Outside (2)

After listening to everything, the whole gang started fidgeting with their systems. They saw that the shop had everything they needed, Kyle gave all of them 3 red cores.

It was not sufficient but it was better than nothing. They started discussing whether to join with Joey's group or not.

"Do you trust this Joey person?" Elena asked with a serious face to which Kyle nodded and was about to sleep but a voice came from behind

"Yeah, I can too vouch for him, we are good friends." It was Max this time.

"Ok, so when are we leaving..?" Elena asked with excitement.

"What do you mean we, only me and Kyle are going this time, you should stay here to protect our room for a while," Max said with a serious face.

"The fuck..? why would we not go with you, do you think we girls are weaker than you," said Elena with a glare.

"Why the fuck would I think that, do you know how strong Maria is? Leave this I said that because you don't have any weapon with you, we don't know what is out there so we will only go a little step out too." Max said with a solemn face to which Elena and Maria pondered a little then accepted. Kyle wanted Maria to tag along as he knew how skilled she was in fighting, he and Max knew about her background but couldn't tell anyone else. Max didn't allow her to come as he wanted her to protect the place after they left.

After some time, they both left the room and walked to the entrance, they saw Joey and their group there waiting for them.

"Why did you take so long, I told you to come early morning but you came around 2 hours late." Joey bantered a little but then Kyle and Max told them that they had to make up the girl's mind before leaving.

"Oh...I understand. Then let me introduce you to my group."

They all introduced each other and shook hands before starting to move toward the exit.

Kyle, Joey, Max, and the others reached the university entrance and were mesmerized by the scenery, while the forest looked scary at the night, it was beautiful when seen in light, they could see tall trees all over the place, small bushes here and there and colorful plants everywhere.

They left the university with mild steps and took their weapons out.

"Wow... the sky is so clear, everywhere forest, I think it was good that this happened or our planet's death was only a matter of years," Joey said while being mesmerized by the scenery in front of him. They all had their guard down as they haven't been in this kind of environment ever, in Earth, there were no forests left and those that existed were out of reach from civilians.

They walked for about 10 minutes in a straight direction to not get lost. But what they saw in front of them in a few minute walk froze them all, there was a crack-like line in the atmosphere just about 600 m ahead.

They all ducked down in front of a bush and peeked towards that crack.

"What the fuck is that.....uhh don't tell me it's a dungeon of sorts," Kyle said both excited and horrified.

"I don't know, man. Let's get a little close. But we gotta run if something happens...OK??" Max asked in a confirmative tone to which all nodded. They crouched down and started moving ahead.

After reaching a little close, they started to see some humanoid creatures in front of them, there were three brown-skinned creatures only a foot tall. Kyle was thinking that they could be the renowned goblins that he always read about.

"They are brown goblins, hostile creatures with a decisive character. They will pounce at us if they saw us so be careful" Joey said seriously. Other than his group, Max and Kyle saw him skeptically to which he only smirked and said "I bought a skill named 'Inspect' for 5 red cores. It tells me the description of things and creatures until and unless they are below or a little up my level."

Kyle's eyes shone as he quickly opened the shop, after going to the skills menu, he saw the inspect skill at the beginning of the list. He quickly purchased it and gave Max 2 more cores to buy it.

He looked towards the creatures again and the blue screen came back in front of his irises.

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Brown Goblin

Level 1

Brown Goblins are an inquisitive and adaptable race hampered by their small size, their natural cowardice, and a severe shortage of common sense. They eagerly explore areas that others hesitate to enter. They are hostile towards every creature they come across other than their species.

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"Holy shit.....There are fucking goblins here, what do we do now??" one of Joey's friend whispered to the group.

Kyle was not listening to any of them as his eyes were on the free weapon that they can get from them.

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IRON DAGGER

NORMAL

RANK 0

A crude iron dagger made by the goblins to hunt their prey quickly. It can damage greatly if used properly.

DURABILITY 10/15

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"Hey...we should fight them...you know. We have already killed the rats once, we can kill them too." Kyle said with an exited face. Everyone saw him strangely but strangely and unknowingly, the goblins spoted them. It pointed at them with his dagger and roared.

"SCRAAGGHHHH....!"

They all looked at Kyle again as if he was the reason this happened to which Kyle just shrugged.

" They are only 3 and we 6 bruh...Let's just kill these fuckers...!!" One of Joey's friend shouted and dashed towards them. All his friends too shouted with Joey and dashed towards them.

All left behind were Max and Kyle, Max looked at him and nodded. They both too went running towards the three goblins.

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AUTHOR'S NOTES

Hey guys, another 1000+ chapter. I know the story is going a little slow but stay tuned as it's just getting started. THANKYOU FOR READING MY NOVEL.