Ghost had currently broken into the colony from the side far away.
He was moving extremely fast and was already midway to his destination.
He avoided every goblin nearby.
He could easily kill them, but the blood would attract the others.
'Master put his trust in me, I will succeed no matter what.'
Ghost was intelligent and cautious so of course when he was summoned he started questioning why he was so loyal to someone he never met.
He didn't know where he came from, but he knew that he had never trusted anyone like he did his master.
At some point he just started accepting it.
'What's the point of fighting it. I actually like being this trusted by someone. I enjoy being in master's service. I will do anything for him.'
Ghost came out of his thoughts when the giant tent came into view.
'It's time.'
***
Lucas and the others were currently being chased by a couple hundred goblins and hobgoblins mixed with a few hobgoblin warriors.
"Keep running and killing those that come too close!"
'We have already killed many of them, but our stamina won't last for long. We had no choice but to run and hope that Ghost finishes the job soon.'
While they were running, Ghost was currently in front of the tent where his target resided.
He stepped into a shadow and disappeared.
Ghost was currently in a large shadow next to wooden throne.
On that throne sat a large goblin.
He seemed powerful and many goblins were currently serving him.
But right when the goblin boss was about to take another bite of the meat in his hand, a dagger pierced his head with infused mana.
His brain exploded and he died instantly.
While the goblins were in shock, Ghost smashed the wooden throne and took the gate core that he sensed inside.
He didn't hesitate to smash it.
***
Lucas and the other were surrounded by monsters and fighting them to the death, when cracks formed in the sky and they were teleported outside.
'That was a close call.'
Lucas quickly unsummoned Ghost before others could see him.
He also found the boss goblin's corpse on the floor where the gate used to be.
'Seems that Ghost carried it outside with him, good.'
Lucas used Odin's Eye on it.
Goblin Lord
Rank: C
Level: 20
Stats:
Strength: 55
Agility: 50
Stamina: 52
Senses: 55
Intelligence: 60
Skills: Command (C), Enhanced Strength (D), Enhanced Senses (D), Tracking (D), Poison Resistance (E), Mana Blast (C)
'Might be a little stronger than the kobold boss. Especially the intelligence is impressive.'
'He also gave me 5000exp but 3000exp to my avatars. I don't really get how the experience points work with boss monsters.'
Now there were just 3 D-rank gates left.
No one leveled up this time, but Krasbert and Ghost were close to reaching level 13.
Lucas soon headed for the second goblin colony gate while the Helios guild took care of the monster corpses and other matters.
***
Lucas and his avatars did the same thing in the second goblin colony gate, but much quicker this time.
This time both Krasbert and Ghost leveled up.
Lucas also decided to check his gate clearing rewards from today before entering the other 2 new gates.
First kobold cave gate: 20 attribute points
Second kobold cave gate: 10 attribute points
First goblin colony gate: 10 attribute points, skill upgrade card, weapon upgrade card
Second goblin colony gate: 5 attribute points, skill upgrade card
'Damn! How did I forget to check my rewards?'
'I focused too much on clearing gates as fast as possible.'
Lucas then decided to use everything.
You have used a weapon upgrade card.
Steel Sword (D) has been upgraded to Steel Sword (C).
'It feels much lighter and it looks sharper too!'
You have used a skill upgrade card.
Sword Mastery (B) has been upgraded to Sword Mastery (A).
This time Lucas could feel the change much more intensely. He got a headache from the information that flooded his mind.
He soon calmed down.
'This is truly amazing!'
'It's too bad I can't upgrade any skills related to my talent.'
Lucas checked if he could upgrade his sword mastery again.
'Doesn't work. I think A-rank is the limit for these cards.'
'Not that it matters. I was planning on using it on something different anyway.'
You have use a skill upgrade card.
Fire Magic Knowledge (C) has been upgraded to Fire Magic Knowledge (B).
The same process happened again, but it felt different. With the sword mastery it was mostly how things were supposed to feel. But with magic it was much more profound.
An unimaginable amount of information flooded his mind.
'Fuck! It hurts so much!!'
Thankfully Lucas was away from other people's eyes.
After Lucas dropped on his knees from the pain, it took him a few minutes to calm down and stand back up.
'I get it now. How to improve my fireball, but also how to create different spells.'
'Well anyway, I should distribute my attribute points now. I had 5 before and with the new 45 I have 50 in total now.'
Lucas looked at his stats and started distributing his points.
Name: Lucas Strom
Level: 15 Exp: 109'580/163'840
Stats:
Strength: 50~60
Agility: 50~60
Stamina: 50~60
Senses: 45~53
Intelligence: 48~60
Attribute points: 50~0
Avatar points: 14
'Now that I'm learning magic, intelligence is just as important as my physical stats.'
'Aren't I becoming way too overpowered for my level?'
'I always dreamed of becoming a powerful being. Can I really achieve it?'
'I need to keep improving and doing whatever it takes.'
It was early in the evening and the D-rank gates would break in the middle of the night.
Lucas still has some time, so he decided to head to his guild and train a little to grow accustomed to his new strength.
Soon he would walk into unknown terrain and face unknown monsters.