Monster Girl Contract Manual

Chapter 81 The City Falls, the False King, and the Old Knight

Many low-level adventurers, after completing their first goblin extermination mission, naturally assume that:

Goblins are nothing more than low-level monsters with low intelligence who can only clumsily imitate human behavior.

There was no language, only strange, incoherent cries.

There were no tactics, only a swarm attack.

There was no civilization, only the life of eating raw meat and drinking blood.

Their only "wisdom" is probably knowing that sticks hurt more than fists, and that having more people can indeed bully fewer people.

But when news came that Windrock Town had been breached by the goblin army, everyone fell silent.

It was at this moment that they suddenly realized:

The name "goblin" in the world is not only associated with ferocity, bloodlust, greed, and depravity.

There is also treachery, cunning, and treacherousness.

The second floor of the Adventurers' Guild.

Braden sat at his desk, holding an urgent report that had just arrived from Windrock Town.

The crumpled parchment reveals the current situation of Fengyan Town.

A large army of goblins suddenly appeared around the town.

The group included not only goblin mages and priests, but also a goblin king wearing a crown and a fur cloak.

The protective barrier, originally intended to detect the approach of high-level monsters, inexplicably lost its function.

Not a single alarm sounded from beginning to end.

Because the attack happened suddenly and without warning, the goblin army took advantage of the cover of night and dense forest to approach within a kilometer of the city gate before being noticed by the city guards.

"Tens of thousands of goblins, the Goblin King..."

""

Braden's empty hand unconsciously clenched into a fist.

He recalled the black-robed sorcerer's arrogant and triumphant laughter before his death.

"I've been scammed."

The so-called "goblin army" that invaded Wind Chime Town was just a ruse.

The purpose was to attract everyone's attention while drawing away some of the professionals from Windrock Town to support Windchime Town.

Those seemingly frenzied attacks, those relentless retreats, and the Goblin King who never showed himself...

Even though Windrock Town is the largest town in the southern part of the Kingdom of Clermont, near the Misty Forest, with hundreds of thousands of residents.

The guild has nearly 10,000 registered adventurers, including hundreds of professional-level experts.

In terms of numbers, it far exceeds the total number of registered and retired professionals in Wind Chime Town.

But these are ultimately just superficial figures.

The number of adventurers truly capable of fighting in Windrock Town is far less optimistic than it appears on the surface.

Just like Wind Chime Town...

Do not!

It's even worse than Wind Chime Town.

Adventurers who are able to participate in combat against the goblin army probably make up less than one-tenth of the total number of adventurers.

The population base looks huge, but the vast majority of them are just low-level adventurers with little strength.

A large portion of them are demi-humans who do not feel much a sense of belonging to the predominantly human kingdom of Clementine.

There was no collective honor of the kingdom, no sense of racial identity, and no lure of bounty.

Although Wind Chime Town serves as an example, who knows whether the guild will choose to increase the bounty for a goblin to 3 silver coins after the battle?

Or is this how it ends?

Since the great battle is over anyway, everyone can just accept the previous amount of 60 copper coins per animal and that's it.

If it's noisy, you might not even get 60 copper coins.

Therefore, when the battle begins, the first choice these lower-level adventurers and demi-humans will inevitably be to run away.

Thus, with only this small number of people remaining, they would have to withstand an army of tens of thousands, including the Goblin King's goblin army.

The result was predictable.

"It's too far away. If we rush over there, all we'll do is collect the bodies of the townspeople."

The professional sitting to the side, waiting for news with Braden, sighed.

"No.

""

The other person shook their head.

It's not just about collecting corpses for the people of Fengyan Town.

It was also to collect the bodies of those who had fled from Wind Chime Town to Wind Rock Town a week earlier, the moment the war notice was issued.

"I'm afraid even the corpses won't be left behind."

Marcus sighed.

Monsters eat people.

Goblins, in particular, love to eat people.

And they do more than just eat people.

Before eating humans, they will do everything in their power to torture and ravage them.

The methods were cruel and despicable.

Once their desires have been fully satisfied and they no longer have the will to play with humans, they will throw the dying or already dead humans into the soup pot or eat them raw.

Using a simple, blunt knife, piece by piece...

At this moment, Windrock Town has probably become a paradise for monsters.

Humanity's purgatory.

Everyone fell silent.

Some people, unwilling to stay any longer, turned and left.

Not long after, slightly blurred magical characters reappeared on the parchment scroll in Braden's hand.

Everyone's hearts were in their throats.

As the handwriting gradually became clearer and the contents of the latest battle report were understood, Braden's tense mind and body suddenly relaxed.

"The Royal Knights"

As he spoke, he revealed the contents of the parchment to everyone.

As the goblin army breached the town and slaughtered the panicked residents who were fleeing in disarray.

A knight from the kingdom's royal knightly order arrived just in time for the battle.

The Royal Knights, officially known as the "Clermont Royal Knights".

The city defense forces are not subordinate to local lords, nor are they under the command of the Adventurers' Guild; they only obey the orders of the royal family.

They are the kingdom's most elite fighting force. Every knight has undergone rigorous selection and training, and possesses at least the strength of a mid-level professional.

That is, the third level of professionals.

Furthermore, as the elite guards protecting the royal family, the members of the Royal Knights are all equipped with standard enchanted equipment crafted by the royal workshops.

In other words, all of their equipment was magical.

In the news that just came from Fengyan Town, a former member of the Knights Order who had long since retired to the border and was no longer fighting suddenly appeared on the battlefield.

Even though this retired old knight's strength is no longer what it used to be, and he may no longer possess the combat power of a third-level knight.

But relying on his powerful magical equipment, which was enough to make up for his declining strength, the old man was still able to wreak havoc among tens of thousands of goblin troops.

Together with the adventurers from the town's guild, they ultimately defeated the army.

After that, together with the guild leader of Windrock Town, they worked together to kill the Goblin King.

Or rather, he killed the Goblin Prince.

The "Goblin King" that appeared in the army was actually just a false king who had undergone the trial to become king and was competing for the throne with other goblin royals.

When everyone learned that the battle had been quelled, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

How many were killed or injured?

Looking at Karp who had suddenly appeared at the door, Braden shook his head: "I don't know, but... it's not looking good."

Although the news from Fengyan Town did not specify the exact number of casualties.

However, it records the location where the old knight fought the goblin false king.

It's located right next to the Adventurers' Guild.

That is, the central location of the entire town.

Therefore, it can be inferred that the goblin army had already occupied at least half of the area of ​​Windrock Town.