I’m not Goblin Slayer Chapter 059

The old kobold died too quickly.

At that moment, everyone hadn’t even reacted to what happened before it self-destructed and died.

However, after a second thought, the few people knew that it was most likely Gauss’s doing.

Not understanding what was happening, attributing the cause to the spellcaster in the team was likely the correct answer.

“Crisis averted.” Gauss breathed a sigh of relief.

It was a hidden crisis resolved, one with a scare but no real danger.

His gaze fell upon the remaining kobolds.

At this moment, the other kobolds were trembling all over, terrified by the sudden death of the old kobold. One kobold even knelt directly on the ground, facing the direction of the giant dragon stone sculpture, continuously kowtowing frantically.

It was as if the death of the old kobold was the result of a dragon’s wrath.

“Without an overwhelming numerical advantage, and without a strong leader, these kobolds truly are a motley crew. It’s just too troublesome to get in here; it takes half a day of effort.” Gauss couldn’t help but sigh with emotion at this sight.

According to information from Meva, this kobold lair was already relatively crude. Some kobold lairs that had been excavated and built for a long time could truly be described as underground tunnel mazes.

Facing those more complex lairs, some novice adventurers didn’t even dare to enter them, abandoning the quest on the spot, fearing getting lost and consequently dying in an accident.

Even using some tools to collapse cave entrances or tunnels couldn’t affect the kobolds deeper inside.

It could be said that once everyone successfully reached the lair’s main hall, over fifty percent of this quest’s progress was complete.

Gauss withdrew his thoughts. Facing the kobolds before him, who had lost their will to fight, their legs trembling, preparing to flee, he didn’t have much sympathy.

Although this was an abandoned mine, geographically it still belonged to the territory of the Carlos Kingdom. As monsters, from the moment they stepped onto this land, they were already further encroaching upon human living space.

If left unchecked, the number of monsters would continuously increase, gradually eroding the areas that originally belonged to humans.

This was also why the Adventurers’ Guild regularly issued quests, even monster extermination missions in uninhabited areas. In reality, the funds for these quests were ultimately paid by the Carlos Kingdom.

Similarly, humans venturing deep into the Emerald Forest were also very susceptible to attacks from other monsters.

Therefore, there was also a saying that non-professionals should not venture deep into the Emerald Forest.

“Kill!”

Gauss’s sword was swift.

In an instant, it pierced through the throat of a kobold.

After his agility increased, his rapier control seemed to become even more precise.

Normally, he would have had to aim a bit more.

“Pfft!”

“Puff!”

“Killed **kobold** * 1”

“Total monsters killed: 55”

The remaining kobolds fell one by one beneath his blade.

After dealing with the adult kobold individuals present, the few people looked at the group of kobold hatchlings, only knee-high with large heads.

Gauss’s sword paused, but a moment later, it swung out rapidly.

“Swish!”

“Swish!”

Several flashes of sword light cut through the air.

One by one, the kobold hatchlings fell into eternal sleep amidst their squeals.

Putting away his rapier, Gauss’s vision didn’t show any notification of an increase in the number of monsters killed.

He looked at the panel.

Indeed, the total number of monsters killed was still stuck at 55.

Hatchlings apparently weren’t counted.

Was it because they were too small and lacked the corresponding combat ability?

Gauss shook his head.

However, even if the number didn’t increase, out of the principle of “nipping evil in the bud” and “eradicating evil completely,” he had to steel himself and act.

Who knew if these lizard little monsters’ hatchlings, if left alive, would evolve into the next kobold tribe.

Not long after everyone swiftly killed the kobolds in the hall, a series of hurried, short footsteps echoed in the entrance passage.

Clearly, the commotion in the hall had reached the excavation area, and the miner kobolds were returning to defend.

Unfortunately, Gauss and the others were too fast.

When the first kobold, brandishing a stone pickaxe, ran out of the passage, it saw the scattered remains of its kin and its steps immediately froze.

As if it had seen something extremely shocking, its pupils contracted, and it stood dumbfounded.

The kobolds that ran out behind it were all the same.

Who would have thought that they were just mining next door, and in the blink of an eye, their home was stolen.

“Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!”

After a brief moment of shock, the kobolds became enraged.

Even though their nature wasn’t particularly fierce, seeing this scene would still fill them with rage.

“Thump! Thump!”

The kobolds’ lizard tails continuously lashed the ground, both as if to relieve their inner unease and as a collective act to boost morale.

Unlike the old, weak, and sick kobolds who remained in the hall earlier, this group of strong adult kobolds clearly had a stronger desire to fight.

But what was abundant was only their desire to fight.

A few minutes later.

Gauss looked at the kobolds who had been wiped out, wiping blood from his blade with a cloth.

Because he had Mage Armor cast on him, he was completely unharmed in the previous battle. Any attacks that occasionally grazed him were also nullified by Mage Armor.

Feeling the still resilient armor, he felt a strong sense of security from the bottom of his heart.

“Total monsters killed: 59”

Kobolds could not defeat humans who were stronger than them simply with courage.

The probability of anger and hot-bloodedness surging into the brain, leading to a burst of power and stronger combat ability, was extremely low in reality.

“Whew—”

“A little tired.”

The others sat on the ground and rested for a while.

The battle itself, apart from the old kobold’s fire breath, had no other dangerous moments. However, walking bent over and crawling on their bellies along the way had exhausted everyone.

Now that the battle was over, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Gauss also sat for a while, scanning the hall. Next, it was time to collect the spoils of war.

Kobolds always had a habit of collecting “treasures.”

Of course, it was almost impossible to find any truly decent treasures among the collections of low-level kobolds.

Most of them were just junk found in some forgotten corner.

Gauss ignored the junk piled up by the kobolds. Meva would search through it for potentially valuable collectibles.

He walked to the rock platform where the old kobold had stood earlier.

He activated Mage Hand and dragged the kobold’s corpse off the platform.

“Thud!”

The kobold’s body landed heavily on the ground.

Gauss was very curious about this fire-breathing kobold.

He brought over the hideous lizard head from nearby and placed it next to its body. Gauss silently observed it for a while.

Unfortunately, its neck had been shattered, but from the fragmentary pieces of scaled skin, it was clear that the skin on its neck was significantly darker than that of its kin.

“This old kobold’s body should be worth some money,” Levin said, approaching at some point.

“Is this a monster with a formal challenge rating?” Gauss asked casually, seeing that he seemed to know something.

The so-called monster challenge rating, similar to the professional level humans possessed, both represented that they possessed power beyond the reach of ordinary people.