Chapter 56 – Assassination Family Raven (14)

Clearing the quest was important, but allowing Princess Rosette to rest seemed to be the most important.

Princess Rosette looked a little tired after walking down her less-maintained path.

She walked slowly, but it was quite a distance, so it was natural for her to get tired.

“Rosé, let’s find an inn to rest for now.”

“Xian, rather than staying at an inn, can we take a look around the village first? This is my first time in a place like this.”

“Are you feeling okay?”

“Yes. I have enough stamina.”

“Then let’s look around the village and see if there is a safe house for the Crow family.”

The two families that were supposed to compile the information received from intelligence agents spread throughout the empire are now in shreds, but the intelligence agents they laid down are alive and well.

You will soon find out that the two families have been destroyed by the head of Terrance Raven, but you will also know that you must remain calm and do your job well to avoid suffering damage later.

Is it more accurate to check monster information through the Adventurer’s Guild? That is correct. So the Crow family’s intelligence agent brings the guild’s information.

As far as I know, patrolling the village, collecting rumors, and retrieving information about the guild are the minimum tasks an intelligence agent does every day.

“Xian, even a small town like this is full of vitality.”

Since it was not yet dinner time, children were playing outside and women were gathered nearby and chatting.

The Raven family is quiet, so just seeing them like this makes me feel full of life.

“I think so too.”

Agreeing with Princess Rosette, I looked around the village together and found the Crow family’s safe house.

There was only one place in town that could be called a bar, so it was easier to find than I thought.

Princess Rosette asked me if she knew where we last headed.

“Xian, can I try it?”

“Nothing much.”

Princess Rosette carefully knocked on the door of the safe house.

I waited for a while, but there was no response from inside.

“Huh? Didn’t you hear it?”

Princess Rosette knocked on the door again, but there was no response from inside.

“It looks like it’s empty now.”

Princess Rose stepped back slightly, and I grabbed the doorknob.

I used Shadow Craft to create a key and then unlocked it.

“Is this trespassing?”

“I know. I’ve done it quite a bit.”

In the case of Law Travis, who performed something similar to assassination for the first time after possessing Yu Xian, the window was opened, but it is usually closed.

When I entered the safe house, I was able to see a house full of women’s lifestyles.

Things like underwear were strewn on the floor, and dishes were piled up as if they hadn’t been washed before going outside.

“Wow… Wow.”

As soon as Princess Rosette let out a strange exclamation and went inside, she started picking up her underwear.

“There is no need for the princess to do anything unpleasant. She can tell the master when he returns.”

“You can see it.”

Are you treating me like a brat with no sexual experience?

“The underwear scattered on the floor is just a piece of cloth.”

“Xian, close your eyes.”

I was just watching in amazement as Princess Rose worked hard to organize things.

Instead of closing my eyes, I checked the documents organized by the intelligence agent.

Since yesterday’s date is written down, it appears that we only came in while we were out gathering information and did not vacate this safe house.

I looked through the documents to find information about the Adventurer’s Guild, but I didn’t have to look through that many documents.

‘A group of goblins has been spotted. Since there are currently no adventurers in the village, I plan to check the exact size in person. Approved by the Crow family.’

The approximate location of the goblin group and the size expected by the adventurer guild were also written down.

It says about 30 regular goblins, but is that not accurate?

Considering that 3 Hobgoblins appeared in the quest, I completely miscalculated the enemy’s power.

It will be much stronger. It would be more than the intermediate throw that I targeted with Yusian last time.

“Xian? What are you looking at?”

Princess Rosette asked while holding the paper, perhaps because I had burned the paper about predicting the future a little while ago.

“We found out where the intelligence agent went.”

When I handed over the paper, Princess Rose read the entire thing very quickly.

“If you went yesterday to check on a group of goblins and haven’t returned yet…”

It has already been confirmed by the female intelligence agent’s underwear that she is staying in a safe house.

“Either he’s dead or alive but in a difficult situation. There’s a chance he’s coming back safely.”

It takes a long time to sneak in and get out carefully.

The Crow family’s intelligence agents have some degree of stealth skills, but like the Raven family’s combat agents, they do not have the ridiculous ability to escape the scene through Shadow Mastery.

“Can you go directly to this place in Xian and confirm whether I am alive or dead?”

I didn’t tell them to save me if I was caught.

If there were more goblins than what was written in the report, there were too many of them. Wouldn’t it be over 50?

Right now, I’m a Cyan Raven, not a Yusian, so even if there are a lot of people, I’m only a Goblin and a Hobgoblin, so it would be possible as long as the sun isn’t shining.

“I will leave after dinner before the sun completely sets.”

“Yes. The Crow family’s intelligence agents are important, but the safety of the people who will be visiting Xi’an is also important.”

*

I looked for food in the safe house, but there was nothing worth eating.

Looking at the state of the family, it was clear that there was someone who lacked the ability to make a living.

I also thought that Terry Crow, who lived alone in a safe house as a woman, was quite clean.

She went out alone and bought enough bread to share with Princess Rosette in the safe house.

“It’s a little hard, but it’s okay.”

Princess Rosette, who had never felt uncomfortable with her meal until now, said after eating the bread.

This must be the princess’s first experience.

“I will have my next meal at a proper restaurant.”

“Yes. I look forward to it.”

After finishing the meal, I took out the black coat of the Raven family from the bottom of the bag I had been carrying, put it on, and dyed my hair, which stood out a little because it was orange, black using shadow armor and a spirit mask.

It’s really inefficient that it takes two techniques to hide hair color.

“Xian, don’t overdo it.”

“Yes, Princess Rosette.”

I left the safe house and ran southwest where there was a group of goblins.

The fence erected to separate the village was low, so we could easily jump over it and quickly escape the fields where crops were grown nearby.

After I got quite far from the village, I started moving while paying attention to the surrounding movements.

It seemed like I had arrived near the target location when the only sound was the sound of me running as I stepped on the grass and the world was completely immersed in darkness.

The place the intelligence agent was talking about was a wide open space at the bottom of a mountain range in the southwest, and it was dimly lit, as if to indicate that there was an intelligent being nearby.

I stopped running now, used my fighting skills properly, and approached completely blinded.

As we got closer to the light, we could see a colony of goblins who had gathered wood and built a low fence.

There were no goblins standing guard, but there were quite a few goblins walking around the village.

How many of them are there? I moved slowly and checked the size of the goblin colony.

There were four large huts, and the fences were connected to a cave-like area at the bottom of the mountain.

I expected three hobgoblins and about 60 goblins, but it seemed like the number of goblins needed to be doubled.

At this point, would it be better to assassinate only three hobgoblins to clear the quest rather than eliminate them all?

‘I never thought I would have to assassinate a monster.’

First, I looked at the hut outside, and only green-skinned goblins were inside.

Some were yelling at each other and some were sleeping, but not all of them were sleeping, so I retreated from the hut.

So I guess there’s a hobgoblin in the cave?

As an assassin, I was reluctant to enter a space with only one way out, but for the sake of the quest, I had no choice.

I slowly exhaled all the breath in my lungs and took in new air.

I could smell the goblins’ stench a little, but I didn’t show it and headed towards the cave.

At the entrance to the cave, two goblins were standing holding roughly made torches, and one was dozing off.

The goblin on the other side came over and punched the goblin in the back of the head.

“Kerruk?!”

The goblin who was hit in the back of the head woke up from a nap, looked around, and got angry when he saw the goblin who had hit him.

“Kurrerrrr!”

“Kyaaaaa!”

The goblins started arguing with each other. I was able to understand what the goblins were saying due to the experience of killing a lot of goblins not long ago and the blessing of language given by the status window.

What’s the matter. I fell asleep and hit him. Why did you hit me?

While the skit was happening, I used Shadow Craft to make two daggers.

I threw the dagger I was holding in my left hand and pierced the head of the goblin who was turning his face towards me.

“What?!”

The person he was talking to died right in front of him, so he quickly approached the panicked goblin and immediately cut her throat.

Green blood, different from human blood, flowed out, but I used Shadow Armor to block all the blood, so I was able to enter the cave in the same condition as the first time.

As soon as I entered the cave, I couldn’t help but frown at the women’s moans.

Aren’t there one or two women inside?

But what was more problematic was the content contained in the voice.

“I like it. I like it so much.”

“I’m going to give birth. I’m going to give birth to more goblins…”

It sounded like she was having sex with a goblin of her own volition.

Are hobgoblins of this class capable of using hypnosis or brainwashing?

It was a mission to kill three hobgoblins that I thought would be easy, but it seems like she ended up fighting strange guys because of the different levels.

*

【2】

【Cyan Raven-(42%)】

【Level: 3】

【Combat Power: 397】

【Skills: Shadow Mastery (E+), Dark Spirit Sword (E)】

【Quest in progress (3/4)】

『Quest』

〈Kill Hop Goblin (0/3) Marie.〉

-Upon completion: Enhance Shadow Mastery (E+)