Seeing the scenery unfold, the princess pointed at the monster’s shaking and muttered “Tro…tr…tr..oll!!!!” and as her words left her mouth she felt her knees giving out on her and she fell on her knees. 

“Princess!!” The female knight expressed her concern. She hurriedly came near the princess and grabbed a hold of her. 

“Hold that thing back”

With a worried expression the other two knights looked at her and unwillingly they nodded and acknowledged the order. Even they knew disobeying a direct command from superior is as same as death. So, even though they were unwilling they steeled their nerves. 

The knights were all in full plated armor and had swords. But what they required most now was a shield. They kept their distance and walked slowly backwards as if trying to anticipate the movement of the troll. On the other hand the princess was still in a shocked phase and required help from the female knight to walk. 

The troll suddenly went on a frenzy looking at its prey running away and charged toward the knights. With a massive body you would expect it to be slow in its movement. However it was very fast and ferocious. It closed the distance between itself and the knights in seconds. The knights braced for impact. But as it was about to charge its body into them it halted its movement and hit the knight on its left with the club on its right hand. The swing of the club created an airflow in its motion. It was too fast for the knights to react. The one hit by the club lost his head instantly, it crushed its head and splattered it on the club. There was no head anymore and a lifeless headless body stood there and yet to fall on the ground. The other knight who was also slow to react to that attack just stood there motionless as if not understanding what had happened. He looked on his right to see what happened to his partner. Before he could scream out of fear, A big foot had already kicked him on his chest. His whole body got thrown toward the direction of the kick and it crashed into a tree and death had arrived just as instantly. 

As both the female knight and the princess being  supported by her were running away they had their back turned away from the troll, yet they  couldn’t for a moment move their head away from the scene that unfolded. 

Seeing the scene the princess yelled in horror and finally gained strength in her lower body, the strength to run. “AAAAAhhhhhhhh” She pushed the knight supporting her and ran for her life. The push had made the female knight lose her balance. She fell on her butt on the ground. 

The yell had grabbed the troll’s attention and it instantly shifted its focus from the dead body to the crying princess. The female knight noticed the troll’s charge toward the princess. It was her duty to escort the princess safely. And even in this devastating situation that was her goal. She got up out of reflex and stood in the path of the troll’s charge with her sword pointed at the troll. What she wished for via her action was to just delay the troll and to let the princess escape. But the troll didn’t divert its focus from the princess and stayed locked on its path. The female knight was just a nuisance to it and didn’t even pay her any attention. 

The female knight got slammed by the troll’s charge and it spinned her body in the air and she got knocked off. The collision left her bloodied on the ground with her helmet falling off and revealing blood red hair.

‘She has guts, I will give her that’ a thought appeared from the hidden elf.

The troll continued on its path violently shaking the ground with each step it took toward the princes. The earth shattering noise left by the troll’s mouth and the trembling of the ground was so close that the running princess knew it was behind her. She couldn’t help but look behind with tears and snot flowing through her mouth. Her movement came to a halt and she came to a stop. It was death approaching. A steady stream of warm liquid ran down her leg.

“Stop it! Please spare me” she pleaded with all her might. But her plea didn’t mean anything to the being that approached her.

It was her final moment, the troll had brought down its club and the whole body got smashed on the ground. 

The troll was breathing heavily and it shifted its focus to the last alive bloody knight. 

“Roar”

The troll charged toward the female knight. But she was too weak to move and laid in a still position and watched as death approached her. 

‘Mom be safe’ and that was her last wish before her death. 

As the Troll came running and reached her and was about to bring down its club there was a gust of wind followed by a heavy sword blocking the massive club. It was an elf blocking the Troll from striking the injured knight and he had used his heavy sword as a shield to block the club’s striking path. As the club landed on the sword it pushed Eric along with his body leaving a trail of feets dragging on the earth. 

"What strength!” Eric exclaimed with gritted teeth.

Eric repelled the club. The sudden interference had caught the troll offguard and Eric didn’t waste this opportunity and threw the once sheathed dagger toward the troll’s eyes. 

“Puchik” a piercing sound was heard. 

The troll had its left eye poked by the dagger and the eye was now bloodied. It screamed in pain while holding the pierced eye. “AAAGGHHHH….”

Blood rushed to its head and with anger it made another scream and charged toward Eric. 

Initially, Eric was in front of the bloodied knight to block the Troll, now he had made the decision to move his position now that he has the attention of the troll. Otherwise, the injured knight will get dragged on to this battle. 

“Come here boy” taunted Eric. With his heavy sword now sheathed he was in a running mode and also being aware that the opponent is dangerous he started removing his training clothes that he wears all the time. 

“Bham…” with swift motion 120 kg worth of robe fell on the ground . 

Now he felt the lightest. 

The stowed bow was now on Eric’s hand and from the arrow case he had on his back he took three arrows and shot them simultaneously at the troll. The troll deflected them with his club and three arrows were now stuck on the club. 

Seeing this “What a smart monster” Eric exclaimed. ‘But I have just the thing for you’

He drew 2 more arrows from the case and shot them in succession one at the head and one at the feet. While the troll had been chasing him, he saw one arrow shot at his face and like last time he deflected it with his club but as it turns out it blocked its view for less than a second and as a result it didn’t see the other arrow being shot. 

“Squeek” the arrow pierced the foot of the troll. An agonizing scream left the troll’s mouth but it didn’t stop Eric in his path. In a running motion he shot three more arrows at the same foot. The arrows had pierced through the legs and latched on to the ground making the troll unable to move from its position. Frustrated, the troll threw its club toward Eric. 

With a smirk, Eric jumped onto the flying club and shot another arrow toward its head and jumped down just as fast. The second eye was now pierced. 

“AAGGHHHHH…” a continuous earth shattering pained scream was heard from the troll. One hand on the foot trying to release itself from the ground and the other on its eye removing the arrow. The troll was now blind and Eric walked toward the defenseless troll and brandished his heavy sword in a vertical circular manner. 

He had no intention of making the troll agonize in pain and as soon as he got close, he horizontally slashed his heavy sword toward its neck and the head of the troll had fallen to the ground. A fountain of blood gushed out from the twelve foot giant’s severed headless body. As if a bloody rain had poured in the area. 

Eric sheathed his sword and went to pick up his robe. Finally, he walked toward the bloodied knight and the female knight with red hair watched the whole scene as if it was a scene from a fantasy. When he had reached her she whispered “Monster” and finally she had closed her eyes as strength left her body. 

“Is she dead?” Eric closed in on her to check if she was breathing and she definitely was and she was unconscious he had determined. 

Eric picked up the bloodied female knight whose name he didn’t know and carried her on his back and walked toward the end of the black forest. 

After Eric had left the scene and three hours later several human knights were seen at the place the battle took place. They examined the scene and retrieved the body of the princess and left for the royal palace of human society to make a report.