Flesh and Stone

Invasion!

"This is Falco 3-21 of Monte Verde's Air Force. This is a restricted military communication channel. How did you get this com. line?" The voice of a male pilot questioned, sounding annoyed and angry. "It's not important right now. I've sent some help to your men so you guys can combat the goblin airships above better. His name is Aeon and he's my Genesect. Recognizable by the violet hoverboard shaped form and cannon on his back."

"He'll be supplying aerial support to your jets so please don't shoot him down. You guys won't be able to keep the goblins out of the city but we can at least halt their progress enough for civilians to get to safety. My team and friends will assist in defending this city from their invasion force. All I'm asking is if your men encounter us, please don't shoot." Izanagi explained over the mic.

A little moment of silence, she finally got an answer. "Affirmative Miss Kouta. We appreciate your assistance and I'll make sure my comrades don't unleash any friendly fire. I do have advice. If we want these bastards to retreat, then we need to take out their leader. Once the leader is defeated, they'll disperse and retreat. I would like to have a talk with you later about invading military protocols after this is done. Godspeed ma'am." And the call ended.

The Doctor popped outside from the porch door. "Lucas, we need some help making fake relic trackers. Izanagi, can you help us too? And Knack, can you and your team give us some room to work?" Vargas requested. "You got it, Doc. Good luck Knack, Ribbon and Behemoth." The greenette then gave Knack a kiss on the forehead before heading inside the house.

The golem had a little dopey smile on his face before straightening his composure. 'Let's go guys!' Knack thought, raising a fist in the air to emphasize his thoughts. "Grimmsnarl! Appletun!" The two dual types chirped in agreement, as if on the same page of their inhuman partner. He wished he brought a camera for the next few parts.

Goblins came in many different sizes and few variants of skin color, mostly blue, yellow and green. The smaller ones, usually blue in color, can be considered the grunts of their force. Wielding weapons like hatchets, bladed boomerangs, bows and even exploding dice. The bigger ones, around the size of human adults, usually yellow in color, are Hobgoblins.

They wear better protective armor and the weapons they wield are more dangerous. Broadswords, crossbows capable of firing multiple arrows paired with a nasty charge shot, homemade red crystal grenades and even dual bladed sentinel spears to name a few. The path around Ryder's house wasn't suited for their larger sentries, leaving the trio to combat invading Hobgoblins and grunts.

These goblins were wielding energy blasters, high grade steel bladed boomerangs and high grade armor, a setup perfect for an invasion force. "App!!" Ribbon bodychecked one of the smaller Goblins with a nasty Body Slam. A few of the grunts were cursing in their native language. None of them realized that Knack now had a lot of extra help. "Grimmsnarl!!!" Behemoth struck a blaster wielding Hobgoblin in the gut with a brutal Mega Punch.

Knack quickly ducking under the Hobgoblin sent airborne by Behemoth and moved in for a leg sweep on an unsuspecting small goblin. A Grenade chucking Goblin tossed a few homemade grenades into the consuming madness. He didn't expect Ribbon to leap and slap the explosives away. These very bombs crashed into a few of the grenadier's unsuspecting comrades.

Picking up relics from their fallen opponents, the now 3'11 Knack spoke up after glancing at the fallen squadron. "They've airdropped their troops across the city. The goblins must be very desperate about this invasion." Knack said with a serious look. Luckily, communication between him and his partners were no longer difficult. "Appletun app apple tun tun!/(Maybe they want to make an example of the city?)" Ribbon chirped in her language.

Vinny and the Doctor had made a prototype machine that could translate Pokespeech for Knack to use. It made conversations between them easier and possibly open the path for translators made for humans to use. The golem hummed from the Appletun's guess. "You might be onto something Ribbon. We did infiltrate a goblin village for answers before the whole giant relic issue began. They might want revenge or payback." Knack said thoughtfully.