madnovel Chapter 75 The Greedy Bottom-Line Adventurer
Chapter 75 The Greedy Bottom-Line Adventurer
Chapter 75 The Greedy Bottom-Line Adventurer
night.
Outside the town.
Campfires were lit in clusters across the plain, their orange-red light reflecting on the faces of the many adventurers.
House stood in the crowd, wearing a Lilim headdress, turning his head left and right to survey the adventurers present.
"Less than a third of them came?"
On ordinary days, there are as many as six or seven hundred adventurers residing in the town.
This does not include the professionals on the second floor.
But looking around now, House counted just over two hundred ordinary adventurers who were willing to stay and resist the goblin army.
Even adding the twenty-odd professionals not far away, the town's hundred-strong guard, and a few priests.
The entire force responsible for fighting the goblin army numbered only about three hundred people.
It's not a lot, but it's not a little either.
After all, there are only so many people in Wind Chime Town.
It's fair to say that everyone who could come came.
"The adventurers who have arrived should all be 'non-bottom-tier adventurers' with skills."
House had some guesses about the adventurers present.
Not all adventurers possess skills.
The learning threshold of up to one gold coin, coupled with strict qualification requirements, makes it extremely difficult for ordinary adventurers to acquire skills.
The vast majority of newcomers choose this path not because they are confident in their abilities or have mastered unique skills.
They became adventurers simply because the profession, on the surface, had "no" barriers to entry.
Unlike farming or manual labor, which require physical labor or a specific skill to make a living, it is not like farming.
In addition, they are deeply immersed in various heroic biographies circulating among the public, and are bewitched by the stories of overnight fame and sudden wealth in the books.
They only see the adventurers' glorious ending, their wealth and honor, but completely ignore the cruelty of the road, where bones are scattered everywhere and life is almost always a matter of survival.
Is it good or bad for an ordinary person to become an adventurer?
At that moment, House couldn't help but recall the story about his wife that the tavern owner, Elio, had once told him.
Elio's wife is just an "ordinary adventurer" with no skills whatsoever.
Just like I was back then.
Even without any skills, driven by a yearning for the world of adventure and confidence in their own abilities, they bravely embarked on their adventure.
But in the end, she was just an ordinary person without any skills.
Forcibly stepping into the world of adventurers ultimately leads to a tragic end.
"never mind."
House stopped overthinking.
Because at that very moment, at the edge of the plain, in the dark forest, pairs of crimson eyes lit up.
"many!"
One, two...
Countless goblins poured out of the forest, exposed to the flickering light of the campfire.
One thousand, two thousand...
Until the goblin warriors and trolls appeared, the entire goblin army numbered as many as three thousand.
Almost, no, it's very likely that it's more than ten times that of the adventurers present.
In terms of numbers, there is a discrepancy with the two thousand previously detected in intelligence.
Perhaps in these past few days, the goblin army has continued to gather scattered groups in the surrounding area and quietly expanded its forces.
House's heart began to race as he watched so many evil goblins appear before him.
When faced with hundreds or thousands of goblins, a normal person would first feel weak legs, cold sweat, and the urge to turn and run away.
But unfortunately, House didn't have those feelings.
fear?
No, it should be excitement!
House didn't know why, when faced with so many goblin brats, his first emotion wasn't fear, but excitement.
Perhaps it's because of the 600% increase in the bounty compared to the original amount.
Of course, it's also possible that this was the first time he had faced a war of this scale.
Although it was only a small-scale battle involving "a thousand people," in my previous life it could only be considered a village brawl.
If someone were to openly state online that a battle involving a thousand people qualifies as a major conflict, they would likely be met with ridicule and angry criticism.
But once inside, House realized that typing "A thousand people are nothing" on the keyboard and actually seeing a swarm of green-skinned devils rushing towards him were two completely different things.
But this is nothing to House.
Having undergone another transformation in strength, he no longer took these weak goblins seriously.
Even if they can't win, escaping is no problem.
On the vast plain, a sudden, fierce wind arose.
A constant stream of chattering and noise filled the air.
The goblin army's march was far from orderly; it resembled more of a surging green tide.
The goblin shield bearers in the first row swayed as they walked side by side.
The imps in the front row held rough bone clubs and rusty daggers and spears, while the archers in the back row wore stolen helmets askew and occasionally fought each other because they stepped on the heels of their companions in front.
They had almost no formation; they simply huddled together and moved in the same direction.
Only behind them, the dozens of goblin warriors and trolls maintained a relatively orderly formation.
Further back, the goblin mages holding staffs were arranged neatly and moved in unison.
"Captain, I'm a little scared..."
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Not far from House, a young female adventurer was tense all over, her legs trembling uncontrollably, her voice trembling and choked with sobs.
This was the first time she had ever seen so many monsters gathered together.
Not only her, but the other adventurers around her were the same.
At this moment, facing for the first time a monster tide of thousands of goblins, the overwhelming sense of oppression completely enveloped his entire body.
An instinctive sense of dread instantly gripped everyone's attention.
Fortunately, the next moment, the vanguard of the goblin army stepped on the spike traps that had been laid out on the plain.
As the goblins' wails rang out, the mage in the group immediately let out a low growl, instantly dispelling everyone's fear.
"Make your move!"
Battle is imminent.
The next second, a dazzling display of light suddenly erupted across the plain.
Wind magic whipped up thick smoke, which billowed in the monsters' path, obscuring their vision and disrupting their formation;
The thick waves that appeared out of nowhere spread out with a roar, and the layers of water surged forward.
The fiery missiles, dazzlingly bright, streaked across the sky like a meteor shower, crashing into the goblin army.
The power and range of the professional-level spells made all the adventurers at the bottom of the world, including House, truly feel the terror of the mage class.
The initial bombardment directly disrupted the goblin army's formation, causing the goblin minions to scatter and flee.
Then, they were stopped and intimidated by several professionals who were already prepared.
The scattered goblins were forced to flee to a relatively safe location, in the direction of the ordinary adventurers.
Seeing this, House realized it was time for them, the adventurers from the bottom, to make their move.
The battlefield was divided.
More than a hundred goblins immediately swarmed into the area where House was located.
As a large group of monsters approached, many adventurers present suddenly became serious.
The other group of adventurers swallowed hard.
Of course, a few of them also felt a surge of excitement.
Beside House, an adventurer with an unremarkable appearance, unremarkable equipment, and unremarkable posture suddenly roared and charged forward, completely ignoring the warnings and dissuasion of everyone around him.
The next second, he was overwhelmed by the swarming goblins.
A barrage of sticks fell simultaneously, and in just one or two seconds, the man fell silent.
"He...died?"
House was wrong again.
Not all of the adventurers present were "adventurers" with skills.
Mixed in among them are some "ordinary people" with no skills whatsoever.
This group of people were blinded by the soaring bounty rewards and the greed of getting rich overnight. They were completely unable to see their own true strength, overestimated themselves, and underestimated the monsters.
In the end, driven by extreme greed, he needlessly lost his life.
Without further thought, House gripped his longsword and charged forward with the group of adventurers!
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