Chapter Thirty: Faces Full of Embarrassment (Please Support Me with Tips and Recommendation Tickets)

"Ugh." After hearing the Female Fighter, the young warrior quickly sniffed as well. Mm, there really was a strong smell of blood. So the young warrior hurriedly said to Lin Yun, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood. You've worked hard."

"Meow meow meow?" Lin Yun's eyes, hidden behind his helmet, blinked rapidly. He had not quite understood what was happening and had almost resorted to deliberately acting cute.

"You guy." Faced with this overly straightforward fellow, the Female Fighter pulled him aside unhappily. Then, clasping her hands behind her back and looking embarrassed, she said, "Um, Mr. Silent, you were so tired last night. Did you get enough rest? How about we take a break today?"

"Mm, you knew?" Lin Yun looked utterly bewildered. What is going on? I was smithing at the Dwarf blacksmith's place, and you could tell even that? That shouldn't be possible. To avoid disturbing the neighbors, the Dwarf blacksmith's house had excellent soundproofing. After all, his snoring alone was enough to disturb the neighbors.

"No, but we can... can guess." The Female Fighter spoke softly.

"You could even guess that?" Lin Yun's head was still filled with question marks, and he looked completely confused. However, he finally sensed that something was off, so he hurriedly changed the subject. "Ahem, I've rested enough. It's time to do the quest. Oh, right, these are the things I prepared for you." As he spoke, Lin Yun set down the large pack on his back and took out several items. They were all things he had "bought" from the Dwarf blacksmith.

The first was for the Female Fighter. "This spear is for you. I thought about it yesterday. If you encounter a creature like that giant venomous snake again, it would be too dangerous to attack it barehanded. This will make things safer."

"Thank you..." The Female Fighter accepted the spear from Lin Yun with both hands and was nearly moved to tears.

As a monk, she could still kick after finishing an attack with the spear, or attack with her elbow and the like, so it would not affect her fighting at all. Besides, she had learned how to fight with a wooden staff. Mm, a spear could be used as a staff too. Compared with a dagger, it was far better.

Moreover, a dagger dealt D4 damage, the Female Fighter's fists dealt D6 damage, and a spear dealt D8 damage.

More importantly, even with someone standing between her and the target, a spear could still strike targets farther ahead, giving it a greater attack range. And then there was... for a heavy-hit fanatic like the Female Fighter, how could he not give her a weapon with better critical hits? A normal critical hit doubled the original dice, while a spear's critical hit tripled them. Thus, a spear's critical damage was 3D8—extremely terrifying.

The only thing was that a spear required Strength to wield, so, well...

"And these are for the two of you. Even when healing isn't necessary, you still have to contribute to the party. Especially you—yesterday, after missing all three Flame Arrows, you just shut yourself away in a corner." Lin Yun spoke in his deep voice as he took out two Light Crossbows and two quivers, each containing twenty bolts.

Just as Lin Yun had said, aside from the Goddess Priestess's few lucky healing spells, the two girls had basically done nothing useful yesterday. She also needed some offensive ability. Lin Yun, who came from a country afflicted by firepower-deficiency Phobia, thought so.

The same was even more true for the Wizard. Considering that the two girls might never have trained with bows, using Light Crossbows that even ordinary civilians could wield was the better choice.

After all, they were both only girls, and loading a heavy crossbow was far more laborious and troublesome than loading a Light Crossbow. Thus, the two of them only needed Light Crossbows. As for failing to use them properly and getting stabbed in the back... it was better not to overthink it.

These two things could be said to be the most valuable items. Each cost thirty-five Gold Coins. Although he had received a twenty-percent discount, Lin Yun had still paid seventy Gold Coins in the end, including the bolts and the assembled quivers.

"Ugh." In that instant, the Female Mage's background nearly turned gray and white. She said hesitantly, "I... I'm a Wizard. If something happens, wouldn't it be enough to use magic?"

"That's where you're wrong. Precisely because you're a Wizard, your spells are valuable. For example, yesterday, against ordinary goblins, you only needed to attack with this Light Crossbow. If you hadn't thrown three Flame Arrows at the goblins yesterday and missed with every one, you would have been an excellent choice against the Giant Goblin and the Goblin Shaman." Lin Yun spoke in a somewhat gloomy and stern voice.

"I... understand." With her head lowered, the Female Mage spoke weakly. Then, like a bullied young wife, she came before Lin Yun and took the Light Crossbow and bolts from his hands.

"All right. Although it's somewhat late today, we can first accept a goblin quest, then go to a nearby village and rest for the night. We can launch a direct assault early the next morning. To goblins, morning is their night, and also the time when they are most relaxed." Lin Yun subconsciously patted the Female Mage, who had her head lowered, and spoke.

"Um... Mr. Silent, what about mine?" the young warrior asked, looking somewhat bewildered at his empty hands.

"As for you, protect yourself with your shield for now. A longsword is enough. After all, you're an important guarantee." Lin Yun patted the young warrior's shoulder comfortingly and spoke.

"Uh, all right." The young warrior's mouth twitched. Then he sighed and chose to compromise.

And so, Lin Yun led the fully armed group back to the counter.

"Mr. Silent, you're going to..." The receptionist looked surprised to see Silent "rarely" leading everyone out together.

"Take them on a quest." Lin Yun replied in his gloomy tone once more.

"All right. What quest would you like to accept?" the smiling receptionist asked cheerfully.

"Goblin extermination quest." Lin Yun answered directly.

"All right. There are five goblin-related quests today. Which one would you like?" From one perspective, goblin quests were like things shoved into the bottom of a chest. Basically, nobody wanted to accept them. On one hand, they were troublesome, and on the other, the rewards were too low. Generally, only low-level beginner Adventurers would take them. The problem was that goblins were numerous and possessed a certain degree of intelligence, so those low-level beginner Adventurers were clearly not qualified. Many times, posting such a quest also meant the destruction of a village and the deaths of a party of Adventurers.

Often, those villages would gather a large amount of emergency funds to rescue their relatives. After scraping together every last bit, they might manage to produce around ten Gold Coins and place them with the Adventurer's Guild, yet no one would accept the quest. After the kidnapped girls were violated by the goblins, the goblins would begin reproducing, creating even more goblins and directly destroying the village. From a certain perspective, the Adventurer's Guild made quite a lot of money because of this. After all, if everyone died, nobody would come to collect the rewards...

As for the kingdom, first, this was the frontier. Second, the kingdom was currently facing the threat of the Demon God Army's arrival. Thus, it naturally would not respond to something like goblins, which was merely a "minor problem."

"Give me the quest involving the goblins that appeared most recently first. Then, if they're along the way, give me the other goblin quests too." Lin Yun estimated that the tribes in the most recent goblin quests were basically smaller. It would be perfect for him to take these new little rookies along for more practical experience, and he could also level up a little in the process.

"All right, no problem." The receptionist was overjoyed upon hearing Lin Yun's words, and the smile on her face became much brighter. Then she took out five slips of paper bearing rough details and addresses.

"This one is not very far from there. Mm, in that case..." Lin Yun thought for a moment. "Then I'll accept these two goblin quests." He looked over the contents. Since even the travel time was written down, he could easily understand the situation. Besides, Lin Yun had suddenly come up with a new idea.

"All right, thank you very much." The receptionist was extremely happy to see Lin Yun accept two goblin quests in one go.

"Mm." Lin Yun merely nodded arrogantly, then led the young warriors out.

"All right, do you know where we can rent a carriage?" Lin Yun asked as he walked.

"Uh, yes, I know where we can rent a carriage. It's just... Mr. Silent, you want to..." Obviously, the young warrior often ran around the town and was, in some ways, a jack-of-all-trades. Wait, sir, are you sure you're a warrior and not a Thief?

"Mm. I know how to drive a carriage. Considering how inefficient yesterday was, I think it would be faster to drive carriages directly to those villages. We could even have the carriage drivers from those villages wait for us on the road and drive us back in advance, which would improve our efficiency." This was something Lin Yun had only gradually thought of later yesterday.

In the end, Lin Yun's Intelligence was not particularly high. The only thing he could do was keep thinking, making his considerations more thorough.