Sword Art Online Volume 16 – Alicization Exploding Chapter 18 – War of the Underworld 60 A large hatchet had stabbed through the enemy goblin’s chest from behind, right as he had slashed, and flew towards him. The massive blade scattered all around the fresh blood from its still breathing comrade as it closed in towards Deusolbert’s throat. He could neither dodge nor block it with his sword. Having judged so in an instant, the left forearm he raised collided with the tip of that large hatchet, producing dull light. A numbing, intense pain. Though he had somehow endured with his reddish-copper gauntlet, the blow spread through his bones from his flesh. “Ku… oohh!!” Blowing through his surprise with a shout, Deusolbert forced the enemy’s blade to glance off towards the left. A cracking noise rang throughout his body, informing him of the broken bones in his left arm. That was no more than a single arm!! With the slash stopped with his mustered up spirit, Deusolbert charged straight in just like that. Stabbing through the sacrificed fifth’s stomach, his sword reached the overlapped sixth’s body. However, the feedback was shallow. He had to quickly withdraw his sword, gain some distance, and link that into his next attack. Deusolbert pulled the sword out at once, sweat rising onto his brow without his notice. The fifth slumped over, dead, and beyond that, he saw— The sixth and seventh throwing their large hatchets away and leaping at him with their arms spread out at a height equal to crawl across the ground. And there existed no stance fit for attacking an enemy in that position within Deusolbert’s style.