[Aliel] Chapter 19 – Goblin Hunt 2 (Patreon)

Without knowing that Ami following her from behind, Aliel walked around the plain again to find goblins. She was not walking without any destination or just to find a goblin. She also mapped the area in her mind, she remembered the area in order to make the future hunt easier for her.

Not only that, but mapping the area also helps to avoid an ambush from monsters or players alike. If Aliel knows the location of their hiding spot, Aliel only needs to be careful on that location instead of being wary all the time.

Putting on a guard and being wary of possible ambush is exhausting for players. Their combat capability would decrease if their mind was exhausted, and that could lead to the potential danger when they are ambushed.

Aliel has a great memory, she could remember almost everything easier than a normal person. Unfortunately, she only used her capability in making money on trade and games. Well, not only that, she misuses her great memory as a way to remember a beautiful girl that will become her prey later.

Strangely, for some reason, she would forget about the smallest detail like she was not wearing underwear. When she thought about what’s wrong with her forgetting such a small thing, she finally arrived at a conclusion. She didn’t forget that she was not wearing underwear, she just didn’t think that underwear is necessary for her that’s why she often brush it off.

More importantly, she found another group of six goblins behind a big boulder around 10 meters away from her. Without taking time to observe them, Aliel plunged right into the group of goblins and swung her spear. She instantly took out 3 goblins with her spear, with the other goblins looking at her in confusion.

Taking this chance, Aliel crouched down and send Mana Arrow to the fourth goblin, pierced his head, and use her spear’s butt to strike the fifth goblin away.

Finally, the sixth goblin was able to react and struck Aliel with his club horizontally. Because of her position, Aliel can’t dodge the attack and got hit on her shoulder, chopping 9 HP away from her. The goblin smiled as its attack was connected to its prey. It pulled the hand that it used to strike Aliel earlier and make another swing and aiming for Aliel’s head.

Aliel dodges the swing by rolling to the side. She stood up immediately and held the shaft of her spear in a backhanded grip and pierced the goblin chest right in its heart. But that didn’t manage to kill the goblin as it looked at Aliel with its red eyes that seems glowing in anger.

With a swift movement, Aliel pulled her spear and made another stab aimed at the goblin’s neck. At the same time as Aliel’s spear connected to the goblin’s neck, causing green blood to gush out from the wound, the fifth goblin that Aliel was blown away was jumping from the shadow of the sixth goblin and throw its club at Aliel.

“Crap!”

Aliel let go of her spear and try to dodge the club that was thrown by the goblin by sidestepping. She was able to avoid a blow to her body, but the club still managed to hit her right arm and chip some of her HP.

“Cih, you’re just a goblin! Don’t get cocky!!”

“Sraaaaaa!!”

The goblin let out a loud scream as he looked at Aliel with its red eyes. Aliel spear was lying near the goblin and she can’t reach it with her arm. Her only way to attack now was only Mana Arrow. She needs to aim at the right spot of the goblin to kill it immediately or at least make him away from her spear.

With her left hand, Aliel aimed at the goblin’s torso and launched the Mana Arrow without a second thought. The goblin saw the Mana arrow and jumped to the side before he rushed towards Aliel in anger. Aliel also rushed towards her spear, ignoring the goblin that come from her side, and grabbed its shaft before stopping and turning around instantly.

She sent out a stab with both of her hands aimed at the goblin’s body and pierced it straight through its body, making it shriek in anger. Aliel quickly pulled her spear and send another stab aimed at the goblin’s head, killing it immediately.

Sighing in relief, Aliel looked at her status and saw that she lost 14HP in the battle.

“I was too confident, damn it. This spear is great but I can’t use it skillfully yet. I need some time to get used to it.” Muttered Aliel as she swung her spear to clean some blood that stuck in the blade.

There is also some green blood stuck on her body, making her uncomfortable.

‘This is the first time that I got blood stuck on my body, I need to clean myself when I reached the town. I hope there is a bathhouse or at least a shower in the town~’

Aliel approached the goblin’s bodies and looted them. As if she was rewarded for getting damaged, she got 7 fangs instead of 6 from the goblins’ corpses.

So far, she managed to collect a total of 10 fangs, half of the mission’s requested number.

‘If Ami managed to collect 10, then our mission is finished. Where is that girl right now?’

Aliel sighed as she thought of the girl that came with her for this mission. She was supposed to hunt together, but Aliel decided to hunt by herself because Ami don’t know the basics of hunting.

Even if Aliel thought that, she also forgot the basics when she massacre the forest in the newbie area by running around and killing the monsters.

‘Forget about her, she must’ve exhausted herself somewhere. Forget about killing a goblin, it’s a miracle if she managed to go back to the town by herself.’

Aliel went back on her search for more goblins. She walked through the plain only to meet with disappointment. She didn’t even find any goblin in her sight and let out a long sigh.

‘How could I finish the mission if there is no goblin in here? Should I go to the other area to find more goblins?’

Aliel looked around the plain before stopping her gaze at a rocky area. She has suspicion that maybe the goblin was in fact in the rocky area instead of the plain. She had met with 2 groups of goblins near the rocky area, so the possibility is not zero.

Although the mission said that the goblin was in the plain near the rocky area, there is also a chance that the scout only saw the goblins that strays away from the rocky area.

‘Let’s check that area then.’

Alien run towards the rocky area and reached the big boulder where she killed a group of 6 goblins earlier. She jumped on the boulder to get a better view of the area and looked towards the rocky area. She couldn’t see that far into the rocky area because of some rocks that hindered her sight. But she did manage to find 2 goblins in the distance not far from her location.

“Jackpot~”

She jumped down the rock and rushed towards the 2 goblins. Their distance was approximately 50 meters, with Aliel speed, she managed to reach the goblins in around 4 seconds.

Right after the goblin entered her attack’s range, she stabbed the goblin on the right on its head with her spear and shot a Mana Arrow towards the goblin on the left. The arrow pierced the goblin’s temple and penetrated through it.

She looted the body and got 2 additional goblins fangs before moving again to find the other goblins.

‘Let’s finish it in an hour. I really need to take a bath after this…’