Goblin's Parade

To eliminate his extreme ravenousness for food and water, Kai was forced to eat the monster's core. For him, it was the only way to save himself from dying, and also the core was the only body part of the monster that looked edible.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

At first, he relished chewing the core despite the fact that he was feeling the tiny rough texture inside his mouth and hearing the sound of breaking glass in his every bite. Still, it tasted like a caramelized candy, so he liked it.

Gulp!

However, when he swallowed the crashed core, he suddenly passed and changed his current situation.

...

14 hours had easily passed, the guy who was illuminated by the blue-white lite unexpectedly moved his index finger a bit. Yes, it was Kai that was slowly recovering from the verge of death.

"Argh!"

He screamed in agony as he realized his entire body was on fire and his head had been struck by a metal bat. When the pain subsided slightly, he put his hands on the ground and pushed himself into a seated position.

Tch!

Kai clicked his tongue, remembering the ruckus that occurred to him before passing out in this area. By this, he was being irritated knowing that he wasted most of this time sleeping here.

"It's a shambles!"

But at the end of the day, he was still lucky for not getting killed while he was sleeping, and the core didn't completely take his life. Well, he was informed this happened because of his mistake.

"Why am I constantly whining? It's too obvious that it's my fault that I'm still here; if I hadn't just thought that reckless idea..."

For some reason, he was regretting his because back then as it almost cost him his own life. But what he could do at that time? It was the only option he had, also he mustn't forget that eating the monster's core saved his life. Somehow?

Furthermore, he realised if he decided to be a picky man and roamed in this dungeon, there's a high chance he may encounter crueler experiences than this.

Kai narrowly looked at the blue elevated screen in front of him, noticing the exact notification he saw before his consciousness left him.

[Core manifestation] Level 1- is a skill that allows the user to copy the monster's ability or magical skills randomly. The user could activate the skill by simply eating the core. Cost of mana: 20 mana pool

[Warning! In order to avoid body explosion, the user must have an excellent body and excellent magical control.

[Copied skill(s) received]

[Panther walk]- increases your movement speed by 14% while eliminating noises for 12 seconds. Cost: 6 mana pool

It appeared that the rabbit's [Panther walk] ability was the exact skill that it used to conceal its presence and attack its target without being noticed.

He now understands why he couldn't pinpoint the rabbit's exact location earlier. Likewise, the [Panther walk] skill resembled the assassin class.

"Hmm... This skill could be useful for me if I can polish my attack," he said quietly, pondering what would happen if he combined his [Thorn Dash] and [Panther Walk].

He cleared his mind of that thought, aware that his current mana pool was insufficient to cast multiple skills at the same time. Also, he knew he couldn't be confident in the skills he'd been given since he hadn't used them in a real fight.

Yes! Kai annihilated the skeleton warriors and skeleton mages without receiving severe injuries. So, take a look at it: his outstanding performance vanished when he collided with the panther rabbit. To be more specific, that monster gave him deep slashes on his back and legs, and if he wasn't lucky, the rabbit might have been able to kill him. In his opinion, he should not feel contented and overconfident because he obtained different skills.

"I know, my guts telling me there's a lot of strong monsters inhabits in this place. I need to be careful..."

On the other hand, eating the core provided him with an advantage as the [Core manifestation] skill could be useful to him in the future or within this dungeon.

He closed all screen tabs after reading the information provided by the system by simply clicking the X icon. He regained his footing as he planned to continue his expedition and find a way out of this dungeon.

"If I stay here, nothing good will come at me, so it's better if I start walking right away."

Food wasn't now his main issue as of now, knowing eating the monster's core could replenish his hunger.

Alas, he started to move again his feet in the place where he could see low-grade crystals shining blue eyes, sharp rock formation, gleaming fireflies, and the entrance new far away from him.

This lovely scenery distracted him from the important point he failed to mention. To be more specific, it never occurred to him to investigate why he might have survived the toxin administered by core. Because if a regular person did this, the poison would easily consume its flesh.

Something mysterious here...

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After 30 minutes of wandering, he came to a halt when he noticed a new entrance. As it was dark, he couldn't tell what was inside this place.

"As soon as I got to this floor, it's the first time I noticed structural changes; this must be the right place where I can find the exit."

Honestly, Kai simply couldn't afford to the area where his feet first landed on this floor. Why? He has to walk several hours to reach his current location, in a large time, he was just able to fight a certain monster. To put it another way, he was afraid of depleting his stamina, and there was nothing there to assist him in consuming some strength.

First, he examined the dark corridor by using his ears to find out if he can hear suspicious sounds. Luckily, he heard nothing besides the drop of water hitting the solid surface, and the cold breeze touched his body.

Kai took the low-grade crystal that was lying on the surface in order to have a vision. Even though it had a limited range of light, he continued considering he didn't have many options. Kai held the rusty sword in his left hand and the rounded magical crystal in his right.

Bam!

Meanwhile, he flinched slightly as he noticed the hallway was divided into two distinct paths, one on each side, right and left.

There were two possibilities: one of the paths could be dangerous or safe.

Also, Kai did not eliminate the possibility that the two paths could be dangerous. "It's difficult to guess, but I want to trust my instincts," he said solemnly.

Kai moved cautiously to the right, attempting to avoid the possible trap that had been planted here.

A brown thorn wooden door appeared right before his eyes, an indication that he had already reached the next floor. "New monsters or new world awaited me behind this door."

He took a deep breath and softly let it out of the air before deciding to push the door with a gentle strength.

Click!

A sound of clicking door went to his ears as the door was automatically closed again for some reason. After that, he took a glance around and saw green creatures looking at him with their yellow sharp eyes.

Ding!

[Quest has arrived!]

[Stop the Goblin's parade first wave!]

[Killed Goblin(s): 0/14]

[Reward(s)]

•+120 EXP

•+2 Attribute points AP

•+1 skill point SP

[To leave the dungeon you should reach the saving point!]

"Shit! Goblins!"