*Swish*
The sound of a small flying object cutting through the air and approaching breaks the silence. It looks like we're finally nearing the goblin's residential area, and a baptism of stone and gravel awaits us. Since he was in the vanguard and the closest, all the projectiles were aimed at Dotin alone, three dry sounds echoed inside the cave. In reality, they were probably aiming for his unprotected head, but it seems like their arms weren't very good, all of them stones seemed to hit his chest plate. The plate armor's defense is high, it won't even get scratched by stones and gravel, leaving Dotin unharmed and in good health. The surprise attack launched by the goblins only served to alert us to their existence. "It's a sling. They're coming." Just as I said, the three goblins who had failed in their surprise attack jump from the darkness without any delay.
Before they could reach Dotin, the vanguard, two of the goblins were stopped. That's because the attacks of the two rear guards, excluding Netiliza, were successful.
"It hit!" Shatitina was delighted when her flame attack magic hit the target. On the other hand, Totifa's skill with the bow seemed to be quite impressive, as she said that she used to make a living by hunting, it seemed natural that she hit the target.
The only unharmed goblin that attacked Dotin with their stone dagger was gutted by his blow before it could even swing the blade. "Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!" With a flashy final scream, the battle ends. And Dotin was also covered in the goblin's blood spray. The blood was sticking to his plate armor, his pride and joy. "Geez, that sucks! But it was a one hit kill! I knew that goblins were no big deal."
"What do you think? Did you see it?"
Dotin asked me. "Good job. As expected, since you can wield the Claymore, your strength is impressive." "Right?"
"I'll have no complaints if you can make sure you don't get sprayed with blood afterwards. It wouldn't be sanitary if you are covered in blood every time, you defeated something." "Now that you mention it, Charles doesn't have any blood on him at all." Even though I defeated the goblin earlier, Netiliza expressed this feeling when she saw that I had not receiving even a single drop of blood on my clothes. "I don't want to get my clothes dirty. It's just a matter of getting used to it."
"I'm not going to get my clothes dirty. Is this going to fall off?"
In contrast to me, Dotin, who wouldn't seem to care about cleanliness very much, is instead concerned about the goblin blood that has gotten all over him.
"It's a good opportunity, so get used to it. Now that you're an adventurer, it's a smell that follows you wherever you go." "Charles is fine with it?" Shatitina, who doesn't seem to be immune to blood, asks me such a question.
"Didn't I say I harvest the material? I'm more used to it than the butchers around here."
I replied, trying to be as gentle as possible.
"Doti."
"Huh?"
"You're probably going to be covered in blood again anyway, so you should wash it after everything's finished." "Ugh! Are you saying to stay like this until the request is finished?"
"Be patient. It's unavoidable sine you started with overkill."
"Right."
"Once you get used to it, you'll know how much it takes to kill. That way, you won't be showered with blood all the time. All I can say is that you need to gain experience." "You're talking quite calmly though."
"Yes." "You have been doing this for a long time, haven't you, Charles?" "In these times. You must be able to protect yourself and the people you care about." Everyone nodded at my words.
I'm sure they have more or less witnessed the damage caused by monsters before.
The goblin that was hit by Totifa's arrow died instantly, and the other one struggled for a while, flapping its arms and legs, but eventually died.
"Good skill, it's not an exaggeration that you made a living hunting."
"Hehehe. Since the target is big, it might be easier than hunting a beast!" Although we have only been in contact for a short time, Totifa seems to be able to clearly draw the line between what she can and cannot do. This statement wasn't careless or anything, it was probably her honest opinion. "Shati also provided good support. Thanks to that, Doti only had to deal with one goblin."
"Doti is putting his body on the line to protect us. It's only natural that we should support him!" Perhaps due to her excitement over defeating a monster for the first time, Shatitina seems unusually happy for someone who is usually calm and cool.
"We're an excellent party, aren't we?"
Netiliza, who didn't have a part this time, says something like that.
"Yes. It was a good cooperation. Please keep this up." After that, we encountered groups of small goblins about four times, and slaughtered them, about twenty in total. And then, we walked further into the cave.
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