I crept through the caves, minding my step; really fortifying in the Caves was both a good and bad decision. If you had enough forces to defend all the entrances and exits, it was a good decision. If not, I am hopefully about to make a bad decision.
The cackling laughter of the goblins echoed throughout the caves and I unsheathed my knife. I slowed as I neared where they were, depending on their levels and concentration of numbers would determine how possible or impossible my task was about to be.
I soon saw the light of a fire and the shadows of goblins playing in it.
"Uk na thrāshj Um pata!" A goblin exclaimed in their harsh brutal language.
"Na um Pata Est Frkej!" Another goblin responded as I came closer to the pair of Goblins. Halting momentarily, I reached down, searching for a loose rock. I found one, a small smooth pebble; I think you know what's about to happen...
Throwing it at a nearby wall, I moved into a crevice, hoping the shadows would hide me.
"U-ĀRG UM XHO-CHOEKA" One of the goblins exclaimed loudly.
"Na um Hxo-Choeka, G-ĒDEG pata XHO-CHOEKA!" The other one responded, were they arguing over who checks out the sound? Eventually, I heard a light scuffle, and soon a level 5 [Goblin Guard] stumbled out into the offshoot cave I was In.
I readied my Knife, as I hid covered in shadows.
"Ekt Fa-ske um G-ĒDEG" the goblin muttered, with one of the words sounding a lot like a curse word. As soon as he stepped into the range, I waited a half-second as it turned around. I lunged from my hiding place, my knife heading straight for his neck. My blade found purchase in its trachea as a spurt of goblin blood spewed out of the injury. It gurgled for a moment in surprise before another knife strike ended its life, its eyes grew dull and lifeless.
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[XP Earned]
You have earned XP for killing a level 5 [Goblin Guard].
-50% for killing an Enemy with Stealth
+100% for killing a higher-level monster
+20% for killing a member of a Warring Faction
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[Sub-Target Update]
(1/5) [Goblin Guards]
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Doing some quick mental math, the first two modifiers basically canceled each other out, which sucked because I had only 4 more Goblins to go kill for as many levels as possible before I had to fight a level 10 [Goblin Chief], so you know, grand and wonderful.
"Gu tu pata U-ĀRG?" a questioning Goblin asked. I once again returned to the crevice.
"Fa-ske!" The goblin muttered, a now-confirmed goblin curse; as it entered the cave, it saw the corpse of its buddy laid out on the cave floor, dead and in a pool of green liquid around it. It rushed towards the goblin corpse and knelt down, sniffed, and as it began to speak, I lunged outwards.
"Hooman-" it began to say before my knife found it's self longed deeply in the eye socket of the [Goblin Guard]
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[Level Up]
You have leveled up due to killing a level 5 [Goblin Guard]
-50% for killing an Enemy in Stealth
+100% for killing a Higher level Monster
+20% for killing a member of a Warring Faction
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[Sub-Target Update]
(2/5)
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I was now level 5, which was great; I decided to make every one of my stats, excluding Endurance a 2, a half point to regeneration, and a quarter of a point to Strength, and Durability.
My body remade itself new, my bones snapped one by one crushing themselves and remaking them. My muscles shredded themselves before they slowly reknit themselves stronger than ever elevating me to beyond human. My skin and veins were next as they hardened themselves and I was remade.
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Strength:2
Agility:2
Regeneration:2
Endurance:1.2
Durability:2
Mind Status:
Wisdom:1
Intellect:1.6
Memory:1
Perception:1
Intuition:1.2
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As soon as it came, it disappeared; I stretched and yawned. Before entering the area where the goblins were hanging out, I saw a small campfire and some bottles labeled as [Fermented Blood], which I really hoped was a gag name, but knowing these foul abominations, they probably would drink fermented blood.
Besides that, I found a few pouches of random food stuff I didn't trust. The most valuable thing I found was a pouch of various coinages, many clearly not from Earth. I saw the faces of stereotypical Elves, Dwarves, and Orcs. Clearly, these guys had been all over. Picking up the coin purse I stored and began to follow the signs of frequent travel. Soon enough I stumbled upon an unfortunately empty sleeping area. Not much to be found besides an assortment of poorly made goblin weapons.
I quickly moved on to another cave path. In a dead-end area, two goblins were there. One was hard at work hammering away, creating a malformed scimitar. The other was standing guard or, more accurately, falling asleep in his spear.
[Goblin Smith lvl. 6]
[Goblin Guard Lvl: 7]
Perfect actually, with both goblins distracted, I snuck up, and with a quick Unfriendly prodding into the underside of his head, it turns out they're allergic to knives in the head area, and well, He died.
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[Level Up]
You have leveled up from killing a level 7 [Goblin Guard].
-50% for killing a sleeping Enemy
+200% for killing a higher-level monster
+35% for one hit kill
+20% for killing a member of a Warring Faction
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[Sub-Target Update]
(3/5)
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The [Goblin Smith] luckily didn't hear a thing as he Hammered away; with a single stab to the soft area right where the neck and skull meet, he too fell in a single blow.
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[XP Earned]
You have earned XP for killing a level 6 [Goblin Smith].
-50% for killing an Enemy in Stealth
-25% for killing a Non-combatant
+35% for One hit Kill
+20% for Killing a member of a Warring Faction.
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[Hidden Objective Complete]
You have completed a hidden Objective [ Kill the Smith ]. You have killed the [Blood Guzzlers] one and only Smith crippling their ability to produce weapons.
Reward: [Smith] Class Stone and [Awakening Token]
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As soon as I dismissed the notification two items appeared in my hands. One is a smooth semi-semi-transparent stone with a Hammer on it and the other is a silver coin with a square hole in the center reminiscent of an imperial Chinese coin.
I stored the [Smith] stone and held the [Awakening Token], reading its description.
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[Awakening Token]
This token will awaken one non-awakened item, and enhance its records. It will vibrate in the presence of a high record non non-awakened item.
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Almost immediately it began to vibrate slightly as it neared the knife I had used to kill the goblins. Thinking about it, I had nothing else to really use it on; if it just enhanced records or whatever they were, I would use it on my baseball bat or my Jacket. Deciding to just ya know Fuck it. I tapped the token hoping that would work.
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Would you like to use your [Awakening Token] on this Knife?
[Y/N]
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Pressing yes, the Sliver coin seeped into the knife. The knife began to vibrate as its appearance shifted from an unassuming skinning knife into a true dagger with a silver sheen to it.
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[Goblin's Bane]
Rank One Uncommon Slashing Weapon
This blade is a once simple pre-integration human-made knife from Planet Earth, which has tasted goblin blood and the hatred its owner bears towards them. Awakened by a Quest granted [Awakening Token] this blade now curses any Goblinoid that is slashed by its blade. It also deals with greater damage if its target is unaware.
Effects: [Hatred of Goblins] and +25% damage to Unaware Targets.
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Well, well, well, looky what I got here: the perfect Weapon to kill these goblin asswipes with.
I scanned the [Goblin Smith] workshop but most of the materials were crude or worn out. I then allocated my points to Endurance, bringing it up to 2 like the rest of my physical stats, and invested the remaining .2 into Agility.
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[Achievement Earned]
You have earned the achievement: [Physically Gifted] by investing all your stat points almost entirely evenly.
-[Physical Gifted]
This a Permanent Achievement that improves the rate at which you can train your physical stats.
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[Physically Gifted] was a useful trait, that would require downtime to actually get used. However, it could possibly make me several times stronger than I would appear on paper.
I soon turned around and exited the area where I had killed the two goblins now wielding a blade that hated them as much as I did. As I reentered the sleeping area, I looked toward the third passage. I walked into it making sure to keep aware of any tripwires or the like.
"Gu na Xyten," a Goblin muttered; the echoing nature of this pasture made it so I couldn't make out how far ahead it was. Eventually, the passage of caves diverted into two paths; one was lit up by primitive torches, and the other had a flickering light deep into it. My gamer senses kicked in, and I would bet money on the [Goblin Chief] being down the path of torches where I remembered to be a wide-open space, and the side tunnel had a guard, no doubt because that path led to the surface.
Determining my path I made my way up the less well-lit path, clutching [Goblin's Bane].
Sure enough, the mutters in Goblinic, as I called it, intensified.
"Fu sha, Dun eri ka nu!" A slightly different goblin voice spoke, it possessed a deep base to it. As I crept up the passage and into a campfire I saw three goblins, one standing at a massive '6 foot even roughly an inch shorter than me. Another had his back turned to the fire, chopping up something and a third drinking heavily from a bottle of fermented blood.
[Orclin Guard Captain]
[Goblin Chef]
[Goblin Guard (Inebriated)]
The Orclin which from its name I assume was because it was half goblin half orc was level 8 and the drunken goblin was Level 5 and the Goblin chef was level 3. The Big bastard was macking down on a bear leg and had his back turn away from me. These Goblins were like colossal idiots, it was like they where a one up manship competition for who could be the biggest idiot. Alas I thanked who had made them that they did not spend time on the brains department.
I slowly crept up right behind the big back half Goblin. Slowly I reached up and stabbed [Goblin's Bane] deep into its head, I kept on stabbing it quickly in succession. As it slumped hopefully dead, I quickly moved my enhanced body over to the drunk goblin. It tried to stand up but fell it's drunk ass in the fire. Putting it out of its mercy. I looked up to see the [Goblin Chef] screaming it's head off. Fuck.
I quickly stepped forward and silenced it. I knew however it was too late as a series of messages bombarded me.
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[Level Up]
You have leveled up twice by killing a level eight [Orclin Guard Captain] and a level five [Goblin Guard], and a level 3 [Goblin Chef].
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[Sub-Target Complete]
You have Killed (5/5) of the goblin guards.
Reward: Class Slot Increase, and a Skill [Stealth Attack]
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[Achievement Earned]
You have earned an achievement for killing a rare species [Orclin] a creature of Half Goblin and Half Orc origin, typically much smarter than it's Orc brethren and Stronger then it's Goblin brethren.
-[Rare Species Hunter]
+5% Perception.
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