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The goblin adventurer desperately stabbed the ogre repeatedly with his dagger, striking it a dozen times, and the ogre's life was rapidly decreasing.

Linsel's hard iron sword slashed down into the ogre's neck, cutting into more than half of the flesh!

[Ogre, Monster, Health: 123/450, Armor: 0 (Bone Plate), Severe Head Wound]

Dark red blood gushed from its neck. Under the threat of death, the ogre made a last-ditch effort, tilting its body to one side and escaping Lindsay's attack.

The giant then stretched out a thick hand, grabbed the goblin on its back, and flung it away.

The goblin adventurer flew several meters before crashing heavily onto the open ground beside him, where he remained motionless.

Linsel's heart skipped a beat; his left arm trembled as he aimed at the ogre's neck.

[Ogre, Monster, Health: 53/450, Armor: 0 (Bone Plate), Severe Head Wound]

Unlike during his last practice session, he didn't exhaust himself after the seventh shot; it seemed he still had the energy to unleash another fire trick.

This is the eighth one, a Flame Arrow!

A beam of fire shot from Lindsay's hand and pierced the ogre's wound on the back of the neck.

Flames exploded and burned wildly in that huge opening!

"Uh...uh..."

The ogre groaned and fell heavily to the ground, its rough hand rising slightly as its remaining instincts tried to extinguish the raging flames on its neck.

A moment later, the hand fell limply to the ground, and a long, stale breath escaped from the monster's mouth.

He should be dead now, but no, the stats don't lie, he still has over 20 HP left.

Linsel finished the ogre off with a few more blows with his iron sword, confirming that its health had dropped to 0 and that it was dead. He then turned to check on the goblin adventurer.

【"Flat-nosed", Goblin, Level 1 Wanderer, Health: 0/40, Armor: 28/50 (Goblin Leather Armor), Severe Torso Wounds】

He died when his health points reached 0?

"Lin... Sai..."

"Hmm? Captain, hang in there, I'll apply the medicine for you right away!"

Linsel heard the goblin's faint voice, took out some ointment from his bag, and put his ear close to it.

"[Sharp Teeth]...you'll be...the captain..."

As he spoke, he pulled a blood-stained badge from his pocket.

"..."

After saying the word "Captain," "Flat-Nose" tilted his head to one side and then died completely.

Damn!

Lindsay took the badge; it appeared to be a token of the [Sharp Teeth] squad.

"Lince, bandages..."

It was Kaller's groans calling to him from not far away.

Lindsay ran up to Caler again.

[Kaler, Human, Health: 4/50, Armor: 7/40 (Waistband) Severe Torso Wound, Bleeding]

There was a long tear in his waistband, and blood was still gushing from the deep wound inflicted by the longsword.

Linsset quickly took out a roll of bandage to stop the bleeding.

That doesn't seem enough, let's get another one.

"Linsey, how are things, senior goblins? Did you defeat the ogres?"

"We won! I'll bandage you up right now!"

After bandaging the wound, a healing ointment was applied to the Black Iron Adventurer's wound, and herbal essence was used. The injury finally stabilized.

Kaller slowly got up.

"The goblin senior is gone? What about that wicked senior?"

A moment of silent solitude.

Kaller looked at the area not far away, and after a moment he understood what had happened.

"Linsey, you saved me! Now let's avenge our goblin predecessor!"

He picked up the short bow again, his body unsteady.

"That 'Scarface' seems to have been killed by the cannibals."

Where is he?

"Come with me."

Linsset helped Kaller walk toward the old tree across the street.

There, the middle-aged adventurer's limbs were twisted, appearing before them in a bizarre and distorted form.

【"Scarface", Human, Level 1 Warrior, Health: 2/75, Armor: 45/190 (Patched Chainmail, Noseguard Helmet) Medium Head Wound, Severe Torso Wound, Severe Limb Wound】

"Kill me..." Scarface murmured weakly.

"Scarface, even if you do have a reason to deal with me, why did you kill the goblin captain of the 'Sharp Teeth' squad, and the innocent Kaler? Weren't you a member of the 'Sharp Teeth' squad?"

Faced with Lindsay's question, the middle-aged adventurer revealed a set of yellow teeth and slowly answered.

"I've disliked this goblin for a long time. Since he provoked me, he has no choice but to die. As for Kaler, he's just a byproduct..."

"Why waste your breath on him!"

Kaller swiftly pulled the thick javelin that was lodged in "Scarface's" chest, and the latter bled profusely from the wound, dying instantly.

"You acted too quickly. I wanted to ask him a few more questions..."

Kaller threw down his javelin: "This kind of scum is better off dead. Let him stay here and be devoured by the beasts and monsters of the forest!"

After dealing with "Scarface," Lindsay and his companion dug a simple mud pit and buried the goblin adventurer and all his belongings.

"Linsey, do you know the name of the goblin elder?"

"I don't know. I only know his nickname is 'Flat Nose,' and he was the ninth captain of the [Sharp Teeth] squad."

I intend to fulfill his last wish and join the [Sharp Teeth] squad as its tenth captain. Caller, do you want to join?

Kaller hesitated for a moment.

"No, Lindsay, after this, I don't want to be an adventurer anymore."

"Giving up being an adventurer? You look about my age, just starting out."

Kaller was a little downcast: "Well, I want to go back to my hometown. My parents are still in the village. I can go back and farm, or at most become a village militia member. That should be alright."

Lindsay, of course, had no right to interfere with other people's thoughts, and he nodded silently.

The two then returned to the entrance of the goblin's lair and began cleaning up the battlefield.

There are 15 goblins in the goblin nest this time, including the two goblin ears from before.

Linsel spent considerable effort cutting off all 20 bone plates from the ogre's body.

Scarface had 17 silver coins and some copper coins in his purse. His chainmail was badly damaged and unusable, but his longsword and helmet were still usable.

Lindsay also found a partially burned, remaining parchment skill book inside the lining of his cloth garment.

Judging from the words on it, this parchment seems to contain training methods for the [Heavy Strike] combat technique.

That was the combat technique that almost shattered his own shield with that previous attack.

He carefully put the kraft paper away.

It's a pity that if it hadn't been partially destroyed by my own fire arrow during the previous battle, it would be a complete skill book now.

Open the Monster Compendium.

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Monster abilities from 1 to 9.

10 Goblin Shaman [Shaman Monster Summoning]

Description: Threat level 2.5. These are the older, more intelligent individuals among goblins, the creators of goblin culture, who possess some basic magic and hold a relatively high status within their tribe. They are often found in goblin lairs or large groups of goblins.

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"Kaller, come and divide the spoils."

"No, Lindsay." Kaller made a simple cross for the goblin adventurer's grave.

"You saved me, and I'm not going to be an adventurer anymore, so you can keep all of these things. I just need to take some silver coins as a reward for the mission back to my hometown."

Lindsay did not refuse. Except for the fact that each bone plate was larger than the palm of his hand and not very convenient to carry, he packed up all the other spoils of war.

As for the bone plates, Lindsay buried them in a relatively secluded spot nearby, marked it, and planned to retrieve them later.

It was past noon, so the two quickly made up their minds and left.