9 Chapter 10: Goblin settlemen (1/2)
After our 30 minute break, we decided to start heading deeper into the forest
The receptionist had told us that the reason goblins are common is because they have settlements within the forest and those settlements are where they take humans that they've captured, mainly females.
After we walked around for around 15 minutes, i noticed there were monsters nearby with my magic perception
Ariel who noticed it herself, turned to me and asked ”What do we do?”
”Let's ambush them” I responded
We hid ourselves using the trees as cover and slowly approached the area where we felt the monster's presence
After we arrived, we froze.
A base surrounded by wooden fences and filled with goblins on the inside. had goblins keeping watch at the entrance
”W-What is this...” I quietly muttered
In the middle of it all stood a giant goblin who appeared to be handing out orders and watching over their work.
”This might be too much for us to handle... Let's head back and report our findings to the guild”
She nodded in response
Just as we were about to turn around and head back. I noticed that there were goblins on the path carrying a plank which had a human girl tied to it.. The girl didn't look like she was struggling so she was most likely unconscious and even if she did try to struggle ,arms and legs had been restricted, so she wouldn't have been able to get away either way.
The girl still had her armour but her sword sheathe was empty, i'm guessing that she was outnumbered and dropped it, from the looks of it, they haven't done anything to her yet.
I stared at girl wondering if i should risk it. She had Red hair and looked young, around 15 years old,
Where were her party members? Did the goblins kill them? The goblins probably managed to out number their party and captured her in the process.
What i didn't understand was how 4 goblins managed to survive. They tend to travel in packs of 6 so if the girl had a party, it would have been harder to outnumber them.. What exactly happened?
TLeaving her here would leave a bad taste in my mouth afterwards but i couldn't afford to put Ariel's life in danger... At our current level...
I decided to ask Ariel who had been looking at me for the past few seconds if anything was wrong. ”What's wrong?”
”I-i think we should save her, don't worry about me.. my wind blade still isn't strong enough to cut through the tree but it should work on goblins.”
”Yeah.. you're right. Let's go save her, but if things go wrong, run away, alright?”
After hearing my words she showed a relieved expression.
”You know, i can't do that..” She said with a smile on her face
”Argh.. Fine, but just be careful.”
”Yes!” She said
”I'll flank them, you cover me with wind blade.”
”Don't overthink things, just focus on attacking. even if you miss you can always try again, and don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you.”
With a smile on her face she replied ”Yes!”
The goblins are still quite far from the settlement, but one of the goblin scouts had noticed them and went to inform the Giant goblin.
If we were to rush out now, we would most likely get seen by the goblins at the gate before rescuing the girl, and the lord would come out to face us.. In that situation, i'm not sure we could win.
”Let's go.”
We ran out to the path and intercepted the goblins carrying the girl.
”Shrieeek!”
They let out a loud scream as they saw our figures and the guards that stood in front of the gate, readied their weapons. While the others went to tell their lord.
Unlike the previous goblins these ones held spears. They probably took them from the humans that they've killed.
The goblins which had been standing in front of us. decided to put the girl on the ground in order to fight us.
It took 4 of them to carry a teenage girl so i'm guessing they weren't that strong.
”Ariel, I'll leave these to you..”
”Yes. Ventus!” She said as she nodded
In a flash, the heads of the four goblins were cut off. Perhaps because they were monsters, their was barely any blood, so it didn't look gory at all
Ariel who was the one that did the finishing blow, looked unsettled but quickly recomposed herself as she realised that she didn't have time to think about those things.
She really is strong-willed, i can never get tired of watching her. N-not that i watch her or anything..
”Well done, Ariel!”
”Mn” She nodded her head with a satisfied expression
We cut the ropes that were tied onto the girl and placed her on the ground. Having learnt first-aid in my previous life, i checked to see if the girl had any difficulty breathing and checked her pulse.
Luckily, she was just unconscious and was having no difficulties breathing. Just as i was about to pick her up, I felt the presence of the orc's lord approaching, so i decided to leave her in the recovery position.
”W-Well then, We managed to rescue her. Let's get out of here before the Giant Orc co-”
Before i could finish, a loud roar which came from the entrance resonated throughout the forest. Shortly after the giant Goblin started approaching us.
”Ariel stand back, i'll go deal with that thing.”
”B-But!”
”If we both go, who will protect that girl? Don't worry, he's just a bigger version of the goblins. It's all the same.” I said with a confident manner
”Mn” She nodded with a saddened look on her face
My 'everything is going to be okay' act worked well, but in reality i'm shaking. The goblin which was in front of me was at least be 3 meters tall. Not to mention his overly buff frame. The size of the club he held was around my size and just from standing in front of him i felt overwhelming pressure.