NOVEL NEXT chapter 25
25 – Saint Nera’s Regret (6) – Betrayal
The voices of the goblins coming from behind the church.
Following the sound, Nera slowly walked out.
And as she walked out like that, she couldn’t help but feel an ominous feeling.
“St… Can’t it be…?”
Nera kept thinking just in case.
I wonder if it was the goblins who started this fire.
If so, quite a few things fit.
There’s no way an outside enemy could have entered this village without the knowledge of the guards standing guard in the first place.
There is a very high probability that it was committed by someone inside the village.
The only possibility was the goblin Nerah had just brought.
‘If it weren’t for them…’
Without hard evidence, she knows she shouldn’t be suspicious of anyone… But she can’t help but be suspicious right now, in this moment.
Because that was the most likely cause.
At this moment, she remembered what her Allan had said during the day.
‘It is their nature to attack humans.’
She was the one who had previously spoken to Alan in the goblin’s lair, although she did not believe it at all.
At this moment, she couldn’t help but doubt as expected.
If this is really what they are like… Most likely it is.
So, while doubting…
She prepared for the odds.
Nera used divine protection.
‘God bless you.’
Although the divine protection she possesses is also a condition for becoming a saint.
The efficacy of this protection is quite large unlike other protections.
It’s a special blessing with a really big effect.
To sum up, it grants 3 great effects to Nera.
The first is an overall increase in physical ability.
The second is to extremely weaken the power of the monsters.
The third is to increase the healing power to an extreme level.
It has these three effects, but the purpose of Nera’s blessing now was because of the first and second effects.
If the goblins were to do any harm to themselves…
Because she had to use divine protection to prepare, Nera naturally had no choice but to use divine protection.
‘Let’s use protection for now…’
After turning on her protection like that, Nerah slowly walked towards the place where the goblins sounded.
Nerah in the state of using Divine Protection is by no means weak.
With her protection turned off, she has the strength of a weak girl, but with her protection turned on, she is much stronger than most knights.
So there was no way that Nera would ever be defeated by the goblins.
But still, she didn’t let her guard down.
She didn’t let go of her tension… And quietly headed to the back of the church.
She finally found the goblins.
And… She couldn’t help but regret it immediately.
“Gob… Gobve…”
In front of her eyes was a goblin with a wound on her leg.
She was in great pain as the goblin cried.
She couldn’t help but reflect properly while watching it.
“What… I guess… It wasn’t…”
As expected, it was a considerable mistake to doubt anything.
Anyway, she shouldn’t have had such doubts.
This goblin was also a victim of the fire, and Nera deeply regretted having suspected it completely.
A momentary accident led her to act contrary to doctrine.
No matter how the situation was, she acted against the doctrine, and she was so ashamed of herself. She
She also promised that she would act according to the doctrine.
But for now, there must be work to be done.
It was to heal the goblins.
She first approached the goblins to heal them.
“Oh really… God’s protection must be turned off.”
And as she approached, she turned off the protection because she was afraid that the goblin would be hurt by it.
Because you can heal monsters only when you turn off your protection.
If it’s a monster just by raising his protection, it’s because she’s suffering just by being next to her.
The moment she turned off her protection and approached the goblins…
“…!? Huh…?”
She couldn’t help but pick and fall like her car had run out of gas.
Nerah she didn’t know why she fell now, but she soon found out why.
The strong pain in the back of her head made it clear that she had probably been hit on the head with a blunt instrument.
‘Who the hell?’
Then, wondering who did it, Nera managed to hold on to her shaking spirit and looked back at her.
And looking back at her, she couldn’t help but be shocked.
“Goreuk… Goreuk…!!”
Behind her was another goblin she had brought with her.
The goblin was laughing at Ner Ah, holding her bloody blunt weapon.
‘Stand… No way… Did you wait for me to turn off the divine protection?’
Nera couldn’t believe this situation.
The goblins must have acted cleverly like this, and Nerah must have taken advantage of her carelessness…
She didn’t think so.
But that idea was gradually becoming a reality.
“Gorreuk!!!”
The goblin, who had been in pain while holding his leg up until now, as if he hadn’t been hurt in the first place…
I got up from my seat.
“Ah…”
Seeing that, Nera couldn’t help but fall into despair.
She wanted to believe that what she was seeing was a lie.
“Gorreureukreuk…!”
Looking at Nera like that.
Her goblins laughed at her to the fullest, calling her foolish.
@ @ @
“Haap…! Now.”
“Okay.”
“Hmmm…”
While Seria blocks the goblin’s attack with his protection, Riden inserts her sword.
At first glance, it looks simple, but the parrying and linking attacks that go in at the same time were quite complete.
In addition, Luna, who magically supports the two and makes their movements easier…
The Goblin King quickly collapsed by a party of three.
“Keruk…!”
The Goblin King screamed and tried to resist even more.
As expected, it gradually loses its power due to continuous chain attacks.
I couldn’t help but be a little surprised to see that.
‘He breathes quite well…’
To be honest, as I said earlier, the Goblin King is not a very difficult enemy.
Looking at combat power or intelligence, it’s not that great of a monster, so I thought that these three excellent students would be able to catch it.
However, as if the important thing in learning is the process, not the result, I focused on the growth process of the three people, and I was quite surprised by that.
Because the 3 of them worked really well together.
Certainly, since we spent about two hours together in the dungeon, of course it would be strange that we couldn’t breathe.
Nevertheless, I couldn’t help but be surprised when I saw the breathing that didn’t match at first, and the breathing that fits so well now.
Somehow, it felt like these three would still have a party after graduating from the academy.
Ah… No matter how you think about it, is that too exaggerated?
“You almost got it.”
Anyway, the result of pushing the Gobling King like that.
Soon the Goblin King fell.
The Goblin King laying down his weapon and kneeling.
“Ker… Kerruk…”
The Goblin King showed tears and was in pain.
Is that figure still showing up?
As you can see, that was an act to arouse sympathy.
And that behavior probably works very well for an ignorant woman.
“Ah…”
Because of this, I was hesitant to finish off the Goblin King without Leeden being able to finish her off.
It was because I felt an instinctive feeling, sympathy.
And now this situation was very dangerous.
Because of this, I went out on my own this time.
“Be alert.”
I quickly ran in front of Riden and stood in front of the Goblin King.
And soon after, the Goblin King attacks with a completely changed expression.
‘Ability of Steel’
I easily blocked that attack.
“Kerreuk!!!!!”
The Goblin King struggles again when the attack is blocked.
I cut down the goblin king and put an end to it.
The Goblin King collapsed with his upper and lower body separated.
Thankfully, the dangerous moment was over.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes… It’s okay, Mr. Alan.”
I turned around and saw Liden sitting there, startled.
He must have been quite surprised.
The first time you get caught up in Goblin’s perfect acting, there’s no choice but to react like that.
Anyway, you must have understood this properly.
I held out my hand to Leeden, and he got up.
And Luna and Seria ran to Riden.
“Leeden…! Thank goodness.”
“Hmm… Thank God…”
“Teacher saved me…”
“Teacher. You’re so fast. As expected, Alan from the warrior’s party…!”
Luna and Seria looked at Liden and said that they were relieved that nothing serious happened in the situation just before.
Then he looked at me with twinkling eyes.
I’m grateful for the compliments, but I’m also from a famous warrior’s party, so this level… Wasn’t that difficult.
“Ummm…!”
Anyway, can you explain a bit about goblins?
This is also an opportunity.
“mmm… Guys. You can never get caught off guard when dealing with goblins. They have two characteristics, and one of them is pity.”
I’m going to put the children upright and briefly explain about goblins.
Actually, goblins aren’t that strong of an enemy.
Because a goblin has the strength of a child, and even the goblin king has slightly stronger strength than an adult.
It’s easy to think of the Goblin King as a bit of a thief in a neighborhood that handles weapons well.
“This cunning is their real weapon.”
However, you must never let your guard down.
Because recognizing and using that weakness is a goblin’s specialty.
If you are tricked by that and taken advantage of, you can be overpowered in an instant no matter how strong you are.
Personally, I think it’s the most cunning and scary monster in that respect.
Because being careless is something you should never have in a fight.
“I see…”
“Hmm…”
Students who listen to me.
Seria and Luna nodded.
And Liden, who had just been badly hurt by that carelessness, bowed his head and apologized to me.
“Sorry…”
“There’s nothing to be sorry about. You shouldn’t be careless no matter what enemy you encounter in the future.”
“Yes…!”
I didn’t mean to point out.
I lifted Riden’s head.
The atmosphere ended like that.
Then, Luna asked me while tilting her head.
“Hmmm… Sir… The second trait of a goblin is… What…?”
I’m just curious about the second characteristic I just said.
“Hmm…”
Can I tell you this..?
The second characteristic is, of course, obvious.
That is, if you subdue a human woman, she will rape you on the spot.