A-5

Sudden attacks at night make Pino lose power, he manages to defeat every Goblin who attacks him, but it is not easy to do so. After the fight, Pino looks at the area around him, searching for Balam's whereabouts, he finds nowhere he is when he closes his eyes, he is still near Balam. Worry? Not so much, Pino understands how much Balam's power, so he doesn't worry about it, it's just that he's confused by the current situation, where Balam disappears suddenly.

"Huft... Did Dad plan all this? He disappeared right when I was in a bad situation. Yes... That's for sure, he left me to teach me about the harshness and cruelty of the outside world. Haish... That's how Dad is, he always uses his own way of teaching me," Pino murmurs, glimpsed as he recalls the events in which he was left in the middle of the Ashmoss Forest just to let him know how to hunt and live in nature.

Given the events of the past years, Pino is not too surprised by the current situation, instead, he can be calmer despite a few moments of confusion. As the night gets thicker, the air gets colder and stabs to the bone, Pino sees the bodies of the Goblins and steps away from him, but the place he goes is a path he should not take.

Balam from the top of the tree only observes Pino, he jumps from one tree to another when the distance between himself and Pino is quite far. Although the night gets thicker and the air turns colder, Balam is calm and careful when hiding from Pino's eyes, he hides the air of his existence and blends in with the environment like a chameleon.

Pino's footsteps don't stop and move through the bushes where the Goblins appear, he follows the way Balam uses, his steps slow and careful, he doesn't run or rush. His eyes kept moving watching everything suspicious from one side to the other. His level of alertness increased, when a voice suddenly appeared, Pino would hold his breath and rush down and crouch down, then see the source of the sound slowly.

Pino's prudence is reasonable enough, he who has heard how strong goblins are at night and already feel them for themselves, he cannot underestimate them. With great care and high vigilance as well, he observed the surroundings. He walked down a cobbled street full of weeds and shrubs, not knowing how long he'd been walking, Pino felt if he'd walked long enough.

As soon as he passed through a dense bush, he saw a cave from a distance, the cave was dark, but Pino could hear some noise from inside the cave, a distance not too far away so he could hear what was going on there. The screams of women whimpering in pain and helplessness, there were also strange noises from there.

Suspicious of what was inside the cave, Pino searched for small stones, found a place that could monitor the movement from inside the cave, Pino rushed to the place, once he got there, Pino threw stones in his grasp, one by one leading right into the cave.

He threw the stones very strongly, causing a disturbing sound. As soon as the stone went into the cave, the woman's moans were no longer audible, but mere silence there.

The absence of sound coming out of the cave worried Pino, he held his weapon firmly, his eyes kept pointing at the entrance of the cave, despite being behind the bush, Pino was able to see the entire cave clearly.

"What's in that cave? Women's moans come from there, why is it now gone? I screwed up... I hope it's just the usual monsters in the cave," murmurs Pino, he's in a position ready to launch an attack, quiet and still silent. He was able to listen to his own heartbeat, the breed cold wind lashing his back which further made his feathers stand up.

A few steps are heard from inside the cave, Pino is increasingly alert. His eyes did not move from the cave, he kept an eye on any changes from the place. He calms his turbulent inner mind erratically, is agitated for the opponent he will face, and feels if he takes a foolish decision.

"I'm too confident, why did I come to this place... Pesky!!! It's good that I'm waiting for dad instead of coming here, not knowing what else I'm going to do. The footsteps from the place were not simple... There are several footnote sounds and it's concurrent, this sound doesn't come from just one person... but a group," murmured Pino, sharpening his hearing and finding a footstep that sounded in unison in a single unit coming from inside the cave.

One by one the green creatures come out from inside the cave, they wear more clothes than the Goblins that Pino opponents. From afar, Pino can feel the difference between the Goblin he is opposed to the Goblin that is before his eyes, the most striking difference is the equipment used, and there is a big difference from the eve of their existence.

When Pino watched him closely, there was one Goblin that caught his eye, he watched him attentively. What the Goblin, he's bigger than any other Goblin, even taller. The equipment is like a warrior... Is there a Goblin like this? I was wrong... I shouldn't have come here, shit!!" murmured Pino, as soon as he saw the Hob Goblin, he felt a huge trail of anxiety and almost became a fear.

Pino adjusts his breath and stays still, he doesn't move an inch of his body, trying to hide his whereabouts. He went into the bushes even deeper, with the lowest possible movement. I don't know what happened all of a sudden, the Goblins turned their eyes to where Pino was hiding.

"I'm sorry, son. I have to do this, forge yourself properly... Go through this life-and-death situation bravely, don't hide. What are you doing right now... will only bring misfortune in the future. You don't make plans when you hide, you just hide yourself... afraid of the Goblin Hob," murmurs Balam, throwing a rock firmly and directing it right into the Goblin crowd, he is on the same track as Pino, so that the goblin's eye gaze that should be pointed at him instead turns and leads to Pino.

The Goblin crowd itself consists of one Hob Goblin and twenty Goblins. More than ten Goblins ran at the fastest speed, moving towards Pino, their weapons ready to slash whatever was in front of him. As they got closer, the Goblins were just a few steps away from Pino.

Grumbling in the obscure, Pino comes out of hiding and slashes the Goblin in front of him, his movements soft and neat, four Goblins toppled with slash wounds to his chest. Pointing his eyes at the Goblin who was about to attack him, Pino began to grind out one of his slashes to blow two Goblins, and his movements were quite nimble. It only took a few seconds for Pino to finish off the entire Goblin.

"Who the bastard threw the stone because he... I have to deal with immoral beings like them!!!" sultry Pino, he finishes off the Goblin who attacks him, leaving the Goblin Hob with just a few Goblins.