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“The villagers have secured a lot of hay.”

Eugene wore a rather surprised expression.

After finishing the final check, the Red Fox Mercenary Group

immediately began work on the goblin extermination quest.

Thus, Eugene and Marie led the shieldbearers to the designated cave entrance, and

Thomas, with Sophia and the archers, positioned himself on the opposite cave side.

Those two locations, based on the villagers’ and Thomas’ investigations, were identified as the spots where smoke would most efficiently spread throughout the goblin cave when a fire was lit.

There were a total of two cave entrances,

and a large amount of haystacks had already been prepared there.

“Most of the villagers were mobilized and even went outside to get it. The forest here is so humid that there isn’t much hay even in spring, Oppa!”

Marie set up the haystacks with the shieldbearers, and Eugene kept watch.

In that situation, Marie mentioned that the efforts of the villagers, who had worked busily for about a week, were melted into these numerous haystacks.

The desperation of the Jebodang villagers, who had experienced repeated failures in requesting quests, was immense.

So, when Jeanne tried to carry out a labor-intensive operation,

the villagers volunteered to help on their own, rolling up their sleeves and actively cooperating.

“Honestly, the villagers were a bit doubtful when they heard the captain’s age. But when she mentioned the fire attack operation and even revealed the roadmap, their eyes changed. It became an opportunity to send trust right away. It’s an operation that you usually can’t see from a new mercenary group.”

Marie, the passionate girl, told Eugene about the dramatic change in the atmosphere of the scene that she herself had experienced when Jeanne told the villagers about the operation.

The Jebodang village delegation was so happy to hear from the association that a mercenary group had finally accepted their quest that they came all the way to the Athens mercenary residential area.

As a result, they saw Jeanne’s face for the first time, and they were embarrassed because she was not only a woman but also very young.

However, despite that, Jeanne was unstoppable in the negotiation with the villagers, who were a large number of people.

In addition, the way she planned the operation and set it up in advance to achieve it was very thorough.

Therefore, the novice mercenary captain Jeanne eventually succeeded in winning the hearts of the villagers.

As a result, they even went as far as voluntarily gathering and helping with these hard-to-find haystacks.

‘Hmm… Jeanne, the second daughter of Orléans, and Jeanne, the mercenary captain, are really different. Jeanne at the mercenary inn seemed to be the former Jeanne. No, if that’s the case, that’s also a problem in its own way.’

Since it was on-site content that Jeanne hadn’t told directly,

Eugene was quite surprised.

Especially since he had experienced Jeanne’s all-time blunder a few days ago,

the gap is even greater.

“Oppa, the fire over there has been lit!”

“Torch,”

“Yes! Assault Captain!”

Smoke rose first from the cave where Thomas was.

The Jebodang Dark Forest goblin extermination quest had begun.

“Then I’ll go to the big entrance. If, unexpectedly, the goblins seem to be gathering on this side, contact me right away.”

“Okay, Assault Captain! Be careful!”

Eugene’s haystack also caught fire.

Then, the shieldbearers fanned using large planks

to guide the smoke to enter the cave better.

Eugene, having confirmed all of that,

moved to the main cave entrance, where he expected the goblins to flee from the smoke.

“I wonder if the inside is full of smoke by now?”

“If the internal passages that I and the residents have identified are all there are, I think it’s almost full. So, even if we consider other variables, I think we’ll start seeing the goblins soon.”

Eugene slung his greatsword over his shoulder.

In that state, he stared at the main exit of the Jebodang Dark Forest goblin cave, where smoke had begun to leak out.

Thomas answered his question with a cautious expression.

The Dark Forest has a considerable mountain range.

The goblin caves that were searched and identified throughout the mountain range totaled six,

excluding the passage where the fire was lit, there were four, and

one of them was abandoned because it was thought to be unlikely to be used as an escape route.

The largest main exit, where the goblin group was most likely to pour out of the remaining caves,

was where Eugene, Thomas, and Sophia were located.

And Jeanne and four swordsmen were placed in each of the remaining two locations,

as well as Ivan and Priscilla.

At that moment,

“Hyung, do you hear it?”

Swish…!

Thomas readjusted his main weapon, the curved sword [湾刀], the scimitar, and took a combat stance.

“Yeah, I hear it.”

Swish!

Eugene also had a noticeably different look in his eyes than before, and he grabbed the greatsword he had slung over his shoulder straight.

“Kiee eee et!!”

“Kueh eee et!!”

Dadadadadat!

From inside the cave where the black smoke was leaking out,

finally, the screams and roars of numerous goblins and

the sound of the guys rushing toward the main entrance began to be heard.

“Then shall we start the goblin hunt, everyone~?”

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Sophia, an upper-level nun-level secular priestess, who was excited by the sound,

swung the mace in her left hand around.

“Kueh eee eee et!!”

Paa ah ah aa at!!

After a few seconds passed since Eugene and his party took a complete combat stance,

an ordinary goblin holding a crude dagger popped out of the cave through the black smoke.

Phew woo oot!!

The dagger thrown at the same time as the guy appeared,

Poo woo wook!!

“Keu et!!”

The dagger that flew like an arrow pierced the first goblin’s forehead as it was.

It was a dagger from Thomas, of the assassin class.

Thud!!

“Kiee eee et!!” “Kueh eee et!!”

Urrrrrrrrrr!!

Beyond the scene where the goblin, whose head was pierced by Thomas’ dagger, began to fall backward,

a scene unfolded where about 20 goblins poured out of the cave’s main entrance all at once.

There were guys holding crude knives and clubs, and some holding hand axes in between.

“An ordinary goblin is just right for my scimitar!”

Swish! Swish!

Thomas charged into the goblins who had started to rush in randomly.

Then he swung his long curved scimitar in succession.

Fast speed and smooth continuous movements,

more than anything, it was full of composure.

Thomas’s movements were not only fast but also seamless, and

he accurately cut deeply into the goblin’s neck and abdomen.

Thomas of the assassin class, who was completely different from the usual friendly and sociable Thomas, was unfolding.

However, Thomas alone could not control the twenty or so goblins, and

the remaining goblins, who were out of his attack range,

quickly narrowed the distance toward Eugene and Sophia behind Thomas.

“I’m thankful if you come this close~!”

Even though disgusting goblins had filled his eyes,

Sophia wore an excited face and grinned broadly.

“I’m a bit slow because my clothes are in this shape~!”

Puaaaaak!!

“Keueh eee et!!”

Then she swung her mace sideways and smashed the temple of the goblin guy who approached her first.

Indeed, the nuns of this other world were virtually closer to blunt weapon soldiers than healers.

For about 20 seconds,

Thomas and Sophia slaughtered about fifteen goblins.

But as many as they killed, a large number of goblins poured out of the cave again.

“You two, move quickly to the sides,”

Watching the scene, Eugene requested Thomas and Sophia to secure space.

As the two people in front widened the distance to the sides according to his request,

Buaaaaaak!!!

A chilling sound of wind tearing through the air erupted.

It was the sound of Eugene’s 190cm greatsword being swung vertically in a cool manner.

Kwaaaaaang!!!

A piercing roar erupted as the heavy sword tip collided with the hard floor,

“Ket!” “Keuet!”

Crack! Crack! Crack!

And from the long sword’s body, the bodies of three goblins were cut in half.

“Wow, as expected, our Assault Captain!!”

“How can I handle that force~~!”

It was an overwhelming performance that changed the flow of the air.

As Eugene Schneider showed off a great swordsman-like performance like that,

Thomas and Sophia showed reactions that were full of dopamine.

“It seems to be going according to the main scenario. I can hear the sound of dozens of goblins gathering on the Assault Captain’s side.”

Priscilla, sitting on a large rock in a relaxed manner, said to her partner Ivan.

Since her hearing is about four times better than a human’s,

she is virtually grasping the overall situation.

“But I don’t hear the sound of hobgoblins. I think I’ll have to go to the captain and tell her the situation.”

“Okay, Priscilla, I’ll cover this place alone for now.”

However, she only heard the sound of ordinary goblins, and not even the shadow of a hobgoblin could be seen.

Feeling that the situation was unusual, Priscilla

immediately moved to where the captain, Jeanne, was.

“I see, Ms. Priscilla, that means that there is a shaman goblin of a considerable level inside.”

“That’s right. That means they can even use purification magic. But it seems that they released a large number of ordinary goblins to confuse us because there is a limit to the number of heads that the magic works on.”

Priscilla told Jeanne about the situation she had grasped.

After Thomas’s additional investigation, the Red Fox Mercenary Group highly anticipated the possibility that a shaman goblin existed.

But beyond its existence, the goblin’s abilities were a variable.

Usually, the quality of the shaman goblin’s magic is at the level of setting up totems to confuse the sense of direction of people who enter the cave or to make them able to use more diverse nerve poisons.

Occasionally, a few more abilities are added, but

the shaman goblin guy we encountered this time seems to have far exceeded that case.

“He must know that it’s going to rain soon too. The calculation is to drag it into a long-term battle, so in the end, we have to go in.”

It looks like it will rain tomorrow afternoon or the day after.

Then the fire attack through hay like today will be possible more than half a month later.

A long-term battle can even lead to discord with the villagers, so Jeanne intends to see the outcome today.

Puaaaaak!!!

A greatsword swung sideways,

Scrch! Scrch! Scrch!

By that heavy guy,

the heads of four goblins with similar heights were cut off like dominoes.

“Wow~ sixty goblins exterminated! I think Hyung almost slaughtered about thirty of them!”

They were the last goblins that came out of the cave.

In order to grasp the number of goblins remaining inside the cave,

Thomas, who meticulously calculated the number of opponents even during the battle,

figured out the ratio that Eugene had caught and clicked his tongue.

“But honestly, I don’t feel anything. Ordinary goblins don’t weigh much, so it seems that the feeling of slashing them with a greatsword is less.”

“You haven’t even taken on a few quests, but if you have that kind of mindset, Hyung, you’re born with it?”

Unlike the other colleagues, he knows Eugene’s identity, so

Thomas is fully aware that he is performing his first quest,

but he had heard in advance that Eugene had beaten a small number of goblins with a club on the Pilgrim’s Path.

So, he put that in and matched the pieces appropriately, and then he was very surprised by Eugene’s current appearance.

Even though they are monsters, they are living things, so the psychological impact is different between accidentally taking their lives and

killing them like this as a quest.

But Eugene’s current appearance has a slightly flushed feeling, but no shrunken appearance at all.

“You’ll get to feel that touch properly. We’re going to go inside that cave now.”

Thud! Thud! Thud!

At that moment, Jeanne led the swordsmen and approached them.

“Then are we going to go in after the smoke clears a bit?”

Afterwards, Jeanne shared the situation secured by Priscilla with her colleagues at the main entrance.

Then, she also reminded them that they had to finish it before it rained, so they would see the outcome today.

Then, Eugene looked at the cave, where smoke was still leaking out little by little, and asked for the exact timing.

“Priscilla says that shaman goblins also need quite a bit of preparation time to use higher-level magic based on their standards. In other words, it seems that we shouldn’t give them that preparation time.”

“That’s right! You shouldn’t give them time when the opponent has a mental class. And that quick and decisive move is possible because I, Upper Nun Level Sophia, am here.”

Jeanne, who had been slightly loosening her body, shook her head at Eugene’s words asking if they would wait until the smoke cleared.

If purification magic was used, now is likely the weakest timing for the shaman goblin.

Sophia, hearing Jeanne’s decision, actively agreed and appealed that she was the key figure in the operation.

“Does Sophia have a way?”

Since Eugene Schneider’s ability to know properly about healers is only healing,

he looked at her with eyes full of curiosity as to how Sophia would solve the toxic gas.

“Look forward to it, Assault Captain, this! Because this will give us hope.”

Squeeeeeeze!!

Swoosh!!

Then, all of a sudden, Sophia stretched the neck of her nun’s habit all the way, and then

put her hand into her voluptuous breasts.