Manuke FPS

Along with Ashley, I began moving towards the exit of the small room. If there was a survivor among the goblins outside, I would kill them without hesitation. The two of us came to the entrance of the den.

“It’s pitch black, isn’t it…”

The time displayed on my goggles was was 22:34. I don’t know whether a day in this world was 24 hours or not, but there was no moon light or starlight, only Ashley’s light orb spell that she had used.

We hurried back to Mairal village. But, although I say that, I didn’t understand the dangers posed by walking on the rods during the night. It could be too dangerous. I wonder if it would be better to wait for the sunrise, or to walk though the forest and along the riverside during the night? Although I wanted to suggest that, it would be impossible for my words to get through to Ashley.

The two of us lined up near the riverside, which was gently flowing, as we stared at the flow of the waterfall. I saw a faint light shaking downstream.

“Ano, could that light be an acquaintance of yours, or a search party?”

I pointed at the light and tapped her shoulder because she was still staring at the waterfall.

“That… light orb! Surely, Senpai came searching for me!”

Ashley shook her light left and right to call to the one downstream. The other side seemed to have noticed, too, and the light had begun shaking left and right, only. It’s probably the same kind of light as Ashley’s Light spell. Though, the the color was a somewhat different hue.

“Ashley~! Thank god~!”

From downstream came a woman soldier who had short hair, and was slightly taller than me. The two women ran to each other to verify mutual safety. Rather, Ashley seems to have scolded her…. I was a bit troubled staring at them from the front of the den wondering how I should talk to them from now on.

“Black-kun, I hope everything was fine? For helping Ashley when she needed saving, we are very grateful, thank you. I am Remi, a General Guild investigator of the Kurt Merga Kingdom. In the back of the burrow there seems to have been a Goblin Mage, would you show me the proof of suppression?”

The woman warrior who identified herself as Remi was slightly taller than me, I was 176cm, so Remi was certainly above 180cm, and Ashley was much shorter than me, probably about 160cm.

Remi carried a large sword on her back an had red leather armor. This person was also beautiful like Ashley, and furthermore, it was brow… She was similar to one of the Amazons, but not wearing a bikini like armor.

I retrieved the obi of the Goblin Mage from the pouch and handed it to Remi.

“Certainly this is a Goblin Mage’s… That a superior species appeared in such a place… Has a labyrinth appeared?”

When Remi finished confirming the obi, she returned it to me. A search of the nest hole is ordered to two men who were holding a torch in the rear, probably her subordinates?

“Black-kun, I think I heard that Ashley asked you to accompany her to Mairal village, I hope you will support her in making her report at the Guild Branch Office.”

I nodded and expressed my approval, and begun to walk with Ashley and Remi downstream. From Mairal village to here was not that far, only about a one hour walk.

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“Shall I hear you report?”

I arrived at Mairal village and had black stay in the only inn in the village. For the village to stay in demand, it is the General Guild’s responsibility to pay a fee. Remi-Senpai, members of the Residence Guild, Barorudo, and Kieth, and I, gathered at the General Guild Branch Office in the village.

The General Guild Branch Office, unlike the General Guild Branch in the village or city, had a smaller number if staff, patrolled the village, and used the acceptance and completion proof procedure for requests.

To begin with, the original General Guild itself was managed by the nation or state for domestic security, maintenance, subduing labyrinths, securing resources, training of personnel, and dispatching talented personnel.

After parting with Remi-senpai, I reported having been taken away by surprise to a Goblin den and being rescued by Black-san, then were joined by Remi-senpai and the others. Barorudo and Kieth who investigated the nest hole reported that it was confirmed to be a nest hole.

“In the back of the innermost room, there were two Goblins in the middle of the room, and 16 others, including the Goblin Mage. It was confirmed that there were 18 Goblin Corpses. I thoroughly searched the small room, but it seemed that there were only the remains of some of their meals, no other recognizable victims.”

“We investigated the goblin corpses, but the wound in the head was cause by something circular piercing it and leaving an open hole, which is common. I opened the wound just in case and examined it, but nothing was left. In Zepanell’s report, melee weapons were not used. With that, it seems that we are definitely dealing with magic attacks or attacks with magical weapons similar to that.”

When Remi-senpai heard that, she closed her eyes and made an expression as if thinking. Originally, we were issued the Goblin quest from the General Guild, and visited Mairal Village to survey after the report of stray goblins being subdued, and the result was the discovery of not only a large number of goblins, but the discovery of a higher species, the Goblin Mage. Since Black-san killed them, I gave him what had been looted from the corpse, but we must investigate the cause of the large number of Goblins and Higher species occurring later.

The higher species of sub-races, unlike normal species, have magical power, intelligence, high strength, and the ability to use magic and skills.

And the higher rank species are not naturally occurring species in nature. To say that a higher species is present is to say that there is a place where magical essence has accumulated and become rich and dense. Sub-races will evolve into higher species by absorbing the magic essence.

Magic essence has a tendency to accumulate and collect, and the cause could be many things: veins of demon ore and demonic water, a being having great magical power, the nest of a dragon, or a labyrinth.

Labyrinths are a kind of monster that has existed since ancient times, confirmed in earliest of human records, and are malicious. They are said to send an advance guard for and evil deity in order to destroy the world according to old traditions and myths brought from a labyrinth.

A labyrinth spreads deeply every few years, creating more powerful monsters and sub-races to release into the outside world, all of which were hostile to the surface-dwellers

However, many years of fighting against the labyrinth has taught the surface dwellers go into the labyrinth for magic stones that can be taken from monsters after battle as a method for securing resources.

“Once again, it is necessary to widen the search area around Mairal Village. I don’t think there is a dragon, and maybe it was just an ore vein, but perhaps there may be a newborn labyrinth. I will go back Keith Ashley to the fort city Barga, Barorudo and Keith both should arrange for acceptance.”

Remi-senpai changed the talk to the topic that concerned me the most

“So… Ashley, what do you think about Black-kun?”

“I don’t think that he is a foreign spy. Truthfully I am unable to understand his words, but, looking at that short staff, I can’t tell what kind of attribute it has, and he has protective gear I have never seen before. He should not be allowed to unnecessarily contact the locals. The behavior of a spy is difficult to comprehend. He seemed to have smiled bitterly when I told him the name of Baishuban Empire, but he may have been fleeing from that area. And as a traveler, he did not seem to have a tool bag either.” [Basically they think he may be a spy.]

“I wonder, have you seen the inn yet? Would you like to?”

“We’ll consider it. Although he had been observing the surroundings since entering Mairal village, he had a tourist-like atmosphere rather than that of one committing espionage. It seems he is very ignorant… and from the look on his face, perplexed over the use of the word ‘inn’.”

“I am also of the same opinion. There is no spy, just a boy with no common sense. Because I understand courtesy, it is noble behavior than to act act as the peasants and plebeians, I’d say he is probably a youth who escaped the purges of the Empire.”

“Certainly the severity of the Ice Wolf Emperor of Baishuban reaches even this remote Kurt Merga Kingdom from far away, I don’t know whether it reaches over here, but there probably is no damage as a result. … So you will have to accompany him to Barga. He hasn’t registered to the General Guild, and in the future we need to watch his movement in case he tries anything.”

We decided on our plan for the future and then separated. I want to wipe my body before going to bed even though it is already night… the odor from the gobllins was smelly.