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Death’s Daughter Chapter 9

Author: “FoodLovingPanda”

CHAPTER NINE –ENTER GOBLINS

In the small clearing just ahead of me three small creatures with overly large ears and
lightly disfigured heads were gathered. These were most likely goblins that were commonly found all around this continent according to what Colt-san told me.
Holding the sword firmly in my hand I began feeling just like I was in the game “Free World”. The only difference was that this was real. Which meant that dealing a deadly attack will actually kill. If anything, landing a direct hit on the neck would most likely kill the target instantly.

Getting closer while also remaining hidden among the trees, I prepared to do my attack. Since I was still low level I didn’t dare risk an open fight with odds being three to one. That is why I raised my free hand and cast a single spell on all three goblins. It was [Immobilize].

As soon as the magic hit them, I jumped out of my hiding spot and slashed down at each and every one of them killing them instantly. Being hit by my magic they had no way of escaping or even resisting against me.

[You received 62 EXP from Goblin: Grunt]
[You received 51 EXP from Goblin: Grunt]
[You received 60 EXP from Goblin: Grunt]
[One-handed Sword Skills LV1] has been learned
[Class: Magician, Swordsman, Assassin, Magic Swordsman has been unlocked]

Huh? I unlocked classes? According to Colt-san you can choose your class in the
government or church building upon reaching level 10 but he said nothing about unlocking a class on your own. Could he have forgotten about it or was this something unusual.

For now I decided to put it on hold and looked at the corpses of the goblins lying on the floor. I knew that hunting goblins was a permanent request since they breed and grow fast and often cause damage to the fields and stock. But the proof of subjugation was needed which included cutting off their large ears and digging into their skull for the magic stone. Honestly, it was a disgusting job to do.

Once I finished collecting the needed resources I activated the newly gained skill that I learned; [Presence Detection] and began looking for more goblins since it would take 5 goblins to be counted as an E-rank request. Activating the skill made it seem like my world turned gray with anything that was alive and moving being light colored and anything still was colored dark and the range was good as well. From my estimate I could sense anything within 50m radius.

Just on the edge of my vision I sensed a creature shaped similar to those I just fought. Moving slowly towards the area I sneaked around the goblin waiting to ambush any passing creature and struck it with my sword from behind without it knowing what hit him. Since I found extracting magic cores from the monsters repulsive, I just stuffed the entire corpse inside my inventory. That ought to act as proof of subjugation as well.

After that goblin I came across another four, which I also dealt with easily. I had more than enough for the request and I wanted to get back as soon as possible. In these fights I realized that even though I could use my sword there was still a disparity with what I could do in-game and in this reality now and that I need to practice for a bit before heading out hunting again.

As I was lost in my thoughts I was paying less attention to my surroundings and because of that I didn’t notice the arrow flying straight for me. It hit my left shoulder and lodged itself in.

The pain hit me and I screamed out. It only took me a moment to locate the shooter using my skill. I immediately took out one of the knives I bought and threw it at the goblin hitting its head killing it on the spot.

[You received 96 EXP from Goblin: Archer]
[Throwing LV1] has been learned.
[You have leveled up. Status increased]

The wound hurt like hell. I should have known better than spacing out in the middle of a forest. This is not peaceful earth anymore. I took the corpse and hurried back to the town.

Without any healing magic I didn’t dare to remove the arrow for the fear of bleeding out. Luckily there was no poison on the arrow or I would have been in deep trouble.
The town gate was soon in sight and the guard that was on duty screamed out as he
saw me. I made him calm down saying it looked worse than it felt and asked where I can find a doctor to help me. He told me the church was the best option since there are some priests that are good with healing.

As I was walking down the street, several people asked me if I needed help, but I politely refused. I couldn’t believe they were so willing to help, especially since this wasn’t a wound that was particularly heavy. At the church several priests immediately jumped up as they saw me and lead me towards a recovery room where they worked together to extract the arrow and heal up the wound. I ended up paying 1000Lyr for the treatment.

Feeling a bit better I went over to the guild to turn in my request. Luckily this time around Nino-san was working and I immediately went over to his counter.

“Nino-san, good afternoon, I finished this request. Here are 30 stems. Also I have some goblins Is there a place where I can dismantle them, or better yet is there anyone that can do that job instead? I didn’t have my time at the forest.”

“Oh, Maeda-san, you are working hard already. Or should I call you Queen-sama after yesterday? You can sell the goblins directly to us, but the price will be less than just materials, since we will charge you the dismantling fee. Do you have them with your or are they outside?”

“I have them in my inventory. Also what is with this Queen-sama please don’t call me
that, Naoko is okay if you are more comfortable with addressing me by my given name.”

“Very well Naoko-san, then let’s go to the dismantling chamber. Afterwards I will process your request and then you are free to do whatever you want.”

With that I have solved my problem of extracting monster materials. I really do not want to do that job. Once everything was done it was deemed that my work should be counted as finishing 3 E-rank requests. Moreover I heard several adventurers that were relaxing at the guild room address me as the Queen. I had no idea what brought that on, but I hoped it would not stick for long.