The adventurer at the bottom is fantasizing again.

Eileen took the crumpled task sheet down and placed it on the table. Looking at the two clueless idiots, she said, "You don't even know what a goblin is, do you?"

Piper shrank back and didn't dare to say a word.

"A super big guy?" Lorraine thought to herself.

However, since he had never actually seen the goblin bears of this world, let's have our dear teacher, Eileen, explain it to them.

"Alright, I'll just give you a brief overview." She tapped the table with her index finger. "Bear goblins are the largest of the goblin-like creatures. They're thick-skinned, incredibly strong, but not very intelligent."

"Pip knows, it looks a lot like that newt!"

Eileen nodded approvingly, "Yes, they are all creatures that only use brute force. We have experience dealing with these kinds of guys, and they are no more difficult to deal with than rock salamanders."

However, the goblin has a very keen sense of smell; it can detect the smell of your sweat, blood, and even what you ate in the morning.

"An ambush is definitely out of the question this time; we'll have to face those guys head-on."

"We also need to watch out for those goblins. Although they are all easy to defeat, it would be troublesome if we got entangled with them."

Lorraine added.

He then picked up the task sheet on the table and took a closer look.

Goblin Camp Clearance

[Type: Suppression]

[Reward: 40 Gold Coins]

[Task Summary]

A goblin camp was discovered near the Misty Forest, about a day's journey northeast of Frost Valley.

According to reconnaissance, there are more than ten goblins in the camp, and a bear goblin is the leader.

These goblins frequently attack passing caravans and hunters, causing numerous casualties.

The camp must be cleared and all goblins and bear goblins eliminated.

[Time Limit: None]

[Note: When claiming the reward, you must submit the head of a bear goblin and the left ears of at least ten goblins as proof.]

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"Shall we take on this mission and practice?"

Lorraine placed the quest sheet back on the counter, tapping the reward section with her finger. "The reward of 40 gold coins, plus the bounty from the goblin and the bear goblin, adds up to quite a bit."

"Pipe agrees! Piper didn't get to smash it enough last time!"

"casual."

Eileen, holding her staff, leaned casually against the counter, seemingly uninterested in the reward.

"It's so good to be rich..." Lorraine glanced at her enviously.

"Okay, then we'll take this mission." He pushed the mission sheet to Vanessa, completed the registration, folded it up, and put it away.

The three walked out of the Adventurers' Guild's gate.

The sun outside had risen higher, and there were many more people coming and going on the street than in the morning.

A meat pie cart passed by them, and the rich aroma made Piper's head spin.

"Let's go back and pack our things, we'll leave in a bit," Lorraine said.

"So fast?" The short man reluctantly looked away from the car.

"What used to take a whole day to travel to the camp will now be almost daytime. Goblins have dark vision, so we'd better not fight them at night," Eileen explained, a rare occurrence for her.

"good!"

Piper bent down and bit into the pie crust, then happily sucked out the juicy filling, realizing they had a point.

The three of them ate the meat pies as they walked back. These pies were quite good value for money, costing only six copper coins each, and they contained a good amount of meat.

The tavern was busier than in the morning, with quite a few adventurers already having lunch there. They couldn't help but glance at Eileen, who was dressed as a mage.

Back in the room.

With the help of the little dwarf, Lorraine put on the breastplate and carefully checked her equipment again to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything.

The short guy's equipment was much simpler: a set of leather armor and a hammer. He was ready in just a few minutes and could only sit on the bed, bored, waiting for him to set off.

The two left the room and found Eileen already waiting by the wall in the corridor. She had taken off her familiar burgundy mage robe and changed into an outfit that Lorraine had never seen before.

She wore a dark green fitted short jacket on top and a dark gray wool midi skirt on the bottom, with the hem reaching her knees and slits on both sides for easy movement.

A wide leather belt was tied around her waist, with several bags hanging from it. Her long red hair was simply tied into a ponytail, making her look very neat and tidy, which made Lorraine take a second look.

"What are you looking at?" Eileen frowned, giving him a "don't pick a fight" look.

"It's nothing, you look great in this outfit," Lorraine complimented.

Eileen was taken aback, seemingly not expecting him to say that. She glared at Lorraine and then walked straight toward the stairs.

"Let's go," she said.

Lorraine smiled and followed her down the stairs. She then spent ten copper coins at the bar to buy some dried meat bread and water as a supplement for the journey.

The three of them exited the city through the north gate as before.

The four guards who had extorted them at the city gate were nowhere to be seen, replaced by several unfamiliar newcomers. The leader merely glanced at them and waved them past.

"The northeast direction of the Misty Forest."

Lorraine glanced at the simple map she had obtained from the guild. This was much more professionally drawn than the old dwarf's, with some roads and rivers marked.

"We'll follow the main road first, and then head north when we reach the fork in the road," he said.

"lead the way."

They followed the map for a while and soon they could see the edge of the Misty Forest.

On the way, Eileen also took the time to correct his pronunciation of the fireball spell. The strangely sung spell was too difficult to pronounce and could not be said in a conventional way.

Lorraine can now pronounce most of the syllables correctly, but the spells also require intonation, and he's currently stuck on that part.

"Agnir↑ Ign↓is!"

"Idiot, that's still not right. The key should rise from agn, and then the last note should be drawn out," Eileen commented.

"Okay, okay, I'll try again..."

He pressed his head, feeling a headache coming on.

I never imagined that my first step into becoming a mage would be stuck here. Foreign languages ​​are truly awful!

Upon entering the Misty Forest, the continuous snowfall turned almost everything in sight gray and white, and the temperature was even lower than when they had come to collect fire oil grass before.

Eileen rubbed her hands, which were red from the cold, and blew warm air into them, asking, "How much further?"

"About half a day."

Lorraine glanced at the sky.

The sun had begun to set, leaving only a patch of orange-red afterglow on the distant horizon. The light in the woods was dimming quickly, and it would be dangerous to continue any further.

Let's set up camp first.

He sheathed the rusty throat he had been holding, glanced around, and suggested, "The terrain here is fairly flat. Let's rest for the night and set off again tomorrow morning."