Besides, my goal right now was not increasing our numbers, but rather to raising our individual abilities. Rather than increasing the number of burdens, we're okay right now, it might be better to consider adding children from now on.
It was not my intention to leave behind these already frustrated guys right now. Even if they had no talent, I wanted to extend my hand to those willing to work hard.
Nonetheless, to prevent gossip from leaking out, I should be tactical about this. No, I didn't think of killing them, at least at this stage. I won't kill them.
The weapons carried by these trembling older Goblins, who were looking at me with a tense expression, were only [Normal] class items that I gathered and distributed to them. If you want to call it by rank, then it would be first-grade from the bottom.
With them they had [Normal] class weapons and armor, and several [Rare] class weapons were thrown in with them were taken out, the armaments were then handed out without a word.
They were certain, that they would be killed if they made a move.
It was the right choice.
Getting back to what I was saying, it is good that the Goblins were armed, but the best weapons quickly dwindled in number as they were distributed. Their chances to survive and thrive with their current abilities and quality of weapons they have would be uncertain.
Oh well, I decided that I will show them how merciful I am with a parting gift. So, I presented them with six knives taken from my item box.
This knife is one of the relics left from the Elf Guard-san who died earlier. Using my appraisal the blue knife appears to be made of the magic metal (Mithril), which is normally too precious for a Goblin to have.
The knife does not contain any special abilities, but its sharpness is beyond compare to the standard steel short sword that they are currently equipped with. Would you believe me if I told you that Mithril can easily cut the blade of a steel sword without getting a scratch on it?
Only the elves have the ability to manufacture the Mithril Knife. It's so (Rare) that a low level adventurer could not obtain one.
Just to show the sharpness of the blade, I cut my fingertip and several drops of blood trickled out. Then I handed the blade back to a Goblin who sheathed it. The wound quickly vanished without a trace because of [Rapid Recovery].
The older Goblins just stood there with a dumbfounded look on their faces. Then Gobukichi-kun and I, smiling wryly, left them there without looking back, and took our leave.
Perhaps, destiny will allow us to meet again.
Well, even with the Mithril knife they still have a high chance of being killed by a group of adventurers or mercenaries. With the market value being so high, a treasure like that usually invites trouble.
I wish them luck for the future ahead.
Lastly, I simply said "This important point is a place where I shed my blood".