her balance and in the corner of Maria's eyes, she couldn't help but gasp.

Julian's eyes shone with a strange aura as his body crackled with unstable energy.

—Mana Enhancement

'Fool!'

"DON'T!"

His brows lifted upon hearing Maria's shout, her soothing water still healing the party, about to fade as he turned to her and curled his lips into a smile. Julian's pale face almost like a ghost as his wand cracked... the tip forming a Shadow Bomb.

'We have no choice...'

'Those goblins will make it impossible to keep Nocta alive, and if she dies we all die.'

'Umbra, use your Triple Thrust on three of the goblins... then pull back and wait till Maria's magic explodes and heals you full!'

Julian's voice faded as he flung his wand...