Several goblins were left inside the village but we cleared them up quickly and went towards the place where the people had been forced to work.
「We’ve come to help, is everyone alright?」
We discussed it amongst ourselves and decided to let Elena be the leader this time.
「Huh!? You’ve come to help…… the goblins?」
「Please rest assured, we have already defeated all the goblins.」
「All of them!?」
We told the captives that it’s already safe. Elena cast【Recovery magic】magic on each person whose strength was weakened and distributed food and water.
「Well then, we aren’t going to be forced to work again?」
「Yeah, it’s already safe.」
「「Hooray!」」「「Freedom!」」「「Thank you very much!」」
Everyone thanked Elena unanimously.
I let everyone calm down and tried to ask various questions.
「Where were all of you from?」
「I’m from Suga town.」
「I’m from Ikebu town.」
When I listened to these people, about 5 people were from Suga town and the remaining 20-something people were from Ikebu town.
「So, how did everyone become captives?」
「I was suddenly attacked from behind in the town and when I regained my consciousness, I had already been captured by an orc.」
「It’s also the same for me.」「Me too.」
It seems everyone had been abducted in the town.
There was something similar that happened before but how did they manage to abduct people inside the town?
「It seems everyone had been forced to work here but what has everyone been told to do?」
「We were making a magic stone.」
「Magic stone? What kind of Magic stone?」
「I don’t know.」
「Although you were the ones making it, you didn’t know what kind of magic stone you were making?」
「Rather than making a magic stone, it was more like we were just replicating it.」
The one who answered was the craftsman-like man who was teaching how to make a magic stone.
「Replicating the magic stone?」
「Yes, using the goblins’【magic stone replicating tool】which was brought from somewhere, we were able to replicate a certain【magic stone】.」
「A certain magic stone?」
「Since I don’t have appraisal, I don’t know what kind of【magic stone】it is. Here.」
I tried to use【appraisal】on the【magic stone】that was handed to me―
┌─<Appraisal>────
│【Magic stone of Human Transformation】
│A magic stone that can transform the appearance of the user to Human.
│Rarity: ★★★★
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