A rger crowd than ever before had gathered in front of Saeki’s wooden .

  The unusual liveliness made the fully armored "living corpse" standing there feel uneasy and out of pbsp;

  Meanwhile, Edward stepped down from a carriage that had arrived from afar.

  Upon seeing Edward, the gathered adventurers beamed with excitement, as they all koday would mark the filming of the final se of Goblin Syer. With the shoot ing up, the movie would be ready for release at any moment.

  Edwardg this time, Edward g the main cast in the distance, who looked a mix of nervous and downcast.

  It was clear that, including Daphhe actors who had taken part in Goblin Syer had grown attached to the projebsp;

  Some had even begun to identify with their roles.

  But, no matter what, every story has its end.

  Fully aware of this, Edaid o their gloom and simply said, "Take this ce to prepare properly. Don't sck off wheime es."

  "Yes..."

  After receiving their listless replies, Edward shook his head and walked over to Saeki. "Looks like you've done a good job. This 's even er than when I was here st."

  "Mm..."

  Still uled by the number of people in his home, Saeki seemed a bit stiff.

  Uanding this, Edward smiled and asked, "Where are those kids you took in?"

  "Since we're filming today, I sent them to stay in town..."

  As Saeki spoke, he led Edward ihe , where Eliza was already seated, as if she'd been waiting.

  It was evident that, since Eliza and Saeki were old friends and she knew Saeki's background, he'd allowed her inside.

  "This pce is too small, and I was worried we'd mess up the setup. So I let the other adventurers wait outside."

  Eliza's words were more of a justification, but Edward, aware that the Guild Master simply didn’t want to hear adventurers gossiping about her, responded slowly, "Well then, call in the people for today's shoot."

  As soon as Edward finished speaking, a group of flustered, nervous adventurers stumbled in from outside.

  They were today's actors, and because the se being filmed was sed only to the grand adventure guild se in scale, there were so many people that the small was starting to feel cramped.

  Saeki sighed in exasperation. "Uh, I'm worried about my furniture..."

  "We'll buy you a new set after this," said Eliza with her typical extravaganbsp;

  Ign her ent, Edward smiled at the group and said, "As per our discussions, everyone here will participate in today's performance. You’ve had the script for a while now, so I assume there are no issues?"

  "Of course!"

  The adventurers' excited voices reflected their eagerness, and soon, Edward began direg the shoot.

  With Eliza present to maintain order, the usually chaotic group of adventurers were surprisingly anized.

  Finally, before the su, everything was ready.

  …

  Night fell, and the st se of Goblin Syer began.

  In the grassy fields, the adventurers y in wait, hidden in the bushes.

  In the distance, a group of goblins brazenly approached peared to be a poorly defended .

  Just as the adventurers prepared t from their hiding spots and charge, their expressions ged.

  The goblins were carrying a rge wooden pnk, which seemed to be used as a shield.

  Strapped to that ‘shield’ was a human girl, bound and used as a literal meat shield.

  This se was straight from the inal work.

  In the he girls were described as being pletely naked, but Edward wouldn't dare film it that way, so the girls were fully clothed while tied to the board.

  Though the situation was less grim, at least this version could be publicly aired.

  Despite their fury, the adventurers mao hold babsp;

  When the goblins carrying the shields got closer, a pleasant aroma suddenly wafted over the field, and the moment, the goblins at the front colpsed.

  "Sleep magic."

  The goblins had fallen victim to a pn id out by Goblin Syer, based on their predictable behavior.

  A hidden mage cast a sleep spell, incapacitating the advang goblins, and the remaining adventurers charged in to rescue the girls.

  From there, the battle followed the script smoothly.

  The adventurers, well-versed in nighttime bat, delivered a performahat was not only ving but also filled with genuine skill as they dispatched the goblins.

  The story quickly moved to its final battle: Goblin Syer versus the Goblin Lord!

  The actor pying the Goblin Lord? her than their good friend, the troll.

  Throughout the filming of Goblin Syer, nearly every major boss had been pyed by a troll, which the Headless Horseman had painstakingly captured for the ses.

  Rumors of a terrifying Headless Horseman even spread among the monsters in the North, as he scoured their irs to find a troll for each shoot.

  The results were clear. Troll numbers, already low, had dropped even further.

  While the situation was better pared to goblins, trolls were still rare enough that requests from the Northern Adventurer Guild for exterminating monster s had decreased signifitly.

  …

  In the forest.

  Realizing that the adventurers had seen through his pn, the Goblin Lord abandoned his st pie the chessboard and began to flee into the woods.

  He khat as long as he lived, he could rise again one day.

  Just like the time his ir was destroyed by adventurers years ago.

  Although he had been a mere child at the time, and should have been killed, the female adventurer who found him had decided to spare him, thinking he was too young to be dangerous.

  Iurabbed her in the back, killing her.

  As long as he survived, he could rebuild everything.

  If he could just make it back to his ir and breed moblins with the women there, one day, he would wipe out humanity!

  But as he raced through the secret escape route he had prepared, a figure appeared before him, making his pupils tract sharply.

  "I knew you'd think that way. What an idiot. That army was obviously bait," said Goblin Syer, emerging from the trees like a demon. "Your ir no longer exists."

  "————————!"

  In an instant, the massive Goblin Lord lu the Gobli over the ordinary-sized man, with his war axe—a on of immense power—in hand!

  The battle was fierce. Goblin Syer, who was not truly at silver rank in strength, could not stand against the Goblin Lord and was eventually knocked down.

  However, just as the Goblin Lord, excited at the prospect of killing him, prepared to strike, two thin walls of light suddenly surrounded him.

  "Oh great God of Light, please grant us your holy prote, shielding the weak—Holy Barrier."

  The priestess, who had been hiding in the shadows, calmly ted as she cast the defensive spell, trapping the Goblin Lord between two walls of light.

  At that moment, the dagger Goblin Syer had earlier stabbed into the Goblin Lord's body pressed further into its chest.

  In a desperate attempt to survive, the Goblin Lord, ed in the Holy Barrier, began to speak in human nguage, sobbing as he said, "I'm sorry... I... I won’t do it again. I'll go back to the forest and live peacefully..."

  But Goblin Syer, who had been lying on the ground, slowly stood up and thrust his broken sword into the neck of the Goblin Lord, who still held on to a glimmer of hope. "Goblin Lord? You're just a filthy goblin... And I am the Goblin Syer."

  Schk—!

  Blood gushed from the Goblin Lord's massive body, marking the end of the nighttime battle—and the pletion of the movie Goblin Syer.

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