Edited by: Arondight
Another day started like those before. While munching at meat with one hand I was examining the monster core in the other one. Somehow I think it will be useful. Uh if I would be a mage I would try to pour some mana in it… and hope it wouldn’t explode, but for now I have no way to check its properties!!! It’s depressing, like if you had a wonderful dish in front of you but you have to wait for the “first star” in the sky to be able to eat it… yes, this is the part of Christmas I hate the most. I am also wondering what this “classy gift” is. As I can “unpack” it as I hit level 5, it probably has some basic equipment for classes and jobs… like if I would become a hunter I would get a bow, some basic armor and sword if turned into a warrior… Does it mean I get a wand if I become a wizard? Don’t wanna! Staff would be better! Why? Knowing my clumsiness I would sit on it and break it.
I headed to the forest… I know I have said this stuff in past 3 days like 5 times already… but sayin’ something like: “I stepped into the dark, unfriendly jungle to hunt my prey that will allow me to survive another day…” seems awkward… and pathetic…
So here is a wonderful part of never ending story – I am going to find something to hunt down. I walked to the most distant part of the forest I have explored already. As always dressed in my black hoody, black jeans and wolf skin…black one. I like black color and I found it nice that I am wearing clothes that I had in the moment of my death.. I have just noticed, that they seem to be… too well-fitting? I mean I used to be bigger and a bit fatter… ONLY A BIT! I got only a bit of excessive fat then! Ya got it?!
And one more time. Hide in a bush, spot the prey, wait for iiit.. waaaait fooor ittt. Waa… NOW JUMP OUT!
And there was something unexpected for me. For when I jumped out from the bushes something jumped out as well from the bushes on the opposite side… a lot of things… and those where as surprised seeing me as I was seeing them… bunnies fled left and right.
And we were just standing like that glaring at each other… Oy… those things… those are goblins, aren‘t they? Small? Check. Green? Check. Ugly like hell? Check. Wearing all rusty equipment? Check. Was there many of them. Check. Many many? Yes told you already… Many many many? Yes or even more… Oh and one more thing. Appraisal?
[Green Skin Tribe Goblin Hunter level 6]
Yup those are definitely the goblins. Okay. Try looking nice to them… they are just fellow hunters. Let’s just greet them and go my way. So I have just risen my hand in a greeting manner. And slowly took a step back… And they pointed their bows at me.
Fuck…
- Arg’ naar zel Rei? – no. no idea what it means. ( author here – and don’t ask me what does it means for I have no idea either). Somehow I think, that “Aaa makarena” is not a answer they are waiting for.
- I have no clue what you want little one.
Oh but it was shown fast what they want. 2 archers and one holding a curved stick that probably was meant to be a lance took a place behind my back. And as I felt pressure of the lance on my back it was obvious… keep moving. Are they cannibals? Aha, they probably are. Okay easy I still have my… some green hand took my dagger away. You know I have reason to express discontent… those bows pointed at me were pretty keeping me at bay. Okay… so I no longer have it… don’t mind it…
We were walking for more than an hour. As I had nothing more to do I was appraising… huh? Oh and I was trying to remember the way back too of course. And we finally arrived. Where? To goblin’s village of course. There was a part of the forest that was deforested, it was fenced… about 1.5 meter long… not hard to get through for me , but for a 1.2 meters goblin? Probably a little. Huts made of clay and wood were put around in some random order... no wait… they were put awkwardly but in a circle leaving the center of the village more or less empty. As we walked in some villagers walked outside from their huts or dropped everything they were just doing. There was one hut placed the closest to the center and it was decked in a strange manner. Ya know it can be pretty nice if you like deer’s skull above your doors.
A strike to back’s of my legs made me fall on my knees. Aha now is the fun part, huh? From the hut some other goblin came out. Uhu a boss? It was not only his hut covered in bones… his entire outfit was from bones! He has some kind of robe but it was worn under his more shocking part of cloths. There was a rib cage on him. MOTHER FUCKING RIB CAGE! A skull with horns as a helmet and a staff that looked like somebody’s spine.
[Green Skin Tribe High Goblin Shaman Lord level 16] – ya couldn’t gave him longer name?
He said something to me… not in the language that goblin hunter used before.
[Human language level max has been obtained] … now you are telling me that I wasn’t using even a speech of the humans of this world? Um? Why does it look like my own language? No no… characters are completely different! These are no letters! More runic like?
- I ask you hiumanh, what yiu duin in forhest? – ah so that’s why I got the skill… seems like I’ll have to learn the other languages by myself, huh? Okay. Keep your shit together now. You need this. What do you know about goblins? Actually nothing! All I know is based on games and stories from my world, where they are not real!! But… if they are just like those… I should show myself as a brave one? They are hunter and warriors. Stupid, and in their stupidity prideful. Acting time.
- Hunting. – wooah was that my voice? I am that badass?
- Don’t make funh of meeh hiumanh! There was no hiumanz in forhest for over 50 yerz.
- And I am here now. – oho he growled…
- Ours hunterz find you on ourz hunting place. Why where yiu there?
- Huh? Never seen a goblin there before. – it was not a lie! I was there once and at that time there were no goblins! Somehow the shaman seems confused… wait it looks like they went there for the first time too… and it looks like the one who found the spot first can take it! Mwahahaha now you have a problem! No.. wait… they can just kill me and take it for themselves… one of goblins came to us looked at me. His gaze was filled with hate. He said something to the shaman.
- Ghor askz how did yiu find a wolfz skin?
- On a wolf… let’s just say he was still wearing it when I found it. – shaman translated. And this goblin was even more furious now! He was screaming and shaking with his hands… if I was just a bit closer I would have his saliva all over myself.
- Ghor sayz that you are a liar. Wolfz are hard to hunt. They are fast. They are deadliz.
- Than tell your friend that if he is too weak to hunt one it doesn’t mean others are weak too. – okay I tried to say it as easy as I could. I am just making some goblin warrior pissed off. What can possibly go wrong? Shaman started to laugh. Okay so it seems that insulting one another is normal here. And then he translated. The village became silent for the moment. This green asshole blushed himself. Blush on his green skin… it looked like he has an internal bleeding. All who were around started to laugh aloud too. Oh, he came to me with an axe raised. HOLY FUCK! Fortunately, he was stopped by the shaman.
- You are a brave one hiumanh? Not manyz would inzult chiefz warriorz in pozition like yourz. But we do needz thiz hunt place. Yiu are brave so yiu will not give it uz – oh no.. I can give it to you actually… I have like 3 spots more – so there iz only a one way to solve thiz. A death match – fuck – normally 10 warriorz from one vilig would fight with 10 otherz form another vilig. But you are alone – that‘s right so 1 on 1 please? – you will fight with 10 ourz warriroz – fuck. Keep it cool. Keep it cool.
- Okay, but come one by one… I don’t want to fuck over somebody twice. – hoarse laughter escaped his mouth again.
In what kind of shit did I just put myself now? But for now I can only choose between an acting like a badass, or ending like a corpse… let’s keep with being badass
The shaman turned his back to me, raised his hands and yelled something. Uproar. Total insanity, those little buggers seem to like a good bloodshed. The insulted one picks his axe again and headed my way and once again was stopped by the shaman. They said a few words to each other, and a big warrior with displeased face takes his place at the end of the queue. Hoo you left strongest at the end? Quite cunning old fox you are. You want to exhaust me by giving me over time harder and harder enemies? This will be a pain in the ass. Oy, they did give me my dagger back at least.
Pov change:
- Kiaa! I left him for 2 hours alone! – Aira screamed completely in panic. Other deity first put a head to her room looking at her and then entered.
- What’s the matter sister? – she has a gloomy expression… no, not like she is gloomy right no, it’s more like she always has this face. Her black hair where long reaching almost to the floor.
- Heira help me!! Lord Onyx will kill me If he finds out this boy is dead! But he forbid me to help him too! What should I do!. – Aira seem to be completely at loss
- Um, he will do it. – Heira seem completely calm
- How?! Against 10?
- Not at the same time… he killed champion, and those are not champions… but… you want to boost his progress a bit?
- But Lord Onyx forbid…
- This will be done without violating the rules of the system
- How?!
- Not for free…
- Guh! You are my sister! You want to take something for helping your own sister?!
- Now I want even more…
- Kuyh… What do you want? – Aira seem to be disappointed by hers sisters action.
- We will share him… this boy…
- B..b..but how do you want to combine our attributes? I am a nature and you are a darkness!
- This will be on my head then…
- Umm… fine you meanie!
- Look – you do this like that…
Back to zari:
As he was preparing for the battle there was a ding sound
[You were challenged for a death match
It is a special kind of duel where you have to slay your enemy in order to continue your battle.
As this is extremely rare kind of duel and has a high death possibility for the user, you will be additionally rewarded for every battle done.]
[notice from the system
it’s common in goblin culture that if you will win more than a half of the battles you may give up on fighting. You will lose the object of quarrel but you will be treated as a mighty warrior with all honors.]
Huh? So if I kill 6 of them I may withdraw? That’s a good thing. Okay. Let’s see. Theirs levels are: 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 9, 9, 10 ,12.
As I remember correctly in the tutorial it was said that level 1 goblin is weaker than level 1 human… I have no idea how much though… I have to fight my way trought the guys with levels 7, then I can withdraw..
I was standing in the middle of the village. In front of me was some kind of brat…is he a warrior? He is small even for a goblin! He holds a lance thought… if he is skilled with it things may get problematic…
Shaman screamed to the air. Some of the goblins started to hit the drums making a regular rhythm. Somehow… my blood is boiling? In other way than until now… for now I was fighting to get food. I took no joy from it… I was alone, there was no one to witness my fights… now I was watched by over 100 goblins and they were screaming! And those drums… my mind gets clear. My body wanted to take part in the bloodshed, yet my mind tells me to wait ( my mind is tellin’ me no, but my body, MY BODY’s tellin’ me yes). I didn’t see an enemy… I saw a throat to slice.
He is charging at me? Good. I did the same. When we were close to each other he stopped and pointed his lance at me. I did the same thing that I did while I fought a rabbit. Marked step on one side and then used this foot to push myself to the other side. The world almost froze. I saw everything so slowly… the drop of sweat on goblin’s head, a fly between us. I dodged the lance. He wasn’t skilled at all, as I moved past his lance he had no idea how to use it to block me. Now as I was in dead spot of his weapon it was time for me to shine… I saw everything very-very slowly I have time to do everything as I planned. I quickly sliced his throat in one move while still doing my rotation. And then I stepped without looking at him. The whole battle took 10 seconds. Killed my enemy in one move without looking at him. Everything went quiet. It was effective way of killing.
[You have won the 1st battle of 10.
the number of following battles: 9
You have gained 6 exp – boost 6 exp – death match 1st fight bonus 3 exp]
And then they screamed again. Huh? Are they happy? I have just slain one of them and they are happy? What da fuck?
2 goblins ran to the provisory arena and dragged the goblin’s body away. Another warrior jumped in. This one, seeing that the lance is not effective, took a rusty sword and a shield… as long as you can call some compacted planks a shield. Shield versus a dagger… not fun at all.
One more scream and some weird drums music. This time a bit different. Huh? They want to provoke actions? Back on Earth there were types of music used in the movies and games that were forcing some kind of behaviours or emotions. In horror movies they used music that was keeping you tense all the time… now they are using irregular music to force me to make an opening? Those little…
It seems they were trained in using weapons in some patterns… if you hold a spear-like weapons you will be aggressive to make a use of the range advantage and if you have a shield… as I thought. He moved slowly, covering himself and holding sword to make a fast thrust while the enemy shows an opening. Ain’t going to happen. Sorry you little shit my history of war from Earth is definitely wider than yours form your village that is deep in the forest. I ran at full speed just to stop a 1.5 meters from him. He instinctively took a step back and raised his shield higher while waiting for collision… that never happened. He put his balance to the front and while there was no respond he lurched forward. That was a moment when I rushed. I kicked his shield forcing him to take a step back… and jumped over him as he stabbed the place I was just a moment ago, he couldn’t see me jumping over him because of a shield covering his eyesight. As I was behind him I stabbed his neck, it wasn’t a clean hit, but I have time… once more, and again. Another body has fallen. I was getting warmer. The sight of doing a few activities.
[You have won the 2nd battle of 10.
the number of following battles: 8
You have gained 6 exp – boost 6 exp – death match 2nd fight bonus 5 exp]
Ohh.. it’s a nice exping place… the more fight I have the more exp from tournament? But why combo exp is not triggering? Guh too much time has passed from one fight to another? Or I have to fight them in the very same time to get it? Looks like goblins are much weaker than humans… they have to be a pain in the ass though as they are intelligent and tend to cooperate better… now I fight only with warriors one by one. If those 2 were fighting together it would be very difficult… I would probably win, but still not without injuries.. and now add bows… and shaman who can probably use magic… even a team of soldiers would have a problem…
Oho, level 5 comes now… it’s only a 1 level difference that previous one. Okay my stamina is still high, and I have 63.6% exp for next level… looks like today is level up time.
This one has a 2-handed hammer… you are the strong one? Once again screams and drums. They are checking against what kind of weapon I am weak? But why do they sacrifice they warriors like this? Do they need those hunting grounds so badly? I still think that if I were them I would just kill this one who is making a trouble… is it their culture? Do not kill an unarmed warrior? Some people back at Earth could learn this courtesy from them.
Meh. Anyway 2-handed hammer, bigger than goblin, is a bad choice. Man, this weapon overwhelms you… are they that stupid?
He raised his hammer with a grimace and charged at me with a scream. I moved aside but I wasn’t moving that fast. It was him who couldn’t react at all? I looked on the shaman. He was holding his palm over his face. Aha, it wasn’t his idea. I looked at the furious warrior chief. Aha, it was his… the goblin seemed to be stubborn, once again he raised his hammer, and once more missed. As his weapon hit the ground I just took a step to him a stabbed him into eyes socket.
[You have won the 3rd battle of 10.
the number of following battles: 7
You have gained 7 exp – boost 7 exp – death match 3rd fight bonus 7 exp]
Every next battle gives me 2 point more huh? Umm the last one will give me 21 then? I need 70 more to level up… this battle didn’t tired at all.
Level 6 now? He took only a sword? Wider range, he is not slowed down by a shield… sword is a bit too big for him though, but it shouldn’t be so annoying for him like the hammer. Careful now … looks like warm up time is over.
He didn’t rubn at me, neither did I. instead we started to walk in a circle… I was observing his footing… he also wanted to do same or is he only imitating me? Why am I watching his movements? Oh I read a lots of fighting stories, it‘s pretty fun how many things you can learn this way… kay’ but reading those is one thing and using is another… he is putting his left leg with caution… thanks to his poor clothing I can see a big scar on his thigh. A non treated wound? So let’s attack his left side then. I stopped my movement. As I did he seemed to be troubled. One of those who finally noticed that mindless charge will not work? Looks like he fought a few times already and he learned to not underestimate enemy.
I walked to him slowly. There is no need to rush things. I stopped about 2 meters from him and started to move in a circle again. Now we shall put some pressure on him. I am close enough, he just need to take 2 steps and strike to reach me. Wait for it. Patience is always profitable.
And he moved, he took a step and then another he held his sword in both hands and thrust, I parried it with my dagger. Took a step closer to him in order to use my dagger, as I made my thrust he jumped back, making it impossible to reach him and swung his sword from the side. I was forced to duck under a blade and roll back. Looks like he took a sword not only to test me but also because he was pretty skilled with it. but now I am sure. While he thrusts he is making an opening. His left thigh is uncovered while he performs an attack.
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Once more, but maybe now I will start? I rushed at him, how will he swing? Horizontally? From above his head? He put his sword above his head. So strike will come from above, I went to the left and then immediately to the right. His sword fell an inch from my head as I jumped and dug my dagger to his leg, while it was inside I twitched dagger to all sides to cause as much damage as possible, with my free hand I grabbed his hand to not let him strike again. In previous fight I got blood only on my hands, now it was everywhere. A ding informed me about putting bleeding effect on the target, good, he’s dead already, he just doesn’t know it yet.
I made his injury as big as I could before I rolled back from him, grabbed my dagger and stepped back. He has raised from the ground, but the waterfall of blood that was running from his leg showed that he has only about minute or so of life. I didn’t come to him in this battle ever once more, there is no reason to pointlessly risk. I just waited for him to bleed out. It wasn’t long as his body has fallen and another notification appeared.
[You have won the 4th battle of 10.
the number of following battles: 6
You have gained 8 exp – boost 8 exp – death match 4th fight bonus 9 exp]
I checked my stamina …[76/120], this… this one was pretty troublesome, I may have some problem if they would…. Oh shit…
The next one – level 7 – was wielding dual axes, even more - those were customized for goblin to use. They have almost no handle… how do I fight these? I would have to improvise… I doubt it will work… nah, I have nothing to lose. Before the battle started I went to the shaman.
- Don’t you have some spare daggers? – he seemed a bit surprised. Maybe he thought that I want to have as many weapons as my enemy. He said something in this strange growling like language and a rusty dagger was thrown at my feet. Tsh not a good quality, but it is not for I want to use it… told ya, improvising.
The battle started. I walked in his direction, he did the same. Oh boy… this ain’t going to be honorable…pff, like fighting against 10 enemies is… as I was veeery close to him, but not close enough to fight, I have changed my weapons in hands, now rusty one was in my dominating right hand. I changed my grip, now I was holding it reversed, by its blade. Why? It’s simple. I am going to throw it, I am not good at it, and this is exactly why I came this close. Aaand I missed. Um no, no completely. I was aiming at his head or throat, but dagger was pointing proudly from his shoulder. Oho, the audience did not look to be pleased. SCREW YOU! It’s my 5th fight in a row! Wanna change?! Hah, you are no longer dual wielder? Too bad!
But it’s still one handed axe… and I have no idea how to deal with it. Not with one handed axe! 2handed? Sure! Those are slow, and even as it has big range those has a blind spots where it was not lethal. 1 handed or not. Improvise man! Keep thinking out of the box! I was good at it! Fight dirty! You are not bounded by their traditions nor fighting style. Okay, he’s injured, his left side is out of combat. Let’s attack there. Ehh no completely out-of-box thinking… ya judge me? Please tell me then how do you think rationally in a death match!
I moved to right to attack his side. He had problems with keeping up, he couldn’t hold one of his axes but he still tried to maneuver his arm to reduce the damage. Stay still god damned! He tried to swing yet I could already see that he was using second axe not for fighting, but mostly for keeping balance, as he moved his hand to the side in order to perform slice he moved his left arm in the same manner. But as his hand was empty his posture was trembling. Instead of using fast barrage of attacks in order to keep me at bay he was performing attacks, that were meant to be used by two weapons. Oh those would be very effective if not my dagger throw. Let’s just imagine coordinated attacks, when you are attacked from both right and left, when you are sliced from the side and from above, or there is attack once from right and once from left in small time’s intervals.
I was just jumping in, stabbing, than jumping back. I was aiming mostly at his torso, but if I couldn’t I was leaving bloody marks on his right arm in order to weaken it too. he died this way. In one moment he was just too slow to react and ended with a dagger in his heart.
[You have won the 5th battle of 10.
the number of following battles: 5
You have gained 9 exp – boost 9 exp – death match 5th fight bonus 11 exp]
Ha…ha… 5 out, 5 more to go… I should level up after next one. Oi.. a woman walked to the ring? She’s a woman? I am not sure as she’s almost as ugly as all of them… just slightly longer hair and a bit feminine figure… can’t be sure as it is well covered in an armor… she is level 7 too? Damn… but if I kill her will I be able to go? On the other hand… do I want to quit? I can get stronger here… I may ask them for something if I win… tsh. Bring it on. I will not hesitate to kill her! In the end she is the 6th warrior for a reason… they keep getting stronger and tend to have better equipment. Those are no longer rusty swords or tattered leather armors. Oh another difference between her and males – males have their ears pointed up to the sky, while she has her pointed down. Damn! What are you thinking about! Stop admiring ears of someone you’re going to kill.
Is this a morning star? It’s the first time I‘ve ever seen one… it’s somehow small. Made completely out of metal – seem pretty light, yet solid… if I would get hit by it I would both bleed and get my bones crushed. Now I have even less reasons to hesitate. I won’t discriminate women… especially in death matches. Oh? She is also the first one with iron parts added to her leather armor.
Oh she rushed at me… FUCK she’s fast!! Her weapon bend the ground where I was standing just a moment ago, I thought I will have an opportunity to strike, but she raised her morning star to half-of her size and then performed a swing… how did she do it? By rotating her body to gave a weapon bonus momentum. It’s a way better rotation that I used till now, as I used it to dodge the attack and make an opening. Her was both dodge, attack and in same time she disturbed my movement. Oh, and I got hit… I WAS HIT! FUCK! IT’S PAINFUL!
[21 damage has been taken]
She didn’t even hit me clearly! Bones seem to be fine… I lose some blood but I don’t have bleeding status… tssh. That bitch! Now I know what I did wrong. I run back instead forward. Actually I am even bigger retard that I thought about myself… she is small green shit, is she? She’s woman… being woman is all right, don’t get me wrong… but woman tend to has smaller bone and muscle mass… why don’t I just…
I putted my dagger back to sheath. She seem angry, did she think I underestimate her. No, no my dear. I lowered my body and was in semi-kneeling state. She rushed and lift morning star above head.. haha I am courting death… if this will land on me there will be not much to collect. I accelerated my jump. Her weapon was falling but as I crashed into her she lost both balance and weapon. It hit ground with loud “thud” sound 2 meters afar. Sorry lady but I think I have advantage in grappling combat. I was sitting at her belt preventing her from raising and using her legs. My hands grabbed her arms and pinned them to the ground. I moved them behind her head, crossed them with each other and then I used one hand to pin them both. I am way heavier and she’s not going to move from here. My hand traveled to dagger and then I putted it to her throat. She stopped fighting. She just kept looking into my eyes. There was no fear… only a bit regret? And a lot of pride. I looked at the shaman, it was a shame to kill her. He turned his gaze from looking at me. Tsh, I took no joy from it. NO JOY AT ALL!
- I hope you will reborn as strong as you are now – I whispered. She didn’t understand me.
I didn’t looked away, but for all hells and heavens, I wanted to. Blood from her artery splash at my face. I was looking at her convulsing face. When it was done, I closed her eyes. Fuck. Shit. I sat next to her body.
[Dagger User –Beginner hit level 2
all effects will rise]
[You have won the 6th battle of 10.
the number of following battles: 4
You have gained 9 exp – boost 9 exp – death match 5th fight bonus 13 exp]
[You have reached level 3]
Name: Zariel
Level: 3 exp 05.00% [15/300]
Age: 16
Race: Human
Class: None
Job: None
Title: The one who forge his own fate
Champion slayer
Hp: 99/120
Stamina: 64/130
Mana: NA
Attributes:
Strength: 9 (added 1)
Vitality: 12 (added 1)
Endurance: 10 (added 1)
Constitution: 13 (added 1)
Dexterity: 16 (added 2)
Reflex: 8
Intelligence: 21 (added 1)
Wisdom: 19 (added 1)
Spiritualism: 14 (added 1)
Luck: 6+10 (added 1)
Charisma: 4+5
Charm: 6
Unallocated points: 0
Skills:
Appraisal level 2 exp 41.18%
Skinning level 1 exp 90.00%
Survival level 1 exp 19.27%
Dagger User –Beginner level 2 exp 00.00%
Human Language MAX
Resistances:
State:
I wasn’t happy, I took no joy in killing a woman. Stop thinking like that! She was not a woman! She was a warrior and treat her like that. If you won’t, you will only show disrespect towards her.
The shaman walked on the arena himself. Why did he came here personally, just to collect the body?
- It waz a good death… yet I am in pain. – I looked at him. I said nothing – Now… hunt with godz my dear granddaughter..
I have just killed member of his family, yet he doesn’t seem to hate me… what the..
- I don’t want to fight any longer… Take this bloody hunting ground for yourself. I don’t care… I still had more of them…
- DON’T! pleaz… it may be selfizh of me… but pleaz… don’t end now… her spirit will be embarrazzed if she would know the ritual of war would be stopped becauze of her…
I was taught some things by my parents… never torment weaker… I won’t do it… no as long as I can survive without doing it… to honor a woman… to be humble in victory and graceful in defeat… to honor a woman… to honor a woman…
FUCK!
- Bring them on – I said in a weak voice. He didn’t hear it and asked me to repeat - I SAID TO BRING THEM HERE!
FUCK! I am done! I have enough! Why do I feel like this?! She was a warrior! She wanted to kill me!! SHE WASN’T EVEN A HUMAN! SO WHY I AM IN SUCH ANGER?! I put my dagger back and raised her morning star. The shaman wanted to stop me, but he gave up as he saw my gaze.
It won’t be a battle from now. It will be a slaughter. The battle was balanced because I had only a dagger and my range was shorter. Now I have a blunt-stabbing weapon with medium range. I will be able to swing and blow their heads off before they will be able to reach me. This is also a reason why I raise my strength.
But there was something strange as I looked into the status there was a [enraged] and [bloodlust] statuses. Each was improving my physical stats, mostly strength, reduced my stamina consumption and gave temporally pain resistance, while decreasing mental skills. And improved charisma.
As one of them stepped in, I said with teeth clenched.
- What are you doing? Bring them all. – shaman seemed confused – BRING THEM ALL!
I was furious, and tired and I wanted to clean up myself and go to sleep.
They walked in. The goblin that wanted to kill me at the very start was there too. But no longer so courageous. Charisma boost from bloodlust? I don’t care. I don’t want to think. I want to sleep. I will be able to sleep if I kill them. I just want to kill them. Rip of their spines. BREAK THEIR BONES! DRINK FROM THEIR SKULLS!
They formed a semi-formation as they tried to surround me. Two of them have spears with tower shields. One had a bastard sword and chief his double handed axe.
I didn’t wait for them to take their positions. I rushed at one of the shield wielders. While guarding himself with shield he thrust spear at me. Slow. Slow slow slow! Why are you so slow!? You want to die? ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF ME? YOU ARE COURTING DEATH YOU LITTLE SACK OF PIG SHIT! I moved a bit to the side. And struck the shield with my morning star. He trembled, someone rushed at my back. I spun in place, there is no way to completely dodge this spear so I throw my hand in order to grab it. It missed it? No.. it went right through my palm. HAHA I am so stupid. I tried to grab a spear in move? But it doesn’t hurt… IT DOESN’T HURT AT ALL! HAHAHA IT’S RIDICULUS!
While my hand was penetrated by a spear, I grabbed it with the very same hand and pulled it to myself. This silly creature didn’t drop it so was pulled too. Ah he is so close. Now… I swung with my borrowed weapon and completely crushed his head in one blow.
I looked at my hand, and at the spear pointing through it. I broke a spear in 2 places on both sides of my palm. There was still a part of stick inside it but I had no time to remove it. Once again I faced the one I attacked first. He regained his balance. And you think maybe that it‘ll change anything? You are still dead! He again thrusts and miss again… don’t you learn? If it didn’t hit once it won’t hit again too..
It is insanity to do same thing over and over again and expect different result… who said it… back on earth… who said it? WHO SAID IT FOR FUCK SAKE!? I didn’t even notice that I asked this question aloud. I bashed at his shield. And again. And again. He fell on the ground but I kept bashing. He was already a meat-bag for I broke all his insides even through the shield… the shield is more effective on swords than on axes, and is more effective on axes than maces… actually they are not that useful versus maces at all.
I turned back to two alive goblins… they were trembling… they even went themselves? Huh why? In front of you there is only a mere level 3, 16 y.o. boy… all covered in blood, screaming like mad man, ignoring pain boy… thehe… hehe…haha… oy, are you afraid? Wasn’t you the one who wanted a fight? You even wanted to fight as first… now please… do me a favor… I am so sleepy… please.. die fast, ok?
I rushed at the chief, other goblin took all bits of courage left and stood in the way… YOU FOOL! MOVE ASIDE! ASIDE!!! I hit him - he parried, and I hit him again, he parried but took a step back and at the same time he makes his posture unstable… next blow crushed his shoulder, he felt on his knee. Next horizontal swing blow his head of… literally. Bloody flower bloomed in place of his face… so beautiful…
The last one… he was taking a step back… and again… oh, you was supposed to be a warrior… you was supposed to enjoy a battle… you are nothing like this woman… she looked to my eyes till the very end… she was not fighting back not because she was scared, but because she accepted me as the better one, and humbly accepted her fate. She was so proud till the very end… and then there you are… YOU DARE TO CALL YOURSELF A WARRIOR?! I swung vertically. Raised axe blocked it… but I am about half meter taller so my swing was more powerful, I am stronger, for your little body no matter how trained, you will never have the same muscle structure… and I am angry. Another swing, his axe flew away as I hit his hand and it bended in a strange angle. I bashed his head. Not once… he was dead for 5 minutes, but I still kept hitting it. I didn’t know when I passed out, among the bodies… oh, why do I feel warmth on my belly? Haha I am bleeding… when was I injured? Oh does it matter? It’s so cozy in this darkness… and so warm… umm so nice.. like in bed… I don’t want to wake up now… just few more minutes…
[You have won a death match
the number of following battles: 0
You have gained 11 exp – boost 11 exp – death match multiple opponents stage – 20exp
You have gained 11 exp – boost 11 exp – combo x2 11exp -death match multiple opponents stage – 20exp
You have gained 12 exp – boost 12 exp – combo x3 24exp -death match multiple opponents stage – 20exp
You have gained 14 exp – boost 14 exp – combo x4 42exp -death match multiple opponents stage – 20exp
Ding [Achievement unlocked – for winning a death match you was given a title: [Deadly Arena Champion]]
[Deadly Arena Champion
Charisma +10
Intimidation actions will be more effective now]
[Achievement unlocked – for winning a tournament you was given a title: [The Great Duelist]]
[The Great Duelist
Charisma + 5
You will acquire more Charisma from future duels]
For your info he is 268/300 to level up (if you are too lazy to sum ^_^)