In a flashback a younger, more practically-dressed Sword Maiden and her party battle their way through an endless dungeon. Whatever hardships or powerful enemies they endure, the Maiden is grateful there are no goblins around and hopes it stays that way.
Back in the present day Goblin Slayer’s party are fighting a giant sea serpent in the middle of a churning storm. Slayer was told he’d be fighting “sea goblins” but this isn’t that. Despite the mission creep, he fights with his comrades and they manage to defeat the monster.
But you’d better believe Guild Girl hears it from Goblin Slayer … at least in his way, which is repeating over and over that there were no goblins. At least the battle was relatively simple, and they gained a lot of loot, which they split up amongst each other and sell off the rest.
Goblin takes a gorgeous iridescent seashell, not for him, but for Cow Girl, who accepts it with all the glee and giddiness of a maiden receiving a wedding ring. Goblin Slayer, you old softie. But who should arrive, hidden in brown cloaks, but the Sword Maiden herself.
Accompanied by a nun bodyguard, the Maiden gets down to brass tacks: She needs to be present for a meeting in the Capital, but there are reports of roving goblins along the way. The Sword Maiden cannot abide goblins, so the Slayer assures her he’ll slay them.
The others agree to serve as the Maiden’s escort, but before leaving Slayer stops to chat with Cow Girl. The Sword Maiden, who has been smitten with Slayer ever since he vowed to protect her from goblins, is obviously very curious about the girl he apparently lives with.
After setting up camp the rest of the party sleeps while Slayer keeps watch. The Maiden joins him, telling him she can sleep better thanks to him, which leads him to ask why she’s not asleep then. Poor Maiden; all of her kind words clank off that chipped armor of his.
Even if he won’t acknowledge the obvious feelings emanating from her, she’s content to sit by his side at the fire. When Priestess wakes up and sees the two so close together, she’s as curious as the Maiden was about the Cow Girl. But there’s no time for anything more, as the Slayer senses goblins approaching.
The Maiden returns to her wagon with the nun. I was almost certain the goblins would make their way in an terrorize her, but thankfully that doesn’t happen because Slayer’s party is a well-oiled machine. They set up a perimeter, and Lizard Priest runs into the forest to flank the goblins.
Slayer has Priestess raise a Protection wall around the wagon and party, which serves as an “anvil.” The goblins are drawn to it, and then Lizard Priest brings the “hammer”, a squad of Dragontooth Warriors to mop up the rest of goblins.
In the morning after piling up the goblin and wolf corpses, Slayer then wonders what became of the handful of prisoners. He cuts open the bellies of the dead goblins to see if they were eaten, and determines that some prisoners and goblins belonging may still be at large.
They continue to the gleaming gates of the Capital, and the line for entry is long, partly due to the king and his royal entourage being out of the city. When the guards ask for ID and for each party member to write their purpose, they’re skeptical of Slayer’s silver rank (probably due to his tatty armor).
That’s when Sword Maiden speaks up from her wagon and vouches for his rank. Upon seeing her the guards immediately stand down and grant her immediate access to the city, but she says “paperwork is paperwork” and follows the proper entry procedure anyway, no doubt endearing her to them even more as they get her autograph.
I’ve always been a fan of the Sword Maiden even as my heart hurts for the trauma she endured in the past and her present unrequited crush on Slayer. Whether we see more of her next week remains to be seen, but this week proved that the Slayer’s party didn’t get the least bit rusty from those days of partying in the elven forest.
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