Published: July 31, 2025
Today, Episode 6 is released simultaneously.
This is the sixth episode.
After several rotations and breaks, with the injured receiving treatment, the battle continued. When the number of goblins defeated surpassed 2,000, no more goblins appeared.
Thanks to the hard work of the healing magic users and the heal slimes, there were no seriously injured adventurers. However, the frontline across the ditch was littered with so many goblin corpses that there was hardly any room to step.
At that moment, four men appeared through spatial magic teleportation: Reipin-san, Asagi-san, Gordon-san, and Cher-kun. Except for the mage Reipin-san, the others were covered in blood splatters…
“Everyone, are you alright!?”
“Sorry for the late backup! What’s the situation?”
“Looks like you’re okay? …This place sure has a huge number of corpses as well.”
“Reipin-san, Asagi-san, Gordon-san, Cher-kun, you came!”
“Oh! Ryoma, you’re safe!”
“You seem to have been through quite a lot too. You’re covered in blood.”
“Well, we can’t exactly talk either.”
“Indeed. But what exactly is going on? Over 2,000 came, right? It looks like there were quite a few on your side too…”
“Hmm, I suppose I should explain.”
“Um, who’s in charge here? Please tell us the situation on your side.”
“That would be me!”
Prolia-san said this as she rushed over to the four men and explained the situation so far.
“I see, so that’s how it was.”
“Yes. Thanks to Ryoma-kun and the slimes, we managed to hold out, but otherwise our squad would have been wiped out.”
“To face such a number… it’s a miracle everyone survived almost without injury.”
“In any case, it’s good everyone is safe.”
“Um, what about the main force?”
“For now, the situation has settled. But…”
“No one died, but the damage was severe. The scouting party didn’t know, but it was a much larger horde than expected, and there was a Goblin King. A ton of goblin knights were with him.”
“There was a Goblin King!?”
Prolia-san’s shout caused a stir among those around.
“Don’t worry! We’ve already dealt with the Goblin King!”
Gordon-san’s words calmed everyone down a bit, followed by cheers. As this happened, the leaders continued their explanation.
“We based our plan on the abandoned mine shaft map, but it seems those goblins dug their own tunnels to expand the paths and village. The deeper parts, which scouting magic couldn’t fully explore, connected to other tunnels not on the map.”
“What we thought was the goblin village we attacked was only a small part. The bigger horde simply overflowed from their nest. The real village and boss were beyond the mine tunnel, which we only realized a while after starting the assault.”
“Meanwhile, many goblins escaped through another passage, causing a torrent of goblins to pour towards us. It was our mistake; I’m sorry.”
“I see… Since none of us were seriously injured, I don’t have much to say here, but why wasn’t such a large village discovered earlier?”
“Probably because they fed on other magical beasts dwelling in the tunnels and didn’t come near the town. We found many bones of small rats and cave bats in the nest. Also, no one had approached this abandoned mine shaft since last year…”
“It’s the local government’s negligence. Since there’s no iron, this mine shaft is a financial drain. Still…”
Reipin-san looked around and said,
“Truly, it’s a relief that everyone survived facing such a huge horde. If there are no issues here, may I bring a few people capable of using healing magic? I want to treat the injured over there.”
“Understood. Those with mana left who can use healing magic, please gather!”
Following Prolia-san’s words, four people including me stepped forward.
“Hmm… sorry, but my spatial magic can only teleport three at a time. One person will have to come on their own…”
“In that case, I’ll stay. I’ve recently learned spatial magic too, so I can catch up soon.”