Chapter 17: Suspicious cave

They were hiding in a bush nearby the cave, in front of the cave were goblins the size of small children holding clubs or daggers, there was also many small slimes of many different colors roaming around.

"That's strange" Siege commented

"Yeah, from what I read, goblins don't like sharing their territories with another being, unless they are powerless to go against them" Perseus agreed "The request itself was strange from the beginning"

"Yeah, even if those slimes are weak, these goblins are acting strange" Ace nodded

"Is this from that novel of yours? You know about the guy that slays goblins?" Nova asked

"No, this is from the adventurers guidebook" Perseus then took it out of his ring "This is for beginners, listing monsters from tier 1 to tier 4, I also got the other books, listing higher tiered monsters and also some list of well known guilds and adventurers"

"You're really well prepared, huh" Dabria looked impressed

"You guys think too much, can't we just charge in?" Emma asked

"Don't, we shouldn't underestimate our opponents no matter how weak they maybe" Elliot stopped her before she can do anything stupid "10 slimes, and 17 goblins on the outside and we have no idea how many more are inside that small cave? Nova, any ideas?"

"We done this before, swiftly kill the ones on the outside, and then we set up a fire deep inside the cave and smoke them out, like us they will need air to breathe, won't be long till they run out of there" Nova answered as he then took out his sword "You guys ready?"

"Already on it" Perseus then got his twin pistols out and charge them with arcana, a rune circle appeared at his eyes as he then shot down the goblins one by one, they barely had time to scream before their head got shot.

Several goblin turned their way and charge to where they're at, Perseus shot them down too, Elliot also got a bow out and shot them.

"Now it's just the slimes left, let's go" Perseus got up

"Didn't even take you long to get used to killing, wow" Dabria responded as she got up

"I killed animals for food before, this isn't that much different" Perseus then took out his sword

"You should've at least leave some for me" Emma scolded him

"Well you can get them when they run out, let's just get these slimes and find a way to smoke them out" Perseus said as he killed a slime

"Elliot, you and Dabria scout this area for a bit, to see if the goblins got another exit, Me and the young ones will stay and guard the entrance" Nova ordered as the 2 then left

"Let's find a way to smoke them out, shall we?" Nova "looked into the cave

"I got some alcohol, which is highly flammable" Perseus suggested

"Did you steal it?" Emma asked "We are 5 years too young to consume them"

"No, I just asked dad to buy really cheap but flammable alcohol in case I need to burn a house of someone I hate down" Perseus answered "By the way, how does the guild thing work?"

"I'm glad you asked" Nova had a smug face on "The adventurer guild is what you call a master guild, and our guild is registered as a legal guild under the master guild, we can of course make an independent guild, but independent guilds aren't usually known for being an adventurer's guild, but for merchant and artisans"

"To become a legal guild, the guild must have 5 starting whom are all active, and receive permission from regiment council whose members are from many different nations" he continued "Like adventurers, a guild can be promoted in tiers too, the highest is tier 10, tier 11 being the adventurer guild"

"Are there tier 11 adventurers?" Emma asked

"There are, but even I don't know the list of requirements to become one, all I know is that even a support type adventurer that is tier 11, has a battle prowess equal or better than the one in tier 10 despite their type are known to be really weak in battle" Nova answered

"That's our next goal, we will become a tier 10 guild that is filled with tier 11 adventurers" Ace declared

"And that's when we will have enough influence to give people from the buries freedom and the lives they truly deserve" Siege agreed

"This cave look strange" Perseus observed "There's wooden beams and structures build all around the inside to support the cave, goblins definitely aren't smart enough to do this, we might lure out a real monster this time"

"Well if it's a monster beyond our ranks, then we might just get an instant promotion" Emma responded "Besides, we have our familiars whom are all super strong, we shouldn't worry too much"

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Dabria and Elliot then came back.

"No other exits, but it's strange, a lot of trees around the area has been chopped down" Elliot reported "Maybe these goblins are being led by something"

"Yeah" Dabria nodded "The trees were perfectly cut, the goblins or slime for that matter aren't smart enough to do all that"

"Well we should till smoke them out, if nothing comes out, we'll report this back and get some other more experienced adventurers to do this" Nova replied "Since there's lot of wood inside the cave, we can smoke them out really quick, Elliot you take the alcohol and doused your arrows in it, shoot them really far inside before shooting a fire arrow to light them up"

"What about us?" Dabria asked

"We stay ready on the outside, Perseus you throw some of those bottles and shoot at it to light the structures up from here since whatever is inside will definitely try to put out Elliot's flames" he continued "And by the time they realize it, they will die in there due to no escape or come out heavily injured, Dabria, you and me will try to destroy the front of the cave to block their way out"

"Siege, Ace and Emma, you 3 help me out" Perseus said as he got out a few bottles of alcohol

Perseus thought