"Now that I've found a goblin settlement, I can't and won't do it."
"Guru".

　At Ray's words, Seto cries in agreement.
　However, the question was how to destroy the village.
　Would you like to burn the hideout of the back organization like you did in a slums?
　For a moment, that thought was born to Ray, but he quickly rejects it.
　At that time, it was independent as a building, so I could use magic to burn it.
　However, it is impossible to do such a thing in a goblin community that exists below us.
　The main reason is that the trees are not completely cut down when creating a settlement, but a certain amount of trees remain in growth.
　Trent forest trees are also excellent building materials... but that alone will only burn a few trees, so there won't be any problem.
　The problem in this case was that if you used the same magic as you did in a slum area, the fire could spread because the trees were growing poorly.
　The magic feature of not burning outside of a certain range was that of fire, but I cannot say for sure what would happen if only a part of the trees around... or half of them were in the magic range, and the others were out of the magic range.
　I couldn't do it, but as a magician, I had a strong feeling that the fire would probably spread.

(Then, should we attack the village normally? Fortunately, there are quite a few adventurers and lizardmen.)

　However, as long as adventurers serve as bodyguards for the Tower of Birth, they cannot bring too many adventurers.
　Waterwolves were friendly, but other lake monsters were not necessarily friendly.
　In fact, as long as you have been attacked by lake monsters many times, you can't leave your bodyguard alone.

(Then, don't let the Lizardman be your main force, not your adventurer. ... Well,

　Fortunately, many of the lizardmen who have transferred to this world are warriors.
　If that were the case, there should be no problem in terms of annihilating the Goblin community.

"Seto, let's go back."
"Guru?"

　"Why don't you just annihilate?" Setho makes a strange sound.
　While stroking the back of Seto's neck, Ray opens his mouth.

"If we attack the village by ourselves, the goblins in the village will surely run away. It's impossible to burn the whole village, so we need a certain number of people."

　If possible, we would like to burn the goblin village by ourselves.
　At Ray's words, Seto nods regretfully.
　For Seto, it's a great pity that we can't bring down the goblins here.
　However, as Ray said, if the goblins were to scatter and run away, it would not be fashionable.
　Then, all you have to do is go back to the camp and prepare your forces, and then come back to this village again.
　After understanding this, Seto grunts at Ray on his back and asks if he wants to go back.
　Even Ray nods honestly to Seto's opinion.

"Oh, let's go back. That's how we found the goblin village, which was our biggest reconnaissance goal. Then we don't have to push ourselves too hard here."

　At Ray's words, Seto's throat would crackle and fly away.





"It's early. Have you found it yet?"

　When the knight hears Ray's report, he looks surprised.
　I had received reports from adventurers that Ray and Seto were working to find a goblin settlement.
　But within an hour of receiving the report, it must have been surprising for the knight to find and return to the goblin settlement.

"Because it's a goblin. Trent trees were cutting down quite a bit, perhaps because they were in the way. They seemed to have given up on thick trees."
"... I see. And how many goblins are there?"
"I don't know the exact number because I just saw it from above, but... maybe a few hundred... maybe a thousand."
"That's about it,"

　The knight's words are mingled with disgusting tones.
　Of course, a goblin is basically just a hindrance.
　The material is not particularly expensive, the magic stones are small, and the amount of money exchanged for the proof of subjugation is cheap.
　If that's the case, I honestly didn't want to get involved if possible.
　However, if the number reaches hundreds or even a thousand, let alone ten or twenty animals, the story will change.
　If we don't do anything like this, the number of goblins will only increase.
　In that case, the camp will be damaged as a matter of course.
　...in the first place, the camp had been attacked by the goblins a little while ago, so damage has already been done.
　Given the circumstances, there is no option not to touch here.
　We need to annihilate the goblin community as soon as possible, but there is also a problem.

"It's okay to destroy the village, but how do you do it? Is it Ray's magic?"

　As a knight, Ray is good at extensively destroying magic, so why don't we use magic to burn down the village together?
　But Ray shakes his head at the knight's words.

"If you use bad magic, it can spread, and if you burn only a certain area... maybe because of the trees in the Trent forest, it's probably because of the trees. There's no clear reason around here, it's just sensory."
"... I see. Then we have no choice but to attack steadily. It's a bit difficult to defend here."
"I agree, but why not use Lizardmen, not just adventurers? There are quite a few Lizardmen, and given that, isn't it difficult to deal with the goblins?"
"Well, that sounds good. I can't ask for it, but the Lizardman would be happy to help if Ray asks."

　The knight's words are by no means wrong.
　Originally, Lizardman has a strong sense of respect for the strong, but Zozo follows, and Ray, who defeated Gaga, is well respected, although his race is different.
　On top of that, Ray won more than once over Gaga.
　While other lizardmen are watching, there is also a mock match with yesterday's bare hands.
　...when it comes to a mock battle, there are quite a few wins in Marina's house, which the other lizardmen don't know.
　For that reason, Ray could almost certainly help destroy the goblin community if he asked Gaga and Lizardman through Zozo.

"Oh, so what do you do? If I can get permission, I'll talk to the others through Zozo."
"...Well, it's not fun to be attacked by goblins so many times like today. Considering the circumstances, it's better to crush them now. OK, please."

　With permission from the Knight in charge of the event, Ray immediately tries to head to the place where Zozo is...

"Ray, bring back the goblin's corpse. If you leave it as it is, it will taste bad. Fortunately... I have someone here who will be happy to eat the goblin's corpse, so I'll use it as a gift."
"The bodies of the goblins... are they said.

　Ray's expression shows an expression of disapproval...and that, from the bottom of my heart, too.
　There were hundreds... maybe even a thousand, so it was a lot of trouble for Ray to bring them all."Woo!"

　Suddenly, a water wolf cries.
　I don't think it's okay to be a water dog in Ray, not a water wolf.
　Still, he immediately denies his idea and looks at the water wolf again.

"And what's the matter? By any chance... are you coming to subdue the goblin village?"
"Woo!"

　It was Ray, who had said it as half a joke, but the water wolf replied immediately.
　Waterwolves can understand people's language.
　In other words, if you replied to Ray's words, you would definitely go.

"Well... are you serious? Well, it's helpful in terms of military strength."

　As long as the water wolf is a little smaller than Seto, which is 3 meters in length, it will be reasonably strong.
　However, the water wolf Ray knows is much bigger than it is now.
　The actual fighting time was not that long, but with Seto... Ray knows that he is equally good enough to fight with Seto with Ray on his back.
　I'm grateful that such waterwolves can help to annihilate the goblins. I'm grateful, but...

"The Goblin Settlement is quite far from here... no, it's quite far away. Can you get that far from the lake?"

　Waterwolves are still out of the lake, but there is something like a rope of water between them.
　The question is, how far does the water rope extend, and most importantly, what happens to the water wolf that is cut off from the lake?
　Ray doesn't even know about that.
　Given the ability of waterwolves, it is predictable that there will be no problem, but it is not absolutely true.
　In some cases, we cannot deny the possibility that a water wolf will die when the water rope breaks.
　Ray's honest mind was that he didn't want the water wolf to die as long as it was friendly.
　Some monsters that live in the lake are friendly to Ray, such as jellyfish that fly brightly, so they are not unique.
　I don't have any, but... still, that jellyfish was fatal to Ray in that it was friendly but could not to communicate.
　That's why Ray shakes his head at the water wolf's request.

"No, don't you think we should stop doing that? If something happens to you, you'll be in trouble, right?
"Wow".

　a water wolf who grunts discontentedly at Ray's words
　Maybe it's because the goblins are delicious - just the taste of a water wolf - that you want to eat goblins here.
　Ray had such an imagination from the appearance of a water wolf, but as far as I could see, it seemed somehow correct.

"What do you want to do?"
"Don't ask me. The water wolf chose Ray as the negotiating partner."

　Ray asked the knight, but what he replied was a curt remark.
　Nevertheless, those words are by no means wrong.
　Waterwolves are friendly with adventurers and lizardmen, but they recognize that Ray is the only one to negotiate with.
　If so, whatever the knight says here, the water wolf will just ignore it.

"Well... What do you think, Seto?"
"Guru? ... Guru, Guru, Guru!

　I don't know when we got along, but Seto grunts at Ray's question.
　Yes, Ray's voice is leaking.
　Whatever you say here, Seto probably won't stop protecting the waterwolves.
　What happened last night?
　However, for the time being, Ray thinks it's useless to say anything more.
　If you tell the waterwolves that you can't come with them here, they don't have to protect them.
　That's because you just have to go where the Rays are heading.

"Okay."

　It was Ray who eventually lost.
　If this didn't make the water wolf any use, we could have chosen not to take Ray either.
　However, as long as the water wolf is strong, there is nothing we can do about it.

(As for the water rope...let's hope it's healthy, or should we expect this water wolf to be like a doll?)

　Half-forced to tell himself, Ray switches his head and looks for Zozo.
　Zozo was soon spotted.
　I was playing a mock match with Gaga a little further away.
　Zozo is also the strongest lizard here.
　Gaga, however, was not the kind of opponent she could compete with, even if Zozo got serious.
　The wooden sword prepared for the mock battle is wielded, and the zozo is blown away easily.
　Still, Zozo quickly stands up and confronts Gaga again.
　Ray would wait until the mock battle was over.