***
{You have killed a level 3 Green Goblin!}
{You gained XP!}
…
{You have killed a level 2 Green Goblin!}
{You gained 0 XP!}
…
{You have killed a level 2 Green Goblin!}
{You gained 0 XP!}
***
In 3 minutes, Clinton made short work of the pack of Green Goblins.
After killing their two level 3 leaders first, the others panicked and, in that time, he was able to kill two of the level 2 Green Goblins easily.
In the end, spooked, the last Green Goblin of this pack was able to escape death as turning without shame, it ran and escaped at astonishing speed.
In 3 short minutes, Clinton just destroyed a level 3 pack of Green Goblins.
Clinton raised his right skeleton hand holding one of his Wooden Daggers and looked at it. “Hehehe,” he chuckled which only sounded eerie when coming from a skeleton. “I truly am growing stronger”.
Before now, he was scared to even take on a single level 3 Green Goblin in battle but after spending his free attribute points and crafting weapons, killing multiple level 3 Green Goblins no longer seemed so hard.
With a toothy grin on his skeleton face, Clinton did not hesitate as he went about his business like nothing happened.
He continued his raid through the decaying forest.
In the next 20 minutes, he was able to meet multiple packs of Green Goblins and Undead Trees even as he avoided the Ogres for now like a plague.
In this time, he was able to kill two more level 3 monsters, taking his overall kill tally of level 3 monster kills to four, leaving only one till he leveled up.
Clinton felt in his element at this moment.
He no longer felt like his life after reincarnation was such a miserable one, he no longer saw this decaying forest as that area worse than hell again.
Heck, with this much power in his disposal, this should as well be paradise!
For his last level 3 kill though, instead of wasting time and stalking another pack of monsters, Clinton finally decided to be brave.
Afterall, he already got enough combat experience already.
During the past few dozen minutes, from the beginning when at close distance, he missed his Wooden Spear throws, his accuracy already increased as he did it repeatedly against the monsters in this level of the dungeon.
There was even one time that he managed to kill a level 2 Green Goblin in one throw of his Wooden Spear, dealing +2.1 damage in one attack.
This was scary damage.
Considering the fact that his own overall health points was just 3, at the moment, even Clinton would be scared of facing himself as an enemy.
Of course, during these skirmishes, he got injured at times but never too serious since with his weapons and his I.Q, he was always one step ahead of the monsters, keeping the battle under his control always.
This time though, Clinton finally decided that he was ready.
He finally decided to challenge an Ogre.
***
{Warning! Enemy has been detected!}
{You have encountered a level 3 Stone Ogre!}
***
This time, Clinton took his time, choosing his battlefield, preparing it to make sure that the odds were stacked in his favor.
And once he was confident of his chances, only then did he attack.
Of course, he debuted with his Wooden Spear.
With more confidence this time, immediately after he came out from behind the decaying tree where he hid previously, he aimed and threw the Wooden Spear.
Compared to before, this time, his accuracy was much improved.
The Wooden Spear struck the Ogre directly on the chest.
CLANG!
A loud sound of collision reverberated through this forest the next moment amid sparks as the Spear tried to force its way through to no avail.
Clinton only managed to deal a measly +0.1 damage.
And then, the status of the Ogre lit up.
***
{You have attacked a level 3 Green Goblin!}
{You have dealt +0.1 damage to your enemy!}
…
{Stone Ogre!}
Level: 3
HP: 8.0/8.1
{Active Skill: Might Punch!}
***
ROAR…!
The Stone Ogre roared loudly as soon as it saw its enemy and then, the next moment, the Ogre did what Clinton did not expect.
Shifting its head to the side, staring at the nearest decaying tree, all of a sudden, this 2-meter Ogre grabbed it with its bare hands and then, it tore the tree apart!
Clinton’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets as he witnessed this display of might by the Stone Ogre.
Before he could understand what was going on, this Stone Ogre tore a big chunk of the trunk of this decaying tree out before hauling it in his direction.
Before Clinton could understand what happened, it was already too late.
“F*ck!” He ducked but still, the tree trunk grazed his skin.
{You have been grazed by a tree trunk!}
{You have received +0.5 damage!}
‘F*ck! So much damage from just a graze?!’
‘What would have happened if it hit me directly?’
Rolling on the ground awkwardly with his skeleton body, Clinton finally stood up only to curse again because, the Ogre was already before him and right now its clenched fist was punching right at his face.
BAM!
Have you ever been punched on the face so hard you could literally feel your face deforming behind your enemy’s fist?
At this moment, Clinton experienced this feeling.
***
{CRITICAL HIT!}
{Your enemy used a skill on you: Might Punch!]
{You have received +2.2 damage!}
{HP: 0.3/3}
***
Seeing the figure of his health points that were displayed by his miserable undead system, Clinton was horrified to death and most importantly, he was reminded of a very bitter truth, a very bitter truth that he had been trying so hard to hide.
He was just a miserable mid-tier undead skeleton.
“F*ck!”
Clinton dared not linger.
Turning tail without any shroud of shame, Clinton abandoned his weapons, only taking one dagger with him as he ran with his tail between his legs.
Unfortunately for him, the angry Stone Ogre was not letting this slide.
The Stone Ogre went in pursuit.
“F*cking Christ!” Clinton cursed.
“I swear I’m going to kill you!”
***{CRITICAL HIT!}{Your enemy used a skill on you: Might Punch!]{You have received +2.2 damage!}{HP: 0.3/3}***Clinton was rattled to the very depths of his being.‘0.3 HP remaining?!!!’‘What the f*ck!’Clinton abandoned his weapons, running for his life without shame but even this was not enough as his enemy went in pursuit.The Stone Ogre was adamant in taking his life.“F*cking Christ!” Clinton cursed.“I swear I’m going to kill you!”Despite his words of bravado at this moment though, Clinton felt like his heart was right in his throat if he had one, beating rapidly in crazy rhythms.At this moment, Clinton felt the threat of death again vividly just like he felt during his first encounter after reincarnating into this world against the Holy Knights. He felt like a pig on the slaughterhouse before the Butcher.And at this moment, the Stone Ogre was the Butcher.Thud! Thud! Thud!The Stone Ogre pursued relentlessly.And for a moment, Clinton finally started regretting past de
***{Your crafted weapon, Wooden Spear has been destroyed!}***‘F*ck!’Despite the sharp pang of pain that Clinton felt in his skeleton chest and despite cursing, he did not waste a single moment as that Wooden Spear was smashed into pieces by the Stone Ogre.Despite just losing a weapon that he spent so much time and love crafting, at this moment, his 0.3 health points were what dominated Clinton’s mind.Saving his life was what dominated his mind.This was why as the Stone Ogre smashed the wooden spear to pieces with its powerful arms, its red eyes glowing with fury, Clinton finally saw a weakness.He saw a weakness because he was perceptive enough.During his preparations to go for his raid across the decaying forest, Clinton crafted 19 weapons; 10 Wooden Spears and 9 Wooden Daggers.For his first hunt, he took 2 Wooden Daggers and 3 Wooden Spears with him.The deadly encounter against this Stone Ogre though made him lose all his weapons that he originally took out for his hunt an
Badump! Badump!Clinton was a skeleton; he was supposed to have no heart.But at this moment, as he finally got a moment of reprieve for the first time in like forever as reward for his efforts and determination, he hallucinated.Clinton could hear something like a heart rapidly beating in his mind.If he was still a human, at this moment, he would be hyperventilating.This feeling made him remember one of the closest competitive races of his life in the track in his previous life when he went up against one of his fastest opponents ever, a prodigy who once represented an opponent school.‘D-did I do it?!’ Clinton thought incredulously, unable to believe it, but then…Thud!The Stone Ogre collapsed; it was dead.This was all the evidence that he needed.He killed it.Somehow, against all odds that were against him, Clinton managed to rise from the ashes of death to kill this formidable level 3 monster.0.1 HP…, that was how much of his vitality was left at the end.That low, even a me
***{0.6 free attribute points have been assigned to the speed attribute!}{0.5 free attribute points have been assigned to the vitality attribute!}{0.9 free attribute points have been assigned to the strength attribute!}{You have 0 free attribute points remaining!}…Attributes:STR- 2.3VIT- 2.1SPE- 1.1MIN- 0.6***In one go, Clinton made his strength attribute his strongest attribute.After the intense battle against the Stone Ogre, Clinton learned a few things.First was the importance of the speed attribute. Against the much larger Stone Ogre, it was exposed to him how glaringly lacking his speed attribute was and how much it could contribute to victory in battle.By now, he already confirmed that the speed attribute did not just affect his running speed but his body coordination and reaction speed in battle.A high speed attribute was vital for him to win battles.If he had all the strength in the world but without the speed to hit his opponents accurately, it would inevitab
***{You have killed a level 4 Stone Ogre!}{You gained XP!}***Clinton managed to kill his first level 4 monster and soon enough, he learned one of the major differences between high-leveled monsters and lower-leveled ones in the decaying forest.Unlike the level 3 monsters and lower-leveled monsters that would respawn into this forest after mere hours of being killed, it took a full day, 24 hours for a level 4 monster to be respawned.Apart from the Gate Guardian of this level of the dungeon, after his exploration, Clinton was able to establish the number of high-leveled monsters.In the decaying forest, apart from the Gate Guardian, there were five level 5 monsters. A single level 5 Green Goblin, another level 5 Undead Tree, but three different level 5 Stone Ogres.Only in the highest level of this part of the dungeon did the Stone Ogres have the numbers superiority.This was likely because of their bloodline superiority.Compared to the other monster species, the Stone Ogres had
Somewhere in the decaying forest, a pack of 6 Undead Trees wandered, two of them being level 4 Undead Trees.Suddenly, this pack of Undead Trees stopped.They stopped because they stared at a handless skeleton.Right on their path, this handless skeleton stood, it’s hand from the elbow gone like they were never there.The skeleton had a big grin on its body skull as it stared at them.The Undead Trees were bewildered, until it spoke.“F*ck you”. Clinton taunted.“F*ck all of you!”And that was it.The Undead Trees may not know what f*ck you meant but they subtly understood emotion in words, and they knew that the emotion being portrayed by those words were clearly not friendly.This was a provocation!Whoosh!The Undead Trees immediately went after the skeleton angrily who on seeing their reaction turned around and shamelessly started running in the opposite direction.Even as he ran, he taunted. “Catch me if you can, f*ckers!”That was it, these Undead Trees were determined all of a
***{You have dealt +1.2 damage to your enemy!}{You have dealt +1.3 damage to your enemy!}…{Undead Tree!}Level: 4HP: 8.1/10.7…{Undead Tree!}Level: 3HP: 5.4/7.0…{Undead Tree…}…{Undead Tree…}…{Undead Tree…}…{Undead Tree!}Level: 4HP: 9.3/10.1***Clinton’s 2 daggers only affected one of the two level 4 Undead Trees, yet at this moment, all the Undead Trees’ HP was lower than their peak.This was because his plan was already in motion.The fire was already spreading its vengeful wrath.Immediately after throwing the wooden daggers, Clinton dug his hands into the ground and retrieved 2 sharp wooden spears from the soft soil.And then, he set his sight on the second level 4 Undead Tree that triggered the fire that was now burning.He grinned. “You first!”He pounced!His battle against a level 4 Green Goblin was in no way a work over. Taking the fight to an even stronger monster in the form of an Undead Tree was a bigger risk but Clinton had reasons for his confidence.He
5 days later…***{You have leveled up!}{You are now a level 5 high-tier skeleton!}{HP regeneration has been upgraded!}>You naturally regenerate +0.1 HP every 10 minutesWhile fighting with a Dagger in hand, your body movement will be as fluid as water, enabling you to exert the greatest threat with your daggerTraining with a dagger and getting stronger to learn powerful techniques have never been easier, you are on track to become a skeleton impressively skillful and deadly with a dagger or multiple daggers in handWhen activated, your killing intent is par