Luke's Way of Clearing

Leaving the remaining 2 stats in case of crucial situations, Luke moved forward slowly while focusing on his improved sight and hearing due to the increased Sense Stat. Soon, he heard the sound of footsteps,

"Scouts" thought Luke and started climbing a tree away from the footsteps. Sitting on a branch he spotted a group of 3 goblins, 2 carrying swords while 1 had a Blow Dart, Luke ignored them because they were not the real threat, looking a little up around 30 meters above from the scouts, he spotted 3 small makeshift huts in a triangular position, the one at the top most position was a slight bigger than the others and also had a Deer's skull bone hanged at its rooftop.

"So, the one leading the group is the Shaman and 3 huts means a maximum of 6 to 7 goblins. Hmm! The settlement is not entirely new, there are some chances of finding the hidden dungeon which I am looking for" estimated Luke from seeing the Deer Skull and construction of the huts.

He looked up again from the small settlement but this time directly at the branches of the other trees and after looking among the trees with full focus for about 1 or 2 minutes, he finally spotted what he was searching for, a goblin archer sitting on the branch well hidden among the leaves of the tree, this hidden goblin archer acted as the watch tower for the entire settlement, the goblin was so hard to spot because a goblin's natural skin tone being completely green which gets camouflaged easily among the dense leaves of the tree.

This kind of goblin archers are the reason why many newbies adventures die while clearing even a newly made settlement because the goblin archer alerts the nearby leader of the settlement whenever he spots any adventure passing nearby the settlement. The leader then prepares ambushes or lay traps to capture the adventure either eating them or using them as mate to increase their population. Even after getting the information of such hidden archers from the Guild, adventurers still die due to lack of an experienced scout whose job is to spot this kind of hidden Goblin and it is impossible for newbie scouts who are filled to the brim with enthusiasm of adventuring to patiently look at each and every tree searching for a single archer.

Luke had also learned this hard-way after failing 3 times in his previous timeline to clear a small settlement and later he learned about this well-hidden goblin archer. Luke climbed down from the tree without even making the slightest noise. If other players could only see his current movements, they without a doubt will say that, this guy has the Assassin Class(One of the Job Advancement of Thief Class) that how efficient his movements were. Luke took a round about way to the tree where the goblin archer was hidden staying out of radius of the 'Scout' goblins.

Luke now stood under the tree where the goblin archer was sitting looking up, he can see his small monkey like butt green in color and that disgusted him even more to kill this little prick, but Luke still cannot climb the tree because even with his climbing movements the tree will shake a little due to his height and weight which more than enough to alert the goblin archer, who will alert the entire settlement foiling his plans.

Luke also could not even use any skill because of the presence of Goblin Shaman, the Shaman will detect the use of mana in the area, since monsters who use magic like shamans are more sensitive to raw mana compared to humans and other physical attacking type monsters. Luke took out the pouch of 'Bone Dust' from his Inventory which he got as loot from an Undead of the second hunting are and holding the pouch only by its strings which was for the purpose of closing the mouth of the pouch, he started to spin the pouch in a circular motion which started generating centrifugal force and with correct momentum he threw the pouch directly upwards while muttered under his breath "Here goes my hard-earned money" because every single pouch of 'Bone Dust' can be sold for 50 to 60 Bronze Coins.

The 'Bone Dust' powder Luke just threw had no raw attacking use like some other one time throwable which causes debuff or any other uses, 'Bone Dust' can only be used for crafting purposes and also in crafting even of some specific portions only, but Luke used of it because powdery consistency. No matter what kind of powder it is but when it is thrown over the face it can cause anyone to stagger due to going in eyes, nose or mouth. That's what happened with the goblin archer, the 'Bone Dust' inside the pouch burst out when the pouch hit the branch above the goblin's head making the white powdery content fall all over the goblin. 

The Goblin Archer caught off guard thought it was an enemy attack and tried to knock the arrow in the bow but the powder went in his eyes causing him to start rubbing them madly and the branch was not a road where the goblin could walk freely while rubbing his eyes, which resulted in the Goblin falling down from the branch directly near the feet of Luke.

Luke taking his mace out started to choke hold the fallen goblin with the shaft of the mace by pressing it against the goblin's neck and lifting the goblin up during the process, since an average goblin had a shorter height and less weight compared to an adult human. The goblin while being choked in a last desperate attempt tried to hit Luke with his arms or legs but the goblin could not muster even the slightest of force and it did not take much longer for Luke to subdue the goblin, his arms and legs soon stopped moving but Luke still waited for few seconds which confirmed the rendering him completely unconscious.

Luke plan in his mind was to catch 2 or 3 Goblins alive to test the 'Sound of All' skill on them and he wanted no risk while he was conducting experiments with the skill. So, Luke opened the unconscious Goblin Archer's mouth and started stuffing it with the nearby growing grass.

Once Luke confirmed that his mouth was fully stuffed to the brim so that the goblin could not even move his jaw giving not even a chance to producing a sound, he started to break both the knees of the Goblin so that he cannot run away by smashing them with his mace because Luke forgot to bring a rope. The Goblin during the process woke up a total 3 times, his tiny brain receiving the stimulus of pain of a body part being broken, the Goblin from the pain tried to shout but could only choke on the grass stuffed in his mouth. Luke every time seeing the goblin gaining consciousness stomped him in the face twice which returned the Goblin back to his good night sleep.