Volume 2 - CH 168

Jigul managed to recover, and we were making our way through the forest toward the area where the goblins were located.

It seemed that the mana potion I gave Jigul had a positive effect, and he was able to go to work a few hours earlier than usual.

Maybe I should stock up on mana potions next time.

It seems that drinking the mana potion causes different kind of effects, but I’ll just have to let him get used to it.

It would be good to get used to it so that we can be prepared for any unexpected situations.

“Ueeh…….”

“You want another one?”

“That thing is not a beverage!”

“That’s…… understandable.”

It certainly isn’t the taste of the beverage.

It is a potion that restores magic power with a certain amount of potency at the cost of its flavor, which, is probably a good thing in terms of functionality……

However, how does it restore magic power?

I’ll have to ask an specialist about such things, since there seems to be no other way to find the answer.

Well, it’s about time we reached our destination.

“Is it around here?”

“Yeah. I heard we have to raid the nests, but it’s too dangerous, so we can only thin out the ones that are outside of the nest. Even if we raid the nests, they seem to come back out of nowhere.”

“He-h.”

We are completely in the middle of the forest, so the visibility is not so good.

However, visibility is of little concern to me, so I scout a radius of a few dozen meters as usual. …… There are a lot of people out there.

I don’t think either the other party or Jigul noticed it, so I’m not going to tell him yet.

It would be good for them to be aware of this kind of thing.

Since Jigul is the main star this time, it would be better to stay out of the way as much as possible.

The number of them this time is about …… 10 or so.

This means that even if they don’t notice us until later, we should be able to deal with them without any problem.

That is unless I make a move.

“Hmm?”

Jigul is tilting his head in the direction of the goblins.

He seems to have noticed them, but I guess he is doubtful about it.

“Nii-san, did you notice them?”

“Since a while ago.”

“Why didn’t you tell me!?”

Jigal…if you raise your voice like that…..

“Gya gyah!”

“Gu gyah!”

“Dude……”

“……sorry”

Welp….. We’ve been found out……

Jigul, ma boi. Are you perhaps a cautious person or just plain bold.

The goblins came running toward us at once.

We finally spotted them, but they were wearing very crude weapons and armor.

I wondered how they could even think of fighting with these, but as I recall, goblins are not the brainy type…….

“Well, good luck. I’ll watch.”

“Ehh! Please help me!”

“This is your request. I’ll help you if you’re in danger.”

“Okay then ……”

Slightly annoyed, Jigul pulls out the longsword on his back and takes up a ready stance.

The goblin’s movements are neither fast nor slow, so if he is handled them calmly, he should be able to handle it.

Besides, they are not in unison.

They are running after each other in an attempt to quickly take out the enemy, but since the speed at which they run differs from one another, the result is that they are spread out in a long and narrow formation.

I observed Jigul’s movements, considering that this was a way of fighting that did not take advantage of sheer numbers.

He takes advantage of the length of his sword and takes a thrusting stance, but then, perhaps having second thoughts, he quickly changes his stance and sets his sword aside so that he can make a full swing.

Then he concentrates and waits for his opponent to attack.

As soon as one of the goblins came close enough to him, he lashed out with his long sword to the side with all his might.

With the goblin’s weapon, he had to strike wider, so Jigul beheaded the goblin in what was the almost safe way to strike the goblin.

A perfectly timed strike.

Yet, the momentum of running remained, so he had to be careful of the incoming enemies and attacks that flew straight at him, but the goblin was very light or fell in the direction where the head was blown off, so there seemed to be no danger of being injured.

“Nice! One down!”

“Stay on your guard.”

“I know!”

Jigul calmly deals with another goblin rushing at him, one after another, while swinging his sword and knocking down more goblins.

Excellent movements.

The longsword is heavy, and although each strike is slower, a large swing can create a fatal blow.

Besides, Jigul’s body is still small and he is not yet able to fully use that sword, but he was able to use the centrifugal force of the sword swing to spin around and derive a second and third blow.

It was a good move in that it didn’t kill momentum, although it would have made me dizzy if I did it.

It’s a tactic that you can’t do if there are too many of them…….

And since the enemy this time is a weak goblin, it is possible to fight in this way.

“Two more!”

After killing eight goblins, Jigul points his sword at the last two.

The two approached Jigul at about the same time, so it was a two-on-one fight. …… One of the goblins acted strangely.

The other one ignored him and came running towards me.

Jigul noticed this and kept his eyes on the one goblin that was coming toward him and called out to me to be careful.

“Nii-san! There’s one going your way!”

“Yea, no worry.”

Well, I guess I should have left it up to Jigul.

I also wanted to fight this kind of weak enemy.

But Jigul didn’t look away.

Maybe it was because he knew it was going my way, or maybe it was just intuition, I don’t know, but looking away is really dangerous.

So, how do I take down this goblin?

I could use my skills, but …… I think I’ll try using my sword here.

“KageOrochi, I choose you.”

I pull out KageOrochi and point the tip of the sword at the goblin with a light stance.

The goblin, holding a club in one hand, swung the club up with the momentum of his run and brought it down on me at just the right moment.

I cut the club off with a downward slash, then quickly turned my wrist and cut off the goblin’s head.

The goblin fell down and stopped moving.

If it was in the form of a snake,…… no, if it was in the form of a monster,….. I would eat it, but I don’t know how it is…….I can’t bring myself to eat it at all.

Goblins are definitely unpalatable.

I think I’ll just have to settle for the experience I get in human form here.

【No experience gained】 

Wha-.

Excuse me, voice of heaven. Nah, damn lexicon.

I would be very happy if you could explain it again in detail.

Why can’t I get experience?

[If you defeat a monster whose level is too low, you cannot get experience points. This is the same even if you are in the form of a monster]

Aww come on!

Dude!!! Where the hell are the monsters that would raise the level with me right now!

For real! Are you serious?

Are you kidding me? …… Is such a thing actually a thing? …… for god sake…….

So it doesn’t matter if I eat it either. …… I wonder if that’s why I didn’t have an appetite for it. ……

Eeeeeh, …… this is so annoying …….

In the meantime, I’m going to shake the blood out of the KageOrochi.

“…… Sigh…… this is a long way to go to become a dragon…….”

“Nii-san, are you….. are you okay?!”

“Of course I am. Jigul, you did a good job this time at least. But you should fix your habit of spinning.”

“Hee!? But why!?”

“Because it’s not good to lose track of the enemy’s position even for a split second.”

“Dang….I’ll try my best ……”

It’s hard to get out of a habit.

It is always better to get it right from the beginning.

I don’t know anything about fighting with longswords or other foreign weapons, so I can only say this, but I’m sure Yurir will take care of the rest.

I haven’t even talked to her yet, let alone promised to do so.

That said, let’s clean up the mess.

I cut off the right ear and took it with me as proof that I had killed the goblin.

Apparently, if you don’t bring it with you, you don’t get the reward money.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have a small knife with me, so I helped him by using a sharp water sword in the shape of a knife.

This skill, which can be used in any shape, is very convenient.

After that, we had to burn the body. …… Jigul did that job.

I was impressed that he had prepared these things, but on the other hand, I didn’t have too many of these things.

When I get back, I will prepare a lot of things.

I decided to give the materials I had collected to Jigul.

I’m here to help Jigul with his request, so it doesn’t matter if all the reward money belongs to Jigul.

In fact, I’ve done almost nothing, and if anything, I’ve earned enough from the herbs I sold today, so there’s no need for me to get paid.

But Jigul insisted that I couldn’t do that, so I had to go to the guild again, at least with the application that we had completed the request together.

This is not quite wrong, and …… I also wanted to raise my rank as soon as possible, so I decided to agree to do just that.

” Now you are being stubborn …….”

“On the contrary, Nii-san, you’re too unselfish aren’t you?”

“I don’t think so, but I …… didn’t do anything major you know?”

“Anyhow, I’ll get you to the guild.”

“Ah, okay, okay.”

Jigul pulls out a magic stone from his pocket and holds it in his hand.

I do the same, take it out, hold it in my hand, put some magic power into it, and decide to go back to that church.

I was a little surprised again because I was back before I knew it this time, but I could walk normally because I felt no discomfort at all.

Jigul seemed to be exhausted again, so I tried to give him some mana potion to drink, but when I showed it to him, he suddenly became energetic and started to make noises about going to the guild.

We decided to go to the Adventurers’ Guild to report the accomplishment of our request.