[Goblin of Erindem]
Bestiary Description: [One of the low-leveled monsters inhabiting the outskirts of the Town of Beginnings. Its build's puny yet its cruelty knows no bounds. They like to pillage villagers or traveling merchants without an ounce of mercy, for their intelligence only amounted to instinct and uncontrollable desire based on one's nature of evil.]
Monster Level: 2
Monster Rank: Common
Monster Title: [The Cannon Fodder of Beginners]
Monster Skills: [Low-level Weapon Arts]
--- STATUS ATTRIBUTES ---
STRENGTH: 5
STAMINA: 3
DEXTERITY: 4
SENSE: 3
CHARM: 1
CHUUNI ENERGY: 1
CHUUNI QI: 1,000/10,000
'That's quite a lot… It's also my first time to fight a monster in my new reality. Sigh.'
Behind the bushes some distance away, Ryder's alerted black eyes scanned the area and the Goblin Village up ahead after passing through the group of people perceived to be from the unnamed village abandoned by the Venerable Sky Clan, which was mentioned from the Awakener's Guild Commission.
Ryder did not approach them, instead, after some pondering, he decided to go first undetected knowing his way around the Erindem Forest. Of course, it was with a reason and not on a whim.
'Okay, let's go.' Ryder thought to himself before rushing forward as his hands tightly grasped a katana emanating serene greyish Qi.
[Moonfell Crescent]
***
"Krieek…?! H-Human… Intruder!!"
"The chief… Alert the chief!!"
"Kill! K-..?!"
Slash!
Swift and sophisticated, serene yet deadly, Ryder cut through the bodies and heads of the green-skinned goblins guarding the wooden gates of the dilapidated village.
The only plan was to slay everything in his path!
Slash!
Spurt!
[You have killed a Goblin.]
[EXP has been obtained!]
[You have killed a Goblin.]
[EXP has been obtained!]
With their deaths, the dark blood tainted the soil of the forest and alerted the entire horde of these monstrosities that were constantly disrupting the lives of the villagers nearby. However, for Ryder, they were walking EXP (Experience) that would assist him to grow in this world filled with uncertainty.
"Why are you backing off? Come here, you motherfuckers!" Inexplicably elated, Ryder pushed forward and ended the unworthy goblins in his way. He relentlessly swung the high-ranked weapon [Moonfell Crescent] conjured by one of the twenty-one Lust Gacha Boxes blessed by the Goddess of Identity.
'I guess I belong to that kind of character, huh…?' He added in his mind.
Being holed up in his single apartment for who knows how long, Ryder seemed to have read all kinds of characters found in webnovels, and if there's one thing that he realized, especially for those who 'transmigrated,' it was that everyone possessed a unique psychological mechanism.
Being a person from the modern world that tearing itself apart, some remained truly righteous when thrown into another world with different and twisted laws. They loathed killing, whether the slain were monsters or humans. Their principle remained unless a trigger of change transpired. On the other hand, there were some who subconsciously adapted, causing them to remain unfazed at the sight of spilled blood and torn flesh… just like Ryder.
"I'm not a psychopath, 'kay?"
Slash!
Spurt!
[You have killed a Goblin.]
[EXP has been obtained!]
"Krieek…?!"
"K–kill him!"
Holding a variety of melee weapons, four goblins lunged at him from all sides.
Maintaining his composure, at least due to the fact that he possessed high-ranked equipment thanks to the Goddess of Identity's consideration, Ryder formed a sword stance, sliding his left foot backward, which caused his right foot to slide forward while his hands held the katana's tsuka (handle) after sheathing it back on his waist tied with intricate scabbard.
[Blade of Heart, Blade Arts First Technique: Throbbing Slash]
Whoosh!
It was a crescent strike, serene yet with no trace of empathy that aimed to shake the composure of the attackers, in this case, the monsters. Subsequently, the [Moonfell Crescent]'s illusory blades cut through the chest and hearts of the goblins. It was as though the air transformed into a dangerous mist shaped into a crescent moon that could slice one's life into oblivion.
Whoosh!
Spurt!
[The proficiency of the Blade of Heart, Blade Arts First Technique: Throbbing Slash has increased.]
[The proficiency of the Blade of Heart, Blade Arts First Technique: Throbbing Slash has increased.]
[You have killed a Goblin.]
[EXP has been obtained!]
[Blade of Heart, Blade Arts First Technique Proficiency: 0.2 %]
[You have leveled up!]
[Chuuni Energy increases by 1]
The massacre continued until only the chief of the Goblin Village was the only one that remained.
[Hobgoblin of Erindem]
***
"Human!! Why!?"
With a posture of around five feet tall, the green-skinned humanoid hobgoblin, which was the evolution of a goblin, screeched in madness as it held a crude battle axe tainted with blood ready to mutilate the intruder.
"Are you seriously asking me that?" Ryder's expression was cold, his black eyes scanned the Goblin Village's interior filled with corpses of a few children and the elderly.
It was a new sight for him, seeing dead bodies with his very eyes and not just through screens or products of his imagination.
"Low-level monsters like you are truly illogical. So, die."
In that instant, Ryder disappeared from his spot, leaving an afterimage due to the swiftness and quietness of his movement.
Appearing above and behind the maddened hobgoblin, the silver katana emanating a greyish Qi diagonally cleaved down to cut the monster's head.
Slash!
The chief of the village was utterly helpless as its body knelt towards its worthy death.
[You have killed the Goblin Chief, Hobgoblin.]
[A great amount of EXP has been obtained!]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[Chuuni Energy increases by 3]
[Strength increases by 2]
[Dexterity increases by 2]
[By reaching Level 5, the Status Feature, "Supplementary Title" will be unlocked!]
[You have obtained a Title: Goblin Slayer!]
"As a Level 1 Awakener, normally, I'd be doomed to fight against a hobgoblin alone… By the way, thanks for the increased luck, Goddess." Ryder muttered before his lips curved into a smile. "It's looting time!"
Scattered throughout the makeshift battlefield was the litter of goblin corpses, waiting for their executioner to send their already lifeless bodies to rest. At the chest of every monster, a glowing cube was glimmering under the dawn of the morning.
[You have acquired a Letter Gem.]
Different from the usual [Mana Stones] or [Monster Cores] commonly found on every monster carcases based on what Ryder had read in some if not most fantasy novels involving the magical world, the Yandere Corporation designed the Cosmic Nomenclatures' creatures to drop upon death something cubic known as [Letter Gem] instead. After all, the World of Chuuni's power system mainly revolved around one's [Title].
"A hundred Letter Gem makes up for a Title Piece…"
After some time, Ryder's eyes caught a glimpse of something shimmering.
"Hoh? That's money right there!"