3:30 PM
Fred finished his preparation and has quite a few useful things on his inventory like ropes, pickaxe, machete, etc.
Fred left his house and flagged a taxi to go to the dungeon.
Inside the taxi Fred is silent, he is feeling nervous and excited at the same time.
To ease himself of the nervousness, he closed his eyes to rest. But with his eyes closed, he saw the panel with numbers. There is also a change in what he is seeing when he closes his eyes.
That is, besides the Bronze, Silver, Gold, and the number. There is also a new panel with the name, [Skills].
[Bronze: 10 | Silver: 0 | Gold: 0]
[Skills: Inventory | Physical Strengthening(F)]
Fred looked at the skills that he has and turned his focus on the newly acquired skill. With his focus on it, a description of the skill appeared.
[Physical Strengthening(F): Boost the physical strength of the user by 4 times. Upgradable]
Fred already saw all of this earlier back at his house while he was resting so he was not surprised or anything.
He looked at the panel for a while before opening his eyes.
He got down from the taxi at the entrance of the dungeon where there is a booth. He went to the booth where a pretty lady is sitting inside looking bored.
When the girl notices the incoming man, she fixes her posture and puts a smile on her face. Any signs of boredom on her face and body are gone in a flash.
"Good Evening, how can I help you?" inquired the girl with a professional smile.
"I'm going to enter the dungeon," answered Fred,
The girl was surprised, because looking at the man in front of her, who had nothing on him. It is obvious that it will be suicide to go inside a dungeon without anything.
Although like that, she keeps her composure and smile.
"Did you bring a weapon, sir?" she asked,
Fred kinda understands why the clerk suddenly asked, a man without a weapon or anything suddenly going to a dungeon sounds like a suicide case.
So he answered without really saying anything, "I have my skills." that's all he said.
The clerk looked at him for a bit before she let it be and just let him go with the procedure to enter.
After a few minutes, Fred is good to go. Without hesitation, he entered the dungeon.
The lady at the booth watches as he enters the dungeon, after he is out of her sight anymore she sighs and once again slumps down on her desk.
"I wonder what skills he has... does he even have a skill for real?"
....
Inside the dungeon, it is like you just entered inside a big cave. It is rocky everywhere you look, but the place is brightly lit even without any signs of fluorescent or fire to light it up. It's as if the walls are the ones that are emitting the light.
Fred looks around curiously as he walks on a straight path. He felt relaxed because except for this place being bright, it doesn't seem to have any difference from a normal cave.
After walking for a while more, he thought that he should start with videoing.
The camera appeared in his hand, Fred turned on the camera and tried it. It seems that he is dissatisfied with something and goes to the settings.
While Fred's attention is on the camera, from behind him, just a few meters away, something is heading his way.
It is a small creature just one meter in height, got green skin, a bald head, pointy ears, and an ugly face. Wearing only loincloth and holding a wooden club.
This creature is something that is frequently seen in fantasy stories. I think you already know what this sh*t is. It is indeed a goblin if that's what you guess, if it's not... kek no comment.
It's just a few meters away from Fred, so it noticed that Fred is out of focus. Although goblins are known as a simple enemy, they still have basic thinking capabilities.
It slowed down its pace of walking and slowly approached Fred from behind.
When it's just a short distance away from him, it swung the club on its hand.
Fred then heard the sound of the wind brushing from behind him, he instinctively looked up and turned around. Then he saw the club coming close to him.
Fred responded by reflex, he raised his hand to shield himself from being hit. One thing is, he forgot that he was holding the camera in his hands.
When he remembered, it was already too late.
"Ughh!"
*Bang*
*Crash*
Fred is safe from being hit directly, with only his hands feeling numb. But the camera was flung away by the club and now looks like just a piece of trash, almost unrecognizable from its original looks.
Fred felt emotional seeing the important memento of his parents and grandparents.
But he doesn't have the time to be emotional so he suppressed it, he retreated a few steps back to gain a proper foothold.
Only now did he have a chance to look at his enemy and immediately realized what it is. A goblin is a classic, it's quite possible for some people to not recognize it when he meets one if they neither play games nor watch movies/shows of at least fantasy genre.
Fred prepared to fight, he moved out his arms like those boxers and lowered his hips a bit.
Then a crowbar appeared on his arm, he gripped it tightly.
The goblin started to also become wary of him as he suddenly got a weapon. It hesitated a little before it rushed towards Fred.
On the other hand, Fred stays where he is, watching the goblin and waiting for the perfect timing to strike.
When the goblin arrived in front of him, Fred saw that he would be able to attack it from a distance.
He swung his arm that was holding the crowbar to the goblin, and...
*Splaack*
It hit the head of the goblin with great impact and Fred put a lot of power on that swing.
The hook part of the crowbar is inserted inside the head of the goblin as blood splashes from it.
The goblin that was previously full of energy suddenly became lifeless and grey. Its body became like a doll that lost its strings as it dropped down on the ground with its head still on the crowbar.
Fred looked at the dead body of the goblin and felt disgusted. He stopped the urge to vomit as he might feel out of energy because of it.
Then he remembered the camera. He turned his head to where the camera was flung unto. and he saw it.
It doesn't look like how it used to be anymore.
Fred ran towards it.....