Earlier before attack, Shirley went to the supermarket where they always buy food because they have no more food left at the apartment.
"What food will brother like?....Oh!!! Curry might be good...Well I'll buy the ingredients on the curry."
She grab all the ingredients and went to the cashier to pay, that's when the attack happened, Shirley and the people inside the market began to panicked after they heard explosion and they saw outside that many people are being slaughter by little green monsters.
They begin recognize those little green monsters that are called "goblins" as they attract the attention of the goblins after the goblins saw them at the store. Many peoples began to panicked and the goblins begin to go inside,slaughtering all people inside the market while the goblins laughing at them.
"Ahhhhh!!!!!"
"HELP US!!!!!"
"Noooooooo!!!!! Don't come near me...AHHHHHHHH!!!!"
It's a turn to a slaughter, the goblins spared no no one in the market and tortured them by stabbing them many times while smiling and laughing.
"WAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA!!!"
Shirley manage to hide in a small room while hearing the scream and begging for help of the people, she covered her ears and cried because she has no way to help them and scared to die.
"Plsss..I don't want to die... Big Bro...."
While she's hiding. Paul and Giselle quickly went ahead to the supermarket to see if Shirley is there. Giselle realize that Paul is running out of energy to run."
"Paul.. Don't try to force yourself, your agility is not strong as mine."
"Tsk.... don't worry, I still have a energy left." Paul Reply.
"..."
After sometime, they manage to reach the Pure SuperMarket but they didn't realize there's there's goblins everywhere 40 of them are market.
"Do you think your sister is in there?"
"Let's find out" Paul Replied.
"Okay, But... There's so many goblins in there, What's the plan?" Giselle ask Paul about the plan to go inside.
"Oh I forgot, this is the picture of my sister, this will help you finding her."
"Ok...." Giselle replied while grabbing the picture that Paul give.
"There's a 40 goblins in the market...I will distract those 40 Goblins for you to look in my sister inside the market."
Giselle is surprise and rejected the idea of Paul, she thought that it's impossible for him to fight 40 Goblins by himself.
"That's your Plan!!!!!, Earlier we're having a hard time fighting 10 goblins and now you want to distract a 40 all by yourself??!!"
"Yeah." Paul said.
"Your want to getting yourself killed!!!!" Giselle is angry at Paul as his plan is impossible.
"Don't worry....I have a plans, Just trust me, okay..." Paul replied while smiling.
Getting worried in his idea, Giselle is agreed but unware about Paul's real plan.
"Okay... I'll trust you.... Just stay alive when I get back, Okay?" Giselle felt uneasy about what Paul will do or what is his real plan.
"I'll....try." Paul replied with little low tone voice.
The Goblins are patrolling and some of them are stabbing the dead bodies that they killed while smiling. While they are patrolling, Paul shouted that so loud all the goblins heard it.
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
The Goblins chase him, that's when he run as fast as he can, Paul try to keep them occupied while Giselle went inside at the supermarket and search to Paul's sister.
"Is there someone here?" Giselle saw the dead bodies everywhere who were killed by the goblins, she was suprise and tremble because this is the first time that she saw many dead bodies in close, However, feel a little relieved that when she saw the dead bodies, there's no sign of Paul's sister since she can identify her face with the picture that given her by Paul.
"..."
Scared and felt silent, Giselle continue to find Paul's sister, Shirley While she is checking the supermarket and finding Paul's sister. Giselle heard a noice in the janitor's room, Giselle slowly go at the room, getting closer and grabbing her knife as she is on high guard.
Slowly grab the door then quickly opened it. When she opened the door, she saw a young female girl inside the room.
The female girl is trembling and scared when Giselle ask her a question.
"Are you..... Shirley Wolfe?"
"Yes...I am...How to do you know my name?....."
It's really was Paul's sister that Giselle been looking for.. Giselle explained how she know her name.
"Your Brother is...Paul Wolfe, right?
When Shirley heard his brother's name she was shocked and she ask Giselle with a question.
"How do you know my brother?!!"
"We are both colleagues and We came to find you." Giselle replied.
"Really?!!!!" Shirley cried out of happiness and excited to see her brother.
"Where is my brother?.."
"He doing something important so don't will back soon, I'll promise, Now let's get out of here." Giselle said.
"Ok!!" Shirley replied.
Both of them are now outside and lucky while they are hiding there's no goblins nearby, both of them waited for Paul however, Giselle realized that Shirley is getting worried.
"Where are you.... Paul?...."
While Giselle successfully find Shirley, Paul is running for his life, slowly losing stamina while 40 goblins continue to chase him.
"Damn it!!! Why these things are not slowing down!!!"
Paul use one of his skill "Fire Blast" at a two goblins, successfully killing the two while running, However, 38 are still chasing him.
"Argghh... How can I kill all of them, I'm not strong enough to handle 38 goblins."
Slowly down and getting tired, Paul have no choice but to use his "Illusion Clone" Skill to lost them. He ordered his Illusion clone as a distraction for the goblins to follow it and he somehow manage to lost all 38 goblins, However, unexpected event has happened.
"..." Unexpected that Paul has encounter a Hobgoblin that is far powerful and sturdier than a normal goblin. It's even more difficult than the 38 goblins earlier and it's Height is 6'6 taller than the a normal goblin.
"My luck is so bad.... I encounter a far worse enemy.
"RARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Hobgoblin screamed that Paul couldn't move and getting pressure that he will fight for his life. The Hobgoblin attacked him, Surprising Paul that the Hobgoblin is fast.
"Even though this guy is big, he's.....fast..."
Paul attacked him with his skill "Fire Blast", However it didn't take a single damage.
"RARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!"
The Hobgoblins Screamed again, those 38 goblins that are chasing the Illusion clone of Paul somehow stop and went to location of the Hobgoblin and Paul.
Paul quickly scan the system profile of the Hobgoblin.
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Hobgoblin Champion
Race: Goblinnoid.
Level: 18
—Abilities—
Strength: 50
Agility: 70
Dexterity: 20
Endurance: 100
Magic: 0
—Skills—
Taunt, Hardened Skin, Resistance Skin, Summon of Horde.
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Paul was shocked and nervous that he will fight something that's will be impossible for him to defeat and that Hobgoblin can call other Goblins nearby.
"I'll have to risk it, I'kill this thing before the other goblins came...."
"RARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!
Paul Smirked and he knows that this will be a gamble of his life, it's all in or out.
The Hobgoblin Begin to attack Paul with it's big club..Paul jump and dodge it. He use one of his skill Offensive "Fire Blast" at the Hobgoblin, However, It has no effect on it.
"It's harder than I thought..."
A suprise punch suddenly at Paul as he didn't dodge the punch completely and took some damage.
" *Cough*...*Cough* Damn it!!!"
He was suprise again that the Hobgoblin suddenly attack him with his club but he successfully dodge it by luck, it's speed is not ordinary from other Hobgoblin.
Suddenly, Paul realize that he was not fighting a ordinary Hobgoblin but he remember when check the profile of that monster, it's a Hobgoblin Champion, A hidden boss of the Dark Tower.
The Speed is faster than Giselle as Paul can't dodge the massive punch of Hobgoblin, however, he manage to dodge all the club attack of the Hobgoblin, if he didn't dodge all of it's attack with the club, he must be already by now.
" *Cough*...*Cough*" Coughing Blood and can't fight Anymore. Earlier when he try to punch it it has no effect instead his fist is the one getting hurt even his offensive skill Fire Blast is useless because of the Hobgoblin's skill "Resistance Skin" that made it more hard for him.
The Hobgoblin smiled at Paul like it's mocking and making fun of him.
"WHY YOU!!!!! ARRRRHHHHHHHH!!!!"
Paul suddenly attacked him with with rage as he can't stand the mocking of the Hobgoblin, The Hobgoblin quickly swing his club and manage at Paul in the wall.
"Hugh...*Cough*.... *Cough*....I can't fight anymore, hehehehehe.... I'll die like this...I guess it's my bad luck..."
Paul can't move his body after the hit of the club by the Hobgoblin, The Hobgoblin smiled at the injured Paul as slowly getting... The Hobgoblin laughed at him
"HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA PSKY LITTLE WEAK HUMAN!!!!"
The Hobgoblin is mocking Paul and grab his neck.
"YOU HUMAN WEAK!!!! HAHAHAHAHH"
"..." Paul has felt silent and scared because he slowly getting being choke by the Hobgoblin.
"WEAK, WEAK!!!!"
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!" Getting choked and being laughed, Paul Snapped and somehow his Skill "Eye of Tactician Mage" Activate made the Hobgoblin feel pressure and let go Paul.
"Rarrrrrrr..."
Somehow even ifPaul is painfully injured, he continued to force his Body. The Hobgoblin felt scared at Paul's gazed at him. A strange snapped begin to change Paul, His eyes somehow bursting a powerful aura that scared the Hobgoblin.
"You.....Do you think that's because you're higher and stronger than me, doesn't mean you have no weakness."
After using the Skill "Eyes of Tactician Mage" He manage to see the weakness of the Hobgoblin, There's a little scar at it's body and that scar is the only opportunity to hit the Hobgoblin.
"Hehehehe.... I'll know what's your weakness is...I'll finished you....Hehehhe."
Paul quickly attacked the Hobgoblin then the it also attack Paul with it's club and somehow Paul manage to dodge it.
" Hehehehe....I'll blind you so..You can't attack me after I hit your weakness."
The Hobgoblin quickly swing it's club and successfully hit Paul... However it's not Paul but his clone, After the Hobgoblin fall for Paul's plan, he manage to hit the Hobgoblin's two eyes and making him blind and can't attack anymore.
"AHHHHHHRRRHRHRHRHRHHRHRHR!!!!!!"
The Hobgoblin screamed so loud to it's pain and when the 38 goblins earlier made it since they are called by the Hobgoblin's skill "Summon of the Horde". The Hobgoblin became confused and attack them unintentionally since it's can't see.
When the Hobgoblin unintentionally kill half of the goblins, Paul use hit as a opportunity to kill the other dying goblins that are hit by the Hobgoblin and gained a experience to level up.
After killing all of the 38 goblins, He attack the blind Hobgoblin in it's scar since it's has no endurance anymore and successfully kill it.
After killing the Hobgoblin and the 38 goblins successfully killed by Paul with a trick, he leveled up and received many notification from the system, he fell down as he can't move hair body, he checked his profile system and see what changes.
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Notification:
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ You have level up by 1 ]
[ Congratulations, Paul, you are now level 26]
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Profile:
Name: Paul Wolfe
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Level: 26
Class: Tactician Mage
Title:
Brilliant Magician
Fire Mage
—Ability—
Strength: 100
Agility: 37
Stamina: 40
Dexterity: 35
Intelligence: 86
Magic: 77
Luck: 72
—Skill—
Eye of Tactician Mage, Empathy, Knowledge Absorption, Telepathy, Illusion Clone, Fire Blast, Blazing Fire, Fire Manipulator, Fire Absorption, Duplicate Transform.
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Hehehehe.....I leveles up and have many useful skill...."
Paul fainted because of his injuries. Somehow he gained many useful that he can use to fight.
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