Level 1 Strongest Sage ~

Book 10: Chapter 6: Commission for Goblin Subjugation

We arrived at the village that requested the goblin subjugation.

A few dozen villagers were gathered at the central plaza of the town, each of them bringing things such as hoes and axes.

How weird.

They sent a request to the guild, so why were they equipped as if they were going to battle?

With this question in mind, I called out to the person standing in the middle of the gathering.

Excuse me

Hm, what? Youngster, where did you come from?

I am Halt. I have been dispatched from the Adventurers Guild of the Royal Capital.

...What?

T-Theyre already here!?

Eh, wait. This guy here is an F-rank.|

What the , isnt that the lowest ranking for an adventurer?

Goblins are E-ranked monsters, right?

The Guild decided that there wouldn't be any problem if we, these five parties,are to fulfill the conditions.

I introduced my comrades behind me while saying that.

A-Are all of them your comrades!?

Such a huge group

Theres a strong looking knight, too

Village Chief, h-how much did we say were going to pay, again?

I-I just agreed with the amount that they said was enough for goblin subjugation!

It seemed like they were having a dispute about the compensation.

By the way, our five parties came all the way here, but that didnt mean our compensation had been increased.

We didnt even negotiate for an increase.

Thats why the amount these villagers needed to pay didnt change.

In return, I asked the receptionist lady to settle more guild points for us.

Instead of money, wed be a lot happier if we could stack up a lot of guild points as soon as possible.

Please be at ease. We just registered at the Adventurers Guild. Thats why our rank is low and the compensation is cheap. However, please do not worry about it. We wont have any problems subjugating a few goblins, we have enough power for that.

...Sorry, but the contents of the request might change.

Eh

Actually, one of the villages maidens had been kidnapped by the goblins.

A human had been kidnapped!? W-Was it inside the forest? Or was it in the vicinity of the village?

Just beside this village.

Then, the group of goblins

Yeah. it has turned into quite a huge group.

For goblins to attack humans right beside where they lived meant that they had banded together into a huge group.

This piece of information was general knowledge in this world.

Our village isnt wealthy enough to add to your compensation.

The man they were calling the village chief had a gloomy expression on his face as hi gripped his hatchet tighter.

Sorry, but can you just go back? The Guild will pay you from the deposit.

He was telling us to leave.

There was no hint of the women and children when I looked around. Only men holding things that could be their weapons were here.

They seemed to have resigned themselves.

AhhSo thats how it was.

They dont have the money, so they chose the path that would lead to the villages destruction.

With that resolution, they were preparing to attack the goblins nest going forward.

I knew they already strengthened their resolve, so I was a bit apologetic, but

To heck with that.

That route had already crumbled the moment we stepped into this village.

We would never let their village be annihilated, even if a hundred goblins were there.

We were here, after all.

Well subjugate several goblins. We have received the commission to do so, after all.

Yeah.

If its just several goblins then it was still within the scope of the commission.

9 should count as several, right?

And, we have 19 people and 1 beast here.

If each member defeated 9 goblins each, even if we slay up to 180 goblins, it should still be within the range of the commission, right.

Well, I doubt that they would bother with the numbers if we went past a hundred.

Was I too harsh?

But then, when I was still the Guardian Hero, I saved countless villages and towns in the entire world without expecting compensation, so this much should be fine.

The most urgent problem was the kidnapped girl.

We should rescue her as soon as possible.

Didnt you say that there is a maiden that had been kidnapped? Let us hurry up to save her.

A-Are you really gonna save us? There might be more than a hundred goblins over there

Well just escape if the situation turns for the worse. We are adventurers, you see.

Veteran adventurers have very sharp intuition, and they could keenly sense danger, so they wouldnt fight against enemies that they had no power to defeat, but

We are just noob adventurers.

It couldnt be helped if our sense of danger wasnt honed yet.

So, we would be up against a group of approximately a hundred goblins

There might be goblin magicians, warriors, or even goblin lords there.

I glanced over all my comrades standing behind me while estimating the possible strength of the enemy.

Heroine and Holy Knight, Saintess, three Dragons, three Spirit Kings, etc, etc.

Hm. Were probably gonna be fine.

I didnt sense any danger, too.

Our ability to sense danger might be quite low, but I got the feeling that we got this.

It would be fine.

I seethats heartening. You can run off if things got dangerous, thats fine. Can we ask you to go with us, then?

Please leave it to us.

All of you guys, listen up. This adventurer

Halt.

Halt and his comrades agreed to help us save Reina.

T-Thank goodness.

Well be in your care.

So the abducted girls name was Reina, huh.

We have to hurry up and save her.

Women abducted by goblins would become the breeding seedplot. It hadnt been too long since she was taken away, but it was imperative that we hurry up.

Tina!

Yes.

Tina was waiting with the other guys at a spot a little further than us.

Can you check the possible place where goblin-like monsters are gathered in a pack right now?

Hm Ah, over there!

Tinas wide-ranged mana detection ability was world-class.

She spotted the goblins nest right away.

It seems the goblin nest is over there.

Whoa, what the heck!

She knows where the nest is?

Yeah, many people did say they saw goblins over there.

There shouldnt be any mistake then if there were eyewitnesses.

Excuse me. Do you have any item that belongs to Reina? Itll be better if it is something she touched recently

Reinas things?

What are you gonna do with that?

H-How about this? She had been carrying this basket when she was kidnapped.

Reinas father brought a basket.

Reina had been abducted by a goblin when she was on her way to bring him lunch while he was cutting trees.

Good enough. I thought it would work.

Recently, I discovered that I could teleport, even without the markings set beforehand at my destination, as long as I knew where I wanted to go and sense the mana waves of the people over there.

Reina wasnt a mage, so the traces of her mana had already faded a lot, but it was still enough, just barely, for me to teleport without any problems.

Leaffa, take everyone with you!

Got it. Take care, Halt.

Tina

Of course Im going with you, Halt-sama.

Yup, I guessed that much.

Seemed like she already knew what I was planning to do.

Village chief, were going ahead first to rescue Reina.

W-What?

Goblin nests were very intricate, and it would take a lot of time to find people that were trapped inside depending on its size.

The rescue operation was far more difficult than merely annihilating the goblins.

Thats why I decided to teleport directly to where Reina was.

Well, then, well be going first. The rest of my comrades will guide you and protect you on the way.

After saying that to the village chiefs, Tina and I teleported to where Reina was.