10 Energy Slash (2/2)

It was a rather disconcerting appearance he saw, an old red-eyed goblin with protruding teeth bathed in his own blood that he kept spitting.

He wore ragged clothes that would make you think of a peasant from the Middle Ages.

He also had a pointed red cap screwed on his head and from which it seemed to emit a pungent odor.

With this description, he had a choice between dozens of different creatures.

Lazar put his blade on the throat of the goblin.

”I hope you have a good reason for sending me a fucking brick in the face!”

It answered him with difficulty while spitting blood.

”You... are in my territory... you have to pay... with your blood!”

”Oddly I don't remember seeing a goblin every time I came here. You are doing an error, it's you who are on my territory, which makes you a parasite.”

He slit its throat.

'And the parasites, I eliminate them.'

[You have eliminated a Redcap (E ★★☆☆☆).]

[100 experience points obtained!]

Having been notified that he had obtained information about a new monster, he went to see what this goblin was really in the bestiary.

[Redcap ⠆British folklore]

♦ Danger level ⠆E ★★☆☆☆

♦ Description ⠆

The redcap is a type of malevolent and murderous goblin in British folklore.

He is said to inhabit ruined castles along the Anglo-Scottish border, especially those that were the scenes of tyranny or wicked deeds.

When travelers take refuge in his lair, he flings huge stones at them and if he kills them, he soaks his cap in their blood, giving it a crimson hue.

'That explains why this shit bag threw a brick at me and its disgusting cap.'

More than 600 people had already killed a rank E ★★☆☆☆ monster but he still obtained 1 stat point as a reward in the Achievements.

He invested it in his energy statistic, which increased to 12.

'Maybe that's all I need to realize this technique.'

He hesitated to move the corpse of the Redcap.

With his disgusting beanie, it would stink enough at 20 yards to hinder his training.

He preferred to move away himself while making sure to keep an eye on his car.

After what had just happened he couldn't sleep anymore tonight.

So he went to start his training.

He stood in front of a tree 15 yards away.

He closed his eyes and tried to focus on the flow of energy through his body.

It only took him 30 seconds to feel it.

It might seem long, but when he tried to do the same in the car it took him 2 minutes.

This small investment of 1 point in Energy really helped him.

He went to the next stage and drew his blade.

He held his arms stretched over his head in a position to give a vertical slash.

The fact that he had pulled out his blade had increased his control over his energy.

He then remembered the description of the Energy Slash.

'I need to focus my energy on my weapon. Easier said than done...'

He made a few failed attempts before having results after 1 hour.

'It was the right metaphor to see the energy of my body as the circulation of my blood. When you have enough control over your energy, you can redirect it to a specific part of your body at first. More difficult, I have to direct my energy towards my blade.'

It took him 2 hours to successfully complete this step.

For three hours now he had been motionless.

But unlike the beginning, above his head, there was a blue aura all along his blade.

Fortunately, the twilight had risen for a while.

At night this aura would have illuminated all the clearing, attracting a lot of annoyances.

'It's good.'

He swings his blade and a 6 feet long blue slash went straight towards the tree that Lazar was aiming for.

Until now he had thought that the Achievements had something to do with the elimination of monsters only.

He was pleasantly surprised to see a notification from this category.

♦ Understanding a rank E ★★★★★ skill ⠆⌧

• 1st ⠆Lazar Sogorov.

• Reward ⠆8 stat points.