2 Class

After the goblins' death, Alex found himself in the same room again without the corpse or the bloodstains on the ground, next he noticed that he wasn't tired anymore and that his arm was feeling better and looking at it he found that its color was normal again.

[Congratulations for passing the first test.]

[You have earned the right to choose a class.

-Warrior

-Wizard

-Rogue]

[For finishing the first trial successfully you may choose one skill as a reward:

-Serenity (Coldness seeps into your mind keeping you calm and collected at all times and in full capacity to think)

-High processing thoughts(Mind works at high speed to calculate and process situations)

-Heightened intuition(Instincts are more likely correct with better danger sense)

]

After hearing that strange voice, Alex was so shocked that he stood still in his spot, it was the legendary gaming system, the legendary system, nothing is better than a fantasy life than one with a system.

Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, Alex first chose to take the Serenity reward, after consideration of course, his train of thought was that he wasn't the brightest so making his thoughts process faster will just lead to making stupid decisions faster, also if he was frozen because of fear he'll just process the fact that he is dead meat without finding a solution because of panic while intuition can be trained in battle.

After his choice, he felt a cold breath deep in his head, as if his brain was soaked in icy water, except it was comfortable.

After feeling the changes in his mind, Alex turned toward the other reward, class. Thinking hard, he decided to go with warrior, after all it was the best for surviving and he didn't know what surprises would sprout up next, confirming his choice he felt his body growing warm, next he saw a blue screen in front of him.

[Name: Alexander

Race: Human

Class: Warrior

LVL: 1

Stats: 2

Str:5(3). Phys:5(3) Dex:5(4)

Per:4. Mnd:3.

Abilities:

-Serenity

Passive Skills:

Active Skills:

None.]

[Warrior: Gain 2 free stats and 2 strength, 2 physique and 1 dexterity stat every level up.]

Gaining 7 stat points every level up was a great power-up, considering that all his starting stats amount to 17 points, and his physical stats alone are 10.

First he noticed that even through he gained a skill he didn't get any warrior skills, maybe there are other conditions needed to acquire them, still he enjoyed his new found strength.

Alex couldn't help wonder if this is what those main characters in novels felt, because truthfully, the warmth and strength he is feeling right now is quite addicting.

Alex reached into his pockets to take a cigarette and couldn't help but notice that he only has a half packet worth of smokes 'Shit! Wherever I am going I hope they have smokes there or I am gonna suffer through hell.'

[Will you continue to the next test or forfeit?]

Hearing those words he couldn't help laughing out loud:"Hell yeah, I'll continue! But first let me change my weapon. Now that I have better strength I think the sword is a better choice, after all I noticed how impractical it is to swing the hatchet, or maybe it just isn't for me and while I am at it i'll take a short knife, how stupid am I to go into a fight without a secondary weapon, and oh yeah add 1 points to dexterity,1 to perception."

Thinking that perception should be the way that mind acquires and process's information, and dexterity should be how fast he reacts to them it would be the best stats for a warrior that isn't looking to be a tank, after all he didn't want to stand in front of others and take a beating still not adding a point to strength might be bad but he wanted to react fast enough to survive through this.

After finishing his smoke and equipping himself, he chose a short Arabic sword, it looks like a Japanese blade except that it was shorter with more curve at the end of the tip.

"Proceed to the next test."

The moment he finished speaking, just like last time he felt the surroundings change to the same woods and in front of him were three goblins, this time holding blades with the one in the middle a bit taller than him.

As he had time to focus more on them, he noticed now how short they really are, two goblins were scrawny and only reached his chest and the middle one was more toned, had apparent muscles and could reach his shoulders.

Deciding that it is better to keep his distance, Alex put his sword in front of him holding it in one hand, while moving back slowly, very slowly.

The three goblins started closing in on him as well, in a slow pace that was faster than his own movement, showing that they weren't just mindless beasts but had some form of discipline.

As the moment of truth came closer, Alex didn't forget to keep repeating his motto 'Defense is supreme, Defense is supreme.'

Once the first goblin pounced at him, he felt different, he felt slower, not so slow that it was overly obvious yet enough so he could feel it.

Dodging him quiet easily, Alex didn't know if this was the adrenaline kicking in, or maybe he was getting used to fighting after living a quiet life through out high-school and college.

But then it kicked in, the stats, his perception was high so now he can see them move, and it proved that his conjecture is right, perception helps his mind process what the sensory organs faster giving him a better chance to react and with dexterity they are the perfect stats combination.

He waited for another one to attack him, after all defense is supreme, and when the goblin to his left swung his sword towards him down, he stepped to the right and was gonna stab him but the bigger goblin in the middle saw it as an opening swung as well so he was forced to guard himself with the shield, yet he, caused by his unstable stance, was forced back a few steps when the last goblin was able to barely scratch his right shoulder before he collected himself again retook a good stance.

"Fuck this shit! I am gonna kill you fuckers." Alex was getting angry, not because of pride but since it was years since he had a proper fight and pain was way too stimulating for him, thankfully though his skill started to kick in, and he felt a cold and comfortable sensation wash over his mind, calming and cooling his thoughts.

After few exchanges where he stood defensively, dodging and parrying blows, he figured out his mistake, if he dodged the goblins strike to the left before countering he wouldn't suffer from its allies but because he dodged in their direction he suffered a loss.

Alex was getting an epiphany, after all countering is an art and he couldn't just defend endlessly hoping for an opening like in video games.

So he first chose his mark, the middle goblin is a no no, he is stronger and in the middle of their formation so he needs to focus on one of two goblins to the sides, the right one seems closer.

'It's not because I am holding a grudge since he scratched, of course no.'

Deciding on his prey, he started retreating slowly pulling them in, while moving a bit to the right and the moment the rightmost goblin struck he took a small step to his right and stabbed right through his throat, not forgetting to cut the arteries of course.

Smiling at the middle goblin, being proud of not forgetting this small detail since he is used to butchering sheep in his country, he forgot a simple and devastating fact, the thrashing of a dead animal, which cost him dearly and getting stabbed in the thigh by the dying goblin.

Feeling the piercing pain in his thigh he forcefully took a few steps back while enduring the blows of the enraged goblins trying to revenge their dead mate.

But he couldn't keep his mind off of the pain and blood loss:' Shit shit!How long do I have? Did he pierce a major artery ? Shit what do I do now? Focus Alex!Shit! Okay, I should have a few minutes if it's a main artery, I think, with movement that should narrow it to one minute, I need to finish this in one minute regardless.'

Even through the Serenity skill kicked in the pain made him agitated and he couldn't walk straight anymore. Still he came to a decision and knowing that finishing the battle will get him healed, he took out his knife with his left hand, forgetting that he is rookie in the sword not to mention dual wielding, or maybe just deciding to go out kamikaze style.

Taking some space from the goblins, he pretended to jump at them, and stepped back once the bigger goblin swung his blade, but the moment he did Alex swung his own sword trying to cut off its arm with his new found strength and at the same time threw his knife at the other goblin, trying to scare it out of his way of fear of attack from his blind spot.

His sword took a good chunk out of the big goblins' arm forcing it to drop the sword, while his knife didn't even come close to the little goblin, and as he turned around he could see a blade coming at his face.

Forced to defend with his right arm, he dropped his sword but thankfully, his gauntlet protected his arm.

Pissed off, he held the goblins arm before he could retract it, pulling him closer and started pummeling him with punches, Breathing loudly satisfied with his hard earned victory, he forgot about the big goblin behind him which came up to him and started choking him with his good arm after few moments of panicking, he tried to pull the goblins head from behind and with his new found strength he basically threw him to his front.

Gulping for air, he tried to stand up but unfortunately his pained leg wouldn't support him while he started to feel a bit dizzy.

The goblin took this chance to try to kill him while he is weakened and Alex knew that with his loss of blood he needed to finish this fight even faster, so he focused what remained of his strength while being in a half kneeling position, and waiting for an opportunity to strike.

As the goblin took a blade lying on the ground and carefully walking towards him, Alex jumped at him the moment he felt it was a good time to do so, not caring for another stab in his stomach, he suck it up and endured, getting the goblin in headlock.

Feeling even more dizziness, he knew his time was almost up, he started biting the goblin's throat hoping to kill him faster, faster than him dying.