Time: Afternoon, 8th Era, Year 431, Fifth Month
Location: Calderra Village, Elderwood Forest.
In the entrance of Elderwood Forest, Gabriel stood with great nervousness. Though he was a little experienced in fighting due to having to fend off a lot of bullies in school.
It was merely brawls and battles using words instead of fighting to the death with weapons.
"Well....i did take this mission" said Gabriel as he lets out a sigh "let's kill some f*cking goblins shall we..."
Gabriel entered the forest very cautiously and discreetly. Though goblins are weak *ss monsters in anime, they are still very cunning, despicable, and tricky bastards.
Hell, they even made an anime about goblin slaying, how f*cked they are, and how they are not to be underestimated.
[A/T: Reference to Goblin Slayer :) ]
It wasn't mentioned in the mission notice on how many goblins are in the forest, but he does know that there shouldn't be a lot of them as a few months ago, the forest was cleared by a bunch of F-rank Adventurers.
Gabriel continued to look for goblins while being as stealthy as possible...eventually... he found some.
There were two goblins. Both were wearing tattered cloth on their lower bodies and holding a sharp stone.
"You know.....i kinda expected them to have daggers like in games and anime....but now that i think of it.....how do they even get daggers? Do they have some kind of goblin blacksmith or something?" murmured Gabriel
Gabriel was hiding in a bush that was a few meters away from them. He knew he needed a plan of attack instead of going sword blazing if he wanted to successfully hunt them down.
After thinking for a few moments, Gabriel comes up with rather a crude plan but surely it'll do.....right?
Well.....just as he was about to initiate his plan....something happened.
One of the goblins split off and went on a nearby bush to take a leak, leaving the other one alone.
"Perfect..." said Gabriel with a big smile in his face
Gabriel grabbed a small rock and throws it, hitting the other goblin in its head, turning around to look for where it had come from.
Seeing nothing, the goblin turns his head back but Gabriel throws another rock at the goblin, this time the goblin turned its head rather quicker than the first one.
Still seeing nothing, the goblin turned his head back again to which Gabriel throws another rock at it.
This time, the goblin was infuriated and went close to the nearby bushes to check whether or not someone was pranking him.
Gabriel waits for the goblin to arrive at his bush. When it finally stood in front of his bush, Gabriel stabbed the goblin with his sword in its head, instantly killing the goblin.
Gabriel quickly dragged the corpse to the bush, to prevent the other goblin from seeing what he had just done.
Fortunately, he had already dragged the corpse to the bush just before the other goblin came back.
When it arrived, the goblin was confused as it couldn't find the other goblin he was together with. The goblin looked around to find the other goblin when suddenly a head came up from a bush which startled the goblin.
In truth, it was just Gabriel who was messing with the other goblin to draw it closer to him to give a killing blow.
At first, the goblin was a little skeptical about what the other goblin is doing.....it was doing a t-pose like a scarecrow but when it waved, it lessened its guard down and went to the "other" goblin to ask on what it was doing.
Just like with the first goblin, as soon as the other goblin got close, Gabriel stabbed his sword directly on the goblin's head.
Two goblins down...how many more to go?.....
After killing the two goblins, Gabriel covered the two corpses with the bushes that was pissed on by the goblin earlier to cover their bloody scents. He also cut their ears off and kept it inside his bag so he can give it to Alina later as proof of how many goblins he killed.
"It appears i have become some kind of psycopath..." said Gabriel in a laughing tone
Having killed for the first time, Gabriel was surprised that he felt nothing from doing such thing.
Wasn't it supposed to greatly affect someone like "Oh my god i killed someone!!"...well technically it's not even a person cause it's a goblin.....but i still killed nonetheless.....
I'm not like those chinese protagonist who cover their massacres and killings with the "it's the law of the jungle, it's either kill or be killed " trope.
[A/T: I ain't hating on chinese protagonists when they say that, its just that sometimes though that's what they believe in, they be killing people too much, sometimes it was bloody unecessary like d*mn have some leniency or something, but hey i do love chinese light novels :) ]
Gabriel looked at his sword and his hands that were stain with blood. He then grabs a towel from his bag and cleans himself up.
"Let's move on....."
For the next two hours or so Gabriel did the exact same thing multiple times: looking for goblins, drawing them out to his position, silently killing them, hiding their bodies, and cutting off ther ears.
"This should be 9th goblin today" said Gabriel as he stabs a goblin in the head with his sword.
As usual, Gabriel hides the goblin's corpse and cuts its ears off for verification. He then lays on a tree to take a rest.
"I wonder how much i'll get for nine goblins" said Gabriel
He then opens his bag and took out his rations and started eating. As he eats, Gabriel remained cautious and vigilant of his surroundings. Though he had already killed a lot of goblins, this place was still dangerous due to the unknown amount of goblins is still in the area
A few minutes later, Gabriel finished eating and took some water from his bag. However, when he was about to drink...something happened.....
All of a sudden, an arrow was shot towards him. It pierced through his right arm, making him drop the water that he was about to drink.
"Arghhh F*CK!!!" screamed Gabriel
He quickly grabbed his sword and hid behind a tree as cover for arrow fire. "They got bows now huh F*CK IT HURTS!!!"
Gabriel takes a few deep breaths to calm himself from the pain that he was experiencing. He tried to get a glimpse of where the shooter was but was met with another arrow which Gabriel luckily dodged in time. "Goddamn almost headshotted me.....what kind of aim is that, aimbotting motherf*cker"
Seeing that his position was locked on by the goblin archer, Gabriel climbed up the tree discreetly to look for the archer's position without getting noticed or shot by it.
"Hmmm.....there's three goblins.....one archer and two holding sharp stones.....how the f*ck do they have bows and arrows but uses sharp stones for melee?"
"They must have killed an adventurer that has one and took it...i'll need a plan of attack for this bloody predicament...."
Gabriel then quickly formulated a plan, he went back down the tree and baited the goblin archer to shoot another arrow. When the arrow was fired, Gabriel screamed in "pain" as he pretended to get shot by the arrow and quickly climbed up the tree.
Hearing the scream, the goblins smiled as they had thought that Gabriel was shot and killed. They slowly made their way to inspect the body....but as soon as they arrived...Gabriel jumped from the tree and stabs the goblin archer from above.
The goblin archer was killed immediately, startling the other two goblins before attacking. Gabriel kicked a goblin away and dodges a hit from the other goblin.
He tries to cleave them with a sweep of his sword but they dodged it by jumping. Then he quickly grabs one of the goblin's leg and slams the body towards the other goblin, sending them both to the ground.
Gabriel then stabs them down simultaneously with his sword on their chest.
"TRIPLE KILL MOTHERF*CKERS!!!!!"
Gabriel cheered his victory against the three goblins but it was quickly interrupted when more pain erupted from his arrow wound.
"F*CK!!!!...."
He quickly cut their ears off without even bothering to hide their bodies and grabbed his bag, running off back to Calderra Village for treatment.....
End of Chapter