(L) Goblin Slayer [Light Novel]

[Twi]

Originally Posted by tuckersister

How characters in the series know that GS is really MESSED up in his mind?

He obsessively hunts down one kind of monster, covers himself in their blood and guts, and usually only directs his attention/speech towards them and nothing else while carrying it out with brutal effectiveness and gruesome execution.

Everyone is pretty much sure he's gone off the deep-end, justifiably as it may be.

It's more of an exercise of trying to expand his focus beyond Goblin Slaying, because he cannot do this forever. Eventually, he'll either die or get too injured to continue. Then what will be left for him?

[Hata]

GA Bunko just ran its 2021Fes, and released info of SIX light novel turn anime projects, the headliners are Danmachi season 4, most likely from book 12 to 14, and Goblin Slayer season 2, my guess is from book 3, 6, and some fillers from book 4. (Movie takes care of book 5)

http://www.goblinslayer.jp

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season 2

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I read up on a much more comprehensive synopsis on book 13, all I can say is.

1. There are a lot of mistakes in my previous post, just ignore it.
2. This is probably one of the better, if not the best volume, in the last 3, 4 GS books.

The humor, the story, the actions are all tied together, especially the end climax is very satisfying, but in a much different ways than the typical GS setup, no, there is hardly any team works, second GS did not deliver the coup de grace, (which fool would unleash a meteorite fall in a cave!?) third we have a very luck new character, and the nobody not yet even porcelain class is the first one in the whole series to have a NAME. As to the million dollars question, the girl features with GS in this book is Guild Girl, even if GS probably did not realize anything. As a bonus one of the insert picture is Guild Girl all naked oils herself to take cares her skins. And yes, it is an integral part of the story not just fan service, (well that, too.)

Book 14 cover, something very new and nice.

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priestess in Viking gears

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Yes, part of the story is supposed to taking place in North Sea.

Book 14 special cover

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HEA

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Book 14 bonus story promo is also very interesting. It seems the brave in incognito teams up with the GS party sans GS, and GS ends up meeting sword saint and sage near their home village for what else, goblins. As the end of promo stated:
“A story of a different party, a different adventure. “

[Razielgx]

I missed your presence HATA, but I miss more the super spoilers or complete synopses that you made of each volume

[AP24]

Originally Posted by Hata

As a bonus one of the insert picture is Guild Girl all naked oils herself to take cares her skins. And yes, it is an integral part of the story not just fan service, (well that, too.)

It was so that she would look nice for her date with Goblin Slayer wasn't it?

Also, she didn't have to be naked when oiling her skin. So it was definitely for fanservice.

[sasabit]

is there any hope for elf archer romance yet? or is goblin slayer gonna be a goblin slaying virgin until he dies?

[Hata]

Vol. 14
ISBN：978-4-8156-0812-5
On sale: 2021/03/13

test read
https://r.binb.jp/epm/e1_173537_29012021153129/

Cover: Priestess in Viking gears
Color page: GS and Priestess on a Viking ship
Character cards: Heavy Warrior and Female Knight

Special Edition cover: HEA
Special in store bonus: Priestess in Viking gear, summer edition.

Insert picture #1
Guild Girl goes with GS to pick her purse item replacements lost in Vol. 13.

Insert picture #2
Priestess does a Tetris Challenge before heading up to the north with GS.

Summary:
GS looking strangely, since he proposes to his party an “adventure” mission.
“Beyond the mountain of north, where the dark night country lied.”
Thus the party heading to the northern frontier beyond the snowy mountains, where there is a stage set for barbarian heroic tales, a land with a different culture, language, and a beautiful female ruler.
A land with phantom lurks in the sea north of her land, where no ship had ever return.
Goblin Slayer nods when he hears the story.
"After all, people here can't lose to the goblin mystery."
And the Prietess also proudly declares:
"Leave it to the adventurers!”

[KnightShade]

v14 pics https://imgur.com/a/AmVo1dI

[Wheeljack83]

Spoiler:

Did Goblin Slayer get gifted a cool sword? I wonder what he would do with it. Trade it for some gate scrolls?

[Hata]

Originally Posted by Wheeljack83

Spoiler:

Did Goblin Slayer get gifted a cool sword? I wonder what he would do with it. Trade it for some gate scrolls?

Spoiler for no:

just the scabbard (high price black steel), which is a souvenir for cowgirl to hang on the wall, the black steel sword GS gives away and replace it with a generic one instead.

The real souvenirs are the mead beside it, if you understand the significance of honey wine in ancient culture that is…

[Twi]

Someone posted a summary on Spacebattles, but I think that people can't see it unless they have a password. I'll just copy and paste, but credit to Atreidestrooper:

Spoiler:

The job to the North that Goblin Slayer takes is to act as an ambassador of sorts, in the sense of introducing the concept of Adventurers to a patch of northern territory that has been recently annexed into the Kingdom.
Their role is to show their faces for the purpose of introducing Adventurers... and to scout out what life is like in this distant land, which was only known in tales and legends for many in the Kingdom.
This quest, according to things revealed later in the book, is supposed to be Gold Adventurer stuff, but the King chose to extend the offer to Team Goblin Slayer after some endorsements from Sword Maiden and his own Sister (though the latter was masked as being from the Earth Mother Church, of course).

Of course, given what the series is, their endorsements work fine, with Team Goblin Slayer managing to show their value the Northmen; so much so that they promise to extend their thanks to all other Adventurers who pass into their realm by the end of the volume.
Well, helping the Northmen hack apart what seems like a younger brother of Cthulhu while taking apart yet another group of Goblins (though the Northmen were handling the Goblins just fine until said Horror From The Sea popped up and massively screwed things up) certainly helped in that, along with Priestess charming the whole group by being her usual self back at their town.

The people of this land call themselves "Vikings" (yes, very original, ha ha, though the reading is slightly tweaked to keep with the Not!Norse theme), and worship a set of gods slightly different from those in the south. Such as a flipped version of the Earth Mother, to which Priestess initially twitches about since that one is known in the south as a Goddess of Torture, but in the harsh, cold north, she is seen as a warm figure who knows the harshness of what life is in the north and yet extends a warming embrace.
(The eyepatch woman, who is called "Fuss-Freiya" (フースフレイヤ in the JP), is a Priestess of said Goddess, by the way, and her mark on her eye and arm is from getting struck by a bolt of lightning in the eye when she was a child. She had taken this as a divine sign, which lead her to taking the path of becoming a Priestess, or "Kija" in the tongue of the Northmen, of said Goddess, and it lights up when casting miracles from said Goddess, as depicted at the end of the volume.)

Their relationship with the different races is interesting too; the Elves are seen as rare and a source of semi-worship, while the Dwarves are known to have steady trade with them, and the Lizardmen are basically unknown.
(The funny part is that the Northmen start treating HEA and Lizard Priest as being together, if simply because they accidentally (or not, it's kept vague on HEA's part, while Lizard Priest is oblivious) do something only married couples do amongst the Northmen during a party. And then a good chunk of the text seemingly starts to ship them together in a sense......)

The ruler of the patch of land claimed by the Kingdom is actually the King's uncle by marriage, due to the previous King taking the man's elder sister as his wife when his family was cast away from the North, and were basically brothers.
The young ruler apparently was sent to the North as a part of a supporting force during the last Demon Lord's rampage, and ended up getting married to the Fuss-Freiya (and it seems to be that said title points to being his wife more than anything) and became the Go-ji, a title as the leader of the Northmen.
Their marriage is depicted to be from love, and that it was basically love from first sight.

The Northmen have their own language, but still not too far from the Hume Common that most of the characters use in the series, with the Go-ji being the only one to speak fluent Hume Common since he grew up in that environment.
Even then, the Fuss-Freiya is depicted as trying to learn the Common, simply because her husband insists at taking her to the Kingdom's capital and she didn't want embarrass her husband; her husband, on the other hand, is depicted as being furious as how some of those in capital easily dismiss his wife as a "bear of a woman" which he sees as being rude and unfair.
Since, from the Priestess's point of view, the only other woman who could stand up to be compared to the Fuss-Freiya in terms of beauty is the Sword Maiden, this makes sense.

On the other hand, the Northmen are depicted as having customs that are pretty barbarous to the south-folk, like mutual raids being a fact of life and that some cases of marriage happen in the shape of kidnapping the wife-to-be during such a raid, although it is considered to be good taste to go through the proper motions for marriage if you are not in a tight spot.
(The Northmen section basically kicks off with Team Goblin Slayer witnessing such a raid in the town they were travelling to, and getting told that raids being this frequent (as in, nearby settlements being that close to going hungry) was never heard of. A 'prisoner', who was basically left behind as a messenger, tells of the troubles of the nearby settlements.)

While going over the Misty Mountains (I call it that since the chapter that deals with said mountains is named "Over The Misty Mountains") that divide the Northmen from rest of the Kingdom, Team Goblin Slayer stumbles upon a Dwarven Fortress (which gets referred to as a "Dwarf Fortress", which is obviously a shout out) which has been long abandoned and taken over by Goblins. They fight through the Fortress, and in the process, Goblin Slayer picks up a very sturdy Dwarven Blade, which he ends up taking home as a trophy, even asking the Northmen to make a scabbard for it.
(The volume has Goblin Slayer starting to cherish certain weapons for their value, like never throwing a sword given to him from the Northmen for the final battle of the volume and handing it back stating that it is too good a blade for a person like him to use afterwards. Of course, his friends notice this change.)

Oh, and did I state that Priestess is depicted at hearing Goblin Slayer laughing, something he hasn't done since Volume Six, by the end of their adventure in the North? Yeah, he does that while asking a Northman his 'pay'; a scabbard for the Dwarven Blade he picked up, and a promise to treat Adventurers with the same respect that Team Goblin Slayer were being given by that point.

...On the topic of Shipping, I'm guessing that the GS and Cow Girl couple is basically a foregone conclusion, though Guild Girl is trying to cover the gap.
Heck, it gets depicted that unlike the others, Cow Girl could tell how absolutely giddy GS is while showing her the stuff he brought home and trying to tell her about his experiences up north (which is spoken in his typical way so she has to coax it out of him, but still) at the end of his section of the story.

The end of the volume depicts the newbie from Volume 13, the "Roguelike" PC who has the name of @, stumbling into the Northmen, and introducing herself as an Adventurer.

[KnightShade]

^^^

Spoiler for shipping:

hnnning at the thought of GS being giddy to show off anything, that's surprisingly wholesome lol. Cow Girl started with such a big head start that it's hard to see guild girl catching up

[Tenzen12]

I am inclined agree. Though I am worried author will go overboard with preferential treatment of Priestess in the end...

[AP24]

^It’s possible since GS and Priestess suit each other. They both don’t have lewd thoughts while Cow Girl is like a walking public indecency.

[dark44]

He care alot about cow girl and he did mention before that the only one who would cry if he died is cow girl and that mean despite all the girls who care for him he only see cow girl

[KnightShade]

Originally Posted by AP24

^It’s possible since GS and Priestess suit each other. They both don’t have lewd thoughts while Cow Girl is like a walking public indecency.

This is a really weird reasoning as cow girl isn’t intentionally lewd, and happens to be really busty. And priestess easily gets flustered when looking at attractive people/lewd situations vs gs and cg who range from blissfully unware to completely apathetic.

The most important thing here is just how much more comfortable GS is talking to CG. That in itself is hard to overcome but you never know how the author will role the dice

[AP24]

^You do know I was saying it as a joke?

[Tenzen12]

Personality alone HEA would be best suited. But CG has history on her side and it would be unfair if she didn't actually win. It's like this.

CG: act as anchor, making sure GS doesn't Break even more.

HEA: Trying convince him to want recover as well as proactively break him from his shell.

Pr: trying to get into his armored pants.

GG: Same as above, but is self aware and upfront about it.

[Twi]

Volume 11 is out in English now, btw.

[Wheeljack83]

Originally Posted by Hata

Spoiler for no:

just the scabbard (high price black steel), which is a souvenir for cowgirl to hang on the wall, the black steel sword GS gives away and replace it with a generic one instead.

The real souvenirs are the mead beside it, if you understand the significance of honey wine in ancient culture that is…

Spoiler:

The drawing has a sword. Why give away the sword for a generic one if he wanted a souvenir? Also why make a scabbard out of black steel?

[Hata]

Originally Posted by Wheeljack83

Spoiler:

The drawing has a sword. Why give away the sword for a generic one if he wanted a souvenir? Also why make a scabbard out of black steel?

Spoiler:

The black steel sword is considered an OP weapon on the same scale as the goblin hero’s magic battle axes captured during battle, and he gives both away.

to make the scabbard with black steel means it can be used as a hand shield for blocking, OTOH, is not a weapon goblins can use thus can be kept. in any case, since GS gives it to Cowgirls means he won't bring it with him during mission.