I’m not Goblin Slayer Chapter 031

Shrouded in a cloak, Meiwa emerged from the shade of the trees, returning stealthily.

The entire process was almost silent.

“How was the reconnaissance?”

The members of the Night Owl squad looked at her.

“Here.”

Meiwa took out a piece of yellowish-brown cowhide paper from her arms.

She spread it flat in the middle of the stones where several people were gathered around.

On the paper, she had drawn circles and marked with simple signs and symbols, writing down some information.

This was the advantage of having a Rogue apprentice in the team; she was both an assassin and a reconnaissance scout.

Although Rogues’ frontal combat ability was not as good as many other professions, and their role in the team seemed inconspicuous, their professional knowledge in many other fields was beyond the reach of other professions.

For example, they mastered various stealth and sneaking techniques.

In some special terrains, their nimble physique and athletic ability also allowed them to climb, search, scout enemies, disarm and set traps, pick locks, and so on, more easily.

In terms of combat, rather than overpowering with brute force, they preferred to formulate plans and deliver precise strikes targeting the enemy’s weak points.

It could be said that this was a profession with very distinct characteristics.

Even if Meiwa was just a Rogue apprentice, the stealth techniques she mastered were still indispensable for this team.

Back to the map.

Meiwa had already begun to announce the intelligence she had just gathered to the others.

The paper was simply drawn with about ten squares.

Each square represented a building.

The execution location for their current mission was the ruins of an abandoned village.

A small group of goblins had gathered on the originally desolate broken walls and ruins at some unknown time.

Since these ruins were relatively close to the nearby Mill Village, even though this group of green-skinned monsters had not yet threatened the village, the villagers still issued a commission to the Adventurers’ Guild.

The purpose was to nip the threat in the bud.

“The number of these goblins is roughly between 15- 22. Some are hiding inside buildings, so I can’t see clearly.”

“Their distribution is quite scattered. The specific numbers are the marks I’ve made on each building.”

“Their weapons are mostly stone spears, wooden clubs, wooden shields, and steel knives. There are 4 goblins who use bows and arrows.”

Meiwa described her intelligence clearly in a few words, combining it with the simple map.

“Are there any special leader individuals?” Levin nodded and added, asking.

“No.”

“That’s good. We’ll proceed according to the plan we made earlier.”

“Everyone get ready for battle. We’ll ambush the enemy here on the map. Meiwa, see if you can create some commotion without alerting all the monsters, and lure some goblins out first. That way, we can save some strength.” Levin explained the deployment to everyone.

“But even if it fails, it’s not important. Our combat power is enough to completely wipe out this group of goblins in a frontal assault.”

“Be careful of the archers.”

“Understood.”

No one had any additional suggestions for his command.

One by one, they silently began to help each other put on their protective gear.

Gauss, as a temporary new member of the team, naturally had nothing to interject.

The members of this team cooperated very well, and this mission was not particularly difficult.

He was more focused on silently learning from others and absorbing experience as an adventurer.

Yesterday, they had rushed to the vicinity late at night, chosen a suitable place to camp, and rested for a night.

At this moment, having slept well, they were full of energy.

Gauss put on his leather armor, gauntlets, and greaves, then poked his rapier a few times in place, warming up.

During this time, he had actually often practiced some basic sword fighting movements.

Although the effect was certainly not as good as professional sword instructors, as long as you were willing to practice basic movements, you would gain something.

At least his thrusts now looked much more decent than at first.

Of course, a rapier could also be used for slashing and parrying, but those were auxiliary; tactically, it still primarily relied on thrusts for attack.

A rapier required its user to have the ability to move quickly and operate flexibly.

Gauss somewhat lacked this in his normal state, but he had a cheat. As long as he activated that brain overload state, with the huge advantage brought by 7 points of spirit, his advantage perfectly aligned with the rapier’s specialty after entering a low-spec bullet time.

Doyle, with the help of his teammates, put on his scale armor before he had time to notice others.

Suddenly, his gaze caught Gauss not far away, moving in small, quick steps, one after another, doing thrusting warm-ups. A big question mark couldn’t help but pop up on his forehead.

What was he doing?

Although he had noticed that Gauss always carried a rapier, he hadn’t paid much attention to it.

After all, many professions would carry a melee weapon for self-defense in emergencies.

But now, looking at Gauss’s focused warm-up,

Could it be that he was really preparing to engage in close combat? Was this guy really a mage?

However, he didn’t have time to pay attention to Gauss; he himself also had to quickly move around and warm up before the battle.

Once everyone was ready, they headed towards the planned ambush location.

This was the difference between an experienced low-level adventure team and a novice team. Facing a group of goblins whose frontal combat power was inferior to their own, these veterans still had to set up an ambush and defeat them in separate groups.

According to Levin, even if they had the ability to defeat the goblins head-on, they shouldn’t act recklessly, because such an engagement would undoubtedly consume more of their strength and stamina.

And in this boundless wilderness, you could never predict what kind of enemy you would encounter next.

Even near human-opened roads, although the probability was relatively low, a group of monsters wielding knives and clubs could still pop out.

Therefore, reasonable stamina allocation and management were essential.

Retaining an extra bit of stamina meant an extra guarantee of survival.

Not long after, after greeting the team, Meiwa disappeared into the shadows and stealthily moved towards the ruins.

Her movements were as agile as an old cat.

Everyone found a place to hide and waited silently for Meiwa to return.

Soon after, a series of faint footsteps sounded from the direction of the ruins.

They were not Meiwa’s, but those of several green-skinned monsters, whose height reached an adult’s chest.

These goblins were lured by the commotion Meiwa created.

Suddenly, one of the leading goblins seemed to spot some treasure and turned to “waa-waa” at its companions beside it.

Under a tree in an open space not far ahead of them, a bleeding gray rabbit was constantly kicking its legs, making its final struggle against death.

“Waa-waa-waa!”

“Waa-waa-waa-waa!”

After an excited exchange, the goblins quickly gathered together cautiously.

While carefully looking around their surroundings, they approached the gray rabbit.

Goblins had low intelligence but were inherently cunning.

Even when faced with the temptation of fresh blood right before their eyes, they did not rush forward recklessly.

This was the terrifying aspect of goblins: before their ranks broke, even though they were monsters, they could maintain good discipline.