episode_0078

Since ancient times, I have heard that a man’s confidence is based on his lower abdomen.

I tend to agree with that.

Because in order to satisfy women, you have to have a great lower body.

In that sense, the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil is a very useful and rare fruit that many men would covet.

However, we should not hastily judge it based on its effectiveness alone.

That’s because the horns of male goblins are excessively large.

The female goblin’s horns alone are astounding, but the male’s groin, which had been bulging since the beginning, was much enlarged.

This means evolving to a size that makes it impossible to wear pants.

Unfortunately, I didn’t want to walk around the world with my bottoms off like a goblin.

That’s why I had no choice but to hit the tops of Alaina and Stella’s heads.

“Woo, the weapon turned into a person?”

“This is a truly rare scene. I never thought I would come across a weapon like my clan’s bat again!”

“Yes? Is it possible that the goblin’s bat also turns into a human?”

“It’s not called a magic bat for nothing. Our ancestors were delighted with the magic wand’s skills and valued it very much.”

“Can I meet that magic bat?”

As can be seen by looking at Stella, which was an ordinary iron sword, when the sword accumulates a certain level of rank, ego sprouts.

At first, if you build up more short answers and cases, you will be able to speak various languages, and after that, you will be reborn as a complete person.

While wandering the world like this, there were often swords that gained character by accumulating rank just as much as Stella.

In general, the sword held by the teacher, Geomje, was like that.

However, becoming a person did not mean that they could change into humans.

There was no sword that could polymorph, and not even the master’s sword had ever turned into a human.

But strangely enough, all the swords that had a direct relationship with me were wearing polymorphs.

I dismissed the swords I had sold in the past as a coincidence, but even Stella, whom I met afterwards, appeared before me in the form of a woman.

There must be some connection between me and my polymorph abilities.

I wanted to find out somehow, but there was no place anywhere that could answer my curiosity.

‘I think there’s a power that gives me polymorph abilities! ‘Maybe this is a good thing?’

How will the world view me as I say these things?

The future was drawn without even having to imagine it.

A swordsman who went crazy. This was the title I would be called next.

Anyway, I gave up on having to remain skeptical, but here I heard unexpected news.

A goblin’s magic bat with polymorph abilities like my swords.

If you talk to the magic bat, you may learn Polymorph’s secret.

With such hope in mind, I asked the village chief to arrange a meeting, but sad news came back.

“Unfortunately, I can’t meet you right now.”

“You can’t easily show your precious treasure to a stranger whose intentions are unclear, right?”

“That is not the reason, it is because the magic bat is not currently in the village.”

“Yes? The goblin’s treasure isn’t in the village?”

“Three years ago, the magic bat said it was tired of our persistent goblins and left the village, following a human who happened to be passing by.”

“Is it okay to hand over the one and only magic bat like that? … .”

“We can’t ignore the wishes of such a precious magic bat, right?”

It wasn’t wrong, so I was somewhat confused.

If it has been stolen by another force, all you have to do is come up with a justification and go get it back.

However, since he left of his own accord, his location was not even known, let alone a way to bring him to the goblin village.

In the end, I had no choice but to travel around the eastern countries and hope for a chance encounter.

“Could you tell us what the magic wand looked like and which human it followed?”

“I am willing to provide such information, but isn’t there a process that must be followed first?”

An apple mixed with white and black was placed in the village chief’s hand.

The color of the fruit’s skin was already showing off that I was the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

The moment I consume that fruit, I have to assume that my only underwear is undergarments.

“Reveal your inclination with the tree of good and evil, or if you don’t like it… … .”

The village chief suddenly took out a pitch-black gamtu from the closet in the corner of the room.

Then he came towards me and naturally placed it on my head.

“Have you ever heard of Goblin Gamtu?”

“Yes.”

A relic that makes the entire body transparent when worn on the head, and is another treasure of the goblin.

I heard that it is an artifact that becomes invisible by completely dissolving into the air rather than being transparent due to the refraction of light.

Therefore, if the Goblin Gamtu is not damaged, no one in the world will be able to find the wearer.

“Could it be that the Gamtu above my head is the goblin Gamtu?”

“If it were genuine, we wouldn’t even be able to have a conversation like we do now.”

“Then what is the reason for putting a gamtu that has no effect on my head?”

“You must have heard from Aga that we goblins are a race that lives and dies in happiness. So, if you want to be recognized by goblins, shouldn’t you play with us?”

“It means that if you win the game, you will accept it even if you don’t eat the tree of knowledge of good and evil.”

The village chief shook his head and expressed his intention in the affirmative.

I wasn’t used to playing with grown adults, but compared to having to bear the burden of Ha’s disappearance, this was a bit more comfortable.

“Consider the ordinary gambit given to you as a gambit from a goblin, and run away or hide hard to avoid being caught by the goblin. If you don’t surrender until half a day has passed, you win.”

“It’s not over once you get caught, right?”

“Since all the goblins in the village are taggers, considering fairness, we can tolerate them even if they are caught multiple times.”

“I wonder if it’s becoming too easy for an ordeal… … .”

“However, if you are caught by a tagger, you must accept the penalty given by the tagger without resisting!”

“Penalty?”

“Yes, penalty… !”

The village chief goblin with a meaningful smile.

As she uttered the word punishment, her horns began to twitch and tremble.

I don’t know what the penalty was, but it looked very dangerous.

“I will give up the ordeal and leave the village.”

“As long as you use your courage, there is no right to veto.”

“This was put on by the village chief!”

“You should have rejected it from the moment I tried to put it on you.”

“It’s purely absurd! I’ll just leave!”

The moment when you are about to throw away your courage.

The village chief’s hand stopped my arm.

“Can you handle it? The ordeal will end in just half a day, but if you leave in your current state, you will be chased by our goblins for the rest of your life, right?”

A warning that is no different from a threat.

At the same time, looking at the village chief’s horns getting bigger and bigger, I got goosebumps on my skin.

I was free when I came in, but not when I left, so I was already trapped.

[Owner, if you want to live, run away!]

***

“That’s amazing, I never thought I’d run away without being caught even once.”

As a result, I passed the ordeal safely.

He survived for half a day without being caught by the goblins even once.

However, if you were to say that the ordeal was easy, that is not the case.

There were quite a few dangerous moments, and sometimes when I tried to rest, goblins caught me off guard and tried to catch me.

In particular, the chase on the flat ground was something I would never forget.

Me running hard to survive and the goblins chasing me with fierce force.

How can you not be afraid when red, blue, and green-skinned humans are chasing you with their horns rattling?

The number was well over 100, so it was terrifying.

What would have happened if I had been caught even once for my mistake… … I was afraid to even imagine it.

“Heo Eok… ! Huh… ! Poetry, now that you have passed the ordeal, please tell me about the magic wand!”

“The magic bat is a wooden club that is well over 1 meter long and has bumpy protrusions sticking out here and there, so you will know it right away when you see it.”

“Who is the person followed by the bat?”

“I can’t explain who it was because I don’t know the details, but it had characteristics that made it different from ordinary humans.”

“What is that?”

“His entire body, including his face, was full of scars as if he had been slashed with a knife, and he carried swords as many as the number of scars.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, how can we forget the geek who got excited and said that if you treat the bat like a sword, it will become a sword when you express concern about letting go of the magic bat?”

“… … I understand.”

I didn’t really ask this question out of suspicion.

Rather, it was to gain confidence by having a guessing person.

And the conclusion came from the village chief’s explanation.

‘Didn’t you say that Master was in the Eastern Country?’

I remembered the time I had a conversation with Hibana.

It is said that Hibana changed the law to allow marriage with a sword, and upon hearing this news, the teacher came to the East.

And then I heard that they were living happily in a harem with swords in the Eastern Kingdom.

“Ha… ! There’s a lot to do.”

Ever since I came to the Eastern Kingdom, I had been debating whether to meet my teacher or not, but a reason to meet him finally came up.

The human the village chief mentioned had characteristics that matched my teacher.

A swordsmith who loves swords so much that if there is a sword he likes, he will leave scars on his skin with that sword.

There was a strong possibility that he had become the new owner of the magic wand.

So I had to go see Hibana and my teacher, but there was one thing I had to take care of before that.

They destroy the Sen family and the Heuksaldae and feed the demons.

I decided to focus only on that for now.