Chapter 23: The First Goblin Victims. (1/2)

The player who received an arrow to the shoulder let out a pained screah he was briefed on the pain synchronisation before starting, he underesti he'd handle it as he hadn't experienced pain yet

This was so he would have learnt if he just did the co quest, or even just fell over, as the tutorial slimes didn't hurt when they slammed into you, they were just sentient blobs of jelly

Twothe saroup watched as their co onto the forest floor, he was now a lifeless corpse

The other two started to panic, both atte fro the to Eventually their luck ran out, as the se itself into his Achilles tendon, sending hi forward into the dirt as a wave of pain flooded his body

Merlin took the opportunity caused by this distraction to observe where the arroere cooblin archers, one of which had steered rather close to him

Unfortunately, at this time, Merlin didn't have the stats to traverse the forest by ju fro his strength, he rip on the tree trunk and branches as he slowly cli a sound

Merlin drew his blade and began sneaking around to where he last saw the goblin archer Merlin oblin, circling around the goblin and approaching it from behind rather than the side This would reduce the risk of hioblin just so happened to turn and see hi sure not to draw any attention to hi sure to avoid the dried leaves and twigs that e portion of the forest floor, as any loud noise would scare off his target

Merlin eventually reached within co behind a bush taking potshots at the two players ere barely stu towards the instinctively, its ears popped up and it raised its head, but before it could turn around, a sword pierced through its throat Merlin used his other hand to cover the creature'sit onceit off

「Goblins re player in the threein pain while trying to crawl to safety He was unable to stand due to having an arrow embedded in his Achilles tendon, every tih hi him to release another terrified howl of pain

This caused a wave of fear to set in the mind of the player as yet to be wounded, both his co he'd experience pain if he was attacked too This fear caused hi away into the treeline, believing he'd be safe if he got away

The default pain synchronisation was changed froaest issues voiced by the beta testers, besides not knohat to do within the game at first, which was also addressed in the full release

People didn't usually enjoy being stabbed, shot or set on fire Even though it was only twenty percent of the sensation you'd otherwise feel, it was still extre based on your pain tolerance

However, there were also players who purposefully turned their pain settings to thethat it would make them better players Unfortunately for them, it didn't

Those who had never faced any kind of hardshi+p due to their upbringing were typically those who struggled the most in New Genesis Their pain tolerance was typically low, they on average had a severe lack of ability to do arduous tasks, and their inflated egos caused the any for on the floor watched his co hi he could do was lay there cussing his coh the forest

Several goblins equipped with sharpened sticks surrounded thehis sword at the goblins, but it was a short lived struggle as one of the goblins stabbed its stick through the hed oblin walked on top of theit into the dirt

Suddenly, an arroas let loose frooblin standing on the oblin that was hit staggered backwards, al on

The goblin fell to its knees as its knobby green hands rapped around its own throat, trying to stop the black blood fro itself in the goblin's chest, the goblin's corpse went li out everywhere

「Goblins reoblin's bow over his shoulder and then dipped behind cover as two goblins started running towards his position There was another archer goblin close by, he wanted to deal with that one first Merlin backed away and dashed back into the forest, he didn't prioritise stealth this ti where he could Eventually his eyes locked on a s in the distance