Knights, Let’s Smash Them

21 – Goblin subdued after 15 days (1)

“Is this correct?”

“But again, it’s not a very ridiculous story… ….”

Heinz and Barbara were moving wooden materials from a nearby village.

After working out for a few weeks with the exercise equipment that blacksmith Albert made himself, I was able to lightly lift weights that would have been painful in the past.

Barbara, too, seemed to be less distressed as much as the muscles were attached to her slender wrists little by little.

The problem was that with these materials, a small watchtower and a barracks for five or six people had to be built.

A structure often referred to as a ‘Ranger Hunt’ in the Empire.

It was literally a kind of shelter that was installed throughout the forest for rangers and those who were unlucky enough to rest.

Of course, the purpose of the building being built now was never to be used as a shelter.

“What are you so worried about, knight?”

While you were working with such a sullen expression on your face, a worker who was mobilized to build the barracks with you came up to you and asked.

“Does it make sense to leave the goblins uncaptured?”

“Hmm, that’s the case…… Is the knight by any chance from here in Rupel?”

“Yes, I was born and raised here.”

“Then you know about the blind wolves.”

Blind Wolf.

It was a beast that my father, a former ranger, often talked about. One of the dangerous creatures that live in the Ardaros Mountains adjacent to Rupel’s territory.

But why is the blind wolf suddenly appearing here?

When Heinz didn’t know why, Barbara took the words instead of Heinz as if he had heard.

“I know! Instead of being blind, they roam at night with their excellent sense of smell and hearing…… !”

“Even the driver here knows it well.”

The worker added, nodding his head.

“In general, blind wolves are known for hunting their prey in a very brutal way, but only once do they voluntarily quit hunting.”

“Wolves voluntarily quit hunting?”

“What do you think is the reason?”

Barbara instantly fell in love with the worker’s words. Because he was at an age when he was in the prime of his curiosity, he couldn’t be bothered with such an interesting story.

“Um…… Well? Remorse?”

“Aha! It’s an answer as pure as your youthful appearance.”

“When the prey is pregnant.”

“Correct answer!”

A blind wolf never touches pregnant prey.

Of course, it’s natural that it’s not to respect the birth of a new life.

They wait for the pregnant prey to give birth to all its offspring, and when the offspring are grown to a certain extent, they attack the nest and eat both the mother and the offspring.

“In a way, it’s clever. Aren’t you boldly giving up today’s food in the wild, where living day by day is too much for you?”

“…… It is indeed so.”

“You mean the situation is similar right now?”

“Yes. Besides, your leader, Nari, gave me a lot of money, so it’s not even a job to spend this much effort!”

The worker chuckled, showing off his bulging biceps.

In fact, Captain Xianne and the administrator of Lubern had informed the nearby village of the goblin colony in advance.

Apart from the labor cost, he said he would pay the gold produced there in the form of some village development funds.

At first, even the villagers who wanted to deal with the goblins immediately became fascinated by the Lubern Administrator’s logic flowing like a liquidation flow.

-Genga trying to buy me with money! Are you going to insult our village!

It was too much gold to be scolded.

‘Because he’s a really strange person.’

It was something Heinz couldn’t understand no matter how much he thought about it, but now he has no choice but to do as he is told.

“Now! Then let’s get to work!! Knights!”

“Yes… ….”

Heinz stretched out his arms and picked up a log that was scattered around the corner.

***

Today, too, we have reaped a great harvest. The golden goblin laughed contentedly at the meat the warriors had brought.

“Gel gel gel gel.”

“Humans, just give. Weapons, no need.”

Originally, he was a human who would only serve bean curd after all sorts of threats were made, but recently, he seems to be starting to offer meat on time, even if he doesn’t make any threats.

At first, I thought it was just a coincidence, but it became more and more frequent.

The goblins said that this was all thanks to the golden goblins and began to worship him almost.

“Golden, Kara! More, faster!!”

They are monsters with nothing to do anyway. If they didn’t do these things, they were a surplus species that did nothing but eat, sleep, and cheap.

The Golden Goblin’s command to keep digging for gold is also to be followed.

It was only when the golden goblin arrived at the mine that the meat feast started.

So the goblins threw away their weapons.

If you just appear in front of your eyes, humans will throw you meat and silver coins.

The leader of the colony, the Golden Goblin.

The goblin knights who assist under him.

Ordinary goblins below.

They are gradually getting used to the food given by humans.

They focused on taking out the stocked meat to fill their stomachs and sleeping rather than going hunting when they were not digging for gold.

Like fattening a pig.

The goblins grew dull, weak, dull.

No goblin had the wisdom to realize that this was all a ruse by some human to devour him in one fell swoop.

***

“I gave them a few dead chickens. Did you have a good smile?”

“And the frequency of raids has definitely decreased. They seem to think that we will offer it ourselves even if they don’t threaten us.”

“That’s nice.”

I laughed contentedly at the reports from the Golden Goblin Mine.

The operation seemed to be going smoothly.

A goblin has a personality as ugly as its appearance, but at the same time it is a timid creature. The reason why colonies do not attack humans when they are not properly formed, but start attacking them when they have grown to a certain extent.

That’s why goblins wandering alone are more dangerous.

He knows he’s f*cking strong. In fact, it’s even stronger than other goblins.

However, the goblins that form the colony differently from him are characterized by a hierarchical society instead of being docile.

Usually, a unique entity such as a golden goblin, a red goblin, or a hobgoblin rises to the ruling class. Depending on which entity becomes the leader, the character of the goblin colony changes a lot.

In the case of the enemy goblins, they become much more ferocious, and start attacking people even if the colony doesn’t grow.

In the case of golden goblins like now, they are relatively docile, but their intelligence increases and they become a colony that prefers collecting shiny and valuable items to killing.

It’s still a mine, but a colony led by golden goblins has been built there.

He’s digging for gold like that, even though he has nowhere else to spend it.

They don’t even know how to smelt, and at best they’ll be grinding stones and digging them out with something like a pickaxe.

I can’t say that I’m not a very pitiful friend.

Wait.

A pickaxe?

If these guys aren’t efficient, you can hint at something like a pickaxe.

A sudden thought came to my mind, and I quickly flipped through the documents, while Xianne, who was also arranging them, glanced at the contents.

“…… Would you like a pickaxe too?”

“Then why don’t you dig for gold sooner? Last time I saw it, there were a lot of pickaxes that couldn’t be sold at Mr. Albert’s forge. I would like to offer that.”

“Even handling malicious inventory…… That’s really great.”

“It’s a great monster.”

A magistrate needs slaves.

They want a quick return on a moment’s work.

However, in the case of Xianne, who was experiencing this kind of work for the first time, he still did not like it.

“But I’m still worried that they won’t raid the village once it gets bigger.”

“Wouldn’t it be nice to have two knights in place in case something goes wrong?”

That wasn’t enough, so the troops of the 3rd Corps, which were closest to them, were deployed forward. At this rate, no matter how much power you have, you won’t be able to think of attacking hastily.

In addition, the goblin colony was getting used to the help of humans much faster than expected.

In fact, according to Heinz, who is in charge of reconnaissance at the site, the goblins buried a lot of rusty weapons.

In fact, it is no different from choosing to voluntarily disarm.

What’s the point of breeding more because you’re full? After all, they’d be digging for gold every day without knowing how to fight.

“Chief Xianne.”

“Yes?”

“Pretend to be fooled and trust me. It must be the business of eating pheasants and eating eggs.”

“How can you be so sure?”

“If I touch it, I can make even an army of normal monsters go wild. Goblins are a piece of cake, much less.”

I’m not a brute, so I can’t train beautiful women.

The monster trainer is amazingly good.

Cancer, by the way.