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Good morning!
I see you're an early riser, as always.
Yeah.
It's such a nice day today.
The sun's so bright!
Yeah.
Is my uncle already up?
I don't know.
I see. I'm pretty sure he'll be up soon, though.
I see.
You must be hungry.
I'll go get breakfast ready, so let's eat together.
Okay.
He always checks to see if there are any footprints at dawn.
The goblins move around at night.
They return to their nests in the morning,
but they always scout before attacking.
He told me that those are the footprints he's looking for.
If he doesn't find any footprints,
he then carefully checks the fence to see if any part is loose or damaged.
If any parts are broken,
he gets out some wood and a stake to fix it.
This hasn't changed since he came here five years ago.
It's his daily routine.
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I'm gonna go to the city!
I'm gonna go to my uncle's farm and help one of the cows give birth.
I'm going all by myself, too!
And once I'm done helping,
I can go shopping in the city. My mom gave me some money.
I wonder what I should buy.
Is there anything you want? I'll buy you something.
No.
There must be something. I mean—
I told you, I don't want anything.
Why do you have to say it like that?
I just wanted to buy you something since you've never been to the city...
Shut up! Just go to the city or wherever!
Why are you getting mad?
I'm not mad!
Yes, you are!
Now, now.
Sis...
You shouldn't be fighting.
We're not fighting.
Right?
Y-Yeah...
What happened?
It's nothing.
All right, then.
Please take care of her.
I will.
How long are you going to keep pouting?
Weren't you looking forward to going to the city?
I wanted to go with him...
But since he couldn't come, I wanted to buy him something,
and then he got really angry...
I'm sure he wanted to come, too.
Think about how he feels.
Did you two make up?
You should, once you get back.
I wanted to make up with him. I wanted to apologize.
But saying "I'm sorry"...
is hard, even now.
Once he leaves, there are times when he's gone for days.
You're going to have a hard day tomorrow if you stay up too late.
Yeah. I'll go to bed after I wait a little longer.
Think about how it would feel
if your home was suddenly attacked by monsters...
Yes, if your home was suddenly attacked by monsters one day.
They act as though they own the place and kill your friends,
kill your family,
and plunder the rest of the village.
Another example would be if your older sister was attacked,
tormented, made a plaything, then killed...
Let's say that you witnessed all this, from start to finish,
in hiding as you held your breath...
There's no way you'd forgive them.
You would take up weapons and do whatever you could to get revenge.
You would hunt them all down and attack them.
You'd kill, kill, and kill even more.
Of course, there will be days you're successful and days you fail.
You'll try to figure out the best way to kill them next time.
You'll think about this for days and months.
You'll test every single idea you come up with.
As you continue to do that, you start to enjoy it.
A kind moron will suggest that you let the children live,
with a smug face, not realizing that these things will attack villages
and steal livestock to survive.
Young, aspiring adventurers as well as
new, porcelain-ranked adventurers will confidently say,
"I chased away a goblin that came to my village once!"
"They're weak." "They're easy to deal with."
The goblin that the proud youth of the village had chased away
was no more than a goblin that had been smoked out and was trying to escape.
This gives them confidence, and they become adventurers.
Meanwhile, the goblins that survived and gained experience
become Wanderers and continue to grow.
Eventually, the Wanderers become the leaders or the bodyguards of nests.
Which means...
I am, in turn, a goblin to them.
He's one matter, but you need to remember...
I let him stay here because he pays, but you shouldn't get involved with him.
I know you were childhood friends, but no matter how he was in the past...
Truth is, right now...
He's completely lost it.
You realize that, too, don't you?
Still...
I'm going to wait a little longer.
Apparently, he formed a party recently.
I was surprised to hear that it was with a girl,
but there are others, too.
What's your business with me?
I'm sure you've heard about the growing number of demons in the capital...
Nope.
The reason for it is that the demon king has been resurrected.
He's gathering forces so he can take over the world.
I see.
And that's why we want your—
Ask someone else. I have no interest in anything but goblins.
Don't you understand what I'm saying?!
Hordes of demons are going to attack!
Do you realize that the world is at stake here?!
Yes.
But before the demons destroy the world, the goblins will destroy the villages.
The world being in danger isn't an excuse to let the goblins live.
Listen here—
Hold it, long-ears!
We didn't come here to ask him to do something about the chaos to begin with.
Sir Goblin Slayer, we've come to ask you to slay some goblins.
I see. In that case, I accept.
Where are they? How many are there? How big is their nest?
Have you confirmed if they have a shaman or a hob?
What's with this guy?
As my companion mentioned...
a horde of demons are ready to make their move.
So the chieftains of my kind, the kings of men,
and the elders of the elves and dwarves are going to hold a meeting.
We're adventurers who've been hired as their representatives.
There's eventually going to be a great battle...
Though I'm sure you don't care.
The problem is, those goblins are currently becoming more active on elven lands.
Have any champions or lords emerged?
Champions? Lords?
Goblin heroes or kings.
They're basically equal to platinum-ranked adventurers.
We have found one giant nest during our investigations.
The military won't move for goblins, as usual.
The human kings don't see us as equals.
If we brought our soldiers into this, they'd think we were plotting something.
That's why they sent us adventurers, but we still need a human.
And that's why, Orcbolg, we've chosen you.
Do you have a map?
Right here.
Ruins?
We believe so.
How many?
We only know that there are many.
I'll leave immediately.
Huh?
You can decide how much you want to pay me.
Is he planning to go alone?
Give the rest to her.
Oh, are you going alone?
What about her?
I'm going to let her rest.
Goblin Slayer!
U-Um, you received a quest, right?
Yes. Slaying goblins.
Then I'll get ready immediately!
No.
I'll go on my own.
That's not fair!
You could've...
discussed it with me, at least...
I am now.
Oh... So this is a discussion?
That was my intention.
Not giving the other person a choice doesn't really qualify as a discussion.
It doesn't?
I'm going with you.
I can't leave you alone.
Do as you wish.
Indeed, I will.
Even we're not that hard to read.
I look forward to seeing what that young'un does next.
If I were to put in the quest and not go with him,
I wouldn't be able to face my ancestors.
A strange and incomprehensible being, huh?
I left the forest to see something like that.
Honestly... Don't you think you ought to respect your elders?
Head on back. Time to go home.
Sometimes, he comes home with his armor completely falling apart.
Like the other day, when he went to Water Town...
It's quiet outside now.
Since we plugged up the holes, the poison gas will reverse its flow.
I'm sure at least a few of them died.
Footsteps...
I can't tell how many there are, but something strange is among them.
Here they come!
A hob... No...
A goblin champion.
We'll cut our way through.
Indeed. Let my blade assist you.
U-Um...
Six.
You can go all-out.
Understood.
Damn it, there's a lot of them!
No use complaining about it!
You holdin' up over there?
Some... what...
Seventeen.
Goblin Slayer!
Orcbolg! Did they get him?
No!
The Protection...
How could this be?
Calm down and concentrate!
Long-ears!
You stupid goblins! Unhand her!
N-No...
Let go of me!
Why, you...
You think you can slay goblins?
You just sat and watched quietly.
You were powerless. You didn't do a thing.
Bullshit.
He didn't come back again today.
Yeah...
How many days has it been now?
Well, he said he was going to a town far away.
I'm sure he has his reasons.
He keeps leaving to slay goblins with no rest...
Eventually, the day will come when he won't come back at all.
He'll be back.
He'll come back, no matter what.
This is a very important place
to both him and me.
So I always want to be waiting here for him until he comes back.
He's coming!
Shoot a big one! Upward!
Upward? You got it!
Time to work, you gnomes!
Roll bits of sand together, and it shall become rock!
Orcbolg, over here!
Thanks.
Goblin Slayer!
We need light!
Right.
O merciful Earth Mother, please bless us,
the wanderers in the darkness, with holy light!
Stone Blast!
Bring it down!
Jeez...
Spin the buckets, gnomes! Make them spin and spin and let them go!
Now that...
Falling Control!
...makes fifty and three.
He never really says much.
But he always comes home.
No matter how far away he goes.
No matter how hurt he is... He always comes back.
What's the matter?
I came to tell you that dinner's ready,
and I wanted to know what you were thinking about.
About the future.
The future?
Yeah.
I see.
I'm sorry.
For what?
Oh, nothing. Nothing at all.
You're strange.
You'll get grease all over you.
It's fine.
I needed to do laundry, anyway. And I'll take a bath.
I see.
Yup.
Let's take our time, you know, thinking about the future.
Take our time?
Yup. There's no need to rush.
Yeah, you're right.
The future, huh...
Not to mention that even when adventurers retire,
they'll continue to live until they die.
So I think it's beneficial to everyone.
People get old and get hurt.
When they're tired, they collapse.
Eventually, everyone reaches their limit,
whether it be an adventurer or a hero.
Even if he doesn't die,
there'll come a day when he'll no longer be able to slay goblins.
These days won't last forever.
And when that day comes, what can he do?
What should he do?
He probably doesn't have the answer.
Actually, no one has the answer...
No one has the answer.
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A Gathering of Adventurers