章節 23: A Stab

The enemies were observing Reign, the enemy in front of them was not someone they wanted to underestimate, the short time he had before they all arrived was enough for him to slay 3 of their kin.

Reign was calm on the outside, giving off an aura of a warrior still at his peak, but on the inside was a different story. He knew that the battle would be a hard one, and what's more, the sounds of battle will make more enemies come, if that happened, his fate would be sealed.

He needs to make the fight a quick one, but that was impossible, even though he had experience in fights and difficult situations, he never fought in a true life-and-death battle before. He, Shadow, and other younger members were always shielded from that during their time in the gang.

His brain raced to find a solution to the problem before him. Should he fight or flee?

No, fighting too many of them with his sword was impossible, not to mention that his skill was about to end and his ability was slowly becoming unstable due to prolong use.

"Kyaaaaa!"

The injured hobgoblin screamed as he took out the knife from his chest, throwing it on the ground, he stared at Reign with eyes full of anger. It's underlings were slaughtered by this human in a short time and he got injured as well, it would not rest until it killed him. With a loud battle cry, it charged toward Reign.

The lightning on Reign's sword was thin, he was trying to use the same move that helped him fatally wound the kobold, he knew that was his only way out, kill the hobgoblin with that and hope the remaining lightning can emit a strong enough power to scare off the others for a moment, letting him run away safely.

The tip of his sword turned light blue, Reign found out that it was a lot easier to guide his lightning there now compared to before. Entering a state of deep focus he channeled everything he had into the sword, still tracking the hobgoblin with the corner of his eye, seeing him come close and lunge at him, he moved.

The hobgoblin was fast, with his anger he forgot about safety and only wanted to strike at the human before him, which made him go into a state of pure rage and increased his stats.

{Lvl 6 (7) Berserk Hobgoblin}

When a monster went berserk, all stats temporarily go up and their levels as well can increase by 1 to 3. In exchange for such power, however, the monster's mind changes, driven by pure rage it will operate solely on instinct and it will go into a weakened state afterward. The attack by the goblin was strong and fast, but it was predictable and easy to dodge if the opponent was calm enough.

Ducking and moving his head sideways, Reign passed the sword and delivered a fierce stab at the hobgoblin. It seemed as if time stopped for a moment, the tip of the sword emitted a strong flash of light and lightning surged from it, coating the entire sword and Reign's arm. Resembling a lance, it pierced the hobgoblin's chest and exploded behind him, making the others stop in fear.

{Skill created, additional rewards gained as player 06 is the second to do so.}

{Would you like to name your skill now?}

{ Yes / No }

{Would you like to receive your rewards now?}

{ Yes / No }

Reign didn't bother with the notifications as his situation was still dire, his mana was low, and the skill he just used put a lot of pressure on his body. Turning around he used the precious time he bought for himself and ran away, hoping to lose the group behind him.

As he turned a corner he found another group there, they had been alarmed by the loud fighting noises and came to investigate. Shocked to see a human in front of them they stop, Reign not wanting to get surrounded immediately turned around and ran in another direction.

"Kyaaaaa!"

The goblins recollected themselves and ran after Reign, but since their levels were lower and their bodies weaker they couldn't catch up.

Reign ran, taking different turns the whole time, after 10 minutes he had already ran into 3 more groups, luckily they were all just groups of goblins, the last hobgoblin still hadn't showed up.

"I can't run for much longer, I need to lose them fast and climb up a wall, that's the only way I can hide from them."

Reign thought as he ran away from the 3rd goblin group, behind them, he could hear the sounds of more goblins but he didn't bother with them, they were far away and couldn't catch up. His body had more wounds compared to before, the first two groups he stumbled upon were already on high alert and attacked him immediately, Reign not being ready barely managed to dodge most of the attacks but still got injured.

Turning to another corner Reign saw that it was empty, immediately he ran and jumped at the wall, pulling himself up before the goblins can see him. Successful, he lied on top of it and kept quiet, the goblins should be right behind him and he didn't want to give his position up before getting enough rest.

Hearing steps below he knew that it was them, he stopped breathing for a brief time, hoping that they will just continue down the path in pursuit.

They do. The goblins were a primitive, dumb race, only at big tribes of the can you find more intelligent types such as the goblin shamans and more. The ones Reign faced however were just the low leveled and low-intelligent ones, the only thing they knew to do when chasing is to run straight to where the opponent was.

Reign kept lying down for a few minutes as more goblins pass by, he heard some steps that were louder than the others, that should be the hobgoblin from the first group. He was now certain that all of them are gone but stayed quiet for a few more minutes just in case.

In the end, Reign received a notification.

{Battle has been concluded, distributing experience...}

- Lvl 2 Goblin Miner killed, 15 exp points gained-

- Lvl 1 Goblin Miner killed, 10 exp points gained-

-Lvl4 Goblin killed, 40 exp points gained-

-Lvl5 Goblin killed, 50 exp points gained-

-Lvl4 Goblin killed, 40 exp points gained-

-Lvl6 (7) Hobgoblin killed, 75 exp points gained –

-14 S coins gained

- Rank D Berserk Sword + 5 gained

{The player has earned 260exp points and 14S coins}

{Would you like to name your skill now?}

{ Yes / No }

{Would you like to receive your rewards now?}

{ Yes / No }

Looking at the notifications in front of him, Reign sighed in relief and smiled, letting out a small chuckle.

"I did it, I'm alive, phew."

Looking above him, he saw the glittering crystals on the 9m tall cave ceiling. Reign wondered how a cave this big was formed, was it natural or did they goblins make it, probably neither, the system probably did it for the game.

"System, I'd like to see my rewards."

With a ding, the system gave out a short series of notifications.

{Player 06 has received the following rewards: }

{ 100S coins }

{ 500 bonus exp }

{ Rank C Calming necklace +3 }

"Wow, that's what I got for being 2nd?" Reign wondered in amazement. "Who made the first skill, I wonder what he got."

Reign checks out his 2 new items.

{Rank C Calming necklace +3}

Atk: 0

Def: 0

Spirit + 6

Description: A magical necklace made from unknown material, it strengthens the users spirit, allowing for more mana to be stored, and calms down the user's mind, allowing for more rational thoughts. It has been magically strengthened by someone.

"So items can be strengthened as well huh, this really is like a game." Putting the necklace around his neck, he grabbed the dark red sword next to him.

{ Rank D Berserk Sword + 5 }

Atk: 40

Def: 5

Strength + 1

Agility + 1

Description: A sword made from common materials, used in many battles, the previous owner used unknown means to strengthen it with the blood of his enemies. The longer the user fights with it the stronger it becomes.

"This one is a lot better than my old sword, system can I put my old sword in the inventory?"

{Yes}

{Would you like to name your skill now?}

{ Yes / No }

"Alright, I'll just go for a simple name then, system, name it Lightning Stab."

{Affirmative, skill Lightning Stab created.}

{ Lightning Stab }

Description : By controlling lightning to the tip of the sword the user is able to stab out with great force and piercing ability, the lightning in the end coats the sword and arm of the user, making an illusion of a lightning lance being used, piercing inside the enemy the lightning will explode to deal more damage, piercing through the enemy will yield the same outcome.The skill has more room for growth though and is advised to be practiced more.}

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