Marric's knee rose twice as the goblin tried to pull himself free, almost managing, but then the knee's rise cracked something, and he howled in pain, the second slam dropping the goblin to slump against him, heavy and no longer able to stand on his own much less fight. As the goblin boss went down there was a shriek as the enslaved goblins cracked another red goblin's skull, trying to kill a third but the red goblins were backing away.<br/><br/>Only 9 enslaved goblins remained standing. Yet the reds had lost 8 out of their 12 goblins, unless they had reinforcements, and the goblin boss lay on the ground as soon as Marric let go, along with the shard dropping from his forehead. The sword's blade smoking a bit, as if it was flaming hot and just got dropped into water. Hot steam rising briefly and then passing away. That sword could have<em>seriously</em>hurt with even one successive strike.