Goblin's Rage (11)

"I don't really want to end up in a never-ending loop of torture to my soul. I would rather die." The entire time that the Goblin Prince was talking I was getting a weird feeling from him. It was a familiar feeling that this guy wanted to die.

"If that's your worry, how about I help you out?"

With my proposal of a deal, the Goblin Prince looks towards me with a suspicious glare.

"And how can you help me?"

With the Goblin Prince looking at me I decided to trust in Finn. "I can get rid of that immortal soul skill for you."

"... how can you prove that you have the power to do so? I've had people far stronger than you try and none could kill me."

"By stealing it. I have the ability to steal skills from someone. It's a one-time use skill that will disappear once it's used. I will take your burden." Even if I was trusting Finn with some information I still couldn't help but hold back some information. The guilt is eating away at me. Here I am lying to someone who had given me guidance in a new world, lying to someone had risked their life for me. Even so, I had lied once more. The fear of being ostracized just like before was too much. That fear overwhelmed all other emotions I am currently feeling.

'I'll tell him someday. I promise.'

"Even if you could do that, I don't see why you would take over my burden. What do you stand to gain from doing so?"

"I can get rid of an immortal enemy, stop the demons from gaining a dangerous ally, and I gain an undying soul."

After thinking for a bit the Goblin Prince decided that it was worth a try at the very least. "Hmmm... If you can truly get rid of the skill I will help you out as well. I don't like receiving free things."

If I wasn't able to steal the skill then I can only prepare some other countermeasures to this undying enemy. I haven't stolen a unique skill before so I'm not sure that it is possible.

"Sounds good, I'll start then." The surroundings went quiet as the tension in the air had suppressed everyone in the room. All 3 of us were hoping that it would work.

'Skill Steal "Immortal Soul"'

[Activating skill... Stealing skill from target...]

With the notification from the system not finishing and the stealing process of the skill taking longer than usual, I started to feel the tension build-up. The skill stealing process was taking longer than usual and it brought me an eerie feeling. If this didn't work, how could I deal with him?

While sitting there worrying about the stealing process taking longer than normal the Goblin Prince was standing in place with a weird look on his face. From the outside, it looked like he was feeling incredibly uncomfortable like something was feeling around his very soul. After the Goblin Prince's expression went back to normal the system came back with a notification.

[The skill "Immortal Soul" has been stolen, as it was a Unique Skill its ranking will refresh upon receiving a new owner.]

"It succeeded." The amount of pressure that the delay brought was immense but I was able to sigh in relief at the end of it all. Thank god that the skill was able to be stolen. Looks like even unique skills aren't limited either. Although it looks like the Goblin Prince was resisting the skill steal so it took longer. I'll have to remember that it's possible to resist the skill steal or even deny it entirely in the future. I'm a little depressed about the world traveling skill but now that I know its a thing I could aim for it in the future.

The Goblin Prince was ecstatic with the skill that had been haunting him being gone. He was so happy that he had begun laughing and smiling all to himself. Eventually, he looks towards me with a relieved smile.

"I have to thank you, I've been finally ridden of my immortal soul. I won't forget this favor for as long as I live." The Goblin Prince was really appreciative of me stealing his skill and relieving him from what he had considered a "curse".

"No problem, as long as you can keep up your part of the deal and don't help the Demons then we're all good."

"I can't leave it at just that, you did me a great service. This isn't much but it is the most that I can do for now."

With that, the Goblin Prince moved his hand closer to my chest. I didn't feel any bad intent so I didn't stop him as his hand approached my chest. Just as it was about to make contact it phased through my body, at the same time I started receiving notifications from the system.

[An unknown force has entered your body...]

[An unknown force is cleansing your soul...]

With the notifications from the system, I got an idea about what he had offered. He was going to cleanse the inside of my soul for me. I couldn't be happier since that unknown orb had entered me and corrupted my soul. I kept having leaks every now and then but I finally found someone who could help me.

"There's an unknown object trying to corrupt your body, I'll bring it out for you to see."

As he brought the orb out of my body his hand was holding the orb for me to see.

"Thank you, I've been troubled by that orb recently. I couldn't find anything about the orb but with you being able to take it out of my body I won't be affected by it anymore."

"This is the least I can do, you saved me from having to live an eternity. I wish I could help you even more but I'm currently at my limit." The Goblin Prince was currently sweating and it looked like his body was fatigued. His eyes had bags and it looks like he could fall asleep at any moment.