After Yu Feiyan showed off her powers, Nobita knew a little more about this super AI, and she was more confident when she explored - according to this expressiveness, even if the upper and lower parts of her body were cut off, it is estimated that she would have a way to save you......

The girl who was stabbed in the stomach by the goblin was also a mage, and she, the little priest, a warrior with a sword, and a female boxer had taken over the list from the adventurer's guild in the town and came to fight the goblin. However, in the depths of the cave, the team of newcomers was ambushed by the goblins and wiped out due to poor handling, leaving only the two girls to escape from the depths of the lair.

But...... If Nobita and Goblin Slayer hadn't happened to pass by, they probably wouldn't have been able to escape here.

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“…… She's panting a little hard, is it okay? ”

Nobita turned and looked at the little priest and the magician who were walking behind them—she was so weak that she had just undergone a minimally invasive surgery and could only let the little priest carry her along. Even so, the girl's breathing was still very loud, a bit like the feeling of panting like a cow after running a thousand meters...... This made Nobita feel very strange. It stands to reason that the minimally invasive surgery has completely repaired all the tissues in her body, and there is no rejection, so it shouldn't be this reaction.

The girl's body curled up like a shrimp, her eyes did not shine at all, and she did not answer Nobita's questions, limping forward like a puppet.

"Forgive her, Mr. Dark Mage......" The little priest had to call Nobita by such an awkward name because he didn't know his name, "She didn't seem to have recovered from the blow she had dealt before. ”

"Goblins are dirty creatures...... There are no females in the entire race, so it is impossible to have children on their own. Goblin Slayer began to teach Nobita some common knowledge of the world, "So, when plundering villages, they will take women captive and use human women as their seedbeds." It's not just humans...... As long as it is a humanoid female, it can give birth to a goblin. The woman who fell into their hands, even if she was rescued...... The heart will die, too. ”

“…… What a malicious creature. Nobita frowned with some disgust, "Isn't there anyone who cares about this kind of race that will endanger the survival of human beings?" ”

"Yes." The Goblin Slayer said lightly, "I am." ”

"No, no, Goblin Slayer San, you're mistaken...... I mean—doesn't your kingdom have troops dedicated to driving out goblins? If you continue to leave it alone, the border side will always be harassed, right? ”

“…… In their minds, the goblin may be a very weak monster that is not worth sending troops for. Compared to the weak goblins, there seem to be many demon creatures in the outside world, and those creatures attract the vast majority of national armies and adventurers, after all, ...... Even solo adventurers can only get a good reward when they hunt high-level monsters. He said in a very flat tone, as if he were just stating a fact without emotion, "As for the goblins...... Even if you form a team to fight, you won't get too much gold, so no one wants to do it. ”

"That's ......"

Nobita took the information he provided to heart, but didn't ask questions like "In that case, why do you keep killing goblins?"

One glance at his bitter and hateful form will make you guess that there must be an unpleasant story in it......

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Not long after walking, Nobita saw a tattered flag on the ground in the distance, yellow and blue, with several skulls tied to it, stained with a few drops of blood that had long since dried up. There was no wind in the cave, so the flag just hung calmly in place, with a disgusting feeling of suffocation.

In addition to this, a long sword was casually thrown to the ground, and the blade was stained with dirty blood, and it was not even completely dry. The blood stains and bone residues at the scene were terrifying, and some blood stains even splashed on the roof of the cave, enough to make up for the horrific massacre that took place here.

"Uh...... Ah———!!!h ”

The rescued magician girl seemed to suddenly remember something, covered her eyes, and began to scream. Nobita was startled by her sudden exclamation, he had never heard a woman make such a miserable sound before, and he couldn't help but be stunned. By the time he could react, her screams had echoed through the depths of the cavern several times, almost like yelling in the valley.

"Oh my God...... Yan! Hurry up and get her to stop! ”

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However, Rain Feiyan didn't have time to interfere with her brain.

In an instant, the Goblin Slayer flashed behind the Sorcerer Girl and slammed his knife into the back of her neck.

"Boom!"

Her body softened like a sea cucumber, and her screams came to an abrupt end as if they had been cut off by something, and the whole person fell backwards on her back to the sky. If it weren't for the little priest's quick hand and helping her hard, it is estimated that she would have fallen down with her head on the ground in the future.

"Mr. Goblin Slayer!" Seeing that he was so rude to girls, the little priest seemed a little indignant and wanted to reason with him. But as soon as she came into contact with his sword-like eyes, which were hidden under the steel helmet, this gentle girl was frightened again, and she muttered for a long time before she could hold back a sentence, "Please, please be gentle with her...... She's already hurt......"

"Healed by the Dark Mage, right?" He seemed to be asking Nobita, but without waiting for Nobita to give an affirmative answer, he continued, "The voice will attract goblins." And there's no way to set traps here, so if you come a lot at once, it's going to be hard to deal with. ”

"......" What the people said was reasonable, and the little priest had no choice but to lower his head, not to fight with him, and to focus on supporting his companions.

But...... A peer who has lost consciousness can be so heavy......

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"Two, what do you think of this scene?" Nobita smiled and digressed the subject, pointing to the messy crime scene and asking, "Can you remember something?" ”

“…… That's where we were attacked. The little priest took two deep breaths, forced over his fears, and told what had happened in a voice that was still trembling, "Suddenly out of the corner of the cave came a lot of goblins, all of them small, but with sharp weapons...... The warrior hacked two to death with his sword, but after that, his sword ......"

"Hit the cavern's wall, didn't you?" Goblin Slayer reasoned, "In such a narrow cave, you shouldn't use a long weapon, but you'll be bound by yourself." ”

“…… Later, he encountered a large goblin that was taller than Mr. Goblin Slayer...... The boxer's foot was easily grabbed by him......"

"What? Goblin? The Goblin Slayer was slightly stunned and began to think about countermeasures, but he seemed to notice Nobita's puzzled expression, so he explained in passing, "There will be many subspecies of so-called goblins, and the one you just saw is just the most basic...... Some of these goblins are atavistic, becoming larger, more ruthless, and more powerful. You can't just use brute force to deal with a goblin like that, you have to use traps, or something more lethal......"

"Big men are generally goblin shamans' bodyguards, that is...... There are also shamans in this cave. ”

"Shaman?" Nobita asked, puzzled.

"You can understand him as a goblin mage."

"Oh, magician......" Nobita immediately smiled happily when he heard this, "Isn't that just right?" ”

The little priest had been blinking at the conversation between the two bigwigs (in his opinion, anyway, Gosaki and Nobita didn't look like the first adventure), and before that, she had never imagined that there would be people like them in the world...... It's far safer to be with them than with the newbies before you.

"That...... Mr. Black Magician. She timidly asked, "You really haven't heard of goblins before?" ”

"Well, how can I say it......" Nobita turned his mind slightly, and clever ideas came out one after another, and he picked out the most natural excuse from it, "You know, I study black arts, and I am definitely not treated well, and those mainstream 'magicians' look down on me...... So I don't have to go out and do it. This time, it was out of necessity to collect materials...... I used to live alone in an ivory tower. ”

As for where the ivory tower was, he didn't elaborate, and the little priest didn't ask.

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The group finally came to the depths of the cave, and the terrain gradually became opener, and the hideous red blood stains on the ground were visible.

"Stop." The Goblin Slayer suddenly spoke, "We're going too deep. ”

"Too deep?"

"I didn't encounter goblins along the way, which is very wrong in itself." He pointed to the small artificial sun hanging from the roof of the cave, "I think it's all because of the magic props." The bright light it emits would make goblins who have lived in caves for a long time feel uncomfortable, so they didn't choose to ambush. So, we went with the flow...... Now that the terrain is gradually opening up, there are more and more debris on the ground, which is not a good sign. ”

"This means - the goblin's lair, probably not far ahead."

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The little priest turned pale with fright from his words, as if he had instantly drained 500CC of blood...... It seems that she is still haunted by the experience she had had an hour earlier.

Nobita, on the other hand, looks indifferent, and doesn't seem to take the crisis in front of him seriously at all, "Is it?" So, Goblin Slayer Sang, what are your plans? ”

"Kill them all."

"Ah...... I mean, how, exactly? Nobita couldn't help but laugh, "Do you need me to help you?" ”

"I need to confirm your abilities first, how can you help us in battle?" As he spoke, the Goblin Slayer expertly drew his short sword at his waist, and a sharp cold light flashed in the cave, "...... What kind of magic will you use? ”

"Telekinesis."

"Telekinesis?" This wasn't a common word for goblin slayers, so he repeated it again, "What's that?" ”

"It's the ability to move objects with thoughts, so you may not be able to understand it...... Just now, when you were about to kill this girl, didn't you feel like something was blocking your wrist? That's one way of applying telekinesis, and I've created an upward force field on your arms so that you can't stab the blade down......"

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"Ga ————!!"

Suddenly, a hoarse roar came from behind them, and a goblin with a short dagger in hand burst out of the shadows of the cavern. He was running faster on flat ground than Nobita had imagined, and he was only the size of a child, but he galloped like a wild dog, and the height of his jump was much higher than he expected.

The Goblin Slayer reacted almost instantaneously, holding the round shield in his left hand to a horizontal position, ready to deliver a solid shield blow to the flying goblin.

“…… Just right. Nobita snapped his fingers, "Just use it as an explanation." ”

With a telekinetic urging, he cut the ground under his feet into a volume the size of a brick and floated into the air. The cuboid stone brick spun in a circle in the air, and telekinesis cleverly rubbed away part of its surface volume, making it an extremely sharp standard cone. Then, with a slight aim, Nobita threw the stone cone with telekinesis, drawing a straight line through the air and stabbing it into the goblin's throat.

"Gaga...... Uhh——!!hh ”

Instinctively, he covered the stab wound, and the veins burst, and filthy blood gushed out like a fountain.