Siege of Freiden (2)

"Could we even call this a battle? Kido had thought as his sword slid carefully through a hobgoblin's neck, the cut so perfect that its head remained stuck until the body itself fell and it rolled onto the ground.

[You have killed a variant monster: black hobegoblin.]

[You have gained a Variant Essence Stone.]

[You have received an attribute: The Mad Swordsman.]

"Oh I received an attribute!!?" he exclaimed, stopping suddenly in his tracks, his eyes wide, he looked like he didn't believe it. Rare are those who receive attributes among varying, in a tribute of a hundred souls, only one, among the elites has a chance of acquiring them.

It is by acquiring an attribute that you receive a chance to become a mutant.

Attributes are passive abilities, they are at the same level as skills, it will depend on the rank but once an attribute is acquired, it will remain activated until the death of its bearer.

With his attribute, Kido had felt a special sensation when he held his sword in his hand, as if everything in front of him was just waiting to be cut. Once he has

With a sword in hand, it was as if he became another person, all his physical faculties doubled, one could say they even tripled, coupled with the strengthening of his body, Kido felt for once...invincible.

His jaw distorted into a devilish smile, his competitive eyes eagerly wanted to put an end to these inferior goblins, he already wanted to measure himself against these ogres, these cursed primates that we never fail to praise for their strength, what will their reaction be when the would you taste the sharpness of his blade?

Leaping on the battlefield, the mad swordsman, violently cut his opponents, all he had to take into account was not to touch his allies however in the case of his enemies, they were savagely cut, the dance The deadly attacks he carried out were already himself an omen of death, Kido used his whole body to fight, his movements were so agile that they were very difficult to prevent, even impossible for goblins, variants or not, Kido was their executioner, with every movement of his blade, a life was taken.

A minute passed…

Kido brandished his sword, but against all expectations, it only cut the air, furrowing his eyebrows, he noticed that he was alone, among a pile of corpses, the mad swordsman remained frozen for a few moments, he was disappointed that there was nothing left to cut.

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Surrounded by five hobgoblins, Rakahn had been forced into a defensive position, even as they surrounded him, they were still hesitant to attack him, seeing the massacre he had just perpetrated, they had a glimpse very detailed about his strength and Rakahn too was reluctant to attack, each of his enemies had a strength equivalent to his, he was never so arrogant to think that he could do it alone, but there' had one thing he was sure of, if he couldn't take care of these five little monsters then for what was to come, he wouldn't be ready.

"Hey guys, did you already know that your mouths stink so much that the putrid smell of the dead no longer reaches my nose?" He said teasingly, pretending to be disgusted.

"Are you proud of it?"

The hobgoblins no longer knew how to react, it was the first time they had been insulted like this, they were used to hearing from the ogres that they were inferior, monkeys without feathers, cockroaches and others… but they have never heard nonsense like this.

Suddenly, the hobgoblins felt bad about themselves, an overwhelming fury gradually took over their minds, with determined eyes, they wanted to tear off the head of this little bastard who had dared to insult them, they wanted to make him swallow his mouth. language.

All this time, Rakahn was accumulating mana in his body, once he felt that he had already gathered quite a bit, his teasing expression suddenly changed into a calm and cold face, his yellow sapphire eyes seemed void of any emotions. and a second later he disappeared...

At the same time, before they even had time to react, a figure...blur cut through the air with its swords, swinging them directly at a hobgoblin's neck, but just as one of the swords was close enough , he had been stopped by a long spear held by another, which had forced him to step back but as he landed on his feet, he was already attacked from behind by two attackers, Rakahn had rolled on the ground, dodging a club that had been violently swung against him but she had crashed against the ground, at the same time several spear blows had been aimed at him without him having time to get up.

Supporting himself on one of his feet, he sprinted backwards, breaking out of the circle his attackers had placed on him.

A little out of breath, Rakahn looked at his enemies with more suspicion than before, now he was no longer so sure of being able to emerge victorious from this fight, these creatures had a great similarity between them, their attacks seemed to synchronize with each other. as he tried to dodge them.

Grinding his teeth loudly, Rakahn rushed forward, his sword was already ready to take away the head of an attacker and once near its neck, he plunged his other sword into the creature's forehead.

No longer even paying attention to the voice of the announcement, Rakahn set off in pursuit of what was most harmful to him, the hobgoblin with the spear, strangely this madman seemed more agile and more intelligent than the others, he was clearly someone Rakahn would not dare turn his back on, on the contrary, it was he who should be put down first.

For the moment, he was content to block his blows, Rakahn had noticed how bad he was with the spear, this weapon should be stolen from the Dhakat clan, since he was not that intelligent to forge a weapon of this quality, and also these runes engraved on them, they had caught his attention, even if he was not very good at runic magic, he was knowledgeable enough to deduce that the strength this goblins demonstrates is due to these runes, which perhaps amplifies his physical abilities.

"This is going to be a pain in the ass…"

Using one of his swords to intertwine their weapons, Rakahn kicked the spear, keeping it on the ground, once rid of this advantage, the hobgoblin hesitated but was unable to dodge the blade which took his head.

[You have killed a variant monster: green hobgoblin.]

[You have received a Variant Essence Stone.]

With that, Rakahn remained, for a few seconds, standing, only him who had not finished yet, all his other enemies were swept away with the arrival of Juggernaut and the other soldiers, Kido for his part had finished too, Akumu was already sitting nonchalantly on a wall watching them and Cain was already watching the entrance and only him remained, the one who was supposed to be "the first subordinate" who hadn't finished yet.

"Oh my little Kahn, do you want a hand?" Kido asked him, his voice full of mockery.

Rakahn clicked his tongue, turning towards his enemies, his sapphire eyes lit up, holding his army tightly, he spat;

"I don't need your help, I can handle this alone."