From the next day onwards, Nod continued to collects herb smoothly.
The medicinal herbs are collected from close to the forest, so he will gradually go deeper into the forest, but since the medicinal herbs were more prosperous in the deeper part of the forest, the collected amount did not fall .
The fishing skill was still being demonstrated, and Nod was welcomed at night and was able to have a good meal.
The first day was only bread and fish, but by offering the fish that Nod caught, he was able to gets soup as compensation from the second day.
It seems that some of the adventurers have the skill of ranger, soup with mushrooms, wild gra.s.s, and salted meat that someone brought to fish.
Even though it is still a warm season, the forest night camp still cools.
Although it is still easy because the forest is near and functions as a windbreak, if this is in the middle of the plain, the night wind without obstruction will take away the body temperature, Nod will be in the family with experience he has been asked.
Compared to that, this time he is able to drink a warm soup with salt. Nod was thinking about that days.
And one day when the scheduled schedule was digested and only one more day left before returning.
Nod was deep in the forest and kept collecting herbs as always, but Nod ear caughts the sound of battle.
The sound of battle, which was slightly heard from the other side of the woods, indicated that the place was far away. Nod spent some time thinking about moving away from the sound or heading for help.
Nod has also battled monsters in the forest several times in the last few days, but they were low threat monsters, not much different from wild animals. Of course, the battle ended soon, and the same was true of other adventurers, and he heard from adventurers who had dinner together at night.
However, the sound of the battle that he can hear now is uninterrupted and he know that the death battle continues. Naturally, the opponents of the fighting adventurers are also strong enemies.
As long as he didn"t know what the enemy was, it was also good to avoid the danger. Because life is something that is treated with care.
Nod immediately decided to head towards the sound—to helps.
Nod that must earn money for their families admonish themselves that they must never be fooled.
However, abandoning the adventurers who may be struggling to escape is a choice that Nod who is aspiring to be a knight, not a choice.
As he sprinted through the forest, the sound of battle gradually became louder and stronger.
Nod ran all the way while suppressing the feeling of losing hope.
The way to walk in the forest has been known in the last few days. This was because there was an opportunity to ask adventurers with rangers who had a meal together rather than just walking around to gather.
Forests are often overgrown with scattered roots and fallen branches. They are also hidden in the undergrowth, making it even more difficult to understand, which affects the difficulty of walking.
Nod that could alleviate it to some extent reached the sound source in the shortest time.
── I saw it!
A figure seen from between the trees, beyond the field of view.
The equipment is very different from that of the adventurer, and their skin is light green.
It was a group of goblins, a monster with a devious face that collapsed in the dungeon.
The goblins had a large number of clan.
The goblin herds were different from those in the dungeon that fought in his memory.
Inside the dungeon, only those with daggers wrapped around the cloth like a waist wrap appeared, but the goblins in front of them wear clothes like animal leather. The hand is equipped with a rusty sword and a spear that would have been made by shaving a tree branch.
(There are some well-equipped goblins)
Some goblins wear things like armor or rusted, but there were individuals with metal swords and spears. It may be a goblin that has become stronger with experience.
The goblins were confronting adventurers in a forest-developed place, with the forest behind them. There were more than 20 goblins.
On the other hand, the group of adventurers seemed to be five people, and they fought in a formation that each protected their backs.
The goblins seem to be fighting in a way that uses numbers and surrounds them, and it seems that the goblins with traps are trying to surround the adventurers.
Of course, the bebattled situation in battle is fatal. Although it is inferior in combat power in particular, if it is surrounded by a large number of goblins, they will be attacked from all sides.
Since the number of human adventurers is small, even if you defeat some goblins, you will be beaten and injured one after another, and you will not be able to stand in the end.
And the goblin battle was about to closing in.
The adventurers may have defeated a considerable number of goblins, as evidenced by the fallen goblin corpse and blood clots. That is the true character of the intense battle sound.
However, it is not a common enemy. It was pushed by numbers and allowed battle, and a crisis pinch of desperate life was about to come.
It would have been timely for Nod to rush.
Adventurers first noticed Nod running through the forest.
Of the goblin that surrounds him, the individual closest to the forest noticed. The goblins are confused by the sound of the battle and heard the leaves rubbing from the forest behind.
He looked back in response to the sound, and the glowing light entered his eyes and died.
With the momentum rushing through the forest, Nod jumped out of the forest like an arrow from a drawn bow.
Of the goblins who had surrounded the adventurers as they turned their backs to the forest, the closest goblin tried to look back, so sword the individual.
Without knowing what happened, throw away the cut goblin and slash it with the sword that returns the goblin next to it.
Aiming between the neck, the goblin neck was kneaded without resistance. Move the corpse that loses its head and bleeds blood from its neck one step to become Nods shield.
Another goblin who has reached this point and realizes that he has received a surprise back attack and tries to turn around.
The one closest to Nod notices the attacks as soon as possible, and tries to attack Nod with what he has.
However, the corpse of another goblin who lost his head became an obstacle and the goblin unable to attack Nod.
Nod then mercilessly stabs the goblin"s neck and it dies.
In an instant, Nod that buried three goblins pulls a sword painted in fresh blood from the goblin. With the sound "whosh whosh" and the corpse falling down on the ground, the goblins also noticed a third party attack.
Is it screaming to kill or anger to Nod who disturbs their attack? ── Nod thinks it will be both.
As soon as the surprise was noticed, the one-sided attack was over.
The goblins has already noticed Nod and is holding their weapons without hesitation.
But,
"──Reinforcement!? Thanks!"
An adventurer who was about to be surrounded by goblins. One of them raises a voice of grat.i.tude in such a manner that it is from the bottom of my heart.
Other adventurers who were not aware of Nods help with their backs to the forest side, because they were fighting in a shape close to a circle, raised their voices, “Is it true !?” .
Their voice is full of cheerfulness and they seems to have regained some energy to help Heaven who came to the pinch of desperation.
The situation that only half-enclosed and then completely encircled was broken by Nods.
The battle means that the surrounding wall thickness—that is, the number of goblins is small.
The goblin battle, which had already been significantly reduced by a group of adventurers, was pierced by the death of three goblins that Nod had killed in a surprise attack.
This shifts the situation from battle to a battle that is sandwiched from both sides.
Adventurers noticed this and changed the formation. If you are bebattled, the group of five is best at protecting your back, but if you deal with the form of being caught, you can fight to cover the side, even if the adverse situation does not change.
The slight difference made the difference between victory and defeat.
Nod fought with an awareness of its position so that he could not be taken into the battle ring too.
Then, on the side where Nod is, the goblin is sandwiched between the adventurer and Nod.
Naturally it was disadvantageous to fight in pinching situations, and the goblins that were inferior to the adventurer"s individual combat power were slaughtered little by little.
Nods defeated the goblins one after another, in an instant collaboration with the adventurers in the battle.
Compared to the goblin that fought in the dungeon, it was an external goblin that excels in equipment quality, power, and physique, but it must still be a goblin.
Fighting while paying attention to the good goblin of some equipment, it was easy to kill because it was an opponent who killed many times later.
Nods were able to fight easily due to differences in equipment.
The group of adventurers who were under battle, as far as they can be seen = are only protecting some parts of the armor, such as the chest, and need more alert to enemy attacks. It seemed like they had to fight like that.
On the other hand, although the performance is lower than the armor used in the dungeon, Nods the whole body wrapped in the armor can advance the battle relatively well.
Even if you remove the defense of the iron plate that you have prepared, except for metal swords and spears, you can sufficiently protect the rough wooden spears that goblin handles with hard leather.
The goblin was the prey of the sword because of the precise turn of Nod that was used to fighting.
When Nod slaughtered about 10 additional goblins, the goblin numbers was annihilated. One of the fighting adventurers stabbed the last goblin.
After Nod watch out for the surroundings, there is no sign of reinforcement.
One of the bebattled adventurers approached Nod that had been guarding the surroundings.
"Thank you."
An adventurer who was fighting with a sword with a leather bib on his chest.
His age same as Nod. Nod noticed that they were a party that was talking to their friends in a carriage on the way.
“My name is Genius (ジニアス). What is your name?”
Hold the hand out and exchange a handshake. Genius was full of whole body wounds.
" I"m Nod. Looks like you"re injured, but are you okay?"
Not only Genius, but other adventurers also have wounds. Nod worried and asked.
"Oh, Nod. Thanks to you, I"m not that hurt.
Genius pointed out a single finger in line with the word "Look."
Nod looked at the tip of the finger and Nod was convinced.
There is female adventurer who was talking to Genius who was in a carriage was healing another adventurer.
"She is Reiss and is the priest of our party. If she"s not here, we were dead a long time ago."
If you look closely, there was a hole in the clothes worn by Genius.
It is torn in battle and stained with fresh blood, but this seems to be due to Genius" own injury rather than goblins blood.
Perhaps there was a hole in his belly.
From the priestess hands called Reiss who asks something and prays, a gentle light overflows and heals the wounds of other adventurers.
Healed, Reiss and other adventurers have come closer to Genius and Nod.
They sought handshake one after another and expressed their grat.i.tude in the hands of the responding Nod.
They named themselves Shino, Alumina and Geigos, respectively.
Reiss tried to heal Nod, but Nod declines it. The goblin attack is blocked by armor and doesn"t hurt.
Reiss finally dazzled when she healed Genius wounds with healing magic. It seems that she used too much magic power.
Although she was hugged to be accepted by Genius, she couldn"t be fainted, but anyone could see that she couldn"t be forced anymore.
Nod himself was exhausted by fighting after running through the forest.
The battle is also taking time, and the day is almost over.
Rather than someone suggesting, everyone on the spot decided to return to the camp.
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