Goblin King 4

Dirknooth helped the two avoid his traps, and after running for a short stint, Jon needed to catch his breath. He opened his menu to try and figure out what they could do.

--Player: Jon Ramos Lv 6--

Class: Monster Mage

STR: 3

CON: 6

DEX: 5

LUK: 3

Skills:

Gathering Lv 2 (12/100); Throwing Lv 5 (02/100); Dagger Mastery Lv 4 (21/100); Lucky Hit Lv 1 (60/100); Iron Stomach (Passive) (MAX); Goblin Language (Passive) (MAX); First Aid Lv 1 (23/100); Goblin Smash Lv 1 (1/100); Crafting Lv 1 (44/100)

Items:

Goblin Dagger (low) (+1 DEX)

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Even though Jon had a lot of skills, not many of them were useful in this situation. He looked at Dirknooth and knew they were in a pinch. Before they could even plan, several goblins tripped the traps, with only two being injured.

Dirknooth seeing Jon worried, knew he had to act. Using his Knight's Aura to the fullest, he could feel what direction the enemies were attacking from. Brandishing his shovel, Dirknooth stood his ground as many goblins leaped at him. He then began a killing spree. With his new increased strength, each swing would kill or mortally wound them. Over seven goblins fell before they attacked together. One stepped up to distract Dirknooth's attention, and the other attacked from behind.

"Goblin Smash!" Activating his skill, Jon's punch connected with goblin knocking it away before it could backstab Dirknooth.

Standing behind him, Jon wasn't going to let any goblin sneak attack him again. Only three creatures remained. The hobgoblin thrust his spear towards the duo, and it took all of Dirknooth's strength to parry the attack. The goblins attacked from either side. In this pincer attack, Jon threw his dagger at the goblin on Dirknooth's left activating Lucky Hit. The goblin instantly died. The other stabbed at Dirknooth with its knife in hand. Exhausted, the knight used his bone armbrace to block the majority of the strike.

"Goblin Smash!" A right punch landed on the goblin's face launching it into a tree incapacitating instantly. Fatigue instantly overtook Jon, and he fell to one knee. He didn't understand he went past his stamina's limit.

The attack by the goblin was thwarted, but it distracted Dirknooth long enough to get stabbed in the gut. The goblin knight looked at Jon and knew he had to do something for him. Dirknooth deactivated Knight's Aura. Slowly the skill Fury caused Dirknooth to enter a frenzied state. Not caring about his wound, the Shovel Knight broke out in a frenzied attack. Sparks began to fly from where the shovel and spear collided. The hobgoblin's patience began to wear out due to lower species pushing him into a defensive state.

"Spear Sweep!" The hobgoblin spun with the spear knocking Dirknooth back. His wound was pouring out blood, but due to his status, he couldn't feel any pain.

Jon, on the other hand, killed off the knocked out goblin and took its dagger. He stared at the hobgoblin furious at these two weaklings wiping out his clansmen and pushing him this far. Dirknooth charged straight at the spearmen.

Seeing this, Jon yelled at the hobgoblin. "Hey, ugly!"

The hobgoblin freaked out at hearing the human speak goblin. Dirknooth just blindly attacked the giant creature. The berserked Dirknooth pierced his chest with his shovel, but hobgoblin dropped his spear and grabbed the shaft of the shovel to keep it from going in any deeper. A flying dagger came from the side and ended the hobgoblin's struggle.

*Ding* **Player Jon has leveled up**

Jon watched as Dirknooth used its shovel for ripping the hobgoblin apart. He was hacking its limbs and tearing out organs covering himself in blood. This act made him look more like a demon than ever. Even Jon was a bit spooked, but a twig snapping caused Jon to turn towards the direction of the farm. A large dark green goblin with furs and a staff walked towards them. A hobgoblin accompanied him on each side.

"That must be Goblin King..." Jon said out loud to himself as his heart sank. They just fought hard to defeat so many goblins and a hobgoblin. How could they continue to fight? Seeing new enemies arrive, Dirknooth attacked in his beserk and bloodied state. "Nooo, Dirknooth. Come back."

"This strange little one has a unique class. Pity, I must kill it." The Goblin King slammed his staff to the ground and said, "My shadows... possess teeth and slay my enemy." After the chant finished, three wolfs leaped from the shadows forming corporeal bodies. The three summons attacked Dirknooth together. Biting and clawing the goblin knight until he couldn't move any longer.

Still exhausted from depleted stamina and out of weapons, all Jon could do is watch his ally torn apart. Once he collapsed, the wolves disappeared. One of the hobgoblins stepped forward.

"I will kill the human." Slamming his one-handed club into the palm of his open hand.

"Be careful, Blitrig. This strange human knows our tongue. He could have other surprises," warned the Goblin King.

The hobgoblin charged at Jon and swung his big club at him once he got close. Jon hasn't had much experience fighting up close and seeing the sizeable wooden object flying towards him caused him to enter a peculiar state of calmness. When in a heightened state of fear and adrenaline, something snapped in Jon's mind. He ducked and the incoming club and punched upward.

"Goblin Smash!"

Using everything he had, he activated Goblin Smash again. Jon's uppercut caught the creature in its private area, shattering his manhood and causing the beast to pass out from shock and pain. The collapsing hobgoblin fell onto Jon, who didn't even have the strength to stand anymore.

"My shadows... possess teeth and slay my enemy. Make it slow and painful for that human." As anger and resentment flashed in the Goblin King's eyes.

Three shadows enclosed Jon as he couldn't escape. The three canine beasts attacked as the jaws of death began to sink their teeth into Jon.