Light Novel Volume 8

'''Goblin Slayer! Volume 8''' is the eighth novel of the Goblin Slayer series.

Official Synopsis
He does not let anyone roll the dice.

''Sword Maiden requests Goblin Slayer and his party to escort her to the royal capital as rumor has it that packs of wolf-mounted goblins inhabit the route there. However, there are whispers of an ill omen within the capital; then, whether by fate or by chance, the party arrives at a massive, eerie abyss known as the Dungeon of the Dead...''
 * - Yen Press

Chapters

 * Chapter 1: The Prime of Youth, Now Ashes
 * Chapter 2: Beard-Cutter Goes to the Southern Sea
 * Chapter 3: The Slayer of Goblins Goes to the Capital
 * Interlude: Of the Hoyden Who Wanted to Go on an Adventure
 * Chapter 4: City Adventure
 * Interlude: Of How There Is No Use Crying over Spilled Milk
 * Chapter 5: Master Scene: Behind-the-Scenes Actors
 * Interlude: Of Wondering Whose Master Scene It Had Been
 * Chapter 6: The Princess’s Ordeal
 * Chapter 7: The Pulse of Demonbirth
 * Interlude: Of How Cosmic Horror Is Not the Enemy of Swords and Sorcery
 * Chapter 8: The Heart of the Maelstrom
 * Chapter 9: Goblin Hand, Sign of Destruction
 * Interlude: Of How It’s Better Than Dragon Slaying, Probably
 * Chapter 10: O My Prayers, Have You Reached Heaven?

Chapter 1
A young Sword Maiden and her party battle two greater demons in a dungeon whom are attacking the party with powerful ice magic. Sword Maiden casts protection to shield the party, but it will only hold out against the attacks for so long. She, along with her mentor, Bugman Monk, turn the tide of the battle with a Silence miracle so powerful that it even renders the demons unable to cast magic. Without their magic, they become easy pickings for the party's warriors and wizard. Coming out victorious, they refer to and update their map, with Sword Maiden breathing a sigh of relief that it wasn't goblins they met.

Chapter 2
In the middle of a raging storm, Goblin Slayer's party battle a large sea serpent aligned with Chaos. After Dwarf Shaman casts a Water Walk spell on the sea serpent, it suffocates and is unable to retreat back into the water. With the monster's entire body exposed, High Elf Archer finishes it off by firing an arrow through its eye.

Upon returning to the Adventurer's Guild, Goblin Slayer expresses disappointment at how the "sea goblins" the quest referred to were not actually goblins. The party split the reward from the gillmen, consisting of pearls, corals, a tortoiseshell, several shells and a white helix. After arriving at the farmhouse, Goblin Slayer, who had taken a shell, gave it to Cow Girl as a gift. They expected a normal day to follow that night, but that would not be the case.

Chapter 3
During a routine patrol around the farm, Goblin Slayer came across a young employee of the guild who requested his presence. Sword Maiden, who was waiting at the guild, informs him of tattooed goblin riders appearing on a highway near the Capital. This prompts Goblin Slayer's party and Sword Maiden take a carriage toward the Capital. When the group camped for the night, Sword Maiden experiences a flashback of her ordeal with goblins, but is consoled by Goblin Slayer. When the two sense the presence of goblins, Priestess wakes up the rest of the party and the adventurers kill all of the goblins before dawn. When Goblin Slayer and Lizard Priest cut open the goblins, they are perplexed by how their stomachs were full despite the fact that they were a wandering tribe travelling without provisions.

After several days, the group lines up outside the gates of the capital. A group of royal knights have them present identification and proceed to interrogate them, but immediately let them through upon noticing Sword Maiden. Once the paperwork was finished, the group enters the bustling capital.

Interlude
Inside her room, a girl expresses frustration over how her brother is able to travel while she is forced to stay inside and not become an adventurer like he was. Her servant tries to tell her bad things came with adventuring, but the girl remains convinced that she deserved to go outside and see things for herself instead of having people decide things for her. When her brother returns home, she gives him a warm greeting so that he will never suspect she will sneak out.