Dealing with the inside of a Goblin cave is quite troublesome.
For one, the cave is rather dim, making visibility poor, and furthermore, the tunnels are narrow, leaving no room to maneuver.
However, staying outside isn’t a solution, and he doesn’t have that much time to waste here.
After a moment of hesitation, he entered the cave.
If he had transmigrated into the world of Goblin Slayer, he certainly wouldn’t dare to do this.
However, in this world, although the potential of a Goblin is higher, the intelligence of low-level Goblins isn’t as high as the ones in Goblin Slayer.
He took out a torch, a must-have for adventurers.
At first, the visibility was a bit dim, but he got used to it soon enough.
This group of Goblins had likely moved in not long ago, so the cave wasn’t very deep.
Rowan quickly located all the Goblins and killed them all, big and small.
In total, there were a good forty or fifty Goblins.
It still wasn’t enough to satisfy him.
Since he still had time, he searched all over the mountains and plains, clearing out every Slime, magic wolf, and the like.
Wherever his gaze fell, nothing was left behind.
That evening, after returning to Pre Village, Rowan told the village chief about the day’s events.
The village chief was very satisfied, but instead of letting Rowan leave immediately, he said, “Actually, it’s not just our village; nearby villages are also threatened by Goblins, and some even have Ogres appearing in their vicinity.
If possible, I would like to hire you to help us clear out the monsters in the area.” “Clear out the monsters around the surrounding villages?
That’s quite a heavy workload.” “It is indeed heavy.
Posting a quest would cost a large sum of money, and I don’t have that much on me.
However, how about this as your quest reward?” The old man tremblingly took out a scroll from his bosom, and Rowan took a look.
Sigh, he hadn’t learned the Appraisal skill, so he didn’t even know what the other party was holding out.
When he went back this time, he definitely needed to go to the Mages Guild and study properly.
“This is…
a magic scroll?” Rowan asked, feeling a bit awkward.
The old man’s expression seemed a bit strange, as if he doubted how Rowan could not even recognize this.
He looked Rowan over a few times and shook his head.
The old village chief stroked the scroll, a nostalgic look on his face.
“This is something my son left for me.
It’s not a magic scroll, but a magic learning scroll.
He told me that if my grandson became an adventurer in the future, I could give this to him.
If he didn’t want to become an adventurer, I could sell it for money.
It’s a pity that my grandson died of illness a few years ago.
Other than selling it for money, this thing has no other use.” “I’m just an old man with no family left, and money is of no use to me.
How about I give it to you as payment?
I wonder if you think this scroll is sufficient as a reward?” Er, Rowan didn’t know what to say.
This old village chief had a miserable life; his son and grandson were both gone.
He was all alone.
The value of a magic learning scroll wasn’t cheap.
It was even more expensive than a regular magic scroll.
Even a first-tier one would cost several gold coins.
Basically, anything with the word ‘magic’ in it wasn’t cheap.
If this money were used to post quests, it could fund dozens of quests to wipe out Goblin tribes.
There are two types of magic scrolls.
One is a regular magic scroll; using it releases the magic contained within, and after the magic is cast, the scroll turns to ash and becomes useless.
After the Ainz Ooal Gown descended, his subordinate Demiurge began farming humans on a large scale and using human skin to make magic scrolls.
Demiurge is quite popular; the term “Di-fication of thought” refers to this guy.
The other type is a learning scroll.
Using it imports the method and techniques for using that magic to the user.
However, it only transmits the information; it doesn’t allow the user to master it immediately.
The user still needs to practice afterwards to master it.
In fact, the Mages Guild in the Kingdom has places specifically for learning magic, and in the neighboring Empire, there are even places like the Imperial Magic Academy.
In this world, magic can be learned through study, whereas in the game, it was mastered instantly by consuming skill points.
This thing is quite valuable.
For a magic learning scroll, many adventurers would likely be unable to resist the urge to kill and seize the treasure.
“May I examine it first?” “Of course!” Rowan took the magic scroll and pretended to examine it for a while.
Well, actually, he couldn’t tell anything at all.
Although he knew the language of this world, he didn’t know the written characters, so he couldn’t understand the text recorded on it at all.
He didn’t know if the old village chief trusted him too much or if he simply didn’t know how precious this item was.
“I understand.
I will clear out the monsters in the surrounding area during this time, but I hope you can provide me with some intelligence, otherwise it would take too much time for me to find them myself.” “Of course, please come with me.
I have a map of the surrounding area at my home, and I can explain it to you.” …
The night passed without incident, and early the next morning, Rowan set off.
After yesterday’s explanation, Rowan had a clear understanding of the distribution of monsters in the surrounding area, and now he just needed to defeat them one by one.
To this end, he even drew a distribution map himself to avoid missing any.
The first one: the Goblin tribe closest to him.
A tribe is a large group of Goblins, basically numbering in the hundreds, with a few possibly under a hundred, and usually requiring a four-person bronze-rank party to handle.
He didn’t know where the old village chief got the confidence to let Rowan handle so many monsters.
A large number of Goblins eat everything in their path like a swarm of locusts.
A tribe of a hundred is still considered a small tribe, while a tribe of a thousand is quite troublesome and generally requires the deployment of a high-level adventurer party.
It is said that in the past, there was even a Goblin Kingdom composed of hundreds of thousands of Goblins, but unfortunately, it didn’t last long before it was wiped out by the Adventurers Guild.
Of course, this is only a corner of the continent, and the information gathered by the human kingdoms is very limited.
As for whether Goblin kingdoms exist in other places outside the sphere of human influence, it’s hard to say.
Humans only occupy a corner of the continent; outside is mostly the territory of other species and magical beasts.
In the anime, the Ainz Ooal Gown once gave Enri a bone flute to summon Goblins.
This was originally a bonus item from a game gacha, with no real value.
However, Enri somehow fulfilled some condition and summoned a Goblin army capable of destroying an entire country.
The Goblin leader/strategist was level 45.
A single Goblin strategist had strength exceeding everyone in the Kingdom.
The resources the Ainz Ooal Gown brought over…
even a piece of trash could possess the power to destroy a country.
It’s just too overpowered.
Following the map, Rowan quickly found this Goblin tribe.
According to Rowan’s observation, the levels of ordinary Goblins are between 1-3, while leaders, warriors, and the like are between 4-8.
For now, he hadn’t discovered any above level 7.