With white foam bubbling in its mouth, the goblin lost its life to Trom-Well.
“Are you all right?”
“Thanks Matthew.”
“Don’t get too close to the bushes. Monsters often hide there. Anyways, are you done on your side Harol?”
Harol, who was busy butchering a pack of goblins, leisurely replied in a boisterous voice. Around his body were halves of what used to be goblins.
“Oy, our side is perfect! Should we help the others clean up as well?”
Unlike Harol, whose eyes were burning enthusiasm, Sherry pitched her sword to the ground and screamed in fury.
“I’m sick of this! How many times does this make it?! Even if monster activity is at its peak, there should still be a limit. Isn’t this too much? At this rate, we’ll die of exhaustion before we get to the second checkpoint!”
“Sherry~ If you’re going to collapse, my arms are always available …”
“If you don’t want to join these guys on the ground in parts, then SHUT UP!”
“Ugh. You’re so mean~.”
No matter how many times Matey egged her on, Sherry had locked Hosane in her sights and wouldn’t even spare a glance at him. Her slender form turned away from Matey, ignoring him. She scanned the ground littered with corpses and wiped away green stains while grimacing in disgust.
Monster blood had splashed onto her clothes during battle.
After passing the first checkpoint, the scale and frequency of monster attacks began to escalate.
The monsters who had been attacking were of the lowest class and therefore the weakest, so it did not give the mercenaries any reason to sweat. However, although the quality was lacking, these monsters made it up with quantity. Even both Iale and Harol, who were always filled with excitement when entering combat, began to frown in annoyance.
The number alone was enough to overfill an entire village.
Trom-Well even started to suspect the existence of a dragon lair nearby.
“These bastards are too nasty. If they see their friends die out, shouldn’t they know that they don’t stand a chance and retreat? With what confidence do they keep up their assault?”
Harol quickly responded to Iale’s grumbling.
Even though they spent half their time together quarreling, they were unbelievable well matched when it came to fighting.
“I know, right? Well, since they say it becomes easier after the second checkpoint, try to endure it. We’re almost there anyways.”
“Eh? Fine. Is anyone hurt?”
“Not on this side. Since we have a priest, that’s not a problem anyway.”
As the monster attacks continued without showing signs of ceasing, casualties began to rise. Although no one has been killed thanks to Kai’s efforts, many have been injured. Those who were critically injured to the point that they could no longer travel were placed to rest in the carriage.
Members of Salad Mercenaries who were mostly made of Bronze Ranks, along with Cocktail Mercenaries who were almost identical in terms of power, suffered numerous casualties day after day.
Fatigued from the constant combat, they often let down their guards and made themselves vulnerable for ambushes. Many of their men were hurt like that.
Chapter 18
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