84 Episode 62: A Crisis Closer Than a Distant Threat

"Yukina-sama, I'm sorry, but please explain. I can't swallow it right now."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I was in a bit of a rush."

I'll explain the journey to the mica who follows me in a hurry.

"Why should Goblins be so afraid?

"I'm sure that's true for mercenaries. But for the countrymen, goblins are far more troublesome than dragons and giant beetles."

As a matter of common sense, do not create a village where dangerous evil beasts such as dragons live. So for the villagers, they are nothing but distant beings.

"But Goblins are everywhere, and they make nests everywhere. That's where people live. Do you know why that is?

"No, I don't know."

I guess so. I don't think hardworking people are becoming mercenaries to learn about the ecology of Goblins.

"Hunting is the foundation of their lives. But at the same time, he was a looter. That's why I know. To make their lives richest, it's quick to attack people's settlements."

─ ─ No way

Finally, my sense of danger has been conveyed to the lizard.

"I didn't happen to have a nest in a cave near the village. There's a village near the cave, so I built a nest there."

"The cave is the base for attacking the village?

As a matter of fact, Goblins rarely create 'groups'. Even if you make it, there are ten or a few of them. That's because the goblins basically hunt wild flora and fauna. Because in hunting life, there are limits to the food we can provide to keep large groups alive.

The reason such goblins make 'nests' is because there are 'guesses' that can keep large groups together.

This is "a human settlement with few means of self-defence." Goblins build nests to plunder already abundant 'bait'.

"No... but the goblins are still there."

"Indeed, a goblin can be defeated as an individual, even by an amateur with arms. But when it comes to group fights, I'm much more familiar with them than amateurs."

"Ah."

Goblins never work alone. Because I know I'm weak. So always act with other people and devise a solution that becomes a missing head.

If it's a group of two or three, what if it's more than ten? And if it's all about wisdom.

Goblins are weak. That's why we set up a math that will definitely accomplish the task, and then attack the prey.

"When a nest is built near a village, the village is dead. Did you get what I wanted?

"Yes, somehow.... but Yukina-sama... Why are you so familiar with the ecology of goblins? No, I know Yukina-sama was a peasant before."

"It's famous for its country villages."

In fact, Goblin has built a nest near his home village. Initially negligible, the vigilante carried out goblin hunting when the damage to crops and livestock began to grow.

So I found the "nest" whether it was good luck or bad. Then the goblins will come out. I originally assumed about ten bodies, but more than twice as many lived there.

Without Relics, who was a leader of the vigilante, some of the vigilantes would certainly have died. Relix brings together and brilliantly directs everyone upset by a large number of goblins.

By the way, I was in the vigilante too. Maybe I defeated Goblin about the next time Rex did, but Rex was too active and my presence was ruined. Well, this is the end of dealing with someone with a spear.

I have heard about the disappearance of human settlements after a group of Goblins attacked by a merchant who came to the village afterwards. It may be a common story, but I'm sorry to be an example of that.

"But the neighborhood is relatively safe, and the nearby villages will be there a day or so if they want to call for mercenaries. That's why I don't want to talk about these hands."

Even in the case of the Grievous Runaway (Stampede). I am sensitive to "unusual situations", but I am too dull about "common crises". When I realize it, things swell up to the point of conceiving an incredible crisis.

That's why we have to hurry.

In the worst case scenario, the requested village could be buried in a 'common tragedy' scene.