Knights, Let’s Smash Them

23 – Goblin subdued after 15 days (3)

First of all, I thought that this part was not something to be decided by myself.

So I summoned the knights who were supporting the people in Tiffen Village.

Sianne, Emen, and the other average knights couldn’t narrow their differences.

“Isn’t the gold ore we’ve gathered just about enough anyway?”

“Maybe I can make the Rupel estate live for half a year.”

“Then it’s better to just go…” ….”

Even if you defeat the goblins that have settled there, the mine won’t disappear.

What I regret is that it was free labor, not because I felt sorry for the goblins.

But, well, maybe it could be a useful means of earning money for the village. Originally, the gold mine would be quite mouth-watering for the villagers.

“It would be better to exterminate them as Captain Xianne said.”

“A big thumbs up!!”

At my words, Lonz rolled up his sleeves and shouted that he had been waiting for this day.

You whined about wanting to kill the goblins every day, but your wish has finally come true.

“Is the 4th corps also called up?”

“Just tell me to set up a siege so that those who escaped by chance do not escape.”

“Okay.”

It’s the 15th day since I discovered the goblin colony.

Now that the fruits are ripe, it’s time to start harvesting them in earnest.

***

“Queue… ….”

A goblin wandered around the gold, yawning profusely. He was a sentinel guarding the gold.

As for the sentries, they don’t have weapons, they just sit around gold.

So the goblins seemed really bored to death.

I couldn’t even understand why the golden goblin bothered to put up a sentry.

As recently as humans, they didn’t threaten themselves, but rather actively brought the tools they needed to eat on their own.

Is there any reason to keep the gold while sitting here?

The goblin kicked a stone that had been rolling on the floor for no reason out of dissatisfaction from the bottom of his heart.

A stone flies toward the grass.

Perfect!

“Ouch!”

It was then that I heard something strange.

“?”

It was clearly the sound of words. There was also a dull sound as if something had hit. I didn’t really feel like I was popular…….

Could there be a talking pool?

The goblin moved his steps toward the grass where he threw a stone out of curiosity that suddenly began to spring up.

Let’s move on, waving her little hand and hurting the goblins through the grass.

What appeared in front of him was a huge, muscular human like a mountain.

“Geep!?!”

“This ungodly man!!!”

With a face contorted like a demon, a huge blade landed on the goblin’s skull.

Awesome.

The skull was crushed as it was.

The unfortunate goblin lost his breath.

***

“Are you all right?! Leader.”

“Ugh, it’s okay… …. It’s a little throbbing, though.”

A convex hump rose above Xianne’s blonde hair.

Does a knight who has awakened his aura also have lumps?

I know first.

First of all, I applied an ointment from the backpack I was carrying that was said to be effective for lumps on it. Every time I touched her swollen area, Xianne flinched at her and her body trembled.

“First of all, first aid was given. Fortunately, I wasn’t hurt.”

Do you throw stones then?

Just at the point where Heinz was about to shoot his bow, it got caught up in an amazing way.

“After…… I’ve taken care of that wicked goblin. How dare you injure the dignified captain’s jade body.”

Lonz, who personally broke the goblin’s pot, said. Her fingertips were smeared with a translucent green liquid that appeared to be that of a goblin.

‘Did you break his head with your hands?’

I couldn’t help but admire it purely.

As far as real strength is concerned, it’s at the level of the Black Lion Knights.

“And you see? There is only one child who has been put up as a sentry, and even he has no weapon.”

“Did you really think we wouldn’t attack…… ?”

Barbara said in disbelief.

“Originally, once you get used to it. Then shall we begin soon?”

As I drew my sword, the other knights similarly raised their respective weapons.

Xianne also brushed her hair a couple of times, then calmly gave her instructions.

“Lonz will be in charge of the vanguard, and we will spread a triangle formation around him. Heinz is responsible for reconnaissance, and vice-captain Emain is responsible for rear guard.”

It was unknown how narrow the inside of the mine would be, so Lonz, the tallest, would definitely be in the lead.

So we lined up and went down into the mine.

Not long after, I found a group of goblins snoring and sleeping.

“… ….”

About 12 or so.

Since he sleeps near the entrance, there is a high probability that he is a goblin knight.

It was because the goblin knights who periodically patrolled the surroundings in pairs of two or three usually took a break at the entrance.

Of course, it could also be to repel the intruders early.

How are you going to repel me when you don’t even have a weapon?

‘Each one of them will take care of it. I do the rest.’

‘OK.’

The knights exchanged glances with each other and quickly exchanged hand signals.

Of course, as much as I had lived in the Knights, I knew their hand signals well, so I was able to carry out the operation without being particularly intrusive.

‘Three…… This…… Day… ….’

Sian Ne’s fingers slowly folded, giving her signal.

Pu-wook!!

“Crab!?!”

“Cak!!”

The goblins groaned in pain and shook their bodies.

“Geruk!?”

“Intrusion? Intruder!!”

The other goblins were awakened by her comrade’s moaning, which could be heard clearly nearby, but Xianne’s sword was quicker to shine.

“Eraine’s first sword. Forget-me-not.”

A sudden wind blows through the underground space. The aura painted on Xianne’s sword resonated and changed the flow of air.

Following the trajectory, a softly sparkling blue flash is emitted.

“Keeck—!!”

The goblins raised their heads and collapsed on the spot, pouring blood from a single sword strike.

It was an amazing swordsmanship that aimed only at the target accurately even in a dark and cramped passage.

‘What is it? Do you hit it?’

I didn’t even think that he would be able to use such sharp swordsmanship when I saw him wielding swords every day.

Because the move you just showed was much closer to the ranks of the Black Lion Knights’ lieutenants.

It is a thing.

I’ve seen swordsmanship over my shoulder hundreds of times.

I’m not talented in swordsmanship, but I do have eyes to see.

It was clear that Xianne was more talented than I thought.

However, it is only a matter of time before the other goblins start noticing the rest of the aura.

“Everybody stay in line!”

“Okay!”

At Cianne’s cry, the knights lined up all at once. I, who was not a knight, quietly retreated to the rear.

If you sway around with your mediocre skills for no reason, you’ll only end up becoming a troll holding back your allies’ ankles.

But since we’ve wiped out all the goblins in the lead, we’ll just have to catch them when they come out.

In this case, there is no need to go inside.

“Get everything ready. You can’t be careless because you’re a goblin.”

“Even a pickaxe is a weapon is a weapon.”

Gulp.

Heinz and Barbara, who were actually first appearances, swallowed dryly at the words of vice-captain Emain, who called for attention again.

Soon after that, a muffled noise came from beyond the pitch-black darkness.

Footsteps. A goblin’s characteristic sputum voice. The sound of something like a pickaxe dragging the ground.

The moment everyone is paying close attention to.

“Do, Do, Help! Help!!”

“…… Eh?”

Just before Sian Ne’s sword could be swung, her golden goblin jumped out of her and plopped down in front of her.

***

Golden Goblin.

That nickname was given because, unlike the other goblins, which are purely green, they have yellow skin like gold.

They really liked gold-like gold.

Although academics are still divided on how they know if there is gold or silver there.

Golden goblins were one of the monsters that could be easily found near silver and gold mines.

For this reason, some eccentric mine owners were very fond of it, saying that when the golden goblin appeared, it was an auspicious sign that the mine would be successful.

The reason why the golden goblin in question appeared here, near Tiffen Village, was because of its ability to chase gold.

However, the Golden Goblin never thought about why gold was still there.

I just entered the mine, and there were goblins already holding the ground.

Naturally, the Golden Goblins, who were a little higher in rank, were said to be good, and he only reigned as their leader.

Where did the gold they dig come from?

They had no interest in why such a place overflowing with gold had been left unattended.

And only today.

The golden goblin was unafraid to realize where he had been.

It’s not just the golden goblins.

Luvern, the magistrate of the Knights of the Snow Leopard, also felt that the deeper he went into the mine, the more strange he felt.

Of course, as the mineralogist said, there were questions such as the fact that there is no record of a mine that produced so much gold.

As I entered the mine in question, the sense of incongruity intensified.

First of all, the most annoying thing was the shape of the gold vein.

Golden ore doesn’t mean some huge lump of gold stuck in the wall. Many rock elements are also attached to pure gold crystals.

However, the veins of gold in this mine were strangely clear and dark.

The rocks clinging to the gold ore the goblins dug up were because the way they mined them was very crude.

It wasn’t simply because the purity of the gold ore was low.

And that intuition.

When I came face to face with a humanoid statue that shimmered like gold, it became a reality.

“My God… ….”

“What is this?”

Even the most experienced, Cianne and Emain, could not bring themselves to speak about the scene unfolding in front of them.

In the space that appeared to be the central cavity of the mine, there were dozens of golden statues in human form.