Kato Megumi wants to learn magic

"Megumi! You finally replied to the message. Are you okay? I called you just now but you didn't answer. I was so worried."

"I'm sorry, I just came from the coma center... Can you tell me what happened?"

"When I woke up, I found myself in a cave tied up with Doro, Alyssa, and Klina... and you and Emory were not here."

Hearing Eriri's reply, Kato Megumi was full of confusion. Eriri could say that, so she must know what happened before she fell into a coma...

Why did I suddenly fall into a coma? Why am I here? I think this should answer my questions.

"Are they okay?"

"No, they are still in a coma and can't be woken up no matter how hard we call them. But I think they will wake up soon! Eriri, why don't you tell me why they became like this?"

Kato Megumi asked in confusion.

"Ha... It's like this, you were captured by the goblins."

"Goblin?"

Kato Megumi was full of confusion. She knew about goblins. She had encountered goblins when she first came to this world. She was the one who rescued the priestess from the goblins. In the end, a series of events happened and she became a saint by chance.

What did the goblins have to do with my current situation? Could it be that the goblins were responsible for all this?

Isn't this a bit different from what we imagined? Although there are many species of goblins, whether in forests, mountains or snowy mountains, goblins exist, but everyone knows that goblins are very weak and have low combat power. Although they have some intelligence, it is only that of a four or five-year-old child.

How could he take me away without making any noise?

Thinking of Kato Megumi, I suddenly thought of my own dream.

Dreamweed? Could it be this? She told Eriri about her doubts and she quickly told her what happened.

"I don't know either... Do you remember when we rested in the same place before?"

"Well... after walking all day, everyone was tired, so we found a fairly wide open space to rest."

Kato Megumi recalled the situation at that time and answered.

"Yeah... You all said you wanted to take a rest, and I had no objection, but when all of you walked to that open space, both you and Dora and the others suddenly fainted..."

Ying Lili said with lingering fear.

"Then I saw that the originally flat open space suddenly changed. The grass under my feet turned into a sea of ​​purple flowers. Not only you were unconscious in the sea of ​​flowers, but also some monsters. The surrounding trees also turned into goblins dressed in strange shapes."

"So you just watched us get taken away by the goblins? Huh?"

Kato Hui suddenly asked seriously.

"Well... they were so many in number that I couldn't resist them at all. I wanted to stop them, but then I found that the goblins didn't kill you, but tied you up with vines, so I didn't act rashly."

"And because of the sea of ​​flowers, they didn't seem to notice me... Hui... You can blame me."

Eriri seemed ashamed, her voice becoming quieter and quieter, regretting that she had not been able to protect them and that she had not been able to play a role.

Seeing this, Kato Megumi burst out laughing.

"Okay, I was just kidding you, you did a great job..."

After replying through the contract, Kato Megumi then looked into a corner of the cave and suddenly spoke.

"So you don't have to hide there anymore... I won't blame you..."

From the dark corner, Eriri walked out.

"You really don't blame me?

Eriri asked cautiously.

"Am I that kind of person? Eriri-san, you did the right thing in this matter..."

As she spoke, Kato Megumi sighed, feeling somewhat helpless.

"So stop playing around... Tell me how Emory is doing, what's going on around here, and why you're still keeping us here. I think I need an explanation."

"Eh!?"

Eriri looked at Kato Megumi in surprise, as if asking how did you know that.

Original Goblin Slayer: Chapter 117 Chapter Current Situation

"Ha... Eriri-san, are you the kind of person who only knows how to cry, is at a loss when things happen, and waits for others to make arrangements for you?"

Seeing Kato Megumi looking at her in surprise and with distrust on her face, Eriri suddenly got angry.

"How could it be!? Am I that kind of person? When you were captured, I secretly followed those goblins to explore the situation in the cave. When Emory was taken away alone, I also went to inquire about the news. How could you think of me like that!?"

Eriri was angry, her beard trembling slightly, and her pair of huge crystal blue cat eyes were wide open. She looked at Kato Megumi with disbelief, as if she didn't expect the other party to look at her like this.

"Well...that's right."

Kato Megumi looked at her sideways.

"Eh!?"

"So what are you still playing..."

"Aha..."

Ying Lili rolled her eyes in embarrassment.

"Ahahaha... I just want to test our friendship and see how important I am in your heart..."

"Ha... where did you learn this method? Can feelings be tested? This method always makes me feel like a scumbag... I don't trust everything, and in the end I'm committing suicide and ruining my relationship with others. It's so stupid that it can't be any stupider."

"I, this is just a joke~"

Sticking out her tongue awkwardly, Eriri came behind Kato Megumi, took out a knife from the space, and began to slowly cut through the vines that bound her body.

I don't know what kind of plant this vine is, but after it was tied to my body, I lost all my strength. It was also very strong. Fortunately, no matter how strong it was, it could not withstand the sharp knife. After a while, with the help of Eriri, the vine tied to my body was finally cut off, and I, Kato Megumi, could move freely.

After untying the vines that bound herself, Eriri went on to untie the others; after stretching her body which had become stiff from being tied up for a long time, Kato Megumi also took out a knife from the space and joined Eriri's action.

After pulling out the remaining vines on them, the group was finally freed from their restraints. However, during this period, neither Klina nor Doro Alyssa woke up.

"Eh!? Why haven't they woken up yet?"

Eriri asked.

"Maybe their resistance to drugs is too low. People from the other world don't seem to have much mental strength, so facing such a large area of ​​mutated dream grass, it may take a long time for them to wake up."

But... this is not a good idea... we can't just leave them here...

Fortunately, Kato Megumi's space can accommodate living beings, so Kato Megumi did not hesitate much, just thought about it and threw it into the space.

Let's wait until they wake up...

Without having to worry about the safety of her teammates and without any worries, Kato Megumi glanced at Eriri.

"Tell me... Eriri...what do you think..."

"what idea?"

"Ha..." Kato Hui sighed, "Don't play dumb... Even if Captain Emory is captured alone, it won't affect your use of my space to transport him and our group out of the cave."

"But you didn't do that, so I want to know what you were thinking..."

“Hehe… As expected of you, Megumi.”

In response to Kato Megumi's question, Eriri stuck out her tongue and licked her beard proudly.

"Being discovered by you... Actually, this situation is a good thing for us..."

"Good thing?"

Kato Megumi looked confused.

"Yes! Do you still remember the mission the god gave you... destroy a certain number of chaotic creatures or save lives to increase the reputation of the temple, and find something."

"You mean... there's a chance that this place can help us complete the mission as quickly as possible? Is there something like that in the future?"

Kato Megumi asked tentatively.

"Ahahaha...how could there be one here? Didn't the god say that you were hiding in a secluded place? How could you be here? I'm talking about another mission, to eliminate a large number of Chaos creatures."

Ying Lili proudly put her little cat paws on her waist.

"Haven't you tried it before? The progress bar remained unchanged after the 30% progress in the temple. Although you saved those girls and increased the mission progress by 1%, there aren't that many such things. Even if you wanted to find them, it would be very time-consuming. It was just a coincidence that time."

"Well... that's true..."

Kato Megumi nodded in agreement.

"Killing monsters doesn't give you any quest progress. Only races from the Chaos Faction will give you progress. But the races from the Chaos Faction are basically in their camps. They are either far away, have a large number of people, or are very powerful. You can't fight them alone."

"The goblins are different. They happen to be a race created by the God of Chaos. Not only are they weak, but they are also numerous..."

As she spoke, Eriri opened her cat paws exaggeratedly and drew in the air.

"Although I also know that goblins reproduce very quickly, I didn't expect that their reproduction speed is dozens of times faster than that of humans. Do you know what I saw in their nest?"

Seeing that Eriri wasn't exaggerating at all, Kato Megumi was also piqued.

"Hmm? What did you see? Hundreds of goblins?"

"No, 1! There are goblins, and even more."

Kato Megumi's expression suddenly became serious.

"Ten thousand. Are you sure you read that right? Eriri... ten thousand is not a small number. It's enough to rival an army."

"I wasn't mistaken. There were indeed 10,000 of them, or even more. After sneaking in to investigate, I discovered that we were not in a cave, but a huge underground city... Did you know? The surface of this underground city is a super-giant tree. It is the roots of these trees that hold this underground city in place, allowing the goblins to survive beneath the surface."

"This... this is a bit scary..."

Kato Megumi frowned and murmured...

100 goblins require a novice adventure team including warriors, priests and mages to deal with, while 300 goblins require a mid-level team, and 1000 goblins require a high-level team.

Ten thousand is just a concept. This is not a situation that can be dealt with by only 10 high-level teams. Many ants can kill an elephant. The goblins who can build so many large underground cities without anyone noticing are obviously much stronger and more orderly than ordinary goblins.

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Original Goblin Slayer: Chapter 118 Chapter Kato Megumi's Thoughts

Just by looking at the fact that they can learn to use Dream Grass to capture humans, we can understand why goblins capture adventurers. Everyone knows this question. One is that they need females to reproduce, and the other is that they are eaten. No matter from which aspect, goblins are a race that everyone must fight against. To other races, they are more disgusting than Warcraft.

After all, it is common for species to kill each other, but it is disgusting that you abduct females of other species and bring them to your own nest to force them to reproduce.

Although people often overlook the fact that goblins focus on hunting Warcraft, that is only because Warcraft can bring valuable things to humans. It does not mean that humans hate Warcraft more than goblins. After all, goblins are newcomers and can be killed, so people often overlook their ability to reproduce and learn quickly.

This was proven by Kato Megumi when she first came to this world. After fighting with the goblins, she got the impression that they were intelligent and could use weapons, which contradicted the impression that they were weak as described by the adventurers.

Not to mention that these humans abducted by goblins are all powerful adventurers. Goblins born to adventurers are more likely to be born with powerful strength and physique, and are more likely to produce higher-level beings; and adventurers who eat males are also more likely to strengthen the goblin's body, which is more powerful and effective than the effect brought by magical beasts with tyrannical magic in their bodies.

Of course, Eriri heard all of this secretly from the goblins standing guard outside the cave. There were also some papers with array formations drawn on them in the space that showed how they could communicate with each other. Eriri got this information by secretly sticking these papers on their bodies.

After walking a few steps in the cave, I realized that the cave, which I thought was spacious, was actually not that big. It was just that the darkness without light seemed infinite.

"So there's someone waiting outside?"

Kato Megumi stopped and asked Eriri.

"Yes, they are two goblin soldiers. There are many caves like this. I can see dozens of them at a glance."

"There were only four or five guarding them. I checked the ones that were not guarded. There were signs of survival inside, but the people were gone. I guess they have..."

Kato Megumi understood what Eriri had not finished saying. She thought that those adventurers who had been captured in the cave must have been either tortured or eaten.

"Even so, such a small number of people is obviously not enough to become a breeding ground for goblins, and these caves are obviously not the place for them to reproduce. There must be many people imprisoned somewhere, not just adventurers, but also ordinary people who were captured..."

Although people are selfish, they cannot ignore the lives of those people. Once they escape, the lives of these people will be no longer guaranteed. Those goblins will surely realize the seriousness of the matter soon and leave here.

Moreover, she alone could not resist the goblin army of 10,000 people, not even with Krina and the others.

"I can't take on more than 10,000 goblins by myself. I need to come up with a plan. And we can't give up on those people either."

Thinking of this, Kato Megumi suddenly looked at Eriri beside her and suddenly said.

"Are there many guard goblins around here?"

Kato Megumi asked.

"Not many," Eriri thought for a moment and then added, "The prison seems to be separated from the gathering place. The two are very far apart. The guards here are only two guards in each cave where there are people. There seems to be no other goblins nearby."

"Well... that's good."