Filed to story: A Bullied Boy Died: A Mafia King Woke Up In His Body
On the sixth day, nothing happened. No killings, no sightings.
The pattern repeated, with the shaman unable to fix or remedy it. He could send out more troops, but that would leave the base more vulnerable. As the ninth day approached, the shaman immediately sent as many foraging groups as he could, following the pattern of no killing.
The doubled-up guards, who had been in high tension the entire week and doing continuous patrols, finally took a break, knowing that there would be no killing on this day. It was at this very moment of mental fatigue that Kyle began his attack.
The guards at the secondary entrance did not even see it coming, with Kyle activating his Aero Shoes and smashing their heads with terrifying precision. He quickly entered the mining tunnels, collapsing the structure and closing the entrance before leaving.
He then headed to the main entrance, where the number of guards had dropped significantly. The trained warriors were all taking a rest in the den itself, leaving only rookie goblins to defend the main entrance. It was a simple wooden barricade, with a few abandoned houses that used to store mining equipment or serve as dorms, along with a watch post.
Kyle noted there were a few goblin archers, but he had the crossbow from Orthon, along with twenty bolts loaded into the cartridge.
He sniped the archer at the top of the watch post with pinpoint precision, who could barely scream with a bolt stuck in its windpipe.
Moving quickly, he attacked the main entrance head-on, causing an alarm to be raised. The rookie goblins valiantly fended off Kyle, but he leapt and danced around their amateur swings, simply kicking them or using his hammer to parry their hits before cracking their limbs or bones.
After dealing with the guards, he could already hear the stronger warriors coming out from inside the den. Kyle immediately ran up to the mine shaft, collapsing only one of the beams in a controlled fashion. The initially large tunnel that could fit seven humans from end to end started to crumble, the rubble now allowing only one goblin to squeeze through at a time.
Kyle did not plan to fight all three hundred goblins simultaneously but rather reduce the number of opponents he had to face as much as possible.
The goblin warriors did not think too much, simply charging through the tunnel and running right at Kyle. The skill of the trained warriors was far better than expected, having fought adventurers and other tribes. Kyle had to focus more, practicing his combat skills in a continuous series of life-and-death duels.
The Necklace of Healing could not heal a wound fast enough during the battle itself, so Kyle placed more emphasis on avoiding wounds, parrying hits, and putting the full range of his former martial arts knowledge to the test.
He fought close to a dozen goblin warriors in a short ten minutes, killing all of them. The system messages for each kill were temporarily ignored by Kyle as he chugged a Stamina Potion and a Strength Potion to keep himself going.
An hour passed, the bodies of goblin warriors piling up next to him. Even the goblin warriors were starting to lose their original fervor, the previous mental fatigue catching up to them. They also realized that this human was the main culprit behind the killings, adding even more fear and intimidation.
Suddenly, a loud roar burst out from the tunnel, with the goblin warriors being shoved out of the way by a much larger goblin. Wielding a rusted battleax that was obviously stolen from an adventurer, the goblin was two heads taller than Kyle. Its green skin was adorned with tribal tattoos, and runes were carved into its face.
The rest of its body was covered in full metal plate armor like a knight, potentially the only complete heavy armor set that the goblin den had. The arm had a vambrace that was noticeably arctech equipment, built completely differently from the rest of the armor set. It had green arcing lines along the length, making Kyle wary about its effects.
The two stared at one another as the goblin warriors, still cramped in the tunnels, watched on in fear. Even some of the forage groups who heard the fighting did not dare to try and backstab Kyle.
“Human!” the goblin champion suddenly yelled, shocking Kyle. “You, die, here!” It spat on the ground and gripped its battleaxe with both hands, ready to duel.
Kyle didn’t respond, immediately wielding his crossbow pistol and firing three bolts at the champion’s head. Instead of being afraid, the vambrace began to glow brighter, before three energy bolts suddenly shot out, hitting the crossbow bolts and deflecting them away.
Point Defense?! Kyle was surprised at the appearance of the engraving and caught off-guard as the champion charged with the battleaxe, performing a deadly horizontal swing that almost nicked Kyle as he leapt backward.
With the Aero Shoes, Kyle sprinted forward faster, using his hammer to bash the armor plate of the goblin as he was still swinging. The hammer instead bounced off, unable to do any damage.
I need more power! Penchant for Violence!
The skill activated, giving him a boost in combat stats. His body suddenly roared with a surging force from deep within, as though he had unlocked some small hidden potential in his body. The strength increase was significant enough for Kyle to feel as though the hammer was close to a tenth lighter.
He flanked the goblin as the momentum carried him around, just as the goblin was about to swing downward in a counterattack. With speed as his advantage, he delivered a kick against the goblin’s shin, causing it to kneel. Kyle winced in pain from kicking a full metal plate, but he gritted his teeth and continued fighting, narrowly dodging a right hook from the goblin.
Kyle was about to lift his hammer to strike, but the champion’s vambrace activated again, sending a bolt toward the hammer and sending Kyle slightly off balance. The unexpected use of the vambrace caught him off guard, allowing the goblin to recover and swing the battleaxe again, forcing Kyle to duck and avoid it.
With a decisive blow, Kyle delivered a straight right uppercut into the groin of the champion, causing its eyes to bulge. Kyle took advantage and punched the goblin’s face three times in rapid succession, toppling it over.
Suddenly, the tribal tattoo on the goblin’s face glowed green, a healing aura working through the body.
What?! Kyle was not about to let him heal right in front of him, grabbing his hammer again and pummeling the goblin in the face with as many strikes as he could manage.
Despite the green aura, the goblin’s face soon became a bloodied mess of meat and flesh. The rune was disfigured now, breaking the healing aura and killing the champion.
Kyle heaved as he stood up, his face and arms bloodied from the splatter. He glanced at the remaining goblin warriors, all of whom were now shivering in fear. Their champion had been killed in less than a few minutes, so what hope was there against this human?
Title Obtained:
Goblin Killer (Basic)