Volume 3 - CH 6

Chapter 6 – Stampede

Eto and his party headed to the rampart near the castle walls by a carriage provided by the guild. In addition to the coachman who operates the carriage, a guild staff is also there with them, telling Eto and his party about the event that occurred in detail. According to the guild staff, the attack of Goblins towards the royal capital started about two hours ago. Fortunately, the knights and the garrison soldiers managed to wipe out about 200 to 300 Goblins by shooting their bows from the top of the wall.

After that, with the cooperation of a Tamer, who has bird-type monsters as his subordinates, they found a flock of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of Goblins in the eastern forest. The Goblins also showed signs of forming some platoons, which without a doubt indicated that they will send second and third waves towards the royal capital.

Because of that, the higher-ups decided to inform the danger to the civilians and have the knights, magicians, garrison soldiers, and adventurers to take turns to intercept the attack of Goblins, so if the Goblins managed to cross the walls, they could immediately issue an urgent evacuation notice to the civilians as the last resort.

It is also assumed that the second group of Goblins will reach the walls in several tens of minutes later, and then the third and fourth group of Goblins will continue to attack the royal capital without a break.

Currently, the troops other than adventurers have already gathered at the rampart and gates. The guild staff also said that the adventurers that are capable of long-range attacks are likely to be attacking from the walls, and those specialized in close-combat would be on standby in the square in front of the gate.

When their carriage arrived at the spire, a young magician emerged from inside. The guild staff then got off the carriage and uttered a few words to the magician before he greeted Eto and his party and returned to the guild with the carriage. After that, the magician immediately guided Eto and his party to his leader.

Eto and his party climbed long stairs leading to the top floor of the spire and were led to the front of a humble door. Then, after the magician had knocked the door and announced the arrival of Eto and his party, a voice instructed him to let Eto and his party enter the room.

“I will have to excuse myself here. Please enter the room.”

Saying that, the magician went away.

“Excuse us.”

When Eto opened the door, they could see a figure of a magician, who had his back turned to Eto while looking outside the rampart.

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“Yaa, long time no see, Eto-kun. People often say ‘a man speaks with his back’, but what do you think my back speaks of?”

The magician spoke to Eto still with his back turned against them.

“Fufu. Puke-sama sure doesn’t change. Hmmm, unfortunately, I can’t see what Puke-sama’s back is saying, as the magician’s attire that Puke-sama wears fully conceals it. I do know that your shoulders are sloping, though.”

“Hohoo. I heard you’ve left the Hero’s party, but you seem to be doing well right now. And I’m sure I have told you before that Wyvern meat is my favorite dish.”

The magician finally turned his body and grinned. His long hair stretched to his back, and a torch placed in the room illuminated the man’s well-looking face and pale skin.

“Long time no see, Puke-sama. Although we’re in the middle of this kind of situation, I’m glad I was able to meet you again.”

“Me too, Eto-kun. Now, with you being here, it’s like we just gained the strength of a hundred people. Let’s get rid of the Goblins together.”

Puke said, in a light tone as if he was just going to play somewhere.