Outside the city, in the uncharted forest.

"Hah!! I would have got more than just 3 silvers."

"That boy looked like a beggar from the beginning, but who would have thought that he had that much money on him."

In a the forest, a group of mercenaries were walking down a predertermined path.

Their leader, who was walking in the middle was a hulking man, with smell of alchohol permeated from him.

The group consisted of 9 people, which doesn't had any mage in it. Only close combatants and archers.

"But boss, you shouldn't have taken all his money, that guy looked weak."A young man back in the group commented.

"Jeremy!! that guy stained bosses armour, we couldn't have left him alone, the name of Knuckleheads was on the line."

This time it was a man walking alongside their boss. Unlike other mercenaries, he had clean clothes with an aura of superiorty around him.

Seeing the way of talking of the man alongside him, their boss."Nobule!! shut up.... just that you got new clothes, doesn't mean you need to act like it... and stop licking !! "

Their boss seemed rational man, even though he forced the aforementioned boy to hand over his money, but he was very strict and just when talking to his group.

"Hey boss.... did you see that new lass that came....!! isn't she beautiful?"

"Hah!! my wife is more beautiful."

"In dreams... your wife looks like a cow."

The man who talked about his wife fumed at his friend's comment.

The men in the forest continued their talk, but got silent when they came in the territory of enemy.

"Be vigilant men!!.... Nobule go climb a tree and keep an eye on the surroundings... shout when you see anything."

"But boss.. what about my clothes.. they will get dirty."

"Just go!"

Following his bosses order, Nobule climbed the tree, and kept a watch of the surrounding, jumping from tree to tree.

The steps of the group slowed down, and with the weapons in hand they didn't speak.

Their job today was to thin out the population of the goblins in the area, it was the harvest season and the farmers working in the fields were in danger of being attacked.

The guild conscripted these jobs with a hefty amount at th ecompletion of the job.

They walked silently. Then suddenly, a cry of a bird came from above the trees.

"Men.. ready your weapons."

-'What are they doing this close to the road?'

Soon the bushes in front of them start shaking, and sound of small steps reverbrated in the air.

As soon as the first goblin came out of the bush, an arrow flied into his eyebrow, killing him instantly. It was released by Nobule.

The boss with his large sword, stood in a defensive stance as more of the goblins came.

"Attack!!"

The mercenaries were in a circular formation, with 2 archers on the trees and 1 btw the circle.

*slash...*ting...

The battle began, the goblins had hatchets and swords thet they stole from other dead adventurers.

Surprisingly, the goblins were in crazed state, and they focused their attack on the boss.

-'Is there no end to this?'

Their boss had already killed 2 goblins, but the more he killed the more the goblins came.

"Boss something's not right... aah!!"

An arrow struck the head of the now dead adverturer, he couldn't believe that he died that easily.

"Shield up!!"

A barrage of arrows was fired from the bushes, but except the first casuality, no one died.

After the arrows stopped raining.

"Men... retreat!!"

By the amout of arrow fired just now.. the boss can assess the quantity of the goblins armada, but before they can go back.

*Shruiyk.

A cry of a goblin came and the group of adventurers was covered in a circle of fire.

"Nobule.. go get help!! we will defend this place."

"Yes boss!!"

No goblin entered the circle of fire, only barrage of arrows and mana based attacks rained on them.

-'What is happening?? A goblin mage this close to the city.'

Nobule didn't dwandle after hearing his order, he speeding up, jumped from tree to tree, escaping the area.

-'Wait boss I will soon get help.'

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In the city outside the adventurers guild, a large amount of people were crowding.

"What happened?"

"Don't you know... 7 adventurers were killed in goblin attack today."

"Hah!! don't joke.. 7 adventurers killed by goblins.. impossible!! unless they got too deep to the goblin city."

"THey were attacked and killed close to the road."

The man asking the question gulped down his saliva, he was a merchant and used the same road frequently.

Inside the guild, 2 men were surrounded by the management.

"What happened.....exactly?"

The two men were archers one was nobule and the other one was the one who was alos on the tree, but stayed with the adventurer providing cover fire.

The archer said."As soon as nobule left to get help....a ... a goblin brute attacked... ravaging the defenses like it was nothing, then... then.."

"Then what?"

A woman in glasses asked, she was desperate for information, if something unusual happened it was her duty to manage the event and do something about it.

"The goblins raped the corpses... they totally ignored me, who was on the trees, and just raped the men.... jeremy, who somehow survived, was killed by constant rape."

The eyes of Nobule got wide, he was sad, but didn't thought that this was the end of his friends.

He got his head down, and a a drop of tear fell from his eyes.

The woman turned around, and looking at her staff.

"Set the area G23 as danger zone, send any B class or above to clean up the mess, retrieve the bodies at all cost."

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In a room , the sound of metal was clanking.

*Ting.. ting... shrrrrrr.!!

Dipping the sword tip in water, 771 took it out and then placing it on anvil, started to struck it with a hammer again.

"Boy.... you learn fast!!! just 1 month and you are already used to smithing..!!"

"It's much easier.. if we get a feel of th etemperature of the iron heated."

"My father forced me to learn it from my birth... but you...Darrel!!"

771 just smiled and began his work again.

1 month has passed, and he got used to the life in the city.

He is always poor, his money just don't tend to stay.

The ringing of gate came from the front door of the shop.

"I will look!!"

As kofir got out to the counter, to find selena standing with some of her new friends.

"Uncle Kofir.. Can you restore it..."

Kofir took the sword, and looked at it.

"Damn girl!! what did you hunt with these?"

"Oh!! I didn't hunt... Carrie here was teaching me how to wield sword... I still do small jobs in the guild."

"Who?... well it doesn't matter... listen girl.. you need to learn to take care of your equipment!! this won't do."Kofir reprimended Selena, according to the promise, she always visit the shop on a regular basis.

"Darrel...!! come here!!."

THough she always came to the shop. Darrel had already left the shop before she can meet him.

Selena was intrigued, she had heard about this boy from Kofir a lot, but never got to see him in person.

Selena's 3 friends were busy with browsing the wares. looking for something they might like.

As soon as KOfir called out, the sound of metal clanking stopped and from the back came a tanned youth, hair in disarray, with sweat dripping from body.

He was expressionless, and gave off a very weak presence.

-'This is Darrel?'

She always thought Darrel to be a haughty boy, and should have an imposing figure, but instead she got this weak looking fella.

"Yes sir!!"

"Darrel take this sword.. and restore it with metal dust...!!"

Without bliking an eye, even with the contact with Selena, he silently took the sword and went back in the smithy, from whu=ich a rubbing sound start coming.

-'Is he a doll?'

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Part 2 coming soon