Izroth took one step at a time before arriving at the very edge of the circular platform surrounded by those strange totems. He looked at the totems expecting them to be some sort of magic item like the mysterious red orbs, but there was nothing that popped up.
Izroth then turned to face the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' as he walked forward entering onto the platform.
Woosh! Woosh! Woosh!
As soon as Izroth stepped onto the platform, the strange totems lit up brightly and released a powerful energy wave. The energy swept in a circle making contact with all the totems and forming a nearly transparent barrier that prevented anyone from leaving once they were inside.
That barrier looked a bit similar to the one created by the red orbs, but when one took time out to observe closely, they would discover that the powerful energy was not coming from the totems. There was a faint light red trail thin as a piece of hair, that flowed across the ground resembling something that was extremely ethereal.
Izroth followed with his eyes to the location that they all seemed to connect to, however, he was not successful in finding anything. The trail seemingly vanished midway as though it was not linked to anything at all, to begin with.
"I am Goblin King's Commander Jruloja! You mess with my research, must become my research!" the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' said as the book it held in its hand, pages flew open rapidly flipping until stopping on a certain page. An intense energy converged into a single point in front of the boss monster before firing out straight at Izroth! It had used the skill 'Mana Burst'!
Izroth was prepared from the moment he set foot into the room itself and so responded to the sudden attack in a heartbeat. A light blue shapeless form of mana rushed out towards Izroth. It was similar to the 'Mana Sphere' that the 'Goblin Sorcerer' used, except it was not nearly as predictable and the cast time was insanely fast, this was the power of a boss monster!
"Flickering Steps!" Izroth did not hesitate and immediately used his 'Flickering Steps' skill to gain the upper hand. Izroth was unsure of its attack patterns, so he would use his monstrous agility to safely gauge the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' abilities.
Miss!
The 'Mana Burst' hit nothing but air and clashed against the transparent barrier behind where Izroth stood just a short while ago before, losing all of its power and dissipating. Afterimages of Izroth could be seen spread throughout the entire circular platform flickering constantly, as his agility with 'Flickering Steps' activated, reached a monstrous 380!
Before the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' could even perform its next action, Izroth had already arrived directly in front of it, he had immediately closed the distance between the two of them! "Sword Force... First Baneful Sword: Destruction!"
Izroth's 'Nameless Blade' moved at such a speed that it seemed to be illusory. Izroth's sword which was covered its trademark light milky blue aura from the combination of his skills had slashed directly across the neck of the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja'! His speed was too great, the boss monster simply had no time to defend its vital point!
Critical Hit!
-2,180 HP!
5,820/8,000 HP Remaining! (Goblin King's Commander Jruloja)
Izroth had dealt over 2,000 damage! His 'First Baneful Sword: Destruction' dealt 350% of his attack as damage, add to that his 'Sword Force' skill from the 'Nameless Blade' weapon and a critical strike, his slash dealt 1400% of his attack as damage total! How absolutely terrifying! Such damage was not supposed to exist this early on in the game and yet Izroth used a single strike to reduce the HP of the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja by more than 25%!
Creeeeeeeeeeeek!
The 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' cried out angrily from being attacked so suddenly. The book in its hand closed and what appeared in its place was a battle axe. The 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' swung in a full circular motion around itself as the air seemed to split from the great amount of force behind the battle axe's swing.
Just when it looked as though Izroth had been hit by the battle axe, it turned out to be one of his afterimages as it soon flickered out of existence.
Miss!
Izroth did not waste any time, he had to deal as much damage as possible before his 'Flickering Steps' ran out! Because the instant it did, he would automatically lose his speed advantage. Izroth rushed forward swinging his 'Nameless Blade' in a horizontal arc that resembled that of a crescent moon. Not too far behind that strike was a phantom that resembled the attack itself! "Phantom Strike!"
This time the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' had its battle axe out and could properly defend its vital points. But Izroth was not aiming for the neck as he knew that area would be heavily guarded by the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' and so instead his first attack sliced into its stomach area. The second strike targetted the right leg of the boss monster!
-100 HP!
-180 HP!
5,540/8,000 HP Remaining! (Goblin King's Commander Jruloja)
Izroth was satisfied with the assault, however, he could not help but be a bit disappointed in the end. He had thought that if he could damage the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' leg that it would slow it down. Similar to how when he attacked the eyes of a 'Goblin Worker' earlier on, he had received a battle alert saying it was blinded.
"Puny human! Burn!" the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' said as it put away its battle axe and a book appeared in its hand. A massive amount of mana began to gather above its head constantly swirling around and raising the temperature of the room!
Izroth had a bad feeling about this and so he treated to a safe distance from the boss monster, or at least he thought.
A crackling sound filled the entire room as a storm of fire formed above the circular platform! The fire began to rain down over the entire battlefield, it seemed like the range of this skill took up the entire circular platform! The 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' had used one of its skills, 'Firestorm'.
-100 HP!
600/700 HP Remaining! (Izroth)
Izroth felt as though he was being cooked alive by this fire! He had not expected the range of the attack to be so massive that it would cover the entire platform! If this kept up, he would only have 200 HP remaining by the time the skill finished!
-100 HP!
500/700 HP Remaining! (Izroth)
The whole platform was filled with a raging flame that emitted an intense wave of heat, it was very hard to clearly see but in the middle of it all the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' was standing at the very center with its hands held to the sky.
Izroth peered in the direction of the strange totems and noticed that the flames seemed to not be able to reach the very edge of the circular platform as though the totem was repelling the fire away from itself. When he saw this, he immediately dashed over using his 'Flickering Steps' and arrived there soon after. His theory was proven to be correct, the entirety of the battlefield was covered in the 'Firestorm', however, the very edges near the totems were free of any flames! Although Izroth had to waste 3 seconds more waiting for the fire to clear, it was the much better choice when it came to that or taking 300 extra damage to his HP.
After 3 seconds passed, the 'Firestorm' cleared out from the platform and the storm above vanished from sight. The 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' instantly cast 'Mana Burst' at Izroth when the 'Firestorm' ended before taking the time to then switch back to its battle axe.
Izroth only had 12 seconds remaining on his 'Flickering Steps', so he had to put it to good use! He evaded the incoming 'Mana Burst' and flickered with great speed straight at the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja'! Although Izroth's attack skills were all on cooldown, that didn't mean he could not deal damage in the meantime!
Izroth's 'Nameless Blade' soared through the air slicing into the right arm of the boss monster! The 'Gobin King's Commander Jruolja' battle axe swept out in a ring around itself! Izroth had managed to land his strike successfully, but he could not evade the attack coming towards him at the same time and so shifted his 'Nameless Blade' closer to himself parrying the incoming battle axe!
-100 HP!
5,440/8,000 HP Remaining! (Goblin King's Commander Jruloja)
PARRIED!
-130 HP!
370/700 HP Remaining! (Izroth)
Izroth used the momentum from the attack he received and retreated backward. He then quickly took an item from his inventory, it was 1 of the 'Lesser Health Potion'! He gulped it down not caring for the bitter taste it had and regained back some of his lost HP!
+150 HP!
520/700 HP Remaining! (Izroth)
"How troublesome.." Izroth mumbled to himself before kicking off his right foot and charging back in the direction of the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja'! There were only 8 seconds left on the time limit for Izroth's 'Flickering Steps'.
Most monsters seemed to stick to a specific attack pattern no matter if it would lead to their eventual demise. But a few had an exception to this rule. One of them was the 'Shadow Wolf', a world boss. Its attacks were unpredictable and it would adapt to the situation at hand instead of following a specific order of attack. Another seemed to be boss monsters like this 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja'. It had clearly ignored the strike it would receive from Izroth's attack on its right arm and decided to return an attack back. It was taking damage to deal damage!
If that was the case, then Izroth would have to be even more careful from now on. He could not afford to get into a contest of endurance with this boss monster, as he would be the inevitable loser. Izroth flickered in constant circles around the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' and as it finally swung out with its battle axe passing through one of his afterimages, Izroth cut in an upwards motion towards the eyes of the boss monster! However, it managed to adjust its position slightly avoiding a direct hit to both of its eyes and only one of them were struck!
Izroth did not stop his assault there as he shifted the position of his wrist in a counterclockwise manner. His 'Nameless Blade' passed across the neck of the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' on its descent downward!
-100 HP!
Critical Hit!
-260 HP!
5,080/8,000 HP Remaining! (Goblin King's Commander Jruloja)
Battle Alert: 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' has been partially blinded by player Izroth for 10 seconds!
Immediately after his second attack landed, Izroth took exactly three steps back in a quick succession and not long after he did a strong force of wind brushed up against him. It was the battle axe belonging to the boss monster swinging just before him but hitting nothing at all!
Miss!
As soon as Izroth evaded the attack from the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja', his body suddenly felt as though some shackles that were locking it in place were being shattered!
Izroth felt an overwhelming power flowing throughout his entire body. It was as though a dam that was stopping this power from passing had been completely broken apart! Izroth's eyes shone with excitement as he soon heard the system alert go off in his mind. He was using the last bit of time left on his 'Flickering Steps' to avoid the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' assault as he knew that the current system message was too important to ignore!
Ding! A mysterious energy has invaded player Izroth's body!
Ding! Because of system parameters, you cannot advance further!
Ding! The skill 'Breaker of Limits' has been activated! System parameters removed!
Ding! Generating skill...
Skill Name: ???
Skill Creator: Izroth
Skill Level: 1/10
Skill Rank: S
Passive: The more the user of this skill battles the stronger their body becomes, permanently raising all of their stats. Enhances all user senses by 100%.
Current Stat Buff:
HP: 200
ATK: 20
DEF: 20
AGI: 20
Description: A skill created by Izroth, the more the user battles the stronger they become over time.
Special Effect: This skill cannot be leveled up using skill points, the user must experience many battles to further advance.
System Alert: Please name the skill!
Izroth could sense with his soul, that his body in the real world strength had increased by much more than twofold! This was the second stage of the 'Heavenly Golden Body' physique!
"Name the skill, Heavenly Golden Body!" Izroth said without even having to think about it.
Ding! Generating... Complete! You have named the skill 'Heavenly Golden Body'!
At the same time, Izroth's time limit on his 'Flickering Steps' had finally run out!
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Name: Izroth
EXP: 1,847/7,200
Level: 11(Stat Points: 0)
Title: None
Class: Combat Master
HP(Hit Points): 520/900(700+0+200)
Energy: 100
ATTACK(ATK): 180(120+40+20)
DEFENSE(DEF): 50(20+10+20)
AGILITY(AGI): 115(65+30+20)
MAGIC(MAG): 0
....
The 'Heavenly Golden Body' physique! How could Izroth not be excited about such a thing? Even though the spiritual essence of this world was incredibly weak, he was somehow still able to cultivate as if he was linked to some unknown power source. What was most strange about this was the fact that the spiritual essence from that unknown power source, was not any weaker than any of the seven realms.
"How can this be?" Izroth was perplexed. Could it have something to do with his 'Heavenly Immortal Print' technique?
Woosh!
While Izroth was trying to figure everything out, the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' fired off a 'Mana Burst'. It would not simply halt its attacks on Izroth just because he was thinking after all.
Izroth had not forgotten that he was in the middle of a battle and remained on guard as he reviewed the system alerts. Although his 'Flickering Steps' was no longer active, thanks to the stat increase he obtained from the 'Heavenly Golden Body' skill his agility was now at 115. That was a bit more than the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' agility of 100.
That formless mana rushed directly towards Izroth as he kicked off his left foot dodging off to the side, evading the incoming 'Mana Burst'.
Miss!
"When I get into close range it changes to its battle axe and when I'm at a distance it changes to that book. The only deviation was when it used that 'Firestorm' skill" Izroth thought to himself as he sped straight at the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja'. Even though he could not manage to close the distance near instantly as when his 'Flickering Steps' was active, it still did not take him long before he once again arrived in close combat range with the boss monster.
The 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' took out its battle axe when Izroth was around 3 meters away from it. As Izroth was rushing forward, it swung its battle axe downward as if it were trying to split Izroth in two.
Izroth sidestepped to the blind side of the boss monster as its battle axe crashed down onto the platform forming a miniature crater.
Miss!
Now that Izroth had his natural advantage of agility again, he would become ruthless with his assault. With his 'Nameless Blade' in the palm of his hand, Izroth almost seemed as if he were performing an ancient sword dance. Although his movements were the most basic of sword forms, he had clearly mastered them to the point of perfection. The HP of the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' was dropping at a steady pace.
61% HP...
55% HP...
49% HP...
When the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' HP hit below 50% HP, the battle axe in its hands vanished and was replaced by a book. "Puny human, burn!"
Izroth knew that this was a start to the boss monster skill 'Firestorm'. He instantly began to retreat to the edge of the circular platform. However, he could not reach the safety zone before being struck by the fire raining down from above.
-100 HP!
420/900 HP Remaining! (Izroth)
Izroth did, however, manage to arrive before taking another tick of damage from the 'Firestorm' skill. "As I thought... Without using 'Flickering Steps' it's impossible to make it to the outer area of the platform without taking a bit of damage" Izroth muttered to himself.
As soon as the 'Firestorm' cleared away from the circular platform, a 'Mana Burst' shot out towards Izroth. By now, he had more or less figured out the attack pattern of the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja'. It seemed like the only time it would deviate from that pattern is when it was in melee range, wielding its battle axe. But besides that, every time it used 'Firestorm', immediately after it would shoot out a 'Mana Burst'. Knowing this ahead of time made it quite easy to avoid the skill.
Miss!
Izroth darted off to the left side of the circular platform before adjusting his left foot slightly and pushing off of it zooming directly at the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' and continuing his assault against it.
42% HP...
36% HP...
30% HP...
24% HP!
Izroth let out a deep breath as the 'Nameless Blade' within his hand sat atop his right shoulder. He had just retreated from another 'Firestorm' and was waiting for it to die out before going back into the fight. He had taken a hit from it and so his HP was now at 320. But, what he did not expect was the door that he had come in through would be opened by someone. Izroth glanced over and noticed that it was Gilidore that entered into the room, he had finally arrived!
Gilidore looked right at Izroth and a friendly smile appeared on his face. "Fellow adventurer, I have finally found you! Did you located the relic of power yet?" he dashed towards the circular platform that Izroth stood on. When Gilidore approached he noticed a barrier appeared to be preventing him from entering inside. A small frown began to set on his face as he stopped in front of the barrier.
Izroth shook his head slightly, "I have yet to find the relic of power" when Izroth finished speaking a 'Mana Burst' was rushing straight at him as he skillfully evaded it. The 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' skill 'Firestorm' had just ended and so Izroth returned to his fight.
"Then I shall continue to search!" Gilidore shouted out at Izroth before beginning his search around the gigantic room. He moved very quickly, searching every little corner of the room as Izroth was fighting against that monster.
As Gilidore continued on with his search, Izroth pounced at the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' with a light milky blue aura surrounding his 'Nameless Blade'. Accompanying that aura was a suffocating force and as it connected with the body of the monster, it made a cruel wound appear across its entire torso! Izroth was using the skills 'Sword Force' and 'First Baneful Sword: Destruction'!
-1,200 HP!
720/8,000 HP Remaining! (Goblin King's Commander Jruloja)
Ding! 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' has entered an enraged state!
Ding! 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' Attack and Magic has been increased by 100%!
Ding! 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' has gained the skill 'Endless Rage', every 1 second its attack and magic will increase by 5%!
The 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' eyes turned blood red as it entered into an enraged state. It held up one of its hands and instead of the 'Firestorm' that took at least a moment to cast because it had to switch to its book, this one happened instantly. "My king, grant me strength!"
-200 HP!
120/900 HP Remaining! (Izroth)
The skill was so sudden that Izroth did not even have the usual small window of time to begin his retreat from the attack! But even within that situation, he remained calm and under control. Immediately, Izroth took out a 'Lesser Health Potion' and gulped it down regaining some of his lost health.
+150 HP!
270/900 HP Remaining! (Izroth)
Instantly after that, he activated the skill 'Shadow Movement', turning into a shadow and making his way to the edge of the circular platform with his speed greatly increased. Though he did not make it far before his shadow form broke after taking another tick of damage from the 'Firestorm'.
-210 HP!
60/900 HP Remaining! (Izroth)
Just as the third tick of damage was about to go off, Izroth had managed to safely arrive at the very edge of the platform barely avoiding his death. Izroth had that carefree look on his face, but on the inside, he was actually filled with a calm rage. When was the last time he, the number one cultivator in the seven realms, got pushed so near to his death?
It was a good thing that Izroth had picked up some 'Lesser Health Potions' from some of the monsters he eliminated earlier, or else things may not have gone so well just then. "A boss monster's enraged state is really troublesome, it appears not only do they gain an immense damage boost, but their abilities also increase in overall strength".
Izroth made a decision at that moment, he would take time out along the way to create some more skills. Now that Izroth knew that the system could generate a skill as powerful as the 'Heavenly Golden Body' physique, he had great confidence in creating a good variety of skills so as to have more options in unfavorable situations such as this.
There was still another minute left before Izroth could use another HP potion, but did he have time to wait around for it? Izroth's been in countless battles of life and death, yet he always came out on top by never accepting defeat as a possibility. Besides, the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' would not just wait around for his HP potion to come off cooldown and he could not retreat due to the barrier, so there was only one option remaining, fight till the end!
Izroth accelerated forward with his 'Nameless Blade' held outwards behind him. If one observed closely, they would notice a very faint shadow that looked like a phantom following next to this sword. The 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' took out its battle axe, but it was too late. The blade from Izroth's 'Nameless Blade' had already passed by its neck twice while it was in an enraged state.
Critical Hit!
-300 HP!
Critical Hit!
-480 HP!
0/8,000 HP Remaining! (Goblin King's Commander Jruloja)
"Noooooooo! My king... I have... Failed..." the 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja' eyes slowly turned back into those black beady goblin eyes as he fell over onto the surface of the platform defeated!
Ding! You have defeated 'Goblin King's Commander Jruloja'!
Ding! You have been awarded 6,000 EXP!
You have leveled up to level 12!
You have gained +3 stat points for leveling up!
Loot Drop:
-12 silver coins
-x1 Goblin's Essence
-x1 Commander Boots
Ding! Congratulations, you have completed the dungeon 'Goblin's Paradise'!
You have been awarded 500 EXP!
You have been awarded 50 world fame!
You have been awarded +1 skill point!
Ding! Congratulations, you are the first player to clear 'Goblin's Paradise' and have been rewarded! Would you like to announce it to the world?
Armor Name: Commander Boots
Armor Rank: Uncommon
Armor Level: 15
Armor Type: Leather
Requirements: 50 Agility
DEF: 15
AGI: 15
Izroth went over to pick up the loot, then put it into his inventory as the 'Commander Boots' instantly equipped to his boots slot. The 'Commander Boots' were not all that great and so he was a bit disappointed that he did not get another rare item, but at least they helped to boost his stats some. What really made him happy though was the fact that he received a skill point. They were not easy to come by since you only obtained one every 3 levels.
Izroth blinked a few times as he read the system messages. Dungeon? 'Goblin's Paradise'? Izroth searched through the memories of the Jin, hardcore gamer inside of him and found out some interesting things. "So that's why this place provided such great loot and exp... That also explains why this place had two strong bosses and unusual tricks to it" Izroth had come to a sudden understanding as to why it seemed his luck was so good and bad at the same time in this place. Dungeons turned out to be one of the main ways of gaining EXP and loot in video games.
He did not have to think about whether he wanted to announce to the world or not, especially since he had already decided to let himself be known by this point after he defeated the 'Shadow Wolf'. Soon after a world announcement system message sounded off.
Ding! World Announcement: The first 'Dungeon: Goblin's Paradise' run been cleared by the party 'Izroth'!
Party Leader: Izroth
Party Member(s): None
They have been rewarded for their efforts!
The system then went on to show all the rewards Izroth had received for being the first to clear the 'Goblin's Paradise' dungeon.
Almost instantly after that alert went off Izroth, received two messages from the system.
So in order to avoid some confusion on the stats next to the number, it will now go (Base Stat+Equipment Stats+Skill Passive Stats) in that exact order. So if you noticed the change in how the stats are displayed, that is why.
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