Ciri defeats the guards, but runs into a different problem

"Get her," Hoat demanded and the first guard charged. He was surprisingly fast for a man his size but she was quicker and sidestepped his attack. A lesser man would have kept moving and she would have easily been able to throw him off balance but the large man caught himself and twisted to face her. She swung her sword and he batted it away with the long pole.

She heard the footfalls of the other man, she dashed to her left, just in time for a pole to smash against the grown, she swung, feeling her blade catch on armor, but not flesh.

A thick pole connected against her back causing her to stumble forward, shocked she gasped, tumbled, and rolled.

She could hear Hoat yelling at the other guards, demanding them to kill or capture the loosed creatures. More screaming and yelling. She darted forward, thrusting her sword, one of the guards dodged, swung his weapon but Ciri followed with another slice. It connected under his arm were his armor was weak. He screamed and twisted away. She followed and in one smooth motion crushed the handle of her sword across his temple sending him crashing to the ground.

The other man charged fast enough to catch her off guard. Her sword tumbled to the ground, his shoulder collided into her chest, throwing her back into the wall with a dull thud, dust fell, her breath left her. The man did not relent grabbing her by the throat. He pressed her against the wall and lifted her.

Ciri gasped, hands flailed around his arms. He gave her a yellow toothed grin and tightened. She felt her vision narrow. She kicked her feet up, pressing him against his chest. He was three times her size, much stronger, but she had leverage on her side, she pressed her shoulders against the wall and pushed with her feet.

It was enough to break his grasp on her throat for just an instant. Enough to give her an opportunity. She lifted her legs, wrapped them around the thick man's neck and squeezed as hard as she could.

A look of surprise washed over him, sandwiched between her thighs, then his face went red, then purple. He pulled her away from the wall, and just as she thought he would drive her head first into the ground he stumbled back, snot and spit spurted out his mouth before he fell backward ****.

Ciri grabbed her sword looked up and found Hoat alone, standing between her and the goblin's cage.

She stepped towards Hoat and he backed away, closer towards the cages, where Yennefer lay.

"You'll pay for what you've done." She said, then stopped. One of the guards, still half-conscious grabbed her leg. She stopped, pulled her leg free but it had already given Hoat the time he needed.

Yennefer's cage was open, and with it the goblins were free. They paid no attention to Hoat, instead they sprinted towards the first female they could see.