Chapter 113: Goblin Hunting - VI (1/2)
Once he felt he had enough blood stored up, Merlin used his strength to pull the creature closer to him, where he promptly sprayed its face with a fine mist of his blood and saliva, he ain, just in case they counted as separate attacks by the systeered, target's stats have been reduced」
And it appeared that they did, as the third spray triggered the notification
Merlin watched as the hobgoblin's face slowly becareenish-purple, and he could feel the ht against it in the tug-of-war
Merlin chanted to activate his heavy strike ability, causing a notification to briefly appear, telling him that his ability had been activated
「Skill ⟪Heavy Strike⟫ Activated, your next attack will do an extra 35 daer effect」
Merlin pulled theit to stumble forward, unlike last tiiving Merlin the freedoers into the hobgoblin's neck, causing the monster to roar in pain Merlin unfortunately had his face splattered with the hobgoblin's saliva as it roared He kicked off the monster's chest and ripped his blades out of its neck
The hobgoblin threw one of its axes at Merlin, the blade spun quickly through the air Merlin barely dodged it, but both of his vines had been sliced apart
While he was off balance, the hobgoblin rushed hi the blade but the force sent hi onto his back where he'd be in a vulnerable position, Merlin kicked the ground, sending hi backwards to increase the distance between him and the monster
As he rolled, Merlin kicked up dirt at the hobgoblin, distracting it long enough to give hied at the monster once more, but unlike the last tioblin was slower and had one less weapon to worry about, so Merlin got plenty of cuts in while he was able to defend fro, Merlin waited for the right oblin's axe into the air, throwing its balance off He followed that attack by sto the creature to kneel, where he easily plunged his daggers into theit
After doing so, he received a couple notifications
「You have completed the quest, "Destroy the Goblin Cauild to receive your rewards」
「Congratulations, your soul "Class Soul: Thief (Level 1)" has levelled up」
Pleasantly surprised by the second notification he checked his thief soul's stats
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Class Soul: Thief • Level 2
Bonus Stats: +4 Dexterity, +7 Stealth
Abilities: ⟪Sneak⟫, ⟪Backstab⟫
Origin Soul Bonuses: +3 Agility, +6 Stealth, ⟪Ambush⟫
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It appeared to be the saht increase in stats, alongside buffs to his abilities, and even a new passive ability
The improvement sneak received was that the duration increased by ten seconds, the percentage bonus remained at thirty
Merlin checked his new passive ability, causing anotherto open up
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⟪Backstab⟫
You specialise in attacking your opponents fro an enemy froe
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"Perfect This will co the hobgoblin's breastplate off of the corpse
Merlin plunged his dagger into the hobgoblin's chest and began a gruesoh theout likeup Merlin's hands and blade until he was having a hard ti onto it
"I really should spend so skill" Merlin complained to himself
He quickly cast cleanse on hie back, but it was quickly beco covered in filth once oblin's chest and started snapping ribs as he made his way to its heart The squishy sensationaway at all the parts keeping the heart attached Once the heart was free, it began glowing to show that it was now considered an item by the system, and Merlin received another notification
「You have cooblin's Heart", visit the uild to receive your rewards」
Merlin threw the heart into his inventory and waited the brief cooldown before he could cleanse hiain once he ran around picking up ears
He quickly ran around checking for loot while picking up goblin ears, and surprisingly enough there was actually loot this tioblin ears into his inventory and cast cleanse on himself
「Goblin Ears Collected: 128/140」
"Six o" Merlin mumbled as he stared at the notification As expected, he would have to pick off a couple lers on his way to the southern side of the road