As the next day passed, Yuu headed downstairs with Leah, waiting at a table next to a bunch of flowers. He chose this spot in specific since it was an obvious place due to this being the only table at the edge of the room with flowers.

He bit off a cracker he had in his bag and waited patiently, hoping that someone would come. While he would love to work alone with Leah as back on Earth, he was the type of person who worked best with people he was close to, he needed to make some connections.

Going on adventurers alone sounded pleasant, especially when all of the rewards would go to you, but that would mean the difficulty would increase immensely. The difficulty of subjugation quests was usually based on what a small party could do, usually not on what one person could do.

Not only that, but there were a lot of small complications. Inventory would be a pain for those who were weak and didn’t have special tools or magic, they had to be careful camping at night as no one could watch over them, and much more.

This wasn’t a novel where someone could just go solo and survive perfectly fine with riches. While there are a handful of people who do go completely solo, if he ever had to do a more dangerous or risky quest, it was best to know some people to help him out.

While he was staring at the ceiling, he saw two people approach him, a middle-aged male lizard and a young adult female human. Deciding to start the conversation, the lizard spoke, “Are you... Y-Yuu, is that how I say your name?”

Hearing the awkward jittery comment, Yuu replied, “Yup, you said it right.”

As tough and strong as the man looked, he was very timid in his speech, “Ah, my name is Jqonle, I use the spear, I hope we get along.”

The woman who was next to him also spoke in a slightly timid voice, “Jacky, I used daggers and illusion magic, please to meet you.”

Seeing how timid they were, Yuu didn’t hesitate in taking the lead as he was the person who posted the ad, “Pleased to meet you both, as you know I am Yuu, I use a scythe,” placing a hand on Leah who was eating a cracker, he patted her head, “and this is my companion, Leah.”

“Ooh! A smart slime- Ah! I didn’t mean to be rude,” the woman panicked, not wanting to be disrespectful or invasive.

Even though she seemed to be around 18, she looked very new to adventuring. “I don’t mind at all. Either way, I think it might be best to start heading to the location? Unless someone needs to do something quickly?”

Shaking their heads no, the group set off quickly.

The quest that Yuu decided to pick out was for scouting and potential extermination of wild goblins near a town. Even though he wanted to fight wolves, he thought it might be best to get some more experience and save up for some armor as he only fought with regular clothing.

Deciding to hop on a carriage heading in the general direction of where they needed to go, Yuu and the other two paid a copper coin since they just needed to hitch on for a short distance, resting on the hard wooden floors.

While some carriages used horses, this one actually had a strange creature carrying it. It was like a tortoise, how it was on its four legs and very wide, yet it had long fur that swayed every time it moved.

Its feet were strange as it had claws curved like a sickle. Every time it walked, instead of using the meaty part of the feet, it would use the claws like wheels. This was definitely the strangest creature he had ever seen in the world of Remshal

According to the person leading, it was a rare creature that could carry loads of heavy cargo around. While slightly slower than a horse, it had an unresting stamina. Though it was not like the stamina mattered since it was going to be a somewhat short ride, only taking two hours or so before they had to hop off.

Thankfully, the ride was decently smooth. He talked with the driver for a bit and even talked with his new comrades, getting to know them a bit more.

While Jacky, the human girl had a humble and normal background, just joining a bit late, Jqonle, the lizard humanoid kept trying to divert from any questions. He simply explained that he was from a village, grew up as a farmer, and due to reasons he finally decided to go adventuring.

Seeing how reluctant he was, Yuu decided not to bother with it at all.

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As the three were chilling out, a bit more comfortable with each other, but still slightly awkward around each other, they heard the coachman yell at them from the very front.

They were about ten minutes away from the village, which was the queue for them to leave as the village itself was not their destination. After saying their goodbyes they headed into the forest.

Opening a map, Yuu kept looking around, staring at the green luscious trees, the old crumbling rocks, and the swaying grass. It was certainly plain yet it had a relaxing atmosphere.

Sadly, this would not last too long as the area that they were heading towards was what was presumed to be a goblin camp or at least the area that some rested according to the villager’s report.

Even though they were like rats, crawling around everywhere, they weren’t like rats in the sense of being a non-threatening annoying pest. While adventurers found them easy to kill, if they grew in waves, villages, and towns that didn’t have many strong people residing there would certainly be hit hard.

Finding a couple of landmarks, a wide yet slightly dirty lake, a large abandoned quarry, and a few other things, he was able to see where they were and jotted down potential spots they could check.

After what feels like an hour of walking, they got most of the area marked. At most, finding small sections that were littered with food, broken clothes, and more. Yet there were no goblins in sight.

“I thought we would at least encounter one, yet it seems like there aren’t any at all…” Jqonle spoke out, barely holding his spear properly as if there was no threat.

“W-we still have a few small sections to check out right?” Still feeling timid to talk to the others she stuttered while trying to check in with Yuu about the progress they made.

“Hmm. We’ve only found a few evidence of activity, but that could just be anyone camping out- huh?” As Yuu was walking, he heard some bushes rustle. As soon as he saw something come out of it, he drew his scythe from his back and stood still, preparing to attack in case anything happened.

As he prepared for something to attack them, a goblin quickly rushed out towards them. But this type of “rushed” wasn’t what he thought of.

The goblin that was running towards them kept looking behind its back, before falling down next to them, panting heavily. Upon taking a quick look, Yuu could see blood running down from the goblin’s left arm and leg, and a twisted and broken right arm.

Even though the goblin saw the three, it didn’t even acknowledge them at all, and instead tried to get up and sprint away. Though since it was injured, it didn’t get far before a dagger pierced its skull.

“Good job Jacky,” Yuu complimented her as he didn’t have to chase it at all.

Taking her dagger off of the goblin’s head, she had a murderous look on her face before changing back into a more timid personality as she nodded towards him with a slight blush. Most likely this wasn’t her first kill, nor her last.

Seeing how murderous her eyes got, Yuu almost looked away as he was scared. Clearly, she wasn’t someone to mess with.

After inspecting the corpse, Yuu decided to head in the direction of where the goblin was running from. Even though he wasn’t necessarily the leader, he felt an urge to warn them to prepare to run if they encounter something dangerous. To make a goblin run in fear like that clearly wasn’t a good sign.

Walking for about ten minutes, they finally found a sign of life, however, instead of something actually living, it was the remains of what used to be life. There were five dead goblin bodies, with a few being rarely recognizable, and next to them, there were the corpses of three silver-wolves.

Looking at their corpses, he saw three muzzles laying around the camp, signaling that these were tamed, most likely belonging to the goblins.

While wild goblins did lack civility and common sense that most societies had, they had the intelligence and resources to sometimes tame beings that would be their pets, in this case silver-wolves.

But the weird thing was that they didn’t look like they died from a fight, instead, it looked like they got absolutely annihilated, with barely any time to retaliate.

As Yuu was inspecting the corpses with Jqonle, he heard a loud bang coming from afar. Despite it coming from a bit away, he could see a tall and hideous creature charging towards them at a fast pace.

It was green, had slightly pointy yet round ears, and even… resembled a goblin.

Realizing how dire the situation was, Yuu immediately shouted at the two while grabbing Leah off from his head and into his arms, “Run for it!”