Una sacerdotessa, recentemente divenuta avventuriera, durante la sua prima missione si trova a fronteggiare un ferocissimo attacco da parte dei goblin, mostri solitamente piccoli e deboli. In suo aiuto arriva un uomo misterioso, coperto da un'armatura consunta, che inizia a falciare i nemici senza pietà. Lui è... Goblin Slayer. Iniziano così le avventure di un uomo prigioniero della sua brama di sterminio e dei suoi compagni di viaggio!
Goblin Slayer joins Cow Girl on what was supposed to be a typical delivery expedition only to be ambushed by a horde of goblins. And what's more, this ambush appears to be the work of the Unpraying! Meanwhile, Goblin Slayer's party continues adventuring in his absence. Per a handout from Apprentice Cleric, they head for the snowy mountains to the north, a region locked in a perpetual winter under the control of an ice sorceress...
While the novice warriors embark on a Rock Eater quest, the armored man, having left behind the remnants of his youth, drenches himself in the blood of freshly slain goblins. His old friend, who bears witness to this change, laments the divide that has formed between them and resolves to turn over a new leaf. Unable to quench his thirst for goblin slaying, the man heads out on a quest near the mountains to eradicate his next targets alone, carrying with him only what he needs to paint the landscape red..
"I think she went far away. And I doubt she will ever come back. But I do not believe she is dead." Now that Goblin Slayer and Arc Mage have parted ways, a whole new story begins! "Is he capable of anything other than hunting goblins?" When a certain promising adventurer's peculiar quest record comes under scrutiny, an Adventurers Guild examiner comes from the capital to the frontier to get a look at the man in the flesh. Thus begins Goblin Slayer's promotion exam under the watchful eye of this senior colleague of Guild Girl...!
Goblin Slayer and his examiner infiltrate the goblin lord's lair and attempt to save a girl being held hostage there--but Goblin Slayer takes a nasty hit to the head in the process...!! Will the two of them be able to make it out, or will his promotion exam end in something far worse than failure?! Meanwhile, having stumbled into a legendary sunken city, Young Warrior's party comes across a grotesque ritual intended to resurrect the demon lord...!!
As autumn arrives, so too does the harvest festival, and everyone is in a celebratory mood. Dwarf Shaman, Priestess, and even Female Knight help with preparations for the revelries, but Guild Girl has her eyes fixed on an even greater prize--a date with Goblin Slayer! With no goblins around, the awkward adventurer has no reason to refuse, but where does that leave his old friend Cow Girl...? Emotional entanglements are in the air, but Goblin Slayer senses some menace lurking behind these seemingly peaceful days...
"Parental advisory warning explicit content."--cover.
Goblin Slayer makes good on a promise to go on a "proper adventure," but it seems he has a one track mind, as always. He and his companions accept a quest from Sword Maiden that takes them deep into a labyrinthine sewer...
On their mission from Sword Maiden, Goblin Slayer and his party find themselves ambushed by a horde led by a goblin champion! As imposing as this threat is, though, it can't remotely prepare the adventurers for the demonic familiar they are shocked to discover guarding the goblins' secrets...What fresh horrors dwell beneath the water town?
THE DIE IS CAST. After his sister is brutally murdered during a goblin raid, a young boy swears vengeance upon the creatures who killed not only her but also the rest of his village. Five years later and now a novice adventurer, he is by chance reunited with his childhood friend, another survivor of the massacre. Despite his inexperience, crude battle gear, and low rank, the boy sets off alone on a mission to defeat a nest full of goblins-thus begins the origin story of how he came to be known as Goblin Slayer!