On the sixth day, before the sun had risen and the sky had brightened before dawn, he had already woken up. Perhaps it was because he had slept from morning to afternoon yesterday and had slept very soundly at night that he was already energetic before dawn today. Of course, it could also be that he was too excited to sleep. After thinking about it for a while in bed, he realized that the sun had already risen from the horizon and was reflected by the clouds to the surface. The sky was already bright.
Thinking that he couldn't sleep anyway, he got up and changed his clothes. After washing up, he changed into a magic beast leather armor, a longsword at his waist, a shield on his shoulder, a waist bag with magic scrolls, a medicine box with potions on his back, and a bag with all kinds of sundries. He strolled out of the hotel and found that there were already many people working on the streets at this early hour. This was the morning scene that he usually couldn't see when he woke up under the sun.
On the way, he found a stall to have breakfast, packed a few scones, and put them in his backpack. Then, he walked toward the Adventurer's Guild under the sun.
Most Adventurers 'work often took an entire day, so most Adventurers would come to the guild in the morning and evening. They pushed open the swinging door and walked into the guild hall. They saw that the crowd in front of the bulletin board was no less than the last time they came. It seemed that the Adventurer's Guild was crowded every day.
With a different mood from the last time, he noticed that there were not only adventurers in the hall, but also clients and other related people, such as blacksmiths, buyers, and drug dealers.
Taking advantage of the fact that there were few people at the counter, Gong You quickly walked up to line up. It was not long before it was his turn. Coincidentally, the counter lady today was the same person who issued the commission the day before yesterday. There was no need to explain too much and waste his breath. This was much more convenient.
"Hello, do you still remember me?”Gong You knew that it was rude to ask this question, but he needed the other party to remember him so that it would be more convenient for him to talk to her." The day before yesterday, I came to issue a request to escort her to Water Capital.”
The counter lady narrowed her eyes at first because of the strange question. After he finished speaking, she suddenly realized who he was. It seemed that her memory was not bad. She received hundreds of people every day and could remember the people she had a brief conversation with the day before yesterday.
"You haven't set off for the Water Capital yet?”The counter lady asked. She remembered that when they had issued the commission, they had requested to leave as soon as possible.
"No, the day before yesterday…I left on the day the commission was issued. I encountered Goblins on the way, so I came back.”Gong You explained helplessly. Although he did not want to recall the situation at that time, he still had to explain the reason.
"…Goblins, right? Can you tell me the details of the situation?”The receptionist frowned slightly when she heard Goblins, but she regained her composure and asked.
He told the receptionist what happened that night, from the night attack by the goblins when they were sleeping in the camp to the sacrifice of one person. The other three were still recuperating in the temple.
"Should I say that this is an accident…or should I say that it's expected? You actually didn't arrange for anyone to keep watch when camping in the wild. This is a common mistake made by newbies…So, are you here today to ask the guild to assign new adventurers?”After understanding the cause and effect, the counter lady guessed that this method of switching to a more reliable adventurer to carry out the commission in the middle of a special situation was still in line with the guild's regulations.
"Not really. I don't plan to go to Water City for the time being. I want to cancel the commission.”Gong You said after hesitating for a while. He felt that going back on his word was not a good idea, but he was sure that he would not go to Water City for the time being.
"Yes, yes, that's true.”The counter lady said with an 'I understand, you don't have to explain' expression," After that kind of thing happened, you really don't want to go out to the wilderness.”
Although Gong You felt that the counter lady had misunderstood, he still nodded to avoid wasting his breath.
" According to the guild's rules, if you cancel a commission midway due to an unexpected situation, you will be deducted a certain fee. In your case..." The receptionist lowered her head and looked for the previous documents. When she realized that they were not here, she said to Gongyou," Please wait a moment." Then, she ran into the backstage office. Gongyou waited for less than half a minute before the receptionist appeared in front of him again, holding the receipt filled out from the previous commission.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. In your current situation, you can only return 60% of the commission fee, which is 60 silver coins (3,000 RMB).”The lady at the counter explained to Gong You with a serious face and prepared to refute his opinion.
"Hmm, I understand. How much should I pay the adventurer who sacrificed himself?”Gong You also replied with a serious face. In fact, he did not expect to be able to return the commission money.
"Compensation? What's that?" The counter lady asked in a daze. She was touched and confused by the current situation.
"It's the compensation paid to the families of the victims. How much should I pay?”Gong You answered seriously. Although he shouldn't be paying the full amount according to the situation, he should be paying a part of it, right? Ten or twenty gold coins (tens of thousands of RMB)?
"The compensation for the families of the victims…the guild doesn't have such a rule. Besides, even if there is, you shouldn't be the one paying it.”The lady at the counter replied with a strange expression. This was the first time she had encountered such a problem. If an Adventurer died in a mission, then the items they collected would indeed have to be returned to their family. However, to pay for the people who died in the mission... Even if the Adventurer Guild sold itself, it would not be able to afford the compensation. The number of Adventurers who died every year was already an incalculable number. Moreover, asking the client to pay compensation was even more ridiculous. Who would dare to continue issuing commissions like this?
Gong You looked at the counter lady calmly. After realizing that she didn't seem to be joking, he looked away gloomily.
" Life in this world is too cheap.'He silently thought to himself that he, who came from a civilized society, was not used to the common sense of this world.
"Is there anything else?" The counter lady saw Gongyou standing there silently and felt that the atmosphere was not right. She could not help but ask.
" I want to be…an adventurer." He suppressed his messy thoughts to the bottom of his heart and answered according to the plan he had discussed with the two women last night.
"I see…Ah." Until the counter lady who gave people the impression that she was neat and tidy just now revealed an indescribable expression at this moment. She hesitated.
The lady at the counter looked at Gongyou from head to toe. She had thought that he was just a client, so she did not look at him carefully. Now, she realized that he was wearing leather armor made of unknown materials and had a long sword on his waist. The craftsmanship of the hilt was a little gorgeous. It was not so much a weapon used by adventurers as it was a decoration placed by nobles in the living room. A corner of the shield was exposed on his back. Before the enchanted item was activated, it looked similar to ordinary equipment, so she did not recognize it. Generally speaking, this kind of white equipment should be very standard for novice adventurers.
Gong You raised his head and looked straight into the eyes of the counter lady. Both of them were silent for a moment until she put on a smiling face.
"I understand. Can I help you fill in the information? If there's anything you don't understand, please feel free to ask me.”The counter lady put on a business-like smile and reached out to take out the Adventurer's Record Form, which was placed in a conspicuous position on the counter.
It was a light brown parchment paper with gilded words. It recorded the name, gender, age, occupation, hair color, eye color, physique, skills, magic, miracles, and so on. The counter lady quickly filled in the information between questions and answers. The information was very brief. Except for the ability score and adventure resume fields, an adventurer record was quickly completed. She picked up the record sheet and looked through it one by one. Finally, she picked up a silver pen. He carved a gentle and beautiful text on a white porcelain sign.
"This identification card has the so-called ability verification information on it, and it also serves as an identification card. Usually, it needs to be used to compare identities, so don't lose it.”After the lady at the counter introduced the white porcelain plate, she handed the plate to Gong You with both hands." From now on, you are a registered adventurer of the Adventurer's Guild.”
He looked at the sign carefully and found that it had the same content as the Adventurer's Record.
'That's it? Don't I need to take the professional examination? Gongyou was speechless, but after thinking about it seriously, it didn't seem wrong.'The literacy rate in this world isn't high, so it's impossible to take a written test. Moreover, most of the people who want to be adventurers are the children of farmers or unemployed people in towns. The overall quality is not high. Even if there are a few outstanding talents, they can't change the status quo of the entire industry.'
"You're now a Porcelain-level adventurer. If you want to level up, you have to check the monsters you defeated, your social contribution, and your personality. This is quite strict.”The lady at the counter explained with an ambiguous expression. It was impossible to tell if she was worried or if she had already let go of this kind of person who would become an adventurer if she made a mistake.
"Bai Ci?" Gong You remembered that the four people who had been entrusted with this task all had this kind of identification card.
"Do you need me to explain your level?”" Adventurers are divided into ten levels, from the lowest level of White Porcelain to the highest level of Platinum. White Porcelain means that you are a newcomer who has just registered.”
In the following explanation, he learned that adventurers were divided according to the ranks of white porcelain, obsidian, steel, sapphire, emerald, ruby, copper, silver, gold, and platinum.
Among them, White Porcelain, Black Radiance, and Steel were rookies and were still in a dangerous period where they were not used to taking risks. Sapphires, Emeralds, and Rubies were the backbone of the combat force, and they could be considered experienced adventurers. Bronze, silver, and gold medals were the most outstanding adventurers who had both strength and credibility. Platinum was a rank that only a few people had reached in history. It was the default rank that the guild had reserved for Heroes.
"If you want to accept a commission, please check the bulletin board. However, for newbies, I still recommend starting with cleaning up the giant rats in the sewers.”The counter lady saw that Gong You was in a daze again after listening to the explanation of the level, so she reminded him.
"Do you have any requests for the Goblins we encountered the day before yesterday?”He had not forgotten the promise he had made to Hilo and Luana last night.
The lady at the counter had an expression of " I knew it " on her face. She had seen too many such things. People she knew died at the hands of monsters and then registered as adventurers to take revenge or something…There were too many such people. Or rather, a considerable number of adventurers registered as adventurers for the same reason.
"Please wait a moment." Even if the receptionist knew that doing so might cause very dangerous things to happen, she was in this profession. A guild employee was a professional intermediary who handed dangerous work to adventurers.
Seeing the counter lady enter the back office to look for information again, Gong You could not help but look around to kill time. He happened to hear two adventurers talking behind him.
" I heard that a villager came to issue a commission yesterday afternoon. The sheep of a village in the east were stolen by Goblins a few days ago. If it weren't for the villagers patrolling every night, the women and children might have been killed. However, if this continues, the cows might be killed by the Goblins and the fields might be burned.”
"Is that so…Then should we accept this commission?”
" I don't think so. The goblin commission fee is too little. This little reward can't cover the cost. Moreover, there's that person…"
"Ah, you mean the Goblin Killer?”
"Yes, it's him. He'll accept this kind of commission anyway.”
"Haha, that's true. Then let's look for other commissions with higher rewards.”
The reward for exterminating goblins was very low. Veterans would not accept this kind of low-paying commission if they found it troublesome. The guild could only send rookies to solve it. Once the rookies were not alert enough, they would either be killed or injured by the goblins. This was the daily life of border adventurers.
I made an agreement with them. I'll go even if it's dangerous. Besides…I hate the Goblins who attacked me the day before yesterday. I need to break this shadow myself.'He was cheering himself on. He only hoped that the equipment worth millions of RMB could provide him with more courage.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." The lady at the counter came back with a list of orders. She placed a few orders on the counter and said," These are all the orders that reported Goblins causing harm nearby.”
"Thank you." Gong You took them all and looked at them. He found one of them very suspicious.
"The goblin tribe you encountered last time should have a medium-sized nest. There should be at least a big goblin or a shaman inside.”The lady at the counter noticed that Gongyou had noticed the commission and continued," A few days ago, a villager reported that there were goblins gathering in the deep mountains to the north near the road from here to Water Capital. They built a village with wooden blocks. This tribe has grown to the stage where it is about to cause disaster in the surrounding villages. You might have encountered a hunting team that they went out to look for food.”
Indeed, from the description on the commission list, the camping site the night before was very close to the goblin tribe's range of activity. If there was no other tribe nearby, it should be them.
'Is it them?』
" Omniscient: Confirmed. It was the goblins of this tribe who attacked you."
"Do you want to accept this commission? The reward for killing goblins was only 1 silver coin for every 3 goblins (on average, each goblin was only worth 17 RMB). If the entire nest was destroyed, there would be a reward of 40 silver coins (2,000 RMB). However, this meant that he could face dozens of goblins alone.”The lady at the counter didn't want to recommend this commission, but she knew that Gong You was looking for this right now, so she had to remind him. She hoped that the young man in front of her would calm down.
Do I need to kill dozens of goblins at once?'Just as Gongyou was hesitating with the commission form, footsteps came from behind.
"Gongyou, you're here first. We thought we'd be a little earlier than you.”Luana greeted him energetically. She was wearing a neat but slightly worn martial arts suit.
"Good morning, Mr. Gongyou." Shiloh followed behind Luana and greeted her as well. She was wearing her usual priestess suit.
"Morning." Gong You turned around and greeted the two women before handing over the commission form." Look at this. This seems to be the Goblin we're looking for."”
"Hmm?" Luana subconsciously reached out to take the commission form. After she hurriedly read it, she immediately gritted her teeth and exclaimed," This is it. These Goblins must have killed Yogi."”
"Ah." Hilo, who was tiptoeing to look at the commission list, exclaimed. She realized that there were quite a number of Goblins on the commission list.
" Then we…" He asked the two girls, but before he could finish, Luana interrupted him.
"We'll accept this commission." Luana slapped the order form on the counter and said firmly to the counter lady.
Yesterday, the three of them had already made all the necessary preparations. Therefore, under the worried gaze of the counter lady, they immediately set off after handling the procedures for accepting the commission.
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It took about six hours to drive from the border town to the campsite the day before yesterday. After retrieving the carriage from the front yard of the temple and replenishing a large number of water jars and food at the market, they drove the carriage out of the town gate and drove along the dirt road leading to the Water Capital.
At first, the two girls were very quiet. When they were far away from the town and the scenery on the roadside was fascinating, they gathered together and chatted.
In the afternoon, Gong You finally arrived at the campsite from the day before. The three of them got out of the car and looked around. They realized that the tents, blankets, pots, and pans that they hadn't cleaned up were gone. Although they couldn't rule out the possibility that other travelers had taken them, the first suspect was still the Goblins.
"I can't find it…there's only traces of blood, but I can't find Yuki's body anywhere.”Luana walked to Gongyou and whispered in frustration. She only showed emotions that matched her age when she encountered something that she could not solve.
"Mr. Gongyou, there are no signs of burial nearby.”Hilo followed behind Luana. She pursed her lips and whispered to the side, hinting that the body was not found because a kind traveler had helped bury it when passing by in the past two days.
It was understandable why the two women were trying to avoid the topic. The Goblins had taken away Yuki's body. As for their purpose…it was like how hunters took away the corpses of wild beasts.
"Sir, please have lunch." He tried to change the topic. He looked at the mountain ridge in the forest north of the camp and added," After we have eaten and rested, we will search the mountain, find their tribe, and kill them all.”
Of course, Common Cause was lying again. He didn't even need to search the mountain to know where the goblin tribe was. With the Omniscient Search Engine, he could easily obtain any information he wanted. However, in order to make the two women not suspect anything, he still needed to search the mountain. He just needed to lead the two women to the real goblin tribe.
Just like the last time they camped, they gathered water and the two girls gathered firewood. After a quick lunch, the three of them began to carefully check the bag. There were all kinds of small bottles, ropes, torches, and various small tools that could not be seen. They did not bring all the potions, but chose a few bottles and put them in the bag. Because it was inconvenient to fight, they could only leave the medicine box in the car.
There were three storage bags, and now was not the time to show mercy to the fairer sex. Everyone needed to bring some tools to make it easier for them to fight. The only difference was how much they brought. He also took out a few scrolls from his waist pouch and handed them to the two women, telling them not to save and not to hesitate when they needed to use them. However, when he saw Hilo holding the scrolls with a treasured expression, he did not know if she had listened.
After tying the horse to the edge of the forest, the three of them entered the forest in a temporary formation. They led the way in front, with Hilo in the middle and Luana in the back. It was difficult to tell the difference between morning and night in the endless forest. The green scenery was so blinding that if there were goblins hiding in it, they would not be able to tell if they did not pay attention. It was very unfriendly to adventurers.
Fortunately, he could rely on omniscience to locate the goblins. When he knew that the closest goblin was thousands of meters away, he could not help but sigh in relief. He paid more attention to his surroundings. At the same time, he used his longsword to cut open the tree branches that blocked his way. He did not care if the sword would be blunt. A mere tree branch could not damage a magic sword.
There was a light fragrance in the air that brushed past the tip of his nose. He looked up and realized that it was a big tree with a few small flowers on the front of its branches. Most of its branches had unripe fruits that were swaying in the breeze, giving people the feeling of summer.
The three of them took more than an hour to cover the distance of a few kilometers. They even stopped for ten minutes to let Hilo rest. It was difficult to travel in the forest. They finally encountered the Goblins at the foot of a mountain at around three o'clock in the afternoon.
Although the evening when humans were active was the morning for the Goblins, which was the beginning of their large-scale foraging, there would still be a few Goblin patrols hunting outside during the day. Gongyou, Hilo, and Luana had encountered such a Goblin patrol.
First, there was the smell of blood from the upwind, followed by the goblins 'wild laughter. This information instantly defeated Common's cowardly heart. He couldn't help but wonder why the protagonists in the story could fight so bravely. Wouldn't it be nice to live in the town and wait for the countdown to end to go to the next world?
Just as he was being tortured by cowardice, Luana's furious roar woke him up." Goblins…go to hell!”
'Even a girl at this age can understand what is right now…Perhaps my thoughts are too negative. Besides, after coming to this world, isn't it even worse to do nothing?'Gong You took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. A determined look flashed in his eyes,'Since you've already decided, don't regret it. The path you've chosen will be completed even if you kneel.'
"Kill…light…them!”He spoke slowly but firmly, temporarily suppressing the cowardice and melancholy in his heart.
"Can we really do it alone?" Shiloh spoke in a trembling voice. Even a native priest of this world would be afraid at this moment. Her limbs were trembling slightly, perhaps because she recalled what had happened the night before.
"I'm going over." Without waiting for a reply, Luana walked forward.
" It's impossible to run away. I'd better draw my sword and assist in the battle.'He held the magic sword in his right hand and the fireball magic scroll in his left hand. He quickly walked past Luana and walked in front of her. Seeing that the two of them were walking forward, Hilo quickly ran after them with his staff in both hands.
As they got closer to the goblin patrol team, the trio slowed down. After pushing aside the last branch that blocked their vision, the goblins suddenly appeared in their field of vision. They were sitting in a circle, eating and biting a wild beast that looked like a lynx. The smell of blood that they had smelled earlier came from the residual blood of the wild beast that had fallen on the leaves.
While the goblins were engrossed in their food and hadn't noticed the three of them, Gong You hurriedly stabbed his sword into the ground and opened the magic scroll with both hands. He aimed it at the nearest goblin and softly chanted the magic name engraved on the scroll, Fireball.”
The front of the scroll glowed slightly, and light spots floated out of it and expanded into scattered sparks. In an instant, they gathered into a small piece of pale red burning flames. After the flames contracted, they quickly turned into orange spheres.(3,000 degrees Celsius), then white (4,000 degrees Celsius), then blue plasma (5,000 degrees Celsius). Finally, it spun rapidly and condensed into a blue-white fireball out of thin air. It was so nervous that his hands were trembling. It was like a normal child holding a firecracker with a long fuse. Even if he knew that it would not explode immediately, he would still feel nervous when playing it for the first time. This situation was completely different from watching others operate it.
When the fireball generated from the magic scroll was compressed into a fireball with a diameter of more than 20 centimeters, it no longer shrank. Instead, it paused for half a second before shooting in the direction of the magic scroll. The remaining magic scroll immediately turned into ashes. Fortunately, the ashes did not release a high temperature and burn Common's palm.
The fireball flew past the ear of the nearest goblin and hit a big tree nearby. The explosion of thousands of degrees instantly dried the wet bark and ignited it, scaring all the goblins nearby.
'It missed…Should I use another scroll or slash it with my sword?'Gong You thought about it regretfully. He didn't expect his hands to tremble from the fireball. If he had known earlier, he would have tried it out in advance.
The Goblins didn't give Gong You any time to think. They brandished their weapons and charged at him. Gong You had no choice but to pull out his sword from the ground. He pointed it at the Goblin and turned on the switch on the hilt. The blade was immediately covered in a thin layer of bright red flames, and the flames gradually thickened.
Magic weapon!
This was something that even the goblins, who lacked intelligence, could discover. The male adventurer in front of them was using a weapon with magic runes. Sensing the high temperature of the sword, the goblins slowed down their pace. Adventurers who could use enchanted equipment were experienced high-level adventurers. The pitiful teachings of the elders in goblin society appeared in their minds. They began to be afraid, just like how wild beasts were instinctively afraid of fire.
He swung his sword at the nearest Goblin. The Goblin, who didn't know how to dodge, could only block with the wooden stick in his hand. The result was that the magic sword instantly broke the wooden stick and slashed at the Goblin's shoulder. The flames on the magic sword exploded, blinding the goblin's eyes, burning its ears, and igniting the fat under its skin. Its body temperature rose rapidly, and the blood that had been heated to more than 80 degrees by magic rushed into its brain. The brain was boiling, and the goblin's internal organs were half-cooked.
Seeing the power of the sword, he excitedly drew his magic sword and slashed horizontally. The three Goblins that arrived later were injured to varying degrees by the magic sword. The one with the lightest injuries immediately fell to the ground and wailed. It only had a shallow wound, but the magic flames that poured into its wound instantly heated its blood by more than ten degrees, making it destined to die. The most severely injured Goblin didn't suffer much pain. It was the first to be struck by the sword. At that time, the energy on the magic sword was even higher, instantly raising the temperature of its blood by nearly 30 degrees, causing its brain to die before it could feel the pain.
Perhaps because he was too excited for the first battle, he didn't notice that a goblin had rushed to his side and stabbed his thigh with a short sword. The enchanted leather armor on his thigh flashed with a faint light and resisted the physical stab of the short sword.
"Be careful!" Luana, who was assigned to be the rear guard, saw the entire process of the goblins 'sneak attack, but she could not provide support due to the distance. She could only warn them loudly.
He was alerted by the slight impact on his thigh. He reacted and kicked the goblin away. He waved his magic sword and gently slashed its skin. He was too busy to counterattack, but it was enough. Flames surged into the wound, and the high temperature effect was comparable to death on contact, causing the fifth goblin to collapse on the ground.
The Goblins at the back were scared after killing five Goblins in an instant. However, a few Goblins couldn't stop running and joined the battle. They had already forgotten about cowardice. They raised their swords and slashed again and again. With Luanna protecting them from the back, they easily killed the Goblin patrol team that was out hunting for food.
As the three Goblins standing on the outermost edge of the battlefield saw that the situation was not looking good, they turned and fled. The distress from before seemed to have turned into a ridiculous farce. Perhaps he could easily kill all the Goblins alone and obtain an overwhelming victory. What was there to be worried about?
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After the brief encounter, they looked around and saw that one-third of the tree trunk that had been ignited by the fireball had been burned. Even the wet leaves on the branches were burning. The three of them were so scared that they immediately used water bags to extinguish the fire. After a while, the forest was peaceful except for nine goblins lying on the ground whose bodies were slightly red from the high temperature.
Gong You held onto a tree beside him to catch his breath. He then turned off the additional incantation on the magic sword. The flame on the sword slowly extinguished. The sword was as warm as usual, but there was not a trace of heat. That was because the material of the sword was a heat insulation material. The flame only burned outside the blade. The dissipating high temperature scorched the leaves beside his feet, but it did not affect him at all. Although he had tried it out in the workshop yesterday afternoon, every time he saw the magic flame sword activate... It gave him a different and fresh experience.
"Mr. Gongyou, is this…an enchanted weapon?”Hilo, who had yet to use the scroll, asked. Although she had seen many magic tools in the temple, this was the first time she had come into contact with them at such a close distance.
"Are you the illegitimate son of some big merchant?”Even Luana, who was guarding behind Common Cause, muttered. How could ordinary people afford expensive magic tools?
"Aha, ha, did I forget to mention it?”Gong Yu, who was used to keeping a trump card, laughed embarrassedly. Since he was caught, he deliberately changed the topic." I bought this when I bought the scroll yesterday.”
"By the way? Mr. Gongyou, even the cheapest ones with magic incantations would cost at least 100 gold coins (300,000 RMB) each, and ordinary mid-level adventurers might not even have one.”Hilo stared into Common Freedom's eyes as she explained excitedly. She was now distressed by his words that lacked common sense.
It was as if someone had accidentally taken out a bunch of keys and said," I went to a 4S shop yesterday and bought a car after breakfast." Shiloh, who had been thrifty since she was young, felt her head throb. Luana, who was listening to their conversation, couldn't help but roll her eyes. She had also heard her father nagging about how good magic tools were since she was young. Even her father hadn't owned any enchanted equipment throughout his entire adventurer career until he retired.
"Now is not the time to talk about this. We should follow the escaped Goblins. This way, we can directly find their tribe.”Gong You shook his head at the two women who were lost in their guesses. He could only point in the direction of the mountain ridge where the goblins had escaped.
"Yes, goblins." Luana immediately gritted her teeth. Hatred had messed up her thoughts again.
"Alright, Mr. Gongyou, we'll catch up immediately.”Shiloh replied to Common Cause. Her fear of goblins had disappeared when she saw him chopping vegetables.
The three of them regrouped and left the forest to explore the mountains while checking the traces left behind by the goblins. However, it was Common Cause who guided them. He was communicating with Omniscient in his mind and following the 'real' route. The two women were surprised that Common Cause could continue to move forward quickly without seeing any traces, but they did not doubt it because of the trust they had developed.
The pursuit continued for another two kilometers. It took them more than half an hour to find the goblin tribe on the mountainside. It was a large village made of wood, which was also their nest.
" Is there anything unusual inside?』
[Omniscient: Definitely. There are many traps around and inside the village. The goblins have already discovered your arrival.]
As expected, even though the three of them had walked in a straight line, the escaping Goblins were obviously more accustomed to running on mountain roads. They had already fled back to the stronghold to report the situation. Perhaps they were gathered together, waiting for the three of them to step into the trap and attack them head-on. However, with omniscience, there was no way to hide.
They bent down and removed the many meticulous, delicate, and fatal traps around the village one by one. The two women were dumbfounded by the ease with which they removed the traps.
On the outer walls of the stronghold, the scorching mountain wind blew past. The goblin holding a crude spear was sweating profusely under the scorching heat, but even so, he did not leave his post. In order to survive in this cruel nature, this weak creature had become tenacious and cruel.
"They're waiting for us to go in. There might be traps inside.”Thinking that there were no laws in this world that prohibited setting mountains on fire, he leaned against a big tree and said to the two girls hiding behind another tree," It's too dangerous to fight inside. Let's use the scroll to set this wooden stronghold on fire and wait outside.”
"Alright." Luana nodded obediently and agreed to this seemingly feasible proposal.
"Set fire…Mr. Gong You, what if the fire gets out of control?”Hilo, who rarely had subjective opinions, objected to Common Cause's proposal this time.
"It's okay. It'll rain later." Gong You comforted him. He knew about the rain through omniscience.
" But..." Shiloh reminded her hesitantly, but there was no time to persuade her.
"Luana, I remember that you have a Molotov Cocktail in your bag. It's useful now.”Before entering the forest, when they were resting and dividing the items, they remembered that the Molotov Cocktail was placed in Luana's bag. At this moment, they quickly reminded her that the item was extremely lethal in this environment.
When the three of them were ready, they walked out of the forest together. However, Hilo's expression was a little uneasy. She stood stiffly with her staff in one hand. This petite girl might not be as strong as the goblin on the wall, but Gong You and Luana were excited.
Under the confused gaze of the goblin on the outer wall of the stronghold, the three of them opened the scrolls in their hands. In an instant, Flame Arrow, Fireball, and Fire Arrow hit the outer wall of the wooden stronghold under its feet, scaring it so much that it almost rolled off the wall. When a clay pot filled with fuel smashed into its head and shattered, it fell to the wall along with the concentrated liquid fuel in the Molotov Cocktail.
The three of them circled around the outer wall of the stronghold and used several Magic Scrolls. The stronghold was burning. Although the Goblins realized that something was wrong and wanted to stop the fire from spreading, they could only do their best in the hottest summer afternoon. They couldn't change the final outcome.
After setting the fire, the three of them came to the front of the fort and blocked the door. They stood guard in front of Hilo and Luana with their swords. The three of them looked at the burning fort together. At this moment, a stone flew over from not far away and hit the back of the fort. It was bounced off by the magic beast leather armor. However, this sneak attack had attracted his attention. If the stone had hit his head, it would have been dangerous.
A few Goblins stood at the entrance of the village, holding a rope and throwing rocks with all their might. These rocks could produce a fatal speed and power comparable to arrows (1e2J). This simple catapult was a convenient and powerful weapon. Most importantly, ammunition could be found everywhere. This was the best advantage for them.
This was very uncomfortable for Gong Yu, who did not buy a helmet because he was concerned about the ugly appearance of the helmet. His face was not protected, but it was not impossible to deal with it. He took off the shield that he had been carrying and held it in front of him with his left hand. The activated Wind Wall Shield formed a semi-spherical protective circle (7e4J), blocking all the attacks in front of him. A mere catapult was not enough to penetrate the wind wall. Even a catapult might not be able to do so.
"The two of you, hide behind me. Don't get hit by the stones.”He reminded the two women beside him that although the power of the catapult was average, it was still very dangerous to hit the head.
Luana, who had been jumping around the valley for a while, could only calm down. She and Hilo hid in the protective circle of the wind wall. The three of them looked at the Goblins who were still in the stronghold and could do nothing but throw rocks. They were fully focused, waiting for their final counterattack. After a while, the Goblins realized that the stronghold could not be saved. They gathered at the front gate of the stronghold, hoping to leave the burning stronghold through the only exit.
When the Goblins gathered together and prepared to charge, he shouted," Hilo!" Hilo immediately understood. She opened the scroll in her hand, and a fire arrow quickly formed. It whistled through the Goblins and exploded when it pierced through one of the unlucky Goblins. It set the other two Goblins on fire, scaring them so much that they scattered again, not daring to gather together.
The fastest Goblin had already arrived in front of Gong You. He pushed his shield, and the wind wall immediately blew them down like an invisible shield. He quickly moved forward and used his Flame Sword to cut a small wound on the nearest Goblin, waiting for it to be burned to death by the high temperature of his blood.
The magic longsword was more like a blood-burning sword than a flaming sword. As long as the longsword touched the goblins, even if it was a small wound, the goblins would immediately fall to the ground and die slowly from the pain of their high-temperature blood. Two, four, eight…
Gong You counted silently. He didn't even have time to count. He used his Wind Wall Shield to push down the goblins that dared to charge at him. He then attacked them with his sword. Some of the goblins were afraid and wanted to escape from the side. However, the stronghold gate was only so big. He didn't need to use too much strength. He just passed his sword to them and tapped them lightly. He didn't pay attention to the goblin that was lying on the ground. It was dead, hopeless, and hopeless.
More and more goblins fell to the ground. When Gong You felt that they were a hindrance, there were no more goblins standing in his sight. Just as he was about to take a breather, Luana, who was behind him, immediately reminded him," Gong You, there's a big guy there.”
Luana was pointing at a strange goblin. It was about 1.7 meters tall, which was only a few centimeters shorter than Gong You. However, it was a little taller than the two women. It didn't rush out excitedly like the ordinary goblins. Instead, it wanted to wait for them to exhaust its stamina. Then, it walked towards the gate with the longsword that it had snatched from the adventurers.
" That's a big goblin. I've heard from my father that most large goblin tribes have a big goblin as their leader. They're bigger and smarter than ordinary goblins. What they're holding in their hands is…" Luana introduced calmly at first, but when she noticed the sword in the big goblin's hand, she immediately shouted excitedly," That's Yogi's sword!”
So that was how it was. The little goblins had killed Yu Shu and then offered Yu Shu's sword to the big goblin. Perhaps the big goblin had snatched it from the little goblins, but that didn't matter. It was now holding a sword that one of their companions had once used. It was enough for the three of them to chase it to the ends of the earth.
"Hilo, use the scroll." He also needed to guard the gate with a sword and shield, so he reminded Hilo that his waist bag with scrolls was now on her.
Hilo immediately unfurled the scroll in his hand and shot a Flame Arrow at the Great Goblin's chest. However, the Great Goblin was indeed a high-level Goblin. It nimbly dodged the Flame Arrow and ran towards the gate to reduce Hilo's chance of using the scroll.
"Go to hell." Luana saw an opportunity and shouted as she threw out the alchemist's bomb she had just taken out from her bag.
He guessed based on his intuition that Luana had gone through throwing practice. Just like how she had accurately thrown the Molotov Cocktail at the Goblin's head on the wall, she had accurately thrown the Alchemy Bomb at the Big Goblin's chest. The Big Goblin was currently running, so she had even calculated the amount of time in advance. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to throw it so accurately.
The alchemy bomb exploded on the Great Goblin's breastplate. It was as powerful as a grenade (8e5J). The storm blew past the three people's faces, and the fragments of the terrine flew everywhere. Fortunately, they had a Wind Wall Shield, which helped them block the impact of the broken terrine fragments. The power was almost the sum of ten magic fireballs, and it also came with terrine fragments to deal secondary damage. If it wasn't for the inconvenience of carrying the alchemy bomb, he would have bought a dozen of them for self-defense when he went back.
However, even such a powerful alchemist's bomb could not kill Brin immediately because he was wearing the breastplate of the tree. Even though the breastplate helped him block most of the damage, his internal organs had been shattered by the explosion. He could only lie down and wait for death.
"Hilo, the scroll." After what had happened the night before, he had developed the habit of being cautious. If he could kill it with a scroll, he would not take the risk to get close to it. Otherwise, what if it jumped up and stabbed him before it died?
"Mr. Gongyou, it can't take it anymore. Do we still need to use scrolls?”Seeing that the battle was over, Hilo's frugal thoughts rose again. She held the scroll and asked carefully.
"Yes." He resolutely recovered, and the big goblin lying on the ground was burned beyond recognition by the scroll.
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The three of them guarded the entrance for a while, but no more Goblins came out. Only when they couldn't stand the smoke did they leave the entrance and continue watching from afar.
" Yushu, did you see it from the sky…" Luanna muttered to herself with tears as she watched the big goblin in the village burn to ashes."…Please rest in peace."”
The stronghold was burning, and the goblin corpses were all charred. Black smoke rose into the sky, and the heat from the flames and the black smoke formed dark clouds that covered the sky. Soon, they turned into drops of black rain that fell.
Hilo unconsciously folded her hands in front of her small chest. She knelt down and prayed, believing that the souls of the dead would also be summoned by the gods they believed in. She only hoped that everyone could be saved.
It was not until the evening that the flames in the village and its surroundings were completely extinguished. The three of them simply searched the ruins of the village. Other than Youshu's sword being taken away and a nearby tomb, they did not take anything else from the goblin village.
The three of them smiled as they walked down the mountain ridge. Although the Goblins nearby had been killed, they had no intention of staying in the forest for the night. They traveled through the forest for nearly two hours, stopping to eat some dry rations before continuing their journey. It was completely dark and they had to light the torches in their bags before they finally left the forest.
Fortunately, they had hidden the carriage well. However, this was actually a no man's land that only Omniscient knew about. After an afternoon, the horses and carriage were safe and sound. After a discussion, the three of them decided to stay up late and return to the town to rest. Therefore, they continued their journey in the dark until midnight before returning to the border town.
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