Soul Weapon
All those Goblins were taken completely by surprise by the sea of flames that suddenly rose up. Although the fire didn't kill them instantly, it was enough to cause disorder among those little men making them totally forget the existence of whoever caused the situation. There have been cases where trails of fire have hit the Goblins' bodies and become trapped in them, causing them to roll from side to side. A Goblin ran towards the Goblin King looking for some kind of protection. With all the disorder caused by the fire, the Goblins were running and stumbling all over the place and with that greatly increasing the amount of injuries on their bodies, in addition, some Goblins were even stepping on each other while trying to get rid of the flames that covered their bodies. bodies. bodies. "Don't come any closer!" A child-sized rock flew towards the Goblin, blowing its head off on impact. The others might not have noticed, but the Goblin King knew exactly what was going on. "Damn! That's… did you use gunpowder?!" "Wow…I'm surprised you understand that." Ethan replied with an indifferent look, it was as if all this had nothing to do with him. Humanity was aware that Goblins were disorderly creatures. In some cases they didn't even bother to bring food into their territory and already consumed it at the scene, this almost always led to scenes of destruction in the places they passed with destroyed crates, barrels thrown everywhere and food scattered on the floor. .. As strange as it was. Ethan noticed that the Goblins often attacked at specific times of the day, as if they were aware of the villagers' agenda. So all Ethan had to do was throw gunpowder into some barrels of food and wait for the Goblins to take the bait. Obviously there were cases where some villager took the barrels instead of the Elves, however, they all managed to identify the gunpowder in those barrels due to the strong smell. The Goblin King had understood the whole situation and so he was wary of looking at that child. 'This is no ordinary human cub! ' That was what his mind kept repeating to him. Also, the Goblin King was a glutton by nature, so he feared getting close to face Ethan, after all, it would lead to him coming into contact with fire.
[You killed a Goblin!]
[You gained 25 exp!]
[You killed a Goblin!]
[You gained 25 exp!]
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Little by little the Goblins that still resisted the flames were falling to the ground with their lifeless bodies. The unbearable smell of charred flesh attacked Ethan's nose, but he, in turn, didn't care as he looked at the Goblin King with a smile. Ethan didn't much care about that curtain of fire because, unlike the Goblin King, Ethan didn't gorge himself on gunpowder-covered food.
Ethan lunged forward, completely piercing the sea of flames that spread across the place. In his eyes there was a determined look as he attacked his opponent without fear.
"Kehehehe! You fool! After all, you still took the trouble to come to me. "The Goblin King said with pleasure.
"You are so dumb." Ethan nearly burst out laughing right there.
The Goblin King didn't even have time to realize what had happened.
As he advanced towards his opponent, Ethan gripped the dagger tightly in his hand pointing it straight at the Goblin King, the other party could sense Ethan's battle spirit and prepared himself. However, as he approached, Ethan suddenly opened his hand and dropped the dagger to the ground. A smile formed on his face as he turned his wrist slightly and revealed a flickering flame burning his shirt sleeve.
Pushing his wrist forward, that flame came into contact with the Goblin King's body and spread to cover his entire body. It all happened in a split second, one moment the Goblin King was smiling and the next he was screaming in pain.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHGGGGG! YOUR DEMON! "The Goblin King started rolling around trying to put out the fire.
Unfortunately, the flames were too intense to be put out this way. Little by little his body was covered by burns that sizzled and didn't stop expanding. Ethan, in turn, looked at the scene with a calm gaze as he sat on a Goblin's body, even though the heat affected him negatively, he wanted to see how the Goblin King agonized in pain before dying.
He knew that not running away increasing the chances of getting caught by the other villagers was a stupid decision, but this was a stupid decision he would gladly make.
"STOP! STOP! STOP! YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT GIRL?! SHE'S GOING TO DIE IF YOU DON'T HELP ME! YOU DON'T WANT HER TO DIE, RIGHT?!"
"Ah… you're talking about Maria, right? The girl you killed a week ago." The anger in Ethan's eyes was so intense that the Goblin King even forgot the pain for a moment.
"D-DID YOU KNOW?!!!"
Ethan didn't respond this time. He had to stand his ground all week lest the Goblin King suspect him, however, this time the mere fact of Maria being mentioned almost made him sigh in frustration.
'Why do people keep dying around me?' Ethan thought to himself. Even though he wasn't to blame for the situation, he still felt irritated that he hadn't been able to predict the Goblin King's movements, thus preventing Maria's death. Despite everything there was no way Ethan could have predicted that incident, there was no clue or suggestion of what would happen, this was definitely a very sudden attack.
Ethan could predict the Goblins' actions based on their behavior and determine what would be the most acceptable course of action to kill these pests. However, he still didn't have the answer to the question that haunted him the most... Why?
"If you answer me a question...maybe I'll consider putting out that fire in your body...why did you do that?"
"AAAAAAAAARRRGHHHHHH!!!!!!"
"I suggest you endure the pain and answer my question. Otherwise, I'll throw more gunpowder on you. "
Obviously Ethan was bluffing now. No way Ethan had more gunpowder with him, otherwise he wouldn't have dared to cross that sea of flames so lightly. Also, he felt that he was out of time, even if the gunpowder was powerful, it still wouldn't burn steadily for long.
One of the reasons the fire remained so intense from the start was because of the pieces of wood scattered around the site. Due to the closeness between them, many of the flames connected forming a much larger and more intense one, although this flame did not last forever. Ethan could even see the concentration of dust decreasing as the fire consumed it.
He didn't fear for his life or anything, in fact, Ethan's biggest fear at that moment was that the Goblin King would die without giving him an answer.
"F-FOOD! WE WERE VERY HUNGRY AND..." The Goblin King screamed in pain.
"Oh, is it true?" Ethan mercilessly stabbed the Goblin King in the leg with his dagger. "Don't try to lie to me, do you really think you can fool me? "
"I WAS LOOKING FOR THE SOUL WEAPON, ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?! OUR GOAL WAS TO FIND THIS THING!" The Goblin King screamed in defeat. "These guys sent us and even promised me a monster core if I got any information..." The Goblin King said in a hoarse voice as the flames continued to consume him.
"Who are these guys?" Ethan asked.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations you killed the Goblin King!]
[you gained 2500 exp!]
[Congratulations you are now level 11]
[All attributes are increased by 1!]
[Congratulations you are now level 12]
[All attributes are increased by 1!]
[Congratulations you are now level 13]
[All attributes are increased by 1!]
[Congratulations you are now level 14]
[All attributes are increased by 1!]
"FUCK!" Ethan punched the ground with all his might. However, he didn't know how big the strength jump these attribute points gave him, upon hitting the ground, his punch produced a loud bang and left a small crater at the spot where he had landed. Still, Ethan didn't care and continued punching the ground angrily.
[You cleared a hidden dungeon!]
[Generating rewards!]
'Just shut up, system.'
[New title, Goblin Slayer!]
[Goblin Slayer: When activated gives the user a 10% increase in all stats and all attacks directed at any Goblin race creature will have their power increased by 3%]
'shut up!'
[New item! Stone dagger!]
[New item! Wooden token!]
[New item! Goblin Skull!]
"JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
[You were primarily responsible for the downfall of a King! Now by right all the riches of the former Goblin King are yours.]
[Opening the King's Room!]