Chapter 11: The Goblin Slayer (5)
Meanwhile back at the entrance of the dungeon, the players who had eagerly waited for any changes in the portal were stunned. The dungeon's time record still showed that Kaya was still inside the dungeon and it had already been 12 hours since he had entered. The bet had already been stopped since not one of them won nor did they lose their bets since the ratio of the betting system was placed at 0:10 ratio, if one player had betted that Alon could successfully raid the dungeon, it would've been a 0.1:10 ratio but nobody believed he could do it but now that things didn't go what they expected, they left the entrance area of the dungeon to go do their businesses since it wasteful to wait for something that didn't earn them any reward. Nevertheless, some did wait but these players were one of those people that had a lot of time on their hands, some had even rented this player to check on the time of Alon's dungeon raid since it's already amazing that he had surpassed their expectations and still managed to survive after 12 hours that no experts could do, though not to the extent of their knowledge. The people who were very interested in how long he could survive the hell mode dungeon alone paid some players to take a watch at the time of his dungeon raid.
"It's already 12 hours and he is still inside the dungeon, what do you think is happening inside?"
"He's probably hiding somewhere and is just waiting for time to pass by, I doubt that he managed to defeat the goblins in the entrance, there must be at least 50 of those little shits guarding the three entrances."
"But even if he did manage to defeat them, he could never defeat the sub-bosses single-handedly. Those guys are very hard to deal with even in Medium mode! Our team of 20 players took almost an hour just to defeat one sub-boss and we couldn't even last ten seconds on the dungeon boss after he activated a wide area skill on a whim!"
"Your team is probably a bunch of retards thornlesssyou just played the game and haven't watched any videos about the Goblin Farm Dungeon, everybody knows that the dungeon boss would activate its AOE skill right at the bat after entering his area range."
"I heard that the more difficult the boss, the more variables you would face inside. The guy probably saw a few dead bodies being scattered on the ground and that's why he is hiding due to the shock."
"He's a psychopath, he probably even had his way on the corpses."
"You do know that you can only unlock sex mode by doing some very hard quest and you have to be at least a viscount or a tier 3 player to unlock it and you can't just use it on anyone, you have to do some complicated agreements and papers to sign. That dude just recently played the game!"
"Since it's hell mode, he must've seen a lot of graphic shit inside the dungeon, he probably saw some goblin cocks or even goblin sex from female victims inside. That would be fucked up. Imagine if he recorded the entire shit, I'd buy it for a thousand bucks."
"Eww, you sick fuck!"
As a matter of fact, Kaya did happen to record every progression at that from the PK fight to the wolf massacre, and everything else that happened in the dungeon. He didn't miss one moment that didn't deemed interesting in his eyes.
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Back in the dungeon, Marielle was agasped at what she was witnessing. She watched Kaya dispose of the goblin corpses and pur all the dead bodies of the victims in an arranged manner. He gave the victims a proper burial. He even placed tombstones on top of it and carved the names out of those who had left and identity badge and kept any family heirlooms he could return to their loved ones.
She was quite touched by Kaya's actions and Kaya gained 60 affinity points to Marielle. What Kaya did next made him lose 30 of those affinity points as he started eating the corpses of the goblin champions. She was shocked at how Kaya started eating goblin meat raw and he even cut them to pieces so it would be easier to eat them. Although he did not eat the organs, he still kept them on his spatial inventory and even started collecting the bones of the goblin champions. Kaya was still covered in guts and blood and when he drank a cleansing potion, his affinity points with Marielle went back up by 50 points after she saw how good-looking Kaya was, not just the face but also the body. It was rare to find such a chiseled body even in the game even for NPCs.
Meanwhile, after eating the two corpses, Kaya was given 10 more points in the Poison Element and 11 points in the Wind Element. He also gained 67 free status attribute points: 25 Agility, 26 Intelligence, and 16 in Strength. It was such a big harvest.
Ting~
[Poison Element: 40
+200 magic resistance
+40% Chance to inflict Poisoning effect for 1 second
+40% Chance of dealing with Bleeding effect for 1 second
+200 Poison-based magic damage
+80 Poison Resistance]
[It is now possible to conjure the poison Element from the player's body using Mana]
Ting~
[Wind Element: 10
+50 Slow Resistance
+10% slow effect on the target hit by 1 second.
+10% movement speed increase
+10% attack speed increase
+50 Wind-based damage
+20 Wind Resistance]
He also gained their monster cores and his Monster Eater proficiency increased by 15%. After checking out the items that the sub-bosses had given him, Kaya was yet again annoyed at how he couldn't obtain a single weapon from the many drops. All of them had been either armors, garments, accessories, consumables, or materials. Now he thought that the system was punishing him after he had manslaughter thousands of children.
Karma was a bitch.
After picking a few useful items he could use, he disregarded his anger when he found out that he had finally obtained the final set pieces of the epic set equipment.
Ting~
[Crimson Blood Ring (0)
Type: Accessories
Rank: Epic
Durability: 150/150
+700 HP
+100 MP
+2% Lifesteal
- Ignores 5 Levels
Bloodlust(0)BUFF: When the player deals damage that will leave blood on their opponent's flesh, a fraction of this blood will be absorbed by the ring and once the ring is full, Bloodlust can be activated that increasing the player's health by 120% and increases Lifesteal by 10% over 30 seconds.
Cooldown: 5 hours
This is a set of equipment, equip all 4 pieces of the set equipment to unlock the hidden function.
Requirements: 100 Intelligence]
[Crimson Blood Necklace (0)
Type: Accessories
Rank: Epic
Durability: 150/150
+1000 HP
+10% Magic Resistance
+5% Spell Vamp
- Ignores 2 levels
Flesh Wound(0)DMG: Each of your attacks deals 1% of the enemy's health for 10 seconds for a maximum of 20% HP. Skill does not work against enemies with 30% HP remaining.
Cooldown: 2 hours
This is a set of equipment, equip all 4 pieces of the set equipment to unlock the hidden function.
Requirements: 100 Intelligence]
Ting~
[You have equipped all the set equipment! Item set has increased its tier by 1 and has updated each of the item's properties.]
[Exclusive Set skill has been unlocked]
[Blood Domain(1)BUFF/AOE: In a 50x50 meter area, spawns a large dome that increases the caster's Lifesteal by 40% and Spell Vamp by 30%. All enemies inside are slowed by 40% and damage dealt is increased by 10%. When HP is full, the healing factor is placed under the effects of stamina
Cooldown: 5 hours
Mana Cost: 500 ]
Ting~
[Crimson Blood Earrings (1)
Type: Accessories
Rank: Epic
Durability: 200/200
+1000 HP
+8% Damage Increase
+2% Lifesteal
- Ignores 5 levels
Cauterize(1)HEAL: Absorbs 4% of damage received to fill up the blood bar (Maximum of 8000 points). Once the blood bar has been filled by 25%, the points filled can be converted into the healing that instantly heals any lost HP. If HP is already full, the excess points will be returned to the blood bar.
Cooldown: 10 Minutes
The set effect is currently active. If one of the item set is removed, the set effect will immediately disappear.
Requirements: 100 Intelligence]
[Crimson Blood Braces (1)
Type: Arm Guard
Rank: Epic
Durability: 500/500
+2000 HP
+10% Damage Increase
+5% Lifesteal
- Ignores 6 levels
Clotting(1)DEF: When dealing damage, the excess health regeneration from Lifesteal will be converted into a protective barrier that surrounds the player which blocks up to a maximum of 10000 damage. Disappears after 3 seconds upon leaving combat.
The set effect is currently active. If one of the item set is removed, the set effect will immediately disappear.
Requirements: 100 Intelligence]
[Crimson Blood Ring (1)
Type: Accessories
Rank: Epic
Durability: 250/250
+1500 HP
+200 MP
+4% Lifesteal
- Ignores 6 Levels
Bloodlust(1)BUFF: When the player deals damage that will leave blood on their opponent's flesh, a fraction of this blood will be absorbed by the ring and once the ring is full, Bloodlust can be activated that increasing theetheheheeher's health by 150% and increases Lifesteal by 15% over 30 seconds.
Cooldown: 4 hours
The set ct is currently active. If one of the item sets is removed, the set effect will immediately disappear.
Requirements: 100 Intelligence]
[Crimson Blood Necklace (1)
Type: Accessories
Rank: Epic
Durability: 250/250
+2000 HP
+15% Magic Resistance
+7% Spell Vamp
- Ignores 3 levels
Flesh Wound(0)DMG: Each of your attacks deals 2% of the enemy's health for 10 seconds for a maximum of 40% HP. Skill does not work against enemies with 40% HP remaining.
Cooldown: 2 hours
active. If one of the item sets is removed, the set effect will immediately disappear.
Requirements: 100 Intelligence]
'Wow, so this is how a set piece works! Now it's stronger than a normal tier 1 epic equipment, it could even rival peak tier 1 epic ranked equipment!'
Kaya was amazed at how huge of a boost the set piece effect had on each of the items. Not only did it enhance the properties of the items, but it also upgraded the effects of the item skills.
Lifesteal is a hidden attribute that heals the player depending on the percentage of the damage they dealt. For example, if the player had 1% Lifesteal and dealt over 100 damage, 1% of the damage would then be converted to healing which is about 1 HP. The only downside with this attribute is that it can only work on physical attacks and does not apply to Skills. Spell Vamp on the other hand is the same as Lifesteal except that it only applies to Skills and works with either physical or magical damage.
Any Spell Vamp or Lifesteal-giving items were very rare in the game. It was like a phoenix feather. To think that Kaya would acquire four of these things. That's equal to plucking four feathers of a Phoenix! His harvest had been quite bountiful. He then checked his player status.
Ting~
[Alon
Race: Human
Status: Commoner
Title: Weak Hero.. (3 titles are in effect)
Class: Warrior (Tier 0)
Level: 27 (9%) +3 (6%)
Rank: Awakened (Early)
Strength: 208 +6 +16
Agility: 234 +3 +25
Intelligence: 104 +26
HP: 12600/12600 +300 {6500}
MP: 1040/1040 +260 {200}
Status points: 0 +15]
(Note: The bracket {} means the added effect of items so I didn't want to add it to the main health to not lose the confusion from both the readers and myself.)
Ting~
[Congratulations on reaching level 30! You have been rewarded]
[Heating Spoon (0)
Type: Weapon/Utensil
Rank: Ultra Rare
+500 True Damage
Hot Food- When eating using this spoon, allows the food on the spoon to heat up or cool down to how the player wishes while allowing the freshness of the food to remain.
Scoop Out(0)DMG: Digs down to the enemies' bodies allowing them to scoop out a chunk of their meat that is equal to 200% Strength as True Damage.
Cooldown: 15 seconds
Mana Cost: 50]
'Fuck! To think that I finally get a weapon but why did it had to be fucking spoon!? System! Are you badmouthing me because of my actions!? Are you fucking kidding me!?'
Kaya could not help but scream inwardly. The spoon in his hands looked just like any other spoon but when he tried heating it, its color changed to red while when he cool it down it changed to blue, aside from the fact that the damage he dealt with it was True Damage, there was nothing particularly good about it. It had a short range, he couldn't use it so much in a fight, especially against bigger opponents and he couldn't even use it as a throwable.
True Damage is a type of damage that ignores any form of defensive attributes. For example, if a person has 100 physical damage while his target has 10 physical defenses, the damage the target receives will only be 50 since 1 point of physical defense is equal to 5 points of physical damage. But if they deal 100 damage while the target has either 10 physical or magical defense, the damage the target receive will always be 100 damage. That is how powerful true damage was, its only downside was that Lifesteal or Spell Vamp doesn't work on it.
'Fuck, let's not think about it too much. The fact that I was able to obtain a weapon is already enough. Its heating and cooling properties might be helpful since I've been getting tired of eating bland meat. Let's distribute my status points first.'
Kaya retrieved the spoon from the inventory and thought of how he should distribute his status points. Eventually, he decided to put all of it into his strength since now that he had the Heating Spoon, he could now bypass any form of defense and against an enemy with a huge health pool, it was a tool for killing.
Ting~
[Alon
Race: Human
Status: Commoner
Title: Weak Hero.. (3 titles are in effect)
Class: Warrior (Tier 0)
Level: 30 (15%)
Rank: Awakened (Early)
Strength: 230 +15
Agility: 272
Intelligence: 130
HP: 12900/12900 {6500}
MP: 1300/1300 {200}
Status points: 15 -15]
'With this, I should be ready to kill the Goblin King.'
Kaya closed his status window and went to Marielle who was currently asleep. He held her sleeping body over his arms and started carrying her out of the cave system. She still couldn't walk since her legs hadn't healed yet.
"Where are we going?"
She asked. She could see that Kaya was bringing her out of the cave and wondered if he'll put her near the entrance for her safety.
"Don't you wanna see me defeat the Goblin King? Well I'll bring you there to watch."
Kal responded with a smile as they arrived out of the cave tunnels without problem.
"Although you're strong, but your going to face a peak tier 1 boss monster. The chances you'll die are very high so I prefer we leave this dungeon and wait until you get stronger, maybe then you will retrieve my locket."
Marielle refuted in a solemn tone. Kaya was a good man and she had grown fond of him. His actions and morals he had shown her we're very upright and she felt safe around his arms. She didn't want to see her own saviour die in his own eyes.
"Don't worry too much, I've grown a lot stronger in the past few hours and I'm confident in taking him down. I already made a promise and I'm here to keep my word. If you really are worried about me, support me on the sidelines, if you think the situation becomes dangerous, just call out my name, then I'll quickly retreat."
Kaya reassured Marielle who looked like a worried puppy. Ever since he was young, nobody was worried about his well-being, not even his grandfather. To think that the first person to worry about him was an artificially created human which was very ironic. She was only an NPC but she was more human than anyone he had seen.
"Okay fine, I'll call you out if things get out of hand but what is your name?"
"Alon, my name is Alon."
"Alon huh, well then I'll remember that name."
Ting~
[Marielle de Arc's affinity has increased by 70! Your relation status has changed from Well-known personnel to Closed Ties]
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After arriving at the dome of the cave, Kaya placed Marielle beside a rock that was far away from the Goblin King's range. He didn't want her to be involved in the battle as she was still weakened.
"I'll be back quick."
"Promise?"
"I promise."
Kaya gave her a warm smile and left. After arriving at the scene, he found the place rather lackluster. There were bones piled on the ground but aside from the Goblin King who seated on his ragged throne, he couldn't see or feel any presence from any living thing.
Ting~
[Barog, The Goblin King (1)] [High Lord Boss Monster
Level: 50
HP: 1,000,000/1,000,000
'As expected of a monster, it has a staggering one million HP but it's name is really cool for a goblin.'
(Note: Barog or Barug means 'to exert effort or to thrust' in Bisaya, one of the many dialects of the Philippines.)
The sleeping Goblin King waved its finger in a circular motion and a giant brown magic circle appeared on the ground.
"Alon! Jump!"
As soon Kaya heard Marielle's call, he immediately jumped as high as he could reaching the ceiling of the dome on which he held on to two stalactites.
Dugugdudgdudgug!
Right after he jumped, the ground started to rumble and shook and thousands of giant spikes started shooting out. When Kaya saw the spikes, he couldn't help but thank Marielle inwardly since if not for her help, he would've died from the spikes.
After a few seconds, the spikes disappeared on the ground and Barog, the goblin king was finally awake. Kaya landed on the ground and stared at the Goblin king intently. It was as big as an average orc which is about 10 feet tall and it was wearing layers of torn fabrics. It had grey long hair, and its body was covered with tribal tattoos and inscriptions.
"To think a puny and dirty human like you managed to avoid my surprise attack. It seems like I'll be having some fun."
Barog called out in a low and condescending tone. Barog was shitting at Kaya funny due to his appearance looking like a drag queen on the ghetto. He had red jewelries on, a chainmail that didn't have clothes inside it, a pitch black pants and blue sneakers.
"Say that to yourself, how can you call yourself a king who wears no crown and is very undignified. You're wearing tattered clothing which makes it look like you can't afford clothes. You're a king for fucks sake."
Kaya criticized Barog's appearance. Kaya only wore these items because the effects were good and it didn't feel hard to move in them since the majority of his armors were big chest plates and helms which was very impractical for someone like him who likes to move fast and flashy.
"A king does not need to wear a crown to be considered one, and one does not need to seek for artificial luxury just to appease the eyes of others."
"Others huh? No wonder you didn't brought your subordinate since you're afraid of getting judged with your tastes."
"Their incompetence has failed me so I ate them. I, alone am enough to kill you."
"Wow! To think you'd resort to cannibalism, no wonder you don't have friends since they're afraid of getting eaten by you. But you know, I won't judge you since your kind actually taste good. You see this? These are the skulls of your two champions. I ate them and let me tell you, they were delicious~."
Kaya provoked the goblin king, Barog by showing him the two giant skulls. He even started licking skulls which immediately anger the king further.
"You really want to die huh? Well then, I'll grant you your wish. Since you've managed to set the ire of the entire goblin race, I will give you pain far worse than death!"
Barog activated magic circles in his hands that summoned beams of fire towards Kaya at a very fast speed. He moved sideways to block the beams of flames and pulled out two bent pointy bones from his inventory. This pointy bones were dripping with toxic substance. This toxic substance we're very potent and when it dripped on the ground, it melted anything it came into contact with.
'So this is the effect of conjuring the Elemental Poison out of my body.'