The Hero Who Troubles the Heroes

A two-wheeled carriage walked slowly on the road, making a "squeaky" sound.

Charles and Diana, who were sitting in the carriage, were studying the mission description briefings they got from the Adventurers Guild over and over again.

There is a farm about ten kilometers south of Avalon City, which mainly grows oats, fruits, vegetables and free-range chickens. Every morning, the farm's horse-drawn cart transports the chicken, eggs, vegetables, fruits and other products produced on the farm to Avalon City for sale.

In a city where adventurers gather, there is no need to worry about selling agricultural products.

Just two nights ago, a group of goblins broke into the farm after destroying the fence of the farm. After snatching seven or eight chickens and a dog, they slipped into the forest.

This farm is the property of an old knight. A few chickens are not a big loss to him, and the broken fence will be repaired.

However, the dog who had been by the empty nester's side was unfortunately killed while defending the chicken coop, and then the body was dragged away by the goblins.

So the old knight asked the butler to go to the Adventurer's Guild in Avalon City to hang up the task and avenge the dog at a high price.

The old knight's butler is not a talented person, that is, a child of a freedman who grew up on a farm. He was fortunate to learn basic writing and arithmetic in the church when he was a child. Later, he was retired from the army when he was middle-aged because he was honest and honest. The old knight who came back came to be a housekeeper.

The old butler came to the Adventurer's Guild to hang up the mission as soon as he entered Avalon City. When he sold out today's goods in the market, he heard that his mission was chosen by someone.

After being fooled by Charles and the others, the old butler, who had never seen a big world, brought the "3.1415926 Squad" with him on the return trip.

Charles and Diana have learned that goblins are intelligent creatures with a low lower limit and a high upper limit. They have low strength, low defense, and almost zero defense against magic and poison, but their agility is not low.

If the Goblins around the lower limit level and Charles are fighting meleely on the field of play, they can fight 55 to 50. If both sides use ordinary weapons, Charles' chances of winning can reach 60%, and if they use magic weapons, the Goblins have only a 10% chance of winning. .

If the battle took place in the woods with a complicated environment, it would be good for Charles to save his life.

If it were an adult adventurer, destroying these goblins would be no more difficult than finding herbs in the grass.

However, it's not like they are not without the power to fight.

"Africa, are the herbs you prepared effective?" Diana asked.

Charles' mask was now the color of the bottom of the pot, and he replied: "This is the recipe recorded in Halcala's book, I saw it when I was learning Elvish with her, I think it should, probably, maybe not. problem."

The African chief went on to say, "Anyway, in our way, poisoning is just a means of insurance."

Diana came to the front of the carriage at this time and continued to talk to the old butler who was driving. She asked, "Sir, are you sure those goblins don't leave the cave during the day?"

"Ah...oh..." The old butler who was focused on driving the car didn't notice Diana talking to him for a while, "Those goblins sleep during the day and only come out at night to find something to eat."

"Then you can be sure that the cave they live in has only one exit?" Diana continued to ask.

The old butler replied, "Last year, the dog of the lord got lost. We went in when we were looking for the dog. At that time, there were no goblins living in it."

After the old butler knew about someone's title, he answered all the questions raised by these two newcomers.

After repeated inquiries, they finally understood the difficulty of this mission.

The terrain in that cave is complicated, and the height of the cave is very short. Most of the height inside the cave is less than one meter five. This space does not put too much pressure on short goblins, but it is impossible for adults who can only bend down to enter.

This is also the reason why the old butler did not object when he saw that the Adventurers Guild sent two children about the same height as goblins to complete the task.

Near noon, the carriage came to the front of a golden oat field. Looking beyond the oat fields, you can see in the distance fruit trees surrounded by fences and residential areas surrounded by logs more than two meters high.

On the road beside the oat field, a group of people were standing there pointing at the oat field.

Standing in the front is a white-haired old man with a cane. The short hair on his head stood up like the short thorns of a hedgehog, and on his chin was a beard like a steel needle. He was tall and burly, standing straight like a sharp sword stuck on the ground.

Among the few people present, he was the only one wearing clean cotton clothes. The two old men who were standing behind him and talking to him respectfully were wearing linen clothes that were covered with loess, while the others at the back were wearing various kinds of clothes. The hunched figure of the thing was only covered in dirty rags that resembled clothes.

From the clothes and demeanor, you can see the difference between the nobility at the bottom, free people and slaves.

The old butler parked the carriage not far from the crowd, and then trotted all the way over to report to the master about his trip to Avalon City this morning.

Charles and Diana tidied up their gear and jumped out of the carriage, then walked towards their employers.

The old butler introduced his master to the two: "This is Sir Tonyo, the master of this place."

The two new adventurers bent their left hands to their chests and bowed to their employers. If it is a salute between nobles, the right hand is used, because the noble rings are all worn on the right hand.

As a nobleman of a higher rank than his employer, Charles just swayed forward a little, and he was fine. Diana was just a free man, leaning forward 15°.

"Adventurer Squad - 3.1415926 Squad has undertaken the task you issued in Avalon City Adventurers Guild, and all team members are reporting to you." Diana said to Tonyo.

Tonyo was a little surprised that the captain was this commoner girl instead of the noble boy next to him, but this was not an important matter.

He carefully looked at the two adorable newcomers, and then the crutch in his hand suddenly stabbed at Diana's head.

Diana stepped back several times in a row to open up Tonio's distance, and at the same time Charles took a step to the side, and then a fireball spell smeared his face.

Tonio turned his head to avoid the small fireball thrown by Charles, while the crutches in his hand swept across Charles.

With a "boom", the shield that suddenly appeared in Charles' hand blocked Tonyo's crutches, and Charles' body was also beaten out of balance.

The voice of Diana chanting a spell attracted Tonio. When Tonio looked at Diana, he saw a strong light from the top of the half-meter-long wand in Diana's hand.

Tonyo suddenly felt his eyes go black, and then immediately jumped back, dodging the impact of Charles' shield. With the help of the mask, Charles was not at all affected by Diana's magic.

After temporarily losing his sight, Tonio turned his ears to listen to every sound around him, trying to find the trace of Charles' movements.

However, Diana didn't give him a chance, and a series of thunderous noises exploded beside Tonyo.

In the end, Tonyo had to use his power beyond the goblins. A tornado of flames appeared outside him, forcing Charles back, who was lightly preparing for a sneak attack.

"Very good." Tonyo said with satisfaction, "As long as you don't get surrounded by paralysis and carelessness, you can complete this task."

"Thank you for your mercy." Diana said to Tonio.

It is a basic operation for the employer to test the strength of the adventurer who has taken the mission. The two newbies were psychologically prepared from the beginning. Just like when a new worker arrives at the construction site, the foreman must try his skills, either by welding electrodes or tying a few steel bars, to ensure that the other party is not a parallel importer. As for a new welder who stabbed the end of a wire into a socket with a wooden stick to get electricity on his first day at work, it's better to be fired on the spot.

"You come with me."

Tonio walked along the oat field with the new duo. It was very inconvenient for Tonio to walk on crutches. His right foot was a little shorter than his left.

Then they came to a fence with a hole in it. Behind the fence is an orchard, and under the fruit trees there are many sharp-faced skinny chickens foraging on the ground. In the era of no industrialized production of feed, it is not easy to fatten chickens.

Not far from the hole in the fence, a rope was thrown, which is said to have been dropped by a goblin. After the goblins picked up this hemp rope from nowhere, they used it to tie a section of the fence, and then several goblins pulled the fence open with force.

There were not many useful traces left at the scene, and the Mengxin duo could only conclude that there were no high-level goblins among them.

"There are six of them." Tonio squinted and said murderously to the two of them Charles, "they had already carried the oak barrels and ran away when we arrived. The oak barrels have been with me for ten years, and it has been very important to me. It's like family. So you're going to kill them all and avenge the oak barrels!"

After a while, Charles realized that "Oak Barrel" was the name of the dog.

Diana said to Tonio, "Let's go now and settle the battle before dark."

"Do you need any help from me?" Tonyo asked. "The harvest of oatmeal will start tomorrow. We really can't spare too many people, but it's still possible to provide some help."

Charles saw the rotation of grass in the fields in the distance, and said: "I hope to provide us with a guide who can come back when we are near our destination. If you can provide some fresh grass, then better."

Tonio looked at Charles for a while, then patted him on the shoulder and said, "Not bad boy, this is a good way."