A two-wheeled carriage walked slowly down the road, making a "squeak" sound.

Charles and Diana, sitting in the carriage, were studying the mission briefing they had received from the Adventurers' Guild over and over again.

About a dozen kilometers south of Avalon is a farm that grows oats, fruits, vegetables and chickens. Every morning, the farm's horse-drawn cart transports chicken, eggs, vegetables and fruits from the farm to Avalon City for sale.

In cities where adventurers are flocked, agricultural products are not sold at all.

Just two nights ago, a group of goblins broke into the farm after destroying the farm's fence, and after snatching seven or eight chickens and a dog, they slipped into the forest.

The farm was the property of an old knight, and a few chickens were not a big loss to him, and the broken fence was fine.

However, the dog that had been with the empty nester died while defending the chicken coop, and the body was dragged away by the goblins.

So the old knight asked the butler to go to the adventurer's guild in Avalon City and hang up the task, and pay a high price to avenge the dog.

The old knight's butler was not a talent, that is, a child of a freeman who grew up in a farmstead, and was fortunate enough to learn basic writing and arithmetic in the church when he was a child, and later when he reached middle age, he was recruited by the old knight who had returned from the army to be a butler because of his honesty.

The old butler came to the Adventurers' Guild as soon as he entered Avalon City to hang up the task, and when he sold out of today's goods in the market, he heard that his own task was drawn.

After being fooled by Charles, the old butler, who had never seen much of the world, took a group of "3.1415926 squad" with him on the return trip.

Charles and Diana had learned that goblins were intelligent beings with a low lower limit and a high upper limit. They have low strength, low defense, and almost zero defense against magic and poison, but their agility is not low.

The goblin around the lower limit level and now Charles can fight five or five in hand-to-hand combat on the playing field, and if the two sides use ordinary weapons, Charles's winning chance can reach 6 percent, and if they use magic weapons, the goblins only have a 1 percent chance of winning.

If the battle had taken place in a complex woods, it would have been nice if Charles had been able to save his life.

If you were an adult adventurer, it would be no more difficult to destroy these goblins than it would be to find herbs in the grass.

However, they are not without the strength to fight.

"Do those herbs you prepared work?" asked Diana.

Charles's mask was now the color of the bottom of the pot, and he replied, "This is the recipe recorded in Halkara's book, I saw it when I was learning Elven with her, and I think it should be, probably, maybe fine." ”

The African sheikh continued: "Anyway, with our methods, poisoning is just a means of insurance. ”

Diana then came to the front of the carriage and continued to talk to the old butler who was driving. She asked, "Sir, are you sure those goblins won't leave the cave during the day?"

"Ah...... Oh......" The old butler, who was focused on catching the car, didn't notice that Diana was talking to him for a while, "Those goblins sleep during the day and only come out at night to find something to eat. ”

"So can you be sure that there is only one exit to the cave where they live?" asked Diana.

The old butler replied, "Last year the old man's dog ran away, and we went in when we were looking for the dog." At that time, there were no goblins living in it. ”

After the old butler knew about someone's title, he answered all the questions raised by these two newcomers.

After repeated questioning, they finally understood the difficulties of this mission.

The terrain in that cave is more complicated, and the height of the cave is very low. The height of the cave is less than 1.5 meters, and this space is not too stressful for the dwarf goblins, but it is impossible for adults who can only bend over to enter.

This is also the reason why the old butler did not object when he saw that the adventurer's union sent two children about the same height as the goblins to complete the mission.

Near noon, the carriage came to the front of a field of golden oats. Looking beyond the oatmeal fields, you can see the hedged fruit groves and the residential area fenced with logs more than two meters high.

On the main road by the oat field, a group of people are standing there pointing at the oat field.

Standing at the front was a white-haired old man on crutches. The short hair on his head stood up like a hedgehog's short thorns, and on his chin was a beard like a steel needle. He was tall and burly, and stood straight like a sharp sword stuck in the ground.

He was the only one in the room dressed in clean cotton clothes, the two old men standing behind him who were talking respectfully to him were dressed in linen clothes that covered the loess, and the few people who were hunched over with various things at the end were covered only in dirty rags that resembled clothes.

From the clothes and demeanor, you can see the difference between the low-level nobles, the freedmen and the slaves.

The old butler parked the carriage not far from the crowd, and trotted over to report to the lord about his trip to Avalon this morning.

Charles and Diana packed their gear, jumped out of the carriage, and headed for their employer.

The old butler introduced his master to the two of them: "This is Sir Tonior, the master of this place." ”

The two budding adventurers bowed to their employer with their left hands bent and stretched out to their chests. If it is a salute between nobles, the right hand is used, because the nobles' power rings are worn on the right hand.

Charles, as a nobleman with a higher rank than his employer, only shook his body forward slightly, and then he was fine. Diana was just a freedman, leaning forward 15°.

"Adventurer Squad - Squad 3.1415926 has taken on the mission you issued by the Adventurer Guild in Avalon City, and all the team members are now reporting to you. Diana said to Tonio.

Tonio was a little surprised that the captain was actually this civilian girl and not the noble boy next to him, but it wasn't a big deal.

He scrutinized the two newcomers carefully, and then the cane in his hand suddenly stabbed Diana in the head.

Diana took a few steps back in quick succession to widen the distance of Tonio, while Charles took a sideways step and flashed to the side, and then a fireball spell to make a fool of the face.

Tonio turned his head sideways to avoid the small fireball thrown by Charles, and at the same time swept Charles with his crutches.

With a "bang", the shield that suddenly appeared in Charles's hand blocked Tonio's crutches, and Charles's figure was also beaten out of balance.

The sound of Diana chanting spells attracted Toneo, and when Toneo looked at Diana, he saw a strong light emitting from the tip of the half-meter-long wand in Diana's hand.

Tonio's eyes darkened suddenly, and he immediately jumped backwards, dodging Charles's shield impact. With the help of a mask, Charles was in no way affected by Diana's magic.

Temporarily blind, Tonio listens to every sound around him in an attempt to find traces of Charles's movements.

However, Diana didn't give him a chance, and a series of thunderous noises exploded around Tonio.

In the end, Tonio had to use more power than the goblins, and a tornado of flames appeared outside him, forcing back Charles, who was lightly preparing to sneak attack.

"Good. Tonio said satisfied, "As long as you don't get caught up in the siege because of your carelessness, you can accomplish this task." ”

"Thank you for your mercy. Diana said to Toneo.

The employer tests the strength of the adventurer who has taken the task is the basic operation, and the two newcomers are mentally prepared from the beginning. Just like when a new worker comes to the construction site, the foreman must try his craft, either welding rods and seams, or tying a few steel bars, to ensure that the other party is not a parallel import. As for a new welder who poked the end of the wire into the socket with a wooden strip on his first day of work to get electricity, it was better to be fired on the spot.

"Come with me. ”

Tonio led the budding duo along the oatmeal field, and Tonio was walking inconveniently with his cane, his right foot was a little shorter than his left.

Then they came to a fence with a hole in it. Behind the fence is an orchard, and under the fruit trees are a number of thin-faced chickens foraging on the ground. In the era when there was no industrial production of feed, it was not easy to fatten chickens.

Not far from the hole in the fence was thrown a rope, supposedly dropped by a goblin. The goblins picked up the rope from somewhere, so they used it to tie a section of the fence, and then several goblins worked together to tear a hole in the fence.

There are not many useful traces left on the scene, and the budding duo can only conclude that there are no high-level goblins among each other.

"There are six of them. Tonio squinted his eyes and said to Charles and the two of them with a murderous spree, "They were already running away with the barrels when we arrived. The barrel has been with me for ten years and it is like family to me. So you're going to kill them all and avenge the barrels!"

It took a while for Charles to realize that "Oak Barrel" was the name of the dog.

Diana said to Toneo, "Let's go and settle the battle before dark." ”

"How can I help?" asked Tonio, "the oat harvest starts tomorrow, and we really don't have much to spare, but it's okay to help." ”

Charles saw the fields in the distance ploughing the grass in rotation and said, "I hope to provide us with a guide who can come back after dropping us off near our destination." It would be even better if some fresh pasture could be provided. ”

Tonio looked at Charles for a moment, then patted him on the shoulder and said, "Nice boy, that's a good way." ”