Chapter 3 : Me vs Goblins?
Change of POV: Sung Jin-Woo.
'Four days has passed since Woo Jin-Chul visited me in hospital, today I will go into first dungeon.' I though so before taking out a 'key' from my {Inventory}.
[E-Rank Dungeon: Goblin's Domain's Key]
I prepared myself very well, I brought with me a backpack, with food rations just in case. For multiple purposes, and I certainly got lucky with Loot-Boxes.
I strapped my [Steel-Sword] I got from Loot-Box on my left hip, while [Steel-Dagger] on my right hip.
And I'm wearing iconic blue tracksuit right now, with these weapons I look like a proper E-Rank hunter.
This Dungeon should be easy, it's just an E-Rank after all..
I'm in Hospital's Room right now. Tomorrow or next day after that I would be discharged.
With that out of the mind, I walked till I'm in front of doors. It's night right now, 1 AM, everyone with exception of Night Guard is asleep, perfect time for me.
I brought the key to E-Rank Dungeon on Door's frame, just then, an visible but transparent Keyhole materialized with slight glitch-like background around it.
I immediately inserted the key into it's keyhole before twirling it once. Thus allowing an transparent door to appear in the place of already existing doors. And my key disappeared before turning into dust.
I glanced at my free hand before taking the handle of the Dungeon's Door before opening it.
Insides of the Dungeon are plain.
Dungeon looks like old and plain cave. With torched positioned every several meters to keep the light in the dungeon.
"Time for a hunt I suppose." I muttered before entering it and closing the doors behind me. Knowing they were locked before I defeat a Boss is normal. "This Dungeon is weaker than the one with Kasaka probably considering what are my rewards.
I glanced at my stats.
[Level: 1]
]Job Class: None]
[HP: 100]
[MP: 10]
[Strength: 31]
[Vitality: 10]
[Agility: 10]
[Intelligence: 10]
[Sense: 10]
" Yes I have put every single point in strength at this stage, considering the name of the dungeon, it's gonna be packed with Goblins, coupled with Sung Jin-Woo's surviving instincts it should be a cake-walk till Boss room. " I re-assured myself. " But I should be prepared for any traps too."
[DING!]
[Players : [ Secondary Character: Querehsha!] : Will be temporarily locked till the end of the Dungeon Boss!]
Welp, there goes my trump card if everything goes to shit.. Initially goes to shit.
I cursed. "Fuck!"
And my raised voice actually caught un-wanted attention. You can already guess what it is.
Two Goblins, wearing leather armor and daggers came running at me from the corner of the cave.
System warned me immediately, showing their races by showcasing a window in front of their heads.
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"Kreek!"
"Kraaeek!"
They screeched as they sprint towards at their max speed, I panicked before hastily unsheathing [Steel-Sword] from it's sheath, just in time to parry one of the Goblin's swings.
"Ach!" I grunted as the little fucker actually managed to push me back! What is with this!
Second Goblin wasn't waiting for much time, it soon followed by trying to penetrate me with it's sword from the left.
I dodged by jumping away, all thanks to Sung Jin-Woo's instincts and experience...
The first Goblin again attacked me, not leaving me even a second of rest. I parried two of his swings before second one joined.
'How can I deal with them if they are not allowing me even a second to collect myself or rest?!' I screamed to myself, I can deal with them in 1v1 I think, but in 1v2 it's just matter of attrition and I'm gonna lose it if continues like this!
"I know!"
The first Goblin who was always the first one attacking me, I kicked him in abdomen and he stumbled back before falling on ground.
Giving me time to penetrate the stunned second Goblin who was stunned for a moment after it's colleague was sent flying.
With my stab in heart, or at least where Human's heart would be, Goblin stopped breathing before falling on ground motionless.
"Just one second, just second was all I needed..." I plunged my sword out from the Goblin before glancing at second one was already on it's feet and running at me. " They weren't joking, one second in battlefield was everything!"
I blocked one swing.
Parried second one.
Blocked third one.
And so it continued several times before I noticed what I assume to be an opening.
I immediately unsheathed my [Steel-Dagger] from my right hip before throwing it at worked out Goblin in the chest. Now of course this didn't kill him, it would have been too easy. It caused him to stumble back and wince in pain.
But that was everything I needed.
With one downward slash from my [Steel-Sword] I cleaved Goblin's head.
~THUD!
And it's dead body fell on the ground.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fighting 1v2 against Goblins lasted for three minutes?" I said to myself after checking it on my watch. "Let's move on slowly away from them, considering that this is E-Rank Dungeon, it has only several .
I glanced at Goblin corpses, or where Goblin corpses were supposed to be. Now they are slowly disintegrating, not leaving even their weapons behind.
"Such a pity." I sighed. " I could have used those Daggers as throwing knifes.."
But also I don't feel anything for killing those monsters.
Could it be due to me seeing them as just that, monsters who want to kill me?
Or, am I just psychopath?
I clenched my fists before walking away.
Nah, it must be due to them being Magic Beasts and their lives don't count, they are just like animals.
I re-assured myself, just as I turned around the corner, I got jumped by three Goblins.
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"Fucking ugly motherfuckers!" I cursed in English, automatically switching from Korean after getting jumpscared!
"Fuck!" I screamed once more, but this time in pain. One of the green fucks managed to stab me in stomach area!
"Krek!" The one Goblin that stabbed me screamed as I stabbed him repeatedly in neck with my dagger before transferring my sword into Inventory back.
I positioned his dead and motionless body as a shield so I can use it against other two Goblins.
"These annoying fucks!" The one Goblin I just killed was using dagger, but these two remaining ones are using Spears.
'How can I get close to them without getting stabbed!? ' though to myself as I narrowly managed to avoid their attack, all meanwhile I don't feel pain in my stomach right now.
It's probably adrenaline, fight or flee instinct.
"I don't have time for this!" I screamed as I noticed the Goblin I used for Shield is slowly disintegrate into black mist. " It's now or never!" I threw it's dead body at one of the Goblins, crashing them both on ground.
The second Goblin didn't even blink, then I threw [Steel-Dagger] at it, it dodged by moving it's head slightly at right, but this was all I needed, since I was just 2 meters away from it I was able to close the distance quickly.
I grasped the handle of the spear before pulling it at me easily. Due to my strength status it was easily achieved, then I pierced it's unprepared body with [Steel-Sword]
"Ak!" I let out pained whistle as someone stabbed me in the back with a spear. I quickly turned around to see the remaining Goblin grinning madly and cracking with laughter at me.
But then, as if something snapped inside me! I cut of the Spear part, so the 'Spear' is still inside me but handle was cut. And I used this chance for my favor.
I penetrated it's stomach with my [Steel-Sword]. The Goblin fell with resounding 'Thud' on the floor.
But my anger didn't stop yet.
I jumped on the fucking Goblin before mercilessly punching it numerous times on it's skull till it cracked.
[LEVEL UP!]
[HEALTH RECOVERY!]
Immediately, all my wounds are seemingly healed without any problem. As if they didn't exist, pain disappeared too, but.. Fatigue is still there..
I'm a bit tired..
I though as I stood up from the ground, checking my clothes. They are tattered from the wounds.. They were such good clothes.
I sighed..
I checked my Stats just once.
And as expected, every statistic gained one point.
I quickly picked up both my sword and dagger. This dungeon needs to be cleared up, and I will not fall for another sneak attack like this one. I could have died..
I was careless..
And those wounds were proof of that.
"My stats won't recover after leveling up, only health will. And that's op, too op honestly. But fatigue or body memory of wounds will still linger in my head. Proof of it." I spoke to myself as I walked further into cave. " But Health Recovery will lose it's usefulness once i'm in higher levels.."
And as I turned to next corner.
Another Group of Goblins appeared.
But this time, I was ready for them. Mentally prepared too.
"Bring it on!"
One after another they approached me, with various weapons. From daggers, to swords, to axe's and spears.
Before I was unprepared and caught off guard..
But now?! I know what I'm capable of!
I slashed at Goblins, each swing of my sword fatal for them.
One after another, one after another.
Each swing either killing them or mortally wounding them.
[LEVEL UP!]
I dodged another spear strike.
As predicted, 5 Goblins right now are equal to one level right now.
And those Goblins with spears are the most troubling ones..
I dodged.
I blocked.
I parried.
I run. The three remaining Goblins out of the once ten that attacked me are Spear wielders.
The most annoying bunch of them.
"KREE!" I cut spear of the one Goblin before throwing my dagger at it's stunned body. It's neck area, dagger killing it momentarily.
Now two more to go.
I side stepped from one's spear before cutting it's spear too, but my [Steel-Sword] did not stop there, it swung till it cut off it's head perfectly and completely.
"Ka! Ka! Kekekekek!" And last Goblin..
It threw the spear at me which I caught easily before running away...
"If you kill be prepared to kill!" I threw the spear at his running form with all my force, hopping it would kill him.
It did, magnificently so.
Spear plunged through it's chest.
[You have defeated <
[LEVEL UP!]
[HEALTH RECOVERY!]
And all small cuts I had on my body disappeared without any traces of existences, only tattered clothes to show that something existed there.
I walked and walked.
Till I turned at another corner, once more on guard.
"You must be shitting me.."
20 Goblins this time.
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP]
I sweated as I sat on dirty ground on the cave.
"Uff! " I breathed in and out.
[Congratulations for Player acquiring first Title! [Goblin Slayer] : 20% Damage to Goblins!]
I huffed.
"At.. Least, something." I sighed, I'm gonna take a braik, 10-20 minutes before I start exploring this cave further.
"Stats."
{Stats}
[ Primary Character: [Sung Jin-Woo] [Equipped]
[Secondary Character: [Querehsha] [Expand]
[Level: 7]
[Titles: Goblin Slayer [Expand] ]
]Job Class: None]
[HP: 1,300]
[MP: 70]
[Strength: 37]
[Vitality: 16
[Agility: 16]
[Intelligence: 16]
[Sense: 16]
"Something is not right here. I'm getting 100 points in HP by one level each and 100 points in hp by one point in Vitality? I don't think it worked exactly like that in Solo Leveling, other wise it's inconsistent." I said out loud, not really expecting anything to answer my own musing, but yet I was proven wrong.
[After Each LEVEL UP [Player] gains point in every single statistic, and 100 HP Points after level up. And 100 HP points after upgrading vitality by one point. In second words, [Player] has guaranteed 200HP points after LEVEL UP.]
"Then how did Sung Jin-Woo's system calculate his HP and MP?" I asked my [System], it appears to have limited type of sentience after all.
[Original System was incomplete model, i'm perfected with full calculations to make [Player]. I have no further data and failed programs before me.]
A vein bulged on my head, this system is practically calling the original [System] made by Architect to be useless piece of garbage, I can't blame it after all. That [System] was complete garbage in stats.
Ok, it's time to move on.
I though while standing up.
"This is E-Rank Dungeon, so I hope it only has E-Rank Boss, not C-Rank boss like Kasaka.
It felt as If I was in here for a longer time than I though.
[Time Skip- Some time later! I'm not gonna write him eliminate every single Goblin!]
It passed at least 3 hours since I walked up into this dungeon.
And I'm already LEVEL 10.
There is only one Goblin I did not finish of yet.
"I hope here is Boss, so I can deal with it and be over with this. I'm tired, I wanna sleep.." I walked into entrance of what I think to be a boss room.
And I wasn't wrong.
This Boss Room is just larger space in the cave this Dungeon is.
And in the center of the cave is a throne made from stones,
And on said throne is a Goblin. A large goblin indeed, otherwise I could have mistaken him for Orc if it were not for his ears and long nose.
He is wearing leather like armor, and in front of him is a green sword.
A normal sized sword, plunged into ground.
Goblin itself is large, almost two meters tall, bulging with muscles. All while wearing tattered leather armor.
I blinked.
It was a mistake.
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It's name was orange, so it's around my level.
And that same Goblin is running at me with incredible speed for my level. But after all those killings, I was not shaken up as I originally would be.
I parried his first attack, now for first time observing it's sword up close. It's beautiful indeed, I would like to have it as my own.
Just after several times of me managing to parry or block Goblin King's attacks, I noticed it.
~Crack!
My [Steel-Sword] Cracked, and I lost concentration on Goblin King, giving him a perfect chance to kick me in stomach and send me flying into walls of the cave.
"AcK!" I spit out blood, but just in right time I punched to avoid Goblin King's swing aimed at my head by inches, it merely scratched my face slightly.
I unsheathed my [Steel-Dagger] and plunged it into Goblin King's knee before kicking that same knee twice more.
"RARRG!' Fucking Goblin King roared in pain.
It's name is in Orange, meaning we are about the same level, it's not red. I can use dirty handed tactics to win.
I kicked Goblin King's arm holding his sword away, and taking this chance to cut the wrist of that same hand, which caused him to let the sword fall on the ground.
I followed with next attack, this one by me jumping with all my weight on the Boss and stabbing his head mercilessly with my [Steel-Dagger], Ignoring all punches he threws at my body.
It won't matter in the end, I'll heal.
[You defeated <
[Complete [E-Rank Dungeon: Goblin's Domain]
[Distributing Rewards: ]
[Sword of the Goblin King: ATK: 20]
[Key to Instance Dungeon: Hapjeong Subway Station]
]LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
"So I'm level 13 now? Good Jesus!" I fell back on hard floor.
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