"Ryan, I think we should retreat." Rachel said fearfully, she could see and feel that these goblins were much more powerful than the ones they had been fighting.
"If we are to retreat, where would we go?" Ryan asked Rachel, it seemed like she forgot that the only way for them to live would be to clear the Paradox Dungeon.
One of the goblins turned to look at the human who dared invade its space, unlike the previous goblins, these one's were 7 foot tall, with a lean but health physique, and they both held good weapons.
There were to D ranked beasts, Ryan coul tell that it would be hard, but not impossible for him to take them down, after all, he had come here prepared.
"Do you have any spell that can slow them down?" Ryan asked, the goblins were still observing the two of them, no one dared to make the first move.
"No, that last attack I used to help you back then completely drained my talent points ." Rachel said, her attack had killed 10 F ranked goblins, it was understandable.
The only reason why it seemed like Ryan had infinite talent points was because his talent points refreshed each time he leveled up, renewing him with the energy he needed to keep fighting.
"Go, to any house far away from here and hide as well as you can, if you are in trouble call out to me." Ryan said,he cared about was that Rachel survived this ordeal.
Ryan was the first person to attack, he raised his hand and a golden thunderbolt shot out of it, headed towards one of the goblins.
Now that Ryan has upgraded his thunderbolt skill, the thunderbolt had gotten bigger and faster, but that didn't make it invincible.
One of the goblins jumped in front of the thunderbolt, raising his shield to block, this gesture brought a smile to Ryan's face.
"Like that shield can block my..." *BAM*, the sound of the thunderbolt crashing against the shield rang out.
Ryan stared at the goblins wide eyed, they seemed completely unharmed, but they had a beastly smirk on their face.
The goblins charged towards Ryan, one with a sword, and the other with a shield, but Ryan couldn't care less, if they wanted hand to hand combat then he would give it them.
Sure, he wasn't that proficient with any kind of martial arts, but he had evolved his Hercules Fist and Hermes Feet to the E Rank, how hard could killing these beasts possibly be?
The first goblin swung his sword, aiming to chop off Ryan's head, but Ryan has already activated his skill.
Ryan's body blurred, and the next second, a thundering explosion could be heard, Ryan had used his Hermes Feet to appear behind the goblin, and his Hercules Fist to deliver a heavy punch.
A smirk appeared on Ryan's face, but his happiness was short lived, a round black shield crashed into him, sending his body flying.
[-20 HP.]
Ryan's body skidded across the floor like a lifeless ragdoll, he released a grunt of frustration as he felt the pain running through his entire body.
'Why did I go in for close combat?' Ryan asked himself in regret, up until today he had never thrown a punch, so it was a no brainer that he got his ass kicked so easily.
Despite the pain running through his body, Ryan was sure that the goblins would definitely not wait for him to get back on his feet before they attacked.
Ryan shot up instantly, he made sure to put some distance between he and the goblins before he began his examination.
[Inspect.]
[Species: Beast]
[Age: 5 hours.]
[Type: Goblin Knights.]
[Status: Hostile.]
[Ability: None.]
[Grade: D RANKED.]
[HP: 90/100.]
Ryan raised his eyebrow in confusion, he was analyzing the beast he had hit earlier to understand the scope of the damage he caused, and he had discovered some very interesting information.
'The beast is only 5 hours old?' Ryan asked himself in confusion, but he just pushed it to the back of his mind, he had more pressing matters.
[Zeus's Thunderbolt activated.]
A golden thunderbolt shot out of Ryan's hand, and once again, the shield-weilding goblin had blocked it, but this time Ryan noticed something.
A small crack has appeared on the shield, it was evident that his attacks were having an effect on the shield, and a smile appeared on his face.
'How did I not think of this?' Ryan asked himself, he had initially assumed that any thunderbolt he used would just be blocked, rendering it useless, but now that he found out that the shield itself could be broken, it was a game changer.
A wide smile appeared on his face followed by a deafening explosion, and another crack on the shield, until *BAM*, The shield had finally shattered, leaving the goblins defenseless against Ryan's lightning.
The goblins knew that they were at the disadvantage now that their shield had been broken, forcing them to charge forward, aiming to close the gap between them and Ryan.
Ryan stretched out both his hands, sending out two thunderbolts, which crashed into the goblins easily, but it had only slowed them down.
'I see now, an E ranked skill would kill an E ranked beasts in a single attack, but would take 10 attacks to kill a D ranked beasts.' Ryan thought and a smile appeared on his face.
Ryan released a barrage of thunderbolts, each one bringing the goblins closer to their death, until they had finally been reduced to nothing but charred corpses.
[Rank D beast killed.]
[+100 EXP.]
[+1 D ranked beast crystal.]
[Rank D beast killed.]
[+100 EXP.]
[+1 D ranked beasts crystal.]
[Exceptional activity bonus: +50 EXP.]
[Level up.]
Name: Ryan RoyalBlood.]
[Age: 18.]
[Level: 4.]
[EXP: 0/400.]
[Status: Player.]
[Ability: Summoner.]
[Grade: SSS RANKED.]
[HP: 100/100.]
[Talent Points: 50/50.]
[Skills: 4.]
[Strength: 10.]
[Speed: 15.]
[Agility: 10.]
[Attribute Points: 15.]
[Gods unlocked: 0]
Ryan stared at his new stats with a smile on his face, killing the D ranked goblins had really proven to be useful, and very beneficial.
'Put 10 attribute points into strength and 5 into agility.' Ryan thought, he didn't care much about his agility or speed since he had his Hermes Feet skill.
[Age: 18.]
[Level: 4.]
[EXP: 0/400.]
[Status: Player.]
[Ability: Summoner.]
[Grade: SSS RANKED.]
[HP: 100/100.]
[Talent Points: 50/50.]
[Skills: 4.]
[Strength: 20.]
[Speed: 15.]
[Agility: 15.]
[Attribute Points: 0.]
[Gods unlocked: 0]
The thought of going to grab Rachel crossed Ryan's mind, but he quickly dismissed it, what would he gain from putting her in danger? It would be better if he took on the king alone.
Ryan walked into the palace, taking the most fatal action he had done since he was born.