Chapter 47 – Abandoned Castle (2)
The fireball crashed into the river and disappeared.
“…?”
Me and the Celis sisters, adventurers, and even the goblins looked at the wizard.
“…Hey! You should have held on straight!”
Rather, the wizard was furious. The bald head sighed and looked at me.
“…Excuse me..”
“Yes.”
We approached the besieged goblins.
-Kiki, kkirik?!
The goblins were terribly flummoxed. However, we were ahead in both numbers and quality. Killed 4 and left 1 left. One of them was bald and broke his leg.
– Kkeik!!!!
The goblin tried to live even while painfully crawling on the floor. Aiming at the goblin, the wizard finished the spell.
“Fireball!!”
The fireball hit the goblin’s back of the head. The hit goblin collapsed and the fireball disappeared.
“Did you see it!!”
“As expected, you are amazing!! That, that… I was thrilled with the incredible magic!!”
“And.”
“Wow.”
The bald head forced a compliment, and the other two clapped. The wizard’s shoulders seemed to pierce the sky.
I looked at the goblin hit by the fireball.
Its back of the head was slightly sunken, slightly burned…
…
That was it.
‘Is this the only magic that took up so much time?’
This is something that can be done by simply hitting the head with a blunt object. If Seris hits, it’s not going to collapse, but it’s going to be completely smashed.
On top of that, if he had used the bow while he was memorizing the magic spell earlier, he would have been able to shoot 5 times. That’s why the previous fireball was too wasteful.
I turned to the wizard. She had a smug expression on her face as she was being held up by her bald head.
‘That’s the average wizard… There’s no way. There’s no way something like this would be treated as high-class personnel.’
It was reasonable to think that the mage was flawed. I was staring at the wizard and the bald man pathetically when Daisy came up beside me.
I asked her
“Why are you holding a woman like that?”
Daisy replied as if it were natural.
“That’s a wizard.”
“A wizard is also a wizard. Why do you have to do that?”
“Right now, you never know. Will you become a great wizard in the future? It’s like putting a snow stamp on it.”
“Do you really think that woman would make a great wizard?”
Daisy smiled awkwardly at my words. She seems to think that neither will she. Then a brown-haired man stood next to Daisy.
“If that’s the case, what’s going to happen in the world? I do everything just in case.”
“Hey, why are you talking badly to your senior?”
Daisy frowned, and she said the brown-haired man dumbfounded.
“What is a senior? There doesn’t seem to be much of an age difference.”
“Hey!”
“It’s okay. Because it’s not wrong. If you want to talk nonsense, you can also talk nonsense.”
At my words, Daisy looked at me and quietly said,
“Is that so?”
I smiled and got up from my seat.
“Then we go. You guys are working hard too.”
“Uh? Now wait!”
Daisy got me. The brown-haired man’s expression was not good. Do you like him?
“Why?”
“Well, if you don’t mind, would you like to hunt with us?”
“Hey, what are you talking about again?”
“Why! Looking at you, you seem to have a lot of experience here. It would be nice to learn something!”
To those words, the brown man only frowns as if he had no words to respond to.
I thought about Daisy’s suggestion.
Hunting like a group you’ve never seen before.
It wasn’t a bad experience. If you work as an adventurer, this kind of thing will be common. It would be good to create an experience like this.
But…
I looked at the bald head and the wizard. One head bowed, the other head raised.
That would be a bit cumbersome.
I shook my head at Daisy, who looked slightly expectant.
“I’m sorry, but I will decline.”
“Yes…”
Daisy regretted it, but he didn’t take it anymore. She seems to know why I turned her down too.
Sister Ceris and I parted ways with them. I moved to hunt the white hooded goblins.
* * *
-Kirik!
Two goblins thrust spears at Seris. Seris blocked her spear with a shield and split the head of the other with her sword.
-Kirik?!
The spear goblin tried to escape. Seris caught up and drove the sword into the goblin’s back.
She killed the two goblins in an instant.
‘Is it because of the accumulated experience? Unlike before, there is no hesitation in killing.’
Compared to the days when you couldn’t even kill one, it’s a huge improvement.
I turned my gaze to Kara. Kara just cut off the goblin’s head. She looked at me and made her v with her hand. She raised her thumb towards her.
‘It won’t be necessary to come to the abandoned castle from now on.’
So far I have encountered the White Hooded Goblins 3 times. Even though I only watched the game, the two fought well. Goblins seem to have no burden now.
“Great job. Seris, it was very nice to block the spear with a shield and kill one with a sword.”
“Is that so? Thank you.”
“Brother me?”
“Kara did a good job too. The goblin hair was cut very neatly.”
“Right?”
Leaving behind a smiling Kara, I grabbed the goblins’ fangs.
“Mr. Yooseong, we will do it.”
“Okay, rest for a while. I am going back soon.”
The sun was setting little by little. She put the goblin fangs in her pocket and was about to rest next to Kara when she heard brushing in the bushes. I brought my index finger to my mouth. The two stopped talking.
Turned on ‘The Wolf’s Pact’.
The senses of Werther the Wolf King cover my senses. Although it was only part of it, it was enough to hear the footsteps around us.
‘I think the quiet footsteps are goblins…’
The goblin’s voice was heard as if to confirm the guess.
-Kirik, it’s annoying… Why did you make me go outside?
– Didn’t the chieftain tell you? It’s because humans have invaded!
I frowned at the guys’ conversation. However, the first priority was to hide in a safe place. With a gesture, I took the two of them and moved.
I hid in an inconspicuous place and overheard the goblin’s conversation.
-Kikkik… Why are the humans coming here?
-I do not know either. I only know what my fellow countrymen who fled said.
Ran away?
‘We’ve never missed a goblin.’
If not us, the answer was obvious. I must have missed it at the party I met during the day. Holding back a sigh, I thought about what to do now.
The goblins are running through the forest in groups of two or three. As long as I had the ‘Wolf’s Pact’, I wouldn’t be caught, but getting out of the forest was another matter.
‘If this area was blocked off like this, the way out of the forest would have been camped out.’
Even if it takes time, should I go around the forest? As I was thinking, I heard familiar voices.
-Damn it, again!
-This time there are much more than before!
It was the voice of the brown-haired man and Daisy. The voices of wizards, bald heads, and many goblins were heard around him.
‘It seems to be surrounded. There seem to be about 10 goblins.’
It was time to erase them from my head and try to figure out how to get out again. A bad idea came to mind.
‘If I see goblins blocking my way, I think I’ll just have to break through with them.’
Each of the goblin forces here numbered at most in the tens. There’s no way that guys like that would be able to spread dozens in the forest even if they spread dozens in front of the road.
‘If you don’t feel like fighting, you can throw it away and run away.’
Anyway, we met for the first time today. They were also the cause. Kara and Seris will feel a little guilty, but you can calm them down slowly later.
Having made that decision, I took the two of us and headed towards the adventurers.
As soon as I got close to them, I heard a voice without using the ‘Wolf’s Pact’.
“Mr. Yooseong, this voice…”
“That’s right. I think they are.”
“It looks dangerous, but shouldn’t we help?”
Kara asked cautiously.
“Let’s look at the situation and decide.”
I went a little closer and saw the adventurers surrounded by goblins with their backs to the trees. Seeing that there are no goblin corpses, it looks like we haven’t killed a single one yet.
‘Because there are ten of them.’
As the number increases, so does the number of blades. It’s not just thinking.
-You! Me, keep me right!
-Shut up you bitch!
– What, what ?! What did you say now?!
– Shut up! Can’t you see it’s all over the place now?! If you open your mouth just one more time, I’ll kill you first.
The bald head exclaimed. The wizard muttered to himself and followed his words. It was different from what I saw during the day.
– Jay, aren’t we going to die like this? You die right?
-Noisy, be quiet!
-Oh, no. I mean I don’t want to die! There are so many things I haven’t done yet..!!
Daisy seems to be slightly distraught. A man named Jay, who was presumed to like her, was also busy glaring at her goblins to see if she had no spirit to placate her.
-Kirik, kill quickly and eat the female!
-Can I not call the other guys?
-You have to eat with the other guys when they come! Just think!
-Kirik! I see!
The goblins giggled. Then he scanned Daisy and her wizard with gooey eyes. Daisy was frightened.
“Cha, I’d rather die now… No, I don’t want to die!”
Daisy made an inconsistent sound.
I laughed and glanced at the goblins. A quote came out. She signaled Sister Ceris with her hand.
It was a signal to kill them one by one as soon as they left.
Seris and Kara nodded. Mark the number with your finger.
One two…
Three!
We jumped out and ran to the goblins.
-Kirik?!
I threw a dagger at the goblin who looked back in bewilderment. A dagger stuck between his forehead. He stabbed another guy in the head with the dagger in his right hand. And he immediately retrieved the dagger he had thrown.
[2 Karma acquired.]
[2 Karma acquired.]
I checked Seris and Kara. Both of them handled it neatly one by one. There are only six left.
“Uh?”
The adventurers were panicking like the goblins. Told them
“What are you doing? Move quickly.”
Only then did the adventurers come to their senses. He quickly surrounded the goblins and began glaring at them.
“You are all dead now!”
While spitting out the same words. I don’t have time for that.
“Seris, can you take care of the two?”
“Yes, even three.”
“Don’t push yourself too hard. Kara, season it moderately and kill it if you find a gap.”
“Huh!”
As soon as I finished speaking, I threw the dagger. It was stuck on the shoulder of a goblin. He picked up the dead goblin’s spear and threw it again. The goblin who failed to avoid it was pierced in the stomach.
-Kirik! Oh, run away!
The goblins seemed to think that it couldn’t go on like this, so they jumped at it to the death. It seems that he intends to break through and run away.
“Urg..!”
Seris did as she said and blocked the three. This was possible because their equipment and physical condition were far superior to those of the goblins.
‘Kara was in charge of one…’
I ran past Seris and ran to one fleeing. The boy was startled and hurriedly swung his axe. She dodged and thrust the dagger through her chest.
[You have acquired 1 Karma.]
I dealt with one guy and immediately ran towards Seris. One of her goblins bothering her kicked her in the side. The goblin rolled on the dirt floor.
-Kik, kkirik…
I kicked the guy who was trying to get up somehow.
-Kieek…
Didn’t wake up this time. Instead, he grabbed the spot he had hit and trembled. Grabbing her head, he lifted her up and plunged the dagger into her throat. A dagger pierced his thin neck.
[2 Karma acquired.]
I drew my dagger and brushed off the blood. How are Seris and Kara doing? I turned around and saw Seris hit the goblin with her shield. The goblin’s teeth burst out.
‘Seris is fine. Kara…’
It was already over The goblin’s neck rolled across the floor.
After a while, with a few dull sounds, Seris also dealt with the goblins. The face of the goblin Seris had dealt with was so disfigured that it was difficult to recognize her form.
“Whew…”
“…”
Seris looked somewhat relieved. She had a lot to say, but she chose not to.
“Are you all right?”
Asked the adventurers. The brown man and Daisy, who were making dumb faces, answered.
“Yes… It’s okay…”
“Me too…! Thank you!”
For some reason, it wasn’t half words, but respectful words.
* * *
“All around here..?”
When I told her that the goblins were roaming the forest, Daisy’s complexion turned blue. So did the other adventurers.
“Why, why did that happen…”
“Have you guys ever missed the goblins?”
“A goblin..? Come to think of it, once in the morning… Ah…”
Daisy seems to have figured out why this happened. She closed her mouth and started looking at me.
“That senior…?”
“Why?”
She came slowly to my side. She held my hand tightly and said with earnest eyes.
“I-you’re not going to abandon us…?”
“…”
I wanted to go there to say something, so I stared at him. Then her Daisy’s face turned pale instead of pale. She suddenly grabbed me by the waist.
“Bur, please don’t throw it away!”
“What are you doing all of a sudden…”
“I don’t want to die! There are so many things I haven’t done yet!”
“Okay, so first…”
“Please don’t throw it away..!! I-I’m good!”
