Souta, Tetsui, and rest were standing in front of the Hornet's Nest.
Inside this cave were a place filled with Hornets. The Hornet's level were only average and their stats too were comparably low. This was a good place to grind experience points.
They will suffered some injuries inside this place but the experience they will get was something that he couldn't imagined.
From the fight before, Souta level up and he was now a level 19 Hobgoblin. Even though he was one level away from Jelo he felt that Jelo was still stronger than him in terms of strength.
It could get dangerous to lower level Goblins like Gobb and the rest as there's a lot of monster in this place that's higher than level 10.
Hornet is a monster that could paralyze its opponent. It have a very special type sting that possess strong paralyze effect. One sting on the Goblin then they would be done in this place. They wouldn't be able to move their body for a whole day.
Souta grabbed his sword and he slowly pulled it out. He took a deep breath and looked at his stats.
[Name: Souta Kiyomi
[Title:
[Job:
[Race: Hobgoblin
[Level: 19
[HP: 162/162(+2 per hour)
[Strength: 106
[Agility: 103
[Dexterity: 102
[Vitality: 84
[Intelligence: 83
[Mana: 180/180(+2 per hour)
[Skills:
[Skill points: 350]
The improvement of his stats was good. He felt satisfied looking at the changes of his stats. His skills too was good as the highest of them were level 5. With his Stealth becoming a level 5 skill, Souta found out that Stealth decrease its Mana consumption.
'I hope that I could level up twice or more in this raid.' He thought as he looked up ahead of the nest.
He turned his head to Gobo and said, "Gobo, don't push yourself too hard."
"Yes, leader." Gobo replied. He still couldn't used his right arm so his combat ability was lower than normal.
"Let's go!" Souta said as he entered his Stealth and charged inside the nest.
Gobu and the rest followed his charged.
....
Putchi!
As soon as he entered the nest, Souta quickly cut a Hornet into two. He took a deep breath.
"Tough Body activate..."
He then charge at the army of hornet. He could only see Hornet in every direction. Since there's hornet everywhere, Souta just kept waving his sword at any direction and he would hit one of two Hornets.
Actually, this raid is pretty dangerous. Especially to the Goblins. If they got stung by Hornets then they were done.
In this nest, there's seventy to eighty Hornets.
"Ahh!!" Souta continued to waved his sword in every direction.
Swooosh!!
Gobu and Gobo, the two Hobgoblins, tried to do what Souta was doing. They charged at the enemy's group. With them being a Hobgoblin, their resistance was naturally higher than Goblin. So they were not afraid of the Hornet's sting.
As for Tetsui and the Goblins, they were much more cautious about fighting the Hornets. They formed a circle which they could protect each other's back.
Swoosh!!
Souta moved his body and avoided the Hornet's deadly sting. He then raised his left arm.
"Mana Bullet!"
Blueish ball of energy shot of his palm and hit the Hornet.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Souta changed his strategy. He kept shooting Mana Bullets at the army of Hornets. Five shots of Mana Bullet were enough to kill a single Hornet. It's pretty strong for a level 2 skill.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Blueish ball of energy rain down at the army of Hornets. He heard a series of notification in his mind.
[Experience gained!]
[Experience gained!]
[Experience gained!]
[Experience gained!]
[Experience gained!]
[You've level up!]
[Skill points gained!]
[All stats have increase by 5!]
Souta saw that it was draining his mana too much and stopped casting it. He looked up and saw a different Hornet. This Hornet was much larger than the normal ones. It was clearly an evolve Hornet. That was enough he already level up once.
He looked around and found that there's ten of them. He scanned them with Appraisal.
[Greater Isle Hornet level 13]
[Greater Isle Hornet level 16]
[Greater Isle Hornet level 11]
[Greater Isle Hornet level 15]
[Greater Isle Hornet level 17]
[Greater Isle Hornet level 14]
[Greater Isle Hornet level 13]
[Greater Isle Hornet level 14]
[Greater Isle Hornet level 15]
[Greater Isle Hornet level 15]
The highest level was only 17. This wouldn't be a problem for him. He could take care of it if it's the only one but there's other evolve Hornet at it's side.
"Gobu! Gobo! Kill the others for me!" Souta shouted as he jumped in the air and clashed at the level 17 Greater Isle Hornet.
...
Tetsui, Soka, and the Goblins were having much easier time because Souta managed to injured some of the Hornets. This make them easier to kill.
Swoosh!!
Tetsui and Soka moved fast enough and used their sharp fangs to kill the Hornets.
Soka was fast that her speed could be compare to Tetsui. She didn't looked like the adorable pup that Souta cuddle. She looked fierce as she swiftly moved her body and dodges every Hornet's attack.
Swoosh!! Swoosh!!
[Experience gained!]
[You've level up!]
[Skill points gained!]
[All stats have increase by 5!]
Tetsui heard a message in his mind. He was now level 8 and much stronger than before. He moved faster than before and began killing the Hornets.
He looked at Souta and saw that he was fighting the evolve Hornets with Gobo and Gobu. He will leave the powerful ones to those three while he and the Goblins will take care of the weak Hornets.
...
"I'll kill you all and evolve into Hobgoblin!" Gobe said as he pierced a Hornet with his sword. He quickly pulled out his sword and looked at the other Hornets.
"No, I'll became a Hobgoblin first!" Gobi said and slashed his sword at the Hornets in front of him.
Gobb and Goba didn't say anything as they used all of their strength to hunt every Hornets they saw.
Sounds of battle could be heard around the area as the Hornets continue to attack them.
Suddenly, Gobi release a white light out of his body. This scene startled the other Goblins. They paused as they all looked at Gobi.
Tetsui opened his eyes widely when he saw this. He looked at Souta and shouted, "SOUTA! GOBI'S GOING TO EVOLVE!"
A Hornet used this opportunity and charged at Gobi. Tetsui quickly moved his body and intercept the Hornet.
Souta looked behind him and saw that Gobi was evolving. He looked at Gobo and said, "Gobo, go and protect Gobi."
Gobo stopped fighting the evolve Hornet. He obeyed Souta's command as he went back to Gobi as fast as he could.
He charged and killed the Hornets on his way. He arrived in front of Gobi and faced the Hornets. He was going to kill every Hornets that approach them.
"Die! Die! Die!" Gobe shouted as he continued his killing spree. He was already a level 9 Goblin and only need a few more experience and he would be able to level up to 10.
Souta looked at the evolve Hornets in front of him. He still haven't kill the strongest one because the other Hornets kept interfering. He turned his head and looked at Gobu who was fighting another evolve Goblins.
Souta raised his hand and shot a Mana Bullet at the ground.
Bang!! Bang!!
It cause the dust and smoke to shot up in the mid air covering him. Souta once again entered Stealth and carefully moved away from the smoke while activating his Tough Body skill.
He the bent his knees and he rocket himself to the level 17 Hornet in the mid air.
Bang!!
His sword pierced that body of the Hornet. He felt pain on his legs and saw that he was stung. Luckily, he activate his Tough Body before launching himself. The wounds was only shallow and he could shrugged it. He looked at his HP and saw that he only lost 6 HP out of his 182 HP.
He grabbed the handle of his sword tightly and cut the body of the Hornet into two.
Putchi!!
The other evolve Hornets charged at him. They were going to attack him at the same time while he was still in the mid air.
Souta throw his sword at the Hornets and it pierced one of them. He then opened both of his palm and cast Mana Bullet.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
He continue casting it until he landed on the ground. He looked up and saw that there's still a lot of Hornets.
He stood up and ran at the walls before jumping at the evolve Hornets that were in the mid air. He pulled back his fist and punched it to the ground.
Boom!!
The evolve Hornets crashed in the ground like a meteor.
He noticed another white light at the Goblin's group. He turned his head and saw that Gobe was evolving this time. He opened his mouth and shouted, "Gobo! Protect Gobe too!"
Gobo was a Hobgoblin and he don't have any problem dealing with ordinary Hornets. So Souta trusted him to protect those two.
If this was a battle in open ground then Souta's group wouldn't stood a chance against Hornets. The Hornets would be able to utilize their advantage if there's no ceiling here.
Souta continued rampaging around the nest as he pummeled every Hornets that he saw.