5-6
The Strange Tome Says "Become
Light"
Translator : PolterGlast
Following that, I began additional construction on the moat.
What I’m doing is simple. Just expanding it into a deeper and wider moat to
perfect the village’s defenses.
Well, even if I explain it, it’s just boring, monotonous
work. Behind my immersion, the villagers, having gained water, were united and
proceeding with preparations for interception.
They will definitely come. Once the village is fortified,
they can never plunder again. From their perspective, it could be said to be
their last chance.
Then, before evening, perhaps having finished reorganizing
on their side as well, the Goblin army appeared again, this time in
front of the West Gate. As soon as the report reached me, who was doing
construction on the East Gate side, I ran through the village hurriedly with my
escort, Lucky-san.
“Shinza-dono. It’s late to say this, but for the
guild request, yesterday’s war results were more than enough. The moment you
took care of fifty-some Goblins and a Hobgoblin in that battle,
you could have gone home. You are the second adventurer to do this much for the
village.”
“I doubt it, but don't tell me the first one was Sigrun
of the Black Horns?”
“You know of Sigrun-sama?!”
“...Maybe I shouldn't have asked. Yeah, well, we're
acquaintances. I guess we both think the other is weird, but we get along
okay.”
“I’ll hear the rest later. Shinza-dono, so what is
the plan?”
“You command from inside, I charge. That is all.”
With a moat, it becomes difficult for the dwarfed Goblins
to breach the defensive wall. So they primitively chose a stone-throwing
strategy. They threw gathered pebbles at us who were holed up.
At the same time, it seems some of them are sticking to the
wall from the bottom of the moat, trying to breach it by using their comrades
as stepping stones. I went around obstructing that futile struggle after
crossing the defensive wall. Running around the bottom of the moat, I crushed
the Goblins clinging to the wall.
Our strategy is the same as last time. Lure them until the Hobgoblin
reveals itself, and once it appears, snipe it all at once.
Until that time came, I, the decoy, simply rampaged at the
bottom of the moat.
“Found it! I’m going to let it get closer before I shoot! Shinza, it’s heading your way!”
As expected, her eyes are good. Kachua discovered the
target. When I climbed out of the moat, indeed, it was charging towards me.
Moreover, it’s not just one; there are two. One of them is remarkably huge.
“Shoot!!”
That is also the same as before. A barrage of arrows
assailed the Hobgoblins guided to the moth trap. The one on the right
died instantly from it; the one on the left survived with just one arrow each
piercing its shoulder and abdomen, using a fellow Goblin as a shield.
“It’s running! Shoot, shoot, shoot!”
Further arrows aimed at the target, but the dwarfed imps
made themselves shields to protect their master. If let go, they will attack us
again. Even if I have to chase it deep, I want to end its life here.
So even though it went out of arrow range, I chased it,
knowing the danger. Striking down the swarm of minions trying to block my path,
I plunged into the forest, hot on the heels of that massive, conspicuous giant.
The risk paid off, and I managed somehow. Well, as a result,
I was surrounded by the Hobgoblin bleeding blue blood from its wounds
and the Goblins following it. Their target is me; it was a natural
judgment on their part.
“Let’s settle this. Cursed sub-race, you should be reborn as
a human next time.”
It surely won't get through, but I say it anyway. Then they
also said something, just like me. However, our language systems seem
completely different, and conversation with them doesn't hold up. No matter how
much scholars tried to decipher it, apparently, their words didn't constitute
words.
I don't know if they gained confidence from the
encirclement, but I knocked away the Goblins swarming me. Dodging the Great
Maul unleashed by the Hobgoblin's giant body by a hair's breadth, I
scraped away the ground where he would step next with my Shovel.
Success. He fell forward and exposed his defenseless back to
me. Knowing the danger, I jumped onto that back, and then thrust the Shovel
aiming for the artery in the neck.
Violent blood spray rose, and the giant monster rampaged.
Intending to take me down with him, he swung the Great Maul down again,
so I severed its wooden handle.
Perhaps due to blood loss, he finally exhausted his
strength. His movements dulled. So for the final touch, I whacked his profile
with the Shovel, and the giant body sank to the earth.
As expected, Georg is far stronger. When I stepped
onto the Hobgoblin's corpse without even disordering my breathing, the demihumans
who lost their master immediately lost their aggression and fled with screams
at once.
Then, noticing new footsteps, it was Vigilante Corps Captain
Lucky-san. He seemed surprised, eyes wide open, at the corpse I trampled
on for intimidation.
Certainly, well, looking at it calmly, it is strangely huge
for a Hobgoblin...
“Did you slay it... the Hobgoblin Leader...?!”
“Huh. So that's why it
was so freakishly big... I don't really get it, but is it sort of like a fish that
gets a new name when it grows up?”
According to the story I heard later, it was a special
individual called a Hobgoblin Leader that had grown older, which even Sigrun
had to give up on defeating because it never came to the front.
Well anyway, the Tome of the Evil Dragon shone, and I
glowed pale blue as usual. With this, the reason to stay in this village is
gone. It’s regrettable, but maybe it’s time.
— Adventure —
- 【Save Corin Village】 (Completed)
- Completion
Reward: STR +5 / Scoop LV +1
/ EXP 200 (Received)
- “Have
you finally understood what kind of power you have obtained, Ashley? You
are not the darkness of the Empire; you can become the light known as a
Hero.”
— Adventure —
- 【Complete 3 Jobs at the
Adventurer's Guild】 (1 Completed)
- Completion
Reward: EXP 450 / ???
- “Pick
an easy one next time. I can't wait forever for completion.”
— Table of Contents —
- 【Name】 Ashley
- 【Lv】 14 → 16
- 【Exp】 1655 → 1855
- 【STR】 34 → 36 → 41
- 【VIT】 105 → 110
- 【DEX】 95 → 99
- 【AGI】 80 → 82
- 【Skill】 Shovel LV 3.5
/ Scoop LV 1
- “Now,
Hero of Corin Village, Ashley, return to the Imperial Capital in triumph.
I’m getting tired of seeing nothing but forests.”
It seems I have obtained the power of Scoop LV 1. Of
course, I don't happen to carry a Scoop. In the first place, what in the
world is Scoop LV 1 anyway?
By Scoop (shaberu), you mean the small ones
for gardening, right, Zirant? Spare me the unnecessary lecture and
explain that first... Which Scoop are you talking about...
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