Death of an Arrogant Prick; I Reincarnated as a Skeleton?

Chapter 13: Raiding the decaying forest! [2]

Before Clinton pounced on the Green Goblins, there was a little problem.

Clinton was just one human skeleton with 2 bony hands and 2 bony legs. There was no way that he could carry 10 Wooden Spears and 9 Wooden Daggers around this decaying forest while hunting for prey.

This dilemma came once he got set to embark on his raid across this forest.

The skeleton sighed. “In one of those manga that I remember reading, in situations like this, the main character’s system is supposed to have something like an inventory to store weapons, right?”

“Where the f*ck is my own inventory?” The skeleton grimaced.

At this moment, Clinton could either ascribe this oversight of his system to the fact that his system was simply defective or due to the fact of its name, it was just a miserable undead system.

‘It’s probably that ugly angel that caused this through her curse, right?’ Thinking of the angel, Clinton only felt hatred simmer in his heart.

In the end, he had to improvise.

For his first official hunt in his raid across the decaying forest, Clinton settled with what only his hands could carry.

He settled with carrying 3 Wooden Spears and 2 Wooden Daggers.

All 3 Wooden Spears were part of the few ones with no skill imbued in them.

As for his other crafted weapons, Clinton dug the ground a bit with one of the daggers, creating a depression big enough to hide his other weapons.

With this, his raid officially started.

And just a minute later, he found his first target.

***

{Warning! Enemy has been detected!}

{You have encountered a Green Goblin! ×5}

{You have encountered two level 3 Green Goblins!}

***

Of the 5 Green Goblins that made up this pack, the two level 3 Green Goblins were Clinton’s first target.

‘Be the first victims of Weapon Master Clinton!’

And then, he pounced!

Hiding behind a decaying tree, the Green Goblins unsuspecting of the danger roamed about a few meters away from the tree like usual when out of nowhere, a skeleton suddenly moved and attacked.

Coming out of his hideout, Clinton raised one of the Wooden Spears high and aimed at one of his targets before pulling the trigger.

Clinton threw the Wooden Spear with all of his power, and then…

Bam!

Silence; all 5 Green Goblins who were surprised at this moment turned to look at the direction where the sudden attack came from.

As for Clinton?

He froze, his skeleton face turning red in embarrassment.

‘F*ck!’ Clinton cursed in his mind. ‘F*ck, that was so embarrassing!’

Incredulously, despite just a few meters distance separating them and with the element of surprise on his side, somehow, Clinton incredulously missed his target.

‘I f*cking missed my target!’

Once they noticed the intruder that was not part of their pack, the Green Goblins snarled the next moment as they raised their clubs to attack.

Not all of them wielded wooden clubs though, one of the two level 3 Green Goblins wielded a dagger that looked like an inferior version of Clinton’s own daggers and at this moment, they all pounced.

There was still some distance separating them though.

Despite missing his first attack embarrassingly, Clinton did not let it hold him back for too long. As a track athlete, he knew to keep on going on the track.

In his previous life, there were times when he even tripped and fell while running but Clinton never gave up.

If he tripped and fell, he stood up and continued running and somehow, against all odds, he still took first position.

This was why he was Clinton.

This was why he was the King of the track.

Just as the Green Goblins moved to pounce in his direction, the skeleton bent slightly, picked another Wooden Spear then threw with all its might.

This time, despite his lack of experience with true combat, luck was on his side this time as the Wooden Spear met its mark.

Bullseye!

BAM!

***

{You have attacked a level 3 Green Goblin!}

{You have dealt +1.8 damage to your enemy!}

…

{Green Goblin!}

Level: 3

HP: 2.7/4.5

…

{Green Goblin!}

Level: 3

HP: 4.8/4.8

…

{Green Goblin!}

Level: 2

HP: …

***

Like usual, immediately after he engaged the Green Goblin in combat, the miserable undead system lit up with a simplified status projection of the monsters.

Seeing that he just dealt +1.8 damage with one attack whereas before now, his record damage in one hit was 0.4, Clinton felt filled with adrenaline.

He felt on top of the moon. ‘Come on!’

Picking the last Wooden Spear, Clinton pounced towards the Green Goblins.

Wielding its dagger, the other level 3 Green Goblin led the level 2 Green Goblins as they rushed at the skeleton even as the Wooden Spear attack pushed the other level 3 Green Goblin backwards.

With confidence in his new found strength now, Clinton did not try to evade direct collision with them and kite like usual.

This time, Clinton charged right at them with his last Wooden Spear.

This was because unlike before, he was stronger now and best of all, he had weapons in his disposal now.

Whoosh!

The Green Goblin attacked with its dagger.

Ducking to dodge, Clinton evaded and went behind the level 3 Green Goblin, facing only the angry level 2 Green Goblins now, then he swung the Wooden Spear horizontally with all his power.

BOOM!

The Wooden Spear smacked hard against the thick skin of the Green Goblins, pushing them back even as Clinton got multiple damage notifications.

With this simple move, he managed to isolate the second level 3 Green Goblin even as the first level 3 Green Goblin was yet to fully recover from his attack.

With the level 3 Green Goblin isolated, Clinton gave it preferential treatment.

With the Wooden Spear, he pounced on it and then, he stabbed with his spear with all the power that his bones could afford.

CRACK!

The Wooden Spear dug deep into the skin of the Green Goblin as green blood flew everywhere even as the Green Goblin shrieked in pain and panic.

***

{You have dealt +1.2 damage to your enemy!}

{HP: 3.6/4.8}

***

Before the Green Goblin could recover from the attack, Clinton let go of the Wooden Spear as he navigated behind it with incredible deftness.

Behind the Green Goblin, he finally moved the Wooden Dagger that he held in his left hand since.

Shifting hold of the Wooden Dagger to his right skeleton hand, behind the Green Goblin, Clinton brought the dagger to its neck and then he slit its throat.

The Green Goblin shuddered as green blood spurted like rain, and then it went limp.

***

{You have killed a level 3 Green Goblin!}

{You gained XP!}

***

Clinton killed his first level 3 monster with zero injuries.

With eyes gleaming with the cold light of murder, he inclined his gaze and focused on the second level 3 Green Goblin who was already injured.

“You next”.

He pounced.