Rowan thought the quest was over and was preparing to leave when the old village chief stopped him again.
The old village chief had a bitter expression, hesitant to speak.
Rowan’s heart skipped a beat.
A new quest?
How was this old village chief like an NPC, with quests one after another?
“Er, Chief, you don’t need to worry.
The surrounding monsters have all been cleared by me.
Even if there are one or two stragglers, they’re just Goblins, Slimes, and the like.
You don’t need to worry.” The village chief gave a bitter smile and said, “Adventurer, you have misunderstood.
Of course, I am not worried about that.
Your strength is admirable; to have resolved all the monsters in the vicinity single-handedly, we are already filled with gratitude.
The reason I am worried…
perhaps you have also noticed that among the monsters appearing around the surrounding villages, the number of Goblins is extremely high.” “Er, that is true.
I feel like I’ve eliminated one or two thousand Goblins.
Were there that many Goblins before?” “Of course not.
In previous years, there were at most a hundred Goblins nearby.
Hiring one adventurer a year was enough to handle it.
However, this year, it is clearly different.” The normal situation was that few?
Then the number of Goblins this year is indeed explosive.
Rowan also felt something was wrong.
“Did you report this to the Adventurers Guild?” “Of course.
Some time ago, an adventurer came to investigate.
After investigating, his conclusion was that a Goblin tribe had appeared, so he told us to go to the guild to post a suppression quest, and then you came.” The old village chief sighed again.
“It is not that I do not trust the adventurer, but…
I, an old man, have lived for over seventy years.
I have encountered Goblin tribes several times, but I have never seen a situation like this, where a large number of Goblins appear around so many villages at the same time.
This situation can only mean that the number of Goblins in this vast area, or even around the entire Tob Forest, is rising rapidly.” “Are you trying to say that a large group of Goblins has migrated here?” “No, what I am more worried about is that a Goblin King has appeared among the Goblins.” Rowan fell silent.
Goblins were the lowest-level monsters in this world.
Only beginners would take quests related to Goblins, and ordinary adventurers were not interested in such weak creatures.
Mainly, Goblins didn’t have anything valuable on them, and the price of their left ears was too low.
Therefore, no one paid attention to these little guys.
Adventurers wouldn’t care if there were more or fewer Goblins.
A large number of Goblins would form a tribe.
A tribe was a huge threat to a village.
The village itself did not have the ability to solve such a large number of Goblins and generally had to rely on the army or adventurers.
If a Goblin King was born among the Goblins, then a greater change would occur.
A Goblin King was not an ordinary Goblin.
It possessed intelligence not inferior to humans and also possessed a high-level class system.
Coupled with the many high-ranking Goblins gathered around the Goblin King, this was by no means something an ordinary adventurer party could handle.
“What do you want me to do?” “I would like to ask the adventurer to go and investigate again.
I am worried that the previous adventurer had omissions.
As a reward, um, I have another magic learning scroll here.” The old village chief took out another magic scroll.
Good grief, Rowan could only say, good grief!
How many scrolls do you have!
With so many scrolls, haven’t you been robbed?
“Hehe, my son actually left me two learning scrolls.
The first scroll was the reward for you clearing the surrounding monsters, so let the second scroll be the reward for you investigating the abnormal increase in the number of Goblins.” “Alright, I accept this quest, but I need to rest for a day or two.
I was too tired recently.” “Of course, you can rest here for a period of time.
We will prepare food for you during this time, so don’t worry.” “Okay, then I’ll trouble you.” The village had prepared a place for Rowan to stay earlier, and he had been living there for the past few days.
Resting was a lie; learning magic was the truth.
The magic knowledge of the previous “Scout Raven” had already been poured into Rowan’s mind, and the rest was just practice.
First-tier magic was not difficult.
Rowan mastered it completely in one day.
And his attributes had also changed: [Status Screen] [Level: 13] [Class: Healer (Rare Lv5), Master Blacksmith (Advanced Lv7), Grand Alchemist (Advanced Lv1)] [Innate Ability: Class Evolver] [Justice Value: 30 (Neutral)] [HP: 175 (17.5%)] [MP: 115 (11.5%)] [Physical Attack: 115 (11.5%)] [Physical Defense: 175 (17.5%)] [Agility: 115 (11.5%)] [Magic Attack: 115 (11.5%)] [Magic Defense: 175 (17.5%)] [Comprehensive Resistance: 120 (12.0%)] [Specialty: 100 (10.0%)] [Skill Points: 26] [Experience Bar: 8952 / 100000] [Passive Skills: Recovery Storage (165 / 165), Limit Break, Craftsmans Heart, Energy Expansion, Precision, Rune Mastery, High-Rank Fire Resistance] [Active Skills: Optimization (3 times/day), Degradation (3 times/day), Heart Forging Method (Tier 1), Overlimit Degradation (1 time/3 days), Extraction (Tier 1), Mana Infusion] [Magic/Martial Arts: Scout Raven (Tier 1)] [Scout Raven (Tier 1)] [Class Restriction: Magic Caster Class] [Description: Consumes 5 MP to summon a black magic raven.
While the raven exists, it consumes 1 MP per hour.
It disappears when attacked, when mana supply is disconnected, or when the spell is actively canceled.
The caster can share the raven’s vision.
If the caster is more than ten kilometers away from the raven, the connection will be severed, and the raven will stop moving.] Hmm, although the level increased by four, the attack methods were still the same as before, but the defensive ability had improved quite a bit.
There was also this newly learned Tier 1 magic.
Overall, this was a very convenient reconnaissance magic.
Limited by the fact that it was only Tier 1, there were many restrictions, and its concealment was not strong, making it easy to be discovered.
Rowan lacked methods now, so he couldn’t be picky.
His current level had reached thirteen, which was considered one of the strongest among adventurers.
The Justice Value had also quietly risen to thirty.
However, if this attribute was too high or too low, it was not good; it was easy to be targeted.
There were quite a few special skills that targeted the Justice Value.
The Justice Value was considered the most useless among all attributes.
If he remembered correctly, the Ainz Ooal Gown and his several generals mostly had a Justice Value of -500, which was the lowest level of extreme evil.
Rest finished, time to get to work.
Time is experience!