We literally found traces of Goblins as we thrashed through the mountains. Curiously, Sant was cheaper than I thought, so tracking Goblins was no help at all. Tracking is a high-tech technique that can't be used by anyone.
But it doesn't matter. I don't know why you're so big on the front. I can't say anything because it looks so hard. If you yell for nothing and aim at the window, there is no answer. More than anything, a knife can't beat a spear.
After all, I continued my search until the sun went down in the middle of the sky, but Goblins couldn't even find the nose. I'm sure they'll be digging oysters somewhere and living together, but the mountains have to be so wide. It seemed certain that it was a similar difficulty to find needles in the desert.
I think it would be better if the Goblins waited until they plundered the crops and then secretly chased them.
"Oh, it's hard. Let's eat first."
I proposed a meal because I thought I would stop throwing up the rest of the craps and die if I continued to climb the mountain.
"... don't."
I was quietly walking through the mountain at the forefront. Turning my head back and looking at Maria and Gibson, I nodded, and I hesitated to sit on the rock that was right next to me. I'm in a lot of hiking, and my back hurts.
"I thought I'd find it soon, but I can't see it better than I thought."
"Well, well. You'll find it in here today."
Gibson and Maria also sat down and said, Each of us took out his own food. Unlike me, the other party members brought jerky lamps. As a poor man, I was so jealous that I couldn't stand it.
The dry amount I usually eat is something like biscuit biscuit bread that is compulsively baked and hard baked. Once tasteless, it's hard to chew even if you don't eat it with water. But the ship is fillable and also cheap and easy to carry, so it's like my main meal.
"Oh, you can eat this."
Maria stretches out her back shield and sets her hand beside the tree and picks a black fruit. It was a fruit I've seen several times before, and I never knew it was something I could eat. I've been ignoring it just because I don't know if I'm going to pee. I asked Meria just in case.
"Huh? Can you eat that?"
"What? You don't know? It's just a sweet fruit called blackcurrant."
I won one of the Black Yellow Fruits. It's like this fruit now, because the sugar is desperate, I suppressed the urge that seems to be going back and ate it with my mouth. It feels good until the pulp explodes.
"... not so sweet."
However, unlike what Meria said, it tasted closer to sour than sweet. This sweetness may not be as irritating to me as I have been eating all kinds of sugar-boiled foods on modern Earth.
"Don't you feel subtle?"
"It's just sour... Isn't this just for fun?"
"Well, that's weird, right?"
Anyway, since it's fruit, it's vitamins. Maybe there are tons of such nutrients in there, so I ate them all. If you lack vitamin C in the human body, you get a hemorrhagic disease and eventually you search and touch it. Nutritional supplementation had to be gaped to survive.
There are still fruits, so they are dozens of times better than just dried fruit.
"Well, it tastes good."
It's a shield, after all.
That shield that Meria leaned on the tree. Shields were a great defense tool, except for the disadvantage of being bothered to carry them. I had no intention of buying a shield, so I decided to ask Meria.
"Hey, that Meria. That shield..."
"Huh? A shield?"
"It looks pretty good, can I touch it?"
"Yes."
This round shield was the perfect size to defend your body. I heard it wasn't that heavy, so I thought it would be okay to carry it on my back. When I got up and grabbed the pose, it seemed like my upper body was definitely covered and my combat strength was increasing.
"Oh... that's okay. Did you learn something like shielding?"
"Ah, there was a retired soldier in my hometown, there was a monster raid, so I told the villagers how to use weapons and shields. Kind of an instructor. The villagers all learned how to handle their shields."
"Are there soldiers back home? It's not uncommon. It's not a good environment."
"Right? That's when you learn to eat and live with adventurers."
Somehow she was an E class adventurer. If you had learned combat skills from soldiers living in professional warfare, you would certainly have had a distinctive skill.
About 30 minutes of meals and breaks are over. 'Then don't get up.' When I stood up and saw Sant, I felt like something was passing through my brain.
As soon as he got up, he grabbed the foam to try to climb the damn mountain again. I caught him trying to take a strong step.
"Wait a minute."
"Hmm?"
"I don't think we need to go deeper."
"What does that mean?"
I put a little bit of food in the agary, so I said I didn't think my head was turning a little.
"If the Goblins say loot, I think the Node is near the town. If the oysters are too far away, they'll be moving the crops they stole for years. In my view, it would be better to explore the lowlands near the town rather than climbing higher."
It was a little plausible inference, though I think. In the morning, my head was bruised, I was hungry, I tried to ride the mountain, so I couldn't think of this. Rather than riding a mountain, it is necessary to conduct a search based on logical judgment.
"I think so."
Gibson hit the match. If you think that's the right thing to say with that young head, credibility goes up.
"... why didn't you tell me that a little sooner?"
Meria also said that she seemed to be right and that she had gained a great understanding.
"Doesn't it matter that no one thought of this more than that? I didn't come up high."
"Then you'd better get down."
"Let's do some exercises."
As the party members' opinions roughly plummeted, Sant said with a stern expression.
"You're right. Let's go down."
Unlike going up, going down was quick.
I thought as much from Goblin's perspective as I could. I know how to use my inadequate intelligence, my body size is small, and my health is weaker than that of humans. If they say they're looting human crops, where the hell are they supposed to sell oysters? The robbery happened at night, and if you don't think they have any better vision than humans, you might be in the middle of nowhere near where the village can be visually seen...
...
I never fucking knew. I know that.
Along with a star-nutriented look, we searched the mountains again. The current location was so close that agricultural land was visible to the naked eye. However, it was covered in bushes, and the terrain was bumpy, so it was a place you wouldn't know if you looked over there.
It was that time.
"Hey, that oyster. Isn't that a little suspicious?"
Maria knocked on my back with her hand and said,
"Look, look."
"Where do you mean?"
"No, you know, over there."
I couldn't kick her, so Maria grabbed my head with both hands and gave me direction. No, it's not. Looking at the direction Meria moved my head, there was one cave I wanted to see.
"Oh, you have good eyes. It looks just like that."
"Right? That's just what I saw, right?"
"That's what he said."
I called Sant and Gibson.
"Mr Sant, Mr Gibson, it seems that Mr Meria has found the target."
They also looked at the den that Meria had found and nodded. However, if you look at the entrance, there seems to be a bit of a crowd to explore the inside.
"Wouldn't there also be the possibility of a cobalt oyster?"
Gibson said cautiously. It makes sense, but it's a short thought.
"Maybe, but if there was a Kobolt den where the Goblins were, they wouldn't have known it in town because they were fighting."
"What are the odds of an Aulbear nest?"
"Yes? Aulbe? What is that? You got something like that? I've never heard of it."
Aulbear? What else is that? Even if you look at the 'Bear' in the name, you feel like a monstrous and terrifying monster. Then, an E-class adventurer like us can't deal with the butterflies. Shouldn't you be running now?
"No, you're from nomadic origin. Why is there so much you don't know? Don't you know Aulbear?"
"What's Aulbear?"
"The cave entrance is too small for Aulbear's nest. That's not going to happen."
"Is that so?"
Meria Gibson's explanation seemed convincing. No, what's more Aulbear than that! I need to fill the monsters quickly! Anxious Sant kindly explained to me.
"Aulbear is a powerful monster surrounded by feathers. His head looks like a bird, and his eyes are big, so he has good vision. Even the night eyes are very bright, scary predators. But most of all, there can't be anything like that near town."
"Well, is that so? Thank you for your explanation."
I know a lot about honey tips today.
We cautiously headed for the front of that cave. The surroundings of the cave were covered with vegetation and bushes, making it look perfect to hide. And there were several footprints on the main side of the entrance.
"These are..."
"It's a footprint. Goblins are the right size and shape."
I don't know if I can see it.
Maria looks at the footprints and insists that they are the footprints of the Goblins. Well, if you're right, you're right.
I cling to the wall and glance at the inside of the cave. The cave looked a little deeper. The size of the entrance was less than 2m, so it seemed difficult to swing the knife from the inside. Getting in... honestly, it's not a very recommended way.
Because in narrow, dark places like caves and dungeons, human body weight can be a disadvantage. Rather, goblins with small spheres would be even more advantageous. Not to mention the inside of their nawabari.
I asked Sant, who seemed to be the most seasoned of the group.
"Mr. Sant, how do you think it's best to do this? It would be a bit dangerous to navigate too far inside, to be honest."
"You just have to start a fire."
"Yes?"