Berserker and the Mage

"SKREEEEE!" 

The sound of goblins could be heard in the distance which grabbed the attention of both of the girls. 

"Get Ready!" Luna expression was tense, unable to shake the feeling that something was wrong this time. 

Lily simply nodded and readied her staff, faint green strands of light raising from her hands as magic coursed through her body. 

The two girls put their backs together so they could keep an eye out in every direction. After a few moments, there was nothing. No sounds of goblins, just utter silence. 

Then suddenly, A large goblin holding a massive axe walked out of the forest in front of Luna. Unlike the previous goblins before that resembled small children, this goblin was closer to that of a teenager in stature. Red blood like tattoos were etched into its skin as it looked in Lunas eyes with the disgusting gleam of lust in its eyes. 

You seeing this Lily?!" 

Luna eyes were wide in disbelief seeing such a strange goblin in front of her. 

"This is bad Luna…." 

Lilys response was slow and heavy as her face grew darker. Another goblin had walked out of the forest and stopped in front of the Tigress. Unlike the other one, this one looked older and had a hunched back in addition to carrying a small cane. There was a clear look of intelligence in its eyes as it appraised the two girls in front of it

"Girls…Present…Leader" 

The old goblin voice was raspy and choppy. It seemed that the goblin could communicate but it had difficulty doing so as it was clearly unused to it. 

"What…the..fu…" 

Luna was surprised as a curse slipped through her lips while Lily quickly cast appraisal on the 2 monsters. 

Goblin Berserker Gorex

Level : 5

Class: Berserker

Health: 600/600

Mana: 50/50

Attack: 200

Defence: 10

Dodge: 10

Resistance: None

Note: Consumed the flesh of its fellow Squadron 3 members to evolve into a named Monster. 

Goblin Mage Arou

Level : 5

Class: Mage

Health: 90/90

Mana: 700/700

Attack: 100

Defence: 10

Dodge: 10

Resistance: None

Note: Consumed the brains of Squadron 5 to evolve into a named Monster. 

While not at the level of being categorized as a boss, they were named monsters and were equivalent to facing an entire squadron of Goblins at the same time.

"You ready Lily?" 

Luna broke into a wild grin as her as the faint yellow light wafting from the zodiac imprint mixed with the visible bloodlust leaking from her body. This time she felt stronger, more in control. She could harness her Bloodlust!

"Do we have a choice?" 

Lilys nervous smile faded into a cold glare as she too was ready to start. She simply raised her staff and pointed it at the old goblin 

"Listen here you old fart! We are not gonna be some present for some goblin weirdo! So you can fuck off or we wont show you mercy!" 

The old goblin Arou tilted its head before scoffing back

 "Us…mercy? Leader…will..break you!" 

The Berserker did not speak but simply snorted in derision as it took a step towards Luna unafraid. 

"Now!" 

Lunas roar caught the two monsters off guard as with a fluid motion, the two girls switched positions with a fluid motion. Lily launched a wooden spike at Gorex, catching him off guard and digging into one of its legs. 

[-40]

Luna launched herself at Arou with a snarl, her axe coming down towards the goblins head but before the blow could connect, a faint blue light projected itself in front of her axe, preventing the damage. 

[Shielded]

[-60]

Before the old goblin could counterattack, Luna retreated to Lilys side who was showing a concerned expression as she stared at the berserker pulling the wooden spike out of his thigh as if it was a toothpick. 

"Please tell me your side has it better than me" 

Lily had hopeful optimism that Luna had fared better with her surprise attack than she did. 

"That old fucker has some sort of magic shield! I couldn't break it in one go. What about you?"

Yet it was crushed when Luna hissed back, her eyes never leaving the goblin mages face. 

"Muscle freak here is treating my spikes like toothpicks. I don't know if I can even slow him down, let alone kill him!" 

Lily caused Lunas face to darken with worry. Things were getting a bit desperate 

"Well shit…" 

Seeing the girls realize the danger they were in caused the mage to cackle eerily. It raised its hand and a spark ignited in its hands. It then flicked that spark towards Luna. 

"Lily duck!" 

Luna roared her warning as her instincts screamed at her that the spark was dangerous. She herself ducked as the spark flew above her head, a tuft of fur on one of her rabbit ears became slightly singed from the heat. 

Lily ducked as soon as she heard the words, not even a second later, the spark hit Gorex in the chest and a plume of fire bloomed. The mage had cast a fireball and had hit its companion instead. 

[-163]

Gorex roared in pain as the flesh on its chest bubbling as its flesh cooked and carbonized. It let out a bestial roar and threw its axe at Arou in retaliation. The axe roared as it flew threw the air before colliding with the Mages shield. 

[Shielded]

[-247]

"Fool!" 

The mage roared as its dumb companion, anger burning its eyes as the girls stood up ready to fight once more. 

Lily again appraised the beasts while Lunas eyes wandered to the axe that had fallen to the ground near the mage, choosing to appraise that instead. 

Goblin Berserker Gorex

Level : 5

Class: Berserker

Health: 397/600

Mana: 50/50

Attack: 200

Defence: 10

Dodge: 10

Resistance: None

Note: Consumed the flesh of its fellow Squadron 3 members to evolve into a named Monster. 

Goblin Mage Arou

Level : 5

Class: Mage

Health: 90/90

Mana: 373/700

Attack: 100

Defence: 10

Dodge: 10

Resistance: None

Note: Consumed the brains of Squadron 5 to evolve into a named Monster

Berserker Greataxe

A mysterious axe used by the Berserker Goblin Gorex.

Attack +50

Dexterity-1

Skill: Execution Swing

Lily quickly did the math and told Luna the details she had gleamed about the 2 Elite Monsters.

"That mage uses its mana as a battery to protect itself. Hurt it and it cant hurt us!". 

"Easy for you to say!"

Luna complained but nodded her head regardless as she glared at the goblin mage who had begun to cast another spell.

"Switch!" 

Luna shout rang out as they once again swapped positions. Lily spun around launching a spike up in front of the goblin, using the spike as a means to deflect the fireball. Luna charged at Gorex but locked her axes in front of her in a block when he was about to throw a punch. 

[-140]

"Ahhhhhh!" 

Luna screamed in pain as she was launched backwards, her hatchets shattering from blocking the punch. 

"Luna!" 

Lily screamed in fear, the shock of seeing her friend fall causing her to doubt herself. Had she made a mistake somewhere?!.

Luna rolled on the forest floor near the goblin who looked down at her with a sneer. However its facial expression froze when it saw that Luna had a smirk on her face. 

Luna let out a roar as she launched herself to her feet, grabbing the axe with both hands before swinging it in a horizontal sweep 

[Shielded]

[-152]

"Lily! Restraints!"

 Luna roared as she raised the axe above her head. 

Lily, shook off her self doubts for the moment as put her hands on the ground and vines grew from the ground, temporarily restraining Gorexs and Arous feet. 

With Blood dripping from her lips, Luna growled

 "[Execution Swing]"

 before swinging the Axe down. She felt her mana draining into the axe, leaving her exhausted as it emitted an obsidian glow.

[402!]

"AHHHHH" 

Arou screamed in agony as the axe landed on its shield only for it to quickly shatter like glass and now unimpeded, bisected the mage from head to crotch. 

With one of the two opponents vanquished, Luna turned to face Gorex who had broken free of the restraints. She tried to raise the axe again but she felt her knees buckle and her vision swim. She was barely alive and in no condition to fight. 

Even still, she struggled to get to her feet and help her friend

"Don't worry.I got this…." 

Lily said softly to her friend, comforting her so that she wouldn't try and struggle so much. She may be physically incompetent but she was far from useless. 

Gorex seemed more intent on taking its axe back, not seeing Lily as a threat to it. However, just before it could reach Luna and the axe, its body froze, sensing impending doom. 

Turning its gaze, it saw Lilys body emitting a dark green light, the girl in question had blood dripping from her nose as she coldly smirked 

 "[Plant Magic: Overgrowth]". 

Gorex tilted its head, unsure of what that was supposed to do. However, it quickly let out a scream of agony as from the original wound caused by the first wooden spike had a small sapling growing from it.

The Berserker couldn't rip the tree out as the roots had wrapped around its femur and it felt itself growing weaker with each passing second as the sapling used its blood as nutrients. Within a minute, the goblin berserker crumbled to the ground as a desiccated corpse. Without a source of nutrients, the tree quickly withered into dust. 

[Squadron 3 and 5 defeated]

[Mutation Bonus]

[+1300 EXP].

[Party Members have Reached Level 5. Classes Unlocked.]

[Base Class will be assigned based on Actions leading up to Current Point].

Seeing the notification of Leveling up, Luna and Lily felt their bodies rapidly healing in real time. Perhaps it was a benefit of leveling up that they returned to perfect health. 

"That was close…."

 Lily was exhausted, sinking to her knees as relief washed over both of them. 

"Yeah…" 

Luna agreed as she laid down on the ground, her hand still gripping the Berserker Axe which had yet to disappear. 

"I wonder what class the boys got. What do you think they got?" 

Lily was curious and tried to talk a bit as they tried to recover their strength. 

"Why don't we just ask them…"

 Luna reply was simple as she stared up at the sky, the moon was high in the sky, the moonlight was illuminating the forest but it made everything seem a lot more dangerous. 

"Get up Lily. We need to regroup now!"

 Luna sat up, her animal instincts were ringing a warning again.

"That last monster that was watching us has begun to move! I think its heading towards Leo" 

Her voice was full of anxiety after spreading her senses to confirm. 

Lily quickly stood up and said with a serious expression of her own

 "Lead the way". 

The two girls then started to quickly run in the direction the monstrous presence had gone. 

Luna could only pray that her brother remained safe until they got there.