Such occurrences weren’t uncommon when the Demon God was still alive.
When we were journeying, we even had to fight Goblins in hundreds. Well, most of them were cleared out by the mage group though. And the rest were taken care of by us.
But, we were attacked by more than 10 goblins in just the Forest. Including the ones on the plains and deeper inside the forest, the total number of Goblins should become pretty big this time as well.
How many will the guild be able to recruit for this, I wonder.
“It’d be nice if they can find some mages.”(renji)
“The earnings are good, that should be able to attract quite a few.”
After all, they’ll get a good wall as well.
With the vanguard in front, all mages have to do is fire magic like cannons from the rear. There won’t be an easier job than this.
The problem will be the battlegrounds. Even if they lure the goblins with food, the plains are far too wide. And they simply can’t turn the Forest of magical energy or the any place near the city into a battlefield either. So, inevitably they’ll end up fighting right in the middle of the plains. These things should be thought up by someone with better authority though. Not me.
They have a habit of swarming, so though ambushes are pretty much impossible, Goblins do have intelligence to try and surround their opponent which can become troublesome.
A magician’s fire power is unquestionable but that’d backfire in a melee battle. They’ll become unable to use magic that’d drag their comrades into danger. The ones who can still use it in such a case are either a total fiend or a person that has extreme level of trust in their comrades. There are magicians who know magic that won’t drag their own comrades into danger but that’s a very less minority.
Other than that is, Elf or Pixie’s spirit magic. This is also used by drawing power from the spirits so depending on how you use it, it can differentiate between enemy and ally.
“What should I do?”(renji)
[You won’t participate?]
“I’m hesitating. The reward sounds good but the danger is equally high.”
And it’s not like there’d be a huge difference from my participation alone anyway.
As long as there isn’t a specially strong—–like that black Orc mixed with the enemies, I’m no different from a normal adventurer.
A many-against-many battle is total hell. No wait, any battle is hell. As someone who knows that, I really want to avoid getting involved in any large scale battle.
Also, it seems they’ll be able to gather a huge force even if I don’t take part.
“I thought you’d take part.”(elf)
“….Why?”
“You seem to have money problems, and you are skilled as well. You won’t have problems against mere goblins right?”
“You overestimate me. I’m not that great…..your support was simply good that’s all.”
As I shrugged, he ended up sighing. I wonder about that. As if saying that.
In fact, when we were attacked by goblins in large numbers, the number he took down was bigger than how many I did.
Well, it might be wrong to estimate abilities with just numbers but it’s true that he made it much easier for me to move around. That alone was proof of this Elf’s abilities.
“It seems you’re just lazy.”(elf)
[Exactly.]
…….Why the hell did you reply there Ermenhilde?
As I sighed on my partner’s cruel betrayal, I headed towards the counter.
Things had calmed down and the crowd had lessened.
Seeing how many had applied till now, 30+ for the vanguard and 20+ for the rear guard including archers and magicians.