With the four of us ready, we began walking in the forest. Now that I think about how well are the others doing? Sometimes I wish I knew how the others were doing. Are we far ahead of everyone? Or are we behind them?
"How do you think the rest of our year is doing?" Since I was curious about this, I asked for their opinions.
"I don't know how the others are doing, but I think we're doing well." Elly was being modest when she said that.
"With Charlie in our team, we definitely wouldn't lose," Trisha said gladly while hyping me up.
Crystal didn't give us her opinion, but I could see her thinking hard about it. We were lax when we were in the forest. Fighting monsters like these made us more confident.
I had to get her to concentrate because Crystal was still thinking about the results. "Crystal!" I shouted at her, making her wake up from her thoughts.
Realizing she was distracted, she regained her composure and checked her surroundings.
Monsters were coming by, and we would kill when we found one. Exploring places that we haven't been to, we found a monster settlement.
There were buildings that were poorly constructed, but they were strong enough for them to stand still. So the four of us hid behind a tree and scouted the surroundings. The monsters we found were goblins, your common monsters in a fantasy world.
It was a good thing that these goblins were the less lustful kind. Otherwise, they would have been slaughtered in a world like this.
Sneaking around, we found that this tribe of goblins had about forty of them. Half of them were very close to rank two, while the rest were in the second rank.
To fight these monsters, we would have to plan carefully. While I might be able to kill all of them alone, it would take a lot of energy, and my team would definitely get hurt if we just went in and charged in.
"Let's follow the goblins that are isolated from the others." I gave my plan to my group mates. When they heard my idea, they nodded and followed me as we snuck around.
Most of the goblins were doing their own stuff. They had enough intelligence to decide their roles in their community. Seeing one group of them leaving the forest, we went and followed them.
Ten goblins were searching outside of their settlement. I think they're going around to hunt for monsters. This group of goblins had eight ranks, one of them and two ranks of two monsters.
The goblins had moved far enough for us to launch an attack, for the others not to hear. "Elly, Trisha, use both of your magic on the two, rank two monsters when we get the chance to strike."
I gave them an order to use their magic once there was an opportunity to attack. As we continued to follow them, there wasn't much of an opening when we stalked them.
Most of them were always on the lookout for any kind of food that they could hunt. So we couldn't get close to the goblins without alerting them.
Following the goblins for another thirty minutes, the goblins began to start a skirmish against the opposing monster. The monster that they went against were gnomes. It was funny to see midgets fight one against another.
The goblins and gnomes were engaging in a battle with each other. This was the best thing that could happen to us. There were six gnomes against ten goblins.
Using their numbers advantage, they rushed on the gnomes with two against one. Seeing that they were going to be attacked. The gnomes fought back using the stone bullets that they had made.
With them being summoned at a close range, most of the first-rank goblins were hit by their attack, making them fall to the ground injured. The two second-rank goblins began using their well-worn weapons. They smacked their weapons against the closest gnome.
Hit by the goblin's weapon, two of them were sent flying, incapacitation them. After that, there were only four of them left, and with eight goblins surrounding them, they were going to have a rough time.
I wasn't someone who enjoyed one side beating unless they deserved it. Looking away, I waited for them to finish the gnomes. Unfortunately, they didn't have a second rank with them. They were at a number disadvantage making it impossible for them to win.
The goblins had beaten the gnomes, and they were killed. Only two goblins were dead, and three of them were slightly injured. We had to kill them now. With the goblins picking up the gnomes, I looked at Elly and Trisha.
Knowing that I was looking at them, they realized what I wanted to do. So the goblins began to carry the corpse of the gnomes. I felt a little pale, knowing what they were going to do with it.
Most of the goblins were busy carrying them back. The injured goblins are the only ones left doing nothing. Knowing that they were going to return, we began to follow. Our chances of ambushing them were now limited. We had to find an opportunity to do it before they came back.
We needed a monster to attack them and distract them for a second or two. Then, the goblins began to leave and began to follow them.
It would be nice if we could fight them head-on, but we couldn't afford to be hurt; otherwise, the chances of us finishing off the whole goblin tribe were low.
Following them back, we had twenty minutes left before they arrived back. There weren't any monsters that we had encountered since then. So it looks like we have to do it ourselves.
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