Everything felt slow, as I swiftly rushed to their heads, slashing them with ease. It was as if, I was a whole new person, my body was surging with power and energy but I could feel my limit reaching me soon.
"With this much power, I can execute it even if its not perfect. Wrath Dragon Style, King's annihilation!"
My body bursted with speed, eliminating the remaining numbers of the goblins.
"230!"
"346!"
"531!"
"You're last.", I looked at the goblin frozen in fear.
As 2 were left remaining, I let the other go run back to the woods after I killed the other one. It ran deep through the woods, eventually leading to a dark cave. I followed it carefully and yet there I wasn't surprised.
I was met by a number of a thousand inside the cave and in the middle, a goblin in red color, and triple the size of a normal goblin was sitting on a throne made of rocks and boulders.
I hid at the entrance, thinking of a way to beat them.
"Haha, I wasn't expecting- burgh"
In a sudden moment, the divine energy dissipated from body. I coughed up blood due to the overuse of my lacking body. My hands were shaking due to the discomfort in my body, so I sat down to take a moment's rest. In a surprise, a goblin looked at me and alerted his friends, causing all the goblins inside to chase after me. As I stood up, a goblin from behind pushed me inside, causing me to fall inside their den.
"This is... dangerous.", I said while smiling.
"Still, goblins are still low level mobs, no way I'm dying to the likes of you!", I shouted in rage.
I grabbed my sword firmly and charged at them using the the Tempest style sword techniques.
"Tempest Style: 1st Form: Wind's Outburst!"
Using my breath to maximize my body's capabalities, I tore through their numbers and charged right at their leader, the red goblin. As I swung my sword at it, I was shocked, my sword couldn't cut through its thick skin, it only got stuck halfway. I tried to pull my sword back to my struggles were to no avail. The red goblin laughed at my pitiful struggles as its fist struck my body, causing me to fly to the other side of the den.
"S-shit..."
My mind was clearing and my eyes were getting blurry, it felt like I wanted to go down due to the concussion. As everything felt hopeless, a faint green glow was emanating from inside the bodies of the slain goblins.
"That can't be... is it? No, it has to be it."
The remaining goblins rushed to me as I used the last bit of strength I could muster to move my body to the dead goblin. After a few seconds, I stood up and using my fist, it tore through the goblin's body.
I felt strong once again as I stood up from the goblin's body.
"Thank goodness, if I had been wrong about that one. I would've been dead.", smiles in relief.
The green faint light that emanated from the corpses of the goblins were their souls trapped inside their bodies. One of the perks of being part of the Medokyo clan is being able to swallow souls to increase the user's power.
"And thank goodness, it just so happened that a feast is lying down on the floor."
"This'll hurt a bit but its worth it. Ancient Magic: Miniature version: Black Hole!"
I raised my left hand up with my palm open wide. A small black hole appeared on the palm of my hand and started to gather all the souls from the goblins that I killed inside the den. I placed the miniature black hole inside my mouth and let all the souls inside and swallowed it in bulk.
As I swallowed the souls, the red goblin felt a chilling danger from my presence, the same red goblin that laughed at me as it saw me like weak prey is now sensing danger from that same prey. It stood up from its seat and charged at me with full force holding its club. I stood there for a couple more seconds, digesting the souls and as the seconds passed, the red goblin jumped to me to hit me with its club but we now had a difference.
I wasn't a swordsman to begin with, I only used swords due to its additional damage and forgot that I came from the asura race's ancient clan, the Medokyo clan.
"To an asura, the battlefield is its domain. Worthless scum, you dare bring weapons to a battle of power!", I shouted it with both anger and excitement.
At that moment, I had finally digested the souls and spread its power to my whole body. Finally, I had broken through my shackles and reached the second-rate warrior level. My body was burning again yet it felt calmer than before, as I stabilized the energy within me. One of the perks of being part of the Medokyo clan.
"Immeasurable Astral energy. I've been reluctant to use it since its useless if my magic has weak damage and because I could get myself drowned by the infinite energy, but I have 2 cores now, added with my 2 magic circles formed along with my cores.", I say holding the red goblin by the neck.
As I fill up my body with astral energy, the energy that asura race uses. It started to envelop the red goblin's body, drowning it inside the violent pool of astral energy. After a few moments, the red goblin went limp and cold, as I dropped its dead body to the ground.
I looked at the terrified remaining goblins, hiding themselves at the other side corner of the den. I walked up to them and without a single thought, punched holes right through their bodies.
"Ancient Magic: Miniature version: Black Hole.:
I placed it again inside my mouth as it gathers all the souls inside for a single swallow. My body enhanced and my magic more powerful than before. A single mission that contained great rewards.
As I released the astral energy due to overfilling my body, exhaustion and fatigue fell on me like a boulder. It felt heavy and hard to walk so I took little steps using the walls as support for my newly born body. As I exited the cave, I sat down in front of its entrance and fell asleep as my body fell to the ground.