I'll just bait it to attack the goblins' dead body up here and find out its skills. I lay down to rest but I wasn't able to fight off the sleepiness and fatigue. When I came to it was already dusk and in this forest of giant trees, it was almost completely dark out. I crawled and looked over the edge, fortunately, the goblin mage left. I looked around all over the edge just to make sure it already left the premises. Once I confirmed that it is safe, I slowly came down the giant tree stump and collected branches and sticks so I could create a campfire. I ran in the opposite direction of where the goblins came thinking I wouldn't run to any of them.
"Is that smoke?" When I got closer to the smoke, there were two goblins seeming to be roasting a boar.
"Jackpot," I said under my breath. I slowly approached them while they are distracted from cooking, I hid behind one of the trees close to them and then threw one stick near me to lure them into my striking range. I peeked a little bit and sure enough they really are heading towards me to investigate what they heard.
"KiikChieeek"
"KakachiKee"
They seem to be communicating. I peeked over again then I saw one is only approaching me while the other went back to the grill.
"Seems like I can't kill them in one go."
I prepared to use {Slash} to quickly kill it without letting out a scream. Just by thinking of the skill, I could activate it. When the goblin went past the tree, I immediately used {Slash} and manage to behead it in one strike.
*Ding*
{Goblin Lv.6 defeated. You gained +125 exp}
But the corpse falling alerted the other goblin and charged towards me. I used {Slash} again to not waste any time. But it managed to dodge it and counter-attacked stabbing me in the thigh. Then I retaliated by also stabbing it at its exposed side then used {Slash} while my sword is inside the body. I cut it in half with that.
*Ding*
{Goblin Lv.8 defeated. You gained +150 Exp}
{You have leveled up. Lv.5 > Lv.6}
"Did the experience requirement increase drastically?" I question the system as it does not show me the progress of my experience.
Nonetheless, I'll put all 5 points to Agility. My wounds also disappear when I level up. I'm kinda glad about that. I walked towards the used-to-be goblins' campfire cause now it is mine!
I munched on the roasted pig and it tasted burnt and the meat was dry. I'll just be glad that I could eat. Without even being able to finish eating, the system appeared in front of me.
{Sudden Mission!}
- Kill 5 Goblin mages.
Reward: 750 Exp
"What?" I was confused cause the system never gave me any mission or quest ever since I arrived here. To suddenly give me a mission when it's already dark out and only pitch black can be seen in the distance.
After a few moments, I heard the sound of grass rustling and sticks breaking.
"Another goblin?" I asked as I picked up my sword and headed in the direction of the sound. Before coming close I saw 3 magic circles take form in the darkness and that reminded me of the goblin mage earlier. When 3 fireballs went flying it illuminated the surroundings and in the distance, I saw 5 goblin mages. So this is why there was a sudden mission.
The fire quickly dissipated when it hit the trees, I rushed towards their direction and used {Slash} but my skill did no effect. Turns out the role of the other 2 mages was to give everyone a barrier. I was naive to think that they won't attack, but the moment I stepped back, fireballs already flying in front of my face, and got directly hit by two of them. The fire dissipates rather than spreading which is quite a relief but it is still burning hot and those attacks cut my HP in half so the next two fireballs I'm dead. With my newly increased Agility, I took advantage of it and discovered these mages are quite slow to move but their cast speed is unimaginably fast and it became hard to dodge whenever I'm near them. I tried my best to release a flurry of attacks on each one of them circling them around and using my speed to my advantage, before they can even face me and cast a spell I would already dodge in another direction. After a while, I destroyed one of the goblin's barrier and immediately used {Slash} to finish it off. I thought it would be easy but it turns out I didn't break the barrier rather the goblin mage canceled it and let it be bait which I took. After killing one mage, the other 4 were already aimed at me and cast fireball, they let one of their comrades die so they could kill me. I can't keep underestimating them. I tried to take a gamble since I have that {Immortality} skill but...
*You have died.*
{Immortality activated}
-Returning to the last saved point.