Green Zone, a forest full of towering and dense trees, the slightly damp earthy forest aroma creates a distinctive smell.
Willard appeared, his eyes closed—slowly opening wide, looking out at the vast field before him.
"Huh, I have to be ready." Will slapped his cheek hard enough to strengthen his mentality.
One step at a time, they moved from one grass to another. Willard grinned, hiding something.
While on his long journey, Willard was stopped by the sudden appearance of three Goblins in front of him.
Two ordinary goblins with a dwarf body with swords in both hands and one with a larger body that is more similar to a human body, their HP signs are also different which have a special logo on their HP bar and carry a large sword.
« Goblin: 5000/5000 »
« Goblin: 5000/5000 »
« King Goblin: 10000/10000 »
Willard looked at the HP bars of the three goblins calmly because according to him, this was a normal thing.
Usually, during big events like now, there is a "Nerf" term to weaken or reduce the strength of enemies and the price of in-game items.
"Well, there's no harm in buying this sword," Will said with a sweet, thin smile.
The reason is to balance the gameplay in this game, even though the main goal is to be more friendly when there is a surge of new players who can make more money than before.
While this method is effective, it seems to veteran players like they're being manipulated, giving them the impression of favoritism and indirectly being sidelined, including Willard himself. This explains why his HP bar is lower than yesterday.
If it were an ordinary player, their knees would definitely tremble with great fear, not because they were afraid of death that would take their soul, but because of the goblin's ability effect that had an impact on the player, radiating fear from their body every time the player met them.
The distance between Willard and the three goblins was quite far, about thirty meters. A remarkable feat for a lowly monster.
But Will is used to it and has adapted to this kind of thing for more than two years, he is immune to the effects and has an active ability to protect him.
« Swordmastery Active! »
« Instinct Miracle Active! »
« Resistance to Intimidation Active! »
All of Willard's abilities are active simultaneously, not without reason.
The law of abilities makes all abilities that have been obtained by the player will be passively active and will always be active during or within the battle that has started.
"Now, how am I supposed to fight them alone without a party?"
Willard then advanced without any fear disturbing his mental state—the goblin's ability could not affect Willard who already had « Resistance to Intimidation » so Willard was free from the feeling of intimidation no matter how strong the fear was.
The two goblins advanced, Will pretending to attack them, but that wasn't his plan. On the contrary, it was as if Will was pretending to attack them because he knew the goblins were faster than him.
Willard's movement threw them off balance, giving them room to counterattack—Will turned around and swung his sword horizontally twice at their backs, creating a cut there.
« -148 »
« -130 »
Both Goblins felt pain, their bodies flickered, and their bodies physically healed, leaving no injuries whatsoever. This is the game's own rule—after receiving an attack, the body still sustains physical damage, and when an instant flicker occurs, it removes the physical damage but still reduces HP.
The two Goblins, with their fighting instincts, turned around simultaneously and jumped with their swords ready to slash Will in the sky.
His hard-fought attack was easily avoided even though the Goblin's speed was faster than Will's.
Goblin didn't expect that by widening his eyes for a moment, Will could be avoided so easily.
A sudden vertical slash from behind, Will cut the necks of both Goblins.
« -152 »
« -150 »
The Goblin's head fell to the floor, and without waiting long, it immediately reattached itself to its body, or in other words, regenerated. Because the system relies entirely on HP, any vital part of the body's anatomy is ineffective.
Willard is confident in his abilities and moreover, he has the ability « Swordmastery » which instantly gives him experience and precise cuts every time he swings his sword like someone who has trained for years and can use various sword techniques in the world.
Making Willard free to use any sword style.
Will put his sword in the sheath—the sheath was removed so that one hand was still holding the hilt and the other was holding the scabbard at his waist. Battojutsu sword technique.
Jumping back to maintain a distance while still holding the hilt of the sword, the Goblin ran, ready to attack.
In an atmosphere that forced Will to calm down... Slowly closing his eyes, the wind around him blew hard, passing through his body.
The two Goblins jumped back into the air with their hands swinging both swords towards Willard.
With a silent calm, Will let out a warm breath... At that time, Willard drew his sword from its sheath and attacked the Goblin from right to left but his attacks were more intense.
The tip of the sword blade sliced smoothly through the Goblin's stomach, the attack was perfect and incredibly precise.
« -201 »
« -204 »
Not stopping there, Willard twisted his hand so that Will swung his sword once more, not just one strike but ten strikes in one swing—swinging left to right and closing the attack by returning the sword to its sheath.
Argh!!!
Argh!!!
« -831 »
« -826 »
The screams of the two Goblins ended with each of their limbs being sliced off as they fell to the ground. They flickered back and stood straight.
Willard put the sheath on his waist and drew his sword with both hands holding the hilt, staring sarcastically at the Goblin's HP bar above the Goblin's head.
« Goblin: 3668/5000 »
« Goblin: 3690/5000 »
"Not bad, at least five minutes can use up that many Health Points."
Willard suddenly raised his eyebrows, his eyes wide, and with an instinctive movement, he jumped away to avoid something—at the same time, where Will had been standing earlier. Something came plunging from the sky with a sudden explosion, thick smoke from it, a black shadow like the Goblin King standing upright with his sword.
Willard, who had been keeping his distance, managed to avoid it before the incident occurred.
"Thanks to the ability « Instinct Miracle » that saved my life."
Willard forgot about him, before he suddenly disappeared since the two Goblins attacked.
"I have to be more careful." Gripping the sword tightly with both hands on the hilt.
His eyes focused on his opponent, the Goblin attacked again with the same style but Willard was able to overcome it by avoiding all of his attacks.
Willard swung his sword 140 degrees, one by one the Goblins' bodies left wounds and blinked to remove the wounds.
« -134 »
« -129 »
Willard once again wanted to attack and had already swung his sword to where, Willard's sword blade was only 29 centimeters to hit the Goblin's body.
At the same time, Willard's eyes widened and his instincts tried to dodge but a sudden stab in Willard's left shoulder, King Goblin's speed was equivalent to the speed of sound at around 593 meters per second (m/s).
« -692 »
King Goblin's attack power can destroy a small building if he is in a city.
Willard couldn't bear the excruciating pain.
"Arghh!!"
Willard's hand fell to the ground with blood flowing out of his body, the sword he was holding slightly lost its grip but Will forced his right hand to hold the hilt tightly—bringing his body to jump backwards, keeping his distance.
In his agony, he held back the blood that was flowing out. Willard's body flickered, growing a new arm and relieving the pain he was experiencing.
Move by turning his new wrist once.
"I was too rash to attack again."
Willard ran to the side and in a short time thought of a suitable strategy to counter them.
The Goblins didn't let him run and joined in running after him and the Goblin King just walked leisurely while following the direction Willard was running.
Willard looked back, of course the two Goblins were chasing him even though they couldn't match Will's running speed.
In a flash Willard got an idea that forced his body to brake suddenly and at the same time turned his body so that the Goblin's eyes widened in surprise.
Willard stabbed their bodies, each stab targeting a vital point—countless times Willard continuously stabbed them, likely using fencing techniques or more familiarly, a saber.
"Haaa!!!"
Willard's attack damage is area-based so they are damaged evenly and each time he stabs them the damage increases.
« -102 » > « -301 » > « -412 » > « -581 »
Willard's body felt hot, the rising adrenaline made him more aggressive, sweat pouring down his body.
Willard's attack speed is equal to King Goblin's speed but slightly slower.
Willard's instincts moved his whole body to dodge backwards by jumping moderately and not far from before and sure enough in Will's calculations, King Goblin appeared at the speed of sound and posed as if he wanted to stab.
The final damage displayed on the Goblins was « 1401 » appearing on their respective HP bars.
Willard, on full instinct, sheathed his sword again, and when he unsheathed it, Will charged, moving at a speed that matched the Goblin King's—slashing them all horizontally in one strike.
Deadly Critical Damage, hits everything and spreads evenly.
« -1182 »
Their necks one by one splattered with blood and fell, leaving their bodies still standing strong.
Willard stood up straight and turned to face them.
The same thing happened to King Goblin, his body flickering and returning to normal—unlike the Goblins who had been eliminated. Their bodies fell to the ground, slowly turning into tiny blue particles that were then carried away by the wind.
Now, only Willard and King Goblin were left standing.
King Goblin: 8818/10000
Willard checked his HP Bar just remembering that he had taken damage from King Goblin earlier.
"Check."
Statistics menu is open!
« Name: Willard Heidric.
Level: 9
HP: 1315/2007
Core: 600/600
Statistics: Locked.
Equipment: Sword of Inception
Ability:
- Swordmastery
Can master all types of sword weapons and techniques.
- Instinct Miracle
Creates instincts that control the situation in battle.
- Resistance to Intimidation
Immune to opponent intimidation. »
"Close."
The statistics menu is closed.
At this time, King Goblin walked to the side preparing to attack and Willard also prepared to avoid his attack.
"Hey, this time I'll be more serious," Will said with a sharp look and a smirk.