My Physical Related Stats have all entered the C-Rank realm. I could kill a C-Rank Warrior even before they reached this level so I was fairly certain I could take on a low tier A-Rank now, or at least a top tier B-Rank.
"Then there's my Mana Capacity Stat. It went passed F-Rank level and entered E-Rank level while my overall Rank as a Warrior is still F. I thought it'd get stuck at the F-Rank Maximum because of my locked Level Stat but it didn't. Instead, the fact that my Level Stat was locked became one hell of a blessing in disguise." We then arrived at the next Goblin village.
"So we're just gonna run through and on to the next village, is that it?" Peyton asked.
"Oh yeah. There's seven-hundred and eighty-two Goblins in this one." I checked with Treasure Hunt. "Good lord, that's a lot." I added.
"Told ya, maybe we should think twice about this and-...what is up with that evil looking grin you have on!??" She paused to ask as she looked over to me.
"Seven-hundred and eighty-two Goblins means..." I said while drooling. "...seven-hundred and eighty-two Mana Crystals." I added while wiping my mouth.
"I was wrong. You're not a Demon, you're worse."
"Just say 'The Devil'!"
"I thought I told you not to judge me!"
"I know, I know, you need materials for Blacksmithing, whoopdie-doo."
"Let's just get this over with." I said, entering the Goblin village. She followed as a message then popped up.
[Report. Party has entered the Goblin Settlement: Second Goblin Village. Party will now recieve an Immediate Party Quest...]
[Immediate Party Quest contents.]
Immediate Party Quest: Party must exterminate all the Goblins in the village, including the leader of the village, the High Goblin.
Duration: 30minutes
Upon Success: Party members will live.
Upon Failure: Party members will die.
Rewards will be calculated after the Quest is completed based on the Party's efficiency.
"Thirty minutes duration. Seems the fact that I'm with an A-Rank aaand that I've become fairly strong myself caused the System to view this Quest as a considerably easy mission."
The Goblins then started reacting. Same as the ones from before, there were spear Goblins; the vanguard, archer Goblins; the rearguard and one High Goblin, the leader. The High Goblin, standing in the far rear as usual began to speak.
"G'nori! Sai, ko gumek fa de ruk! Sig! Nakiier a geori a hufa! Ni-Asifa! Ni-Asifa!"
As he said that, all the other Goblins followed in unison.
"Ni-Asifa! Ni-Asifa!"
"Some sort of battle chant?" I thought.
"Well? Let's go." Said Peyton. Unlike me, she didn't seem interested at all in monster language.
"Yeah, let's do this." I replied.
We then started running straight towards the Goblin army. We weren't to kill any of them even as we broke through their army, since it'd be a waste to leave the Mana Crystals that'd appear from the corpses.
It was, in hindsight, a bit overwhelming. Spears and arrows kept flying at us as we advanced. Peyton, with her nimble self kept dodging and dodging while making sure to keep pace, but I however, dealt with their ammunition a tad differently. Since I wanted the Resilient Regeneration Skill to increase in Rank, I made sure to dodge only arrows and spears that'd look like they'd either hit my head or pierce my heart while letting the rest hit their mark only to yank them out after and regenerate using the Skill.
As we came close to clashing with the vanguard head on, Peyton jumped. Of the 782 Goblins, 600 of them were the ones holding spears. She effortlessly made it to the centre of a vanguard of 600 with a single jump only to do it again, entering the forces of the rearguard.
I wasn't going to allow myself to be outclassed to that extent.
"Oh, it's on." I activated my Hypermove Skill. Grey electric Mana formed around my body. I didn't jump, rather I simply ran through the vanguard. All Goblins surrounding me within about a 3 metre radius were blown away. I made sure not exert enough force to kill them though, so they all got up afterwards to chase after me. Almost, instantly, I had made it to the rearguard, catching up with Peyton as we continued running.
"What took you so long?" Peyton asked with a smirk.
"Oh haha!" I said sarcastically.
"By the way..."
"Hm?"
"You've got a little...arrow situation, dangling over there...on your back I mean." She said.
"How many?"
"'Bout a dozen."
"'A little' she says."
"Oh! Didn't notice. Thanks." I said as I yanked them out.
"Hold on, so you really didn't feel them?" She asked.
"Resilient Regeneration gave me a small pain resistance effect as soon as I got it. Do you know anyone who'd stay conscious with a hole like that in their chest otherwise?"
"I know I wouldn't. Not that easily anyway."
"Exactly."
We kept running through the archer group as spears from behind and arrows from the front kept flying at us. Peyton, kept dodging without even looking. Those senses were no joke. I did the same, since mine were more or less on the same level, still leaving the ones that didn't target my heart and brain though, as I yanked them out to heal afterwards. As we came close to the High Goblin, all the others started to stop chasing after us. Peyton then jumped once more, passing over him. I followed suit, but I didn't jump as high as Peyton though, just high enough to step foot on the High Goblin's face then jump up off of him.
"Heheh." I chuckled internally afterwards.
"Urk!" He reacted.
We then stopped to look back at them.
"Uh-oh, I think you made him mad." Peyton joked.
"Yeah, no kidding. Wouldn't exactly call him a fan after that, huh?"
"No siree, you wouldn't."
The High Goblin then raised his longsword, seeing as we had passed through him and his army, and yelled.
"Sai! G'nori dwan moru hom! Homi foku hufa a homi kira fek! Sig hufa! Jara raja hufa!"
They immediately started chasing us again after he said that, with him in the front this time, and they were even faster than ever before.
"Now that's what I'm talking about." I said smiling genuinely.
"You're crazy, I can't believe you're happy at a time like this. Whoof. On to the next village?" Asked Peyton.
"On to the next village." I replied. We started running again. I was in the lead since I knew exactly where the next village was. As soon as we arrived, something I can matter-of-factly say I did not expect, happened.
[Report. Party has entered the Goblin Settlement: Third Goblin Village.]
[Report. ERROR CODE DETECTED!]
"Uh-oh."