Chapter 73 73: Goblin Slayer/ Beast Tamer - Part 1
Zell used all his free experience points to upgrade his dominant class.
Although the incubus talent sounded fantastic, he needed combat attributes over skills. He gazed down towards Griselda, now up to his waist in height, with a faint smile as she pressed her body against him.
Lv 13 | Magic Knight | Demonic Dragon Lord [Exp: 736/4,000]
Lv 11 | Incubus | Novice Overlord [Exp: 1,110/3,000]
[Free Exp: 736] [Skill Points: 102]
A burst of power filled his body as the attributes increased yet again. He looked at the cute wolf beside him, shaking her entire body, causing her fur to bounce and swing around. 'I guess Griselda also felt her improvements.'
"Wan!!" (This lady is bursting with power! I am the protagonist!)
[High tension…. Cute]
"Shall we go look at the boss? I wonder what shiny treasure we'll find."
Black flames burst from his axe, transforming it into a heaver but smaller size because of the cave area. He made the axe around 130cm long and 60cm shorter. Its gleaming blade shimmered from the dull light of the torches on either side of the wall.
'I wonder who replied earlier. The voice was so in sync I couldn't tell.'
[Yanyan]
"…"
Zell ignored Yanfra, no longer able to understand her strange thought process. His hands pushed the doors open with a loud creak and thud sounding as the doors opened like a badly oiled shop shutter. 'There goes the stealth route.'
'So loud… Master is so clumsy!'
He looked into the dark room as his eyes adjusted to the darkness. Suddenly, two enormous blades shot out before he could react and slammed into the jagged rocks behind his head. The blades slammed into the wall with a bang, splitting the stone with two deep fissures.
"Wan!" (My lord, are you alright? Do you need CPR?)
Yanfra spent quite a long time speaking to Griselda in the other world. She also played old television shows to corrupt the innocent little wolf. Although the ones she showed were from a long time ago and would cause the poor wolf to be mocked in the future.
Her cute little nose twitched as she sniffed the foul air before rushing into the room. Two giant goblins sat on crumbled thrones made of grey and black rocks. One chair seemed smaller and must have been for a female. However, these stupid goblins didn't seem to understand, as they were both males.
Goblin Elite Lv 20 | Goblin Knight Lv 22
'Oh shi…. Griselda!'
"Griselda, come back. That's an order!"
*Boom*
A massive great sword crashed into the ground where Griselda would have stood the next moment without his shout.
These goblins were a threat, not a huge one. But one of them had reached the first danger threshold. The danger thresholds were something that humans created early in the merger. Once getting level 20, they would gain some of their intellect back, even those mindless goblins or slimes that died over and over.
When these appeared in the game, they could use abilities outside their normal ones. Also, they acted out on their own choices and needs. A goblin, for example, would capture female NPCs or players and violate them. People still saw it as okay, with most saying, 'it's just a game, so lighten up. It's a skill issue.' Those people were the first to collapse, and breakdown in terror after the female goblins found them and squeezed them dry without resistance.
[NPC - Non-Player Characters]
"Wan!" (Yes master!)
She changed the instant he shouted in a grave tone. His body shot forward to her side like a lightning bolt. His left hand grasped the scruff of her neck, tossing her towards the door while his right arm braced for impact with the broad side of his axe.
Instantly after, a massive weight smashed down on him. The taller goblin with black skin smashed down with a thick stone mace, cracks forming inside it from the colossal strength.
'Fuck… He's stronger than me!' Zell tensed his legs and gritted his teeth. He slid through the dirt floor, making deep imprints as the goblins' swing smashed past him thanks to the axe and cannoned into the ground, causing a vast crater.
"Fuck…. That's after blocking most of the blow!?"
The goblin lifted the mace, noticed no blood or flesh and stood up straight, now a full head taller than Zell. His tight body with muscles rivalled Zell, but much uglier.
"Griselda…. Take the other one; fight like one hit will kill you. Call me if you need help!"
Zell couldn't dream of taking them both on at once. The brown goblin seemed less intelligent and still played with the dead female player, tossing her aside as he slipped out of her and stood up. Her last moments in the game must have been traumatic.
The demon gods empowered these monsters. So, when they abused female players, it would fully transmit to them in real life. It seemed close to his Avenger skill. 'I'm a little bigger; a fine tool you got there, Gobbo.'
[Avenger: All damage dealt to players that show animosity to you or your loved ones will take 200% synchronised damage to their actual body.]
'This isn't a good sign….'
His body jumped back. As another enormous crater appeared after a colossal explosion. A huge mace struck like a bomb, crushing the ground into large cracks before a broken and twisted voice sounded in the cave.
"Tell me, human male, why do you come into our abode… No, you are not human. Why does one of our own kind stink with the scent of those foul lizards?"
Zell wasn't a stupid protagonist in a novel; interesting in dialogue. His power burst from his entry body. The black-scaled armour illuminated with an iridescent red as three large horns burst from his head and curved back, his teeth cracked, becoming sharp like a predator. Then, like the black symbiote in that spider movie, his face filled with the steel wolf helmet that bubbled like gel before hardening into black scales.
"Heh, a filthy goblin dares speak to his master?" Zell said in a deep, distorted voice.
Immediately after that, his axe grew full-sized and remained twice as heavy as Zell shot forward towards the black goblin with his body glowing crimson. His mouth sucked mana from the surrounding area into his mouth as he lifted his glinting axe from the ground and raised in the air. He planned to strike the goblin in the neck with a heavy blow combined with an onslaught and dragon's breath.
"Wretch! Who's my master!" screamed the black goblin, which raised his stone mace and lunged forward to crush Zell into pieces for good.
Zell's black axe swung towards the goblin's jugular, filled with immense power, causing a fierce howl, while the goblin replied with his mighty mace slamming down with a savage roar; as his body closed the distance in the blink of Zell's eyes.
Griselda vanished into the shadows, her body enveloped in powerful magic, the bright silver raiment not visible to the brown goblin that chased her female scent. He didn't have the brains of the other, not interested in Zell and dashed towards the door where the female wolf was last seen.
'Griselda! Use your Thundering Howl and blitz him, take distance and wear him out! He's slow, you can do this!'
"Wan!" (Yes Master!)