Chapter 10: Battling The Hobgoblin

Chapter 10: Battling The Hobgoblin

Hurriedly standing up in response to Iris cry, Damian finally started to experience the effect of the two scratches that he received.

I need to focus

The enemy that took his life the last time appeared in front of him, but Damian almost saw two of him as his eyelids started to feel heavy.

Although Inspect Element only mentioned paralysis, Damian was sure the poison on the knives had some sort of secondary sedative effect!

Or is it that Im just too tired.

Unlike last time, Damian had thankfully managed to finish his scramble with the Goblins before their big boss appeared.

However, on the downside, the adrenaline pumping in his veins was starting to subside.

Huff Haa

Most importantly, Iris lacking stamina left Damian heavily breathing after this intense workout. Though any Stat above 10 points was supposed to be above average, 11 points in Constitution could barely support the first part of this raid.

Why are you only coming out this late?

Trying to keep himself awake, Damian engaged in conversation with the variant Goblin. The other ones were barely a meter tall, but this Hobgoblin was almost as tall as Iris. Its muscles were also bulging like some sort of bodybuilder!

Greeeeennn!

Unfortunately, it didnt seem like this green gym bro appreciated the small talk. Its eyes oozed with anger as it observed its subordinates sprawled on the ground.Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

Although it had heard the noise earlier, the Hobgoblin had an unbreakable rule as the master of this den. No one was to disturb it while it was eating!

Breaking that rule meant destroying its prestige, so the Hobgoblin ate faster as his rage accumulated. It had to kill one of these daring guys today to make an example!

Yet, when it came out, this Pale creature dared to kill them all in its place? The Hobgoblin swore to kill this ugly beast even if it was the last thing that it would do!

Use it.

Staring at the metal bat being dragged through the ground, Damian felt shivers in his spine as his hand automatically rose to make sure his head was still in its place.

This den was only about as large as the beginner cave. So, unless it was as small as the sneaky Goblin, a big monster like a Hobgoblin couldnt have been hiding under some rock without Damian or Iris noticing.

There is likely a path or a hollowed part behind that.

Now that Damian had collected all of the information that he could, there was only one thing left to do.

Trying to win this battle against all odds!

Lets see if you are as tough as you look!

Keeping his thoughts to himself, Damian did the unexpected by rushing at the hobgoblin instead of running away.

Greeah!

The annoying pest had finally entered its reach, but the Hobgoblin couldnt react quickly. To make matters worse, a broken blade even appeared in the pests hands!

Lets see how thick your skin is!

Enhancing his sharpened weapon with Aura, Damian couldnt help feeling a bit confident in his attack. Would it be possible to take off the Hobgoblins head in one strike?

Greeen!

The Hobgoblin didnt manage to react to the attack either Or so it seemed at first.

Instead of tilting its head away to avoid it, the crazy monster actually tackled the sword using its neck!

Shik!

With its current level of sharpness, the sword wasnt knocked over but sliced into the neck. However, let alone a thorough beheading, the broken blade didnt manage to go beyond a quarter of the Hobgoblins neck

Shit!

As part of the Goblin species, a Hobgoblins weakness was still supposed to be its neck. Yet, this specific Hobgoblin was able to strangle the sword using its neck muscles!

Since the monster seemed to have no plans of letting it leave its neck, Damian wanted to give up on the sword, but amid his surprise, he was a little slow in doing so. The result was

[ You have died. ]