Chapter 67 – 14. I Just Can’t Stand It. (7)
Chowak- Chowak-
The three move forward, clearing away the vines blocking the path with machetes. I didn’t notice it when I saw it from a distance, but as I got closer to the entrance of the cave, even Isabelle, who was not a Ronin, could smell the disgusting smell of blood.
I guess this was the main base.
It definitely feels different from the colony of goblins I’ve shaken off so far. Not only was there no animals roaming around, but the closer we got, the more plants lost their strength and lowered their heads.
When other colonies were destroyed, something like the previous natural environment still remained, and it felt like I had stepped into a polluted area.
“Hmm… This will take a while…”
Sylvia speaks while tying a martial arts bandage on her hand with her eyes fixed on the cave entrance. I have to go back now. They said that if they robbed it for no reason, they could get in trouble from above, and now they were fully prepared to destroy the cave.
“Are you okay with that body?”
“Hmm… My body is still a little sore, but not to the point where I can’t fight. Why? “Are you going to tell me to rest again?”
“… No. It’s okay… Time is running out, so let’s go quickly.”
Sylvia snaps her neck. I tried to tell her to stay here if it didn’t work out for her, but she said so confidently that she could go, so I didn’t bother to stop her.
And what…
If I had rested that much, I would have gotten better.
In terms of her stamina recovery, she is a Ronin who is better than any other race.
In addition, she was treated with holy water, so it could be said that she had already recovered more than necessary after lying down and sleeping as if she were dead for an hour or two.
So now I have to fight as many times as I can.
The three people arrived at the cave entrance without much conversation. A gloomy cave with no bottom or end in sight welcomed us with its mouth wide open.
“Deacon, be careful. From here on, it may be difficult for us to protect ourselves.”
“Ah yes…”
Deacon Rachel gave a final warning that was not a warning, saying that the only way to return was now, but as expected, Deacon Rachel ignored such non-verbal expressions and followed her into the entrance. Isabelle accepted the dark darkness with her whole body, thinking that everything would be taken care of.
“Do you see anything, Sylvia?”
“Hmm, not yet… But be careful. Because you never know when and where they will show up.”
Sylvia, who has bright eyes at night, is the first to go scouting. She usually has one or two goblins standing guard near the entrance, but when Sylvia checked inside her room, she said she didn’t see a single goblin.
What? Are they all hiding inside?
The damage they had done was so great that it seemed like they abandoned the entrance and went inside to hide.
Even if they hadn’t kidnapped Priest Isaiah, they would have never known where she was hiding or where she ran away, and it was a stupid mistake on their part to not only take her away but also leave a trace.
This time, I’ll just have to dry the seeds, so they won’t come out again.
Finding the priest is one thing, but since this has happened, I have to find and exterminate all the hidden goblins.
That’s because there are no monsters that cause as much direct damage to the village as these guys.
If possible, I planned to thoroughly destroy the seeds so that not a single one could escape.
Oh, of course, the highest priority is rescuing the priest.
Exterminating them is what happens after that.
As we entered the cave, our eyes gradually became dark-adapted. Things that were not visible before gradually began to come into view.
“Wow… What is this… “All corpses?”
The sound of Deacon Rachel gagging could be heard from behind, as if she was surprised to see a corpse rolling on the floor. Perhaps it was too much for her, having spent her whole life at her church, and her vision was severely shaken.
By the way, I killed a lot of people…
From the bones of wild animals to the bones of humans who died without knowing when they died. There was evidence that they made various weapons and tools with it.
As a bonus, the bones of large animals were displayed here and there as if they were trophies, so it looked no different from a cannibal’s den.
“Wait a minute, sister, there’s a crossroads.”
“Huh?”
Two paths appeared in front of Sylvia, who went ahead. We continued walking and stopped in the center.
“What should I do? I think it’s being divided here…”
“Can’t you tell by the smell?”
Sylvia puts her nose in front and sniffs at Isabelle’s words. She narrowed her eyes slightly and tilted her head as if something was wrong.
“No… “I can’t find it because of the goblins’ smell.”
Fuck… There is no time, but it is uselessly causing people pain.
However, it would take too much time to go in and check each one by one… I don’t know if it was a fairly small cave, but it was deep and large, so it seemed like it would take several days to look around it all.
I was planning on going with the deacon because there was a deacon there, but there was no choice here…
“We’ll have to split up.”
There may be a little more risk, but it was faster this way. In an urgent situation where we didn’t know when, where, or what might happen to the priest, there was no time to band together and move around.
The problem is who will take the deacon…
“Okay? “I will take the deacon with me.”
Sylvia responded by crossing her arms, as if she could see through Isabelle’s intentions. She took a look at Deacon Rachel standing quietly behind her and spoke again.
“Because I can smell, and I’m used to the dark. “I think it would be better for you to be with me.”
“Okay. Then do it.”
For that reason, I have nothing to say. Actually, in the current environment, Sylvia had an advantage. She hadn’t done anything like this once or twice, so I thought she would handle it well.
When permission was given, Sylvia looked away. After roughly understanding her situation, Deacon Rachel immediately followed her.
“Let’s go this way.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Before long, the two disappear into the darkness. I was a little anxious as I disappeared from sight, but I soon came to my senses and focused on rescuing the priest.
Shit… Where are you?
It’s amazing that I ran away this far in such a short period of time, but I ended up in a place like this… Even though it was a hobgoblin, I thought it was probably hiding somewhere in the woods, in a remote ruin or something. From what I heard, there was only one animal left, and I wondered how far a homeless person could go.
However, I arrived at a place that was completely different from what I expected, and now I was so exhausted that my whole body ached.
Kirrr-
Kir-
As I continued to move forward without knowing the way, I finally heard the goblin’s cries. It echoed in the wide cave and reached Isabel’s ears.
First, are they two guys?
Instead of making a sound, Isabel quickly runs and hides under the stalactites that have grown around her. As she just peeked her head out and waited, a green, disgusting monster emerged from the darkness.
Crrrr-
Crrr-
Is there no more?
If you attack too hastily, things could get complicated. Sylvia said there were at least 20 of them in here, so if they couldn’t breathe all at once, the scattered ones could come together.
Well, it seems certain that there is nothing more…
Luckily, there are only two machetes as many as the heads of those guys.
Boom-Booung-
Isabelle grabbed the string at the end of the machete and started turning it with both her hands. Holding her breath so as not to lose her balance, she threw two machetes at the guy’s head.
Huuk-
Sigh- Sigh-
Kreuk-
Pfft-
Two machetes that hit the guys’ heads exactly. A skull that was impenetrable with her normal strength she shattered with two meager weapons.
“Ha… My wrist hurts…”
Isabel quickly sends them to the other world before they can even make a sound. She grabbed her sore wrist and walked over to them to retrieve her weapon.
We fought too much…
Is it because she swung her wrists to their limit? I feel a stabbing pain down below. It seems like my body is sending me a signal that I need to stop fighting, but since I said I would save him, it was a bit too much for me to do that. When a woman says two things with one mouth… No matter how much I thought about it, it wasn’t cool.
Sigh- Sigh-
Isabel pulls out two machetes stuck in her head. She was about to shake off the dirty brain matter and move forward again, holding her breath.
Crrrr-
“Huh?”
Kwasik-
Her body reacted before her head even turned. Feeling the horror of her life, she instantly kicked the ground and ran behind her, and something like a large club fell where she originally stood, scattering her fragments around her.
What is it?
She made sure there were only two people there and moved. She was careful and careful that she might get caught and get tired, but it seems she got caught by a nice guy.
“Wow…”
Isabelle regains her balance and takes a few steps back to increase the distance between her and the guy. An unwanted situation arose, and she clicked her tongue once, and she glared at him fiercely.
Hobgoblin…
I don’t know how they knew and attacked him, but with that just now, they missed the opportunity to kill him.
That’s right…
From now on, there will be no way that the club he swings will touch my body.
