I confirmed that the goblin general was leading a crowd of 10 goblins with map, to avoid the fight with them, we made a big detour.

Our target is the goblin sorcerer, we have to defeat the goblins and goblin swordsman’s on the way.

With the one-hand sword I took from a goblin swordsman. It is a lot better than being bare handed. I decide to use a sword because when you think about fantasy, you think about sword and using a club is unpleasant, even if my is higher than .

I use map to confirm the 3 goblin sorcerers’ position in the forest, it seems they act alone. Magician-type goblin except goblin healer and some of the goblin shaman seem to act alone. Magician-type goblin with direct fighting force might prefer independent action. Or people who are working hard alone could use magic? It is so sad when I think about that.

[Chanting is fundamentally necessary for magic. Although it called chanting, you don’t actually need to raise a voice, but you can invoke it with the right motion…]

I explain about magic while walking.

[Invoke with the right motion? Is it understandable by seeing it from outside?]

[While chanting, magic formation’s symbol and color will appear. Magic will be invoked after some time past depending on each incantation.]

Naturally, I could explain it with confidence because of help-sensei. Since help is my ability, it is the same as me knowing it.

[But in a game, to reduce chanting time, you need to get rid of something, How could we do it in this world?]

[Oh, we can. With skill or . It seems is a magic support skill too.]

[But isn’t it rare for goblins to have that kind of skill?]

I confirm the status of the individuals we are approaching to make sure.

Goblin sorcerer

LV7

Goblin magician’s staff

Cla.s.sification : One-hand cane

Rarity : Common cla.s.s

Remarks : Raise magic power a little.

[I confirmed it doesn’t have that skill. It seems this guy can use fire and ice magic.]

[That goblin can? I’m a little surprised.]

Sakura’s expression looks surprised. Although I didn’t imagine any goblin using magic, let alone use two or more types of magic.

[Well, it’s fine because magic can’t be invoked if I take their skills during chanting.]

[Come to think of it, what is our strategy to fight this time? Is there something I can do?]

Sakura shows her motivation, but unfortunately, there is nothing she could do in this battle.

[There is a strategy but sorry, it isn’t Sakura’s turn.]

[Is that so? It’s a little disappointing, and what is the strategy?]

Sakura doesn’t say something unreasonable and goes along with it obediently.

[Isn’t the goblin sorcerer alone? I could stop the chanting if I strike it in a 1-on-1 fight. I will take the skills from them during that time. I will defeat it after I’m done. It might be bad for Sakura but please deal with the other enemies when they come closer.]

I know the enemy’s position with map but it is still troublesome when they come closer. I’m sorry but I want you to cover for it when that happened.

[Since I can’t kill monsters now, can I just stall them?]

[Oh, you don’t need to overdo it. I can’t let Sakura to do something unreasonable just because I want magic.]

[Yes!]

Sakura joyfully replies but I forget to mention there is no monsters around the goblin sorcerer. They may come if they heard the sound of magic but we don’t need to worry because I won’t let it use magic.

We get closer to the nearest goblin sorcerer. We hide ourselves in the bush and start the briefing before the battle.

[Without or skill, invoking magic requires a certain amount of time. Two magics that the goblin sorcerer can use are fireball and ice ball. Chanting is about 5 seconds. So I have charge it without killing to prevent the chanting. When it starts chanting, I will hit it again within 5 seconds. I will take and during that time.]

[I have to watch out for other enemies during that time, right?]

[Yeah, our priority is magic, so I will defeat other goblins without taking their abilities during the fight.]

That is all I have to tell her, Sakura leaves quietly after that. This is because of the danger when in the line of fire in case of magic beening used.

I give a signal to Sakura who is slightly away. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Charge!

I rush out of the bush, charging at the goblin sorcerer. It’s surprised when it saw me came out suddenly. It starts to chant but it’s warrior partner is too far away.

[Too slow.]

-Don~-

My body collides with the goblin sorcerer, staggering it. Naturally, the chant is interrupted. I also start taking it’s skills too, taking magic skills is the top priority. When I look at sorcerer’s status, the points for skill is decreasing rapidly. That points flows to me and I obtain the world magic that I want.

This idiot doesn’t learn, it starts chanting again, but I didn’t charge it this time. Because the point of will be 0 before it’s finished chanting.

The magic formation caused by the goblin sorcerer’s chant disappears after 2 seconds.

[Gyau?]

The goblin sorcerer doesn’t knows what happened. I use this chance to take too.

Even though the  goblin sorcerer doesn’t understand the situation, it starts chanting . I must not let it finish before I take it completely… I approach the goblin again and charge it to stop the chanting. Good, was taken too.

Goblin sorcerer doesn’t have any skill left but its magic status is still a valuable source of improvement for me.

[Gugya~]

I put an end to it’s life with my sword after I take all it’s status.

I defeat it without letting it cast any magic after all. If magic is invoked, Sound will draw other goblins and Sakura might need to act…

Sakura returns to me when I extract the monster stone.

[Thanks for your effort. It doesn’t seem to be any trouble for you.]

[Yeah, I’m glad this strategy works. I can obtain the magic I want.]

I check and .

Fireball, Fire barrage, Firewall.

Ice ball, Ice barrage, Ice wall.

Eh? The magic that goblin sorcerer can use is a lot. Well, since it’s nothing serious, let’s study it later.

[Let’s attack 2 stray sorcerers and return to the village. Since we have to sell monster stones and prepare to fight the goblin general and goblin healer.]

[Understood. Is the strategy the same?]

[Yeah.]

I confirm the goblin general’s location with map and move away while heading toward the rest of the goblin sorcerers.

In the end, I was able to defeat all of them with the same strategy. Because they tried to chant without thinking about anything else like the first one, I didn’t have any problemd dealing with them.

Of course, I took all their magic skills but I was surprised to see that magic has a lots of variation.

First

Second

Third

Even all the skill points I took could turn into first level only, the result is really good. According to help-sensei, the basic attribute seems to have and . By the way, I intend to take them too because goblin shaman has dark magic.

[Sakura, can you come here for a moment?]

[Okay, what is it?]

[I will use magic. I want to know what it feel like since I never used it before.]

[That’s right. It is the first time we use magic in this different world. I’m a little worried.]

I confirm we are far enough from the general, so I take some distance away from Sakura and start chanting.

Fireball flies straight and hit the tree I was aiming at directly.

-Bon~!-

The tree which was. .h.i.t by the fireball burns intensely. Uh, I shouldn’t have shot fireball recklessly in the forest. I chant again and fire an aqua ball. Fire was extinguished but the tree was burnt badly.

Since I don’t know if this is suitable power level or not, let’s ask help-sensei.

Q : Is the power of magic normally at this level?

A : It is normal. The power of magic is decided by the amount of magic. Since you didn’t just take magic from soldier alone, you take it from a lot of monster, it is normal for power to rise up. When goblin shoots it, it doesn’t have this kind of power. The characteristic of goblin race limited the power of magic and kind of magic they can use.

Hee~, in short, goblin is the race that is not good with magic. So they can use fireball only.

[It is really powerful. It might be bad when a goblin shoots it…]

[No, It’s because of me. My magic went up by taking. Incidentally, goblins are really bad at magic, only ball type can be used but I, who take them can use other types too.]

[Is that so? It’s really great after all.]

I could see eyes full of respect from Sakura as usual. Well, that is a good thing.

[Let’s leave this place for now. Goblins might come here because of that loud noise.]

[Oh, you’re right. Let’s go.]

We leave that place in a bit of a hurry. When I look at the map, the group of the general was heading here. So we left the forest and returned to the village. We fought with goblins on the way back many times. It wasn’t a luxury but I want to fight against other monsters other than goblin soon. However, when I look at the map, I don’t see them at all.

We return and head towards the  general store. I don’t think we need to hurry but I want to fight with the goblin general sooner after we finish shopping.

The salesperson in the general store is different from this morning, it was witch-like old lady. This is a general store. Because of this old lady, it looks like a shop that deals with doubtful medicine.

[Excuse me. I want to sell monster stones.]

[Alright, what kind of monster stones?]

I hand over one of the goblin sorcerer’s stone to that old lady.

[Hmm, did you defeat a high rank goblin? I will buy this monster stone for 3000 gold per pierce.]

[Then I’ll sell all 3 pieces. Please buy other goblin monster stones too.]

Then I present all the monster stones I have, that old lady is slightly astonished.

[This fellow is amazing. It seems you’re really capable. Did you get all these stone from the goblins in the forest?]

It is goblin forest after all. The official name is unquestionable. Err, to say I’m capable, I just had a proper fight for the first time yesterday.

[Yeah, I fought in the forest for a while.]

[That forest has a goblin general, it is a considerably strong demon. Please take care of yourself.]

I can’t say I’m going to defeat it now…

[Alright, the totally is 37,000 gold. Please wait a minute because I have to take some large silver coins from inside the shop.]

[Can I have some smaller coins that are easy to use?]

[Alright.]

[Thank you very much.]

It was only money I made this morning. We finish shopping at general store. I bought a backpack to put things we bought in. In addition to that, we bought potion to make sure. That potion is the same as the fantasy one’s should be. It recovers all the wound when you drink but it 2,000 gold per bottle. A little expensive. In the next fight, after obtaining we might not need it.

As I look at the map, weapon and protection gear are hardly sold here, I brought a light breastplate and gauntlets just to make sure. I think it will increase our chances.

We return to forest of goblins again after having a lunch at the hotel and taking a short break.

[Alright, we are finally going to fight against the goblin general.]

[Yeah, I confirmed most of its status.]

I gave some status and skills to strengthen Sakura. I gave her