Chapter 405 – Quest
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The next morning.
Karen and I headed to the village of Lawton, south of Crea, to carry out the mercenary request.
Hestia was nowhere to be seen.
Maybe my confession attack had an effect.
You shouldn’t be careless though.
She is a paladin
Maybe she’ll follow secretly.
After leaving Crea, Karen and I were able to walk almost half a day to Lawton.
Lawton was a small village with its back to the forest and surrounded by wooden fences.
Still, since it is located on the main road, it seemed like a suitable village for travelers or merchants to stop by and rest.
The village chief was a middle-aged man with the plain name of Henry.
Originally, the forest near the village was said to be a forest without monsters.
Thanks to that, the villagers were able to gather herbs and mushrooms in the forest.
However, some time ago, villagers who were gathering in the forest were said to have been killed and injured by goblins.
After investigating, I found a village of goblins that seemed to have migrated somewhere, and sent a request to the mercenary guild.
The forest is currently off-limits.
In the village, there are many people who do economic activities with herbs or mushrooms from the forest, so they say that they are not alone.
“By the way, what about the others? Haven’t they arrived yet?”
The village chief, who complained to us, looked around and asked.
“It’s just us.”
At my answer, the village chief opened his mouth and looked at us with an absurd expression.
‘Tsk tsk… I came here after struggling for half a day, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to welcome you…’
“Sir… You’re saying that the two of you will take on the request? Perhaps… Did you misunderstand the request? It’s not about catching a few goblins, it’s about subjugating the goblin village.”
Mercenaries are not knights.
According to common sense, it would be almost impossible to subdue a goblin village with only two mercenaries.
Even the village chief knows that, so he is saying this.
Besides, Karen and I seemed far from mercenaries, who looked rugged and tough on the outside, so it was natural for the village chief to worry.
‘If it were my original body, the reliability would have increased by 200%…’
Perhaps the goblin village will be subjugated by mercenaries of a certain size.
Of course, I knew that too, but two… No, I decided that it was possible by myself, so I did it.
The avatar I possessed is not an ordinary human body. I don’t know what method it is, but it’s an avatar made by demons.
I knew that this body exerts an incomparably powerful ability against the weak.
Besides, many mercenaries gathered to subdue this quest.
If the two of you do it alone, there are so many benefits.
The receptionist at the mercenary guild must have felt like we were moths on fire.
Nevertheless, the request was accepted.
Because the mercenary guild didn’t care if we died or not.
If we fail the request.
Also eat the deposit.
I also sold the mercenary badge.
It was like sitting down and earning gold, so there was nothing to lose.
And that’s all you need to do is give the other mercenaries a request form and send them out again.
“Subjugation of the Goblin Village. It is true that I saw it properly.”
“Why don’t you think about it again?”
The village headman’s gaze was mixed with concern about the young man and woman’s reckless challenge.
“Don’t worry. I’ll take care of it for sure.”
The village chief seemed to have something more to say.
He kept his mouth shut at my determined attitude that didn’t seem to convince him.
If you had known that we just registered mercenaries yesterday, you would have wondered what these crazy bitches are.
“The request starts tomorrow. Is there an inn to stay at?”
I can’t go on a goblin subjugation right now.
It took almost half a day to come here, so the day will set in a little while.
Besides, the night in the forest is faster.
“There is an inn at the intersection in the center of town.
As the village chief said, it wasn’t difficult to find the inn.
It was a fairly large inn for a small village.
It was like an inn for merchants and travelers passing by.
“Welcome.”
A hearty hostess who looked good greeted us.
On the first floor, there were a few people who looked like guests eating like any other inn.
“One room. Stay for two days.”
“Meals included. I’ll only take 2 silver.”
“I’d like you to have your meal brought to your room.”
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The taste of the food at the inn was not bad.
After dinner, I was lying on the bed in a daze when Karen came to my side. He placed a pillow on her arm and stroked her soft hair.
She emanated from her the faint scent of her soap.
It looks like it has been washed.
However, I had no choice but to satisfy my bitter taste.
Unfortunately, I can’t afford to spend quality time with Karen right now.
I can barely move.
The condition of the avatar was not good yet.
Even coming here, my legs were shaking.
In addition, the pepper does not stand up because of lack of energy.
I never thought I’d be in a situation like this.
It’s a miserable reality.
I can’t stand, so I can’t touch her even though I’m sleeping in the same bed with a woman…
Doing this job is not just to earn gold coins.
I prayed to restore this avatar.
I saw the avatar recover when I killed the warlocks.
That’s why Hestia opens her eyes and looks at me, but she can’t kill humans.
I was thinking of catching the goblin and completely restoring the avatar.
Dropping Hestia with the confession attack was a good thing.
If Hestia had followed us, she might have been surprised to see me hunting.
Out of regret, I touched Karen’s soft breasts to soothe my empty heart. Then, as if to comfort me, Karen hugged me warmly.
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“This guy will guide you where the goblin colony is.”
The village chief assigned a village youth named Todd as a guide.
So, Karen and I went to the forest with Todd’s guidance.
Shortly after entering the forest, I encountered two goblins, but I easily dealt with them with my sword.
“You are amazing. You really deserve to be confident.”
Todd praised me as if he was admiring me as I lightly dealt with the goblins.
But I was embarrassed.
It’s also funny that I, who fought against the Great Devil, liked it because I managed to catch a goblin.
I wonder if he moved for a couple of hours while catching the goblins he often sees.
“That’s the goblin colony.”
I found a decently organized goblin colony under the hill. And inside the village, countless goblins were roaming around.
Todd’s face had an expression asking if he could subdue him even though he was like that.
What did you hear from the village chief?
At this point, I felt an unspoken look to go back.
“You are hiding here.”
Having said that, I got up.
“Yes? Ho, are you going alone?”
Todd looked at me and asked.
“I think so. Are you going to follow me too?”
“That, that’s not it.”
Todd sighed and shook his neck.
As if I had come for an outing, I headed towards the goblin village leisurely.
-Kik! Kiek!!
The goblins who found me were in a frenzy… Realizing that there was only one human, they slowly approached me with a fishy smile.
I was quickly surrounded by goblins.
A man with a dagger seemed to have lost his fear and came near me and provoked me.
-Kieek! ππππ
He’s stupid
The longsword in his right hand moved like lightning and pierced the goblin’s throat.
– Big!!
When the goblin died, as expected, I felt the goblin’s life force flow into me and the avatar’s condition restored.
The faces of the goblins twisted viciously.
-Keeek!!
Starting with that, the goblins flocked to me like a swarm of bees.
Poison darts rained down, and goblins with daggers charged at them.
I casually swung my sword and reduced the number of goblins.
Apparently, because of the limitations of avatars, it wasn’t that they weren’t immune to the goblin’s dagger.
Every time I killed a goblin, I immediately recovered.
Besides, there is no pain.
In the first place, avatars are not human.
The goblin’s sting didn’t even cause paralysis.
Stamina does not decrease like humans do, but rather recovers, so there was no reason to be afraid.
As the condition of the avatar improved, my sword became faster and faster than before, and the number of dying goblins began to increase exponentially.
A goblin massacre has taken place.
-Kikkiek!!
The goblins, who had been attacking fiercely, eventually scattered in dismay and began to run away.
I was able to get a small magic stone from the goblin who seemed to be the village head.
Unlike other goblins, he was wearing a lot of accessories, and the material looked like gold.
[Your level has risen.]
[Acquired 5 stat points.]
[Please select a skill to grow.]
There was only one level up, but…If there is no expectation, there is no disappointment.
I didn’t expect anything from goblins in the first place.
Still, the condition of the avatar was completely restored. That alone was a satisfactory achievement.
Seeing me approaching wearing goblin blood, Todd tensed and swallowed dryly.
“Gulp… Everything, the place where you were hurt…”
“There are no scars. It’s all their blood. It’s nothing special.”
There were scars, but they were all gone.
“Wow, that’s great.”
Todd was giving me a burdensome look of envy.
“Is there a place like a stream nearby?
“Ah, I will guide you.”
