Shrinking his whole body within the shadow of the alleyway, he spotted 2 goblins idly doing nothing particularly. A small husk of a voice started speaking in his head, alerting him that he wasn't found yet or even noticed.

Congratulations! Sneak is now level 2

Congratulations! Monster Telepahy is now level 4

Congratulations! Monster Comminication is now level 2

With both of these skills in effect, it was very easy for Milo to make out what their thoughts and actions meant. Seeing them stumble along their way, Milo started accumulating some of that strange heat in his body that he thought was mana. He didn't bring any of that cold energy though, he thought that it should be avoided. He didn't know what it is and therefore is dangerous unless justified. Sure his thoughts were a bit over exaggerated, but this is concerning his life. He didn't want to take a gamble at anything.

Now that he controlled his knife with his telekinesis, what now? A direct attack or... a sneak attack from the skies! They would never suspect a thing. As the knife flung high until his control was getting weak from the distance, he moved the knife over the goblins and plunged the knife down.

*GGRRAAAGGGGGGHHHHH*

Even without his monster telepathy or communication, he knew that goblin was in intense pain. Looking at the knife that got lodged into his fellow brethren, the other goblin pulled out a knife from his satchel that hung across it's chest. But it's search was fruitless as it only found the aura of another brethren just around the other corner. Confused, it dropped its knife back into the satchel and pulled another item out.

Feeding the red liquid inside of a vital to the his stabbed friend, Milo could see the healing effects of the strange potion. Must've been a health potion, meaning there's also a mana potion? As well as a stamina potion?

Trying to receive the knife from the floor where the goblin threw it away, one of the goblins spotted it move which caused Milo to stop all of his actions immediately. His projected mana stayed still until disbursing with the wind as his telekinesis skill deactivated. His breathing ceased and tension was in the air as the goblin approached the knife.

As it picked it up, something strange happened. In the air Milo could feel something change, coming from the goblin that picked it up was that same cold energy inside of him. Coming like a wave, it hit him and started covering his body. As soon as this happened, the cold energy within him he was trying to conceal, pushed outside of his grasp and filled his body instead of the usual mana.

Feeling the wave of cold energy look at the mana that changed inside of Milo's body, it was strange. He felt like he was visible from everywhere and even his clothes couldn't conceal his body and what he thought. Was the goblin using a detection skill? Wait, monsters can use skills? But then again, they're level 3 and we started at level 0, it makes sense... sorta.

The air suddenly shifted once again and the mana that was inspecting him returned back to its source, the goblin. Reading what the goblin thought with monster telepathy, it was a false alarm. Thanks to his monster aura, it was that skill right? Not something else? This didn't happen when that other guy was inspecting me though, but then again he wasn't a monster doing it. But what's so special, or rather what differs from a goblin to a normal human? Ugh, there's too many questions.

Since Milo had two extra small knifes since they came in a pack, he went to leave. He couldn't get that other knife and he wasn't confident fighting even though he's gotten a little bit stronger. So he went to leave, but as soon as he did he felt a dangerous tingle on his back. With his dodging skill level, he easily moved aside and saw a goblin attacking him. This one was a level 4 goblin which worried him.

It's attacks were much swifter yet it attacks seemed much lighter, and it's body looked much thinner. This felt like an entirely different goblin than the ones he was 'sparring' with a day ago. Is this new or is it because he hasn't seen a lot of goblins before? Information is key, whether this was a mutation or a regular goblin, could change things. Or he could be overthinking things as usual.

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Congratulations! Dodge is now level 9.

With the noise they were making, Milo feared other goblins joining in, so he used telekinesis on one of the feet of the goblin and tossed him in the air and ran out.

Congratulations! You have learned Running level 1.

Congratulations! Flee is now level 3.

He ran as fast as he could go and hid in one of the broken down stores around the block. Luckily this one sold backpacks and some camping gear. But the only good things was a lamp, sleeping bag, rope and a small multi use knife. He also changed his shoes and shorts into some camping boots and a thin black jogging pants. Putting everything in a backpack, even the items in his pockets, he started eating his apple while taking deep breaths to calm himself. You know what they say, an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Milo wondered if doctors would still be useful right now, sure if they had their tools, but what can a few mediocre fix do when you've got a health potions. Ah! He's gotta get one of those when he meets another goblin with a sachel. They're very valuable in this time when they're pretty weak.

As Milo sat there eating, something inside him was overfilling. Seeing the tall sky that was decorated with fluffy clouds and the sun that stood up top everything. The wind whistled a sharp hum and blow across the whole store. Without any indication, Milo felt depressed and threw away his half eaten apple. He had no appetite. Slinging the backpack around his shoulders, Milo left the store and out on the streets with red irritated eyes.

It didn't take him long to bump into some goblins, but these guys were different. They wore chain armour that hung metal plates against the owner and we're dressed with leather underneath the steel. In their hands were sabers that were rusty and cracking, but it didn't seem like it bothered them. As Milo nonchalantly passed the surprised goblins, one of the three jumped Milo rapidly and slashed its saber at him accompanied with that cold energy. But what was scary about the whole situation was Milo...

The goblin froze in mid air and then suddenly crashed to the floor with the surrounding cement creaking. The goblins who saw what happened to their comrade charged Milo altogether, unfortunately Milo wasn't having it. With a wave from Milo's hand, the two charging goblins flung to the side landing with broken feet.

As for the goblin in the crator, it tried getting up but as Milo stood over it, the weight over it seemed to increase. More and more creaks started streaking across the cement and the goblins armour started peircing the goblin from the inside. The saber in its hands was now let go and crushed into a ball of steel with a clench of Milo's hand. The fear in the goblin's eyes were visible from the view point of Milo, but he didn't care. He hated that look. Disgusting.

As Milo's sharp eyes looked over the terrified goblin, the gaze was full or arrogance and indifference which made the goblin more scared. It had plunged straight into a sleeping lion's den and was finally paying the price. The freezing energy coming out of Milo was monsterous and made the goblin almost kneel if he wasn't pinned to the floor by some powerful force.

Milo's hand formed a claw with his fingers outstretched before twisting his wrist. This was followed by a deafening snap that echoed through the streets and into the minds of the two other goblins hesitantly watching. At least there were somewhat conscious to the fact that their foe was a bit too much for them. As the crimson liquid seeped into the creaks in the ground, the goblin tried screaming, shouting, shrieking, but it was no use. The man above him was preventing it from breathing, as well as screaming or any noise what so ever as he felt a huge force upon its throat.

It was forced to feel the broken leg's bottom part of the injury slowly crunch together. The lower part of the broken bone started shaking before there was a small creak. This creak quickly escalated to a crunch that pushed the boundaries of the bones toughness and broke his bone further. The bone, now shattered into multiple pieces, now stabbed into the soft blue flesh that enclosed it. That forced the goblin to instensly struggle from the grasp of the man, but it couldn't escape. Milo still had some more frustration to vent.

The bone now seemingly powder like substance, caused the goblin excruciating pain. Next the numbing energy in the air formed around the veins and enclosed the flow of blood in the goblin's veins. This made the veins leading to the leg swell and throb intensely as goblins weren't suitable for this situation with their fragile flesh. Now the veins that were in the leg were cut off from the rest of the body. They simply pulled out in a very slow process as well as the bone, or bones, or what remained of it...

The closed off veins now started piling up and were about to burst, and burst they did. The puddle of blood became a pool of blood that reached the the boots of Milo's, who tsked and floated off the ground. And this was only one limb, imagine all four, what a delight. This time Milo didn't bother covering the screams of the goblin.

This blood increased and increased while desperate cries came out of the goblin, what made it horrifying was that it was all blue blood. It was splattered all over the two other frozen goblins watching in horror, their own kinds blood right on them. Trying to run from the maniac, they froze, not out of freight or no strength, but becuase Milo caught them and they hadn't had their turn yet...

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12 levels in telekinesis and 7 in goblin rage, that must've been the skill that caused him to go insane. It wasn't like he used those skills in his rage, they were the cause of his rage. Definitely...