Goblins and Grinding part 1

In a dark cave, a skeleton was slowly trotting forward…

It's the advantage of being a skeleton that I have a [Minor Night vision] skill. Now let's see what we got here in this dungeon. I want to see which is the beginner monster.

Graack…

'Huh! What was that?' I kept going forward, in the same direction the voice came from. But I was trying to be as silent I could be with my clunky bone joints and my bony feet touching the ground without any muscley cushion to prevent noises.

After going forward slowly for just a minute I saw some small 4ft green creatures with slimy drool dripping from their jaws with crude clubs in their hands. There were three of them, one was just laying down on the ground while the other two were standing without any care. The lighting was pretty bad but due to my skill, I was able to see them. I started going forward slowly, just as I was near one of the goblin's who was standing, I used my sword and beheaded him in a single slice. 

The sound of my sword hitting the goblin's neck and the head dripping to the ground caught the other two's attention. The sleeping one was still muddleheaded. But the standing one turned towards me and was about to screech, just as I impaled my sword straight through his mouth and slashed it sideways. Then I impaled his heart. Before the sleepyhead could regain his bearings, I slashed his head from top to his neck. His head split open from between and dropped to both sides still attached to his neck like a blossoming flower but green and with eyes and red blood spurting from between.

' Now that I think about it, why am I so indifferent about these things? I mean I have killed before but not like this. Is this the side effect of me being a skeleton. Well, whatever it's for the better.' 

" You killed a Level 1 Goblin. Exp gained 20."

" You killed a Level 2 Goblin. Exp gained 40."

" You killed a Level 1 Goblin. Exp gained 25."

Hmm! Only 15 Exp left to Level up. Oh, and I got some items also. Let's see… only some Common items. A Crude club, 2 crude leather gauntlets. Well, at least I got some gauntlets. As for the Crude club, let's see…

' System, Can I sell this Crude club?'

" Yes, But the points you will get will only be 50% of the amount you will be able to buy it for. And it is the same with all the products you buy from the system or get from the dungeon."

' Ok then, I am selling this.'

" Crude club Sold, Points Gained 10." 

I equipped the "Crude Leather Gauntlets" and went forward. After 5 minutes, I met another group of Goblins, some of them had rusty daggers as weapons. After killing the first with a crouching sneak attack. I killed another one standing near it by slashing at its throat. A goblin attacked me from the side with a dagger. I blocked it with my shield and slashed at its eyes using almost 80% of my strength. Due to my high-quality sword, half of its head opened like a bottle's cap but instead of beer coming out, out came red blood. 

The last two started screeching like crazy and attacked me from both sides together. 

I jumped forward, getting out of their way. They bumped into each other and got dizzy. I took this chance and stabbed one on the side of his head while the other stood up and directly jumped towards me with a dagger clutched in his hands. I just positioned my sword in front and did a forward stab while stepping back. 

The Goblin's body hung in mid-air with his hands flailing on both sides while a sword penetrated his head.

" You killed a Level 2 Goblin. Exp gained 40 Exp."

" Leveled Up. Stats gained 10."

" You killed a Level 1 Goblin. Exp gained 20 Exp."

" You killed a Level 2 Goblin. Exp gained 45 Exp."

" You killed a Level 1 Goblin. Exp gained 25 Exp."

" You killed a Level 1 Goblin. Exp gained 20 Exp."

' Distribute 4 Stat points to Dexterity and rest of them to Agility. Now, "Status".'

[Status

Name: N/A

Level: 2

Exp: 135/200

Hp: 150/160

Mp: 60/60

Stamina: N/A

Str: 12

Agi: 14

End: 12

Int: 10

Wis: 16

Dex: 10

Cha: 01

Luc: 10 ]

I got a jolt in my bony body and I could feel that my body was more controllable and faster. " Let's grind these Goblins till I reach Level 10. But first, let's see what we got here? "

I bowed down to pick up the cards near the goblin's body. There were 5 cards lying down, I checked every one of them and got a Crude Leather Armor, three Rusty Daggers of damaged quality, and a Crude Club.

I equipped the Leather Armor and sold the rest of them for 25 points whole. I got 5 points each for the damaged daggers.

" System, How can I buy skills? And would you recommend me some for the start? "

" Here,

[Shop

 Skills: Mask Presence (10 pts )

           Appraisal (15 pts )

           Strong Slash ( 10 pts )

           Fast Slash ( 10 pts ) 

           Shield Bash ( 5 pts ) …] 

These are the recommended skills. "Mask Presence" helps you to mask your presence, it doesn't make you completely invisible and it will only work better in dark places or it's efficiency will drop. Still, low-level monsters won't be able to sense you. And it will automatically lift if you make extensive moves like walking or swinging your sword. " Appraisal" helps you appraise any object or enemy but to do so with high-level objects or enemies, you have to increase your level or "Appraisal". As for " Strong Slash", "Shield bash" and "Fast Slash" you can understand them yourself."

" Ok, that's good enough. I will buy "Maks Presence", "Appraisal" and "Fast Slash". "

" You can either directly learn them or they can be sent to your inventory."

" I will directly learn them."

As soon as I said that, my brain, which I didn't know even had, started to get filled with knowledge on how to use the skills. "Mask Presence" will either absorb or release the magic particles from my surroundings to make me camouflage in my surroundings. But it doesn't work that much while in light or while moving. Next "Appraisal" captures and analyzes the magical particles emitting from the target and changes it to number and words to show them. "Fast Slash" coats my forearm and the blade with magic increasing my strength while decreasing the air resistance of the sword. 

"Then let's proceed. And check out my new skills."

I kept cleaning the goblins for some time and got to level 8 with almost 1000 pts and some good new skills. My status was now, "Status"

[Status

Name: N/A

Level: 8

Exp: 200/12800

Hp: 400/400

Mp: 300/300

Stamina: N/A

Str: 22

Agi: 30

End: 20

Int: 20

Wis: 20

Dex: 21

Cha: 01

Luc: 15 ]

After checking my status, I started going forward again. But this time, I met a group of goblins with a big goblin between them. He had a big club and was 6ft tall with muscles like Arnold Schwarzenegger. I quickly used "Mask Presence" and slowly started creeping towards the big ass goblin. But just as I was 2 m far from him, he turned around with a big growl and swung his club at me with fast speed. The club was nearing my chest at a very fast speed. I tried to block it with my sword...