Bound and Broken: An Isekai Adventure Dark Fantasy (Melas Book 1) V.A. Lewis (feel good books to read .TXT) 📖

the enemy from the inside, and impede them as best he could. Catch them while they were still unprepared.

But the Lieutenant rallied the soldiers. Despite being ill equipped, they quickly managed to counterattack. Before Karna could react.

The Goblin grit his teeth.

There was nothing to do about what happened. All that was left to do was deal with the current predicament. At least a dozen soldiers were trying to break in, along with the axeman. And they did not have enough arrows in their quiver to deal with all of them.

"Ready your spells," he said. "Find cover, and be prepared to shoot the moment they tear down that door."

The two Goblin did as they were told. They hid behind whatever cover they could find, and waited.

The door slammed again and again. The beds and wardrobes stacked in front of it were slowly being knocked off with each hit. Then finally, the barricade was smashed open.

Karna loosed three arrows at once. In an instant, two soldiers fell dead, and one barely managed to block it. Arrows flew beside his, striking other soldiers as they tried to react.

A yellow bubble covered the doorway. The arrows harmlessly bounced off of the energy shield. But that was the mistake.

Karna was out of arrows, and so were his two companions. The onslaught of projectiles stopped. The soldiers waited for a moment, before the barrier dissipated. And that gave the Goblins the opening they needed.

They threw down their bows, drawing their shortswords as they did, and ran for the exit. Past the immobile soldiers. Back out the hallway.

There was a shout from behind, as Karna felt his legs burning— pushing him beyond his limits. But ahead, there were three soldiers. Only three who were barring their path.

One for each of the Goblins. For them to dispatch quickly, so they could break free. That was not a problem. Or it should not have been.

Karna parried the stab from a spear. He drew his sword down the wooden shaft, into the guard of the spearman. Then he swung up, and in an instant, the man was dead. Beside him, one of the Goblins took care of the second soldier just as easily. But the other Goblin—

Was struck across the chest. Smashed in the face by shield. Then finished off with a sword to the back of the head. Then he turned and faced the other two Goblins, blocking their escape.

Karna roared, and charged the man. He braced himself, but the attack never came.

Bolts of energy flew in between the two, forcing the Goblin to step back. Half a dozen more soldiers flanked the two Goblins from behind. In total, there were two gunmen, five regular soldiers, and the Lieutenant.

This is it, Karna thought to himself. They were surrounded. Back to back, the Goblins stood. There was a moment where nothing happened, before the action resumed.

Karna rushed the two gunmen, dodging the blue bolts fired at him. A large axe bore down to block his way, but he slid under the swing. The gunmen tried to back up, but he was too quick. With a flourish of his blade, the first one fell.

He was about to strike down the second, when two soldiers attacked him from behind. He sidestepped their attacks. Blocking. Deflecting and dodging their swings. The two reeled back, timing their attacks—

But Karna pointed. A Magic Bolt shot out of his fingers, impacting one of them on the head. His head snapped back, but the helmet absorbed half the damage. He was still alive. But not for long.

With a quick step around the second soldier— the one that was still attacking him— Karna easily countered him, and finished him off.

The injured soldier backed up, as the remaining gunman tried to give him covering fire. He raised his gun, aiming it at the Goblin. But Karna threw his sword. The man fell, the blade sticking out of his chest.

Karna dashed forward. Grabbing the soldier with both hands, spreading them apart and holding them to the side, before he headbutted the injured soldier. The soldier recoiled in pain as Karna yanked the blade off the soldier’s hand and impaled him with it.

The Goblin glanced back at his remaining companion—

And saw an axe tear through the other Goblin. He fell dead on the floor, lying next to two dead soldiers.

Karna clenched the hilt of the sword tightly between his hands. He watched as the last two soldiers— the Lieutenant and a regular swordsman— focused their attention on him. A savage grin came across the axeman’s face.

"Well, well, well. Seems like you’re the only one left. Why don’t you just do us a favor and kill yourself. Although I’m not sure if the Goddess will accept your wretched soul."

"Why don’t you ask the Goddess about that yourself after I kill you," Karna spat back.

"Witty. I didn’t think Goblins could think for themselves. Always thought a Demon would have to tell you what to say. But I don’t see one around here." The man paused, before laughing. "Ah right, I forgot. That’s because they’re mostly dead. Just like you will be."

Karna snarled, and the axeman charged followed by the other soldier. The Goblin dove under the massive axe, and repelled the stab from a sword. He crouched down, slicing at the legs of the large man. But the Lieutenant jumped back.

He was fast. Faster than someone his size should have been moving.

The Lieutenant lurched forward with an overhead swing, and Karna rolled out of the way. The swordsman slashed at him too, but the Goblin was too quick. He evaded the flurry of blows, dodging, blocking, and riposting—

When hard leather boots struck him from the side.

The small Goblin went flying backwards. He tried to pick himself up, but was immediately met with more strikes from the swordsman. The blade