Chapter 21 (1/2)
30 minutes had passed since the goblins arrived. I was gasping for breath. Then I could hear the voices of the women behind me.
“Amazing. He really killed all of them.”
“That grandfather’s identity...”
“Kyak! Too cool. Grandfather!”
I gasped feebly without the strength to reply to them. Then I started to strike my dagger with all my strength at the lock on the prison door.
Chaeng! Chaeeng! Clang?
[The durability of Chen’s Rusty Dagger has fallen to zero and it has broken.]
“......”
There was a moment of silence.
I was going crazy. I suddenly had goosebumps. Yesterday’s nightmare seemed to be starting again.
“Damn.”
I became heated up. Why did Chen give me something rusty? He was insulting me.
[The first apostle, ‘Prometheus,’ feels pity.]
Then I heard a voice. “Over here! There are intruders over here!”
I turned my head and saw more goblins running. Oh, the lid opened after a long time...
“Father, did you come alone? Where are the other reinforcements?”
I turned my head and saw Kim Sujeong looking at me anxiously. It was the same for everyone else. They all seemed to think I couldn’t face these goblins. However, I would make them know this was a mistake.
“Solar.”
[The sun elemental is answering its master’s call.]
[The primordial flame has descended to the ground.]
The primordial flames started to spark in my hands. A hot wind swelled and flames burst out, soon coming together to create a familiar shape. “Solar has appeared!”
It was always noisy whenever it appeared. By the way, I had never used Solar in combat before but now wasn’t the time to care if it was hot rice or cold rice.
“What is this? A fire is talking?”
“Isn’t it miraculous? Is he a summoner?”
“No, can a summoner fight that well? It is ridiculous!”
I threw myself toward the goblins while ignoring the various speculations I could hear behind me. In fact, my specialty wasn’t the dagger...
“It’s kicking.”
I jumped through the air, stepped on the screaming goblins, and started to kick their stomachs. It was at a tremendous speed! It was a speed that didn’t belong to a level 12 user no matter who looked at it. I stepped on their shoulders and ran on their heads. Surprisingly, Solar also played an active role? Once it entered combat mode, Solar grew from the size of an apple to the size of a watermelon. It kept growing larger as it burned the goblins.
“Kuaaack!”
“What the hell is that fire? Kiik!”
“It's very hot!”
“It’s painful!”
...Wasn’t it pretty good?
Solar poured out the flames of the hot sun from its mouth, keeping to my pace while assisting me. There was an even more shocking fact...
[50 sun damage has been dealt.]
[50 sun damage has been dealt.]
[50 sun damage has been dealt.]
…
…
There were a huge number of messages that constantly popped up every three seconds. The messages weren’t appearing due to Sun Ball. It was...
“Take my curse! Hehehe!”
It was due to the passive skill, Sun’s Curse. It was a skill that dealt damage every 3 seconds to the enemies in the vicinity. My mouth curved slightly as I saw it for the first time and realized its power.
“I can’t lose. Go! These guys!”
I started kicking them one by one as I moved between them. A back kick, turn kick, side kick, front kick, 360 degree spinning kick, etc. I showed off a tremendous dance and instilled fear in them. The goblins turned to ash every time they were hit due to my synergy with Solar! It was the scene of a massacre.
Cheers could be heard from inside the prison.
“Kyaack♡ Grandfather, fighting!”
“Defeat all the goblins!”
“Grandfather is amazing~!”
“Oh my, I think I’m falling in love!”
“Play! Play! Grandfather!”
Kim Sujeong watching from the side was also cheering. She shouted in a roaring voice, “Father! You can’t lose to those type of people-! Come on!”
I felt more empowered as I annihilated the goblins while listening to them. There was one problem. It was the fact that this was a goblin village.
“Shadow Play.”
“...?”
I heard a dismal, terrifying, and cold voice and something emerged from behind me.
[You have suffered catastrophic damage!]
“Kkuack!”
“Father!”
“Grandfather!”
I screamed at the burning pain in my neck and the women in the prison were also stunned. Damn! What was this? I instinctively swung the dagger but the figure that had attacked me had already disappeared. I could hear the goblins shouting.
“The chief has come!”
“Zigma is here! We’re saved!”
Chief? Zigma?
I turned in the direction of the voices. There was a tall, slender, and arrogant goblin standing there.
[Lv. 25 Goblin Tribe Chief, Assassin Zigma]
...This guy.
The words that Mido once said crossed my mind. ‘Grandfather, there are those with names among the monsters.’
‘Names...?’
‘They are named monsters. They are many times stronger than normal monsters and have a lot of health, so they must be avoided.’
‘They are stronger?’
‘Yes, it’s easy to say they’re a boss. If you meet one, never try to catch them by yourself. Understood?’
‘Yes, I understand. Kekeke.’
Now a named monster had appeared. It was just like I heard. I felt a bit of cold sweat on my forehead.
“What a ridiculous fellow. A human dares to attack this place alone. Kiik.”
“Bah, all of you are so smelly that I came to do laundry training.”
“Laundry...? I see. The armor you’re wearing now are the clothes of that guy who was bullied by the tribe because of his smell.”
Bullied?
“I was puzzled because I didn’t see him but isn’t this his armor? Traitor.”
A goblin passed through my mind for a moment.
‘Kiruk, I have no friends. I live alone. My house is also separate.’
‘Kiik. Goodbye, human. I'm leaving here now.’
No way... these were his clothes? Somehow, the smell was familiar. Yet the chief called him a traitor. I understood why that fellow thought about leaving here. He smelled a bit but he was definitely a good guy. I told the chief, “I wouldn’t have been able to find his armor if you were even a bit interested in him.”
“Bah, I have no interest in such a guy.”
“I don’t think you deserve to be a chief.”
“Keuk... a human is talking nonsense. Attack!”
Damn. He was coming.
“Solar.”
“What is it, Master?”
“Can you deal with those guys alone?”
“I think I can do it. Hehe!”