16 - Terrified Goblin & Goblin Slaughter

"One for you and one for me, how about that?" Michael asked as he took a step forwards not waiting for Victor's reply.

"Ok but don't use your skills yet." Victor replied as two of his Skeletons moved forwards to attack.

"Huh, why?" Michael paused not understanding why.

"Why, because we just ran and climbed non stop for almost an hour, and even though you don't feel tried you have still consumed a large amount of mental energy. So we have conserve our energy." Victor replied as he sat down as he didn't have to do much but order and maintain his summons.

"That's not fair, you can just sit back and order your Skeletons to fight for you." Michael sighed but still stepped forwards to fight his opponent.

"After we've gauged their strengths you can come and rest as the Skeletons can kill them." Victor said.

"Screech!" A Goblin reacted Michael and stabbed out with it's stone knife.

Michael stepped forwards with his left foot and pushed down with all his weight, using his left foot as an anchor he bashed the attacking Goblin with his shield as hard as possible.

"Crack!" Michael's shield bashed into the Goblin's head, breaking it's neck, this caused the Goblin's head to twist around in a unnatural angle as the side of it's head caved in from the impact, killing it.

[ Goblin (Lvl 5) Killed + 1 Trial Point ]

[ Soul Absorbed + 0.25 ]

"Tsk, too weak." Michael complained as he walked back over to Victor and sat down next to him.

On the other side the second Goblin wasn't having a fun time either as it became more and more desperate.

Two Skeletons ran forwards in their own clumsy way making clicking noises, the sight of two human skeletons running forwards at it, frightened the green Goblin as it took as step backwards.

However it was too late as the Skeletons reached it and tried to grab the terrified Goblin, panicking the Goblin stabbed and slashed at the Skeletons but it didn't have much effect outside of scratching or chipping their bones.

Unfortunately for the poor Goblin it couldn't muster up much resistance even though it was stronger than the Skeletons as it was just too short.

Not allowing the Goblin to reach the Skeletons weak spot making it almost impossible to kill it's two attackers.

The terrified Goblin only lost more strength and resistance as it's arms were grabbed and was pushed down.

"Screech! Waaaa! Aagg!" The Goblin panicked and struggled as it called for help.

But as it looked over to try and get help it saw a sight that caused it's blood to go cold.

The Goblin saw it's dead companion laying on the ground as blood from it's caved in head stained the ground red.

But before it could come back to itself it felt a chill run up it's spine, turning to it's otherside it saw a bone mouth full of sharp canine teeth cover it's view.

Then it reminder it's companions broken twisted neck, the Goblin's fight or flight response instantly overtook the Goblin's mind as it broke out with all it's strength.

But it was useless as the Skeleton Wolf bit down on the Goblin's neck, the Goblin's eyes widened in fear as the Wolf snapped it's neck with a slight movement.

The light left the Goblin's unwilling eyes as it died with panic and dread on its face.

[ Goblin (Lvl 5) Killed + 1 Trial Point ]

[ Soul Absorbed + 1 ]

After the Last Goblin died both Goblins corpses disappeared turning into particles of Mana

"Did you get any experience? I didn't instead I got a Trial Point and a Soul?" Michael asked as he looked over to Victor seeing that both Goblins were dead.

"Huh? You got a Soul?" Victor asked in interest.

"Yes I got 25% of a Soul?" Michael answered in confusion.

They both were interrupted by a new Magic Circle appeared in the middle of the field as two new Goblins were summoned.

[ Goblin (Normal) - Lvl 5 ]

[ Goblin (Normal) - Lvl 5 ]

Michael got up but was stopped by Victor.

"It's all good my summons can handle it." Victor said as four Skeletons went forwards to attack the two new Goblins with the Skeleton Wolf following behind to deal a fatal below when ready.

But even before the first Goblin could be grabbed the Skeleton Wolf tackled the Goblin to the ground.

The Goblin panicked and struggled as it attacked with it's Stone knife, however the Goblin's arm was caught by the Wolf's mouth stopping the Goblin's struggle.

"Crunch!! Rip!"

"Screech!"

The Skeleton Wolf used it's strong jaws to bite down and crush the Goblin's arm before shaking it's head side to side ripping of it's mangled arm.

The now injured Goblin screamed in pain at losing it's right arm and hand.

The Skeleton Wolf didn't stop and wait for the Goblin to come to itself as the Wolf began to claw and scratch the Goblin's body with it's sharp bone claws.

The Goblin screamed in terror and pain as the claws dug and ripped it's body apart before finally the Goblin died.

Not far behind the second Goblin watched as it's companion was brutally ripped apart and killed, the Goblin shook in fear as it stared directly at the dead Goblin in a trance.

In it's trance it didn't even notice the two Skeletons that had approached to either side of it.

It wasn't until the Goblin was grabbed that it left it's daze but it was already too late. Struggling to free it's self the Goblin froze as blood dripped down onto the Goblin's head.

Leaving a red stain that ran down it's face, looking up it froze in terror as it saw wide opened up jaws showing off teeth stained in red as the mouth drew closer and bite down at it's face.

"Crunch" The Second Goblin was killed instantly from the Skeleton Wolf's crushing jaws.

[ Goblin (Lvl 5) Killed × 2 Trial Point + 2 ]

[ Soul Absorbed × 2 (+ 2) ]

"A little brutal don't you think?" Michael asked as he sat back eating a energy bar, a little impressed with the strength of the Skeleton Wolf.

"No not really, remember they aren't cute or kind creatures. They're Goblins, and Goblins are one of the cruelest monsters that exist. Remember those who underestimate or look down on Goblins always pay for it one way or another." Victor replied as he took a sip of his energy drink.

"That's true, Gramps did say the first time they... nearly died was to Goblins...." Michael spoke before stopping to take another bite then continued with a mouth full of cherry flavored Energy bar.

"Well luckily for us this should be a endurance test and if my guess is right than it is limited to our level. So we should be fine with the Skeletons and the Wolf taking care of them for us for now." Victor said as he pulled out two lunch boxes he had made earlier from his backpack that had appeared at some time.

While Victor and Michael had an easy time other challengers couldn't say the same.

In other areas they fought continuously without stop even though they quickly became tired or injured they still fought for their survival.

And Victor's assumptions were correct as the monsters each person fought were the same level. As each team had to fight a random type of Monster the same level for each person.

Some teams quickly became out numbered as their fighters and tanks had to fight more than one if they had mages or supports in their group.

Making it extremely dangerous if the Monsters level was higher than their tanks.

But little did all of the challengers know that they were all being watched without anyone's knowledge.

How they're performed, their talents and skill was all being judged and scored....