Friendly Reincarnator Chapter 38: Scouting Quest

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 The next morning at the guild I checked the quest board for F and E-ranks.

 

 

 By moving up to F-rank, I could take on quests up to E-rank.

 

 That meant I could now also take orders for subjugating the monsters in the West Forest.

 

 

 While I was mainly looking for monster subjugation in the West Forest, what caught my attention on the quest board was the investigation of a Goblins’ Nest.

 

 Goblins are green “child” like monsters that I defeated when I went digging for materials in Vista Village and when coming to Lotus Town, and if they are not armed, they don’t have much fighting power and are one of the most numerous small fry monsters.

 

 

 When I asked Sophia-san about the details of this quest, she told me that it was not a quest to defeat the monsters, but to grasp their location, situation, and scale, and to report back to her.

 

 The reward was a meager five silver coins, but it was just right for me, who wanted to be safe first.

 

 

 I went out the east gate and headed for the forest. There was a high possibility that a nest had been established in the direction south of the East Forest, so they were planning to conduct an investigation first and recruit a temporary party to take down the nest once the size of the nest was confirmed.

 

 If the nest is large enough, the worst-case scenario is that there is a higher-level goblin species, so they are only ordering a survey as a quest.

 

 

 By the way, I remembered that when I came from Vista village, I encountered a goblin who was armed with a breastplate.

 

 

 I decided to accept the order, thinking that I could run faster than before with my magic, that I could use exploration magic, and that if I should encounter many goblins, I could just run away.

 

 When approaching the nest, I would ask Huey to shrink and investigate.

 

 

 After checking my equipment, I went out of the east gate and went south from the road junction near the forest, using the [Enhancement Magic] to strengthen my body.

 

 From here, I use [Exploration] to eliminate any presence of the monsters as I proceed.

 

 After proceeding a little further, two monsters were confirmed by [Exploration].

 

 Just to be safe, I instructed Huey to approach them in a smaller size.

 

 

 “Huey, are those monsters goblins?” (Louis)

 

 (Yeah, the two goblins are carrying a sack.) (Huey)

 

 (A sack? What’s in it?) (Louis)

 

 “Huey, be careful and follow the goblins. I’ll follow after a little distance. ” (Louis)

 

 (I understood.) (Louis)

 

 

 I decided to follow him at a certain distance while continuing the exploration magic.

 

 A few minutes later, a telepathic message came from Huey.

 

 

 (Louis, more goblins.) (Huey)

 

 “Do you know how many are there?” (Louis)

 

 (I do not know.) (Huey)

 

 “Well, just stay hidden. I’ll catch up with you soon.” (Louis)

 

 

 I caught up with Huey and peeked at the goblins while hiding. There were about 10 goblins within sight, but they were all wearing loincloths and breastplates and carrying swords.

 

 

 They may have been taken from adventurers, or they may not be the right size, but I could tell that they had learned that wearing them would increase their defense and attack power.

 

 

 At a glance, there are five tent-like dwellings made of trees and tree branches at the back of the goblins’ area.

 

 The one at the far end is a larger tent, which is probably where the boss is.

 

 

 The goblins were carrying sacks and after dropping the bags on the ground with a loud thud, a yell came from inside, and goblins came out from the blind spot in the back of the tent.

 

 I was wondering if there were 40 goblins, when two large goblins, one head bigger than a human adult, came out of a large tent at the far end, along with a small group of goblins that looked like a small group of goblins.

 

 The two goblins looked at each other and walked toward each other with an atmosphere as if they were having a conversation.

 

 

 Could they be the higher species? There are about 50 of them in total, but I just need to check on them and get away from here.

 

 When I turned around to check for a way out, I heard the loudest cries from the goblins, and I turned around to see a human woman who seemed to have ripped free from the sack.

 

 

 I hesitated for a moment.

 

 

 This quest is not about defeating them. Can I rescue her by myself? But would it be moral to leave her alone?

 

 In a split second, I saw the woman’s clothes ripped open, and my indignation swelled as I walked out in front of the goblins.

 

 

 The goblins were monsters that didn’t understand a word I was saying.

 

 

 I thought about a trajectory to as not to hit the woman with the stone gravels and shot tose off.

 

 The goblins couldn’t respond because I attacked almost at the same time as I showed up, and as far as I could see, the 10 bodies on the right side and the 10 bodies on the left side were blown away screaming “Gyiii” as they died.

 

 Some of them had their bodies torn off by stones that had penetrated through them.

 

 

 Furthermore, when I shot the stone gravels to the right side in haste, it hit them as intended, but it seemed that two or three of them just got knocked over without dying.

 

 

 Pulling a dagger from my waist, I ran under the woman and stabbed the goblin that was clinging to her, dragging the woman out of her position.

 

 

 He instructed Huey to return to his original size and escort the woman away from this location.

 

 Huey quickly took the woman on and hid in the bushes away from me.

 

 

 As I exhaled in relief, the goblins came at me with swords, but I calmly ducked and took their arms and threw them.

 

 Was it because of wild intuition? They were good at finding any opening.

 

 The timing of their attack was perfect, but since they were smaller than me, I was able to throw them high and far.

 

 

 Seeing the space between me and the goblins, I took out a large number of rocks and gravel from my [Infinite Storage] and sent them flying around me in random directions, and also summoned a Magic Shield.

 

 I then expanded the stone gravel’s orbit and form a small tornado.

 

 It seems that I was able to defeat all the smaller goblins.

 

 

 Now it’s time for the bigger goblins.

 

 

 I was watching them from behind as I fight the smaller goblins, but one of them walked out with a club-like weapon, probably because the rest were all defeated.

 

 The goblin behind him was holding a wooden staff.

 

 

 I don’t think it’s already a fact, but the monster behind in the vanguard is a rearguard that uses magic, right? As I was being cautious, the goblin behind it shouted something and a fireball flew toward me.

 

 

 I ducked the fireball and was knocked off my feet when a club fell on me.

 

 I evaded as I rolled, and the club continued to swing down on me.

 

 

 couldn’t help but take a big step away and exhale.

 

 Hmmm, is it because it is a higher species? It’s intelligent, and it works together as expected.

 

 

 I hit it straight with rocks and gravel, but it defended itself with its club.

 

 The goblin behind it guarded itself with the smaller goblins’ corpses and then counter-attacked me with fireballs.

 

 I would be clubbed if I got too close, and a fireball would come toward me if I got too far away.

 

 

 I wanted to throw the vanguard or engage it in close combat. However, honestly, against someone who was huge and had the physical strength to wield a massive club, it would be a dangerous situation.

 

 The odds are against me, and the goblin behind it who uses magic is quite the nuisance.

 

 

 I flew rocks and gravel on a counterclockwise trajectory at the two goblins at the same time.

 

 At the same time as I was throwing the rocks, I conjured water with [Life Magic] to the goblin behind. Soon, the ball of water was the size of a bus and was falling.

 

 It fell down, unable to even stand up due to the torrent of water, which must have been about 10 tons of water, and it stretched its arms against the ground, not knowing whether they were broken or dislocated, it was unable to hold on to its staff and dropped it.

 

 As it was still trying to stand up unsteadily, I sent a blast of stone and debris towards it.

 

 

 The goblin wielding the club looked behind at the sound of water falling on the goblin that used the magic behind.

 

 I didn’t miss the chance, I blasted a few bowling ball-sized stones into its belly.

 

 

 The goblin wielding the club collapsed as a gaping hole appeared in its belly.

 

 

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