[LOCATION: SHADOW GROVE.]
GOBLIN VILLAGE ENTRANCE
“CHIEEK! (Hey you!)”
One of the four Hobgoblins standing guard at the entrance of the village yelled, stopping a group of goblins who were entering the village, after noticing a goblin had no hunt with it.
“CHIEEK? (Where your hunt?)”
The Hobgoblin guard leader questioned, pointing out the goblin with no hunt. As it steps in front of the goblin, preventing it from entering the village.
“SHI–SHISHI. (Hunt too big for goblin to carry, not strong.)”
The goblin explained quickly.
“CHIEEK! (Ha-haha… Goblin too weak, can’t carry hunt .)”
The Hobgoblins laughed at how weak the goblin was.
“TCH-SHI! (Goblin not weak, prey too big!)”
The Goblin yelled in an angry tone, trying to prove that he was not weak. But even after all it said, the Hobgoblins continued to laugh.
“TCH-SHI. (Goblin show you Goblin not weak. Follow Goblin to see Goblin big prey.)”
The Goblin spoke, convincing the Hobgoblins.
“CHIEEK! (Hobgoblin follow goblin to see hunt, if no hunt, Hobgoblin take Goblin head!)”
*WHOOSH*
The Hobgoblin guard leader said with a threatening tone as it drew it’s large, rusted sword and placed it beside the Goblin’s neck.
“CHIEEK. (Hobgoblin come with Hobgoblin. Hobgoblin guard entrance.)”
The Hobgoblin guard leader left with one other Hobgoblin and the goblin. leaving behind two Hobgoblins to guard the entrance, as they followed the goblin into the forest in search of the hunt.
—-------------------------------
IN THE FOREST.
The Goblin and the Hobgoblins travelled through the forest in search of the hunt for almost an hour.
Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author.
The Hobgoblin guard leader began to get irritated after not seeing the hunt for a long time.
“CHIEEK!! (Goblin lie, Hobgoblin no see hunt for long time!!)”
*WHOOSH*
*BANG*
The Hobgoblin leader yelled in a rage, as it swung it’s sword at the Goblin, barely missing it’s head and striking a tree. The tree fell immediately after being hit by the monstrous strike.
The Goblin fell to the ground with fear in it’s eyes; it turns around immediately and runs away. The Hobgoblins chased immediately after the Goblin with rage in their eyes.
Though the Goblin had an advantage in the dense forest because of its small size, it was not still able to outrun the Hobgoblins for long, due to the difference in their stamina stats.
[HOBGOBLIN: [F-]
[ENDURANCE: 10 >> HP: 400 >> STAMINA: 70]
[GOBLIN: [G]
[ENDURANCE: 5 >> HP: 80 >> STAMINA: 40]
After running for a while, the Goblin’s speed begins to decrease. Exhaustion started kicking in, but it did not stop until it arrived at a grassless area of the forest.
The Goblin fell to the ground exhausted. It had no more strength to run as its only choice was to wait for death.
“CHIEEEEEEEK!!!”
A roar erupted as the Hobgoblins rushed through the dense part of the forest toward the grassless area. The Hobgoblins noticed the goblin laying on the ground exhausted and they smirked as they walked up to the Goblin drawing their swords.
“CHIEEK (No hunt, Goblin lie to Hobgoblin. Goblin die.)”
The Hobgoblin said as it stood before the goblin. Suddenly, it raises its sword and strikes down at the goblin.
*WHOOSH*
*BANG*
“CH– CHIEEK…?”
In confusion, the hobgoblin cocked its head, wondering how the goblin caught its attack with only one hand.
[ THE UNIQUE TRAIT “ACARTHIC RECORDER [F]” IS BEING DEACTIVATED.]
“SHI–Ha-ha… I meant to say I didn’t lie, the big hunt is standing right in front of me.”
Jeong said with a chilling smile while he transformed back into his human form. With the blade of the Hobgoblins sword still in his grasp, he stands up from the ground.
“CHIEEEEEEEK!”
As the hobgoblin leader struggled with all its strength to free itself from Jeong’s grasp, it roared in rage.
The second Hobgoblin notices the other Hobgoblin struggling against a small creature. It draws its sword, rushes towards Jeong from the left flank, and swings it, aiming to cut Jeong in half.
*WHOOSH*
Before the attack could touch him, Jeong moved so fast, leaving behind an afterimage. He Appears behind the hobgoblins, holding his cleaver sword as he stood in a stance.
‘
Jeong said as the upper torso of both Hobgoblins split from the lower one and falls apart.
“Tch… even a hobgoblin cannot take one of my attacks even though I held back. I guess I’ll have to clear this floor quickly and move on to the next floor. I need a stronger challenge.”
Jeong thought in his mind with a disappointed expression as he stared at the Hobgoblin corpses.
[DING]
Suddenly, Jeong gets a notification window pop-up.
[WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECORD HOBGOBLIN X 2 ]
“... Yes, at least it is better than a goblin. Who would have known that after transforming into a goblin, all my stats would also become that of a goblin?
Luckily, when the Hobgoblins attacked, part of me had already transformed back into human. I need to be careful when using ‘ACARTHIC RECORDER’. Or I might end up dying by my skill.”
Jeong thought in his mind while searching for loot on the Hobgoblins.
—----------------------------------------------
OUTSIDE THE GOBLIN VILLAGE
ENTRANCE.
“CHIEEK…? (What tribe you from…?)”
One of the two Hobgoblin guards asked with a confused expression, wondering what sort of creature stood right in front of it.
“Ah, sorry I can’t understand goblin language anymore, but from your expression, you are probably asking who I am. Well… I am the predator who found a flock of prey.”
Jeong said with a cold gaze as he walks past the two Hobgoblins guarding the village.
“CHIEEK! (stop!)
The Hobgoblins tried to stop Jeong from going further, but before they took a step, their vision blurred as their heads fell. They got decapitated without realizing it.
After entering the village, Jeong notices that the village was built behind a wooden wall that circles it. The walls were high and sturdy enough to keep any hostile creature from entering the village without passing through the entrance gate. But it also meant all the goblins in the village had no means of escape if the gate was blocked.
So, Jeong takes out a lit touch from his inventory and sets the walls on fire.
“Good thing I made a lot of wooden touches while searching for the goblin village.”
Jeong thought in his mind as he stood in front of the only exit, with his shield in one hand and his cleaver sword in the other.
“CHIEEEEEEEKK!!!”
Jeong could hear the screeches of panic from inside the village, as a lot of goblins and Hobgoblins came charging towards the exit with wooden buckets.
they intended to fetch water from the river nearby and put out the fire but were met with a menacing figure blocking the gates.
[ALL SURROUNDING ENEMIES HAVE BEEN PARALYZED BY VIKING RAGE SHIELD ‘FEAR[F+]]
[ACHIEVEMENT ‘GOBLIN SLAYER’ HAS BEEN ACTIVATED.]
[EXP GAINED WHEN FIGHTING A LARGE NUMBER OF GOBLINS IS INCREASED BY ONE.]
“Well… isn’t that some great news? COME AT ME!”
Jeong yelled in a threatening tone as he pointed his cleaver swords at the group of approaching goblins.