Demon King
Chapter 4 Goblins[3]

My body and mind had reached their limits, but I kept running.

I ran, ignoring my leg that was pierced with a knife.

The pain could not slow my pace anymore.

“Kick!? kkiiig! ”

The goblin that threw the knife shouted after me.

I don't know if I can keep running.

I can't be arrested. I could never be arrested. If I get caught, I'll die.

I ran with all my energy. I screamed and broke through the hallway and went into a new one, but there were already other goblins there.

“Sial!”

He was a weak goblin without a knife. I wish I wasn't chased. I was sure that I could kill him even in a frontal attack, but I had no chance. Even now, it seemed like I could hear the breathing of the man chasing me from behind.

I ran through it before he even knew me.

“Kii! I succeeded!”

But when I broke into that road again, I couldn't run anymore and fell into that position. The shock caused the knife to slip from my foot and hit the floor, making a hissing sound. Blood spilled.

It was getting more and more of my stamina.

“Hah..”.

That's very painful. I knew I had to run away, but my body could not move.

I can't even take a single step with my skill or will anymore. My mana and physical strength reached a low point, and blood was still flowing from my feet.

Is this the end? Is all this in vain? My body is losing strength. My fingertips became cold little by little. It was a sad death. All I could do was laugh because it was inevitable.

[You have a rusty knife.]

Just then, the knife that fell from my thigh and rolled onto the floor disappeared. I opened my eyes.

‘What did you just say? You said I understand? ‘

I must have heard it. It didn't disappear or go back to its original owner like in the game; it said I understood.

Why did it disappear? Wh why?

When I asked that a window appeared before my eyes.

It was a glass window with alternating vertical and horizontal lines. Like a chessboard, it has three vertical columns and three horizontal columns.

That's safety for me.

There was money, a rusty coarse knife, and beneath it was a health potion.

I then remembered that when I first killed a goblin, I saw that it gave me an experience and a bronze one, but I had ignored it back then.

Even before completing the mission, I had already obtained the lowest health potion, but I didn't even notice it. That was a stupid mistake. I was so happy with the fact that my level went up, that I forgot about it.

Like in the game, I have an inventory. Everything I have ever had is stored in it. I didn't even know it was there.

While pondering, my body instinctively reached out to the window that appeared in the air. My hand managed to take the potion bottle from the window and took it out.

I took off the stopper and drank it. That's sweet.

The change happened while I was consuming the potion. My slowed heart rate gradually grew faster, and warm blood spread throughout my body and healed him.

The most shocking thing was his thigh wound. The wound healed very quickly, and it was only the lowest potion!

Soon I realized that I was weak enough to recover from the lowest potion. One lower grade health herb made my body stronger than before.

Even if I run away like this, the goblin will still follow me because I have the knife. I'm sure he'll do it.

Now that I have fully recovered, can I run faster than him by running again? I'm still not sure.

I heard a loud noise from outside the hallway. A goblin chased after me; he was already in that passageway. Confrontation is inevitable.

I can understand his thought process. I was seriously injured for quite some time, so he assumed that I must have fainted by now and if so, he was sure he could easily get rid of me.

Little did he know that I had consumed the potion, and I was now completely recovered. I even have a gun. Two guns.

It's worth trying.

He lost his knife, and he was tired of chasing me. He was even fighting other goblins now. Fighting consumes more resources than you think, surely the condition is declining.

I can defeat over ten goblins one after another as I can regain my health by consuming them at the end of each fight. My circumstances are unique; he lacks predation skills. Obviously not all goblins have this skill.

I stood with a rusty knife in one hand and an empty potion bottle in the other. The potion bottle was glass. It would be a powerful weapon for lowly goblins.

There's yelling. Their battle must end. I want another goblin for myself if possible, but it's too late.

I slowly started walking towards the entrance of the hallway. On the other hand, there was the sound of someone running. Of course, it was probably the goblin holding his knife.

Carefully, I walked slowly closer to the ground, pretending to be in critical condition. That goblin will find my recovered disposition if I walk fast, too, I can give my position if I don't stay close to the ground.

I lowered my posture and held the glass bottle tightly; I continued moving forward as if dragging my body. The goblin's rough breath came from outside the passageway, and then he immediately jumped into the hole.

“Lock! Kiyaps? ”

I threw the bottle violently onto the confused goblin's face as soon as he walked in.

“Pak!”

The bottle broke upon contact, and glass shards stuck in his eyes.

“Kick, Ki-yi Kii-ing!”

He shouted and extended his hand forward.

Now is my chance!

I stabbed his knife straight at him. It stuck deep in his stomach. My hand hurt as if it was torn, but it was nothing compared to the pain he felt.

I closed it again with a knife. His blade was stuck inside him, leaving only a visible hilt.

“Kiyi ki!”

He vomited and retreated.

Both of his eyes were still bleeding. It was still unsafe to approach him as he still waved his muscular hand in midair. If I were to hit him directly, I believe I would still receive considerable damage.

So, instead of getting close and hitting it, I chose another method. There are rocks everywhere. I took some and threw them at him. It may be weak, but I really want to win.

“Stop! Stop!”

“Kiyi ki!”

My desperate attempts were more effective than I thought because I was at a closer distance. He was struck by a rock and started to crackle more and more.

As I approached her, I prepared myself more carefully. As long as his knife stuck to his stomach, he would definitely fall. That was unless he had a way to recover his health automatically.

“Kee-iiii!”

I was worried, but something like that didn't happen.

The more he was struck, the less strength he had in his fist. The moment I hit him on the head, he fell on the spot, and a window stating that he was dead appeared in my eyes soon after.

[You have received 100 experiences]

[You have received 10 bronze.]

[Raise level!]

[You have acquired beginner swordsmanship skills.]

[You have acquired beginner throwing skills.]

At that moment, I felt joy as if I had been reborn.

Level up! What a blessing to help me survive this dungeon!

Moreover, those two phrases make me happier — a skill. I have acquired two new skills!

[Starter Sword Science Lv 1]

[The ability to use a sword. If you handle multiple swords, your skill will expand, and the higher the skill level, the more your swordsmanship is corrected.]

[Lv 1 Throw Beginner]

[The ability to throw stones or pick them up. Skills grow as you throw more, and corrections are applied to throws as skill levels increase.]

I can't believe that! It is a dream come true to learn combat skills and become dramatically stronger. After all, ebon hearts and predation are special skills.

I swore inside as I approached her body. I pulled out the knife, wiped the blood-stained knife on top of his corpse, then called the inventory and put it in.

I am the winner. I managed to defeat an enemy that was clearly stronger than me. I looked around and checked the security around me, then chuckled and muttered.

“I will enjoy this meal.”

I wonder what the difference is, unlike the goblins before, these goblins are tough. Not because there is no taste. Just a little harder to eat.

However, after I ate, the reward was clear.

[Strength increased by 1.]

As a result, I gained one strength and one stamina through predation.

[Gang Si-ha (Fate)]

[Goblin Lv 6]

[Strength – 13 Health – 15 Magic – 5 Luck – ???]

[Skill-Ebon Heart, Predation Lv1, Escape Lv1, Beginner Swordsmanship Lv1, Beginner Throw Lv1]

I was still unsightly, but compared to the first time I opened my eyes, it was a significant development. I smile. Being stronger means you are more likely to survive.

Now I have to kill three more goblins. Another bit…

“Hah?”

Why didn't the glass window appear when I ate the goblin?

I called the search in my mind. Only sixteen were examined.

I discovered the fact that this goblin was slightly different from ordinary goblins, other things were similar, but its upper body was more developed than goblins.

It looks very slightly different from an ordinary goblin.

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In other words, he was not a goblin, or rather, he was not just a goblin, but an upgraded goblin.

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‘Perhaps a goblin carrying a knife like this is an upgraded version of a regular goblin.’

They gave you a lot of experience and dropped a knife, but I had to run away as soon as I saw it.

I don't have any more potions. Besides, even if I kill one, it won't add to my mission. I need to be at least level 20 to handle one safely, not just level 10.

I'm up. I will hunt and eat more goblins.

But at that moment, my heart was pounding.

“Gedebuk. Cake. ”

As if to warn me, the heart of the ebon was racing. My whole body is stiff. Moments later, I felt something from outside the hallway.

It was stronger than the increase in goblins I had just defeated.