Blood tax

Chapter 3 The First Mission

Well... are fighting in peaceful areas such a random thing?Griffith sat back in his chair and ate the rest of the food quickly.

The waitress completed a simple certificate for the adventure team, watched them walk out of the tavern, then turned to look at Griffith: "Are you going to help them? Manisa Village's request for help came in a hurry. , they seem to be the only team to receive the quest. I heard that the goblins are very weak, although I have not seen them, they should be able to solve it smoothly."

"The strength of the individual does not determine the victory of the battle," Griffith shook his head, "wisdom and organization are."

"Oh~" The waitress extended her tone and echoed.

Goblins are rare monsters.Griffith thought while chewing the hard bread.There are so many monsters and alien creatures on the battlefield on the east front, but I haven't seen many goblins.

Izmir is located in the center of the channel, and the nearby demons have been purged for decades.How did goblin colonies infiltrate the core of human territory?

When Griffith had almost finished his food and made up his plans, several well-dressed gentlemen happened to come down from the second floor of the tavern.The person in the front first glanced at the waitress who got up in a hurry, and then turned their attention to Griffith.

"Are you a knight of the Royal Army?"

"Griffith Brandon, the apprentice knight under Earl Larmor, the second son of Brandon's frontier knight, the second-level squad leader," Griffith saluted several gentlemen and introduced himself seriously The full set of titles, "I served in the Eastern Legion not long ago and was ordered to go to the capital."

The gentlemen who came down from the second floor of the tavern looked quite good, and their neat coats were cut to fit well.Among them, there were two middle-aged men who followed behind, wearing long swords or holding a pen and abacus for calculation.

The gentleman at the head wore a dark blue ribbon and should be the recipient of a certain medal.His tall figure was slightly fatter, and a trace of anxiety and irritability lingered in his eyes.

"Second-level squad leader?" A burly man among the group looked at him suspiciously.The accountant looked up and said, "Is the rank of the Guards and the Assault Cavalry equivalent to the Sergeant of the Wehrmacht?"

"Yes, sir."

"Are there war horses?" asked a gentleman.

"Not now."

"Well," the leading gentleman nodded with satisfaction, turned around and whispered to the other gentlemen, then turned back and said, "Apprentice knight, I am the mayor of Izmir. Manisa, 30 miles from this town. The village reported that they were being harassed by demons, and we were about to send the town's militia to support. But...after all, the lads aren't soldiers, and I'm worried they're inexperienced the first time they fight, and they're going to be in the second. Only genius can arrive. Apprentice knight, please go ahead and support the village, as long as you persist until tomorrow morning, you will be fine."

Griffith seemed to hear the tinkling of silver coins, but he still asked with doubts: "Your Excellency Mayor, you must know that I am not under the command of the local civil administration system. Besides, there is no Many young brave adventurers?"

Outside the glass window of the tavern, the young swordsman and his companions could be seen walking towards the north gate of the town with simple gear.

The mayor obviously bit his lower lip: "That's goblins. Although they haven't been so active in the past ten years, I have seen their atrocities with my own eyes. How could a child without even hair be their opponent? ,they……"

Your reaction is very violent... Is there a shadow left by the goblins?Griffith nodded slightly.

The mayor stopped halfway through his words. He found that the apprentice knight in front of him raised his right hand and rubbed his three fingers slightly.The fingers of the black iron metal gauntlet collided lightly, making a crisp sound.

Compensation, local gentlemen, let's talk compensation.

Several gentlemen in the town glanced at each other, and one of the gentlemen with a thick notebook came up and handed the mayor a bulging bag.

"This is the reward paid to the adventurers. Every brave volunteer who goes to Manisa Village to support will be rewarded with 2 silver langs, and each head can be rewarded with 1 silver lang to bring back to his brother. There are additional rewards for the heads of Brin leaders or other upper-level demons," the mayor took out 2 silver coins and handed them over.

Griffith glanced down and shook his head.

"10 Silver Lang's advance payment," said the apprentice knight, shaking his hand, "don't you think five armed villagers can fight against one foot armored cavalry?"

"Why don't you go grab it?" shouted the gentleman with the notebook and purse. "Ten silver coins will last me a week!"

"After leaving the front line, I don't have the usual weapons and armor," Griffith said seriously, "10 silver coins is not enough for me to buy enough equipment, and I have to pay for it myself. Gentlemen, if there are not enough supplies, I won't go. Gentlemen, don't you think I can't take down 8 goblins with all my armor?"

The civil servants in the town finally agreed to a fair price for the apprentice knight.After receiving the money, Griffith did not set off immediately, but went to the weapons store in the town to buy a simple two-meter short gun, a hatchet and three daggers, and then went to the tavern to buy a package of meat. Dry, brown bread.This rudimentary equipment and food cost him a whole gold florin, not only the advance payment, but also a lot of his savings.

He now wears a double coat of mail and leather, black iron gauntlets and greaves on his hands and feet, an iron helmet, and carries a long sword, an axe, five daggers, and a low-quality pistol with him.

There is no iron shield, breastplate and warhorse, and the center of gravity of the short spear is also very problematic... Griffith weighed his state, and he could only exert one-third of his usual combat effectiveness.

According to known information, there are two goblins near Manisa village, the goblin lair hidden in the mountains and the goblin army that is about to attack the village.This gang of goblins has attacked the village several times in recent days and captured some villagers, cattle and sheep.

The militiamen in the village found that there were more and more traces of goblins gathered in the nearby forest. Some human remains were also found on the edge of the forest. They rushed to the town last night for help.

Other than that, the town and the village didn't know anything, not even how many goblins there were, what kind of equipment they had, and what types they had.

A small amount of information about goblins comes from the mayor.He introduced that this kind of biological power is slightly weaker than that of human teenagers.

Griffith's allies include the villagers, adventurers from the town, and the armed masses.The town's militias are being mobilized and armed, and will not reach Manisa village until the next day at the earliest.

The four-person adventurer team I just met was tasked with clearing the goblins, but they probably wouldn’t go to Manisa Village for support, but instead raided the lair directly.

There may be some looted treasure hidden in the monster's lair, which is faster than killing goblins.If they are lucky enough to rescue some of the village captives who are still alive, their families will also pay a considerable amount.

The benefits of going deep into the lair are much greater than fighting with goblins, but once you are surrounded by demons ten times your size in a narrow and unfamiliar place, isn’t it inevitable that you will die?
Is it because this adventurer team has no concept of goblins or is the goblins really too weak? 4 people dare to go to the mountains... Griffith feels that he can't understand the idea of ​​a peaceful world at all.

But then again, Griffith himself had no idea about goblins.In the two years of fighting in the east, he has faced terrifying mythical creatures, powerful and slow mountain monsters, fierce and mighty orcs, cunning and cruel trolls and barbarians, and the weakest is the short but bloodthirsty orc subspecies— - Orcs.Small creatures like goblins rarely appear on the battlefield.There is almost no room for them there.

However, that doesn't mean Griffith will let his guard down.Body size and individual attack power do not determine the outcome of the battle.

It was not yet noon, and if Griffiths hurry up, he could reach Manisa Village before the sun sets.He could also choose to travel with slow militia groups, but that would likely require an overnight out in the wild.

Camping at night with irregular troops of dubious combat effectiveness, and possibly facing enemies who can fight at night, this option sounds very bad.

After considering the limited information, Griffith immediately set foot on the road to Manisa Village.

(End of this chapter)