Chapter 4: Goblin Slaying in another world.

The next day, I woke up feeling all sorts of pain all over my body.... maybe it's because I slept on the hard forest floor. Anastasia was already awake and had prepared... while I, who had woken up late.

"Good morning, Mr... You've woke up?" Anastasia greeted me with a smile on her face. 

From how she was behaving\acting you wouldn't have believed that she was in a bad mood last night. It kinda caught me off guard... it was as if nothing happened last night...

"Oh, morning, Anastasia. How was your night? I hope you slept well." I also greeted her, "I see, you're up already."

"Yes! Actually I slept quite well..." Anastasia answered me with a bright smile. 

"I'm glad to hear that you had a good night."

After lying down for a while, I eventually got up and prepared myself for the journey a head. I had a bath and then Anastasia and I catch and eat some fish from the river. 

To be honest, I don't even know where to go... I have Anastasia with me, so I have to consider my choices. I got to think also about Anastasia's safety as well...

If there's a village up ahead, we can stay there for a while before heading to any big cities or towns ahead.... That sounds like a good idea for now.

I thought that my Isekai journey would be the stereotypical one. You know, being reincarnated with an overpowered ability, or being summoned as a hero to fight the Demon Lord or something! But thankfully I don't have such a responsibility hanging on my shoulder. 

But... 

"Um, Mr... are you feeling okay?" Anastasia asked me, snapping me out of my imagination. "Umm, you seems to be busy thinking about something. You should eat your food " 

I was thinking about what to do that I'd actually forgotten for a moment that I was eating breakfast with Anastasia. Well, that wasn't a new thing for me... I usually would forget to eat back in my old world. 

I wonder how my parents are doing right about now.... they must be worried about me, since I hadn't called them yet...

"Oh sorry, I'll eat my breakfast..."

After we were finished, we left. Anastasia used her ability to summon wolves to Alert us about monsters in the area. We continued walking for what seemed like an eternity, making small talks with Anastasia. 

"What are we going to do now, Mr?" Anastasia asked me, feeling curious.

"Uhhh, I'm not sure about it as yet... but I'll figure it out!" I assured her that I got everything under control. 

"Oh..."

"I know that you can see and do things that I can't, but I don't want to to overuse your energy." 

"I understand. But don't you have any skills?" Anastasia asked me . That question left me in shock. 

"Well, um... I, I do..."

Anastasia chuckled and started to comfort me. "It's alright, Mr. Kyle, I'll protect you!!"

"Maybe you should probably protect yourself first and not worry about me...."

Who knows when I could return to my old world, back to doing the same thing over and over again everyday.... 

"You seems to be worried about something, Mr.Kyle."

"Oh nothing. I just remembered about something from the past. So, please don't worry about me."

She nodded and continued walking alongside my me. We talked so much that I had lost track of time and we had somehow made it out of the forest and had entered into a clearing. One of AAnastasia's wolves was standing there, waiting for us. It was as if it had found something or someone in the bushes...

One of Anastasia's wolves.... what is he doing here...

I was taken aback when I saw one of Anastasia's wolves standing in the clearing. Anastasia didn't do anything and just stared at her wolf. 

"Huh...? Isn't that..."

Meanwhile, in a fort near a small town, a squad of Knights were sitting around a table and drinking their beer and talking about their previous mission. Their high-tech armors made them feel unique from other fantasy medieval Knights. 

Unlike having only swords, spears and other medieval weapons. They have both guns and medieval weapons, but high tech. 

"Hahaha, that mission was super tough though!" One of the Knights laughs. 

"Yeah, next time I'll have to prepare my sword for the upcoming mission!" Another knight spoke up. 

"The captain was super cool when he slayed those monsters! That guy is the most coolest Knight Captain in the world!"

"Uh uh, you're right. That guy is on his way to become a Grandmaster or some sort of high-ranking Noble, Hehehe!"

Two of the Knights were talking about their team captain, discussing about how strong he was. The room was filled with laughter and merry. Although some Knights were drinking, some of them was just hanging out in their hideout. 

At that moment a girl with golden blonde hair, with bright blue eyes, and wearing a red high tech armor that was perfect for her slender body, entered into the room. She felt disgusted when she saw the way how the other Knights were behaving in that moment of time. 

She gave them a disgusted and angry look, before she spoke. 

"You guys are utterly disgusting! What kind of Knights are you?" She asked. " How can you protect the people of this kingdom?!"

The Knights just stared at her with wide eyes, as if she'd just caught them off guard... none of them had expected her to go there. 

"Relax lady Amelia, we're just hanging out and having fun!"

"Yeah, it's not like your brother would find out that we're slacking off!"

"Ughh. I can't stand this! You guys are utterly useless!"

The Knights were left there in bewilderment and shock at the way Amelia sound. 

Amelia storms out of the room to get some fresh air, and to catch her breath. She couldn't believe that the other Knights was just relaxing, and not doing anything to protect the people of the town that they were watching over. 

'Why is everybody so relaxed? There are monsters roaming around in the "Great Forest " , and they aren't doing anything!'

She sighed and leaned on the balcony, not knowing what to do since she went to the fort to train her sword skills. 

She eventually went back inside the hideout to asked the Knights if they saw her older brother, the knight captain Eric. 

"Umm, is big brother in today?" Amelia asked the other Knights, whom she had scolded. "I came for him to train me..."

"Oh, Knight captain Eric...? He took a couple of Knights to patrol the surrounding area." One of the Knights answered her.

"If you wanted to see your brother, you could have just asked. Instead of rudely interrupting our fun, you know. " Another knight spoke up .

"Sorry..."

Amelia apologized for interrupting the Knights fun. Although she felt disgusted at the fact that they wasn't doing their job, there was nothing she could do since she wasn't officially a knight yet. She's an apprentice knight, preparing for the rough journey of being a knight. 

"It's fine, Lady Amelia. But please don't disturb our fun time."

"You literally scared us for a moment there, Phew!" A female said jokingly, as she chuckled. 

"Okay..."

"So what are you planning to do now?" The female knight asked her. "You know, since your brother isn't around. Do you want to join us?!"

Amelia was surprised that the Knights were asking her to join them in playing a board game. She was trying not to say or do anything that could cause her a future as a knight. 

"Yeah, you can't just come to our base and end up bored!" Another knight chimed in. "The captain would be mad at us if that happens, hahahaha!"

But before she got the chance to answer, the doors burst open and a knight who was bloodied and looked beaten up entered into the room. He was breathing heavily and was bleeding uncontrollably. The other Knights and Amelia rushed to his side and guide him to a seat.

"What happened to you guys? And where is Captain Eric?!"A knight asked the injured guy. 

"(Coughs, coughs) we were attacked by monsters in the [Great Forest], whilst we were on patrol. Most of the squad was whipped out. Lucky the captain was there to support us...(cough)!"

The other Knights was trying to calm him down. 

"Take it easy and relax, you're safe now. But what about the captain. Is he safe?!"

"(Cough) the last thing I saw was the captain fending off the monsters, so I don't know...(cough)"

Amelia felt her heart sunk in her chest. Knowing that her brother could be dead, she began to cry inwardly, not showing them her emotions. 

"Alright guys! Let's prepare to rescue the captain and our comrades who are in need of our help! This is for the honor of our squad!" Another knight tries to motivate his teammates. 

Since there was nothing to do, they had made up their minds to go out and aid their captain and his patrol unit . Amelia wanted to accompany them to rescue her older brother, but the other Knights were opposing to the plan. 

"Sorry, Lady Amelia, but you can't accompany us into the [Great Forest].... it will be dangerous."

"But..."

Amelia tried to say something to the Knights, but they cut her off. 

"We will bring back captain Eric safe, along with the other Knights... so please, don't worry about us!" 

After comforting Amelia, they boarded their Airship and took off to the direction of the [Great Forest], unknowingly to them, Amelia was on board of the Airship. 

Anastasia's wolves stood there gazing into the bushes, as if they had found something or found a monster there. 

The wolves were acting strange. 

"Anastasia, are your wolves sensing something...?" I asked her. 

She stared at me knowingly, trying to come up with an answer for my question. Is she trying to come up with something...? Her summonings seems to sense something in the bushes...

it could be something dangerous or worse.... so I have to try and protect Anastasia at all costs..

"It seems that they've sensed something dangerous trying to hurt a group of people ahead of us. "

At first she hesitated to answer me but she eventually answered my questions, while looking up at me. 

"So what do you want to do...?" I asked her. "Do you want to save them? I mean, if you want to..."

"Sure thing! It's been a while since I've tested my skills on monsters! Let's go!"

"Oh, alright."

I ended up following Anastasia to rescue the people who were in danger. Her wolves lead the way to where they sensed the "dangerous thing ".

It's incredible to see her controlling her wolves. I just can't wait to test out my [MimicryLv0] skill and my [Element MasteryLv1] skill...

Eventually we arrived at the place. It was really troubling, there was a couple of men who were wearing high tech armor were fighting off whole horde of monsters, to be specific, they were goblins. 

Most of the men were either injured or dead, with the few that stood fighting doesn't seem to have any combat experience. The guy who does seem to have any experience looked beaten up and tired. Although they had guns and other medieval weapons but high tech, they was unable to take on dozens of goblins. 

Goblins.... the Weakest monsters in fantasy games games and Isekai anime. They are known for moving in packs and usually carry rusty weapons....

Oh yeah, they have a lack of brain cells...

Yep, this is truly a fantasy world...

"Goblins! What are so many doing here...?" Anastasia wondered. 

"What do you mean? Do Goblins not roam the forest?" I asked Anastasia. 

"Well, through Goblins lives in the forest, they aren't usually seen in such huge numbers. They usually hunt in groups of four."

"So this is kind of a Phenomenon....?"

Anastasia shock her head to my question. 

"No, not quite. Since goblins are much weaker than other monsters, it's not unusual to see them in larger numbers, like around their nest." Anastasia explained. 

One of Anastasia's wolves started to attack the horde of goblins that had started to surround the men in armor, causing the goblins to start going wild. 

"Guuuu!"

"Grrrrr!"

And the other wolves joined in and took down a few goblins. The goblins tried fighting back, but they were quite slow and easy to read. They were swinging in every direction. 

I, feeling left decided to try and help out Anastasia and the Knights individuals. Not knowing what to do, I stretched out my hands trying to cast a spell.

"Alright, here we go.... time to see how powerful my magic is..." I mumbled to myself. 

I was trying to shoot a fireball at the goblins, so I was imagining the spell firing at the goblins. Suddenly I felt immense energy flowing in my body rushing towards my arms, and forming a giant fireball in the palm of my hands. I somehow found a way to release the fireball and shot it at the horde of goblins, which instantly burst into flames. And causing a huge explosion. 

"Oh, I never thought that I was so powerful...." I muttered to myself, in disbelief at the destruction I'd caused. 

Most of the goblins was caught up in my fireball attack, so it a manageable amount of them was remaining for the Knights individuals to take out. The goblins was eventually taken out by the Knights individuals and Anastasia and I approached them .

The surrounding area was reduced to a field of dead monsters and burnt down trees, and dead goblins. All around us was destroyed. 

"Was it you who saved us?" One of the people wearing armors asked us. "Thank you very much for saving us, my name is Eric, and I'm the captain of this unit."

Eric, a man wearing a gray high tech armor, with short spiky brown hair and brown eyes, he has pale white skin. 

Okay.... so he's not going to asked us any questions, or be suspicious of us? I'm an adult traveling with a child. At least that would make it sus.

"Oh, I'm Kyle and this is my companion Anastasia, it's nice to meet you."

Both of us bowed to each other to show respect.  But what are they doing here? Were they hunting monsters? 

"Please pardon me for asking you, but what was you guys doing in this forest, especially when you unit doesn't have any combat experience? There got to be some reason." I asked the Eric. 

Eric hesitated to answer my question, as if he was hiding something from me. 

"Well, ma and my unit were patrolling the forest, we were attacked by goblins. That's the short story for the recent event." Eric explained. 

"Well, there's nothing we can do, than take back the fallen Knights back to their families. "

An Airship came to collect Eric and the other men . They were surprised that we had already defeated the monsters without. They had agreed to take Anastasia and I to to upcoming town. 

Eric seems like a nice guy... he seems caring for his teammates. Hopefully this will be a good life in another world.