"Ah yes, spawning in the middle of the forest. Let me guess if I start wandering around there's going to be a damsel in distress."
Not long after I said that I heard a high-pitched scream which appears to be nearby. I am no hero, so I moved away from the source of that scream.
*Ding*
{System update implemented successfully. Welcome back to Earth 2.0. Exclusive skill detected. Tap to see more details.}
Right, I have an exclusive skill. I better check it out later. But I've been wondering, did Earth always have these big trees? Also, this system changed from red to gold color, I guess this was the update the goddess talked about.
*Ding*
"AAAAAAH! HEEEELP!"
The scream seems to be getting closer to me. I ran away as fast as I could and once I saw a giant tree stump, I climbed it quickly. Heh, all my exercises are coming to fruition. Okay, it's time to check out this exclusive skill, I'm honestly feeling super excited about this.
{Skills:
1.) Immortality}
"Woah, does that mean I can't die? Damn, this was also our homework before everything started not making any sense."
I tapped the skill to view the details but there were no details provided. Well, I guess I'll just have to find out. Ah right ever since the system updated, Title and Shop were added. I opened the Title and I already have two of it.
{The Destiny of Universe 2e1c}
- The destiny of the entire universe lies in your hands...
+500% Exp bonus
{One with Quick Feet}
- Sprint 500 meters without stopping.
+1 Agility
Haha, is that why I felt faster while I was running away earlier? Besides that, this other title, isn't that way too overpowered? 500% exp bonus? This feels like I have a battle pass in real life.
"Ah right, I leveled up in the tutorial, I better start allocating them."
{Stats:
Lv. 2
HP: 25/25
MP: 10/10
Strength: 5
Agility: 5(+1)
Dexterity: 3
Intelligence: 2
Vitality: 5
Remaining Stat Points: 5
}
Hmm, I'll add 3 points to Agility and 2 points to Strength.
{Stats:
Lv. 2
HP: 25/25
MP: 10/10
Strength: 7
Agility: 8(+1)
Dexterity: 3
Intelligence: 2
Vitality: 5
Remaining Stat Points: 0
}
"That should be good. Ah, time to view the details of the update. "
{System update}
- Earth has undergone a massive change. Dimensional cracks started appearing and poured out monsters from all over the Earth. Earth became twice as big and so does its resources; the air, land, and sea. Consequently, some biological lives have started to adapt and evolve in the new environment making them bigger than usual.
"That explains the situation," I smirked and let out a giggle thinking that I'm living the dream I'd always wanted. Maybe I am a psycho after all.
"AAAAAAAAAHH!"
I heard that same blood-curdling high pitch scream again but this sounded like it was at the bottom of this tree stump I'm standing on.
"What? I'm pretty sure I ran far away from it."
I cautiously looked over the edge and saw goblins.
"HELP MEEE!"
All this time, it was not an actual human that was screaming, but a goblin. It seems to be holding a staff, so is it a mage? There are other 3 normal goblins beside it. The next moment a small magic circle appeared when the mage pointed its staff toward me then a fireball was flying at great speed toward me. I quickly moved away but it still caught a part of my clothes.
"What the f***..." The next moment I heard them climbing, I again looked at the edge and one goblin was already about to reach the top while the other two are on the bottom waiting. They must think I'm gonna go down easy.
"Ah, crap I don't have anything." Instead of fear engulfing me, I was rather super ecstatic. Though I regret not learning any martial arts.
"I'll just do what I can and put to test how much these stats actually increased."
While the goblin is giggling and making fun of me, I dashed toward it and swung a right hook on its body. The goblin spat out blood and felt super agitated that it was hit.
"I didn't expect that much speed after increasing my Agility by 4. I wonder how fast I am if it reaches 100!" Yeah, only a psychopath would enjoy this situation, but this has been a long delusion of mine and now it is finally real.
The goblin finally pulled its short sword that was hanging on its back and started charging at me.
"Tarantado," I whispered to myself. I didn't see that sword when he first came up, I was too naive to think that the goblin didn't carry any weapon. But somehow, I can see the sword's trajectory. Is this also the effect of Agility? I dodged every swing of the goblin and counter-attacked whenever an opening shows up. This went on and on until the goblin was too tired and hurt to swing. I'm already exhausted but I'm enjoying every bit of this fight. I dashed toward its direction and drop-kicked its head then I forcefully grabbed the sword it was holding and stabbed its heart.
[Tarantado=bastard]
*Ding*
{Goblin Lv.5 defeated! You gained +100 exp}
*Ding*
{Congratulations, you leveled up! Lv. 2 > Lv. 3}
"How harsh, a level 5 goblin levels me up by one only? Even with that 500% bonus thing. I better put my stat points already before they decide to climb up."
I allocated 4 points to Strength and 1 point to Agility. Since I know how fast I am, I need more strength to kill them faster. I realized, my hp or mp didn't even go up, that sucks. No skills were added either.
I sliced off the head of the goblin, you can never be too sure in this world anymore. I threw it down to the goblins to provoke them. And it actually worked! Seeing their agitated faces makes me fill with joy. The other two goblins have started climbing up and the mage cast... A BARRIER?! TO BOTH OF THEM EVEN.
Well no matter how strong that is, I'll just chip it off little by little. I entered a simple sword battle stance ready to slash horizontally once I see their heads pop up the edge. I was waiting for them to come up but it's taking them quite some time while the first one arrived quickly. Then I heard a sword unsheathing behind me and I quickly ducked out of instinct and turned around. That's why they were taking too long, they went around to make an ambush. I dashed toward the middle of the two goblins and slashed horizontally to hit them both. Definitely, this barrier is sturdy and a pain in the ass.
Both goblins were snickering and swung their sword. I'm glad they don't know any swordsmanship, but the same goes for me too. I tried to do the moves I saw in action movies back then but it is hard to execute them without proper training, even if I manage to parry their sword or dodge them, it puts a lot of strain on me. I can already feel my hands tingling and turning numb. But I still continued to slash their barriers, I kited them so that I wouldn't get hit unnecessarily. Even though I have Immortality skills, I don't know what it does so I wouldn't risk it for now.
After a few minutes, a crack finally appeared in the barrier and that gave me a glimmer of hope. So I stopped keeping my distance and rushed towards them and aimed at the crack. Sure enough with this final swing, I broke both of the barriers at the same time.
*Ding*
{You have obtained a new skill: Shellbreak.}
{Shellbreak Lv.1: Passive}
Proficiency: Activate 1,000 times
- 20% chance to ignore 10% of enemy defense when attacking. Deals 10% more damage to enemies with a barrier. 2% chance to instantly break the enemy barrier.
This made the two goblins knock back and stumble, I picked up my stance and slash horizontally to cut off both of their heads at the same time.
*Ding*
{You have obtained a new skill: Slash}
{Slash Lv1: Active}
Cooldown: 5 seconds
MP consumed: 2
Proficiency: Activate 2,000 times
- Slash the enemy dealing 120% of damage.
*Ding*
{Goblin Lv.5 defeated! You gained +100 exp}
{Goblin Lv.5 defeated! You gained +100 exp}
{Congratulations, you leveled up! Lv. 3 > Lv. 5}
"Well, that was definitely worth it. I need to rest and start spreading my stats, the last one is a mage. I think I'm gonna need more HP on this one.
"I'll put 5 points in Vitality, 3 points in Agility, and 2 points in intelligence."
{Stats:
Lv. 5
HP: 50/50
MP: 20/20
Strength: 11
Agility: 12(+1)
Dexterity: 3
Intelligence: 4
Vitality: 10
Remaining Stat Points: 0
}
Sure enough, I can only increase hp and mp through stats or maybe also equipment. These two new skills, hmm. Shellbreak, that's quite OP and it can even level up! but... wow, I have to activate it 1000 times?! Crazy, I was crazy once. This is like a hardcore game but in reality. Next is slash, wow the conditions are also insane, 2000 activation is needed. 2 mp per use, I guess I can activate it 10 times but I don't know what will happen if my MP reaches zero, I'll try to use it when I only need it.
Now how do I deal with this mage goblin.