Alex swings around the dagger trying to get used to it. He imagines himself as a ninja trying to slash multiple enemies from all different directions.
He could use simple attacks like straight jab, slash hook straight to the neck and reverse stab. For the next two hours he kept on swinging the dagger until he was eventually bored.
He looks at the upset baby Panda sitting with his head low. Alex sits next to him and points at the star. "Your mama hasn't gone anywhere, she is looking at you from the stars above." The Panda lightens up just a little bit.
Alex just lies there and closes his eyes. The father Panda was sleeping near the mother Panda, Alex was rest assured as the other two were taking turns to guard the place.
Few hours later -
The father Panda was quietly getting ready to move out. Alex slightly opens his left eye peeping on their sudden movement.
The moment the Pandas quietly leaves the place, Alex also vanishes in thin air.
"Arrrnnn Baaagggrrr Kkaarrn" Chattering among themselves.
Alex was following them just 50 meters behind, hiding from one tree to another. 'I'm expert at camouflage, all these days of hiding has definitely helped in achieving it.'
'I wonder where they are going so secretively.'
After a long 50 minutes walk, a hole appears and the Pandas jumps inside. 'Is this a hunting place like an underground animal den or something?'
Just as he thought, it was a running stream of water underground, four meters deep, as they went deeper, they saw long nose fish, wierd shape fish that looked like cat fish and eels.
When the Pandas caught the fish, Alex shouts "That is dangerous"
It most definitely was a cat fish, but what's worse was it could have been even much more deadly in this magical world.
The Panda drops the fish in shock. They now were staring at themselves like 'He saw our hideout, should we kill him'
Alex sighes, "I don't care about this place, I was just curious about where you guys were quietly heading"
The father Panda hits the other two in their face, as if not knowing when to show respect to their saviour.
The Pandas didn't seemed to care despite Alex's warning and catches all the fishes they could get.
When they arrived back, they gave some fish to the dead bears too. Maybe this was their way of paying respect to the dead?
It was time for lunch, all of them gathered and starts eating it. The moment Alex takes a bite he knew it most definitely was poison. Seeing how they eat without any issues, he was sure that they were immune of poison.
Alex wanted to take things slow, he finally met some companions after all those days of hardship. So he decides to stay for a little long before he heads out to the pond.
Over the next 3 days :
Alex plays along with the baby Panda, goes on hunting in different holes. Each had different fishes, even the baby tags along. Although he was almost eaten why a huge eel, the baby kept crying for hours.
Alex dig a hole to burry the dead Pandas with his dagger. They all prayed together.
And during his stay, his poison resistance level increased.
[Posion Resistance: Level 2]
It was a fun 3 day, until Alex decides to leave.
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All of the Pandas were sleeping, Alex was now staring at the pond making sure to not get lost. The place was roughly 9 kilometers far, so this might have been their last farewell with each other since Alex didn't had a destination to stop to.
As he was about to get out, few meters away he saw a group of goblins heading this way along with the goblin who ran away earlier. Alex knew what they came here for....
It's to get their revenge. "Perfect timing"
Alex smiles hysterically. "Time to put these daggers into test."
In less than 10 seconds, Alex covered the distance between him and the goblins and quickly cuts them one by one.
Scared, the previously escaped goblin sits on the ground, but it was too late, he lost his right hand.
"You should have ran when you had the chance." 8 other goblins standing behind all charged at Alex, but Alex was way too fast and his body was incredibly flexible. Bending over an impossible postion and kicking them in an instant was not something a human could do.
Throws the dagger towards the one trying to draw an arrow, it was a perfect head shot.
In mere 1 minute all of them were neutralized.
Alex puts a dagger in the throat of one of the survivors "Tell me why did you guys came back?" The goblin spits at Alex.
"I guess they really hate other living beings, I'll have to take them out from the roots or else they would keep coming back." Alex tries to see any footprints remaining of the goblins and walks straight, that was when the Father Panda interrupts. "Arrr arr rrrggg"
"You want to tag along?" Alex points at himself cluelessly.
The Panda nods aggressively.
Of course why wouldn't he, nobody wants to kill the goblins more than the Panda.
"Then what are you waiting for, let's go." Soon the other two quietly follows behind.
"One of you stay..."
"RAARRR RRAAH RAAAHHRR" The two Panda were cursing at Alex. "Whose gonna look after the Baby Panda?" They both went quiet after all that yelling.
"Don't worry, I will make sure to get revenge for you"
The footprints weren't enough visible to follow then through, that is when the Panda uses his nose to follow the scent.
After 40 minutes of tracking there was a small cave entrance, Alex was sure this was the place.
He takes out the dagger and leads the group quietly. Deep underground, the cave inside was quiet large about 4 meters deep.
The goblins were sleeping left and right, some were fighting among themselves others were having a banquet. The place was messy. Leftover foods, fish bones, and sharp stones everywhere.
There were approximately 45 goblins.
"It seems kill them would be easier then I thought."
The biggest issue was the goblin sleeping at the furthest. He was 7 feet tall giant goblin.
Alex swings his dagger and smoothy kills all the goblins coming after him, but he then felt his martial arts were convenient as he don't know much about daggers other than normal attacks.
Like the sound of the wind, Alex was kicking the enemies and hitting them in rapid speed. "Using hands and feet were the right choice."
From one side of the cave to another, Alex was moving like an angry cat kicking everyone straight to their face.
He accidentally hits one of the goblins in his mouth, all the teeth broke in an instant.
The Pandas were watching him in both awe and wary. They didn't had to do anything, Alex was plundering them all by himself.
The goblins extinguises the fire torch they had in the cave thinking Alex would not be able to see anymore since he is a human. But Alex takes one of the extinguised torch and starts using fire magic skill. But the fire was too small for the naked eye to see.
The goblins smiles sinisterly thinking they finally got him only to get beaten up again.
"Who is laughing now?"
Alex accidentally sends one of the goblins flying straight towards the Giant Goblin.
The Giant Goblin wakes up holding a huge stone tied in a large stick. He swings the stick at Alex, Alex dodges it but the attack lands on the wall. The wall was left with a huge hole from the collision.
'Once it hits me, I'm dead' Alex shifts his attention towards the Giant Goblin.
"I leave the rest to you guys" The Pandas shouts "Arrrnnn"
Alex takes out his dagger. My physical strength would hardly hurt this monster.
Alex dodges all his swings, the giants attacks were powerful after each swing it shook the entire cave but it was way too slow for Alex to dodge. He cuts off all the goblin's vital parts and instantly, the giant looses his balance. Alex deals a fatal blow piercing the dagger right into the giant's neck.
The cave was starting to shake, Alex abd the Pandas all quickly ran out to the entrance and just like that all the goblins were defeated.
[You have slained a Hobgoblin]
[You have gained 12 exp]
[You have slained a goblin]
[You have slained...]
12 exp for that muscle head?
After the battle, Alex bids farewell with all the Pandas, especially the baby bear.
And they went on their seperate ways.
Now that the goblins were all dead, Alex could live the place with no hesitation.
After walking for the past two hours, Alex was getting close to the pond.
He didn't feel any aura coming from the place but his instincts were telling him to back away.
A huge long 40 meter long snake was hiding just on the tips of the water surface staring at Alex who was now curiously looking at the pond.
The snake was obviously defensive and was about to attack him, just then Alex throws a stone.
The stone hits the snake.
"It's not that deep?" Alex was confused.