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Greenback Forest.

Although it is said to be the third largest forest in the Preta area, its size is not that large when compared to the entire continent.

Roughly the size of a small to medium-sized city with about 10,000 to 20,000 citizens.

In the first place, as Preta was the capital of the empire, most of the surrounding areas were developed and became satellite cities or villages, so this alone is a fairly large forest in the area.

This is where a problem arises.

Developing the surrounding land means disappearing places for monsters and beasts to live.

As a result, the result was that monsters crowded into large surviving forests or underground caves, such as the Greenback Forest.

After fierce competition for food, those who are pushed out or those who win but lack food often attack nearby villages and cities.

Thanks to this, even though there was a lot of land developed and inhabited by people, there was no shortage of work for adventurers.

Anyway, among them, Greenback Forest is very rich in food resources and is quite large in size.

It was one of the places where competition for food among the monsters hidden inside was not that severe.

In the first place, the forest was tightly controlled by beast-type monsters that were the mainstay of Greenback Forest, so many monsters from outside did not enter.

At most, a goblin hiding on the outskirts of the forest?

But this time, an orc was suddenly discovered.

The number of goblins who had been living a difficult life outside rapidly increased, and even higher-ranking species with professions such as warriors and archers appeared.

All of this was due to a major upset that occurred in Greenback Forest.

“Kukkak! Kakuta!”

“Keeek! KEEEK!”

In the greenback forest, which is divided into outer, middle, and deep regions, a belt-shaped middle region surrounds the deep region.

In the east of them, something strange happened.

They were clearly goblins who lived in the outskirts, picking up bugs and eating them.

It suddenly invaded the middle section.

Of course, there were dire wolves, blood deers, pain foxes, etc. that lived in the middle part.

The D-rank level beast-type monsters were greatly embarrassed.

It was natural for them to be embarrassed as things that were less than a bite away suddenly attacked their home.

But something was strange.

“Kae gang!”

“Kisik─!”

These goblins were not even a bite away.

These are the guys who go out to the outskirts whenever I’m bored and eat them for snacks.

For some reason, it was too strong this time.

Although each individual became stronger, they were still weaker than themselves.

But when it started to come together like ten, twenty, fifty… I just couldn’t handle it.

In particular, there were one or two exceptionally strong individuals mixed in.

Their individual strength was similar to or stronger than that of D-rank beast-type monsters.

“Kaekan!”

“Kkiing kkiing!”

In the end, the beast-type monsters were unable to withstand their attacks and had no choice but to give up the middle part, which had abundant food resources.

Those who survived moved to other areas in the outskirts or central areas.

And some of them were taken prisoner by the goblins and are still being used as labor.

“Kikikiki.”

A huge goblin fortress built in the eastern part of Greenback Forest.

Inside, hundreds of goblins were going back and forth, working.

Surprisingly, even the scarred orcs and beast-type monsters were moving trees and stones in a fuss.

Some goblins are wielding whips made of tough vines, as if they are leading them.

A kingdom of fearsome goblins.

Their power seemed so great that they enslaved other races.

But, they are now.

Not long after its creation, the kingdom was in a great crisis.

“Keugeong. Kyaggak.”

“Kick…Kick…”

None other than their king, the ‘Goblin King’.

The successor, Goblin King Jr., was seriously injured while fighting a group of dire wolves that invaded the fortress.

The dire wolves did not dare to forgive their compatriots for holding them captive.

They gathered other compatriots nearby and attacked the goblin fortress.

Although the goblins’ power was very large and strong, their mentality was different.

Each individual was basically a D rank, and was stronger than an orc of the same D rank.

In the first place, Orcs were assigned D rank because of their reproductive ability and unique strength, but other than that, they were closer to E rank.

Dire Wolves have good overall balance, and each individual is D-rank.

They are so good at group hunting that if they form a team of 5 or more, they are considered on the same level as C-rank monsters.

So of course it has to be strong.

In the end, the goblins had no choice but to fight with all their might.

The goblins, who had more allies, eventually won.

He even captured a few more dire wolves and kept them as slaves.

Of course, the goblins also suffered great losses in the process.

Dozens of goblins were killed, and the Goblin King’s child was especially seriously injured, which was a very fatal loss.

The higher species of goblin leaders are worldly only by blood.

Other than that, like the current Goblin King, we have no choice but to wait for a mutant to be born with a probability of 1 in a million.

In other words, the injury of a child who carries on King’s lineage is a very serious problem.

So he urgently ordered the shamans to prepare medicine.

However, anything made with the technology of a goblin was far from effective, and now they are barely surviving.

“Big…”

When the Goblin King saw his child bleeding and suffering, an idea occurred to him.

Unless the goblin shaman’s technology doesn’t work.

What about humans?

He knows what humans are like.

Before awakening as the Goblin King, I happened to see humans while wandering around in the forest.

Humans who radiate overwhelmingly strong energy.

As soon as I saw it, all I could think was to run away.

But did you say that if you are too afraid, your body becomes rigid?

My body couldn’t move properly.

Fortunately, a few of them were wounded, so they didn’t seem to notice the goblin.

Then, he saw.

Strong people spray something on their wounds and the wounds heal in an instant.

After becoming the Goblin King and leading shamans.

I found out that it was a ‘healing potion’ made by a shaman.

However, what the goblin shamans made did not achieve the level of performance seen back then.

Then there is only one answer.

To find a more powerful healing potion, you have no choice but to attack humans.

Not long ago, an incident occurred where the goblins sent to scout the outskirts died and did not return.

His skills weren’t at the level where he would die in the outskirts, but in that case, it was clear that humans had come.

The Goblin King was smart.

If you attack a human village while the damage caused by the battle with the dire wolf has not yet been resolved, it will inevitably be destroyed.

The strong people I saw back then… they couldn’t withstand even 10 people like that.

That’s why it targets humans who fearlessly enter the forest.

They know that even if they suddenly disappear, humans will not immediately come for revenge.

When you’re thinking like that.

“Kk! Kakakak!”

“Kigeek?”

A subordinate hurriedly came and reported the news of the intruder.

human.

They came.

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“It’s amazing. It’s just a fortress.”

Cumel laughed when he saw the huge castle wall made of logs, stones, and rocks.

It’s embarrassing that goblins built such a huge fortress.

It was worth it.

Speaking of goblins, even an untrained farmer can usually take on two or three of them.

Because it is recognized as the lowest F rank monster.

Its fighting power is worse than that of a wild dog.

However, they have built a fortress that is typical of orc colonies… no, even greater than that.

It was surprising.

“This makes it clear. The opponent is the Goblin King.”

“……”

As Cumel said.

As expected, it is a king-level force.

Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to build such a huge fortress.

Because there is no need to build it.

The situation has become quite heavy.

You can’t just think about your students’ classes.

‘If anything goes wrong, I’ll have to join in and sort things out.’

If it is the Goblin King, there is a high probability that it will soon increase its power and cause great damage to surrounding villages.

It is even more dangerous if you are raising orcs as slaves.

This needs to be sorted out before time goes by.

Larsen, who thought so, was thinking of joining the external training class and taking care of the goblins.

“I’ll end my admiration here. Let’s go in before the goblins notice.”

Schnero said and pointed to the top of the fortress.

“Keeek.”

“Kyaaagh.”

Above, goblins patrolled the log walls, carrying crude bows.

“Should I just blow it up?”

Schnero, who saw this, asked Cumel.

The proposal was to break down the fortress wall and enter using wide-range magic.

“No, that’s too dangerous. They will flock in an instant, and considering there will be over 300 of them, it is better to save your mana.”

“Okay.”

At Cumel’s words, Schnero immediately nodded.

The student party then wondered how to break through that fortress and get inside.

“How about taking it out altogether? If we fight internally, this side will probably be at a disadvantage.”

Lin and Schnero thought about Kumel’s suggestion for a while and decided that it would be best in the current situation.

In the current situation, it is difficult to sneak in and destroy it from the inside.

It’s not like they have the power to do that in the first place.

The only thing that can be eaten from the inside is Lin, but to be honest, Lin alone is too strong.

I’m trying to make a decision and move like that.

“…Can I make it easier for you to move?”

Edin intervened.

“Ah, it looks like the situation is getting serious. Can I give you a little help?”

Edin speaks shyly.

At his words, the students nodded.

“Yes. Any support is welcome.”

“We would be grateful if you could help us.”

Basically, teachers do not help students in external training unless it is a truly serious situation.

However, this is actually an exception situation, and it is only a matter of support rather than direct help.

It won’t be too much of a violation of the rules.