The ogre roared in fury as Zyrus kept running away from the fight, but he wasn’t worried in the least.
Zyrus didn’t have to look back to know how Lauren would fare against the ogre. Her rapid-fire skill combined with poisonous knives were a pain to deal with already, and coupled with her high agility and feather boots, she was unrivalled when it ca to kiting tactics.
The damage calculation done by the sanctuary wasn’t always practical. For example, the ogre shouldn’t die if it was stabbed in the leg for a thousand tis, but according to the fixed damage calculation, it would.
Zyrus’s eyes glead in a red hue as he surveyed the group of trolls. There was a good reason as to why he decided to deal with them beforehand. The trolls were no match for Zyrus with their snail-like movents. Their HP and resistances were nowhere close to that of the ogre champion.
‘And the most important thing,’
The Bloodspine spear was a nesis of the troll’s regeneration ability. And without their racial skills, the trolls were nothing more than exp bags for him.
*Thrust*
Zyrus rushed out from the thick foliage and targeted the neck of the first troll.
“keuk-”
-250
Blood splurged out from the monster’s gaping wound and dyed his spear red. What followed right after were a string of -50 values floating above the troll’s head. The glowing runes on the spear were absorbing the monster's blood. In just a second it had nothing but its skin and bones left.
Exp 350
Such was the might of a unique weapon.
The remaining dozen trolls shivered like wet dogs after watching the bloody scene. The instinct of survival existed in all living beings. Even monsters would be scared if they saw one of their kin being turned into a pale green corpse.
Zyrus slashed like a butcher and took out all his frustrations on the remaining trolls. His grin broadened with each kill as his exp was accumulating at a never-before-seen speed.
On the other side, the ring of fire around the campsite had lost its effectiveness. Unlike ogres who had mana and the trolls who had regeneration, the orcs were simple. They couldn’t ignore the threat posed by fire. So brave or perhaps stupid ones had charged out before, but the majority were trapped inside and were waiting for the fire to simr down.
Kyle had thrown the poisonous essence at them at this precise mont.
The fire went out and the orcs ignored the smoking bundle and charged out as soon as possible. A choice which beca their final one when the outer layer was burned up.
It was too late for them to regret.
Unlike the green plant, the inner layer of dried grass was lit up imdiately. It wasn’t hot enough to release all the poison, but the amount it spread was enough to kill one-third of the orcs.
*ROOOAARRR*
The ogre scread in rage at the orcs who were once again rendered useless.
Although it might seem like a lot of ti had passed, it had only been ten minutes since the fight started. Things had gone awry due to the unexpected appearance of the ogre, but now they were back on track.
Just when Zyrus relaxed a bit for the first ti, he felt sothing that made him recall the Murphy’s law.
‘Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.’
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*Sweep*
Zyrus made a risky move and attacked the remaining four trolls at once. Neither his ears nor his eyesight enhanced by the Eye of Annihilation had sensed anything amiss. But he believed in his guts.
The ground was trembling. The fallen yellow leaves were moving despite the lack of wind.
He was all too familiar with this.
‘An army is approaching.’
Not of tens or dozens, but one that was made up of hundreds. Only the charge of such a force could make the ground tremble like this.
Everything vanished from Zyrus’s senses as he once again reached for the concept of gravity. His body acted on pure instincts and dodged the frenzied trolls’ attacks.
*Sweep*
*Slash*
One troll fell and another followed right after. Zyrus was calm. He blocked the third troll’s club with his left shoulder and stabbed at its heart. His blood was mixed with the monsters’, and both were devoured by the Bloodspine spear.
[HP: 26]
Zyrus took a fleeting glance at his HP bar and stabbed the last troll with his right hand. It was a weak attack, but it managed to pierce its skin nonetheless. This was the best he could do since his left hand was in no condition to support a spear.
Exp 350
He placed his spear back into the inventory and took out the javelin. Every second was critical from now on. He could feel the ground trembling faster and faster. Soon, the wind would carry the notes of the charging army.
Kyle and Lauren would be able to sense it by then, and so would the Ogre. He had to kill it before that in order to accomplish his goal.
*Tuk*
Blood flowed from his orifices and fell on the dried leaves. The sight of him bleeding and surrounded by the corpses of fallen trolls was both horrifying and majestic.
He had one strike left.
His red eyes glanced at the ogre who was 200 feet away, and the latter felt it. The ogre beca enraged at the sight of the fallen trolls and charged at Zyrus while ignoring the 10 daggers coming at it.
Lauren was taken aback by the sudden change and the condition Zyrus was in, but in the next mont, she and everyone else paused.
*Duk*Duk**Dk*Dk*Dk*
It was the sound of sothing running, accelerating. Sothing that ran with calloused paws and not hard hooves.
The goblin riders.
They were coming from all sides, closing in on their campsite. Even the ogre was surprised at the unexpected reinforcent. Its expression went from shocked to excited, and that was the last thing it felt.
There was no sound of tearing wind, nor did anyone see it coming. A javelin had pierced right through the ogre’s glabella. Its wide smile and cunning eyes were nowhere to be seen. All that remained from the horde leader was its headless corpse.
-?8##?
Even the system failed to register the attack, but one thing was for certain.
[Exp 1000]
[Level up!]
[All stats 1]
The ogre was dead. By manifesting the concept of gravity on the javelin, Zyrus had curved the space itself. Coupled with Vector Throw which dealt 150% additional damage, he was able to shred apart his javelin alongside the ogre’s head.
“Kyle, Lauren, Run,” Zyrus growled and sprinted towards the goblet of fire. From the corner of his eyes he saw the duo escape in the sa direction. They had rembered what he told them on the first day of their eting.
Zyrus used the level up card while jumping over the burned-down wall, and after a purple flash he saw the familiar ssage once again.
[Level up!]
[ 1 to all stats]
[Congratulations! You are the first human to reach level 10!]
[You have obtained the Achievent: Humanity’s Pathfinder]
[ 5 SP]
‘To get this achievent when I’m about to beco a monster huh, quite ironic,’
*Awoooooo*
The wolf’s howl was filled with fear instead of excitent. It looked like the army was in fact a mob of fleeing goblin riders. The orcs were confused and didn’t know what to do, so Zyrus beca their next target.
They at least had the common sense to protect their goblet of fire.
But alas, it was too late. Zyrus had already thrown the poisonous essence towards the red fla. He stuffed the leaf covering in his mouth and took out the HP potions. Today’s events seed unnatural, as if it was planned misfortune and not so variable.
‘But that’s good as well, for I’ll need all the luck for what cos next.’
It happened in an instant. After a popping sound, a white fog drifted out from the center of the camp.
Zyrus was the first one to be affected. His wounds which had started to scab began to lt instead, and even the healthy skin on his body was starting to dissolve. This was the case after he had eaten the plant and drunk a potion. It was apparent how the monsters would fare in this situation.
‘It’s stronger than I thought it’d be.’
The goblet of fire had enhanced the poisonous bead into sothing greater. It beca a miasma of death as it engulfed orcs and goblins alike. Nothing, not even skeletons were left in its wake.
Zyrus gulped down the remaining HP recovery potion and looked at the flickering fla. This was the most crucial mont. He detached his senses from the acrid sll and dying screams of the monsters. After a deep breath, he took out the items from his inventory one by one.
Blood essence of the monsters, The Seven headed Keliodus serpent’s core, and last but not least, the Shadowbloom.
“So long, Humanity.”
He was about to take the next step, but all of a sudden the space and ti around him froze. Just like on the first day of the tutorial.
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