episode_0067

Chop-crack- Chop-ack-

The three move forward, clearing away the vines blocking the path with machetes. I didn’t notice it when I saw it from a distance, but as I got closer to the entrance of the cave, even Isabelle, who was not a Ronin, could smell the disgusting smell of blood.

I guess this was their base.

It definitely feels different from the colony of goblins I’ve shaken off so far. Not only was there no animals roaming around, but the closer we got, the more plants lost their strength and lowered their heads.

When other colonies were destroyed, something like the previous natural environment remained, and it felt like I had stepped into a polluted area.

“Hmm… . This is going to take a while… .”

Sylvia speaks while tying a martial arts bandage on her hand with her eyes fixed on the cave entrance. I have to go back now. They said that if I robbed them for no reason, they could be damned from above, but now they were fully prepared to destroy the cave.

“Are you okay with that body?”

“Hmm… . My body is still a little sore, but not to the point where I can’t fight. why? Tell me to rest again?”

“… no. it’s okay… . Time is running out, so let’s go quickly.”

Sylvia cracks her neck. I was going to tell her to stay here if she thought it wouldn’t work out, but she said so confidently that she could go, so I didn’t bother to stop her.

And what… .

If I had rested that much, everything would have been better.

The Ronin race is better than any other race in terms of stamina recovery.

In addition, I was treated with holy water, so if I lay down and slept like I was dead for an hour or two, I could say that I had already recovered more than I needed to.

So now I have to fight for as long as I can.

The three people arrived at the cave entrance without much conversation. A gloomy cave with no bottom or end in sight welcomed us with its mouth wide open.

“Deacon, be careful. From here on, it may be difficult for us to protect you.”

“Ah, yes… .”

Deacon Rachel gave a final warning that was not a warning, saying that the only way to return was now, but as expected, Deacon Rachel ignored such non-verbal expressions and followed her into the entrance. Isabelle accepted the dark darkness with her whole body, thinking that it would take care of itself.

“Silvia, do you see something?”

“Hmm, not yet… . But be careful. Because you never know when and where they will appear.”

Sylvia, who has bright eyes at night, is the first to go scouting. Usually, there are one or two goblins standing guard near the entrance, but Sylvia, who checked roughly inside, said that she didn’t see a single goblin.

what? Are they all hiding inside?

The damage they had done was so great that they seemed to have abandoned the entrance and gone inside to hide.

Even if they hadn’t kidnapped Priest Isaiah, they would never have known whether he was hiding here or where he ran away, and it was a stupid mistake on their part to not only take him away but also leave traces behind them.

This time, I’ll just have to dry the seed so it won’t come out again.

Finding the priest is part of finding him, but now that this has happened, I have to find and exterminate all the goblins who are hiding.

That’s because there are no monsters that cause as much direct damage to the village as these guys.

If possible, I planned to completely destroy the seeds so that not a single one could escape.

Oh, of course, the first priority is rescuing the priest.

Exterminating them is what happens after that.

As we entered the cave, our eyes gradually became dark-adapted. Things that were previously invisible gradually began to come into view.

“Woo-eup… . What is this… . All corpses?”

The sound of Deacon Rachel gagging could be heard from behind, as if she was surprised to see a corpse rolling on the floor. Perhaps it was too much for her, who had spent her entire life attending church, and her vision was severely shaken.

By the way, I killed a lot of people… .

From the bones of wild animals to the bones of humans who died without knowing when they died. There was evidence that they had made various weapons and tools with it.

As a bonus, the bones of large animals were displayed here and there as if they were trophies, so it looked no different from a cannibal’s den.

“Wait a minute, sister, there’s a crossroads.”

“Huh?”

Two paths appeared in front of Sylvia, who went ahead. As we continued walking, we stopped in the center.

“What should I do? I think it’s being divided here… .”

“Smell, can’t you tell by the smell?”

Sylvia put her nose in front and sniffed at Isabelle’s words. He narrowed his eyes slightly and tilted his head as if something was wrong.

“No… . I can’t find it because of the goblins’ smell.”

Fuck… . I don’t have time, but I uselessly make people suffer.

However, it would take too much time to go in and check each one one by one… I don’t know if it was a reasonably small cave, but it was deep and large, so it seemed like it would take several days to look around it all.

I was planning on going with the deacon because there was a deacon there, but there was no choice here… .

“We should split it up.”

There may be a little more risk, but it was faster this way. In an urgent situation where the priest did not know when, where, or what might happen, there was no time to band together and move around.

The problem is who will take the deacon… .

“Really? I will take the deacon with me.”

Sylvia responded by crossing her arms, as if she could see through Isabel’s intentions. He took one look at Deacon Rachel, who was standing distantly behind him, and spoke again.

“Because I can smell and I’m used to the dark. I think it would be better for you to be with me.”

“Okay. Then do that.”

For that reason, I have nothing to say. Actually, in the current environment, Sylvia had an advantage. It’s not like I’ve done this once or twice, so I thought I’d be fine with it.

When permission was given, Sylvia looked away. After roughly assessing the situation, Deacon Rachel immediately followed her.

“Let’s go this way.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Before long, the two disappear into the darkness. I was a little anxious as I disappeared from sight, but I soon came to my senses and focused on rescuing the priest.

shit… . Where are you?

It’s amazing that I ran this far away in such a short period of time, but I ended up in a place like this… . Even though it was a hobgoblin, I thought it was probably hiding somewhere in the woods, in a remote ruin or something. From what I heard, there was only one animal left, and I wondered how far a homeless person could go.

However, I arrived at a place that was completely different from what I expected, and now I was so exhausted that my whole body ached.

Kirrr-

Kir-

As I continued to move forward without knowing the way, I finally heard the goblin’s cries. It echoed throughout the wide cave and reached Isabel’s ears.

First of all, are they two guys?

Instead of making a sound, Isabel quickly runs and hides under the stalactites that have grown around her. As I just peeked my head out and waited, a disgusting green monster appeared from the darkness.

Crrr-

Crrr-

Are there any more?

If you attack too hastily, things could get complicated. Sylvia said there were at least 20 of them in here, so if they couldn’t breathe all at once, the scattered ones might come together.

Well, it seems certain that there is nothing more… .

Luckily, there are only two machetes, as many as the heads of those guys.

Boom- Boom-

Isabel grabbed the string at the end of the machete and started turning it with both hands. Holding my breath so as not to lose my balance, I threw two machetes at the guy’s head.

Whoop-

Sigh- Sigh-

Crunch-

Tsk-

Two machetes that hit the guys’ heads exactly. She smashed the skull, which was impenetrable with normal strength, with two meager weapons.

“Ha… . My wrist hurts… .”

Isabel quickly sends them to the other world before they can even make a sound. I grabbed my sore wrist and walked over to them to retrieve my weapon.

We fought too much… .

Is it because you swing your wrist to its limit? I feel a stabbing pain down below. It seems like my body is sending me a signal that I need to stop fighting, but since I said I would save him, I was a little hesitant to do that. When a woman says two things with one mouth… . No matter how much I thought about it, it wasn’t cool.

Sigh- Sigh-

Isabel pulls out two machetes stuck in her head. I was just about to shake off the dirty brain matter and move forward again, holding my breath.

Crrr-

“Huh?”

Kwasik-

My body reacted before my head even turned. She jumped backwards, kicking the ground as she felt the horror of life, and something that looked like a large club fell where she was originally standing, scattering debris around her.

what?

After confirming that there were only two people, we moved. I was careful and careful that I might get caught and become tired, but it seems I got caught by a nice guy.

“Keuheuk… .”

Isabelle regains her balance and takes a few steps back to increase the distance between herself and the guy. As an unwanted situation arose, I clicked my tongue and glared harshly at the guy.

Hobgoblin… .

I don’t know how they knew and took me by surprise, but with that I just missed my chance to kill him.

That’s right… .

From now on, there will be no way that the club he swings will touch my body.