{Noah}
" If I were to put my aura in numerical form, before using the Descending Thunder spell my aura would have been at a 100 %. Now, I have 20 % left, and each of these potions can only give me back 5%. For other people, it would have been 10 % but since I don't use mana but aura, potions of other energy effects are halved."
*POP*
Noah opens a potion and quickly drinks it, he takes off his glove and turns around
- SUNDER! yells Noah
The Sunder Curse Sigil appears and lands on the goblin general's body. Noah turns around and starts running again.
{Noah}
" This should have bought me a bit of time."
A goblin has two higher species forms. The first one is the goblin general. When a goblin evolves into that form they grow in size, and gain strength and intelligence. However, evolution for a monster has conditions. In the case of a goblin evolving into a goblin general, the goblin needs to meet these two conditions, mastery of a weapon and living for more than 10 years. When a goblin evolves into a goblin general they start using the weapon with which they trained for ten years. The second higher form is the goblin mage. They are called mages but they don't use magic instead they gain an ability. Most of the time, they gain control over an element which is why they are called goblin mages. A normal goblin is a threat-level 10 but a goblin general and a goblin mage jump three threat levels and they become a threat-level 7.
The goblin general is still running after Noah but he has gotten a bit slower.
[With the three others]
Abel, Gancelot, and Juliana enter the goblin settlement, or at least what's left of it.
- Boss really made a mess out of their settlement. says Abel
- Didn't we clear the quest? asks Gancelot
- No. There is still the leader of the settlement that is after Noah. says Juliana
The group separates and starts wandering around the village and at the same taking notes of what they see. After a while, they all reunite in the middle of the village.
- What did you guys find? asks Juliana
- I found some food stored that could last them through the winter. says Gancelot
- I found weapons. says Abel. The intelligent monster was trying to make more intelligent monsters. What about you? asks Abel
- I found the tent in which their leader, the intelligent monster, lived. says Juliana
- What did you find? asks Abel
Juliana shows them some papers
- I think that the monster we are dealing with is much more intelligent than we thought. says Juliana
- These are... plans? says Gancelot
- I see. says Abel while turning around. This is why there weren't a lot of corpses on the ground
- According to those plans, we fell into a trap. says Juliana while turning around and putting her back against Abel's
- We need to get out of here and fast! Master is in danger! says Gancelot while turning around and putting his back against Juliana's and Abel's
Goblins come out of the ground equipped with weapons. While coming out of the holes that they seem to have dug, they also throw out other goblin bodies.
- Seems like Noah's spell even reached underground and hit some of them. says Juliana
- That's crazy! says Abel. Lightning magic is less effective when used against the earth and things like that yet it was able to reach some of them.
- This is not the time to start fanboying. says Juliana
[With Noah]
{Noah}
" I am back to 20% after using Sunder. Sunder consumes 5% of my aura. Even if I drink the other potion, I won't be able to use Body Of Speed; Lightning for more than 20 seconds since it consumes 1% of my aura each second. This is not good"
Noah closes his eyes and starts running some simulations while running away from the goblin general.
Noah opens his eyes after running his hundredth simulation
{Noah}
" Damn it! Even after running all these simulations, I can't find a single one where I don't get a serious injury."
The goblin general raises his great sword and swings it down, creating a slash made of prana. The slash heads toward Noah
- Body Of Speed; Lightning.
After activating his spell, Noah turns around and dodges the slash by jumping toward the goblin general. Noah deactivates his Body Of Speed and draws his sword. He slashes one of the goblin general eyes and lands behind him
- GAAAARRRRGGGH! yells the goblin general
- How did you like that? asks Noah
- I KILL YOU, PUNY HUMAN! yells the goblin general
{Noah}
" He can talk the human language!?"
The goblin general swings his fist at Noah
Noah coughs some blood and is sent flying by the goblin general punch. Noah struggles to get up but manages to do it.
- *coughs*
{Noah}
" I let my guard down!"
{Bright}
" This is not the time to let your guard down, Noah."
- What about Dull? asks Noah
{Bright}
- He is still in Deep Cultivation. answers Bright
- Human, crazy? asks the goblin general with a smirk
{Noah}
" This bastard. Is he trying to taunt me?"
* BOOOOM*
Noah and the goblin general turn around to look where did the sound come from
{Noah}
" The settlement?"
- What the hell are they doing
The goblin general starts giggling. Noah turns around and looks at him
- No way... mumbles Noah
[Back in the village with Abel, Gancelot, and Juliana]
- FIRE MAGIC; FIRE BALL! yells Juliana
The fire ball hits a group of goblins
- MANA BULLET! POWER VERSION! yells Abel
The mana bullet hits another group of goblins
- WIND MAGIC; WIND SHOT! yells Gancelot
The sphere of wind hits another group of goblins
- Just how many of them are left? asks Gancelot
- I don't know. There are too many of them. answers Abel. What do we do?
- I have an idea but it's gonna hurt. says Juliana. And everything will depend on you, Gan.
- What do you mean? asks Gancelot
- I need you to use wind steps and get us in the air. says Juliana
- That's impossible I don't have the strength to lift the both of you. answers Gancelot
- We only need to be up there for a second. says Juliana
- MANA BULLET! POWER VERSION! yells Abel
Abel throws another mana bullet at a group of goblins that tried to jump over the flames on the ground that were created after Juliana threw her fire ball.
- We need to hurry! They are jumping over and avoiding the flames on the ground to reach us! says Abel
- Ok! Let's try it, sis! says Gancelot
Abel and Juliana grab Gancelot and Gancelot put his arms around their shoulders
- WIND MAGIC; WIND STEPS! yells Gancelot
A group of goblins reach them and jumps at them but the sphere of wind that was creating under Gancelot's feet when he jumped explodes and propels them into the air
- NOW, GANCELOT USE ALL OF YOUR MANA LEFT AND THROW ANOTHER WIND SPHERE DOWN THERE! says Juliana
- WHY? asks Gancelot
- IT'S NOT THE TIME FOR QUESTIONS, IDIOT! JUST DO IT
- ALRIGHT! WIND MAGIC; WIND SHOT!
Gancelot throws his sphere of wind toward the ground
- FIRE MAGIC; FIRE BALL! yells Juliana
Juliana throws her fire ball toward the ground and the spells collide with each other creating a huge blast of fire that wipes out every single thing in the settlement including the goblins. The group is also hit by the fire resulting in a few burns on their bodies.
- Im out of mana. says Gancelot
- WAIT! HOW DO WE LAND!? asks Abel
- That's not for me to figure out. says Gancelot. I did my part
- I also did mine. says Juliana
The group starts falling to the ground
- DO SOMETHING! ABEL! yells the twins
{Abel}
" What do I do!? WHAT DO I DO!? Let's calm down."
Abel takes a deep breath and closes his eyes
{Abel}
"What would Boss do right now? "
Abel opens his eyes
{Abel}
" DAMN IT! I CANT THINK OF ANYTHING! IF ONLY WE HAD SOMEBODY ABLE TO USE WATER MAGIC!"
-.... I GOT IT! says Abel
- WHAT!? the twins say
- MANA MISSILES! yells Abel
Three missiles made of mana are created and thrown into one of the holes that the goblins had dug.
*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*
- WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, ABEL!? yells Juliana
- DON'T WORRY, SIS! THIS GUY IS AS INCREDIBLE AS ME!
{Juliana}
" That worries me more than reassures me"
- MANA MISSILES
Once again three more missiles made of mana are created and thrown into the same hole. But now the group is just a few meters away from hitting the ground and falling to their death.
- MANA BULLET! DETONATE!
This time Abel makes a mana bullet detonate next to them which pushes them to the side and aligns with the hole in which Abel shot 6 mana missiles and they fall into the hole.
* SQUASH*
- What is this? asks Gancelot while looking at his hands
- We are still alive?asks Juliana
- Of course. says Abel. After all, we landed on the mud that was created when the water, under the ground that broke due to my mana missiles, mixed with the earth.
- And that since mud is soft we landed safely.
- I wouldn't say completely safely. says Gancelot while showing his broken arm to his sister
- Landing uninjured was impossible. says Abel while showing his broken leg
- Am I the only one that didn't break anything? asks Juliana
- Seems like it. says Gancelot. But why doesn't it hurt?
- You are high on adrenaline it wont hurt until you calm down. says Juliana
- What do we do about, Boss? We won't be of any help in our current condition. says Abel
Juliana takes out her phone and shows it to the two others
- I managed to get some connection while we were in the air so I sent a message to the guild. They are gonna send some reinforcement soon. Noah only needs to last until the reinforcement arrives.
- How much time until they arrive? asks Gancelot
- If they hurry, a maximum of 5 minutes. answers Juliana
[With Noah]
Noah looks at the goblin and smiles
- Seems like your plan ended up failing. says Noah with a smirk
-*GRRRRR* ME, KILL PUNY HUMAN! yells the goblin general while swinging his sword at Noah
Noah takes a few steps back dodging the sword
{Noah}
" If I get it by that, my body will be cut in two. No matter what I must not let that sword touch me."
*POP*
Noah opens the second mana potion and drinks it
{Noah}
" While they were up there, they probably were able to get an internet connection and contact the guild. Now all I have to do is stay alive for the next.... maybe 10 minutes? Either way, the task at hand is incredibly hard."
The goblin lifts his great sword again and swings it down toward Noah creating a slash made of prana
- Damn it! says, Noah
The speed of the slash is faster than the first one Noah experienced, therefore, even though he was able to dodge it, the slash still grazes his arm which was holding his sword. Noah quickly picks up his sword
{Noah}
" What the hell was that? His flying slash was much faster than the first one he threw at me."
{Brigth}
- Noah. I am not an expert when it comes to monsters but.... I think... I think that the goblin general is gonna evolve again.
- Another evolution!?