Zeke slowly and steadily with the torch in his one hand , slowly ventured the cave at first there was just pitch darkness , but after walking for a while there were torches attached to the wall leading a way to wherever this place leads .
Zeke set aside the torch in his inventory just in case , who knows when might he need it again , and walked along the terrain .
After a while Zeke spotted a goblin it was standing a top of some wooden platform , in it's hand there was bow which meant that it could attack him from that distance , Zeke realized that this cave might be swarming with Goblins .
Zeke wanted to take care of this Goblin just like how he did it at the entrance of the cave but he knew it was easier said than done , he only spotted one Goblin who knows where they were hiding , he didn't to alert them .
After thinking for a while Zeke made a decison , to attack him he will deal with the aftermath later , Zeke still hiding launched his spell simultaneously ' Thunderflame' and ' Thunderstrike ' , the Goblin couldn't react what happened and died instantly .
[ Ding !]
[ You have killed a level 3 Goblin ]
Zeke came out from his hiding place but as soon as he took one step forward , he saw another goblin on the right side on the platform , he was also standing there , but in his hands was something else , it was a hornet .
Before Zeke could process what he saw , the Goblin blew the hornet .
' Buuuuuuuuuu'
The sound of hornet wa spread across the whole cave , and in mere moment's Zeke saw , and his eyes went wide in front of him Goblin's were coming in swarm , he couldn't count how many were there but it was a lot , and Zeke knew he was in deep trouble .
Zeke could take on multiple Goblins but what he was seeing right now , made him question his own decision , Should i run ? , should i fight ? .
Although Zeke knew it was rational decision to retreat at the moment , but who knows when might he get to face monsters coming in swarm.
Zeke a smile crept on his face said to himself " It's the best time to test his limits and his abilities , how affective are they against this many monsters ".
Zeke yelled " Come at me , You damn monsters " .
Zeke instantly said " Thunderstrike " , and five spears made of ' Thunder ' materialized and with a gesture of his hand it strucked the upcoming horde , Zeke couldn't see anything because of the dust caused by his earlier attack , but when the dust cleared , no Goblin was dead ,Zeke knew of it because if any of it was dead he must have heard tge voice in his head , that rings after killing .
The dust cleared and the 5 Goblins who were in the front were bleeding , Zeke without wasting any moment said " Thunderflame " , a black flame dancing on Zeke's hand was shotted toward the 5 Goblins and they were killed in a single breath , they took the earlier attack head on and this one also , they were injured , confirming his theory the voice in his head rang once more .
[ Ding!]
[ You have killed 5 , Level 3 Goblins ]
[ 3+ Stamina ]
Zeke felt a sensation in his body , he wasn't exhausted any more , Zeke only started the game so he knew it would take him time to get used to it , he never ever exercised in his life , so this feeling was new to him , looking forward , he saw the Goblins were closing in so he simultaneously started casting spell one after another "Thunderflame " , " Thunderstrike " .
Again and again , it landed perfectly on the Goblins , the cave was not big and not that small , but when.monsters came altogether it made their movement slow and ruggish and Zeke knew it was his advantage he wouldn't waste it .
The notifications were kept ringing in his head .
[ Ding!]
[You have killed 3 , Level 3 Goblins]
[You have killed 2 , Level 3 Goblins ]
[You have killed 7, Level 3 Goblins ]
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Zeke didn't pay mind to notifications, he was entirely focused on the battle in front of him , he could check them later , but at that moment Zeke's shoulder was grazed by an arrow and blood started flowing out of it .
Zeke quickly darted his gaze toward tge source of this attack and he saw some of the Goblins were now shooting arrows , and it meant trouble for Zeke .
The Horde of the Goblins closed in , Zeke quickly moved backward to create a distance so that they didn't come near and Zeke could still maintain his advantage, but not everything went as he thought goblins started shooting fire arrows toward him , zeke was still too weak and he took heavy damage , two arrows grazed his shoulder and one arrow hit deep on his leg , zeke stumbled for a moment and that was when Zeke was in disadvantage .
Goblins closed in quickly , Zeke kept firing his spells at them some wers killed some goblins injured , in between Zeke noticed his magic power was decreasing his spells weren't as powerful now , Zeke realized that constantly using these spells took a toll on him , he was only Level 2 , so it's obvious his spells power was decreasing .
The notifications kept ringing in his head , informing him about his kills , at that moment the atmosphere changed in the cave and a giant Goblin it was 6 feet tall came in view it was slowly marching towards him , Zeke knew he was in deep trouble he can't possibly fight that thing .
Zeke knew his only option now was to retreat , his health was also low he needed medical care to tend to his wounds .
Zeke looked forward he decided to launch one last attack and then run , Zeke muttered " Thunderflame " , " Thunderstrike " , it struck the Goblins that were lunging towards him killing them , Zeke didn't wasted a second and ran behind quickly approaching the exit of the cave .
Zeke came out quickly although he was limping from the impact of the arrow still in his left leg , ' I had to escape from this place quickly , and tend to my wounds who would have thought what kind of danger this cave was hiding , and that big Goblin at the end was something else ' , Zeke thought .
Zeke quickly hid himself in the bushes , but soon realized he left blood trails so he got uo and ran from there while holding his leg making sure no blood spills , and he isn't discovered .
Zeke was leaning against a tree , his leg was in pain due to the arrow still in his leg ,Zeke slowly pulled the arrow out , the process was painful , when the arrow was out fully he took a sigh of relief the blood was flowing out of his wound , Zeke tore the piece of his shirt from the side of shoulder and covered it with that , he then stood up and slowly making his way back to the village .
' I need some healing potions ' , Zeke said .
After walking for an hour , the village gate came in view , Zeke entered the village under watchful eyes of people , it was obvious because his clothes were covered in blood .
Zeke approached one stall and asked " Where can I get healing potions " .
The man doing his buisness looked at him and said " It seems , it was arough day , young man , take care of your heath , and as for healing potion's that shop where the customers are lined up " , he pointed.
I gazed toward the shop he was pointing , I thanked him and made my way over there .
There were only 3 people in line , in front of me so i stood behind them , after 10 minutes my turn came .
I said " I need healing potions , how much for one ?" .
The shopkeeper said " 7 cels for one potion".
Zeke contemplated for a moment ' I only have 75 cels in hand which means only 10 potions , I don't know if that will be enough , first i have to heal myself and then to save some for later , i have to go back in that cave'.
Zeke looked at the shopkeeper and said " I'll have 10 potions please " .
Zeke handed 70 cels to the man and took a veil full of potions , to make sure there are 10 Zeke looked inside .
Zeke then found a secluded corner and took out a healing potion .
[ Healing potion ]
Description : It heals 20 percent of your wounds instantly .
Zeke read the description and was impressed , ' to think it can heal instantly , i guess these potions are magical , i should buy more and store them in my inventory before they all are sold out ' .
Zeke opened a potion and gulped it in one go , his wounds on shoulder and in leg recovered instantly .
Zeke was relieved to see he wasn't scammed .
His wounds weren't severe so only one potion did the job .
Zeke thought ' Now it's time to return to tge cave again ' , but soon he stopped and realized he never opened his system panel and checked it again , so he decided to do it now ;
SYSTEM :
[ Name : Zeke ]
[ Gender : Male ]
[ Level : 4 ]
[ Main Class : Thunder Monarch ] ( locked )
[ Rank : SSS ]
[ Other Classes : None ]
Main Abilities : Thunderstrike ( level 1 ) , Thunderflame ( leve 1 )
[ Other Abilities : None ]
STATS :
Hp : 200
Strength : 11 ( +4 )
Stamina : 11 ( + 6 )
Agility : 9 ( + 4 )
Mind : 14 ( + 2 )
Presence : 3 ( +3 )
Available points : 15
Zeke was dumbfounded by what he was seeing , ' How did my stats increase this much , i mean i did kill goblins but this is still too much , i leveled up twice and my HP also increased dramatically which means i can fight longer even if i took heavy damage , as for my other stats they also increased although not by much but still , and I also have 15 points at my hand , I'll hold on to them for now , it may come in handy later ' .
Zeke was quite happy that his overall strength increased , and he thought it would be wise to rest a little before returning to the cave .