Chapter 11 - Chapter 11: Ambush [4]

Edward raised his sword over his head as he took one final look at the first wolf with a menacing expression and smile on his handsome face.

"DIE !" yelled Edward as he swung his sword downwards towards the first wolf.

The sword then descended onto the first wolf at a very fast pace and then within seconds it struck the wolf square on its head.

The sword sliced through the first wolf's head easily as if he were cutting through butter.

The dead wolf's lifeless body dropped onto the snowy ground motionless as a few legendary drop items appeared next to the dead wolf's body.

After a few seconds the first wolf's body started to disintegrate into nothingness as just like its brothers / sisters before it.

Edward then dropped onto the snowy ground as he lost consciousness from the excessive loss of blood.

...

[Earlier during the day, The Dark Forest]

After greeting the guards at the exit gates of the city, Keith started to make his way towards [The Dark Forest]

After two hours of walking on the footpath, Keith had finally reached [The Dark Forest].

He looked at the scenery of the forest and then he took in a deep breath as he saw the tall, dark and indistructable trees in front of him.

But what sent a shiver up his spine was the undeniable stench of blood that could be smelled in the air.

Keith then stepped into the forest and then he looked around at his surroundings to make sure that he was not caught by surprise by a monster.

He kept on walking forward while he made sure that there was no sign of any monsters that were hiding nearby to catch him while he was off guard.

Just as he was walking passed by a tall tree, he saw a group of four goblins that were facing away from him.

But what caught his attention was that there was a young woman about the same age as him if not older who was lying on the ground unconscious.

Keith quickly pulled out his sword from his Item Box and then he wielded it with one hand checking out the weight of the sword.

The sword that he was holding was [The Sword Of Destruction] which he had acquired the previous day.

This was the first time that he was going to use this sword and he was feeling very excited.

Keith then quickly hurried towards the four goblins that were standing around the unconscious girl.

He jumped over the shrubs that were in front of him and then he slashed one of the oblivious goblins in half.

The goblin's two halves fell to the ground in different directions and some drop items appeared in front of Keith.

After a few seconds the goblin that was sliced in half started to disintegrate into nothingness as the other three goblins watched in horror as their brother / sister faded into nothingness - not even a single speck of dust.

The other three goblins then moved away from the unconscious girl and then they looked at Keith with their eyes narrowed.

They then started to attack him simultaneously while they were cackling.

Keith then looked at the quickly approaching goblins and then a large smile formed on his face.

He then raised his sword and then he took a defensive stance as he awaited the fast approaching goblins.

The goblins then spit a green substance towards Keith's face. But Keith was very well aware of what these substance was and then he quickly dodged the substance that was flying through the air by jumping to the side.

This substance was a very dangerous poison and a corrosive acid that could melt your anything that it comes into contact with.

Keith then quickly raised his sword and then he charged towards the first goblin.

He quickly slashed his sword towards the first wolf which was very nimble and had managed to dodge.

Keith quickly jumped up into the air as he landed onto a tree branch.

"Tch ... these goblins and their the corrosive acid ... poison ... Arghh, whatever you want to call that thing !" said Keith with an irritated tone in his voice and an equally irritated expression on his face.

"Any way, the matter is that it is very difficult to deal with these monsters," said Keith with gritted teeth.

[Mind if I gave you an idea.] - asked the system as it sensed Keith's irritation.

"Huh ? Sure, what do you have in mind ?" asked Keith with a slightly curious expression on his face.

[How about you use your destruction element to create a protective coating around your body ?] - asked the system as it seemed that he had a plan.

"Huh ? But why ?" asked Keith as he furrowed his brows after hearing the system's suggestion.

He then started to think really hard about it but he still did not have any idea what the system was thinking about.

[Ughh, do I really have to spell it out for you ?] - asked the system with a sarcastic tone in its robotic tone.

"Well you are the genius right ? I believe I heard you say that you were the greatest being to have ever existed, right ? So how can I, with my simple mind, know what your great mind is thinking about, huh ?" asked Keith with an equally sarcastic tone in his voice as he rolled his eyes at the system's antics.

[Ha ha, very funny.] - said the system with a sarcastic tone in its voice.

[Do you want my help or not ?] - asked the system with a slightly irritated tone in its robotic voice.

"Ughh, fine. Just help me already," said Keith with a slightly irritated tone in his voice as he sighed heavily.

[If you act like that one more time, then I will not help you.] - warned the system with a slightly irritated tone in its robotic voice as it was still very irritated at the way that Keith responded to its questions.

"Hmm, just hurry up and help me or otherwise those goblins will attack that unconscious girl over there," said Keith with a hurried tone in his voice as he pointed at the young woman that was currently unconscious on the ground next to the goblins.

[Okay, so because your destruction element is very destructive and because it can destroy anything it comes into contact with, it will be very effective in diffusing the goblins' poisonous and corrosive attack.] - explained the system with a slightly knowledgeable tone in its robotic voice.

"Oh, now I get it," said Keith with an excited tone in his voice and an equally excited expression on his face.

"So the destructive layer will protect me from anything that gets into its vacinity. That really is a great idea !" exclaimed Keith with an excited tone in his voice as he beamed with excitement.

[I know right ! Am I not the greatest ?] - asked the system with a smug tone in its robotic voice.

'Here we go again. The narcissist system is back,' thought Keith with a defeated tone as he rolled his eyes.

[Huh ? Did you say anything ?] - asked the system with a slightly confused tone in its robotic voice.

"No I did not," replied Keith as he started to envision a protective layer around his body made from his destruction element.

And after what seemed like a long time, a layer made from the destruction element started to materialize around his body covering every single part of his body.

The tree branch that he was standing on started to disintegrate into nothingness as it came into contact with Keith's destructive layer.

Keith flew onto the ground as the branch that he was standing on disintegrated into nothingness.

"Oh shit !" said Keith as he slammed head first into the ground which caused the ground to shatter into tiny pieces as some parts started to disintegrate into nothingness upon impact with his destructive layer.

[Control the layer so that it does not destroy anything in the surrounding area !] - yelled the system as it saw the amount destruction that Keith's destructive layer was causing around him.

"Ughh ... I ... know," said Keith as he groaned in between his gasps.

Keith then started to concentrate on his destructive layer and made sure that it would not destroy anything in his surrounding area but that it would destroy anything that was meant to harm him.

He then stood up and looked at the three goblins that had anger written all over their faces.

The three goblins then spit their dangerous poison which was also a corrosive acid towards Keith's face.

But the green substance only disintegrated into nothingness upon getting into contact with the destructive layer.

Keith smiled as he saw that the substance did infact not harm him in any way, but it had infact disintegrated into nothingness after it got into contact with his destructive layer.

"It works !" screamed Keith in excitement.

[Of course it does dumbass. It is my idea. What did you think was going to happen ?] - asked the system with an irritated tone in its robotic voice.

"You could never be too sure," replied Keith with a concentrated expression as he looked at the three goblins.

The three goblins felt a shiver run down their spines as they saw that their most powerful attack did not harm Keith in any way.

Keith smirked upon looking at their frightened state and then he raised his sword in front of him as he prepared to launch himself at the three goblins that made his life miserable.