Chapter 12 - Exclusive Store (1) (2/2)

“Kii!”

He wielded his sword and killed nearby Goblin Fighters. Goblin Fighters started flocking together with hostility.

“Kick, Kii-ii!”

He also realized what the Goblin Fighters were doing, and with a very annoying cry, he rushed towards them, slicing, throwing, and hitting them.

I also cut as many Goblin Fighters as possible before they got close to me. Of course, since the moment he appeared, he hadn’t used black lightning, and half of the Goblin Fighters now rushed towards him. It became more comfortable for me to deal with them without a Black Lightning strike.

“Shhh! Damn it!”

But it was impossible to kill them all without getting hurt. No matter how strong the bronze shield was, I couldn’t cover my whole body with it. My wounds were caused mainly by the guys who attacked me from behind.

[You gained 85 experience]

[You acquired 10 bronze.]

I violently swung my sword across and cut them off at once. Blood sprang from their wounds and flowed down their bodies. The pain must have been excruciating for them, but they couldn’t show signs of weakness because of the battle’s rising momentum.

It was better to level up, and those who would give me more experience were piled up on the ground like a mountain. I pushed exhaustion out of my mind and rushed towards them again.

“Wow!

Then I heard a Goblin Warrior yell quite close to me! I tried to grasp his approximate location and intent with my detection skill. I quickly rolled to the ground full of corpses and cut off a Goblin Fighter’s hand with my sword.

I stood up, put the hand in my mouth, and started chewing.

I continued eating it while rolling to the floor, evading the Goblin Warrior’s attacks, and I recovered my health a little.

“Ki-yi … …!”

When he looked at me and realized that I wasn’t a normal upper-class, he pushed all the Goblin Fighters out of the way and revealed himself to me. I also reached out to him.

A black thunderbolt popped out and hit him.

Crack!

However, he gave me a very calm look, as if he was expecting the Black Lightning strike. Damn! I had never seen such a thing before.

I was nervous, and I hit him. He also had a knife, but he dropped it.

But suddenly, there was panic on his face, and he tried to reach out for his shield with his hand, but he ended up dropping it the next moment. Only then did I fully realize that he was not completely resistant to the black lightning.

Black Lightning. A thunderbolt with a curse. The curse seemed to work properly. For a moment, I thought of its power, then my body went into auto-pilot and automatically launched my huge sword, stabbing the neck of the Goblin Warrior.

“Ki-ay, kii-iay!”

The sword couldn’t penetrate properly because of his angled position, but the impact was felt because there was so much of blood gushing from his neck. It wasn’t until then that the curse worked, but he still rushed towards me, picking up his sword. I wasn’t sure what he would do, so I decided to use black lightning twice more. I again stabbed the Goblin Warrior’s neck. He was already cursed and weak. Then he dropped to the ground and died.

[You gained 600 experience]

[You acquired 90 bronze.]

I put the Goblin Warrior’s body straight into the inventory. Then I looked around.

“Are you going to keep trying?”

The Goblin Fighters, who were now afraid of my strength, stepped back little by little. However, something changed in them because their eyes suddenly changed, and they started rushing towards me with their rusty swords.

It was not a normal reaction. Something was probably controlling them!

“I need to break it.”

However, there was no time to think about such things. I knew I needed to survive first, so I sighed and ran to engage with them.

For the time being, there will be no rest.

I wished I knew what time it was so that I could measure how long I was wielding the sword. But I had to focus only on the battle, and because of this principle, I wordlessly swung the sword and lifted the shield to stop the enemy’s attack without keeping tabs on time, or counting the number of fallen enemies, or checking the status.

I realized that the wounds that were inflicted on me were a result of my lack of competency with the shield. It did not fit me. It had nothing to do with my skills.

I was moving my body without hesitation; I needed to finish the enemy as quickly as possible. I needed to avoid the enemy attacking me with the shield.

Moreover, unless my level rises quickly, I will need to eat the enemy’s body during the battle to revitalize my tired body. But both of my hands are occupied by the sword and shield, so I knew it wouldn’t go smoothly. I put the shield into the inventory.

The wounds on my body increased gradually. I knew I needed to consume a dead Goblin Fighter’s body. Physical fitness and injury were two completely different issues, but as long as I don’t suffer significant damage, I could withstand the battle.

I knew that eventually, I’d level up, and all the wounds would heal. A fact that, if known, would probably annoy the enemy.

Still, this was true when it comes to engaging against the Goblin Fighters. Attacks by guys like the Goblin Warrior were fatal, so I must always have a shield when fighting them.

However, I was aware of this natural fact only after fighting bitterly against the third Goblin Warrior and consuming the last remaining potion.

At that point, the number of Goblin Fighters, who were continually coming in, began to decrease.