28 The Storm Rages
As Roy had just finished regenerating all of his mana, Solus shot her head up and alerted Roy to the approaching danger.
The two of them stood up and looked to the direction the noise was coming from.
Soon enough, out of the foliage came the goblin platoon led by Nabik. 'Shit, I was really hoping they would camp out in the woods...' Roy thought, knowing full well they would have to be idiots to do that.
When the goblin warrior noticed the group of prisoners behind Roy and Solus, a horrible smile cracked open on his razor sharp teeth.
"HA HA HA THERE YOU ARE!" Nabik screamed out towards the two of them. Roy looked at Solus, quickly getting his resolve.
"Did you know how much effort I put in to find you tino giikoo?!" Nabik said towards Roy, who didn't understand the last words he spoke. He did realize it was meant to be an insult though, causing him to frown slightly at the now scowling monster.
"Bad tino giikoo who make lago niis run around need to be punished..." After he finished speaking, Nabik took a step forward. Roy and Solus did the same thing, as they prepared for the decisive battle. Roy set his backpack down and took out his new hatchet, while Solus pounded her gloves together. Apparently she was amped-up and ready to fight.
During a short staring contest, Roy began formulating a plan. It was incredibly dangerous, and he very likely could be grievously injured, but it was one of his only options to take out a being so much stronger than himself. He figured the other kobolds would probably be useless.
"Solus, please try to handle as many of the normal goblins as you can. I'll distract Nabik while I wait for your backup." Roy told Solus, having full confidence in her skills.
*AROOOO*
Solus howled, before charging forward towards the goblins nearby.
"Oh no you don't!" Roy screamed, stopping an attack aimed at Solus' back. His keratin plated arm, now had a large cut in it from Nabik's weapon.
He was using what looked to be a large meat cleaver, a smaller version of the weapon was equipped by all of the remaining goblins as well.
'I guess that's what they used to cut up the bodies... Do the goblins have a blacksmith? Do they have a village? Oh god...' Thinking about these horrifying possibilities, Roy and Nabik separated.
Roy used [Keratin Growth] to repair the cut, as Nabik looked on in interest.
"Hmm are you a babirusa? I have never seen one of your kind use their kiin that way." Nabik asked Roy, very intrigued at his unique application of his skill.
"Kiin? Ah skill..." Roy said, learning another word of their language.
"I'm a lesser babirusa to be exact." Roy responded in English, knowing Nabik didn't understand but not really caring either.
"Anyways, how would you like to experience having your skin sliced off layer by layer?" Nabik asked sadistically, staring into Roy's unphased eyes.
"Do you not understand me? Tino giikoo" Nabik said, staring at Roy with mockery.
"I do." Was all Roy replied before launching another attack.
He planned to use his tri-knives as a surprise attack. He wanted them to pierce as deeply as possible to allow the most blood loss.
Bringing his hatchet down towards Nabik, he attempted to use his large cleaver to block. Roy anticipated this and used his high mastery of hatchets to change its trajectory. The hatchet barely avoided the metal cleaver and sliced at Nabik's arm.
Emerald blood squirted out of his arm, as it seemed that the hatchet had sliced open one of his arteries. Nabik scowled and returned an attack to Roy, who quickly attempted to dodge.
Sadly, Roy was far slower than Nabik. Roy took another hit to the chest. Luckily the lattice structure in his chest absorbed most of the impact, but it was still incredibly heavy. Roy fell backwards, hitting the ground.
As Roy was about to stand up, Nabik was towering over him with his cleaver above his head. He brought the cleaver down without any mercy, attempting to cut off Roy's legs. Seeing this, Roy quickly kicked up at the side of the cleaver, slightly changing its trajectory and allowing him to escape.
Doing a somersault, Roy used the momentum to shoot up and launched his tri-knives directly at Nabik's side with his [Pierce] skill activated.
*Guchi*
"GAHHH" Nabik screamed in pain and fell over, attempting to escape the knives. Sadly for him though, that only exacerbated the issue. The horribly cruel design of the knives, ripped open his side even more.
"YOU FUCKING BASTARD" Nabik screamed, blood gushing out of him.
Roy stood there looking at him in horror as Nabik stood up and activated his Mana Heart.
Soon, his wounds slightly closed. They were still bleeding, but not nearly enough to be fatal in the short term. Nabik's killing intent was palpable as well, making Roy feel as if he had weights covering his whole body.
'Shit! How much longer Solus...' Roy asked, not daring to take his eyes off of Nabik. he wanted to keep him focused on himself so Solus could clean up the adds and launch a surprise attack.
'I'll just look at the kills in the system log!' Roy thought up an idea and quickly implemented it.
[Enough Experience has been accrued]
[Hatchet Arts Level up 5->6]
[Goblin killed]
[30 EXP Received]
[Goblin killed]
[36 EXP Received]
[Goblin killed]
[39 EXP Received]
[Goblin killed]
[36 EXP Received]
[Goblin killed]
[30 EXP Received]
[Enough Experience has been accrued]
[Apprentice Tamer Level up 11->12]
[Enough Experience has been accrued]
[Pierce Level up 1->2]
[Enough Experience has been accrued]
[Inbellis Level up 6->7]
'Four more, huh?' Roy touched his chest and felt that the dent had almost fully repaired. He had around 4MP left after using 5MP to cast his [Pierce] skill and 1.5MP on repairs.
"Round two, tino giikoo!" Nabik screamed as he launched himself at Roy. Roy was completely unable to keep up with him, simply covering his vitals with his arms as he waited for Solus.
His armor was being stripped off of him far faster than it could regenerate. All he could do was attempt to receive the attacks in places he hadn't been hit yet.
"Ugh! Not a single chance for a counter attack!" Roy complained as he tried his best to survive.
The assault continued on for another thirty seconds, before Nabik stopped to take a breather. Looking down at Roy, Nabik smiled at the bloody mess he was in.
"Doesn't feel too good to get cut up, huh?" Nabik mocked as the looked at his own wound that had reopened from his assault.
"Stupid giikoo, could have just sat there and become my toy. Instead you decide to bite the hand of your future master!" Nabik yelled at Roy as he slowly stepped on Roy's head.
*Grind*
Roy's head was rubbing against the rough terrain as he groaned in pain. He was losing hope as he finally received the last notifications he was waiting for!
[Goblin killed]
[39 EXP Received]
[Goblin killed]
[39 EXP Received]
[Goblin killed]
[42 EXP Received]
[Goblin killed]
[42 EXP Received]
[Enough Experience has been accrued]
[Level up 8->9]
"Buhi..cough..hihi" Roy laughed, causing him to cough a bit.
"What's so muun? HAH?!" Nabik was furious that his new toy had the audacity to injure him, then laugh at him as well!
"Just your death." Roy replied in Gobish, staring Nabik in the eyes as the latter looked at him confused.
"What the hell are y-" Nabik started, before he felt his neck go cold. A rain of emerald came down on Roy as he smiled at the scene of his enemy being assassinated.
"Good job Solus..." Roy forced out as he stared at the figure of Nabik collapsing on the ground, clutching his neck.
*Ugh*
*Gurk*
*Gurgle*
*Ding*
Hearing the sweet sound of the notification, Roy's eyelids grew incredibly heavy, his eyes rolled back and he soon passed out.
Solus, exhausted beyond belief, dragged her feet next to Roy and fell asleep on his side.
The kobold prisoners who had watched the whole fight from the back, stared at the two children in disbelief. They had never before seen such a battle, especially when the ones fighting were mere infants.
