There are 20 squads in the City Guards of Thousand Sails City, if you want to say which squad leader is the most unpleasant, those who are familiar with the City Guards know that there is only one answer, and that is Hyde.

Hyde did not have a surname because he was a commoner.

As a level 4 warrior who has entered the middle rank, being a squad leader who only governs 10 guards is obviously a bit condescending. You must know that the captains of the city guards are basically level 3 fighters, and there are several level 2 fighters from noble backgrounds.

Hyde is the only mid-rank squad leader.

It's not without reason that Hyde is so frustrated. Who told him that he was not good at words, and that he did not know how to be flexible. There was once a nobleman who placed his unsuccessful relative in Hyde's team, only to be scolded and driven away by Hyde just because he was lazy during training.

This kind of bull-like character, most of the adults in the city hall can't appreciate him, and naturally they are not very willing to promote him, coupled with the fierce competition for positions above the captain of the city guard squadron, Hyde's stomach can only vent in the tavern. If it weren't for the fact that the salary of the city guards was quite good, he would have planned to change jobs a long time ago.

A character like Hyde, who has no backstage and is not bad, will naturally be assigned some thankless hard work that cannot go wrong—such as cleaning up goblins.

Goblins are creatures, just like cockroaches on the earth, and they can't be killed no matter how they are killed.

More than 80% of the land on the Titania continent is wilderness, and these areas are a paradise for all kinds of beasts and monsters, and the war-torn human kingdoms are still unable to develop them. Although the goblin is weak, it is the most widely distributed species in the entire continent due to its strong reproductive ability and metamorphosis adaptability. From the ice fields in the north of the continent to the deserts in the south, thin figures can be seen everywhere in groups.

Even a large commercial port with a population of nearly 40,000 like Qianfan City can only try to maintain the safety of the surrounding trade routes. The specific method is to send guards to clear the goblins in time once they find traces of goblins near the trade routes, and that's it.

The winter sun came out late, and the sky was just dawning, and Hyde and his men came to the north gate of Thousand Sails City early to wait. Because the task of clearing the goblins is dangerous and there is no oil and water, the soldiers are a little listless.

"Captain Hyde, you're so early. "Of course, Griffiths and three of his men came late.

Although Griffith has decided to return to his hometown, in order to make a good impression on Gerald, the assigned task still needs to be completed well.

Griffith's attire was not much different from before, still a neat apprentice mage's robe, but with an extra man-tall cane in his hand.

The three subordinates are Pele, Vicente, and Anna.

Today's Anna can't see the appearance of a maid at all, close to 1.9 meters tall, wearing plate armor, holding a shield in her left hand and a sword in her right hand, she looks like a heroic giantess. This lady-in-waiting, who is close to Griffith's sister and brother, is actually the illegitimate daughter of a knight under Baron Caroling, although her identity is not recognized, she has been trained since she was a child, and she is only one step away from being promoted to the middle rank.

Compared with Anna, Bailey, who looks like a sidekick, can be called inconspicuous. He has an ordinary appearance, the kind of appearance that you can't find in a pile of people. Due to malnutrition when he was a child, he was short in stature, only about 1.65 meters, wearing a half-worn soft leather armor, with a smile on his face, leading a horse in his right hand, and carrying the provisions of several people on the horseback.

Vicente was barely handsome, with deep facial features, short blond hair, half a head taller than Bailey, but still giving him a thin look. He wears chain mail, has a mace hanging from his belt, and a round steel shield behind his back.

In the center of the shield is a gold coin, the emblem of the Church of the Goddess of Commerce. Similar to Bailey, Vicente was sent to Lady Fortune's church by Griffith, but still has not attained the priesthood rank and is unable to perform magical spells.

The priests of this world are not nurses in Japanese culture, and most of them are fierce men who can put on armor. Vicente, for example, is not yet an official priest, but he has also received enough combat training in the church, and is not much worse than the level 1 warrior in the City Guard.

"This time it was reported that the goblin tribe was found in the village of Black Rock, just on the edge of the Sharptooth Forest. Let's go there and find out what is going on, and then we decide what to do next, do you think it's okay? Hyde saw that Griffith had brought three of his men, and his attitude became more and more respectful. He and Griffith were also old acquaintances, having worked together several times before, and knew that this young man was not as arrogant as other mage apprentices, and was a relatively easy person to get along with.

The group followed the trade route north, then turned to the west path at a fork, and at about noon, they came to the village of Black Rock.

The lord of Black Rock Village was a baron, nominally a vassal of the Marquis of Griffin. Because its territory is close to Thousand Sails City, it has long been bought by the city hall with a golden dragon, and now it lives directly in the aristocratic district of Thousand Sails City, and it is even rumored that this baron has obtained a private seat in the council. If it weren't for this, the errand of clearing the goblins would not have been the turn of the city guards of Thousand Sails City.

The village of Black Rock is small, with a population of less than three hundred, and there are no specialties worth mentioning. Because it is on the edge of the Sharp Tooth Forest, it is necessary to watch out for wild beasts on weekdays, so the village chief is a level 2 warrior in his forties, and there are two or three people in the militia composed of young and strong people with professional ranks, which is quite a lot of force for such a remote village.

"Let's go and prepare lunch, we'll go into the forest after eating!" As soon as he arrived at Heiyan Village, Hyde led people directly into the village office, and then put forward various requirements to the village chief, causing the entire village office to jump for a while.

"Take care of our horses. Griffith was not polite, "Don't move anything right away, it's not something you can touch." ”

"I'll just watch. Bailey suggested.

Griffith nodded and agreed to the suggestion: "After Vicente finishes eating, go change for you." ”

Because of the arrival of this group of evil guests, the village was in turmoil for a while. By the time everyone had finished eating, they had rested for a while, and it was already an hour later.

The Sharp Tooth Forest is a hill with a radius of tens of miles, named after the many conifers. However, there were no elven tribes or druids living there, just an ordinary mountain forest.

Griffith and the others, who set off again after resting, followed a stream less than half a meter wide into the Sharp Tooth Forest.

"This creek is the most important source of water for the Sharp Tooth Forest, and we usually hunt here to find animal tracks. "The young man who spoke was named Hansen, in his early twenties, and was a guide provided by Black Rock Village, and although he was not certified, he was said to be a level 1 ranger.

"The new goblins, with their nest in the northeast, should be there before dusk if you go faster. Hansen walked at the head of the group, introducing as he watched.

"Isn't it not far from the trade route to the northeast?" Hyde frowned and pondered, "Even Black Rock Village has been discovered, why haven't any merchants reported losses yet?"

The trade route of Thousand Sails City radiates to the north of most of the Ilia Peninsula, and the village of Black Rock is located to the west of the trade route, while the goblin lair is to the northeast of the village of Black Rock. Although the intelligence of goblins is not high, it is equivalent to a human about ten years old, and it is even more of its nature to rob and other black jobs. Expecting them not to harass passing merchants is like expecting a fox not to eat chickens.

"Isn't that a good thing?" Bailey interjected, "The greater the threat of these goblins, the greater your credit to Captain Hyde." "If we can find evidence that these goblins are more harmful than expected, we can get more rewards from the town hall. Otherwise, a goblin scalp for 10 copper horns, a few days of hard work is not as good as a day of guarding the city gate to get a bribe.

Hearing Bailey's words, the soldiers, who had always looked listless, were also a little more excited.

Pele, this kid, well done. Griffith silently praised his subordinates in his heart, and pretended to be cautious: "In this case, it is likely that none of the merchants who were attacked escaped. From now on, cheer me up! Back to Thousand Sails City, I invite you to drink. ”

As soon as Griffith's words fell, Hansen suddenly stopped, drew his arrow, drew his bow in one go, and with a "whoosh", the arrow shot towards the bushes in the forest.

"Wolves. Hansen exhaled and said lightly.

Under Hyde's orders, the two soldiers cautiously walked towards the bushes, and after a while, the two ran back with a gray wolf on their shoulders. Deep in the woods, a few angry wolf howls could be heard in the distance.

"The wolves were scared away. These beasts are not stupid, there are many of us, they don't dare to attack rashly, they will hang us all the time, and it will be very troublesome if they don't drive them away. Hansen asked the soldier to place the wolf's carcass on a stone by the stream, and as he explained, he looked at Griffith with an inquiring gaze.

"Good archery. Griffith exclaimed.

I saw an arrow shoot through the eye socket of the gray wolf, and an arrow into the brain, which is not something that ordinary people can do. In Griffith's impression, there were only a few Baron Carolingian men who had this ability. This also gave birth to Griffith's love for talents.

It would be a waste for this young man to stay in a small village like Black Rock Village.

Griffith has long been familiar with the matter of buying people's hearts: "This wolf is Hansen's trophy, and it belongs to you." But we still have a task ahead of us, and we can't take the whole wolf with us. Hansen, you're going to skin it, right? Deal with it, the wolf skin can be carried by my horse. ”

Wolf meat is not delicious, and the most valuable thing about a whole wolf is wolf skin. A complete wolf skin in good condition can be sold for a golden dragon, which is a lot of money for a small person like Hansen.

Now that Griffith has opened his mouth, Hyde naturally has no objections. The two are in a cooperative relationship, and their status is equal on the surface, but Griffith is not only a nobleman, but also a noble mage, and he has the confidence to suppress Hyde. Although Hyde was a little unhappy, he could only let the team rest and be vigilant on the spot.

Hansen's movements were very neat, and in less than a quarter of an hour he peeled off the whole wolf's skin, and handily distributed some of the wolf's fangs to the other soldiers, which made Griffith think a little more highly of him.