Chapter 1096: What are those monsters?


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    The moment that the knights saw the hobgoblin, all of them felt a chill run down their spines. That was because all of them could feel the sense of danger that wasing from the hobgoblin.


    The moment that they saw this hobgoblin, they knew just how dangerous this hobgoblin was.


    So there wasn''t a single knight that dared to remain idle as they immediately turned their horses around. They were all nning on running back behind the shield soldiers to use them as cover against the spears of the hobgoblin.


    It was just that before they could run, there were four more spears that suddenly came flying at them. These spears cut right through the air and caught four more knights that were on their horses.


    They were picked off the back of their horses and mmed down into the ground.


    There was no resistance at all as they were picked off the back of their horses. The armour that they wore provided them no protection at all against the spears that hit them.


    It was as if they were wearing armours made of paper rather than metal.


    "Run!"


    The leader of the cavalry unit no longer hesitated as he called for their retreat and all of the knights scattered as they knew that grouping up would hurt them more. But even though they scattered, the spears still flew through the air.


    There were ten more spears that came at them and each of these spears hit one of the knights in the back.


    The knight that was hit with the spear flew off his horse and was pinned to the ground with a look of fear and regret in his eyes. It was just that there was nothing that the knight could do as it was pinned to the ground like this.


    With the force that the spear had been thrown with, the internal organs of the knight had actually been shattered.


    So the only thing that was waiting for the knights that were hit was death.


    The other cavalry were able to reach the wall of shield soldiers and hide behind them, so the spears of the hobgoblins no longer reached them. Instead, the spears of the hobgoblins fell into the line of shield soldiers.


    The spears were strong enough to pull the knights off their horses and pin them in the ground, so when they hit the shield soldiers who only relied on their shields to defend themselves...


    There wererge explosions that rang out along the line of shield soldiers.


    At the same time, there were holes that were created in the line of shield soldiers as a result of these explosions.


    It wasn''t as if the shield soldiers could do anything against these spears.


    They couldn''t even follow the spears to get out of the way in time.


    Once the holes appeared, it didn''t take long for the goblins to push forward.


    It seemed that the formation was about to break at any moment.


    "What are these monsters?" The captain of the cavalry knights couldn''t help saying in a shocked voice.


    After all, this captain was an elite that had been fighting with the army for many decades now and this was his first time seeing a monster like this.


    So there was no need to mention the other knights that had far less experience than their captain.


    With gritted teeth, the captain said, "Retreat."


    It was a hard decision for him, but he had no choice but to make this decision since there was nothing that they could do against those hobgoblins.


    Even if they were to charge them, it was certain that half of them would die from the flying spears. After all, they could see that there were more spears that were on the back of the hobgoblins, so there was no doubt that they would have more than enough spears to shoot them all down if they were to charge them.


    Then there was no telling if they would even be able to take down the hobgoblins in the end. Those hobgoblins were strong enough to throw these spears with such force, so they certainly wouldn''t be weak if a fight were to happen.


    It wasn''t guaranteed that they would be able to take down these hobgoblins if they were to charge them.


    Not to mention that these cavalry knights were elite troops of the kingdom, the final line of defense for the Antwerp Kingdom.


    It would be a tragedy to the kingdom if they were to lose them here.


    So that was thest thing that the captain could do.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Even if it meant sacrificing all of these soldiers that were blocking the goblins.


    It was a matter of the kingdom''s survival.


    It wasn''t just that he was terrified of the hobgoblins.


    Once he made this decision, even though the cavalry knights found it hard to ept, they had


    no choice but to ept it.


    All of them turned to leave, but...


    They found that there was another spear that flew towards them from behind.


    The one that was the most shocked was the knight that was hit with this spear and knocked off his horse. He was pinned to the ground just like the other knights that had been hit with the


    spears.


    He was pinned to the ground in the same manner.


    The knights were shocked to find that there was another hobgoblin standing there.


    No, it wasn''t just a single hobgoblin.


    There were five of these hobgoblins that were standing there and four of them still had their spears raised as if they were looking for targets.


    When they threw them, the captain of the knights saw that he was one of the targets, but he wasn''t able to dodge out of the way in time and was pinned onto the ground.


    There was a look of regret that was on his face as he died.


    How did he miss these hobgoblins?


    But it wasn''t just him that died like this.


    All around the Antwerp Kingdom, the same thing was happening where all of the monsters


    were gathered.