Chapter 74 – Monsters Hiding in Buildings (6)
“Tell me, bitch. Where did you get that wand?”
Even though I kindly gave him a chance to solve it verbally, the hobgoblin didn’t understand the question and shouted.
“B, Bapex!! (What, what are you saying!!)”
“Ha. Why are our friends so careless? Yes?”
I asked you in your own words earlier, did you forget already?
Isn’t this bastard a pure idiot? If you pretend, if you pretend and understand, where will it go? Makes me say it many times I asked in a fit of rage.
“Stafp CosaKuto. (Where did you get the staff?)”
“… Fodro Pnua? (Will you save me if I tell you?)”
The Hobgoblin didn’t answer this time either and continued to say bullshit.
Does this bastard think he still has the right to sit at the negotiating table?
“Hey. I see you can’t understand the situation.”
─Sigh!!
“GyaaaaacC!!!”
The Hobgoblin struggled as she sawed through the collarbone below her nape. But she couldn’t get out because she was suppressed in the stomach. The difference between our powers was that strong.
‘Why is the throat of a bitch so loud?’
I tried to frown at the fucking screams, but I held back.
And he said to Fran, who was watching from behind.
“Franc? From what I see, I think I need to have a friendly exchange of opinions with this friend. Just cover your ears for a moment.”
I wanted to avoid being cruel in front of my girlfriend. Wouldn’t it be different to slaughter while fighting and torturing the one who subdued you?
I wanted to tell him to go outside, but I stopped because it could be dangerous to be outside alone.
“Don’t worry about me. Because I don’t get shocked or anything like this.”
Frank told her not to worry.
When she heard it, she did as she said. Perhaps Fran, who is from another world, is more resistant to such violent things than I am.
“Besides, if you’re an adventurer, this kind of thing will happen often, but it’s ridiculous to cover your ears every time it happens.”
“Grunt. It certainly is.”
I affirmed Fran’s words. It might be that the way I really think has been tainted with machoism, as I have always been a forager.
The idea that women should be protected unconditionally was the idea of a lowly male chauvinist.
Our Fran is so cute and lovable, but he is definitely an adventurer. My desire to show only the good things to Fran was an overprotective act of false selfishness.
“Okay. Don’t force yourself to listen. You can not watch it if you don’t like it.”
“Whoops. I’ll take your heart.”
After Fran’s permission was granted, my enthusiasm increased a hundred times my courage.
So the interrogation of the hobgoblin pup resumed.
“Stafp CosaKu. Iol Weques C. (Where did you get the cane? This is the third question.)”
─A flash.
The blood-soaked blade flashed. The Hobgoblin, who was delirious with the pain, quickly became a good kid and answered that Shining Pikapika.
“Yope! IThues UThu Yope Ku!! (Cave! My men picked it up from a human cave!!)”
“UThu Yope? Cosa? (Human Cave? Where?)”
Hobgoblin explained the location while bleeding profusely.
But damn, that was a clunky expression that only goblin puppies could eat. It is the sensitivity of Jammin in a different world that is different from humans like us.
‘I don’t fucking know.’
Roughly, if you go to the right of this temple, it is a cave that comes out, but this bastard didn’t seem to remember the exact location.
As it turns out, he remembered the location of the cave not through knowledge, but through intuition. He would know where to go if he got nearby, but he had no knack for explaining it to anyone.
Goblins are like that. I wasn’t even expecting it. I slashed the goblin’s neck with my bloody sword.
“Stafp Xue Eeid? (What effect does a cane have?)”
“Magee Uoc! IThu Krt! (Magic enhancement! I made it!)”
Strengthen the magic It was a common effect for wizards’ wands.
But she said she made it herself, so this bastard only picked up the material for the staff. Why did the tail of the wand look like a dried horse’s cock?
“AroD PThu Zepor Asiqe? (Any other goblin nests?)”
“N, Noll!! (Uh, no!!)”
“Oh yeah.”
Then there was no business for this bastard anymore. I saw all the balls.
─Suddenly!
I tore off the Hobgoblin’s head.
Because it was Eva who saved such a dangerous bastard racist just because she answered the question.
“The only good goblin is a dead goblin.”
I wiped the bloody knife. Even if it’s annoying to clean it, I think I’ll use Beast Return’s mana claws when dealing with miscellaneous mobs.
But then Fran asked curiously.
“Yes, Nor? Does Norr’s magic make it possible to communicate with goblins?”
Oh fuck that
I was taken aback by the unexpected question. He was so focused on the battle that he couldn’t pay attention to the other side.
Really 〈 Animal Painting 〉 Does magic work on monsters? If it doesn’t work, I think the wizards who heard this news will flock to ask me to learn the magic.
Wouldn’t it work because there’s a monster linguist? I have to go through the shit.
‘Fuck haircut.’
If it’s Fran, he can find out about my translation skills. However, it seemed dangerous to be caught by other crazy mad magicians.
Thinking so, I spoke seriously to Fran.
“Hmm. Franc. Can you keep this a secret too? If you’re unlucky, something really bad could happen.”
“This too? Okay. I’ll be careful.”
If I didn’t, it wouldn’t end if I was the only one in danger. Frank was puzzled by my words, then smiled as if he was having fun.
“Are there many secrets we play? No, since this is Kitai’s magic, is it the secret of ‘Kang Buko’?”
Fran pronounces his real name awkwardly.
I’m still being called by this name because I just asked to be called Nor, but I never thought I’d bring up my real name at this timing. My conscience was pricked and I felt sorry, so I drooped my shoulders.
“Sorry. Fran, I always have a lot to apologize for.”
“It’s okay.”
Fran turned around with her hands behind her back. It was the first gesture she had ever seen. Are you mad at me for hiding something? Are you pissed off?
“Whoops. It’s a joke, a joke.”
Worried, I thought about revealing all my secrets tonight, but Fran turned round and smiled and hugged me around the waist.
“When I read a children’s book, I look forward to the next page the most. Even now, I am very happy to think that Norr still has a story to tell me.”
Fran, held in my arms, looked at me with genuinely loving eyes.
“So——I’ll wait until the day Norr tells me.”
The ugly otherworld forager was drowned in the same consideration and affection as the river. Uh huh people. Our Fran is such an angel mark.
“Thanks. I’ll be sure to tell you later.”
I hugged Frann tightly with my free hand.
“Should I be nervous so I don’t faint? My secret is truly ridiculous.”
“Nor, don’t you feel lonely even if I don’t surprise you at all? Because I can love even if Norga is the prince of the wild mouse country who has transformed into a human.”
“Oh, that’s a big deal. It’s not such an outrageous secret.”
It was a moment when tension was relieved as we exchanged stories like that.
─Prick!
Suddenly, a trace of mana was felt from the Hobgoblin’s corpse. I quickly let Frank out of my arms and pointed my sword at her corpse.
─Sureung!
Fran, unsurprised by my sudden reaction, calmly armed herself with a throwing knife and a hammer. Who would look at us and think that Beutak is a candidate? This quick response. Anyone can see that he was a veteran adventurer.
─Shwaaaaa.
It was then. Mana rose from the corpse of the hobgoblin that must have been dead!
Crimson mana flies at me!!
“Sparrow!! International-!!”
Shouting like a ninja, I put the franc on my back and went into dodging.
Shuuuuu—!!
But that mana was much faster. Fuck! Not even Quicksilver can escape this!!
I hurriedly released Fran from my bosom and attempted a counterattack with my sword.
Boo-!
But even though Mana touched my sword, she passed through it like smoke. Plague?! It’s not like attack magic, it’s a curse!!
‘No, wait.’
Do you think something similar to this happened before?
─Break it!
A red gang of mana passed through her sword and hit her chest. I was fucking scared and prepared for the pain, but I didn’t feel any pain in my body.
Wow… !
The mana that touched my body was sucked into her body as if it were reverse regenerated smoke-emitting dry ice. This was the same as in the previous case.
“Nor? Did the Hobgoblin do something?”
Fran asked, pulling out the knife.
Frank was wary of the hobgoblin’s corpse, as if he hadn’t seen the mana being absorbed into my body at all.
Mana invisible to the eyes of others and my body yielding it to mana!
I had a feeling of déjà vu at the same phenomenon as when I strangled Tabula and realized what had happened.
‘This… It’s mana succession, right?’
A special phenomenon that was never common happened to my body twice in a row.
***
“Unbelievable! Did you get rid of it in less than half a day?!”
When Frank and I took care of the goblins and went back, the village chief asked in astonishment. I nodded my head in embarrassment.
“We are good at tracking in the original forest. If it’s too fast to be trusted, I’ll let you know where the nest is.”
“Would you please? Ah, I’m not suspicious of adventurers. This old man believes in his eyes.”
The village chief said that and pointed to the corner of the goblin where blood was oozing out.
In another world, it is also the village chief’s job to check the work of adventurers. The village chief had been doing this kind of inspection for a long time, and he noticed that the ears we brought were fresh ones that had just been cut.
“We don’t have that kind of misunderstanding, so it’s okay. Rather, is there a map here?”
“I will have you bring it.”
A woman who appeared to be a housekeeper brought her map and paper. I wrote the sign and location there.
“It was a temple in the forest, can you guess?”
“Did you say it was a temple? Huh. There is a temple near the village that was there even before I was born.”
“Maybe that’s right. Goblins have built a nest in that temple. You had better take action.”
After I wrote the explanation down on a piece of paper, I said.
“Of course, other monsters rarely nest in human structures. However, since the goblins are close to the village, it seems that they often use the temple. I hope you have someone later to shut it down properly.”
“Thank you for the advice. I’m afraid I’ll destroy it while sending the villagers to get rid of the body.”
“… Well, I’ll leave the method to the villagers.”
As an archaeologist, I should stop that ISIS-style problem solving, but I just skipped it.
The temple is an abandoned ruin long ago. Since the era of ancient civilization, there has been no more divine punishment, so these nobles should do their best to handle it.
The village chief stroked his beard after having the housekeeper put the map away.
“Anyway, I really admired your skills. I don’t think it’s worth the hiring cost at all.”
“Thank you for the compliment. If you write a favorable review on the request confirmation, including the Hobgoblin story, I won’t ask for anything more.”
The btak-i candidate combination even caught the Hobgoblin. I would like you to include that in the confirmation letter.
At my words, the village chief nodded his head.
“You must do that. But why does the adventurer look so bad? Is there any problem?”
At those words, I stroked my lips. The reason why my expression was not good was because of the mysterious mana succession phenomenon that had happened earlier.
Still, for me, it was a poker face and I managed my facial expressions, but it seemed that the fuck was meaningless.
“It’s nothing. It’s because I’ve had a lot of experiences that made me feel dirty when dealing with goblins. It won’t hurt you though, so don’t worry.”
“I’m sorry about that. I always have a lot of respect for those who endure that hardship and continue their adventurer career. When I was young, I wanted to be a great adventurer like you.”
“It is an honour.”
After roughly avoiding flattery like a politician in a rural corner, we left the village chief’s mansion. Since the request confirmation was removed on the spot, all that was left was to go back.
“Caw! Caw! (Asshole! Asshole!)”
The problem is, the fucking right now is going down.
Even if Ttareungi’s feet were fast enough, he wouldn’t be able to return to the city before the Sargadis Gate closed.
Even if I could go back, it would be like paying for the inn I stayed at here in the village.
“Nor. Let’s stay overnight.”
Frank said that he had the same thoughts as me. Fran’s cute little fingers were interlaced with mine.
“Yes. Let’s get some rest and go back. It’s an inn where bugs appear.”
“Whoops. It will be no different from sleeping in the forest.”
“I’m glad I didn’t get wet even when it rained.”
After talking, we went back to the inn. It’s such a small town, so it didn’t take long.
The owner didn’t see where he went, so he just went up to the room and took off her armor and sat in bed. But damn, I didn’t have any major problems today.
‘No. Was there any?’
There was trouble because he met a hobgoblin shaman with a strange staff in an ordinary goblin extermination quest.
Hob Goblin is also a guy that can be tempered with 4 people, but this kind of staff was a variable to increase the difficulty.
If I hadn’t improved my skills, I wouldn’t have been lying down and kicking around by now.
-Shiny.
With that thought in mind, I took out the black stone I had taken from the hobgoblin’s staff.
This was a thing called a power stone, and it was a stone that had the effect of strengthening magic.
‘But the shape is very bleak.’
A rough, hard black stone.
Isn’t it an evil visual that slugs and maggots pick their butts off?
This was an item related to the black magician.
