My consciousness slowly drifted in darkness. It was a chilly, albeit nostalgic, place.
A quiet noise droned on where not even a single ray of light shined. Gradually, the noise got louder and louder.
As I was shaken awake, I lifted my heavy eyelids to an ear-shatteringly loud roar.
There, Satella sat in distress, repeatedly shaking her head while trying to wake me up.
"What's all this noise?" I grimaced.
"Just earlier, the goblins attacked again," she explained.
This is not a good time for them to have come; it probably doesn't get more chaotic than this.
Sebastian, who had F+ stats around the board, could probably repel the goblins without breaking a sweat, so the fact that this tumultuous situation still remains only meant one thing.
"Sebastian isn't here, right?"
Satella nodded. "Yes. He arrested those bad people."
She probably means the committee of elders. What terrible timing. At this rate, lunatics blabbering about the mountain gods' wrath would keep appearing.
I gently patted her head as I stood up, but noticed that she was completely pale and trembling all over.
I see. I've been out so I couldn't tell until now, but monsters are probably terrifying to a young child. It's no wonder she's shaking so much.
"We'll be alright Satella. Close your eyes for a bit."
At the sight of Satella earnestly squeezing her eyes shut, I patted her head and teleported her to my room in the inn.
Now, since I went out of my way to heal everybody, I couldn't bear the thought of casualties springing up again.
I did some stretches, but this body is extremely light. My head cleared up, and my body seems to be in perfect shape, so it's time to hunt.
After leaving the village chief's residence, I found myself in front of all the villagers.
They seem extremely scared-- everyone was curled up like a field mouse, cowering with pale faces.
"You've awoken, Saint-sama!" the village chief jubilantly shouted. At his sentence, all the villagers placed their gazes on me.
Jeez, what are you doing, relying on a child despite being pushed so far into a corner. Instead of trembling in your boots maybe try actually doing something useful like setting up a barricade.
"Where are the goblins?" I asked.
"They're at the village gate. There are dozens of them--almost an army," one villager said.
I started up Analyze Environment and began to look around my surroundings, where I found several goblins surrounding the village. There were about......not tens, but over a hundred of them. Your run-of-the-mill goblins had stats averaging G+, and there didn't seem to be any among them who could use magic. They weren't that strong, but there were a lot, and mixed in were Goblin Leaders with stats averaging F.
Judo and his gang were certainly strong, but they stood no chance against an army of over a hundred goblins. In fact, a few had already slipped through into the village.
This is a race against time. Even if I began exterminating them this instant, many would slip by, so they'll have to stand on their own for a while.
A crimson flame around a meter long spiraled straight at the goblins and evaporated their bodies in an instant.
The goblins surrounding me shrieked in fright as they immediately began to retreat.
A large sword was swung down onto the fleeing goblin vanguard, beautifully dissecting him into two pieces.
"DON'T YOU DARE RUN! OR I'LL KILL YOU!" a monster shouted.
It was a giant monster that easily surpassed two meters in height---a rare monster known as a Goblin Leader.
The Goblin Leader pointed his sword at me before the goblins that were just running away turned around and reluctantly followed suit.
"Woah, so you understand human language?" I mused. How convenient.
"HUMAN, YOU ARE OUT OF LUCK. MAGIC, NO WORK ON ME," the Goblin Leader triumphantly declared.
"Then let me try it out."
I set the alignment of【Fire Pillar】to the Goblin Leader's right arm.
His Magical Endurance is F+, so certainly I might have been at a slight disadvantage before.
"REGARDLESS OF WHAT MAGIC YOU USE, YOU CAN'T DAMAGE MY STRONG SKIN---" it boasted.
Without waiting for him to finish, I let out a 【Fire Pillar】.
In an instant, the fire pillar blackened its entire arm.
It let out a scream. "M-MY ARM!!?"
Without pause, it sank to the ground, writhing in agony.
From what I could tell, he was a leader-class among the goblins. Let's make him guide me to their nest.
However---.
"Hm, I don't need anyone else. I'll cull everyone," I muttered.
They must have understood my words, as, with a yelp, the goblins scattered in all directions in an attempt to escape from me.
I locked on every fleeing goblin with Analyze Environment and let forth a 【Whirlwind】.
A sharp cutting sound resounded through the air. Several lines ran through the over a hundred goblins as they were dissected into bits and pieces which fell to the floor.
"......" With bated breath, the Goblin Leader, who was still on its knees, stared absentmindedly at the remains of the goblins. Its entire body was trembling.
I slowly approached it and whispered into its ear, "Now, you big brute. Let's play a game. I'll count to 30, and until then I won't chase after you. Try your best to escape from me."
"GIGAA!!" it let out a strange shriek.
Already having stopped speaking in human language, the Goblin Leader blew off the few remaining goblins and escaped full speed into the forest.
I fully activated Analyze Environment, locked onto the Goblin Leader who was frantically running for its life, and chased after it.