It’s a 30 minutes walk deep into the woods.
I heard noises and cries from the back.
“Stop! Sergeant Wayne’s squad to the right, Captain Tony’s squad to the left, Corporal Mirko’s squad to the center with me. All right?”
Everyone nodded.
“Wayne’s and Tony’s squads will begin assault five minutes after they start moving.”
I said so, and pulled out a tool about the size of the palm of my hand. It’s a magical clock.
“Then, operation start!”
Wayne’s and Tony’s squad start moving.
This world, there are 12 months of 360 days a year, 30 days a month, 24 hours a day, 1 hour is 60 minutes.
It’s a solar calendar, by the way, and there are two moons.
There are no leap years.
Magical clocks are expensive, but they are necessary for military service, so they are issued to squad leaders and above.
“Let’s go.”
Patrick approached Corporal Mirko, who had brown, short hair and blue eyes. He’s probably about ten years older than Patrick. He is a slender, austere man. The other two men move forward slowly and quietly.
In a slightly open area, five goblins are snapping at the fawn’s belly and devouring its internal organs.
“Bow ready…”
Everyone quietly holds their bows.
Standard goblin-hunting procedure.
“Release!”
The arrows fly with a hyphenated humming sound.
At about the same time, arrows were released from both sides.
Gugya.
Gege-
Pigya.
An arrow pierces the three that were on the outside.
The goblins roll around, grunting and moaning as the wound is not fatal.
The remaining two look up from the fawn’s corpse and scurry around.
“Second shot, from those who are ready, fire in succession!”
I command loudly so that the rest of the squad can hear me.
With a whirr, arrows fly and hits the two goblins.
“Everyone, go for the kill vigilantly!”
“Yes, sir!”
“Yes!”
The troops move out of the trees.
Each of them switches their weapons from bows to spears and stabs the neck and heart of the flailing goblins.
The five goblins are completely silent.
“Cut off their heads! If you let it go, it will turn into a zombie! Keep only the nose for subjugation proof!”
Wayne commands his troops.
Wayne and the others are still unaware that a creature has been watching the scene from further back.
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