Our village also encountered monsters, and if we hadn't discovered them in time, we might have been overwhelmed by slimes.

As luck would have it, they discovered that slime is edible and tastes quite good.

The monsters that wanted to invade us were turned into food on our tables, and because of this, everyone's physical fitness improved.

If this were said aloud, the sheriff might become suspicious, wondering if they had eaten some strange mushrooms or gone mad from sleeping.

The secret of the village's special cuisine must never be revealed to anyone else...

So, in the end, the sheriff didn't get an answer. He just felt on his way back that this group of militiamen seemed to be of much better quality than those from other villages.

El also began his own operation. This time, he appeared near the castle and wiped out another group of gargoyles.

"Your food is delicious, thank you for making my appetite better."

"Don't come any closer!"

The sheriff took only three days to gather the militia, equip them with weapons, and concentrate the forces around the jungle.

"Sir, is it really necessary for us to be in such a hurry?"

"Of course, time is of the essence, and who knows what might happen next."

The surrounding monsters have finally been dealt with, and now the vampire castle should be at its most vulnerable.

We'll launch a lightning attack on the vampire castle, decapitating the vampires before the monsters can gather, and then wipe out the rest.

This was the sheriff's plan: to use a blitzkrieg to leave the vampires with no chance.

So, just as dawn broke, their team began their operation.

"Charge! Keep charging! We haven't seen any monsters here yet, let's keep going."

The sheriff was holding a map showing the distribution of monsters that some assassins had collected some time ago.

The area they ventured into was a goblin colony, where there were relatively more monsters, but they weren't very strong.

These goblins, with their claws and teeth, couldn't penetrate the militia's armor, and were easily overpowered by adventurers.

"Pfft..."

The people from El's village performed better than the other militiamen. Holding long spears, they thrust at the two goblins and turned them into candied hawthorns.

A goblin tried to ambush someone from behind, but lost sight due to the sudden flow of water covering its eyes and was punched to the ground.

"You're blinding me with water!"

While killing goblins, they also felt a mix of regret and relief.

Unfortunately, goblins don't seem to be very edible, so all these corpses are going to go to waste.

Fortunately, the monsters surrounding their village were slimes, not goblins, which gave everyone the opportunity to improve their meals.

"Of course, I also want to thank El. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have known that slime is so delicious..."

We encountered three goblin lairs along the way, and passed through them all without any major incidents.

The adventurer team was in good condition, with little use of their items. The militia suffered some injuries, with one member's knee injured by a goblin-made earth arrow.

Considering that the surrounding area was still a monster-infested zone, the wounded were carried and protected near the center as they continued to advance.

"That's great. We've only encountered some goblins along the way; we haven't run into any minotaurs or gargoyles."

"The elite troops are probably all around the castle. We're likely to have a fierce battle coming up."

"The team leader is really working hard to go back to his hometown to get married, so I have to step up my efforts too."

These adventurers even had time to chat along the way, because their plans for dealing with powerful monsters didn't seem to have come in handy.

The minotaur only saw one, and when he realized there were many of them, he ran away.

We didn't see a single gargoyle, which was really strange.