Human heads spiked up on stakes, corpses spread across the ground. Human limbs and intestines, were hung to dry. On the camp fire, human flesh was being slow roasted.
Asher looked at this scene in annoyance. Sure it's a test and probably a hologram, but isn't this going overboard.
Just as he was cursing the Acedemy for this, he saw a row of humans, bloodied and chained up.
Some of them were wearing armor, clearly soldiers, while some, were wearing regular clothes.
The objective of the test was obviously to get as many points as possible, but the screen said nothing about saving people. After thinking, Asher concluded that there might be extra points.
Not knowing if the was a limite of sorts or a minimum requirement, Asher planned to get as many points as possible.
He found a spot in the bushes, where the entire village was in view and observed.
The goblins outnumbered him 50 to 1, so he couldn't just start fighting them head on.
Just as he was wondering what to do, he saw two goblins disappearing into the back huts, holding hands. He circle around the village.
Despite the rowdiness of the crowd, Asher still moved along quietly. He quickly arrived at back, there weren't that many torches, so it was dim and it wasn't as lively as the other side of the tribe.
From the silence, he faintly heard moans, and rythmatic grunts. Following the sounds, Asher stayed in the dark and arrived at a hut.
He took a peek, two goblins were dancing the couple's dance. Lucky for Asher, the man had his back turned to him, and so too was the female goblin.
He slowly crept forward while brandishing the machete he got from his first kill. Without wasting time, he swung his blade.
[+10]
*thud*
[+10]
*thud*
He decapitated the male, and then the female, sending their heads rolling, one after the other. Effectively gaining another twenty points.
[Ding]
Just as he kicked the heads to the side and was covering everything up, he heard a Ding. He opened the screen and saw a new notification.
[Store has been opened. Exchange points for weapond to help you kill easier.]
A scrollable list appeared in front of him, with various weapons and their descriptions, below them were prices.
[Steel dagger; 30 points ]
[Scarlet sword; 200 points, cause enemies to bleed]
'Encouragement, huh.'
Some weapons had effects and some caused buffs, Asher compared the most expensive and cheapest weapon.
"The points we earn is the currency? Does that mean it's not what they are going to grade us on?" Asher wondered as he glanced at his 60 points, his gaze then landed on his machete.
'It's not broken.'
[+12]
[Ding]
[Question 4: who is the ruler of hell?]
Two minutes had passed, and another question popped up.
"In hell, there's 7 demon kings, each with their huge armies and territory, yet only one of them, is known as the monarch and his named Lucifer." Asher wrote what he remembered from the textbooks.
Just as he closed the screen, he heard approaching footsteps.
With no place to hide in the small hut, he quickly dipped the torch in a water bucket, plunging the room into darkness, and stood motionless besides the door.
The footsteps got louder, and he heard giggling.
Soon, another pair of goblins, holding hands, entered the hut. Seeing this, Asher was relieved, quickly brandishing his matchete, he swung at the unsuspectiving victims.
[+10]
[+10]
After grouping up the bodies, he felt his stomach churn when looking at the scene, but he stilled his nerves and swallowed the feeling.
Seeing a headless body in media and seeing a headless body in reality, were two different things.
He checked the other huts, confirming they were empty, when he saw a hut that was different from the rest.
Not only was it square shaped, it was located at the edge of the village.
Curious, Asher carefully approached it.
Two guards were standing by the door, both of them were holding spears, and had tattoos!
Although, the goblins in this 'simulation' weren't as strong as regular goblins, they were still stronger then him, so he couldn't fight them head on.
Thinking of something, he circled around the hut and came to the side.
[+12]
[Ding]
[Question 5: How much of the original planet has been reclaimed?]
Two minutes had passed, so another question popped up again.
A group of powerful angels and humans had attempted to clear the whole planet in one fell swoop, but they were ambushed by other powerful demons.
Not at their peak, because of the 'small fries', a lot died.
Because there were multiple terrains, jumbled up together, it made clearing much harder.
To prevent this from happening again, the army and church, came up with a system. They would slowly clear and reclaim territory, day by day.
They would asses the strengths of some territories and leave them to train inexperienced youths.
"The unexplored parts is at 45.40% while the completely cleared is 28.60%." Asher responded, these numbers could be seen displayed on billboards or the holographic screen, in real time. He happened to catch a glimpse of it this morning.
After answering the Question, Asher peeked at the two goblins.
Thinking of something, he went back to the other hut, and grabbed a goblin corpse.
Coming back with one, he placed it on the ground with it's legs sticking out. Unfortunately the two goblins didn't notice it.
Thinking of something, he got a tree branch, sticking out his hand, he quickly swiped it. Still the goblins didn't notice it.
Asher tried again, and again, and again, until Finally...
The first goblin suddenly saw something on his peripherals, he turned around and saw a woman's legs on the floor. He looked hesitant at first but ultimately didn't go there.
*grr*
He called out to his friend and showed him the scene, his friend also wanted to go but he reminded him of their duty.
*grr*
He tried convincing his friend but his friend was firm on his decision, they weren't allowed to leave this place unguarded. The first goblin could only grumble to himself.
One of the curses with intelligence, was curiosity, and Asher was counting on it. Seeing his plan fail, he got annoyed.
*Sigh*
'Let's try something more primal.'
Annoyed, he removed the dress the goblin was wearing, making sure the wasn't any blood, he threw it on the floor.
The guard glanced at the dress, he caught a glimpse of the woman on the floor, and immediately informed his friend. He tried convincing him, and this time, his friend looked a little more hesitant.
*grrr*
This time the friend agreed, but only if one of them stayed and then they can switch sides.
Seeing them smiling and grunting towards each other, Asher slowly pulled the corpse and brought it away.
The first guard turned and saw the woman leaving and quickly ran after her. He turned and was confused when he didn't see her anymore.
Quickly scouting around, he suddenly saw her legs sticking out of the bushes. Feeling his blood slowly boiling, he quickly arrived behind her, ready to dominate.
Just as he felt her soft skin, he saw the world spinning around, then strangely, he saw his own body standing behind the woman. His eyelids suddenly got heavy and darkness overtook him.
[+15]
'Does the tattoed one's give more points? Why?'
Asher glanced at the goblin on the floor and picked up the spear. He was seriously annoyed. Not only did the scene from earlier disgust him, but these guys also irritated him.
Not wasting much time, he grabbed the goblins head and turned back.
He peaked at the other goblin, waiting for the perfect time, he threw the goblins head over the 'house', and moved.
*Thud*
The head, drew an arc in the air, and landed next to the goblin.
Just as the goblin turned around, Asher swung his blade, aiming to end it all.
*tink*
The goblin reacted quickly and blocked the attack, with it's spear.
Surprised, Asher brought out the other hand and stabbed with a spear.
*stab*
The spear stabbed through the goblins shoulder, causing him to hold back his screams.
Asher swung the machete but he felt a kick in his stomach that sent him stumbling back.
Not deterred, Asher threw the spear out and then the machete.
The goblin was stabbed by the spear again, before it could removed it, it parried a machete.
*bam*
Just then, a fist landed on it's face, sending it falling backwards, it couldn't process what happened.
Opening it's eyes again, it was confused, seeing the human, standing far away, in front of him, was his body, it was at this moment that it thought of screaming, but darkness quickly embraced it.
[+15]
Standing in a room with various screens on the wall, Mr. Dandy nodded, while writing down something.
"Smart kid, divide and conquer, attacking to distract while making up the distance." Mr. Dandy continuously nodded.
"Yeah but his reckless and impatient." Standing besides him, was a woman taller then him, her voice and expression was filled with scorn.
"He could have taken the lack of time into account." Mr.Dandy responded while looking at the other screens.
In front of them, everything was being analyzed by the computers with corresponding numbers on the screens.
"Hmph! That type of thing, is gonna get him killed berry soon, and is a bad excuse." The woman snorted while folding her arms.
"These things happen out there...." Mr.dandy murmured but didn't continue.
After catching his breadth, Asher looked at the inside of the room.
Swords, spears, shields, etc. various weapons were in the room, but the problem was that they were all, goblin sized.
"I'm not gonna use them long turn so." Shifting his thoughts, he grabbed a few things and went out.
Closing the door, he glanced at the goblin he just killed, he realised the ones with tattoos were stronger then the other ones. That's why they were worth more points.
Asher carefully approached the square or cirlce of the villiage, hidden in the dark, he looked at the scene in front of him.
Besides the goblins that, danced and enjoyed the party, guards caught Asher's attention. The guards had intricate tattoos on their green skins.
In front, on a raised platform, a human sized Goblin, holding a staff, sat on a throne, wearing a lot of animal fur, and was surrounded by guards and also female goblins.
*Swoosh*
Suddenly, the bonfire surged, increasing the surrounding temperature as the fire turned purple. Besides it, the fire on the torches also surges up and turned purple.
The goblins jumped back, and started to cheer frantically.
Seeing the changes, the taller goblin who was touching the females, immediately pushed them away.
"My brothers, the hour has come, it's time for us to start the sacrifice to the great Goblin God, so our souls will live forever in Valhalla." The tall scrawny goblin opened his mouth, his voice hoarse and creepy.
The other goblins cheered to his words.
This goblin speaks English! Sacrifice! Odin allows goblins into valhalla? Hearing this, Asher was surprised and confused at the same time. The goblin was different from the rest, he spoke English.
Low level Demons, didn't have intellect and couldn't articulate their words, at least they could say one word. Most of the time communication was done by grunting and fighting.
"Shaman! Shaman! Sharman!"
All the goblins chanted in unison.
Asher looked at the tied up humans
"Guess it's now or never."