All of a sudden, a wooden staff with lingering magic power appeared in my hand, and the familiar cackle of a dreaded monster appeared behind me.
The hot and misty breath of a goblin slowly faded along the side of my face, and as I slowly turned around, I felt the graze of a sharp knife scratch against my throat.
Kekekekekeke
An eerie laugh echoed through my ears, and the most terrifying part was that the laughing was right behind me.
"Sadists like you always make the same mistake," I muttered to myself before eyeing the knife that had slightly come off my neck.
It was glistening with stained blood as it seemed it had already been used on another poor soul who fell victim to its torturing.
Slowly, I gripped the staff in my hand and then flipped it up, knocking the goblin in the face and allowing me to duck out of the way from its shallow swing.
It was a swing filled with panic as it saw its target slowly escape its grasp.
I got a good look at the ugly short goblin that had green skin, a pointed head, tattered clothing just barely managing to hide its privates, and the short knife that it gripped with all its might.
"*sigh*... Always the same mistake," I muttered once again before pulling the wooden staff above my head and then swinging it down.
FWOOSH
A large wave of water appeared from my staff and crashed onto the abyss-like floor, sparkling with tiny hints of light.
"Tch… Should've given me a different weapon. This thing is so damn useless with this skill,"
After complaining about my circumstances, I glanced back up at the goblin who I thought had died, as that water was five times thicker than normal water.
It should've completely washed him away and suffocated him under the pressure of the wave…
As I looked in awe at the goblin who just barely managed to stand his ground, my eyes went cold as the realization soon sunk in.
I no longer had my past power and had basically reset.
I let out a long moist breath that wet my dry lips, and as the goblin charged in, enraged by its wounds and how easily it was overpowered, I swung down again.
CRASH
This time, the waves completely crushed the goblin into the ground, flattening it like a pancake, and as my water began to slowly disappear, its corpse disappeared as well.
"What is up with these fights? Just give me some damn class options," I muttered to myself before glancing at the next set of panels that lay bare in front of me.
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[Prove your worth]
[Round 2: Dire Wolf]
[Description: A dire wolf is strong in packs, but this is just one singular wolf, so it should be easy, right? Right? Right? Failure to complete this will result in the utmost humiliation and mockery by the gods.]
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I laughed a bit at the description, which tried to taunt me, and just as the wolf with stripes of darker hair appeared in front of me, I realized what was happening.
"So that's what it meant. I finally understand now… Proving my worth means the more of these rounds that I clear, the higher grade of class that I'll receive. Should've just told me in the beginning because then I would've worked a little harder,"
Grrrrr
The wolf growled at me as it slowly began to circle my stationary spot.
My cold eyes only grew colder as its bloodlust was practically nipping at the back of my neck, already telling me where it was trying to attack.
I see… so it will probably do this, then this… This is a good way to get used to this new body.
Suddenly, the wolf charged straight towards me, its jaws wide open and its bloodlust still aiming for the back of my neck.
As it leaped at me, it tried to tear apart my face with its claws, but I jumped out of the way and then stuck my wooden stick backward, stabbing the wolf directly in the back of its throat.
[Tidal Strike]
CRASH
A gush of water was shot straight down the wolf's throat, and it looked like it was going to leave a serious mark… but the wolf was still somehow alive.
Normally, I could've one-shot this thing by just creating a spear of water and shooting it into its head, but this skill was so unpractical that it couldn't even drown the damn wolf…
Though it did create an opening for me to slip into as the wolf couldn't stop coughing up water onto the abyssal floor.
FWOOSH
I swung my staff as hard as possible, creating yet another wave of water that crashed onto the wolf.
The creaking and cracking of its bones were audible in the air, but my wave didn't let up as it continued to press the wolf to the ground.
Sssssss
The wolf's body was literally steaming as my water slowly faded away into the abyss, and just as I thought the wolf had died… the motherfucker came back.
"Huh?! Are you serious!?" I shouted before running straight at the limping wolf that hung onto the edge of its life.
BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM
"HUFF… HUFF… HUFF… HUFF… There we go. Finally. Why'd that take so long?" I muttered before looking at the bloody wolf corpse get sucked into the abyss below.
More panels appeared before me, but I needed my child's body to catch its breath since I felt as if I was about to die.