Light Novel Volume 13

'''Goblin Slayer! Volume 13' is the thirteenth light novel of the Goblin Slayer'' series.

Official Synopsis

 * The dungeon exploration contest—a famous test of survival in an underground maze filled with deadly traps; the stuff of legends. And now the Guild wants to use this test to train rookie adventurers! A certain silver-ranked adventurer is drafted to oversee the competition while Guild Girl takes a surprising liking to setting the traps. But as preparations commence and an aspiring adventurer takes up her sword, the shadow of chaos looms just out of sight...

Chapters

 * 1) Chapter 1: I Wanna Be an Adventurer
 * 2) Chapter 2: Dungeon Master’s Guide
 * 3) Chapter 3: I Don’t Care, I Still Love Adventures!
 * 4) Interlude: Of How Starting Stats Are Not That Important
 * 5) Chapter 4: I’m Not Afraid of Any Deathtrap Dungeon!
 * 6) Interlude: Of How There’s More to It Than Just Lobbing Fireballs and Slinging Lightning Bolts, but It’s Still Good If You Can Do Those Things
 * 7) Chapter 5: A Professional Goblin Slayer
 * 8) Interlude: Of Starting with Saving the World
 * 9) Chapter 6: I Still Wanna Be An Adventurer!

Chapter 1
Deep in a Goblin Cave, Goblin Slayer and his Party begin clearing out the Goblins that reside within having been hired by the neighboring village. In a smaller crawlspace Dwarf Shaman discovers evidence of a possible unaccounted hostage and as Lizard Priest stands guard, the Party clean of the rest of the Goblins and recover a deceased woman who was a bard. As they finish their mission, the cave begins to collapse forcing the party to escape.

Outside, Priestess reveals she found a small pouch filled with gems and diamonds much to High Elf Archer's delight, but Dwarf Shaman reveals the gems are too small to be worth anything. Deflated, High Elf Archer demands Goblin Slayer take her own a real adventure next time. Their revelry is disrupted when Priestess also discovers a scroll in the bag much to Goblin Slayer's delight who claims it. With the adventure concluded, the Party returns to the town with the deceased woman, who is laid to rest in peace thanks to Priestess and Lizard Priest.

Chapter 2
Back at the Guild the next morning, Guild Girl had call Goblin Slayer and his party into the second level meeting room, including Priestess who realized this was more confirmation that she was no longer a rookie or beginner anymore in the Guild's eyes making her happy. Guild Girl had come up with an idea of using the Winter Festival to create a mock dungeon for prospective Adventurers to try and tackle before they officially sign up in the Spring or for Rookies to get some practice in. With her intent announced, Guild Girl recalls how Goblin Slayer promised to help her in preparation for the Winter Festival and requested that Goblin Slayer try being a Dungeon Master.

At the Farm, Cow Girl and her Uncle took stock of the winter preparations as Goblin Slayer returned and informed the pair he was going to be helping Guild Girl during the Winter Solstice Festival this year; leaving Cow Girl to understand that Guild Girl wanted her "turn" with Goblin Slayer this Winter.