episode_0024

Anomaly.

It literally means that something different from usual and an unusual situation has occurred.

A monster suddenly appears in a place other than its habitat, or shows behavior that is completely different from its normal habits.

Most of the time, it happens when something that shouldn’t happen there happens.

To put it simply… it’s more dangerous than usual.

“What is it? It was a goblin.”

“Mr. A, you were nervous for no reason.”

“Haha! Should I hit you with my shield and kill you?”

Apparently, they also took a class on abnormal phenomena.

What exactly the anomaly is, I can’t define.

Teachers always said that when a situation arises that differs from common sense, we must be nervous.

However, is it because the opponent is only a goblin?

The distracted students did not notice anything strange, and the trio of male students relaxed when they saw only one goblin appear.

It’s a foolish move.

“Idiots! Get your bearings right now!!”

Larsen shouted and immediately drew his sword.

I already knew everything about the situation.

Four stronger energies can be felt behind the frightened goblin.

Of course, by Larsen’s standards, it wasn’t much of a difference, but there was definitely something stronger waiting in the bushes with bated breath.

If his life was in danger… he would have rushed right in.

If an adventurer lets down their guard, their life is at risk, but they are still students who are protected.

But not to that level.

Aren’t they all students of the intermediate class?

Even if it was just a little injury, you would recover anyway, so I didn’t rush to stop it right away.

Larsen figured everything out in an instant and made his decision.

And the next moment.

“Keeee!”

“Keeek!”

Four Goblin Warriors, wearing armor and sharp one-handed swords, jumped out from the bushes at the same time.

“…!!”

Among goblins, they have warrior status and are stronger than regular goblins.

Even though they are goblins, they are ranked E and are quite strong.

Four of those guys rushed in and made a surprise attack.

Even if you are a C-rank adventurer tank, you will not be able to avoid serious injuries.

“Ugh, wow!”

“Whoop…!”

The good news was that Riley was still alert.

I noticed something was strange and was on high alert to prepare for an unexpected situation.

Tadat—!

Riley, who was the only one who didn’t relax, suddenly stepped in front of Tom, the tanker.

The swords swung by the Goblin Warriors were quickly blocked.

Cheaeng! Kang!

“Ugh…!”

“Kieek?!”

“Kiik!”

Four of them attacked from different directions and targeted Tom, but fortunately two of them were blocked by Riley’s sword.

“Ugh?!”

thud! Whoops!

As for the two that escaped, Tom reacted in the nick of time and blocked the attack with his shield.

Still, it was at a C-rank level, so this level of surprise attack was reacted and blocked.

Of course, if Riley had not been able to block it, there would have been an attack that could not have been blocked.

The battle would have begun with tanker Tom seriously injured.

“Shi, fuck! Where did these bastards come from…!”

“Well, what is it? Obviously, nothing was detected…!”

After narrowly blocking the first surprise attack, Octo and Ens quickly aim their weapons and prepare for battle.

Although he just ignored it as a goblin, he was aware that Tom was very dangerous.

Even so, you could think of it as F or E rank.

As an adventurer, if you are careless, you could be stabbed to death by a goblin’s dagger.

‘Thank goodness. Riley still reacted well.’

Riley confronts two Goblin Warriors.

Larsen smiled proudly at her.

Skill itself is important for adventurers, but concentration and sense are also very important.

Riley would definitely make a good adventurer, he thought.

Kang! Sigh!

“Fire Ball!”

Quang!

The Goblin Warriors who failed the surprise attack were no match for them.

The Goblin Warriors are eliminated in an instant.

There was no need to use the potions Riley had purchased.

‘I, a C-rank ranger, couldn’t detect those guys?’

The battle is almost over with the goblin being used as bait being killed.

Okto felt very proud when he remembered that fact.

I couldn’t help it.

It was his fault for letting his guard down.

Although goblins have lower intelligence than humans, they do not have the intelligence of animals at all.

Sometimes they launch a surprise attack, even if it’s a bit sloppy, and some of the group splits the positions between close range and long range by slinging stones from behind.

If someone with high intelligence is in charge.

They can set traps, plan strategies, and even hide their presence while holding their breath.

There are goblins who are familiar with the forest, and humans who are not familiar with the forest.

Additionally, they even divert attention with bait placed in front of them.

No matter how talented the ranger was, unless he was concentrating, he could have been defeated without knowing it.

While Okto was shaking with anger, Larsen and Edin were checking the corpses of the Goblin Warriors and the goblins used as bait.

“…Goblin Warrior.”

“That in itself is not that big of a deal.”

As Edin said, it is not that strange for a Goblin Warrior to appear at the beginning of the forest.

Originally, it appeared often.

But the problem is that the Goblin Warriors used a more elaborate strategy than expected.

Throwing bait to divert attention and hide their presence.

The original intelligence of goblins was not at this level.

Usually when a higher level entity such as a goblin shaman or tribal leader appears in the habitat.

This is an abnormal phenomenon that sometimes appears in such cases.

“…Orcs appear there at just the right time.”

Larsen muttered softly.

The emergence of higher-ranking goblin species.

Orcs suddenly started appearing towards inhabited villages.

“Something seems to be happening in the forest.”

It was definitely not common.

It seemed clear that something was happening in the Greenback Forest.

‘It seems like this has crossed the line of practical training.’

Larsen decided so and immediately ordered the students to return to the village.

“Go back to the village. This is enough for navigation.”

Go back and report to the Adventurer’s Guild.

Then a survey team will come and inspect the condition of the forest.

Whatever it is, we will find out what is going on in the forest and adjust the request accordingly.

If not, it would just buy time for the orcs to reproduce.

Still, it would be better than dragging students in and putting them in danger.

“Already? There’s still a long way to go before the sun sets.”

It is dangerous to go deeper than “. There is a high probability that there is more to it than clearing out orcs.”

Larsen’s judgment was reasonable.

The male students looked a little dissatisfied, but they had been ambushed by a goblin earlier and almost got hurt.

Feeling a bit apprehensive, I agreed to just go back.

“It can be dangerous if there is something like this at the beginning, so leave it a little further inside.”

I have already expanded my spirit and confirmed that there are no dangerous monsters up to the 100m point inside.

Therefore, Larsen and the students went a little further into the forest with the goblin’s body.

This was a measure taken because it was almost the beginning, and if done incorrectly, forest animals or monsters that smelled blood could come out of the forest and attack the village.

“Eot. Mr. Larsen. Just a moment.”

Those who had been moving for a while stopped at Edin’s shout.

“What’s going on, Edin… teacher.”

I was wondering what to call Larsen, but decided to call him teacher since he was a member of the same faculty and was here for education.

Edin smiled awkwardly, as if he was a little embarrassed by that title.

“Is it okay if I dig up some herbs for a while? It only takes about 2 minutes.”

“…I understand.”

After looking around, there were no danger factors.

Even though he is holding a corpse that smells of blood, it should be okay for about 2 minutes.

Edin bowed his head in gratitude and moved towards the herbs he had found.

Clean Mush.

It is a type of mushroom that grows naturally on the roots of large trees in dense forests.

They suck up purified water from the already dense forest ground and drink purified water once more from tree roots.

These mushrooms, which grow with very clean water and nutrients, grow with almost no impurities.

The white paper-like clean mush grown in this way has a kind of purifying ingredient that absorbs impurities from the body the moment it enters the human body.

It is used as an intermediate ingredient to make detox potions, and like Ethereum ore, it is sometimes extracted by intentionally absorbing the ingredients.

However, at this time, it was a slightly more difficult material that required much more precise technology because its purity dropped significantly the moment other impurities were mixed with it.

‘This is the first time I’ve spent this much time harvesting.’

This is because the moment impurities are added, they are quickly absorbed and the quality deteriorates.

Although it is easy to find, it is quite difficult to collect.

Equip with sterilized scissors and latex gloves to prevent as much impurities as possible.

You can store it for a long time without damaging it by cutting off the part that is connected to the tree roots precisely.

If you cut it upwards, the ingredients inside will flow out, and if you cut it too far down and even tear off the tree roots, even those will be treated as impurities and absorbed.

In order to obtain a high-quality product, extremely precise technology is important.

‘Let’s focus.’

This is my first time digging into it with such concentration.

Maybe that’s why it took me a little longer to concentrate than when making the potion.

But once you start concentrating, Edin’s dexterity is truly divine.

Creep – swoosh, swoosh –

By accurately cutting the connection between the root and the clean mush, we collected about 20 clean mush of the highest quality.

Even though it was my first time doing it, my hand movements were perfect according to the textbook.

It only took about 1 minute and 30 seconds, including concentration time.