Chapter 354 - Matheus’s Adventure 3

Matheus quickly made his way over to the area where the sounds of roaring were originating from. As he got closer, Matheus was able to hear the distinctive noise of people fighting.

As he approached closer and closer to the location, the sounds of monsters and humans fighting became even more apparent. He was soon able to see what kind of monsters that were attacking the humans that he was hearing.

They were small humanoid monsters with grayish skin. If he remembered correctly, these monsters were called Troglotrolls, a species of small-statured trolls that lived in caves and underground. Some of them were mounted on velociraptor-like monsters and were running around the area screeching and roaring.

Some of the Troglotrolls were even equipped with some poor-quality armor and weapons. Their numbers were numerous, Matheus counted about 40 or so of these monsters. Then there were the velociraptor-like monsters that he identified as Venomfang Raptors, he counted about 10 of them and they were all being mounted by Troglotrolls that seemed to be higher ranked than the rest of them.

This was a slight problem for him because those Troglotrolls were only deemed to be C-ranked monsters, including the ones that were mounted, but the Venomfang Raptors were B-ranked. C-ranked monsters were still manageable for him, but those raptors would prove to be a challenge. What more was that there were 10 of them...

Matheus noticed that the group that was being attacked was a party of 10 people and most of them weren't even participating in the fight but was being protected by people who Matheus deemed to be knights after judging them by the equipment they were using.

There were only 4 knights at present while the other 5 looked to be more like civilians. The last person was identified as a mage since Matheus saw the person shooting out fireballs and water bullets at the monsters.

It was a little obvious, but the mage was low-ranked because of the spells he or she was using that weren't even enough to penetrate the beaten-up armor the monsters were using.

"Hmmm... this will prove to be quite difficult... but I shouldn't back down..."

Matheus knew that his life was important, but so were the people that were currently being attacked by the monsters. He could just mind his own business and leave, but it would leave a bad taste in his mouth if he just left knowing that he could have done something to help out these people.

"First, let's establish an objective...I don't need to kill all of the monsters, all I need to do is rescue the people..."

Matheus began looking around the area and noticed that the trees in the location that he had come from were sparsely bunched up together unlike the areas anywhere else.

"Hm... from my location, I know for a fact that it will lead outside of the forest..."

He thought for a moment before deciding that breaking those people out of the encirclement of monsters was a top priority, after that, leading them out of the forest through this direction was the next step.

At least from where he had come from, the road had fewer obstacles. This would make running much easier since no one would have to worry about having to climb over or maneuver around a tree or rock.

First, he needed to signal the humans inside the encirclement of his presence. After that, he needed to somehow tell the knights to coordinate with him to attack one point of the encirclement so that they could break out and quickly make their escape.

"Damn... the only way is to shout it out and let them know... it'll expose me to all the monsters but... oh well, let's do this..."

Matheus didn't have too much time to think because the battle between the monsters and the humans he was going to save was still ongoing. If he dawdled for too long, then more variables might present themselves and he'd have to scrap his original plan.

"Let's go!" Matheus said, trying to psyche himself up.

He began sprinting towards the backline of the monster encirclement that was situated in front of him. Luckily for Matheus, his location only had one Troglotroll mounted Venomfang Raptor.

If he could catch the monster off guard, Matheus was confident that he would be able to deal with it. The only problem was that the monster was surrounded by 4 other Troglotrolls. If he rushed in and attacked one of the trolls, then it would alert the mounted one immediately.

Matheus then remembered that even if he only circulated his mana inside his body, it was enough to enhance his abilities to superhuman levels. At least, that was what Cecil had told him.

As he approached closer and closer to the monsters, Matheus began circulating his mana following his family's cultivation method and strongly jumped up onto the nearby tree. He kicked off of the tree trunk and jumped up onto the branch that was overhead.

His actions had caused quite a stir and the troglotrolls turned back to see what was happening behind them and found nobody there. It shrugged for a moment before feeling something was amiss when a shadow suddenly appeared above him.

Matheus had jumped down from the branch and aimed his glaive straight for the mounted troglotroll. It was too late for the monster to react and Matheus cleaved its small body in two. The Venomfang Raptor sensed that its partner was killed and started rampaging around but it was immediately beheaded with a sweep of Matheus' glaive.

He landed on the ground and immediately struck the nearby troglotroll with the butt of his glaive and stabbed the one next to it with the blade of his glaive. He then turned towards the humans who were being surrounded and yelled, "OVER HERE!"

The knights in the group had already noticed Matheus when he first jumped up onto the tree branch and had already informed the people they were protecting to rush towards his location so Matheus was a bit surprised when he saw one of the knights from earlier already so close to him.

The knight swiftly dealt with the other troglotroll while Matheus cleaned up the final one. The monsters were already roaring and rushing at them so Matheus immediately began running ahead while shouting, "Follow me! Hurry!"

It was a good thing that the people he was helping didn't do anything stupid like stopping him and questioning his motive. They just immediately followed after him. After all, it was better to follow the stranger who had helped them than to stay behind and fight off a horde of bloodthirsty monsters.

The monsters had short legs but were very agile. They swung from tree to tree and some tried to land close to the group, but Matheus was able to quickly take them down with a swing of his glaive even before they landed.

They were small-statured so it didn't place a burden on his arm when he slashed them down from the air as he continued to run and lead the people behind him away from the monsters.

The only problems were the mounted ones. The 9 remaining mounted troglotrolls were able to get in front of Matheus and the group. The Venomfang Raptors began roaring at the group and this caused the knights and the non-combatants to falter for a moment.

The mage chanted a fireball spell and quickly threw it at the monsters ahead. Matheus also didn't falter and continued to charge at the monsters. The knights who were faltering for a moment decisively followed after him and rushed forwards.

Matheus strengthened his body by channeling his mana and swung his glaive in a wide arc in front of him. His attack was able to slash away at the legs of the 3 Venomfang Raptors that were in front of him.

They screeched out in pain but the 2 knights who had followed after Matheus quickly stepped forward and stabbed their spears into the monsters' head. Matheus had quickly pulled back his glaive and swung down onto the head of the remaining raptor, he had to attack it a few more times before it died.

The troglotrolls that were mounted on top of the raptors had either fallen down or were stuck under their mounts when they had been toppled over by Matheus. He and the knights quickly dealt with them and started attacking the other monsters that were nearby.

The 2 remaining knights that were guarding the rear of the group quickly urged the mage to lead the 5 civilians past the opening that Matheus had made for them. After they stepped through the blockade, the Knights brought up the rear while Matheus sprinted forward and continued leading the group.

The group of people was a little startled when Matheus began whistling all of a sudden. They thought that he was a bandit that was calling out to his friends, they were about to stop but immediately began running again when all they saw was a pack of horses racing towards them from the side.

"Keep going! We're almost out of the forest!"

The Venomfang mounted troglotrolls did their best to try and hinder the party from rushing forwards, but Matheus kept on continuing his tactic. He continued aiming at the raptors' legs and toppled them over. The raptors had a short reach with their claws and neck compared to his long glaive so it was all too easy for him to continue repeating the tactic.

The trolls didn't even learn their lesson the first few times and continued throwing away their lives to try and stop the group.

A few moments later, right when everyone was almost out of breath from the constant running, they were able to quickly exit the forest and arrive at the open plains. A few of the monsters that were patrolling them had died and only three of the mounted trolls were left alive after their long game of cat and mouse.

The monsters glared at the exhausted group of humans and decided to head back into the forest when they saw Matheus glaring menacingly at them. They were frightened by this human that had suddenly showed up and rescued their prey.

After seeing the monsters retreat into the forest, Matheus scanned the area and made sure that no more monsters were present before he plopped down onto the floor, nearly out of breath and completely exhausted.

"Hoohh...hooohh...that... that was intense!" Matheus exclaimed to himself. He never felt so much adrenaline pumping into him as before. All of his actions were purely based on his instinct and he couldn't even remember clearly about what he did earlier.

"I...I'll have to...reevaluate the fight from...earlier..." Matheus said to himself while heaving.

He then turned towards the group of people that he had just rescued from earlier. The knights had all begun to take off their helmets and the one who had armor that was a bit fancier than the rest approached him.