I sent a text to Ruin and the others and headed over to the goblins for prep work.

The members of the group are Koibibi, Nowa, Sabik, Foxxo, and Darley.

Nowa pulls back into my shadow, and Sabik rides Darley with my head, Koi Fire's control.

Along the way, I take down what I can take down for Nowa. After defeating the gray wolf and the crow, Nowa steadily levels up.

And before they reach the point where the goblin riders appear, Sabik reacts.

I knew it... we've found them!

Sabik leads us straight to the enemy. He's not as fast as last time! We won't let them get away with it!

Sabik secured the killer. The goblin archer is the culprit. The last time we were ambushed by a goblin rider, we were.

If we were taken by surprise, there must be someone who can tell the goblin rider that we're coming. If the goblin archer has eagle-eyed skills, he'd be perfect for watching.

'Noah, can you be this guy?'

I'm fine.

Would you do the same with Love Fire and Foxx?

Yes!

Cone!

Noah mimics a goblin archer and Love Fire turns into a goblin archer. The fox-eared goblin didn't want to see it.

And then the fox cub possesses the goblin archer.

Now, let's see what happens...

I hide and watch the three bodies.

Then the goblin thief comes and speaks to me.

"...I don't know the language.

What am I supposed to do?

'Don't talk to Noah and Love Fire. ''Foxxo, reply back as you see fit.''

As the goblin thief and the fox cub are talking, the goblin thief notices something wrong and runs away.

''Foxxo, finish him off.''

The fleeing goblin sheaf is hit by an arrow from the goblin archer possessed by Foxxo and falls. Later, the possessed goblin archer is also killed.

''...I've been found out.''

'I'm sorry!　Takuto Onion.

"...corn.

Don't be discouraged. You've got the information you wanted. I have the information we need. I'm very confident in our plan. Thank you, guys. You guys. Let's get back to it.

I return with a return.

We ate dinner, and when I logged into the game, we were all there.

'Ah, Mr. Tact. Good evening!

Yo!　I hear you've come up with a plan. Chief of Staff.

Fierce Wind says something strange.

''Who's the chief of staff...''

'What?　Isn't it fitting?　You've come up with a plan this time, haven't you?

'Even Luin-san... haha, can I go solo and take out the goblins?　I'm in a hurry.

What?

Everyone starts to panic. Utterly... these people...

'Since time is limited, I'll explain my plan as soon as possible. Please listen.

I explain simply.

'It's amazing what this girl can do...'

Ahem.

I'm a little proud of myself because Noah is the heart of this operation.

'Surely we can go for this one...'

Yes. When the defense is tight, it's basic to break it down from the inside.

Fierce Wind and Raiden seemed to agree.

''But. Is it really that easy to go?　Goblins are smart, aren't they?

'Yes. Will they find out?

Rika and Mel talk. It's only natural to think so.

'I actually found out that there's another quest that's separate from this one.

Another quest?

All show interest.

'Yes. It seems that the goblins are kidnapping the villagers. I have confirmed that there is a request for a lost child in the Adventurer's Guild.

'Oh!　Yeah, we saw that too. See?

Yes. I'm sure there was. Does that have anything to do with it?

I see that Rikyu and Raiden found it too. I've actually confirmed it myself, so I'm pretty sure that's what Kaiten Fox was talking about.

''Probably, the NPCs gave me information that there is a bad summoner controlling the goblins behind this quest.

They all look at Luke. That's what happens.

'Babe, it wasn't me!

Luke is panicking. His panic makes it even more suspicious.

''We've received a request directly from that NPC to exterminate this summoner and rescue the kidnapped daughter. So I'll leave the attack on the area liberation event to you all.

What?

Everyone is surprised. Well, that's what happens when you're suddenly asked to leave the quest to them.

''What kind of girl is that girl?''

Ragesora asks.

''I heard it's a Cerian Beast like Love Fire,''

"Wait a minute!

That's what the men say, but they say it can wait.

I can't wait. As I said before, I don't have a lot of time to spare.

'That's not what I meant!　You ready?　Let us be a part of that rescue.

Yeah, that's right!

You can't have it all to yourself!

That being said, though.

''This quest is a special quest I took on from an NPC, okay?　No one else can join in except me, okay?

Ugh?

The male players choke. Lewin and Mel say.

'If that's what you mean, I certainly can't join you.

''We'd better focus on the area liberation event. The rewards seem to be good, and Tact-kun can help us out, right?

Of course. We're all going to the same destination. So, about the intelligence of the goblins, I tried to see if I could fool them earlier, and I think it will work, because I could fool them normally.

It's nice of you to suggest a plan when you're sure it's going to work.

That's my brother.

I don't feel like I'm getting a compliment when Rekka tells me that I'm being complimented. And Mirai isn't praising me either.

''...All right. Anyway, let's take out those goblins.

Then the members are decided.

Me, Luke, and Raiden will be in charge of the unit that will break down from within first.

The squad that will destroy the enemy. That's Fierce Wind, Tyrol.

The goblins' retreat. Mr. Ruin and his men, and Mel.

We are the heart of the operation. It's all about how well we can defeat the goblins. We began our march to exterminate the goblins.

My men are Ix, Noah, Konoha, Sabik, and Ryukur.

Ix was the first to show up in full force. Needless to say, it was very popular. Then we learned of Ix's superpowers.

"Response to detection skill. Number four. Master.

Ix will tell us the exact location of the enemy.

'If this kid is in charge of sniping, it's going to be a heck of a mess...'

I don't doubt it. I don't know about you guys.

Me and Tyrol, we're gonna split up and take out a bunch of guys. I was in charge of the ones that were far away, since we had liqueurs.

That took the element of surprise out of the equation. Now it's time to get to work.

Nowa mimics as a goblin shifu and heads into the forest with Luke's goblins, where many of the goblin archers are likely to be.

Noah and his friends succeed in entering the forest. I guess Luke's goblins have decided that they are my friends too, after all.

"...infiltrated successfully.

"All right. Hide in the shadows of the goblins to avoid detection.

...Okay.

Noah lurks in the shadow of a nearby goblin sheaf.

'How's the enemy?'

"...there are many shadows on the trees. Fifteen in all.

"Do you see the guy with the wand?

'...There are some, but not many. You can see about five of them from here. They're on the ground.

Sherman can't climb a tree. How convenient.

"What else do you have?　Tell me the numbers, too.

"....there are four carriages on the ground. The number of shadows on the ground is 45.

I mean, there might be 40 or so sheifs in the fighters and riders.

"I see. Thanks. Noah. We're going to start the mission now.

"...hmm.

We'll start with the disturbed shaman. I give instructions to Raiden and Luke.

One by one, the shamans fall into the pit. Raiden's meerkats. And then Luke's goblins rip them apart. Now the magic is sealed off.

And when Tyrol, who was lucky enough to summon a soul, brings the soul closer, the goblin archers go for the soul, but it's useless. This match, I got it!

"Noah, please!

'...hmm. Shadow shift

I leap out of the shadows where Noah was lurking, and a glass sword pierces the goblin thief's face.

'Come!　Love Fire, Konoha, Sabik, Root!

The summoned love fire immediately pounces on the goblins.

Konoha flies through the air, slicing through the branches of the tree where the goblin archer is located with his ice blade, dropping the goblin archer down and freezing the other goblin archers with more feather throwing.

The troublesome goblin sheaf is targeted by Sabik and Root.

'Nowa, stay in my shadow.

Hmm.

Now, let's go.

I'll be the one to deal with the fighters with the glass sword. Sometimes a spear comes out of my shadow. Noah is following me for some reason or another.

And then reinforcements come from outside the forest.

'Charge!'

It's time for dinner!　Guys!

Tyrol, what's that call going to be?

...rice.

Look, Noah's coming out of my shadow...

When this battle is over, we'll have dinner.

I'd like my nii to make it myself.

Yeah. I'll make you some more.

Hmm.

However, we are completely stuffed with everyone's participation in the battle. Then one of the carriages comes towards us.

"...in a pinch.

I'll be fine.

I throw the glass sword and the glass sword stabs the goblin rider who was driving the carriage in the face. You can avoid the rest.

''Ta, Tact brother!　Are you okay?

The love fire and others gather.

'Oh, it's all right. Looks like we're in for a treat. Sabik, Root. Keep an eye out for the goblin thief.

Shah!

'Love Fire and Konoha, check for anyone who has escaped. If you find them, drive them to where Ruin and the others are.

I understand!

Luke is coming.

'There's a winner... and I didn't think the same goblins would attack.

I could have fooled you with a new goblin with fox ears, you know.

'Surely if you can fool me with that, you'll be fine?

Apparently all of them were wiped out? Tyrol came over and I asked him.

She said, "Well, it looks like he's okay. I let a couple of them go, but I just got a call from Mel saying that she killed one earlier.

'Yes!　Raise the battle cry!

Fierce Wind said so, and everyone gave a battle cry of victory.

''Oh~!''

Thus we broke through the forest where the goblins were hiding.


After that, we changed our route and explored in Ix again.

It seems that there are a lot of monkeys in the destination.

The boss is King Kong, you know. It looks like the monkey forest from here on out.

Do you think we should keep going?

The majority will go for it. But we're going to find out what ape fears are.

That's when we stepped into the place where Ix had detected the monkeys. The monkeys all start screaming at once.

'Wookiee!'

What is it? A threat?

That's when I knew. Ix's warning.

"Warning. Multiple contacts on all sides. Number 120.

Yeah?

120!　Maybe it's a muscle gorilla. You can't have a bunch of muscle gorillas!

Withdrawal!　Guys!

"Wookiee!

RETURN!

Each of the returners chanted their magic and returned to the freethinker.

'Oh, that was a close one... in more ways than one.

You know...I didn't think you'd invite your friends over.

Thank you for going over the withdrawal protocol.

Exactly. That's all I have to say...

Are you sure that's not a few people?

You know, I don't see any hot air.

...and Kego and Yuko are gone.

I don't see Tyrol... and I don't think he's still out there!

So that means the monkeys used a jamming skill when they returned on the return.

Rekka's words convinced everyone who could return home.

'Brother Kego and sister Yuko's deaths will not be in vain.

Lica, don't kill him.

"Uh... no... what do I do... and Tyrol's gonna be pissed...

Good luck, Luke. Later, the surviving members of the group discuss the monkeys.

We came up with a few ideas. First of all, if they're going to call their friends, how to defeat them all together with traps and range magic. In this case, someone would be the decoy.

I'm not going to be able to get to the bottom of it. It's a good idea to use Noah as a decoy because he can move into my shadow. But I'm not going to use Noah as a decoy.

That's because of the jamming skills. If Noah is the only one to interfere, there's a good chance he'll fail. I can't allow such a thing.

The next method is to kill the monkeys before they call their friends in for covert or otherwise. Monkeys probably don't have detection skills. They don't make noise until they're within visual range of us.

That may be the only realistic way to do it. But if our people are killed, they could make a lot of noise. If that's the case, then we'd have to have the resources to kill all the monkeys at the same time, but we don't have that resource at the moment.

Well, I guess it's over for today. It's a shame. However, when I returned on my return, I found an info stream.

'The level of space-time magic has reached 20. Spacetime magic [Warp Gate] and [Gate Point] have been acquired.''

This magic smells super useful! It looks like I've learned some reassuring magic to capture King Kong's fort.

There are only two days left until the deadline for the quest.

Name: Takuto, Intermediate Summoner, Lv10.

Vitality 44
Magic Power 88
Muscle Strength 31
Defensive Strength 22
Agility 28
Dexterity value 63

skill

Fighting lv7 Kicking lv14 Staff lv21 One-handed sword lv10 -> lv12 Throwing lv3 High speed chanting lv14　
Summoning magic lv23 Sealing magic lv3 Alchemy lv9 Mining lv14 Logging lv17 Dismantling lv23 -> lv24　
Appraisal Lv13 Identification Lv20 Wind Magic Lv20 Fire Magic Lv21 Earth Magic Lv22 Water Magic Lv20　
Dark magic Lv 20 Sacred magic Lv 3 Lightning magic Lv 21 Explosion magic Lv 20 Wood magic Lv 20　
Ice magic lv19 space-time magic lv19 -> lv20 swimming lv8 reading lv8　
Cooking Lv 30 Feeding Lv 6 Fishing Lv 14 Synchro Lv 8 -> Lv 9

Name Love Fire Cerian Beast Lv25 -> Lv26

Life force 52 to 53.
Magic power 54 to 56.
Strength 53 to 54.
Defensive Strength 32
Agility 62
Dexterity value 45

skill

Swords Lv 12 -> Lv 13, Two swords Lv 1, Flame magic Lv 6, Foxfire Lv 12, Presence detection Lv 13 -> Lv 14.　
Danger detection Lv 13, sorcery Lv 1 -> Lv 2, blood awakening Lv 5, cooking Lv 2

Name Ix Ex Machina Lv 1 -> Lv 5

Life force 15 to 19.
Magic power 15 to 19.
Strength 15 to 19.
Defensive strength 15 to 19.
Agility 15 to 19
Dexterity value 15 to 19.

skill

Aircraft armament Lv1 Lv4 Analysis Lv4 Detection Lv1 -> Lv4 Conversion Lv2 Link Lv1 Magic charge Lv1

Name Noah Dragoneut Lv 1 to Lv 8

Life force 10 to 14.
Magical power 22 to 36.
Strength 5 to 8.
Defensive strength 5 to 8.
Agility 14 to 16
Dexterous value 25 to 39

skill

Shadow manipulation Lv1→Lv3 Shadow detection Lv1→Lv5 Shadow movement Lv1→Lv3 Shadow hiding Lv1→Lv3 Concealment Lv1→Lv3　
Mimicry Lv1 -> Lv3 Night eyes Lv1 -> Lv3

Name Konoha Snowy Owl Lv 1 to Lv 2

Vitality 48
Magical power 51 to 53.
Strength 36
Defensive Strength 34 to 35.
Agility 40 to 41
Dexterous value 56 to 58

skill

Surprise Lv 16 Flying Lv 21 -> Lv 22 Ice Claws Lv 9 Feather Throwing Lv 4 -> Lv 5 Night Vision Lv 11 Air Interception Lv 10　
Wind Magic Lv 16, Water Magic Lv 12, Ice Magic Lv 16, Ice Blade Lv 4 -> Lv 6, Cold Resistant Lv 1

Name Sabik: Black Mamba Lv 6 -> Lv 7

Life force 43 to 44.
Magical power 13 to 14.
Strength 28 to 29.
Defensive Strength 16
Agility 30 to 31
Dexterous value 25 to 26

skill

Biting Lv11 -> Lv13 Coiled Lv8 -> Lv9 Deadly poison Lv10 -> Lv12 Heat detection Lv7 -> Lv9

Name: Darley, Thoroughbred, Lv 9.

Vitality 26
Magical power 2
Strength 18
Defensive Strength 16
Agility 61
Dexterity value 40

skill

Kicking Lv3 Rush Lv7 Riding Lv19 Galloping Lv9 -> Lv10 Rider Enhancement Lv14 -> Lv15

Name Foxxo, the wild fox lv7.

Vitality 23
Magical power 38
Strength 32
Defensive Strength 14
Agility 32
Dexterity value 23

skill

Bite Lv 7 Bite Lv 8 Presence Lv 9 Fire Magic Lv 9 Night Eye Lv 7　
Foxfire Lv 10, sorcery Lv 2, sorcery Lv 5, possession Lv 2 -> Lv 3

Name Route King Cobra Lv 5 -> Lv 6

Life force 44 to 45.
Magic power 19 to 20.
Strength 35 to 36.
Defensive Strength 21
Agility 28
Dexterous value 28 to 29.

skill

Bite Lv4 -> Lv6 Coiled Lv6 -> Lv8 Poison Lv4 -> Lv5 Heat detection Lv4 -> Lv6 Poison liquid Lv5 -> Lv6