Tower of Jinma (3)
The first thing I felt was fear.
Fear that I wouldn’t be able to go back to being a Hob Goblin Assaulter.
And the fear that this would not end with being a Hob Goblin.
The trajectories I have passed… in other words, the monster forms that I’ve been through.
Even if I could beat the troll here, I would have to do it again in a Goblin Fighter’s and a Goblin’s body.
How could a Goblin face a troll?
“A!”
“Once you enter the tower, you can’t leave without conquering it.”
A cut off what I was trying to say, with his very calm voice.
“If it wasn’t possible for you, you wouldn’t be able to get in here. So, it is possible for Fate to conquer this.”
“That’s not true…”
As I was trying to protest, I felt the troll’s huge weapon flying towards .
I made a big mistake.
My strength was significantly reduced compared to when I was an Assaulter, but I tid my movent as if I was still one.
As a result, I could not completely dodge the attack, and my right shoulder was crushed.
“Arrrgh!”
After the strong impact, I felt terrible pain; but if I stayed on my position because of the pain, I would only get it worse.
I clenched my teeth and threw my body to the side, but the troll was still chasing as if he wasn’t satisfied with just one arm.
I used Leap and Beast Charge at the sa ti to put distance between and the troll, but I forgot that it uses stamina.
With my severe injury, it was like a double-edged sword.
Without predation, I need to kill him before my health is completely exhausted…
As soon as possible!
Fortunately, my level and skills remain the sa. All that reverted to the lower form were my physical ability and magical powers.
With that, it was already fatal, but because I have the sa skills, I still have a fighting chance.
If I can reach him with my sword, I can still deal a Power Attack.
As a Goblin, it would be too much for to kill him, but I can’t worry about sothing that hasn’t co yet. I need to focus right now.
If I can’t overco him, the only thing waited for was a painful death.
I had to attack him.
“Koo-oh-oh-oh!”
His stupid head still hasn’t changed. It just runs to the enemy it sees.
I felt more confident.
Haven’t you already overwheld his simple, stupid brain?
Read his movent, avoid the attack, and swing your sword at a fatal point. That way, you can win!
I moved.
With my right arm crushed, I held the sword with my left hand. I am trying to regain my senses as a Hob Goblin.
I have to accept that I was lacking, and find the best way to move with a lacking body!
“Guaaaaah!”
The troll also sensed my hostility and shouted to defeat my will.
I run down the floor, ignoring his scream. I have not used my skills yet. I’ll only use Leap and Beast Charges when I’m at his neck!
The blunt weapon flies again.
When it crushed my shoulder, I confird that it was just a huge and blunt wooden stick.
But I can’t get hit again.
I jumped. The man’s weapon swept past my side as I jumped into the air. His arm followed , trying to catch my torso, and but I used Beast Charge and Leap.
He couldn’t read my suddenly quick movents, and eventually, he had to be content with swinging his arms around, trying to get lucky.
In front of my eyes, I could see the troll’s nape.
With urgency, I threw Blood Shadow with a Power Attack, and watched it bite through the flesh.
[Lower Power Attack has beco Lv4.]
Blood spurted. Blood containing a lot of his vitality.
I felt it wash over my body, and instantly, my exhaustion was gone.
Although it’s not as effective as predation, the blood was very helpful in my recovery.
“Kaaaaaaaah!”
“Hmm.”
I heard the troll’s scream and A’s voice at the sa ti.
I didn’t know if A was disappointed, admiring, or sothing else.
I just drank all the blood and landed on the floor, rolling imdiately to the side to avoid the troll’s furious kick.
I can’t die.
A and Rain described the tower as ‘safe’, but the mont my shoulder has been crushed, their words didn’t reassure anymore.
Even if I won’t die here, the terrible pain remains the sa.
I was desperate not to get hurt again. I rolled on the floor and concealed myself, assimilating with the darkness.
I raised my Detection to the maximum in order to avoid any incoming attack.
Then, I jumped in again to cut his neck. This ti, I buried the blade deep, showering blood once more as I fell back to the floor.
The troll scread and rioted, but I no longer made the sa mistakes as before.
[Lower Martial Arts has beco Lv6.]
[Interdiate Detection has beco Lv4.]
The growth rate of skills has been increasing faster than before. It seems that the more desperate I am, the higher the concentration, the higher the skills grew.
I can’t deliberately create a desperate situation, and there is a limit to concentration in a desperate situation.
In this sense, the current situation was at least the best situation for growing skills.
It may be what Rain ant when he said it was a practice center.
[Lower Leap has beco Lv6.]
[Beginner Fairy Tale has beco Lv9.]
[Lower Resistance has beco Lv10 and evolves into Interdiate Resistance. You will not be affected by low-level abnormalities at all, and you are more likely to resist higher-level abnormalities.]
There weren’t many opportunities. I could not take a lot of ti to end this.
The speed of the troll’s regeneration was incredible, and my only chance to beat him requires to attack harder than when I was a Hob Goblin Assaulter.
[Interdiate Surprise has beco Lv4.]
Nevertheless, I was able to cut off his head with a fourth power attack.
However, as before, the mont I thought I’ve completely cut his head off, his regenerative power goes full blast to keep him alive.
His neck was connecting again to his head!
I squeezed all of my remaining stamina and swung my Blood Shadow once more.
Kik!
The troll’s head finally rolled on the floor.
I shakily landed beside the troll’s body. As I released my concentration and relaxed, the pain that I have been ignoring ca flooding at once.
I won.
My body was a ss, but I succeeded in defeating him anyway. I couldn’t believe it even though I did it myself.
But it hurts so bad. If I don’t start recovering right now, my victory will be aningless soon.
I took a deep breath and started eating the troll.
A troll’s body is definitely two or three tis more effective than other monsters. Even with just a pair of arms, all of my physical injuries have already disappeared, and my stamina and mana felt full.
Of course, that maybe because I was in a weaker Hob Goblin body, but there was definitely a difference that I could not explain.
At that point, I asked A, who was still watching inside the arena.
“A, if I don’t eat all of this and move on to the next step…”
“The body disappears.”
As usual, A seed to know what I was about to ask. I ignored him and tried to put the troll’s body in my inventory, but as it turned out, the inventory didn’t work in the Jinma Tower.
My plan turned to trash, the joy of winning the battle vanished, and more fear ca to .
I’ll soon turn into a Goblin Fighter.
I can’t help but yell out in frustration.
“Physically impossible!”
“It is possible.”
A imdiately refuted .
I ate the troll on the spot while fuming at the situation I am in.
Soon after, my body returned to its Goblin Fighter form, and the troll once again appeared before I had ti to prepare myself.
“Koo-oh-oh!”
“Okay, damn!”
There was an enormous gap between the Hob Goblin and a Goblin Fighter. I began to notice the abilities I have taken for granted, and I found it hard to swing the sword as hard as I wanted.
How nice could it be if I just kept fighting trolls again and again as an Assaulter.
However, my body kept getting weaker and weaker each ti.
As soon as the troll spawned, his blunt weapon was again flying towards my head.
As I avoided it, I didn’t notice the troll’s arm that was also flying towards .
The whole world collapsed.
I was filled with a terrible rage, but I couldn’t scream; a sense of despair filled as my consciousness faded…
But when I opened my eyes, I was still there. I was still standing on my spot with the body of a Goblin Fighter, standing as if nothing happened.
Only
I couldn’t understand why this was possible, but I was happy that I was still alive.
But the troll appeared again. This ti, it broke my head and ripped my torso!
“That… hurts…”
I was engulfed with pain and rage once more.
A was still watching without a word.
anwhile, the troll was screaming.
I will kill him… I will kill him and eat his body without leaving a drop.
I began to move.
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