Chapter 137
A group of goblins appeared on the plateau .
Against them were the seventeen men of the first strike force .
“Don’t let them get away! The goblins will breed as soon as you get rid of them!”
“Yes!”
Euris, the captain, shouts out and a shout goes up .
This time, the group of goblins is about forty of them .
However, although their numbers are large, it’s not much .
The goblins are short and have no strength .
If it’s one-on-one, they’re just magic beasts that a new adventurer can somehow hunt on their own .
I was watching the goblins being hunted by everyone while my head is in Mea’s lap in the shade of a tree .
My vision faded and I had a headache .
“Are you okay? Get a grip!”
“…… I thought I was getting my strength back . ”
…… maybe next time I’ll make something, even a wooden horse .
Later, I want a parasol .
Because there aren’t many trees here, the sunlight hits us directly, so our energy is more exhausted than when we were walking through Lomarn Forest .
On top of that, it’s strangely sunny .
Even if I look around the sky, I can’t see the clouds until far away .
I mean, aren’t we being avoided from the clouds here?
Oh, by the way, they said it was a drought or something .
“Do you want to drink some water?”
“…… Please . ”
Mea poured a small amount of water into my mouth with her hyottle .
“H-, how nice! Don’t let them get anywhere near Abel-dono!”
I can hear Euris’ voice .
I’m sorry that it seems I have bothered you .
“That’s why I said! That’s why I said! That kid is no use to us anyway!”
Clark exclaims, revealing his frustration .
Really, it’s sad that I’m in no state to say anything back .
Honestly, I might have been getting a little carried away .
There was no way I was going to be able to make the rounds alongside the crunchy martial artists .
“Ah…… it’s starting to feel a little better, yeah . ”
“Are you sure? Don’t you feel bad? Let’s take off and go home first . Mea will carry you on her back, okay?”
“N-, no, I want to follow them till the end since we’re here already……”
I can’t leave with Clark making fun of me .
I’ll follow you, even if it means riding in Ortem .
“Yes, next time I’ll have a carriage to take me . ”
“U-, U ~ n…… so you could you go that far…… ah!”
One of the goblins that had deviated from the crowd was coming towards us .
“Geeeee, Geeeee!”
He may be the leader of the pack because his physique is better than the other goblins .
He was holding a large club in his hand .
“Excuse me! Excuse me! Somebody, somebody get in here! They’re coming to Abel direction!”
Mea said, standing up and picking up the shooting wyvern she had placed beside her and holding it up .
The closest person to him in time was Clark .
Clark’s face scrunched up in a very uncomfortable way, but he took instructions from Euris with his eyes and came towards us .
“The-, there!”
The goblin catches the first arrow from Mea’s first shot with his club .
The second shot fired in succession pierces the goblin’s thigh and stops it from moving .
“Gee……”
“Tha-, thank goodness…… It hit……”
The goblin pulls out the arrow and snaps it with his bare hands .
Once again, the goblin raises his club and knocked off with Mea’s third shot off .
Through the gap, Clark sent the goblin’s head flying .
“H-, hi……”
Clark glared at me and thrust his sword into the back of the goblin that was lying on the ground .
“You people have got to stop making fun of us! We, on the other hand, are standing here at the risk of our lives! If you’re here on a mission, protect your own life with your own hands! The next time a similar situation arises, I will not help you!”
“…… Yes . ”
I was thinking that if you made an accusation like the one you just made, It will be the object of my anxiety, but to my surprise, it was actually a sound argument .
“Tha-, that’s not true! Abel, he’s usually awesome! He just doesn’t have much stamina!”
“I don’t care!”
Clark yelled and went back to the fight with the goblins .
…… After defeating the goblins, I decided to teleport the Asura 5000 and move on top of it .
It felt a bit shameful, but I can’t afford to drag them down any further .
The subjugation team members are looking at us with strange suspicious eyes, but we can’t just back down here .
“…… Abel-dono, If you are not feeling well, you should, uh… go back home . We’ll provide you with an escort . . ”
Euris suggested, choosing her words as she did so .
Hearing Euris’ words, Clark turned blue .
“E-, escort? For these guys? Even though we’re already short on people!?”
“We-, we’re already close to the rendezvous point . We’ve only encountered a bunch of goblins up to this point, and we haven’t seen any significant magical beasts . Even with the magic tools, I couldn’t observe any dangerous magical beasts, and it’s rather anticlimactic . Seeing that no emergency message is coming, I guess the rest of the troops are not so different . ”
“We won’t know for sure until we get to the rendezvous point!”
Clark talks back to Euris .
I can’t say anything because I was seriously useless trash earlier .
I mean, I wish you could stop defending me .
I’m starting to feel embarrassed .
“‘Yes, no, I’m fine! Really! I’ll be able to fight next time!”
“…… Mea-dono looks worried, you know . ”
I looked behind me and saw Mea put her index finger to her own lips and stared anxiously at my back .
“I-, I’m fine! Really!”
“…… Well, we’re close to the rendezvous point, so it’s still safer for them to follow us . ”
Euris glanced at Clark and concluded that .
If he couldn’t provide an escort, he figured it would be less dangerous to work together .
It shouldn’t take another half an hour to reach the rendezvous point, in front of the cliff face near the mountain range .
“…… and that strange log……”
“This is Ortem . In my village, everyone lived by carving it every day . ”
“Since the rest of the squad is scared, if possible, well, if you can put it away…… No, if you insist on needing it for transportation, I don’t mind……”
Euris uttered as if it was hard to say .
“…… Well, I need it for transportation . ”
“I-, I see . I’m sorry about that . “
Euris looked intently at the six crunching arms of the Asura 5000 and then bowed her head .
Along the way, we found many footprints .
The second or third unit must have arrived first .
“The other units are doing well, too, I see . It was originally the longest course, but we had some baggage over here, so we were extra late for that . ”
Clark says deliberately, turning his attention to me in the Asura 5000 .
“H-, hey, Clark, Stop it . That is a highly favored guest of Lark-sama . ”
The other troopers admonished Clark .
“That’s what I said I don’t like about it . That one has been terribly tired lately . That’s probably why he got carried away when he heard that Nalgarn was dead and welcomed the little brat with open arms . ”
Gu-, Guuh……
I gripped the edge of the Asura 5000 tightly to hold back my frustration .