Chapter 4 - Assassin indeed

Chapter 4

Assassin indeed

The path is somewhat clear to the behind of the hut where the kid was taken to by the goblins.

I cannot enter it from front door, as there are a number of goblins there in center.

I go behind the hut very cautiously. I donot have much time, as I donot know when they will kill her.

I can hear the voices from inside the hut that sound like grunts and groans.

" grrr... guraa gur grrrr...."

"grrr ....grrrrr....(gift).."

"gurrraaaaaa(prison).....grrr (later)"

Surprisingly after listening to a few groans and other sounds, I was able to somehow understand a few words.

That means maybe another of my skill is related to language comprehension and is a passive skill.

Or maybe my brain is very capable. I can only guess.

Also from what I can understand, the child seems to be a sort of gift for someone and will be thrown in prison.

So I have a little time to save him at least.

And just after that four goblins came out of the entrance of the hut and carried the child to another hut which was quite big and in center of the whole settlement.

The child is still wailing and crying trying to free herself.

Her cries are tearing my heart. But I cannot just barge in the middle of the whole thing.

That hut seems to be their storage and prison of some sort.

I cannot hundred percent be sure of this but for now the child is not in immediate danger.

But I never know if my interpretation is right or wrong.

After that those goblins came out and went in different directions.

I have to kill all of them fast.

While hiding behind this hut, I now survey the surroundings again. Lets continue the guerilla tactics.

I continue to kill lone goblins in periphery and disposing there bodies in bushes.

I have also acquired a good knife from one of the goblins and I am presently using that.

As for the rest of their rusty weapons, I am collecting them in my item box.

I donot know if these goblins have magic stones inside them or if their right ear is a subjugation proof to some kind of adventurers guild in this world but I don't have time for all that.

I will see to it after saving the child. Also my item box capacity seems to be limited as I had to throw all the stones I collected, to fit in the knives of the goblins I killed.

I have disposed off total 6 goblins that were patrolling on periphery, and thankfully none of the other goblins have shown any sign of noticing any discrepancy.

There are 8 goblins in middle of settlement that are eating and roaming around.

I still do not know about what is inside the huts. How should I do this now? Should I wait.

Just then 2 goblins came from the gate of settlement shouting something.

And then the commotion spread. Did they notice the dead bodies?.

After that, from the hut where the child was initially taken to, a red colored huge goblin came out.

That goblin is scary. He is powerful and is taller than me.

He is size of an adult human. What is that? I scanned him-

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Name ..............Haidar

Species............ Scarlet Hobgoblin

Age....................12 years

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He is a hobgoblin and that too scarlet and a named monster.

Seems like a big one just showed up.

Not only is he an evolved version of goblin but also a rare species (my guess).

It is also a named monster. My scan does not show any skills which is a huge drawback for me.

But, since it was not able to perceive me even though I was right behind his hut a few moments ago, it does not seem like his perception is much to worry about.

He is carrying a large great sword, so he is definitely strength type monster.

Will I be able to take it out?

Can I somehow level up enough by killing all those other goblins and then maybe fight him?

No, taking him head on seems impossible for me unless I level up many more times or maybe I discover some other skills of mine.

He came out and started rallying up other goblins.

About 20 goblins gathered from the huts as well as those who were already outside.

" Graaaaaa Gura Gru gra (fight)"

"Graa (take) graa gur (there)"

From what little I could understand from their language, I came to a conclusion that they are going to go somewhere to fight and he is asking the two goblins who entered the gate to lead them.

Also he doesn't seem to notice that his goblin friends have decreased by 6.

I just hope, they are not going to attack humans.

But maybe if they attack some powerful people and die, then all the better it is.

This is a chance to save the child and gather loot.

They all gathered up and started going, but there were 3 goblins that were ordered to be left behind.

The leader is cautious type, which is troublesome.

Now since rest are gone, lets rescue the child.

I have a knife now so I think I will be able to manage two with frontal attack.

But one of the goblins has a bow and arrow. I want to take him down first.

There is also a possibility of more goblins in the hut that may come out if I cause commotion openly.

I follow my old tactic to distract the goblin towards the bushes by throwing the stone there.

This is something I am copying from a famous assassin game I used to play in my college.

It worked and two goblin went to check on it.

I threw another stone again, this time more further away from the settlement in the bushes.

The dumb goblins are lead in that way, to quite a far distance from the third one.

I approach them from behind.

I should finish the first as quickly as possible so that the other one doesn't shout and call for help.

I quickly slit the throat of one of the goblin from behind, by holding his neck.

The other one which was in front didn't notice yet. Seems like my stealth is really very good. I dealt with the other one in similar way.

All that was left was the archer goblin.

He is just standing there and looking in direction in which his 2 buddy went.

Little does he know that they are not coming back. I approach him from behind and kill him in similar manner.

I disposed off his body in bushes outside the settlement.

The blood stains are visible on ground but hopefully they may not notice it.

That's 9 down and I have collected 5 knives and 1 bow and some arrows in my item box.

Next I went directly to store like hut immediately. I must hurry before the big boss returns.

The sun is directly above me and it seems noon time right now.

I have not drunk any water since morning and I am very thirsty. Hope there is some water in the huts.

The inside of hut was humid and had putrid smell.

The area was as large as 6 meter square and first thing I noticed was that the child was lying in there, in one corner, tied with ivy and vines that were further tied to a wooden stump on ground.

She seems to have fainted. Thankfully there is no goblin inside.

There is also a lot of other things there, but first comes the safety of child.

I walked towards her and see.

She seems like a 8-9 years old small girl. She is wearing a brown pant and light yellow shirt.

Her hair is shoulder length and brown in colour. She is about 4 feet 5 inches tall.

I went towards her and crouched and put my finger near her nose.

Yes! she is breathing, thank God. Next I shake her a little.

But she only groans a little in pain and does not wake up. I put hand on her head, and it was burning hot.

She had high fever. Probably due to stress of being kidnapped. I cut the vines and ivy around her and scanned her.

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Name..................... Lily

Race.......................Mixed Human

Age..........................9 years

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She seems to be a mixed human.

Maybe one of her parent is a demihuman or something.

I then scanned the hut and saw that apart from the girl there was some sort of rotting meat lying in a pile.

I don't know, what it was from, though. There were also some clothes, weapons and some cloth sacks lying around.

I go through them and store whatever seemed useful.

I collected some non rusty knives after appraising each, some arrows, one iron sword, two iron shields and a sack of coins.

There were also some fruits, small plants and an animal skinned sack that contain water (as told by scan again) .

There is also a bag pack made of leather, which I used to collect some small metallic bottles that were laying there.

They are actually some kind of potions as told by my scan. This may probably be useful in healing the girl.

There were also three leather sleeveless jackets there, which I used to cover myself and the girl with.

The third one I put in my item box. My item box capacity has seemed to have increased by one third more.

Earlier it had a capacity of around 15 litres only.

Rest was just rotting meat of bear, monkey etc (as told by scan) and some torn up pieces of clothes that were not at all usable.

All things fit in my item box and rest I put in the bagpack which I then put on my shoulder on the front side.

Next I put the hands of the girl around my neck from the back and tied them together in front with my bag using ivy and vines. I did the exact thing for her legs. Her body is burning with fever.

Next I took the iron shield in my hand and a knife in other hand.

The weight has piled up on me. A bag full of stuff, an iron shield, a child on my back and a knife.

Still this new body of mine which is just 16 years old is doing great.

Maybe another of my skill is like some kind of body strengthening and it seems a passive skill too as I did not do anything to activate it.

I peeked out of the hut and after confirming that it was safe I went out.

I went towards the same direction I entered the settlement from.

As I was just on the verge of crossing the border of settlement, I started hearing growls from the back.

Without looking back I ran towards the nearest tree to take cover.

But just as I reached it, something hit my shin and I cried in pain. An arrow had lodged in there.