VIO KA< KUM KAGYU mC

KOUSUKE KUROSE

NOBORU KANNATUK1

MORN¬ ING!

YOU FIX BP THE

PENCE?

UNCLE SH0ULP BE UP SOON.

LET'S HME BREAKFAST!

ALL RkrHT.

I'LL HAVE IT REAP/

IN A JIFF//

another VAY,

ANOTHER PELICIOUS

SOUP/

x \

oh, UNCLE, YOU'RE SUCH A

MOTHER HEN.

I'LL BE PINE.

I'VE OOT SOME DELIVERIES

TO MAKE AT THE OUILP.

FINE.

THEY RETURN TO THEIR NESTS AT FIRST LIGHT, BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS SENP

SCOUTS BEFORE AN ATTACK.

2iJJ

C3

THE UNPRAYING —

DRAGONS, DEMONS... GIANT EYES WITH THEIR

UNHALLOWED NAMES,

BANDS OF HEARTLESS BRIGANDS...

WHEN MONSTERS

ATTACK A VILLAGE OR

THE LIKE, THE VICTIMS COME SEEKING AID, AND IT IS THE JOB OF THE

ADVENTURERS TO HELP

THEM.

THERE ARE CASES

WHERE THAT HAS HAPPENED

SIR.

IS IT TRUE THE GUBBINS STEAL A G\RL

SOMETIMES

KNOW HER

SO IT'S THE FRESH FACES

WHO GO IN. AND THEY'LL SLAY THE GOBLINS. BUT THEY'LL

BE INJURED OR KILLED IN THE

PROCESS.

Hutvwrv

CHILDREN. YOU MIGHT

THINK NUMBERS

WERE THEIR ONLY

ADVANTAGE.

SMARTER, AND STRONGER, AND QUICKER THAN

WE USUALLY GIVE THEM

CREDIT FOR. SO ARE GOBLINS.

BECAUSE THE PAY FOR

GOBLIN QUESTS IS SO POOR,

EXPERIENCED ADVENTURERS SEE THEM AS

MORE TROUBLE THAN THEY'RE

WORTH.

THERE WILL

ALWAYS BE MORE G08LINS.

THAT'S THE

THIRP GOB UN QUEST

TOO AY...

THE JOB GETS PONE ONE

WAY OR ANOTHER...

SO THE STATE

/ POES NOTHING.

IF THE FIRST

PARTY GETS WIPED, THE

SECOND OR THIRD

WILL COME THROUGH.

20

I'Jr; :

IMAGINE

...you COMB TO RBUSH

IT.

/ LET PEOPLE / PO THAT ONCE

OR TWICE, ANP THEY OET THE

IPEA THAT THEY \ SHOULP BECOME \ APVENTURERS. !

BUT WHAT THAT

USUALLY MEANS IS

THEY SMOKEP THE COBS OUT ANP

SENT THEM FLEEINO.

HE'LL SAY, "I PROVE OFF A

OOBLIN ONCE.

THE OOBLIN, ON THE OTHER HANP, LEARNS

ANP OROWS FROM THE ENCOUNTER. XT IS KNOWN AS A "WANPERER."

WANPERERS OFTEN JOIN

OTHER NESTS AS

CHIEFTAINS OR

OUARPS.

mu, THAT'S

HOW THINSS

USUALLY GO.

IN OTHER

WORDS, I AM TO GOBUNS

WHAT GOBUNS ARB TO

US.

WELL, thAt-S

wHAt IT SOuMDED

LIKE!

/-/ THINK DESTROYING THE WHOLE

CAVE WITH THAT FIRE MIXTURE

WAS TOO... TOO MUCH!

ZI&C, Avtf-

cxftt-

HE SAID HE'D BEEN

PARTIED WITH A NOVICE

ADVENTURER RECENTLY...

...BUT HE NEVER

MENTIONED A GIRL!

THEY WON'T DO SERIOUS

HARM ANY TIME

SOON.

THAT'S NOT THE WORK

OF A HORDE. THERE CAN'T

BE MORE THAN TWO OR THREE COB LINS THERE.

XT

SAYS SOME 6O0UNS

WERE SEEN CARRYING

OFF CHICKENS AROUNP

DAWN.

...THE VILLAGE WAS ATTACKED

BY GOBLINS.

...I DON'T

REALLY RECALL MUCH.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY MOM AND DAD.

ONLY THAT THE GOBLINS CAME...

BURYING EMPTY

CASKETS, THE

PRIEST SAYING

PRAYERS

38

<5©blIn slaver ci»p« ^ Original Story: KUMO KAGYU

Art: KOUSUKE KUROSE

Character Design: NOBORU KANNATUK1

Translation: Kevin Steinbach *1* Lettering: Bianca Pisti||o

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