Damien made his way through the dark and narrow path, his purple eyes glowing into the darkness.
Suddenly, the silence was broken as the torches on the wall flickered to life, casting a warm glow over the area.
!!!
Startled for a moment, Damien quickly regained his composure and plucked one of the torches out of its holder. He observed it for a bit before holding it aloft to light his way. With newfound confidence, he continued down the path.
After a few minutes of walking, his senses picked up some movement ahead of him. To avoid attracting attention, he threw the torch.
– Thud!
It fell down with a thud as he channelled a bit of mana into his eyes, allowing him to see through the darkness. He hadn't used it earlier, wanting to conserve his mana for unexpected events.
“Keuk-! Khiiekii…”
He heard the noise as his eyes focused on a goblin, about three feet tall and standing hunched with a trail of saliva dripping from his mouth. The goblin held a wooden bat with spikes on it. As Damien studied the goblin, a system window popped up, displaying its information:
[Race: Goblin - E-rank Monster (Level: 5)
Goblins are cunning and vicious and often found in groups. They prefer to live in dark and underground places. They are pretty agile and skilled at deception and trickery. They are highly resilient to magic.]
Damien took in all the information, noting that the goblin was weak, but he didn't underestimate it as it was his first ever fight.
“Hmmm…”
Looking around, he picked up a stone from the ground, counting silently to three before throwing it in front of the goblin.
“Kheiiikk~?!?!?”
The goblin was startled.
However, before the goblin could comprehend what was happening, Damien arrived at its back stealthily with a cocked fist.
His purple eyes shone as he thrust his fist forward.
– Woosh!
– Boom!
Not even a second later, the goblin's body exploded in tiny bits of flesh. Damien was drenched in goblin blood, realising that using his fist was not the best idea. He should have used his daggers instead.
[EXP gained!]
[Notice: Congratulations Host for defeating your first ever monster]
[A new skill unlocked – Appraisal]
[Appraisal]—Host can view opponents' status and skills while using this skill.
[Notice: This may not work on enemies more powerful than the host]
Damien grinned, he just gained another useful skill.
’This skill is good. It can give me the upper hand in some fights.’
He thought.
His eyes fell on some goblins that came his way.
“Hoh?”
He raised an eyebrow.
“You guys finally showing yourselfs? I thought you’d be hiding in that hole forever.”
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Damien’s purple eyes flickered as he looked in a certain direction with a mocking grin across his face.
– kurgh! Kuurghhh! kurghhhh!
Many goblins started to appear one after another. They all looked at Damien with hideous grins, saliva dripping out of their mouths. It seemed like they had finally found food after decades of starvation. Damien had noticed them long ago and was waiting for them to show themselves.
He grinned. In front of him stood 100’s of them, he couldn’t help but grin.
He didn’t fear them, they were just low level trash, except one that stood in front of them. This one was different from the others, he seemed like a commander from the way he kept ordering them around. He stood there stronger and tougher than the normal goblins with a white skull head band and a chain adorning his neck made of bones as he held a broken spear made of stone tip.
‘Appraisal’
Damien’s eyes flashed purple.
[Hobgoblin: – E+ rank Monster (Level 10)]
[Hobgoblins are generally stronger and tougher than goblins. In terms of their physical abilities, hobgoblins are typically much stronger and more durable than humans. They possess above-average strength, speed, and agility, and are often skilled in combat. Their thick hides provide them with a measure of natural armour, making them more difficult to injure.]
“Fuuuuh…”
He sighed and looked bored after seeing the level.
“Just another fodder, huh?”
He was really disappointed, how nice would it be if he could only fight some strong monster.
– Keeeiiiikh!!!
The hobgoblin looked offended as he stared down at Damien, eyes laced with rage, chest heaving as saliva dripped down his disgusting mouth.
“Hoh? You can understand me a bit? That's good… very good. You should know you’re just exp for me. To help me get stronger.”
Damien took out the knives from thin air as he looked at them as if they were an Exp farm.
– KUUUURRRRGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
The hobgoblin finally lost it as he screeched, indicating to attack Damien.
Damien grinned as his purple eyes flickered with amusement.
Pointing the tip of one of his knives, his eyes flickered with a purple hue menacingly.
“Come at me, you mongrels.”
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[Formless Dual Daggers – Activated]
Daimen kept killing the horde of goblins as they kept approaching him. He sliced through them like butter, his movement becoming blurry. Goblins couldn’t even catch a glimpse of him as some even died without even knowing what hit them.
As Goblins kept coming, Damien kept killing with a grin plastered on his face. Why? He was gaining a ton of exp that’s why!
[EXP GAINED]
[EXP GAINED]
[EXP GAINED]
[EXP GAINED]
[EXP GAINED]
[EXP GAINED]
The hobgoblin, seeing his minions die without even doing anything, seemed pissed off.
There was some fear appearing in his eyes as he saw the blurry image of the human slaughtering them. He thought that overpowering him with a bunch of them could kill him, but oh boy was he wrong. Every now and then he caught a glimpse of the human grinning while massacring them.
He… he seemed to be having fun?
H-how dare…
– KRUGHH!
Hobgoblin appeared to have had enough; he finally entered the fray as his eyes caught a glimpse of the human.
“Hoh?” A mocking voice was heard by the hobgoblin. “The Mighty commander is finally joining in? How cute.”
The human invading their territory said.
“KruaaarrrrgggghhhhhH!!!!!!!!!!!”
Hobgoblin burst in anger, his eyes bulging with anger, turning bloodshot as he held the spear with one hand, his hands gripping it tightly as he flickered towards Damien with fast movement.
Damien looked at the hobgoblin coming towards him in slow-mo though, the cute little thing was a bit too slow for Damien to put even the slightest strain on his eyes
– Woosh!
With a quick move, Damien appeared behind the hobgoblin with his dagger aiming for its neck.
– Swish!
That was it.
– Thud!
The dagger sliced through the cute little thing, and before long, it fell on the ground, a loud thud resounding to announce Damien’s victory.
[EXP GAINED]
– Ding!
[Level up!]
[HOST LEVELLED UP TO LEVEL 27 ]
The other goblins, watching their leader dying with a slice of the dagger before its head off facing almost no resistance, looked absolutely terrified. They were rooted on their place.
– KIRGHHHHHHH!
The goblins started panicking. T-their leader was dead! They need to run!
Damien looked at them.
“Where are you guys off to?”
He cracked his neck before rubbing his cheek, unknowingly smearing his cheek with the hobgoblin’s blood.
“Tututut,” Damien shook his head, pointing at the goblins as if they were little kids.
“I can’t let you get away, can I” he asked. “You are my precious… precious exp farm, after all.”
With that, he smiled gently.
His eyes crinkled into creasent moons, and his expression turned to that of absolute bliss.
To the poor goblins, though, he appeared not a bit different than a crazed person.
They felt chills on their backs after hearing that.
True fear.
Absolute terror.
That’s what they felt.
Fear of death.
Fear of this crazy bastard in front of them!
For the first time in their lives they didn’t want to die!
Though their wish to live aside, the last thing they heard was, “Here I come,” before everything blacked out.
Their vision spinning and their headless bodies were the last things they saw.
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