[Title acquired: The Last One Standing: Whenever fighting enemies in groups, your stats will increase by 25%.]
A blue screen projected from his wristband, followed by notifications on his screen, but Eone was too busy healing himself to even blink an eye on the screen in front of him.
"Now my enhancement will be out of commission for 48 hours; I will have to fight the boss without it," Eone thought, looking at Rimuru in front of him with a serious expression.
"Giyu, Giiyyuu?"
"Is it necessary to fight the boss, you ask?" He said this, looking at the green slime before diverting his gaze to the red portal in front of him.
"Not really! My goal for today was to reach level 3 reach level 3. But you see, I spotted quite a useful skill book in the dungeon on my last visit. And I also have a few cards left to play. So I believe it's worth the risk." Eone stated this to Rimuru while his gaze was fixated on the red portal in front of him.
"Giyuuu"
"I know I can always count on your skills if things turn out really bad." Eone paused for a moment and then continued. "Let's just wait for our HP and MP to recover before we make any move."
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It's been 2 hours on the 4th floor of the goblin crypt since Eone was lazing around waiting for his recovery when a notification popped up on his screen.
[Ding!]
[All stats have been completely recovered.]
[HP:89% MP:600 600]
Eone stood up from the ground and snapped his fingers before Rimuru turned into a white light and disappeared near his crest.
"Sigh! The moment is here. Haha. Time to fight the boss." Eone said to himself In the meantime, his breathing quickened and his body temperature increased as if he were suffering from a fever.
"Damn, it looks like I am too nervous... Or maybe just too excited." Eone sighed to himself, trying to calm his breath before he moved towards the red portal in front of him.
Just as he entered the portal, he was once again teleported inside a round stone cave. The still air and smell of rotten flesh flooded the atmosphere, while four small wooden torches were burning on the wall.
For anyone else, it would be a problem to clearly see their feet, but for him, thanks to his passive skill, he could clearly see a green, muscular hobgoblin sitting on a wooden throne, staring at him with a devilish smile.
"Fire bolt!"
Just the second Eone came out of the portal, he pointed his hands towards the wall and launched two fireballs consecutively.
"Boom!Boom"
Two blasts resounded through the air as the torchlight on the wall blasted into pieces.
"Grrahhhhh"
The hobgoblin screamed in rage while he threw his spear in the direction of Eone.
Although Eone was able to sense the spear coming towards him from the front, he wasn't fast enough to dodge that attack.
"Grrrhhhh." Eone gritted his teeth as the spear passed, cutting through the left side of his wrist about 4 inches deep. while blood rushed out of the wound like a stream.
[HP:75% MP:595/600]
Just as he barely dodged a spear from making any fatal wounds, the sound of another spear piercing through the air resounded.
"Swishhhhh!"
"Agrrh, F@ck!" Eone shouted out loud from the unbearable pain of spere passing through his thigh, pinning his leg on the ground.
His eyes reddened from the pain he was dealing with, and he was barely holding back tears.
[HP: 63% MP:595/600]
Even in the mindset of the irreparable pain it was causing, Eone didn't lose his sanity as he pointed his palm towards the hobgoblin running towards him.
Just when the hobgoblin was 5 metres away from him, Eone's face stiffened as he cast his strongest skill so far.
[Firebolt: Eternal Flames]
A white ball of light formed in his hand with black energy covering it before the firebolt launched towards its enemy... and
"BOOM!"
[HP:60% MP:340/600]
A large blast echoed in the cave, and small cracks appeared on the wall while Eone was thrown to the ground by the repulsive force alone.
As soon as the hobgoblin sensed a fireball coming towards him, he tried to stop the fireball with his left hand. But contrary to its assumption, the firebolt tore off its left hand completely, and in the next second, the hobgoblin was sent flying through the air while its body was engulfed by black flames.
"GRAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!"
The hobgoblin continued to scream as its skin was completely burned off by the black flames, revealing its burned red flesh.
While the goblin was screaming and rolling in pain, Eone didn't let this opportunity go to waste and pulled out his kukri to cut the spear and pull out its handle from his thigh.
As soon as he pulled out the sperm from his leg, blood gushed out of the 2cm hole like it was a fountain.
"Heal"
Eone said, placing his hand on the wound while a green light came out of his crest, that he enveloped the wound, healing it at an abnormal rate.
"Firebolt"
[HP:63% MP:338/600]
As he was healing from the wound with his one hand, he placed his kukri on the ground and pointed his palm towards another torchlight, blasting it into pieces.
"Firebolt"
Eone said, pointing his palms towards the last torchlight to blast it off before his vision blurred for a second and he felt a sharp pain in his ribs.
"Crackkk!!"
[HP:50% MP:330/600]
Just as Eone was about to cast his firebolt, the hobgoblin ran towards him as it swung its wood club horizontally, breaking Eone's ribs while sending him directly on the cave wall.
"Cough!!"
As soon as Eone hit the wall, a stream of blood and mucus escaped through his mask with a large coughing sound.
-I... I... can't feel... my body - He thought as he slowly gained his vision back. while his ears were still ringing like thousands of bells.
Just as he used all his willpower to lift his head up a little, he realised that his last firebolt had missed its target.
In front of him was an 8-foot-tall figure coming towards him with a wood club in its right hand while its left hand regenerated slowly to its palms.
Eone tried his best to stand up and run, but his legs refused to work. His body was shaking like hell as he was drowning in a pool of his own blood.
"Boom"
Just as the hobgoblin came near, Eone felt another dull pain in his chest as he was sent back to Carter on the wall he came out from.
[HP:38% MP:330/600]
"Cough!Cough!"
A large cough again escaped his lips, but this time the mask couldn't hold it and fell on the ground along with blood and mucus.
As soon as the mask fell off, his silver hair and crimson eyes turned back to black.
- That hobgoblin didn't use this skill last time...why now?- Eone thought internally while green energy from his crest was surrounding his body, barely giving him strength to look up at his enemy.
- It's too strong for me. I shouldn't have challenged it in the first place. I got some good skills by chance and tried to bite more than I could chew...-
"Boom"
With another swing, his body was thrown to the ground so hard that it renounced back into the air.
[HP:23% MP:330/600]
-Should I give up? Is this it for me?-
"Crackkk!"
While his body was in midair, another swung at him from behind, sending him to the wall just next to the last torch.
[HP:12% MP330/600]
-Naah!...what am I thinking...from when did I learn to whine...like those looser's - He chuckled at his thoughts while gathering all his strength to cast a fireball at last torch, making the cave completely dark...
"Gwwaaahhhhh"
The hobgoblin screamed as it ran towards its target while swinging its club directly at the head.
"Boom!!"
A sound of collision reverberated through the cave as the hobgoblin's attack was stopped midair.
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"Tell me ..."
"How does it feel "
"...To fight..."
"Someone...stronger than you?"
Next chapter : Fear (part 2)
{A/N: Sorry readers, I can only upload one chapter for today. Have some work to do, hope you understand. Keep reading }