Chapter 5 – Goblin Extermination
“U-uh, okay.”
“Yes. Th-thank you.”
They nodded, stammering.
Judging by their voices, it seemed the cleric girl was the one who had screamed.
They were probably adults, but to me, they still felt like girls.
Because the term “pretty girl” suited them more than “beauty,” and more importantly, the nuance didn’t excite me in a lewd way.
I lowered my gaze to the beastkin girl’s limp arm.
Her elbow and forearm were bruised, and she seemed unable to move it freely.
“Are you really okay? Is your arm broken?”
It looked incredibly painful just by looking at it.
“I-I’m fine! This much is nothing! Compared to losing my life… Ouch.”
She waved the dagger in her hand, saying she was fine, but the beastkin girl’s eyes slightly welled up as she put the dagger into the sheath at her waist and caressed her limp arm.
The beastkin girl smiled awkwardly and said,
“Ahaha, I relaxed, so it hurts again… Elsie, heal me.”
The beastkin girl looked at the cleric girl and said.
“Yes, Noah! Heal!”
The cleric girl hurriedly got up and placed both hands on the beastkin girl’s broken arm, using what seemed like a healing spell.
That was probably holy magic.
A soft, light green glow enveloped the beastkin girl.
“Whew, the pain is much better. Thank you, Elsie.”
“It’s nothing, I’m the one who’s sorry, Noah. If I were more skilled, I could have healed your broken arm quickly…”
“Hahaha, Elsie is still a novice cleric. You’ll improve.”
It seemed that clerics started as novices.
Anyway, it was the first time I had seen holy magic.
No, it was the first time I had seen magic itself.
The cleric girl, Elsie, seemed to be unskilled since she was a novice.
How powerful could holy magic become if mastered?
If it could even restore a hymen, wouldn’t it be possible to maintain eternal virginity?
But I personally didn’t want to do it because I didn’t like having to see blood every time.
But it certainly piqued my curiosity.
Without realizing it, I was staring intently at the light green glow enveloping the beastkin girl.
“Um… why are you looking at me like that?”
“Huh?”
“You were staring at Noah.”
“Ah, I’m sorry. It was my first time seeing holy magic, so I was fascinated. I ended up staring.”
The beastkin girl tilted her head.
“Huh? First time? You’re a high-rank adventurer…”
Kkweeeeeeeeeee!
Just as the beastkin girl was about to ask me something, a hobgoblin’s shriek was heard.
Both the girls and I turned our heads toward the sound.
Kkwee! Kkweeeeeeeeeee!
The hobgoblin I had sent flying was now standing up, holding a club in its left hand, and yelling at us.
The hobgoblin was drooling, snorting loudly, and completely enraged.
“A hobgoblin?!”
“It was still alive?!”
The two girls were shocked.
Certainly, after flying away so spectacularly, they would have thought it was dead.
I also thought I had finished it off.
It seemed I had held back too much to avoid bursting it.
My right shoulder was completely crushed and unusable, but it hadn’t lost its life.
“Please wait a moment.”
I walked toward the hobgoblin.
I had finally met some pretty girls.
I wanted to talk more and also communicate physically.
To do that, it was very important to raise their favorability.
If I showed my strength here, wouldn’t the favorability of the two adventurers increase a lot?
Kyaa! A strong man! So cool! Hold me!
Even if I didn’t expect that kind of reaction, it would be a great success if they thought of me as a reliable person.
Kkweeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
The hobgoblin shrieked and charged at me.
As expected of a hobgoblin, even a goblin is still a goblin.
No matter how much the skill gap, they would attack until they die.
Thanks to that indomitable spirit, it was easy for me to set up my delusions, but this time, I just wanted it to go to the other world quietly.
It was a good opportunity to show my strength again, but it was better to continue the conversation.
The hobgoblin ran right in front of me, raised its left hand high, and brought the club down.
Whoosh!
I grabbed the hobgoblin’s wrist with my right hand.
Kkwe! Kkkkkkkkwe!!!
The hobgoblin desperately tried to move its arm, but my monstrous strength made its left arm unmovable.
I applied force to my right hand and strongly gripped the hobgoblin’s left arm.
Crack!
Kkweeeeeeeee!
The hobgoblin’s wrist slowly crushed, and its hand holding the club loosened.
Thud!
I snatched the hobgoblin’s club with my left hand as it was about to fall and swung the club toward the hobgoblin’s head.
Whack!
Crunch!
The hobgoblin’s head was torn from its neck, hit the wall, leaving a large bloodstain, and rolled onto the ground.
Thump.
I released my right hand, and the hobgoblin’s torso fell backward.
I threw the club in my hand to the ground and turned back to walk toward the two girls.
“Amazing…”
“To take down a hobgoblin so easily…”
The two girls were staring at me, dumbfounded.
I felt a little excited.
But I shouldn’t show my joy outwardly.
I had to be a gentleman.
I could show my giddiness on the bed.
“It’s over. What were you trying to say earlier?”
“Ah, um, that. Aren’t you a high-rank adventurer?”
The beastkin girl seemed to think I was a high-rank adventurer after seeing my strength.
“No, I’m a newbie adventurer who just became one today.”
“A newbie?! No way?! How could you take down a hobgoblin in one hit if you’re not a high-rank adventurer…”
“Noah.”
“Huh? What is it, Elsie?”
“He’s our savior. You shouldn’t use such rude language.”
The cleric girl didn’t seem to like the beastkin girl speaking informally to me.
Judging by her tone, it seemed she always used polite language.
“Ah… that’s right. I’m used to speaking informally, so I didn’t notice. I’m sorry.”
The beastkin girl bowed her head and apologized.
“Ah, it’s okay if you speak informally.”
I liked both informal and polite speech.
Asking “Does it feel good?” intimately during sex and asking “Does it feel good?” politely each had their own charm, and I liked both.
“No, you’re our savior, and it’s rude to suddenly speak informally to someone older than us.”
It seemed the cleric girl thought I was older because of my size.
I waved my hand and said,
“I’m 20 years old. So it’s okay if you speak informally.”
“Huh?!”
“Yes?”
The beastkin girl’s eyes widened in shock, and the cleric girl tilted her head, looking confused.
I was worried that maybe it wasn’t my size but my face that made me look old.
“Do I look that old?”
“No! It’s because of your size, but you’re also incredibly strong! So I thought you were a high-rank adventurer, and high-rank adventurers are all older than us, so that’s why! Right, Elsie!”
“Yes, yes! That’s right! I’m sorry! We didn’t know you were the same age as us.”
The two girls were probably the same age as me.
“That’s right! Wow, to think you’re so strong, the same age, and a newbie like us! You’re really amazing!”
It was a bit of a cover-up, but I didn’t feel bad about being praised.
“Thank you. But is your arm okay?”
“Ah, it’s fine. The pain is almost gone now. I can get it treated at the temple later.”
The beastkin girl perked up her ears.
“Oh, right! We haven’t even introduced ourselves to our savior yet! I’m Noah! And this cute one here is Elsie! Thank you for saving our lives!”
The beastkin girl, Noah, smiled brightly and thanked me. And the novice cleric girl, Elsie, bowed her head and said,
“I’m Elsie. Thank you so much for saving Noah and me. And… I’m sorry for thinking you were older.”
“It’s okay. It’s understandable to make that mistake. I’m Rent.”
I shouldn’t show that I was slightly bothered by it here.
If they thought I was petty, the path to a rosy future would be clouded.
“Rent, huh! But are you really not a high-rank adventurer? You’re so strong?”
“No, I came to the guild today for the first time. I just became F-rank today. What rank are you two?”
“Elsie and I are E-rank. We’ve only been adventurers for 10 days. And… hahaha, ‘you two.’ Rent, you don’t have to use polite language. We’re the same age and newbies anyway. Right, Elsie?”
“Yes, that’s right. You can speak comfortably. I live in the temple, so this way of speaking is normal for me, so you don’t have to worry about it.”
“Really?”
When a girl says it’s okay to speak informally, it’s a sign that they have quite a bit of favorability, isn’t it?
Being a gentleman is good, but to build a friendly relationship, it’s better to follow their lead.
“Then I’ll speak informally. You two are going to leave the dungeon, right? I’ll escort you to the warp device.”
The warp device was quite a distance away.
It wouldn’t be a bad choice to walk there calmly and build rapport.
“Really? Thank you! If it’s Rent who blew away a hobgoblin in one hit, we’ll feel safe!”
“Thank you, Rent.”
“Hey, Elsie. What’s with the ‘Mr.’? We’re the same age. Just call him Rent. Rent likes that too, right?”
“Yeah, I like that better too.”
When someone who uses polite language calls you by your first name, it feels like they have more favorability than others.
“Then… Rent. Please escort us.”
“Okay, leave it to me. Then let’s get going. It’s better for Noah’s arm to get treated quickly.”
I was about to escort them to the warp device.
But Noah stopped me.
“Wait a minute! We have to take out the hobgoblin’s magic stone before we go back! Rent, we’ll wait here, so go get the hobgoblin’s magic stone.”
I had forgotten about that.
The hobgoblin’s magic stone could definitely be sold for a higher price than a goblin’s.
I was so focused on getting closer to the two of them that I almost missed out on the money for my brothel trip.
“Okay. Thank you, Noah. I’ll be right back.”
I quickly walked to the fallen hobgoblin’s corpse and thrust my hand into its chest.
“Hup!”
Thwack!
I pulled out the magic stone from the hobgoblin’s chest.
The hobgoblin’s magic stone was a mix of light green and purple and was about the size of a fist.
My money pouch was already full of goblin magic stones.
I shook my hand and put down my backpack, placing the hobgoblin’s magic stone inside.
I put my backpack back on and immediately approached Elsie and Noah.
“Okay, let’s go.”
Elsie and Noah were staring with wide eyes in shock.
“The, the magic stone…”
“You took it out with your bare hands? Hahaha… you’re really amazing.”
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I walked behind Elsie and Noah, escorting them to prevent goblins from attacking from behind.
As we walked, I learned why Elsie and Noah were in that situation.
Noah seemed to like talking as much as she seemed lively, so she explained everything from their first meeting.
Elsie and Noah had registered as adventurers on the same day.
Elsie was a novice cleric, and Noah was a thief.
Elsie was a healer, so she needed to party up with someone.
Noah was a thief, so she felt uneasy fighting alone.
Noah was the one who had spoken first.
It was their first meeting, but they quickly hit it off and formed a party.
They started with gathering herbs, then moved on to exterminating sewer rats, and then completed quests by exterminating goblins on the first floor.
And after completing a certain number of quests, they had just reached E-rank yesterday.
The excited duo were happy about reaching E-rank and came to the first floor of the dungeon to take on a goblin extermination quest again today.
They went deeper and deeper, exterminating goblins as usual.
But today, they had gotten carried away and went deeper than usual.
Hobgoblins were very rare monsters even on the first floor.
The two were flustered by the unexpected encounter with a hobgoblin, and Noah’s arm was broken when she blocked a surprise attack.
They were in a desperate situation.
Noah’s combat power was greatly reduced due to her broken arm, and Elsie’s healing magic was not yet that strong.
They were about to lose their lives when I came and saved them.
“Wow, we would have been in big trouble if it weren’t for Rent.”
“Yes, that’s right. Thank you so much, Rent.”
“It’s nothing. We should help each other as fellow adventurers.”
“You’re a newbie adventurer today, and you’re already giving such exemplary answers. Rent is not only strong but also has a good personality~. You’re like a knight in shining armor saving a woman in distress.”
If she was calling me a knight in shining armor, she probably had quite a bit of favorability.
And if possible, I’d rather have a woman ride my dick than a white horse.
I’m very gentle, so I’m confident I can move as the woman on top of me wants.
“I thought a hero from a story had popped out. Rent, you were so cool when you blew away the hobgoblin in one hit.”
“Th-thank you.”
It was the first time I had been praised so closely by a girl, so I was very embarrassed.
And being praised by pretty girls like Elsie and Noah made me even more embarrassed and happy.
As I listened to Elsie and Noah’s story, I could look at them closely from behind.
Honestly, both of them were very pretty, and they were the type of girls that I, and of course, the son attached to my lower body, liked.
