Utilising a set of swift footsteps,that tripled ones movement speed by eradicating unnecessary movement. I had learnt from the army,I dashed towards the creature at the rear,piercing my double headed wooden spear at its head. The momentum from my charge coupled with the little strength I had drove the spear through the creatures head.
It died without making a sound,as for me,several chimes rang in my head,as a transparent screen appeared in front of my eyes...
"Not this..."
I quickly willed for the screen to vanish,as I moved to attack another creature,this time, I had gone for the neck,as I had noticed the sharp end plunged into the previous creature had broken off.
As the second creature left this world,the chimes in my head rung once more.
"Of all the things,I get a system..."
"Why did it have to be a system..."
"I would have appreciated a heaven defying talent to this system..."
The moment I had the chimes in my head and saw the transparent screen,I immediately knew what it was.
I had been transmigrated with a system as my companion. This system was similar to the one back in my previous life,at then,it was only applied in imersive virtual reality technology. But here I was,having one in real life.
The second the second creature fell,the other three noticed something amiss,and turned back to check up on their now silent companions,only to be met with a human thrusting a wooden spear at their heads.
Two died by having their neck pierced while the last one had himself knocked unconscious.
Since I had the system, an idea cropped up in my mind,what if I used it to learn these creatures language.
Before looking at the system notifications, I dragged the four corpses towards the outer cave I woke up in. As for the unconscious one,I stripped its dead companions leather loin covers and tied it up.
I knew that their prolonged absence would not go unnoticed, something that I was looking forward to.
I planned on killing each batch of creatures sent out one by one.
My makeshift double headed spear was blunt at both ends,and so I had to sharpen it once more. I also tore of the other arm of my cotton shirt and used it to tie one of the creatures wooden club around my waist.
About half an hour later,the two creatures guarding the open cave entrance called for more reinforcement to go check on the earlier batch. Ten of them were sent out.
I had to let them head further from the cave,actually I let them head into the outer cave,as I did not want their shouts during combat to attract more of them.
Though I could easily take care of the ten,I chose the cautious path,as I did not know whether there were stronger creatures among those left in the open cave settlement. This decision arose after I went through the system notifications.
[Congratulations, you have killed an origin realm goblin×4]
[Congratulations, you have received kill coins×40]
[Exchange kill coins for items and tokens in the system shop]
From the system notifications, I learnt that the humanoid one and a half feet despicably ugly creatures were called goblins,and each origin realm goblin was worth ten kill coins.
The coins could be exchanged for items and tokens in the system shop.
As for the system shop,it currently had a few items listed for sale.
[System Shop]
[Balance: 40 Kill Coins]
[Resources: Wood×1 unit(0/20)= 5 kill coins,Stone×1 unit(0/10)= 15 kill coins,Iron×1 unit(0/5)= 30 kill coins,Leather×1 units(0/10)=20 kill coins]
[Food: Bread×5(0/20)=2 kill coin, Water×2(0/20)=1 kill coin,Milk×2(0/10)=2 kill coins,Meat×1(0/10)=3 kill coins, Grain×1(0/5)=10 kill coins, Wheat×1(0/5)=10 kill coins, Butter×1(0/5)=10 kill coins ,Eggs×5(0/20)=5 kill coins, Honey×1(0/5)=5 kill coins]
[Tokens: Mortal Summoning Token×1(0/20)=100 kill coins, Mortal Origin Realm Token×1(0/5)=1,000 kill coins, Livestock SummoningToken×1(0/50)=20 kill coins.]
[Cultivation: Mortal Ranked Breathing Technique=10,000 Kill coins, Mortal Ranked Refinement Manual=50,000 Kill coins, Mortal Ranked Body Forging Technique=30,000 Kill coins]
From the system shop,I learnt three things. First, the shop was a limited feature thing,as its item had a capacity limit that if reached,the item would seize to be.
As for the second thing,the system was damn expensive. A single origin realm goblin awarded ten kill coins,while the prices listed for tokens and cultivation techniques were in the hundreds and thousands.
Thirdly,I had transmigrated into a cultivation world,and all I needed to grow in strength was to acquire the two mortal ranked techniques and the manual. A total of ninety thousand kill coins add that to the eight thousand eight hundred and twenty three kill coins needed to clear out the system shop, I had a lot of killing to do.
The first purchase, I made after going through the system shop included five loaves of bread,two pints of water and two pints of milk. Spending five kill coins.
I had quickly gobbled down two loaves of bread,a pint of milk and the two pints of water as fast as I could before the second batch of goblins could be disbursed.
With a full stomach and a small stash of loaves and a pint of milked stacked away in the oter cave, I watched as the ten goblins headed towards the outer cave. To me,they were no longer ugly creatures but walking kill coins.
The moment the last of the ten goblins stepped into the outer gave,I made my move.
The goblins at the front had been shocked after finding four of their companions dead. The scene before them had taken them a while to grasp,at that time,their numbers had decreased by four.
It had only taken me a couple of seconds to get rid of four goblins,from my sneak attack.
By the time I engaged in battle with the rest of the rowdy creatures, I had already gotten rid of my blunt double headed spear and switched to the club,engaging in a melee with the goblins.
I may have been outnumbered but by strategically retreating several metres into the narrow tunnel, I ended up fighting two goblins at a time,since the rest could not dare attack from fear of injuring their companions.
They could only watch as I skillfully bartered their companions to death,as they awaited their turn.
Five minutes was all it took to get rid of the ten goblins,garnering myself a hundred kill coins.
[Congratulations, you have killed an origin realm goblin×10]
[Congratulations, you have received kill coins×100]
[Kill Coins: 135]
With a hundred kill coins, I decided on purchasing a single Mortal SummoningToken, as I needed someone to help me clean up the corpses.