Chapter 25: Chapter 25: Blood Soaked

As the two sat down in an alley, Lorenz looked at Roy and asked, “What do we do now?”

Roy thought for a few seconds before answering, “We could just go somewhere else and hunt, but that horde will probably become a problem later.”

The thought of going and hunting those goblins definitely did cross Roy’s mind, but he could not just leave Lorenz in such an unsafe place and go.

“Let’s go and look around for a small pack,” Roy added. “I will be so much less worried if you awaken.”

The two made their way out of the marketplace and into the bloodied plaza. Corpses of men and monsters littered the place, and their blood merged and formed streaks and streams. Surprisingly, there was no clashing of color or texture, as if the blood had came from the same creature. Roy looked up, no longer willing to focus on the death right in front of his nose. From behind the trees, houses, and hills, he could see the village hall far into the distance.

“So that’s where John is?” Lorenz asked.

Roy let out a disturbed smirk, “Yeah, him and most of the villagers.”

However, the two couldn’t sightsee for long as a group of eight goblins walked out from behind the trees and alleys.

“Stay back,” Roy said with a serious expression. “And keep an eye out for other packs or stray goblins.”

“Yeah, will do.” Lorenz nodded.

After the young boy ran back and hid behind one of the trees that decorated the plaza, Roy focused back on the band of monsters in front of him. With his current stats and experience, eight goblins couldn’t be considered a threat to him.

Roy jumped amidst the monstrous crowd while dodging all of their attacks. Their slashes, stabs, and attempts at grabs were just too slow for him to be caught. As usual, Roy focused on the small goblin on the outskirt. With quick strikes, they fell to the ground wailing in pain. The young man did not stop his attack and pounced on another goblin that stood farther from the rest. With surgical precision, Roy methodically chipped away at the pack of goblins, until only the two tall variants were left.

The two stronger goblins jumped at Roy from both sides to pincer him, but the young man was too fast for such tactics. He quickly sidestepped the two attacks before responding with one of his own. Seeing an opening in one of the two goblins’ defense, Roy pounced and stabbed it from the side.

The final tall goblin thought it had an opportunity to sneak on Roy while he was busy attacking the first one. However, Roy let go of his sword and quickly crouched to the ground, dodging the monster’s overhead slash. He then grabbed both of its legs and raised them, making it fall headfirst to the ground. The goblin let go of its weapon in the scuffle and Roy kicked it away. He took out his sword from the first goblin’s ribs as if he was unsheathing it before slashing away the second goblin’s hand from the wrist.

While the goblins shrieked and screamed in pain, Roy called out to Lorenz, “Come!”

The young boy walked out of his hiding spot and started killing the goblins one by one. The moment he finished off the sixth one, a green aura covered his body, and words appeared in front of his eyes. After the eventual pain, he thought of the word “Status”.

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