76 – Belgrove (3)

“monster?”

“A grumpy-looking monster. Isn’t that why you came here?”

The little boy raised his hand and waved it near his head.

If it’s that size… Also a goblin.

“It’s a goblin.”

“I guess. Judging by their size, they don’t seem to be adults, but there’s a good chance they’re already in groups.”

“If it’s just a goblin, let’s go in quickly and sort it out.”

“Little boy, have you seen anything else?”

“… .”

“Have you seen any other monsters?”

“No, there is not!”

No, but this kid.

The way she ignored my words from a while ago and only answered Reina’s words is so edgy.

Being young already covers people.

A kid with a bright future.

“The size of the mountain doesn’t seem that big either. Do you come here often?”

“yes. My kids and I sometimes come to pick berries. But lately, both the village chief and my mother have told us not to go, right?”

“But you’re doing well.”

“huh. No matter how many monsters there are, they don’t work for me.”

“Then you may never see your parents, kid.”

“… Hans.”

“Tsk. It makes you speechless.”

Anyway, judging from the kid’s words alone, it seems certain that there are monsters.

It seems that the village chief and the villagers were expecting it right away.

“Since it turns out to be a monster, it shouldn’t be like this.”

“… Goblin. I wanted to study it someday.”

Trying to ignore Hilda’s eerie smile, I winked at Reina, who was crouching down.

“Now, please go home. Your parents will be worried.”

“What does your sister do?”

“sister… ? I’m going to catch that monster with my colleagues here. It’s dangerous, so go back now.”

“monster? I want to go too! me too!”

“This kid thinks this is a joke.”

Hans came up behind the kid and lightly grabbed him and pulled him away from Reina.

“There are days when you can be helpful too.”

“noisy. Altane. I don’t want to hear from you.”

“Let go of this, you old man!”

“Now, go to your parents. This is no place for children.”

“Mr. Lee!”

The tight-fisted kid glared at Hans for a while, then gave up and ran toward the village with a determined attitude.

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Judging from their appearance, it seems that they went to their parents, but something will happen later, right?

“That’s it. Enter, Altane.”

“yes. Rayna, you go back too. Stop fooling around.”

“Uh, what… When did I fall for you?”

“I heard my sister’s voice and was half-excited.”

“… Don’t bullshit. Because I feel bad.”

huh-

Reina nervously turned her head away, but I could still see her mouth slightly raised.

Of course I didn’t say it.

It seemed like it would really fit if I dug deeper here.

“Whoops… Elaine is so pissed off.”

“No!”

“Elaine, you are still a long way off.”

“Bae, Count!”

He pointed at Elaine, who puffed out her cheeks and looked disappointed.

Despite being 17 years old, she came out of nowhere and went in. To be honest, she looked more like an adult than Hilda in the back, but honestly, her actions don’t support this.

Anyone can look attractive, but strangely, Elaine has a youthful appearance.

Maybe that’s why the kid also called Reina his older sister.

“Let’s go.”

“Are you all laughing now?”

“… you.”

“Let it go.”

I heard a sigh from behind, but I ignored it and started climbing the mountain path.

It wasn’t that steep, and there was a road that the villagers used a lot, so there was no great difficulty going up.

In the middle, Elaine’s stamina ran out, so she took a few breaks, but overall it was a mountain worth climbing.

By the time I reached the middle of the mountain after climbing for a while, a lake appeared in front of me.

“lake?”

“Is there a lake in this place? I was thirsty at the time, but that’s good.”

“Whoops… If you drink water anywhere, you will get in trouble.”

At Hilda’s warning, Hans’ steps toward the lake stopped.

The lake is larger than expected. It is a place so wide that the opposite side is blurry because of the fog that has risen over the lake.

“It looks like Mureungdowon.”

“Yes?”

“It is nothing. It’s wider than I thought.”

I thought it would be easy to find if it was a goblin, but I couldn’t see anything the whole time I climbed up.

I saw a lot of the fruits the kid talked about earlier.

I was curious, so I picked one and tried it, but I was surprised that it tasted similar to raspberries.

Shall we ask Risha when we go back to Mene?

‘Fruits should be cheap here.’

Time was delayed a little while scolding Elaine for reaching out for the fruit without thinking, but there was no suspicious sign around.

‘Did goblins stay in a mountain like this?’

They say that goblins live in any environment, but I never thought they would stay in a mountain like this or around a lake.

Based on what the kid said, the goblin he saw was probably a baby, not an adult.

So I’m assuming there’s at least one group here.

“Let alone goblins, I don’t see even wild animals.”

That’s what I mean.

The lake was calm, and the surroundings were strangely calm.

Could goblins live in a place like this—

Queueek-

“for a moment.”

It was about to turn around with the lake next to it.

The sound of something crying came from the other side.

It was a short, thin sound, a goblin’s, not a human’s.

“Are you a goblin?”

“yes. The only ones who cry like that are goblins.”

“What are you doing, Altane, don’t go and catch me right away.”

“No, approach slowly.”

You can’t play low intelligence against low intelligence goblins.

There must be fog over the lake anyway, so I thought I would slowly approach and notice their habitat.

After telling the people following me to bend down as much as possible, I slowly moved towards the direction where the cries were heard.

As I got closer, I heard his cry again.

“It seems to be coming from the same place as before.”

“This area seems to be the habitat.”

“found.”

As they approached enough to secure their sight, they saw a blue goblin roaming around the cave.

As expected, there was also a goblin habitat.

“I saw it there.”

“Do goblins guard and stand?”

“Whoops… I heard that blue goblins are slightly more intelligent than normal individuals, but it seems to be true… .”

“I heard that too. You said that even though they are of the same species, their intelligence is different.”

“What are you going to do, Altein? You, the vanguard, decide.”

There is only one guy guarding the cave entrance.

A blue goblin intelligent enough to know the concept of habitat guarding.

The fact that they have only one guard in front of the cave means that the size of the group is not yet large.

The movement of the guy wandering around the entrance sloppily, looking around, didn’t look very nimble.

Even if they have intelligence, they are still goblins.

Goblins, which belong to the weakest among monsters, are individuals that cannot be seen as very threatening unlike other monsters.

It doesn’t appear as a low-level monster in every game for nothing.

He is small in stature and has no muscles.

It’s just a weird looking creature.

“First, subdue him. Raina.”

“I am ready.”

“You know what I’m going to say?”

“Isn’t that a sleep magic?”

“… hit.”

Reina knows what I’m going to say in case she’s not a future hero.

My plan is simple.

After quietly subduing the goblins at the entrance through sleep magic, they slowly entered the cave and wiped out the goblins in sequence.

With the goblins right in front of me, I signaled to Reina, who was preparing a spell behind her.

Upon receiving my signal, mana began to gather in Reina’s hands.

The magic circle that began to rise was swollen as if it were about to burst at any moment.

I immediately pulled out my black sword and kicked the ground.

At the same time, pink mist began to burst around the goblins one after another.

It was Raina’s magic, sleep fog.

The goblin was taken aback by the sudden mist and was at a loss for what to do, then slowed down in an instant and passed out.

Dduk-

After stabbing the black sword into the back of the fallen goblin’s neck, he definitely stopped breathing.

Certainly, because there was a mage on the team, this kind of battle could easily be skipped.

I said to Reina who was following me as I wiped off the blood on the black sword.

“You’ve figured out my intentions.”

“How many years have I seen you… .”

Suddenly, Reina turned her head away from me.

“Why do you stop talking?”

“… That’s Okay. Please come in.”

“No, I have to finish what I said.”

“Because it’s done.”

“Whoops… It must have reminded me of the past.”

“It’s noisy, Hilda.”

‘I want.’

He talked well with others.

There was no way I could say anything, so I focused on the cave again.

“Hans, can you see the traps around?”

“There is no such thing. You don’t seem to have that level of intelligence yet.”

The area around the cave was clean.

Didn’t think of making a trap, or was it because the tribe was so small that they couldn’t afford it?

Either way, there is one thing that needs to be done. To clear out the goblins in the cave as quietly and quickly as possible.

“Shall I go in?”

Without hesitation, I entered the cave.