267-Goblin subjugation request




 
 I arrived at the village where I sent out the request to defeat the goblins.

 A dozen or so villagers have gathered in the central square of the village with axes and staves.

 That's strange.

 I sent a request to the Adventurer's Guild, so why are the villagers preparing to go into battle now?

 With a little doubt, I approached the person in the center of the group.

''Um....''

Hmm, what? What's that, where did you come from?

My name is Hurt. I was sent by the Adventurers' Guild in King's Landing.

 As he says this, I show him my guild card.

'....What?
You're here already, right?
No, wait. He's an F-rated kid.
Oh, come on. You're a very badass adventurer.
"Goblins are E rated demons, okay?

'In the meantime, the guild has decided that as long as there are five of us in the party, we should be fine.

 As I said this, I introduced my friends behind me.

'Ah, those are all your buddies?
All those guys...
There's a knight in shining armor.
Chief, how much did you say you'd be paid?
All I did was agree to the amount of money they want for defeating the goblins!

 It was going to be something of a dispute about the rewards.

 By the way, we made it this far in five parties, but our rewards were not increased.

 We didn't even negotiate for an increase in compensation.
 That's why the amount paid by this village has not been increased.

 Instead, it seems that the lady at the reception desk arranged for more guild points to be awarded.

 I'd be happier if I could accumulate more guild points faster than I had more money.

''Don't worry. We just registered with the Adventurer's Guild, right? That's why our ranks are low and our rewards are low. But don't worry. I'm good enough to take out a few goblins with no problem.

I'm sorry, but I've got a change of plans for you.

What?

In fact, a goblin kidnapped one of the girls in the village.

"Abducted? I don't know, is it in the woods? Or is it near here?

It's right around the corner from the village.

So, the goblin horde...

Yeah. It's a pretty big flock.

 The fact that goblins would start attacking humans in the immediate vicinity of human settlements meant that the herd had become a rather large group.

 Such information was widely known as a rather common knowledge in this world.


''Our village is not wealthy enough to be able to offer you guys additional rewards.

 The man who was called the village chief said this with a dark look on his face as he gripped the axe in his hand.

'I'm sorry, but will you go home? The deposit should be paid by the guild.

 He tells us to go home.

 I looked around and saw that there was already no sign of women or children, the only people here were men with what looked like weapons in their hands.

 They had ready eyes.

 Ah ... so that's how it is.
 Because of the lack of money, this village has chosen the path of destruction?
 With that last resistance, he was probably preparing to go to the goblin's nest now.


 I'm sorry when you've finally made up your mind, but...

 I don't care about that (their resolve).

 As soon as we arrived in this village, the worst possible route was avoided.

 And even if there are a hundred goblins here, they won't destroy our village.

 We are what we came here for.


"We'll take down a few goblins. That's what we are here to do.

 Yeah.

 Yeah. We can kill a few goblins within the scope of the request.

 Up to 9 goblins are within the range of "a few", right?

 So we have nineteen of them and one of them.

 If we all killed nine goblins each, we could kill up to a hundred and eighty, but that wouldn't mean we were out of the scope of the request.

 If there were over a hundred of them, I don't think they would count or anything.

 Is that a painful excuse?

 But when I was a guardian hero, I saved villages and towns all over the world for free, and I don't mind this much.

 The most recent problem is that there's a woman who was kidnapped.
 We should get them out of there as soon as possible.

'There are women who have been kidnapped, aren't there? Let's go get help quickly.

Ho, are you sure you want to help me? Maybe there are more than a hundred goblins out there...

If it's too dangerous, we'll run. We're adventurers.

 Basically, adventurers, who put their lives first, run away immediately when they feel danger.

 The more experienced adventurers are more capable of sensing danger, and they try not to fight enemies that they can't handle with their own strength.

 We're just getting started, we're adventurers.
 It doesn't help that our ability to detect danger is low.


 The enemy is a swarm of a hundred or so goblins.......

 Maybe there's a goblin magician, a warrior, or a goblin lord.

 I looked around at my companions behind me while predicting the enemy's strength.

 A hero and a holy knight, a holy woman, a divine beast, three dragons, three spirit kings, and so on.


 ─ Yeah. Maybe they're okay.
 I don't feel like I'm in danger.

 Maybe it's just that I'm an F-ranked adventurer with limited ability to sense danger, but I don't know, I feel like I have a real shot.

 It'll be fine.

'Well that's reassuring. If you are in any danger, you can run away. Will you come with me, please?

I'll take care of it.

You heard the man. These adventurers...

It's Hurt.

Mr. Hurt and his team will help us rescue Rayna.
Thank you.
Please!

 That was your daughter, Raina, wasn't it?
 We have to go and help her quickly.

 When a woman is captured by goblins, she is used as a breeding nursery. It doesn't look like it's been that long since she was kidnapped, but we'd better hurry.

'Tina!
Yes, sir.

 I called out to Tina, who was waiting with everyone else at a little distance.

'Do you know where there's a bunch of goblin-like demons around here, do you know where they are?

Uh... oh, there it is!

 Tina's wide area magic detection ability is one of the best in the world.

 She immediately found the goblin's nest.

''It looks like there's a goblin's nest over there.

Oh, my God.
You know where the nest is?
You're right, there are a lot of goblins in that direction.

 If you've got an eyewitness account, you can bet on it.

'Excuse me, sir. Do you have anything from the kidnapped Raina's possessions? Preferably something she's touched recently...

Does Rayna have it?
What would you use that for?
What about this one? That was the basket she was carrying when she was abducted.

 A man who claimed to be Reyna's father brought me a basket.

 While carrying lunch to him, who was chopping wood in the nearby forest, Reyna-san was apparently attacked by a goblin.

'Thank you,'

 I take the basket and feel the residue of her magic.


 ........okay, it looks good.

 I had recently been able to transfer without the markings of transference, as long as I knew where I wanted to transfer and the wavelength of the magic power of the human in that place.

 As a non-magic user, Reina-san's magic residue was as thin as possible, but it was at a level that was just barely enough to transfer.

''Rifa, bring everyone in!
I will. Take care of yourself, Mr. Hurt.

Tina...
Of course, I'll go with Mr. Hurt.

 Yeah, you're right.
 He seemed to understand what I was trying to do right away.

''Chief, we'll just go ahead and rescue Reina-san first.

Yes?

 The goblin lair is terribly intricate, depending on its size, and it takes a very long time to find a human trapped inside.

 The rescue operation is more difficult than destroying the goblins.

 That's why I decided to go directly to Reina-san's side by transference.


Then, after you. The girls will be guiding you and escorting you all.

 After saying that to the village chiefs, me and Tina transitioned to Reyna's side.