Two weeks had passed quickly.
Souta didn't even know how long he has been here in the Labyrinth. There's no day and night here so he couldn't count the exact day since he reincarnated in this world. He could only guess that it's been more than a month since he reincarnated into a Goblin.
The squad did nothing but hunting for two weeks straight. Except for hunting, he would train his physical body when he was in the nest. Not only him, he would also train his squad.
He already reached level 16 and was quite powerful now. He was already at the realm of Jack's power level. His squad also level up for a bit in these few weeks. Their level ranged from level 7-9. Gobu was already level 9 and he was about to evolve if he gained enough experience points.
With that he didn't let Gobu fought any monsters. He didn't even let him hit a single monsters so he wouldn't get experience points. He let Gobu increased his stats first through training before evolving. The reason why he didn't let Gobu evolve into a Hobgoblin was because once Gobu became a Hobgoblin he would leave his squad, and became a squad captain just like him.
He don't want a Goblin he trained became part of Jabuzi. Once Gobu evolve into a Hobgoblin, he would treat him as his equal. First, he would instill his ambition to them. They would slowly converted them to become his followers, even when there's Jabuzi in the nest. It was all part of his plan to overtake Jabuzi's position as the ruler of this place.
During their hunt, Souta didn't turned off his Stealth. He want it to level up faster and with this he could also level up his Mana Regeneration Skill. He took a look at his current stats.
[Name: Souta Kiyomi
[Title:
[Job:
[Race: Hobgoblin
[Level: 16
[HP: 132/132
[Strength: 91
[Agility: 88
[Dexterity: 87
[Vitality: 69
[Intelligence: 68
[Mana: 146/146
[Skills:
[Skill points: 850]
His skills also level up in these two weeks. His Mana Manipulation Skill reached level 5. With this he could eject his mana out of his body, thus learning the Mana Bullet Skill for free.
His Mana Regeneration skill went up in level because of his constant used of Stealth skill. At level one his mana regen was only 1 mana per hour. At level two it was 2 mana per hour. At level three it was 3 mana per hour, and at level four it was 5 mana per hour. He saw the pattern in this one. If his guess was correct then at level it would become 8 mana per hour. It's pretty low compared to the consumption of his Stealth. His Stealth use 1 mana per minute if activated.
He earned 850 skill points in leveling up. He received 150 skill points everytime he level up and up until now he didn't use it. With skill points he could use it to buy another skill or upgrade his current skill.
He looked at the skill list. The skill there were the same as before. Sword Mastery, Archery, Heal, and Tough Body were listed in order in the interface. He decided to buy the Sword Mastery for now and buy the Tough Body later. He should've bought the Sword Mastery first if he know that he would become a squad leader but... oh well, it went pretty good so he don't have any problem.
Looking at his stats, he felt satisfied. He stood up and gathered his squad.
It's already time to hunt.
...
Souta and his squad left the nest. They went at the east were the Den of the Wolves and Kobolds could be found. They didn't wandered farther as he don't want to get surrounded by wolves.
Souta looked at his squad and said, "Gobu, stay at the back and watch out for some monsters."
Gobu nodded at him and stayed behind the group. His role was to look out for monster and he would do it without any mistake.
Souta saw a huge silhouette in the darkness of the Labyrinth. He signal his squad to stop advancing. He waited for a while until he saw three Kobolds walked out of the darkness. The three Kobolds were using a spear as their weapons.
Souta observed the three Kobolds and decided to hunt them. "Goba, Gobe, Gobi, and Gobo! You! four kill the one in the back while I'll kill the other two! Gobb and Gobu protect us if there's something that appears!" He said in a low voice to his squad.
Goba, Gobe, Gobi, and Gobo nodded at him as they clenched their weapons in their hands. Gobb and Gobu stood behind them checking if there's a monster nearby.
Souta nodded at them and quickly entered his stealth state. He hid in the dark as he watched the Kobolds walked towards their direction.
The Kobolds passed by him without noticing him.
'Good.' Souta turned around and swing his sword towards the head of the Kobolds.
Putchi!!
The head of the Kobold flew in the air. This stunned the other two Kobolds.
'I'm really glad that I bought Stealth.' Souta charged at the other Kobold.
The Kobold saw Souta charging at him. He quickly raised it's spear and stabbed at Souta's direction.
Souta tilted his head and the spear graze his cheeks.
Swooosh!!
Souta slashed his sword but the Kobold crouched down and avoided his attack. The Kobold once again stabbed his spear at him.
Souta quickly changed the direction of his attack and blocked the spear.
Clang!!
The Kobold was stronger than he expected. He used his appraisal at the Kobold.
[High Kobold level 11]
'Hmmm? Level 11' Souta shifted his body avoided the spear. He then turned around and launched a kick at the Kobold.
The Kobold used his spear to block his kicked.
Bang!!
Souta used his advantage and pushed the spear with his foot. The Kobold was just level 11, while he was at level 16. His stats was greater than the Kobold so he will use it to defeat him.
"Ahhh!" Souta roared as his slashed his sword using his full strength.
Clang!!
The Kobold once again blocked his attack.
Souta continued to slashed his sword at the Kobold.
Clang!! Clang!! Clang!!
The Kobold felt his arm going numb from his strength. He looked at his hand and clenched the spear tightly. He then looked up and found that Souta was gone.
"Don't think about anything when you're in a middle of a battle or else you will die."
A sword pierced through the heart of the Kobold at the back. He turned his head and saw Souta's smile.
Souta grabbed the head of the Kobold and sliced his body with his sword.
Putchi!!
[Experience points gained!]
Souta sighed as he thought that the Kobold was skilled at using spear. He turned around and saw that the Goblins were still in the middle of a fight.
He decided to help them a little and used his appraisal.
[Kobold level 9]
The Kobold felt his appraisal and he quickly turned his head at him.
The Goblins used this opportunity to finished the Kobold.
Putchi!!
Swords pierced through the body of the Kobold. He didn't even managed to defend against this attack. He looked at Souta with hatred before he died.
Souta looked at his squad and saw that some of them were injured from the fight. This was the first time that they hunted a Kobold. The Kobold combat skill exceeded his expectations. He felt that he wouldn't be able to defeat a Kobold if they were on the same level.