Chapter 43: Goblin Slayer (18)
"Boom ————!!"
With a flash of blue light, the troll's body was split in half by a huge force. Seawater spread out of this wound, mixed with the blood of the demons, and there was an inexplicable smell of blasphemy. The troll's vitality far exceeds that of humans, and even though he has been cut in half, he still has a breath of air. It's just that the originally strong body has lost its vitality at the moment, lying weakly on the ground, with its back against the seemingly endless sea water, "whirring" and panting. The self-healing factor was still running at full speed, but he knew it...... If you are injured like this, you probably can't get it back.
He looked at the human warrior in front of him unwillingly...... It's just a person, wrapped under a layer of iron armor, if you're not careless, you only need a punch...... You can beat him to the head and bleed. But now, everything is turned upside down, and little by little, this weak human is recovering. When he is fully able to stand, he will take off his head with his sword, like a sheep, like a pig!
"You...... What kind of trick did you use......
"yes, Goblin Slayer San, what the hell is this?" Seeing that he had won the battle, Nobita secretly breathed a sigh of relief for him, and seemed to have returned to his usual tone, "I'm also curious...... You ended up pulling open a scroll, right? ”
“…… Precisely. The Goblin Slayer clutched his ribs and struggled to his feet, "It was a teleportation scroll, and I asked someone else to make it...... The place of teleportation is the bottom of the sea, a very deep place. ”
"As you said, trolls have the ability to heal themselves, and they're highly defensive...... This means that ordinary attacks are ineffective. But no matter how powerful it is, it is still a living being, and since it is a living being, it is impossible to resist the power of nature, so I thought of this trick. At this point, he gasped a few more times, as if to adjust his breath, "...... The water in the deep sea has a tremendous water pressure, and if you designate a teleportation beacon into the troll's body, the water pressure will tear through his body from the inside out, tearing it in half. The operation itself is very simple, and even children with untied hands can easily pull the reel...... The only thing I had to do was distract him before I got it, so he wouldn't be on guard. ”
After listening to his innocuous narration, the troll's dying brain swelled with absurdity, and he grinned incredulously, "It's just ...... Just to level the goblins, for that kind of thing...... You went to such great lengths to prepare this ......"
"I don't know if you have any misunderstandings."
Slowly stepping on the troll's body, the Goblin Slayer pulled out a scimitar pinned to his waist, lifted it high, and aimed it at his unguarded throat.
"In my opinion, you're inferior to a goblin."
The hand rises, and the knife falls.
An unknown number of murdered lives are over.
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"Well done." Nobita clapped as he slowly descended from the sky and looked at the Goblin Slayer
His eyes were filled with joy as if he had received a treasure, "Sure enough...... Goblin Slayer, you're a cautious and smart person, and I'm not wrong about you. ”
"What do you mean?"
"......" Nobita didn't answer him immediately, but turned his gaze around and swept everyone present one by one with great seriousness. He pondered for a moment, as if to sort out his thoughts, and find a beginning for so many things he wanted to say, like finding a thread from a mess of wool.
"This is really not the place to talk...... Goblin Slayer Sang. After a long thought, he put his arm around the Goblin Slayer's shoulder and said, "Take up a little bit of your time." ”
With that, he used teleportation, and the two disappeared directly from the spot.
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The canyon that had been ravaged by Nobita last night has now become a barren wasteland.
The Goblin Slayer only felt a limp under his feet, and his body crossed an unknown distance and appeared directly in another place. The caverns, rock walls, and corpses of trolls have vanished from all sides, replaced by a charred valley with countless craters of meteorites in the center. All traces of this place seem to have been uprooted by a force of great force, and it has been completely reduced to ashes, leaving nothing behind...... From a mortal's point of view, Brother Kill couldn't imagine what had happened here.
Fortunately, Nobita began to explain it all to him.
"There were a lot of geological disasters last night...... You feel all of this, right? Earthquakes, lunar quakes, meteors, and inexplicable flashes of light. Nobita's tone didn't have the slightest hint of show-off, rather, he didn't feel that what he had done was glorious, "That's because I'm fighting the Demon King Army." As smart as you are, you should have guessed the final ending...... I won, big win. There was originally a complete demon army here, but now only embers and ashes remain, and everything has been erased by me. ”
“……”
Goblin Slayer turned to the side and took another look at Nobita's face, making it easy to tell that he wasn't just talking.
A cold wind poured into his iron armor.
"You're so powerful, why do you want to team up with me?" He asked softly, "If you're right, you're bound to have the strength to reach the platinum level, and even becoming the greatest adventurer of all time is just a matter of effort, and you can easily get everything you want." ”
Nobita took off his hood, and although he lost a bit in height, his gaze at his brother was still full of tenderness, as if an old man with a hundred battles was looking at a fledgling young man. This look surprised the Goblin Slayer a little - he had never seen Nobita take off his hood before, and he couldn't imagine that such a peerless powerhouse could really be so young.
Young to ...... It's too much, and Goblin Slayer can't figure out what kind of world would give birth to such a terrible person.
"I'm not used to seeing gold and silver treasures...... Let's be honest with you, Goblin Slayer San, this isn't the first time I've done something like this, and it probably won't be the last. He shook his head and cast his gaze to the other side of the sky, his eyes revealing a great love that seemed not to belong to human beings, "I just want you all to be happy, and everyone in this world can be happy." ”
"I'm not a narrow racist, and subhumans are also classified as 'humans', miners, forest people, lizardmen, and other races that I don't know yet. But here comes the problem again...... How can we be happy? Different races have different definitions of happiness, and the judgment of this kind of thing is too subjective. ”
Then I thought about it again...... In a world where there are demon gods, no matter what, you won't be happy. ”
"The world is trapped by demons and prays all the time for them to disappear...... If nothing else, just the lowliest-level goblin in the demon race is enough to create a goblin killer like you. My friend, you are a mixture of pain, sorrow, and hatred, and one of the souls I must save. Nobita smiled softly at him, and the stars in the sky spun rapidly at this moment, captivated by this rare, saint-like tenderness, "Think about it...... Whenever the demon king goes on an expedition, or a brave man goes on an expedition, how much disaster will it cause and how much fear will it cause? Will there be an 'Undead Killer', a 'Titan Killer', or a 'Demon God Killer'? Just like you ......."
"So, Goblin Slayer San, I thought and thought about it, and finally reluctantly came to a conclusion."
"It's good that there are no demons in the world. I can't stay in this world for long on my own, so I need someone to do it for me...... In the end, I chose you. I am very shocked by your performance today, in the context of such an era, in the face of an enemy that could not have been defeated, you have come up with such a solution. This speaks volumes about your abilities and abilities, as well as your determination to make changes on the spot...... More importantly, you have the courage to fight against fate and will never succumb to the dictates of the gods. ”
"That's exactly what I need, my friend."
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"Boom ————!!"
There was a cracking sound in the sky, and the Goblin Slayer followed the sound, only to see a figure falling from the sky like a meteor! His speed broke through everything in human cognition, and he didn't slow down, almost in the blink of an eye, and the comer "Boom!" A hard landing on land caused an astonishing sonic boom.
The earth seemed to shatter under its feet.
The smoke screen cleared, and the Goblin Slayer vaguely recognized that it was none other than the sentry, the magic puppet that had taken down the trolls in three moves. He didn't know how the steel monster had found it, but judging by the latter's relaxed attitude, it must not be a difficult task for him.
"Sir, in the download of the equation positive mutation of the mind control series, the last batch of positive paths is about to be completed."
"Good." Nobita smiled slightly, then turned the topic back to the Goblin Slayer, and said earnestly, "I think you also understand, I've never liked to make a fuss...... If you want to do it, you can do it big. The Sentinel isn't a magic golem, he's a soldier I've made. You don't need to know the specific principle, you just need to know - he has the ability to defeat the Demon King, and can convert energy into matter, achieve self-proliferation, and become a domineering army in this era. And I'm ...... intends to transfer control of this army to you. ”
“…… You may be misunderstood. The Goblin Slayer looked at the monster with red eyes, and even felt a chill in his back, "There is a difference between a troll and a demon god king. Just because he can easily defeat the trolls doesn't mean ......"
"Trust me. The power that the Sentinel uses to defeat the trolls is simply a drop in the bucket of his overall strength. If he gets serious...... I don't use any kind of demon king. ”
"Are you willing to accept this power?"
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"According to you, this ...... Sentry? He actually has no consciousness of his own, is he a dead thing? ”
"No, no, Goblin Slayer San, the Sentinel is a highly intelligent combat robot, it's just that he will obey you 100 percent." Nobita said confidently, "And if you want, they can multiply on their own, and your forces will increase." ”
That is to say...... It's a weapon. ”
"You can understand that."
"Before I get my hands on a weapon, I test it out." The Goblin Slayer said without humility or arrogance, "Can you let me try it too?" ”
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"Hahahaha!" Nobita was amused by his request, "What you say is really reasonable...... Okay, then I'll let you inspect it a priori, and you can understand what this thing is. And...... How much influence this force can have on your world. ”
He turned around and said, "Since you will have to take this property from me sooner or later, why don't you ...... Goblin Slayer, this order is up to you. ”
"......," the Goblin Slayer groaned for a moment, then slowly stepped forward and said to the Sentinel, "Please go and destroy one of the largest goblin dens on this continent." ”
"Yes, sir." The sentry replied respectfully.