Chapter 43 - Goblin Army

The moment they heard the bell, Aran frowned and looked at Albert. "It seems your information is right. I want to ask you about Alisa's whereabouts, but that's not important right now. We need to intercept those goblins outside.

"They would do so many things if they came inside, so yeah… I need to go outside right now." Aran sighed and raised his spear.

Albert looked at Aran and checked his status.

Name: Aran

Race: Blue Cyclops

Level: 51

Gender: Male

"…" He was speechless, realizing why he was respected by the people in this town. He was the strongest person he had ever met, yet he was also the most humble person.

Albert suddenly opened his mouth and raised his voice. "Let me fight too."

"Oh, right. You're strong according to Alisa. Your help is certainly needed." Aran nodded. "Follow me."

"Yes."

Before leaving, Aran shouted on top of his lungs, so everyone could hear him. "Listen to me! Those who can fight will come together with me. There is a lack of information right now, but it can wait.

"We need to defend ourselves from the goblins first. If we let them in, this town will face a disaster.

"No matter what, we're going to defeat them. Everyone, follow me to the gate!" Aran started moving toward the gate.

Suddenly, cheers erupted as they followed Aran as if they planned to defeat the goblins.

Albert observed them from behind and thought, 'This town is small. Its population alone is around eight hundred according to my prediction. And only around a hundred fifty people will fight… Can we do it? No, the goblins are relatively low level, so we should stand a chance.'

They hurriedly stormed the gate as Aran met several people outside.

"We barely checked the situation, but we believe they're going to attack us head-on. Just have the people inside to prepare if the goblins try to burn the wooden wall from other sides."

"Alright. I got it. Tell Sariel about the situation and mobilize our people inside. The rest are going to fight the goblins together with me from the front."

"Understood."

After talking with them, Aran looked at the sky and smiled. "A full bright moon… It's perfect for fighting like this."

Albert was watching how the others were staring into the woods, trying to locate the goblins. He, on the other hand, had a quite bright vision even during the night. It seemed like his race had this kind of feature.

When the goblins first made their appearance, someone shouted. "I have spotted goblins."

That shout grabbed everyone's attention as they turned their head around.

"!!!"

More and more goblins came into their visions.

"There are around 500 goblins!" Someone shouted, roughly calculating their numbers.

"No… 600…" Another person corrected him while looking around.

"It's 700." Another one stated.

"It's 800." Aran finally gave the final number as they soon realized the goblins didn't seem to be increasing anymore.

Albert, on the other hand, frowned his eyebrows when he saw the Horny Targets.

Because there were also female adventurers that were planning to defend the city, the goblin felt aroused, increasing the number.

[Horny Targets: 1001]

"…" Albert knew that this number included the people from the town, but there were still close to 900 goblins around them.

He thought, 'Bonkey, I think I can finish the two missions immediately.'

[Are you sure? You should take a look at the people around you and the goblins themselves.]

"Huh?" Albert frowned and did as he was told.

Name: Abigail

Race: One-horned Oni

Level: 13

Gender: Male

Name: Shin

Race: Ogre

Level: 14

Gender: Male

…

…

…

He saw a few of them and tried to compare them to the goblins.

Name: No Name

Race: Goblin

Level: 2

Gender: Male

Name: No Name

Race: Goblin

Level: 1

Gender: Male

"…" Albert was speechless as he thought, "Is this going to be a massacre?"

[Probably. Even if all you need to do is to touch them with your bat, it will be hard if you don't get any targets to bonk.]

"I need to hit them as soon as possible then." Albert nodded, realizing that the goblins might have superior numbers, but they were certainly not stronger than them.

"Kiki…"

"Kikii…"

The goblins' voices began to echo around the town. They were wielding their wooden clubs, knives, or even swords they found.

Suddenly, Aran raised his hand, stopping all of them. "Goblin General?"

A bigger goblin suddenly emerged from within and made his presence known. His height was twice as the normal goblin and his body was big. He wielded a glaive that matched his build and looked at all the adventurers.

Albert took a step back and frowned, never seeing a goblin like this. He immediately saw his status.

Name: Youl

Race: Goblin (General)

Level: 31

Gender: Male

'Hmm… The level is quite high, but Aran should have no problem killing him. I should focus on getting Bonk Bites instead of a powerful opponent, I guess…' Albert thought for a moment.

The Goblin General shocked the adventurers as they never expected to see a powerful goblin leading the entire army.

"No need to be afraid," Aran shouted and looked at the Goblin General, who had yet to order the goblins to attack.

"I will handle the Goblin General. The rest of you are going to eliminate the rest of the goblins. Make sure you don't fight too far from the town as we can't afford to have them wreak havoc inside the town." Aran shouted, instructing everyone.

As if he could understand what Aran planned to do, he shouted at the same time as Aran.

"Attack (Kiiiki)!"