Been some time since I last posted any new chapters. I am sorry about that. It was my fault for trying to do something that I lack the skill for. Any here is the next chapter.

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Chapter 7 - The Long Way Up?

Strazio was climbing up the ‘Goblin’s Hill’ after resting but was having some issues. The hill was very rocky with only one path up that he could see. Climbing up the rock was utterly useless as they were too slippery with the moss covering it, however the moss was admitting light so I could see in this underground mountain.

‘Damm this is one big hill. How much farther do I need to go to get to the top.’

‘Vision.’My body start to glow green and seconds later my eye focus to let me see more and see it clearer.

A few steps later a few goblin archers popped their faces out of the rock above me and started firing.

Quickly I stopped using ‘vision’ to let me use my mana for the ‘arrow cutter’ skill instead. I could take 18 arrows, so I cut and dodge to get my skill up in this dangerous environment as the more I used then, the stronger they seem to get.

‘Dammit I can’t attack them as all my skill and weapon are close range or non-combat. wish I had a ranged attack.’

Fortunately they only had 20 or so arrow each, so they retreated just to show up a few mintue later in a different location.

Satiety is at 10%

Your health, stamina and mana recovery rate is decrease by 100%. you will start losing health the size you hp will decrease by moving more. all combat skills will work only half the time.

you should eat so food before you stave to death.

‘Easier said than done, I have no food.’

So I continued walk climbing up the hill with my stomach rumbling at every few steps. I have never felt this hungry before.

Royal Road is 99% realistic. it would be perfect realism if the game hadn’t decreased the pain senaitivity. However no one would play a game with the pain setting set at maximin.

Walking up this hill was like a new form of torture, thing were not going my way and guess who showed up to make me even happier, the dam archers, this time due to my low mana I could only could take clover behind a rock so I didn’t die faster.

Once they had fired all their arrow at me, they vanished then reappear sometime later to bug me some more. I also found out that this hill was a nature fortress with all these side road going into hiding spot to nail any invaders if it was occupied by a large numbers, unlike what it is now.

quickly I move on reaching the first of many house I knewed that this wasn’t going to get easier but this was worse then even expected.

I tied banging on the door which did nothing. Not forgetting to check my health ever few minute as the lower my Satisfaction got the fast my health went down.

‘20HP I wouldn’t last long, guess I will try that, as I don’t have time to try another huts.’

I went into my bag and grab out a arrow and shoved it into the keyhole and tried turning it didn’t buge. moving the arrow again no change.

After a few tries the door finally *chunk.

Not wasting anytime I open the door, removed the arrow and got inside.

“human, went in here”

‘Crap they found me.’ Locking the door and running deeper into this unknown house to escape.

I just open the first door looking around of anything that could help me. the first room had a bed and rugs as curtains, defiantly a bedroom. i found a bag which seem in to be in better quality then what I have at the moment thank to my friends in my classroom which took the one I had at start of the game. two iron (torsion wrench) bent, rusted poles or whatever they are and some pieces of bread. I ate that already. gave me bring my Satisfaction back up to 15%.

Next room was lock I try use the arrow but it was to large to enter the keyhole this wasn’t going to work I was about to give up and go to another room when I though of the iron poles, they are small enough to enter.

“This is easier then a arrow why don’t thief have these as they are useful or do they use something even better.”(iron torsion are use to open lock and most thief DO have them.)

*chunk *ting

lock picking B lvl 1 12%

allow you to open place your shouldn’t be allow to

2% of unlocking without noise

.5% of unlocking and not activating traps

unlocking chest will give you extra 3% of loot

‘Defiantly going to be useful to help me take them out when I am stronger.’

Checking the room out but when I opened the door this strong smell of herbs can rushing at me. “what is this terrible smell, they made this game to real like.”

*smash

“heard human, that way.”

The sound of breaking glass made me come back to thing of what I was doing. yes I was climbing a hill to get alot of item to help me get them (1F-). protected by a bunch of archer I can’t reach, attacking me. yes I am basic running away.

Drawing my blades and putting the load of weapon down. I knew in a building I had an advantage that I won’t put to waste.

Looking around I could see bread in a pile fruit spices herbs, eggs and a few other food items. Nothing to help me fight but to regain my Satisfaction. If only I had the time.

Rushing to the toward the door the room when I started to think about my health even if I face one opponent there is no way I will come out of this undamaged and with this little HP I could easy die.

‘I am going to fast, I won’t stop until I am in the hallway. MP is 12, that two arrow cuts.’

Luck for me as I got to the door, a goblin was on the other side so I stab him and use his body as a human goblin shield, as I ran to the door on the oppressive side well throwing all his arrows in the goblins quiver, at the others, but no hit.

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The door was unlock so I open it to find another bedroom, much like the last one but more female like. not forgetting to kill the goblin incase of him attacking me well I think of what next to do.

‘they know where I am now, so stealth is not any option. My health is only about 25% full so I can’t rush them ether, what can I do.”

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Andrew Ben and Bruce were some of the middle strong goblin so we are usually put on guard so that the weak ones can grow. generally nothing happen but today someone found are base so we try to kill him but he keep on hind behind rock when ever we attack.

One time we lost him so we spit up into two group one going up the road the other going down.

Ben found him just as he enter Yoka’s house. he lock the down so we enter from the window.

As bruce went to check the one room he was stab and use as a goblin shield.

“You human, not getting away even if I have to burn you.”

“Sign.. I get the other men here” ben ran off.

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Strazio was think of what to do when the wall next to me burst into fire.

“So you try to burn me to death, sorry but that is not going to work on me.”

returning my blade in my right hand back to its sheath, well keeping my left hand armed rush out the door back the way I came. towards the kitchen.

Surprisingly the house caught fire quickly and speared just as fast. the front door was not any option to escape. As any hope was lost when they saw that the front door was also on fire. So I ran into the kitchen, again. However it short lived when arrows were fired toward my head. dodging it by doing a froward roll. Getting up I saw four archers standing there, blocking the window so that I couldn’t escape.

‘Strange, starting a fire on this would be a better idea then this.’

Quickly my body emitted a red light as I drew my swords. Arrow came fly at me but I cut a few with the mana although it was only a few points so I ran out quickly lost the red aqua. I was running out of time. My body emitted a blue color and I was off. Charging straight at my enemies. I pass my rope made storage for the weapon I had gained well fighting against the goblin when I enter this dungeon. Reacting the end of kitchen and enter the dining room.

Throwing my two sword at the diningroom table legs making it drop down to act as clover. Grabbing the axe from the rope storage only them did I think ‘I don’t know how to use a axe don’t I, o well I guess I will quick’. Running over the table I slammed the axe down on top of a goblin.. it probably was a low level as it was it hit KO. The fire had now engulf the the kitchen.

The axe which had slayed the low level goblin was now stuck in the ground and I couldn’t pull it out.

‘dammit’

The archers now didn’t fire any arrows and grab their knifes from the pocket. I was in surrounded. then I got and idea swing myself around the axe. whacking into the goblin with my feet. I got a few hit before the axe came lossy and seen me fly out the window. This side just happen to be the one over the cliff next to it so i went falling down. lucky or unlucky I landed not to far from the house probably within 10 or so feet(down). then the house gave way and fell toward me in large chucks.

‘Sure the stat lucky has decrease a lit bit more from this incident.’

climbing up was not that hard as the rocks which was not safe were hit and broke leaving a few holes in the cliff to climb up.

‘Not my day’

I was completely drained. stamina was almost gone. Mana was siting on about 4 points hunger was back under 10% and HP was about 30.

Looking around as was resting to see if their was any food drop by the goblin. Their was some but the fire had turn most of it to ashes. Only part of it was eatable and had a drink from my canteen. Bring it up to 75%. Sadly my swords had been burned and broken to the point of unusable.

Finish getting himself back up and climbing the rest of the way up.

‘I sure am having a tough day today.’

continuing up the path with ‘vision’ on and having the Battleaxe equid with my spare sword on my back. It didn’t take long for me to spot something which was a arrow come at me. dodging it, moving to clover.

‘This is going to take to long if don’t get moving.’

However this wave of arrow were far lesser then before. It might have only been one archer. So I rushed past and head straight to the house on top along the rocky path. ignoring all the other building.

When I got inside I opened my bag. Looking around for anything to help he get ‘them’. Only a few weapons like draggers, maces even a few swords. Take a pair of swords and spear and few of the better looking weapons regardless of the type. Next the money. Finding a huge ply of of copper coin. At least a few gold or more of them, I loaded as much of them in my bag as possible. Looking around to see if their was anything else of value, did a pot jump out at me. it was a jar with red lines- no bloodlike hand marks. it was interesting so I put it in my bag as well.

“Human ran in here”

“Were smoke him out”

‘So they found me, their loss my gain’

running at these goblin behind the door when it caught alight. Checking the other walls, they all were the same, on fire.

“Great.”

‘Got to think of someway to escape.’

Heading to the weapon taking out the rope and a dagger tying them to together them shove the dragger into the ground. Layering it with heavy thing like a upside down table. Moving on, I grab the only war hammer there was and try to life it up. it was heavy but not impossible to move.

Slam right into the wall not have much time I had. Running out the hole the warhammer created I jumped. right of the cliff. falling.

tug the rope starching to its limit, pulled me back to the the cliff where I grab holed of some rocks.

“Not my day.”

moving around the cliff to the left until I was on safe ground. I rush down the path to get out of there as fast as I could. Keeping ‘vision’ on watching out for the archer.

on the way down I notice that it was a different path then what I used to get up and there was no goblin archer despite the fact that I killed a few of them, which they would what revenger for as well as taking some of their items.

Once down I found an exit to the dungeon.

Looking back at the hill I couldn’t get rid of this strange feeling.

“I have a bad feeling about this.”

Logging off.

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