*Dull sound*
The head of the mutant goblin fell to the ground, with the body dripping blood everywhere, messing me up even more in the process.
It didn't take long for the body to fall to the ground as well, at this point I just kicked the goblin's head and body multiple times.
"I told you, you weren't going to get a better offer in this whole world, you bastard."
*kicked*
"You could die without pain and I could win without these injuries, but your stupidity was bigger, learn business in your next life" I spoke with righteousness and good faith so that my first worthy opponent will have the best education in his next life.
'Well, it's time to go' I said to myself inside, getting ready to start walking.
*Boom*
A shockwave spread to who knows how far, but it made every part of my body numb and I couldn't move, at this moment I was still standing in front of the goblins and at that moment, something incredible happened.
In the monster's chest, a purple and crimson sphere had materialized and was getting bigger and bigger. I don't know why but at this moment what I wanted most was to be able to grab it and eat it, but I was still frozen in my position.
A crimson and purple energy was being expelled from the goblin's body in flowing lines towards the sphere.
The sphere kept levitating a few centimeters above the goblin and at the end, it reached a size of 8 centimeters around.
Next, the sphere flew towards me at a slow speed, as if it would take its time for whatever it was doing.
I could just stand there, praying that I wouldn't die for not leaving the scene quickly because of the strange phenomenon of the sphere.
When it came within inches of my body, the round figure expelled all the energy from within it into me, surrounding me with purple and crimson energy.
"This... It feels too good" I said, feeling ecstatic with the situation, it's as if all the troubles of the world, my injuries, my broken bones and my problems to overcome this ordeal; all disappeared in an instant.
I didn't realize it right away, but the energies were healing my body and not only that, but making me more physically powerful in the process.
My arm, once looking like a meat pudding, had now completely healed back to its former self. My ribs that protruded disgustingly from my chest were now back to normal and my smaller wounds, such as cuts on my head and minimal cuts and cracks on the bones of my left hand, had all been healed.
My muscles, bones and blood circulation had also improved, with my muscles now more toned.
At this point, I felt stronger than ever.
It didn't take long before the sphere ceased to exist, disappearing, but with the effects still intact.
"Wow, this feels amazing" I praised, looking multiple times at my body, over all the areas where I suffered the most damage from the brutal battle.
"Keep in mind, that can only be used when you kill an enemy physically stronger than you" said a voice in my head, the same one that warned me the name of the monster.
'Ahhh, but wait, what was that? I've never heard Emerald talk about a sphere that gives you more strength just by defeating enemies stronger than you' I asked the voice in my head.
...
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...
Minutes passed and the voice never answered me, as if it had disappeared from existence. Don't bother me, as far as I know, it only appears very few times and never does anything bad or that can harm me.
"Anyway, I'm already in top shape, I just need to find a place to rest" I said and immediately started walking. My goal was to find a shelter that would help me rest; even though I have no injuries from the sphere healing and I feel more powerful than ever, I was still mentally tired.
Basically today I was twice at death's door and saving myself just by using my intelligence in battle something the enemy didn't have, so, I used more mental effort than physical.
On the way to find a shelter, I ran into several small goblins that were not in berserker state, so their physical strength was a bit inferior. With my improved physical capabilities and with goblins not as strong as the previous ones, I just had to dance with my Duranvil to kill them all that got in my way.
My elegance and brutality with my weapon, all my weapon handling seemed to be improved by the life and death battle I had, making it even easier to decapitate all the goblins, the only one I would really have trouble with would be a Mutant Goblins like the previous one, who committed cannibalism.
Although I didn't count, I easily killed dozens of goblins in a matter of a few hours, time went by like that, killing and advancing. Oddly enough my swordplay seemed to improve much more with the killing than with training Esmeralda,
something I didn't overlook, thinking that my style or possibly the one I was taught in my family (Zinnober) was specifically created to kill in the most brutal yet elegant way possible.
"Phew, finally something decent" I commented with obvious fatigue in my voice and eyes. Presently I finally managed to find a place where I could rest, what was in front of me was a small but clean cave at the same time, the floor was made of fine rocks and the walls of different types of rocks and stones.
I had many places where I could take shelter in my short goblin killing trip, but each one of them looked quite dirty and ugly, besides unsafe for its location.
Instead the one in front of me was clean, quite nice and in a safe place where not many monsters passed by; even if it was small it didn't matter because I was only going to stay myself, besides I wasn't going to make food because I wasn't hungry, apparently the domain made me unable to feel hungry but it did affect my mind.
I entered the cave, all the minerals in it were dark blue or navy blue, making it look even prettier.
'Well, it's definitely a nice place' I puffed my little one with pride for finding such a good place, despite the journey, it was completely worth it in my opinion.
With my fatigue already reaching its peak, I quickly lay down on the ground, put Duranvil next to me with my faithful companion of slaughter, it was not long before I fell asleep and did not wake up until hours later.
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