Chapter 14 - Grievous Wound
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nK-Kghwa!
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"Kgwha!
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"Kgwah!
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"Oh? Didn´t they like my heartwarming (crushing) welcome?
" Seeing that my ambushed worked I was currently in a good mood. Not only was I able to control my mana to activate the skill Sprint and not fall in my face but I also managed to kill one of the goblins with it!
nWithout the usage of Sprint, I wouldn´t have been able to kill the goblin as I did just now. They would have noticed me otherwise and just like this helmet goblin might have dodged my surprise attack.
nYou received 200 Experience points.
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"Nice! About two more goblins and I should be abl-
" But before I could finish my though´s I got interrupted by the helmet goblin.
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"Kgwaah!
" For some reason, the helmet goblin was point towards my head. Although I didn´t know the reason why that was, I guessed that they are somehow communicating with their screeches.
nAlthough I had no idea what they were talking about...
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"Kghwaa...!
nAnnoying...
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"Don´t you guys ever shut your mouth!? I would even be damned If I had ears!
" Seriously though, how the heck did these guys talk to each other with those screeches?
nAfter shaking my head from the useless thoughts I focused on the current task at hand.
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"One versus four is it? Isn´t that a little bit unfair?
" I slowly started walking towards the four goblins while I guided the mana in my body to my legs.
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"Unfair for them that is...
" White green light started emitting from my legs and the skill Sprint activated.
nSeeing that, the helmet goblin screeched loudly and warned the others. But knowing what is to come didn´t mean that you can block it.
nWith my reinforcement legs, I leaped towards the goblin with the dagger with my sword up high.
nThe goblin wilding the dagger tried to dodge to jump to the side and although he succeeded...it seemed like that he forgot that I was only one meter away from him.
nNoticing this mistake, he tried to stand up but the only thing he met was my sword cutting through this whole face.
nWhen the other goblins saw this gore scene played in front of them they have unconsciously taken a step back. And slowly the fear of death was crippling behind their back.
nThe twin goblins turned around and screeched at the helmet goblin something.
nThe helmet goblin nodded at them and pointed at one of the twins.
nThe chosen goblin looked surprised and then sadden. He turned to look at twin brother only to receive a nod from him instead.
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"Hmm? What the hell are they doing?
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nSwinging my sword through the air to get the blood off of my sword I was right about to start walking towards my next target. But what I didn´t expect to see was the goblins rushing towards me.
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"You guys are rather cocky aren´t you? Don`t you guys underestimate too... much?
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nAfter a closer look towards the goblins, I realized that something was wrong. And that was that only two goblins were rushing towards me. Not three!
nThe third goblin with the axe started running away!
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"Wait...!
" Before I could chase the third goblin the one with the axe stood in front of me and blocking my path.
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"You...
" I coldly looked at the goblin in front of me.
nSeeing the goblin not moving an inch I rushed towards it.
nAlthough the goblin realized better than I had expected. In the end, it met the same fate as the other goblin did.
nDead.
nThe exchange took about six whole seconds. Although six seconds to kill a goblin didn´t look like much. But in actuality, it was a really long time!
nI could barely see the third goblin running away by now!
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"If I chase it now I might be able to catch it, but...
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nTurning my head I could still see one remaining goblin which ´had a helmet and a nice-looking spear.
nIf it weren´t for that goblin I would even kill the goblin with the axe even faster, but instead, I had to pay some attention to this creep...
nAs I was thinking about how to kill the goblin in front of me a sudden idea came to my mind.
nWhy do I need to fight him now? If I chase the other goblin now I should be able to catch it and kill this goblin after I kill the escapee...
nMaybe the helmet goblin realized that too and instead of keeping this distance it rushed towards me.
nSeeing this I felt frustrated for not chasing the escaped goblin the moment I killed the goblin with the axe.
nI cleared my thoughts and focused on the helmet goblin.
nThe helmet goblin tried to stab me with this advanced of reach.
nThrough my superior strength, I was easily able to block these blows with my shield. The moment I blocked the fourth hit I advanced it and swung my swords towards it. Although I barely scratched this chest cause of him stepping a step back at the last moment.
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"Status
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nStatus
nName: ----
nRace: Goblin
nLevel: 4
nClass: Warrior
nSub-Class: ----
nHealth: 738
/750
nMana: 42
/50
nAttributes: Strength: 4 Agility: 3 Intelligence: 5 Endurance: 6 Stamina: 14
nTalents---
nSkillsSprint Lv.1 Lower Weapon Mastery Lv.1
nLevel 4 huh...pretty much the same as the level 3 goblins.
nAfter seeing this status I scoffed from inside of me.
nSeeing this low status I instantly relaxed.
nBut that was a mistake.
nThe goblin legs emitted a small white light and this speed increased for a short instant. I ready myself to receive the attack and kill it at the same time.
nBut what I didn´t expect was that the white light has yet to disappear!
nAs the helmet goblin was about to reach my range of attack, he used the skill Sprint for a second time which allowed him to move at my side within an instant.
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"What!?
" I was dumbfounded! I always thought that the Sprint skill could only be used once a time!
nI hastily turned my position so that I can receive the attack, but things didn´t go as planned.
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"KGWAAH!
" The helmet goblin screamed with all this strength and jumped at me with these still glowing legs!
nIt used Sprint for the third time!?
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"I got to move away..!
" I guided the mana inside of me and hastily tried to activate Sprint too. But sadly it was too late.
nThe spear penetrated my cloth armor together with my whole right side of the rib cage!
nThe bones that fallen to the ground emitted some dark mana before slowly becoming dust.
nAnd a sudden feeling of weakness came at me.
nSeeing the abnormal feelings I kicked the helmet goblin away and opened my status.
nStatus
nName: ----
nRace: Skeleton (Undead)
nLevel: 5
nClass: Undead Warrior Lv.1
nSub-Class: ----
nHealth: 135
/650
nMana: 60
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nAttribute Points: 0
nAttributes: Strength: 14 Agility: 11 Intelligence: 6 Endurance: 12
nTalents Undead Sin of Wrath
nSkills Lower Weapon Mastery Lv.1 Miasma Corruption Lv.1 Sprint Lv.1
nRemark: A Skeleton that awakened this death aura. Although current you are pathetically weak, your potential just started to sprout.
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"The damage is too high...
" Seeing how much health I lost I was surprised.
nNo.
nShocked!
nOne attack leads me to suffer such a wound!?
nThat was too dangerous!
nWith the burning feeling coming back, it cleared my head and allowed me to focus on the enemy in front of me.
nBut what I saw made me stunned for a second.
nThe goblin which inflicted such a grievous wound was sitting on the ground running in fumes while with this legs were shaking no stop.
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"I see... the aftereffect of Sprint finally kicked in didn´t
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nAt first, I was quite puzzled at why he was behaving like that, but then I remember the description of the skill Sprint.
nSprint Lv.1: By Forcing mana into your leg you are able to surpass your limits thus being able to move at extreme speed for a limited amount of time. Though this method brings a heavy burden to your body.
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"Brings heavy burden to your body huh? Just imaging how it would feel using it three times in a row.
" I shook my head and slowly walked towards it.
nThe goblin was screeching with a low voice, probably begging me to show mercy.
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"No, chance
" I kicked this spear out of hand and picked it the next moment.
nSeeing that the goblin was trembling from fear.
nI put my foot towards this chest, forcing him to the ground. As I was
nabout to pierce the goblin's chest with this spear.
nThe goblin suddenly started crying and thrashing around. It tried to push my foot or drag this body away from me.
nI emotionally looked at it screeching at me and quickly pierced this heart with this own spear.
nThe goblin's eyes quickly started losing color while this strength was rapidly declining.
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"I wonder how much far away the escaped goblin went...
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nAs I was about to chase the escaped goblin a voice suddenly came from right behind me.
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"Please...
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nHearing this voice I unconsciously dropped my sword and turned around as fast as possible.
nOnly to find nothing behind me...
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"Where did this voice... come from?
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nI blankly stared around me as if I was frozen in time.
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"Or rather.... Where did I hear this voice from?
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