Flying high in the sky, Han has been flying for almost a hours. But, he didn't getting out from the forest yet, by estimation, Han only will getting out from the forest after 1 day full of flying with the full speed.
That how vast the forest really is, he wasn't sure how long it would take if he walking instead.
Slowing down the flying speed, Han also trying to lower his altitudes. He cannot fly for long afterall, maintains the current speed, Han only be able to fly a hours at most.
Looking at the forest below, something catch his attention. There was smokes going on at the forest, and there also seemingly building that looked like a hut.
'there civilization here?'
Han wasn't sure, because from information he bought at trade market didn't mentioned about human made civilization inside the forest, not even a savages, highlander, or any rural backward civilization.
That was quite strange actually, for the forest at this size. There will be some forest natives and Tribes.
After going closer, Han finally have a good look about this civilization.
There are green skinned creature all over their body with pointed ear, they not that tall, only one and half a metre the tallest one and they ware moving around from here and there.
"Goblin?"
"why goblin here? Shouldn't the Beast already extinct? But why there a goblin camp with few hundreds goblin inside?"
Well... goblin are actually didn't fall into the Beast category, they fall into monster categories to be exact. But still, looking at the size of the goblin campsite. There no way for human didn't find out.
Also, there are main road that only takes approximately less than half a day from campsite location.
Those merchant caravan will surely be attacked every so often. But there wasn't any report, it quite impossible for whole caravans being wiped out, even so if by worst case scenario that really happening.
Those people who waited the good will found something amiss...
"Don't tell me..."
If Han had to make a guess, he surely have one.
Han grabbed black cloak from inside his storage Ring and wear it right after.
Landing at the ground silently, he already picked the goblin whose alone being separated from small group.
This goblin seems part of gathering goblin they seem gather for food (grass, leaf, herb).
Han hide the longsword under the hooded robes and getting closer to the goblin. He stabbed goblin right on the heart, the longsword pierce goblin body just like tofu.
But the goblin wasn't completely died yet, the goblin are made final struggle wanting to scream, warning those other goblin. Unfortunately for the goblin, there a hand covering his mouth.
All those things are actually only takes a second.
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'Congratulations! You successfully learned 'Backstab'
You can check 'Backstab' details on skill list'
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Han learned a skill by performing specific action, but he put aside that thing. He already know about it...there still important thing at hand.
Contrary to Han exception, the corpse didn't disappear like thought.
"Well, seems I get it wrong"
Han was admitting his wrong guess when suddenly there a light particle.
There are coins dropped from the goblin, it become straits of light and went inside his body. A system notification sounded after that.
'Recived 2 copper coins'
Oh, look like he was right afterall...
Looking at the cooper coin being converted into credit, he was sure that the goblin came from inside 'game'.
So there ware still help for those who aren't tycoon to enter the 'game' afterall.
This single goblin are giving 2 cooper coins, 1 cooper coins is equal to 10 bronze. That was 20 credit already from single monster.
100 goblin are 200 cooper, which is 2.000 credit.
To grind for single Relics, one only need to kill little like 7,500 goblin. If his calculations correct.
To make sure, Han opened the chat function and people seemed like to know it.
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[8:39] almenia, is anyone know the nearest adventurer guild from here?, the nearest small town from here doesn't have one. I getting tired for plowing land everyday!!
[08:39] Black rook mercenary opening training session, please go to address below if you're interested....
[08:39] Military Requirements!....
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[08:40] Looking for party and friends to hunt near ....area, I have experience as knight trainees.
[08:40] Hunter, Looking for party! I know .... area like a back of my hand.
[08:40] I'm a merchant, opened slots for those who want to follow us. You are not hired as guard, we already have one.
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The chat are lively, everyone seemed to have fun.
But the reality strike them fast.
[08:41] FUC* IT HURT!!! Getting stabbed by an arrow was so painful!! Potion, Potion!! IS THERE ANY POTION?!! ALL MY TEAMMATES ALREADY DIES!!
FU*K THIS GAME!! FU*K THE DEVELOPER!!
SEEMS LIKE I WILL ALSO FOLLOW THEM...
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Yes, they ware almost forgot...
This wasn't game, this is reality, if you die' you will die.
This not a novels when setting are modern ages and the monster are inside their own dimensions. This is just middle ages where the most of land are wilderness...Danger are lurking everywhere.
There no 'rules' that makes people safe, the only rules that applied here are the law of jungle.
"it seems like I need to wait when opening the mysterious trader shop"
"for now, let's try hunting those scattered goblin that separates from their groups "
Han only hunt those lonely goblin, he didn't dare to make any direct confrontation. He also tried his best to avoid those grouped goblin, even though Han believed that he had the ability to take down small group of goblin.
Han still choosing to go against that idea, that because the more target, meant the more time, and effort being put on killing them.
Han was extremely sure that the other goblin will not idle when he attacking one of goblin from those grouped ones, the goblin will screams to call their kin. He doesn't have that many arms to cover their mouth, unless he was so confident enough that he can severed the head of more than 3 goblin under/within a second.
When killing the goblin, Han was not even worried to be found. He was wearing cloak afterall, this relic clock are have the ability to hide one aura and presence, he will be like having invisible state. But of course, it is not real invisibility, but to deal with a low grades monster like goblin, it was sufficient.
Killing his 27th prey, there are commotion nearby.
"Well, that faster than I thought..."
Han are already predicted this outcome, he didn't hide the goblin carcass afterall, sooner or later the other goblin will found the lifeless body of their comrade.
Han doesn't know what those goblin sayings, but he already know the answer. It's probably something like 'intruder...' and 'grouped together' or 'back to your group!'.
He don't find it little bit strange for the goblin to little bit smart.
At the time he looking the goblin camp from the skies, he get to know that the goblin civilization are quite developed. They know how to farm, they assigned every group when they go outside the campsite, there a wall around their campsite, the goblin household also looked like properly being made. But of course, compared to human, their progress are still backwards.
After the goblin grouping up, Han didn't dare to hunt again. He quickly left the area searching for safe spot nearby.
Han didn't planning to leave just yet, he actually getting an idea to raid the goblin camp. Why you asked? Actually, during the time Han hunting the goblins, he noticed some of goblin will releasing more than one light particle. He thought those light particle are different coins at first, never he thought that after those light particle went inside his body, his body 'feel' stronger, but not by large amount, only tiny a bit. Han went checking his system log, but there are no notification for those specific light particle, he found it strange.
If Han had to make a guess, he really had good hypothesis for it. He guessing that those light particle are 'experience point', he will try and see if he can 'level up' by killing more monster, it is just an experiment to be honest. Han decided to not give out the goblin camp because of that, so he planning to raid the camp, but he cannot act harshly, he already had a plan on mind.
He found out the perfect spot easily, it was cliff not to far from the goblin camp. Here, Han can easily observed goblin activity, but that wasn't the case for those goblin. Those goblin cannot seeing that far, and there a fact that some trees might obstructing their vision.
Han practicing his swordsmanship for the rest of the day, only stopped for a moment to take a nap. He need to do something big tonight, his body must be at best state.
Before he forgot, Han opened the Mysterious Trader shop at the dusk.
After the day getting dark, Han began to act.
Han plan was simple, wait for the sky become dark, he will try to eliminate those guard at the tower first. Han did not have any issues moving in the dark, after using those 'Cat eyes Relics', he gained night vision like abilities.
So, he really had the advantage in the night, since goblin vision already bad to begin with.
If by any chance he being found, he will try to kill as much goblin as he can, and even if Han being surrounded by the goblin, he can escape by flying.
With the thud sounds, the one of goblin dead body touching the watch tower wooden 'floor'. Beside the lifeless goblin that just dropped to the floor, there is another corpse of goblin that also being killed not long ago.
"That the 10th one..."
Out of 19 watchers, Han only managed to kill ten of them. This goblin camp are having 8 watch tower in total, 5 at the outer area and 3 at the inner area.
These outer watch tower only have 2 goblin each as a watcher, it was relatively easy taking down these outer one, the problematic one should be those 3 tower at inner area, they have 3 goblin guarding each.
After done killing 2 of the watcher, Han quickly taking out the 'scarecrows' that he previously prepared from storage ring. He put those scarecrow as the goblin substitute.
Why? You asked? That because those goblin at inner watch tower will occasionally checked their companion, if he didn't put those substitute, the goblin will become alerted and his life will become harder. Those goblin wasn't dumb afterall.
Now, moving on to the inner watch tower. Han doesn't have any ideas at how to take down these tower honestly.
The tower had 3 goblin each, the distance from one tower to another also wasn't that far. So when attacking one of the tower, the goblin from another two tower will surely noticed.
There is actually few plan on mind that Han comes out with. First, using a poisonous food. He can buy some poison from the trade market and then putting the poison inside a food, after that he can just toss out those food to every watch tower. But the chance of those goblin grabbing the food that came out from nowhere was low. And even by any chance the goblin really eaten the food, that probably just one of the goblin, if the food was safe, the other will also eating it. This guard properly fed up afterall, they will not eating any suspicious food.
Second, using poisonous arrow or just arrow itself. Han also eliminates this plan, he wasn't sure that he can shoot the arrow accurately at the goblin head everytime, there also the fact that he must to that quickly.
Third plan, there an item called 'bolt needles' paired with potent poison, this thing is often being used for assassination. The problems was, the seller of this item only selling the ammunition, they didn't sell the tool itself. Han actually wanted to ask the seller for the tool, but there are no private message or 'whisper' function.
Feeling helpless, Han began to rack his brain.
He wondered what if he can control this needles? But the question are How?
'wind? Thin thread? Psionic?'
''ah right! Telekinesis "
Figuring it out doesn't mean his problem already being solved.
Thinking about how can Han gain power like telekinetic or psionic, he can only thinking about the Relics.
Han began to open the remaining 15 Relics draw, since he put two random relic draw for sell.
The results are good...
Han gotten an item that have telekinetic power, even though that was still different from what he hoping for, he expected to get direct abilities instead.
But this can get the job done for a moment.
Using the Relic, transparent thread reaching out from the relic. This transparent thread are telekinetic thread and only Han will be able to see it. He wasn't sure at how many those thread are, probably thousands.
This thing not without limit though, the longest he can go are 200 metres.
Han starting to act after getting familiar with the relic, he takes out those needle from their special package.
Those special package also can contain poison, so the moment the needle out from package, they ware already poisonous, ready to use anytime.
*shoo
*shoo...
Nine needle flew to the different direction, went to their own target respectively.
Those goblin didn't even realized that they ware being attacked, the pain from being hit by those needle are similar to getting bitten by mosquito.
What went after eliminating those watcher was quite easy.
He use the same needle and poison tactics, quickly eliminating all the guard on duty at inner area, those guard outside have no idea that there no one guarding inner area anymore. After done doing that, his next target should be those shaman.
From what Han observation, this camp has 3 goblin shaman under the chief. Those shaman are the one whose had highest authority than others goblin below the chief, so the loot shouldn't be too shabby.
Out of 3 shaman, one are slightly problematic. This shaman was smart enough to cast protective barrier even when he sleeping.
So the needle are failed on the first round of attack. Fortunately Han was close enough to the shaman, he used the sword to finish off the shaman while the shaman still being shocked.