I Inherited a Beautiful Wife and a Territory - Chapter 45

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Inheriting a Beautiful Wife and Estate Episode 045

45. Edel Village

【Neighbor’s Difficulty】

Content: A lord needs heroic tales, and to grow into a great lord, one must not turn away from neighbors.

Rescue a village in distress and spread the lord’s heroic deeds and virtue to the world.

Condition: Protect Edel Village from goblins

Reward

-Military category level increase

-Diplomacy category level increase

-Lord attribute virtue +1

-Lord experience 200

This level of reward was comparable to a territorial war.

And the danger was also at that level, no, even higher than before.

Cliff first examined the forces here.

‘It was good to bring Teobaldt, Leticia, and… Lord Adolf.’

To brand the mark, they had to go to a big city.

Cliff had brought Adolf for exactly that reason.

Most of the estate’s forces had come on this business trip together.

Cliff called Adolf.

“Adolf.”

“Yes, my lord.”

“What do you think? Can we defeat the goblin wave with our forces?”

Flinch.

Adolf looked at Cliff with surprise.

With wavering pupils, he spoke to Cliff.

“If that is an order, I will try even at the cost of my life. But it’s reckless. Our forces consist of one spirit mage, two knights, and four beast-people of knight-level. Even though we have Shadow Wolves and people like you and Lord Jaide…”

The combat power of Cliff and Jaide mentioned later was unknown.

To be precise, Jaide had no skills worth calling combat ability.

He could beat down one or two goblins since they’re weaker than adult men, but in the chaotic battle situation goblins create, it would be difficult. If surrounded, the probability of death was high.

“Do you think the same, Teobaldt?”

“As long as we don’t know the scale yet, hasty judgment is unwise. But surely… you’re not thinking of entering the village?”

“Should someone doing great things turn away from neighbors in danger?”

Cliff said with a grin.

He looked around. Jaide, who was most shocked by his words, approached.

“It’s too dangerous, my lord!”

Cliff had expected Jaide’s opposition.

Cliff opened his mouth.

“Jaide, ride one wolf and run to the outpost we came from to report the situation.”

“My lord!”

“Try to get forces that can help us somehow.”

He gave him a task, but it was actually an act of removing him, a non-combatant, in advance.

‘One wolf is regrettable though.’

Cliff then turned his head to look at Teobaldt.

“If it becomes dangerous, could we escape from that village?”

“…If we abandon the carriage and each ride on Shadow Wolves’ backs to escape, it seems possible. Even if impossible, I will try to break through a path once.”

Goblins enough to cover one village.

But they’re still just goblins.

When they start ravaging the residents, gaps will appear. Then escape for Cliff and others wouldn’t be difficult.

Cliff clicked his tongue.

‘In the end, we have to leave people behind though…’

Cliff surveyed the surroundings.

If Jaide takes one, 8 wolves remain.

Since they’re all large, they can carry 2-3 adults each. Including himself, there are exactly 8 people here.

‘We can carry one or two more each and escape.’

At most, about ten people could be rescued.

“Let’s go.”

Cliff said.

The ‘Edel Village’ written in the Quest was a small fortress.

Cliff showed a surprised expression as he approached it.

“That’s the village?”

Wooden barriers and tall watchtowers.

‘Amazing?’

It was hard to believe it was the scale of a small village. At Cliff’s surprised reaction, Adolf spoke with a bitter expression.

“Villages in Platice County are generally all within fences. Even so, there are occasionally missing children or women.”

Children or women going missing.

When such incidents become frequent, one should suspect goblins.

Orcs also crossbreed like goblins and have excellent reproductive ability, but they don’t kidnap quietly.

They tear children apart on the spot and rape women on the spot. Also, being a fearless combat race by nature, you can’t miss it when orcs appear.

“They seem to have noticed us from there too.”

Since they traveled by carriage, it would be harder not to notice.

As Cliff’s group approached the village, the palisade gate opened. Seeing it up close was even more surprising. Though he didn’t know how effective it would be, they had even dug a moat around the palisade.

“It’s to prevent goblins from digging tunnels and entering the village.”

Such moats are essential in villages around here because of goblins who dig tunnels to live.

While Cliff was looking at this with curiosity, the palisade gate opened.

“The one traveling now is Baron Cliff Elimis, lord of the southern Elimis Domain. Who is the village chief?”

Adolf handled such conversations.

As the middle-aged knight stepped forward and spoke, one of the people who had been surprised by the giant black wolves came forward.

He naturally expected the village chief to be an old man, but the person was younger than expected.

A person who appeared to be around Anton’s age.

And what was admirable was his body.

‘He looks quite strong?’

A clean bald head and muscular body.

Though short in stature, he was a man with arms reminiscent of a dwarf.

“I am Conrad, the village chief of Edel Village.”

“Conrad, are you aware that goblins have surrounded the village?”

“As expected…”

The village seemed to have noticed to some extent.

Reading the thoughts crossing Conrad’s expression, Adolf spoke in a heavy tone.

“Since goblins have surrounded the village, there will probably be their attack tonight. The path we came by had goblins die so the siege weakened temporarily, but other ones probably filled that spot soon.”

Murmur murmur.

The village atmosphere darkened at Adolf’s words.

Living in an area that fights with goblins, they knew the fear of goblins better than anyone.

They also understood what it meant for them to surround the village.

‘They finally outnumber us.’

Goblins are a cowardly race.

They wouldn’t pick fights with just slightly more numbers. If they decided to fight, it’s when their numbers gathered overwhelmingly.

And when that time comes, naturally mutants, Hop Goblins, appear among the goblins.

A single village cannot defeat a goblin army led by Hop Goblins.

Clang.

Adolf drew his sword.

“Don’t worry. The virtuous lord Baron Elimis has decided to fight alongside you all. I am Adolf, a knight who served Baron Ballard. Following my master’s orders, I will face the goblin mutant.”

Light entered Conrad’s eyes as he had been resigned to despair.

He prostrated himself flat on the ground.

“Thank you, my lord. I and this village will never forget your grace.”

Hop Goblins were fearsome enemies.

But they were weaker than knights.

Since this place was close to the former Ballard territory, Conrad, the village chief, knew Adolf’s name even if others didn’t.

Even if that weren’t the case, he could roughly sense it.

‘This man is a real knight.’

If there was a knight, they didn’t need to fear Hop Goblins.

“Gather the people in the village who can fight. Also gather those who cannot fight. From now on, we prepare for war.”

Cliff heard the conversation between Conrad and Adolf from the carriage.

Cliff nodded his head.

‘He’s doing well?’

As expected of an experienced knight, the words needed right now flowed out smoothly.

He informed them of the situation, revealed their identity, and naturally gave orders to the group here while taking command.

Skillful.

‘Getting Adolf was indeed a good thing for us.’

Next, Cliff looked at the leader of the black ones(?).

“Hades. Can you tell us when the goblins will attack?”

Simply put, the role of a sentinel.

But from what Cliff had heard, goblins attacked at night, specifically at dawn when people were tired.

They could distinguish what was ahead both during the day and at night. But humans, even when posting guards, had limited vision at night.

For goblins, they could originally approach close to villages without their attacks being detected.

Growl.

The one called Hades nodded with a low sound.

He understood his words and showed that it was possible. At the same time, the wolves freed from the carriages scattered in all directions.

Though they were wolves, being spirits, they disappeared as if melting into the shadows. This was their skill that was difficult to use when it was bright like daytime.

“Let’s rest for now. The time when goblins will attack is still far off anyway.”

Cliff nodded at Adolf’s words.

Conrad guided them to his house. Teobaldt stopped the carriage in front of the house and took his position on the driver’s seat.

The beastfolk also positioned themselves around the house as if guarding it.

Only Leticia entered the house with Cliff.

Her expression was dark.

“…This is too reckless. If there were only one or two Hop Goblins, Adolf and Teobaldt could each take one down and threaten the remaining goblins to make them retreat, but we don’t know how many goblins there might be, yet you came into this enclosed area.”

She had kept her lips tightly shut until now, only opening them after entering the house.

It felt like she wanted to express herself more strongly but was suppressing it due to the difference in status between her and him.

‘If it were a woman like Vivian, she would have just asked if I was crazy, right?’

Vivian didn’t feel like a typical woman of this world.

He recalled the scene of Adolf shaking his head while looking at his daughter.

Adolf had also scolded and tried to discipline his daughter for such attitudes. But resembling someone, the more he did so, the more Vivian grew up with her current personality.

There was such a reason for sending her as Priscilla’s escort.

‘They have completely opposite personalities.’

Actually, before coming to this Yusta Peninsula, he thought Priscilla would have that kind of personality.

Their personalities were truly polar opposites.

‘I wish they could influence each other a little…’

Vivian was too strong-willed, and Priscilla was too gentle.

Anything excessive was worse than being insufficient. Come to think of it, the middle point between those two was Leticia.

“Sigh. Since we’ve already come this far, there’s nothing we can do about it… but if the situation seems even slightly unfavorable, you must immediately give the order to abandon the village and escape.”

Leticia was restlessly nervous, trying to get a promise from him.

“Why are you so anxious? Did you wet yourself again?”

At the continued nagging, he deliberately threw out a mischievous question.

“What? No, I didn’t… wh-who wet themselves! Where on earth did you learn such vulgar words…”

Naturally, this was teasing about when he first met her.

Ignoring her scolding as her face turned red, Cliff entered the inner chamber first. Lying on the bed there, Cliff ignored her words.

“Haa.”

She gave up and went outside.

How long had he been lying there with his eyes closed?

Awoooo!

A wolf’s howl was heard from outside.

“It’s goblins!”

“Throw! Crack their heads before they get close!”

The commotion grew louder.

Cliff, awakened by that sound, also went outside. More precisely, he tried to go out.

But the room with the fire extinguished was dark. Only after briefly adapting to that darkness could Cliff leave the room.

“My lord.”

A tense Leticia was waiting for Cliff outside the room.

With Teobaldt and Leticia on his left and right, Cliff went to where Adolf was.

Those who had been on the watchtower bowed their heads upon seeing Cliff.

“How is it?”

“To be honest, I’m not sure yet. We can see silhouettes, but the problem is that we can’t see them properly.”

In nearby areas, their forms were visible due to the flames lit like street lamps.

But beyond that, it really couldn’t be properly assessed.

Still, one thing was clear.

‘There are incredibly many.’

Black silhouettes writhing and squirming.

Cliff’s expression also hardened as he watched that sight.

Perhaps it was more fortunate that they couldn’t see properly.

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