@monkey123
Dude, that first goblin just popped out of no were and surprised her so, startled, she back stepped, tripped and fell onto her but and couldn’t do anything out of fear. If you we facing a belligerent, violent monster larger than you, you might do the same thing, even magically endowed.
However, the second time, she was prepared for it, and could have taken out the entire horde in one fell swoop. If only that idiot who can’t even scratch, let alone kill a goblin after hitting it twice with a magically enhanced sword, hadn’t ran straight at the horde, putting him in the line of fire. Not to mention, MC seems to have left her staff back at the watering hole or wherever.