CH 4: intense pain
John and the goblin stood there. A deathly silence surrounded them. With the goblins sight and hearing gone it had trouble finding John
*SNIFF* *SNIFF*
The goblin sniffed the air trying to catch John's scent
*CLANK*CLANK*CLANK*CLANK*CLANK*
John used dagger throw and fired all five of his knives at the goblins chest, then running up luke used one of the knives in his hands to stab the neck
[smite has been activated]
[-1 magic]
His knife started to glow slightly as it pierced the neck
*THWUMP*
the goblin fell to the ground but as it did so one of its claws dug into John's back
"oh..." John muttered as he fell to the floor
[+1 xp]
[quest: first enemy. Completed +20 points]
[system quest:first enemy completed +20 points]
[quest: status effects. Completed +10 points]
[system quest:status effects completed +20 points]
[you died +2 points]
[new reward +2 skill levels]
[new reward +2 stat points]
[new title - xp stealer]
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[VERSION 17 START]
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*GASP*
John woke up with a large smile as he remembered what he had done, but remembering the time limit he quickly got dressed and grabbed everything that he needed
"two minutes to spare" John mumbled
[points: 73 store - level: 1 7/10 xp
Exp:5 - cost:20
Stat point:1 - cost:5
+5 mins prep time - cost:10
+1 skill level - cost:50 ]
"buy 10 xp and 6 stat points"
"add 1 to magic, strength, agility and add 3 to defense and with my other 2 stat points add 1 to defense and 1 to agility"
he would have to wait till next version to gain those stat points but in his mind that was worth it but to his surprise they were added straight away
"maybe adding them before going to the dungeon makes it happen straight away? That's good to know"
"add skill level to dagger proficiency and smite"
After that he once again entered the dungeon
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Once he entered the room he checked his status page and realized that his xp had finally been added
[level up]
[+1 stat point]
[Lv: 2 0/15 xp]
"add Stat point to strength"
To his surprise even though he was in the dungeon the stat point was added
"so if its from a level up or before entering the dungeon the stats would be added this version but if Its from in the dungeon from the shop I'll have to wait" John mumbled on for a while longer before going to the goblin
[+5 xp]
John managed to defeat the goblin but not without gaining a few wounds
"is the 5 exp from the xp stealer title??"
Before John could think more a light appeared from the goblins body
"whats this??" John mumbled
As he went over and looked at the source of the grey light he saw some objects
"ITEMS!!!" John shouted in joy
He grabbed them and used his inspect skill on them
[mutated goblin bones x3
Can be used to make weapons or sold for money ]
[mutated goblin skill stone
Can be used to gain a skill ]
"A skill!?!?!?" John screamed
Even after 16 complete versions he had only gathered 4 combat skills and the inspect skill
But knowing that he could gain one from just a single piece of stone he squealed he joy
After the initial excitement he started wondering if he could take these with him when he dies
"that would be good if I could but I have no inventory or anything to store them in"
After thinking John decided to use the skill stone. His reasoning 'because why not?'
[skill stone used]
[taking a skill from the goblins skill tree]
[mutation detected]
[additional bonuses are being calculated]
John immediately felt his body start to itch starting with something simple he could just scratch but in seconds his skin started burning, not long after that his bones started to break and reform
[(scared shout) has been gained]
[skill incompatible with current DEF and body]
John felt his body calm down but before he could recover he was hit by another wave of bone breaking and lucky for him a new addition, blood pouring out of his nose, mouth, eyes and ears as well as his skin peeling off his entire body
[additional skill is in progress]
[(goblin skin) - passive has been gained]
[your natural defense has increased]
[+2 DEF]
John finally felt his body calm down and this time his body had fully recovered along with the pain fully dissipating
"ouch" John moaned as he rolled onto his back
"what the hell!! Could I have not been given a warning!!" he screamed in anger
"ugh- I might aswell check the benefits" he thought before opening up the system