Chapter 19 – The Magic Tower’s Strange Investigation Quest #4
“Anyway, that’s great. It’s a success in lighting the fire.”
Lily stuck out her tongue as she watched me manually ignite the fire.
She actually pretended not to be her, but she was surprised inside me as she saw the burning board.
Originally, it is almost impossible to light a fire by rubbing a stick. This was because all work would be initialized if even a small amount of moisture penetrated during rubbing.
If you accidentally drop even a drop of sweat on the board, that’s it.
I don’t express my surprise.
Because it will look like shit.
“It’s not magic, but it’s amazing. I guess the big arm muscles weren’t a decoration.”
Fortunately, Lily’s reaction wasn’t bad.
Even if she goes to Mo, she only needs to go to Seoul. As Lily looked at the burning board, she didn’t bother.
Rebecca sighed and looked at her blistered palm.
“Hey, is that magic?”
“Of course not. Actually, I didn’t know fire magic, so I hit it with my body.”
“Ha… You shouldn’t have left it to me if it was that kind of thing.
“Is it your role to use your body?”
Five.
That sounds kind of nasty.
I tried to turn the delusional circuit momentarily, but then quit.
If you get an erection here, the party might break up.
It is a law that must be established to cover the time and place.
“Did you think it was strange?”
“Huh? Uh… No.”
I evaded it and held the burning board to the red flower.
Did you say the name of the flower is Big Rafflesia?
The moment the flames moved, Big Rafflesia burned with a strong stench.
“You have to burn it neatly without leaving any traces. Big Rafflesia has strong regenerative power. Let’s wait until the flowers burn out.”
Following Lily’s instructions, Rebecca and I waited for a while in front of the burning flowers.
The sight of a giant flower with a diameter of 8m burning was truly spectacular.
It feels like watching a campfire on a school trip.
If it weren’t for the stinging stench, it would have been a wonderful sight.
“It smells like shit.”
“Yeah.”
Smoke billowed up and rose into the sky over the forest. A large amount of smoke rose, and I thought maybe someone passing by this scene might see it.
And, after a while, my prediction became a reality.
Footsteps were heard nearby.
I inadvertently turned around and saw something walking out of the bushes. Since it is bipedal, is it human? I was mistaken for a while.
But the moment I saw its green skin, I realized it was a monster.
“It’s a goblin…”
“Where? Goblins?”
I was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the goblin. I was tired of hunting goblins, but the goblins that appeared in front of me were different from the ones I had seen before.
Rebecca, who followed me and saw the goblins, was equally astonished.
“You’re tall! You’ve grown so much. Do you feel like a kid has become an adult?”
“I think the goblins also went through a gigantic phenomenon.”
Originally, goblins were the size of children. However, the gigantic goblin had her body changed to the size of an adult human. As I made eye contact with the goblin, which had grown to the size of my chest – about 1.5m tall – I felt very strange.
Kishishishsisit!!
“Crazy, your voice has gotten thicker too. Have you had a voice changer?”
The giant goblin threatened us with its sharp claws.
I was slightly scared when I saw the goblin that had grown in size.
There must be a big difference between fighting short kids and fighting monsters the same size as me.
Maybe it would be better to retreat from this spot.
Goblins are not monsters that unconditionally attack first.
There are times when they just pass by even if they see humans, unless they are looking for food.
I asked my employer, Lily, to make a judgment call.
“What should I do? Should I run away?”
“That, that… First of all, it’s an investigation quest. I don’t want to make you fight too hard.”
Lily scratched her cheek and opened her mouth.
“Because I need to get a sample of the monster. I heard from the professor that if you bring a sample of the monster, your score will be higher. Please catch that giant goblin too.”
“It might be dangerous.”
“As long as you get a sample of the monsters, you’ll receive a generous evaluation. Your credits for this semester depend on this quest.”
I nodded my head in agreement.
Lily was willing to sell her soul for a high grade.
Since he would receive 1 silver as a reward anyway, he could at least slay the monsters with service.
Sreung-!
I spoke in a low voice to Rebecca, who had already drawn the knife.
“Hey, don’t push yourself too hard. If it’s dangerous, get out of here right away. First of all, you don’t know how that goblin got stronger.”
“Isn’t that what the client ordered? Shouldn’t you be working hard?”
“Are you going to die if the client asks you? You have to work as much as you’ve been given, but life is more important than money.
“I understand what you mean.”
Rebecca nodded and walked towards the giant goblin.
As if she had carefully listened to my advice, she moved in a circle around the goblin.
I prepared the magic while making a hand sign from the rear.
Kissy Sissy Sissy!!
The giant goblin glared at Rebecca and cried ferociously. The guy was so excited that he immediately took up a combat stance. He swung her fingernail at Rebecca, who was circling around her.
The goblin’s crooked claws scratched the air.
Kissy Sissy Sissy Sissy!!
Rebecca ducked back and dodged the goblin’s attack. She seemed to focus only on dodging as much as possible without counterattacking. Rebecca was a quick-footed woman, as she had been when she encountered the kelpies on the shores of Lake Mersyl. Her goblin claws missed her Rebecca.
“Hmm…?”
After watching for a while, I realized that the goblin’s movements were clumsy. The giant goblin struggled to swing his arm, but nothing hit.
Should I say that moving her body is awkward.
Her elongated limbs played separately.
Kissy Hey!!!!
Thud! He even tripped over her own leg while chasing Rebecca and fell. The goblin, with his head on the ground, snorted in anger.
“Isn’t it surprising?”
Rebecca tilted her head at the fallen giant goblin.
At that moment, I completed the Magic Missile.
Puck! The sphere of magical power ejected from the palm hit the giant goblin’s back.
The giant goblin, hit in the back, trembled and died shortly after.
Unbelievably, he died in one hit.
“It’s easy. I was scared for nothing.”
It was too bland to be nervous.
Rather, the little normal goblins were more annoying.
They’re small and nimble, so they’ll get hurt if they’re determined.
“Nice job, both of you! Got a sample of the monster!”
“You’re so weak, you giant goblin.”
“Because gigantism does not necessarily mean that the organism becomes stronger. The volume of the body has increased, but the amount of muscle has not increased as much. The muscles of the limbs cannot withstand the weight, so the movements are slow and awkward.”
It’s a strange feeling.
All the giant monsters in the cartoon movies I watched as a child became powerful. It seemed that there was no such thing as the law of monsters in another world. It was a world without even the slightest hint of romance.
After it was revealed that the giant goblin was weak-.
After taking the goblin sample, Lily spoke to Rebecca and me with an apologetic expression.
“I’m sorry, but please hunt more gigantic goblins. What happens to monsters with gigantism is a hot research topic in the Mage’s Tower. There will definitely be differences for each individual. I want to get as many samples as possible.”
“Wasn’t the quest ending just by investigating? It’s a bit burdensome to keep hunting monsters.”
“Then I’ll give you an extra fee. I’ll give you an extra 50 coppers per person.”
“Okay. I’ve searched all over, goblin bastards!”
Weight!
Go!
Gold!
I’ll add 50 copper, but what can’t I do?
If Lily was a slave to grades, I was a slave to money.
The moment I heard the sound of money jingling in Lily’s pocket, I felt much lighter. Rebecca, who was by her side, seemed to gain strength at the sound of the additional money.
“Awesome! Let’s go catch the goblins, Luke!”
“I know the goblin lair nearby. Let’s move there.”
I know that there is a goblin den near the creek because I often went to Morris Forest during my solo days.
After reporting this to Lily, I led the group.
“This way!”
On the way to the goblin lair, my party and I hunted several more giant goblins. Again, the giant goblins were no threat to us.
Rather, it felt like the flesh or bones were soft, so it tasted like being shot with a magic sphere every time it came out.
Kissyyyyyyyyy… !!!
Kishishishshiih-!!!!
Rebecca and I literally became slaughter tanks and slaughtered the giant goblins. I felt like the main character of the hack and slash genre as I tore, slashed, and exploded the enemies that rushed at me.
Fun!
Beat them all to death!
“Arrived.”
When I came to my senses, my party and I had arrived at the entrance of the goblin’s lair.
A hilly area with many crude huts.
Giant goblins rushed out of the hut to greet us.
The number is about ten.
Adult sized goblins surrounded us and howled loudly.
I might have been terrified at a different time, but now Rebecca and I were getting our adrenaline pumped up from beating them to death.
“Freak it all out!”
Rebecca grabbed her sword and cut through the giant goblins. I kept my distance and fired a series of magic spheres. Every time the sphere hit, the giant goblins collapsed.
If I had been single, I wouldn’t have been able to sign a hand sign like this freely.
Thanks to Rebecca taking aggro from the front, I became much more comfortable.
This is why parties are good.
It was time to clear up most of the giant goblins in the lair.
As I searched the huts for the living, a scream suddenly rang out from behind me.
“Kyaaaaah-!”
I quickly ran out of the hut.
Looking around, I realized whose scream it was.
“Sah, save me!”
It was Lily.
Lily, who was standing at the entrance of the goblin den, was unfortunately caught by a giant goblin hiding.
A giant goblin was aiming a weapon at Lily’s body.
‘What kind of goblin is holding a knife?’
Knife.
In the hand of the giant goblin is a worn-out dagger. Among the goblins, some highly intelligent individuals use tools, and at this very moment, a smart goblin appeared.
The giant goblin holding the dagger let out a shrill cry.
Kissy Sissy!! Kishishishishit!!!
Why the giant goblin didn’t stab right away was unknown.
Could it be that Goblins are trying to threaten people?
If this woman’s life is worth it, she must surrender immediately, does that mean?
But I don’t know what you mean.
The important thing now is the fact that Lily, the client, is being threatened.
If that girl gets hurt, her wages may be cut.
That was a terrible future for me.
“That green monster…!”
I made a hand sign with a nimble hand. I aimed at the giant goblin with the gap between my fingers and fired without delay. It was the moment when the shooting skills he had honed over the years shone.
Puck-!!
The giant goblin holding the dagger had his head shattered. The moment the dagger landed on the floor, Lily curled up in her screams.
“Kyaaaaa, !!”
Lily sits on her floor and shakes her body.
I quickly moved closer to Lily and held out her hand.
“Are you okay? I’m glad you took care of it before it’s too late.”
“Oh, thank you…”
Even though she was an alchemist at the Magic Tower, Lily was still a young student. She means a girl who lives a peaceful life without fighting monsters. She was intimidated enough in this situation.
I stood her Lily up and stayed with her for a while until she calmed down.
“Huh… I finally feel like I’ve calmed down. Really, what would have happened if Luke wasn’t there… Thank you very much.”
“Thank you. I just did the obvious thing. Protecting the client is basic common sense as an adventurer.”
“Is that so? Anyway, Luke-sama is more dependable than he looks. It feels very different from the male students who study together at the Magic Tower… All the boys there aren’t even as considerate as this.”
Is it because of my mood?
I felt that Lily’s attitude toward me had become much friendlier.
