GOBLIN SLAYER SIDE STORY YEAR ONE LIGHT NOVEL SC (2025)

"In the aftermath of a goblin raid, a boy mourned his village, his family. Five years later, he visited a city on the frontier and became an adventurer. Despite being the lowest rank, the boy readies himself and then sets off alone for a lair of goblins, marking the beginning of the legend of Goblin Slayer!"

"After killing a group of goblins, the young man just starting to make a name for himself as Goblin Slayer finds a ring that emits a strange glow. In order to make sense of this item, he's introduced to an eccentric Arch-Mage, who then employs him in her quest to update the world's encyclopedia of monsters."

Guild Girl tells Goblin Slayer she needs to talk to him about his promotion-then introduces him to a beautiful woman in men's clothing: the Examiner who will oversee his test! Guild Girl's senior colleague doubts Goblin Slayer's accomplishments, which consist entirely of slaying goblins, and she's come all the way from the capital to test him herself. Goblin Slayer soon ends up in an impromptu adventuring party with Examiner, her spiked chain, and her history in the Dungeon of the Dead. Together, they hunt down a growing horde of goblins attacking a nearby village and plunge straight into the nest!

While Goblin Slayer is off hunting goblins, he encounters a mysterious elf fighter. For her own reasons, this blue-haired woman decides to join him on his hunts, and they work together. The payment? Training in the sword from this elf fighter. A standard adventure ends, giving way to days of hard training. When Goblin Slayer and his new acquaintance head for a cave that other adventurers have entered never to return, Chaos is waiting for them...