Game Of Eternals: Sinner

Chapter 10: Goblin Shaman

Neo stood before the door, his one hand on the door while the other was gripping the sword to protect himself from any surprise attack. If the goblins from before had been more intelligent and had slowly and stealthily closed the distance on him, the result might have been different.

So, Neo couldn't be reckless and careless just because he was short on time. He opened the door and entered the room, where he was greeted by the floor boss. The goblin boss stood before Neo, wielding a massive battleaxe with both hands. Its beady eyes glared at Neo with an intense hatred, and its muscles bulged beneath its green skin. Neo could see that this goblin was much larger and more muscular than any of the others he had encountered so far.

"Inspect."

[Goblin Brute

Level 13

Health 2500/2500

Attack: 290~310

Defense: 190~240

Magic Defense: Nil ]

The goblin jumped in the air and brought the axe down, trying to split Neo in half. Neo dodged to the left, and the Axe embedded itself into the ground. Goblin's muscles bulged as it tried removing the axe from the ground but his massive attack stat made sure the axe cut deep into the ground. Neo took advantage of this and kicked the goblin's abdomen.

The goblin, not intelligent enough, didn't let go of the axe and got kicked, but it still didn't let go of the axe. Neo, going through with the motion, hacked with the sword, but the Axe came out of the ground at this moment and the goblin swung it toward Neo in an arc, Neo had no choice but to cancel his attack to dodge, as he didn't want to know how his weapon would compete against that axe. He moved away from its path and again struck when the axe was out of his way. The goblin boss was having problems swinging the axe, as its weight was clearly too much for the little guy.

He avoided the axe and attacked when he was in the clear and because of that the battle got dragged a little, and took over 5 minutes to finish the boss, who became exhausted after swinging that huge axe for a while.

Neo grabbed the axe handle and elbowed the goblin, its grip loosened over the weapon and he successfully snatched the axe. Neo then moved the Axe above his head and swung it down with full force.

The goblin tried to defend it with its arms, which it brought over its head. But the force and the sharpness of the axe cleanly cut through the arm and landed on its head. It still felt no resistance, and Neo cleaved the goblin from the middle into two halves as a sphere dropped from its body. Along came a fountain of blood that soaked him and the ground in red.

The blood and gore even gave Neo chills as he said to himself, "I'll need a bath after this."

『 Defeated level 13 Goblin Brute +1900 experience. 』

『 Collecting the soul of the Goblin Brute. 』

『 Collecting…』

『 Collection successful.』

『 Strength +1, Stamina +2, Agility+2』

Still, he picked up the sphere and the axe and moved toward the next floor, while looking at the axe information.

『 Name: Grim Goblin Cleaver

Type: One-handed axe

Weight: 10 kg

Damage: 30-40

Attack speed: Medium

Durability: 70/150

Special ability: "Goblin Slaying" - +50% damage to goblin-type enemies. 』

The axe was quite heavy despite it being one-handed, If Neo wasn't under the effect of the potion, would also have difficulty wielding it. He swung the axe around and put the sword back in its sheath, as he thought about using it for the moment.

He stepped on the stairs and the reward for clearing the floor appeared before him.

『 Name: Goblin Hide Armor

Description: The armor is made from tough, greenish-brown goblin hide, and is decorated with crude, sharp spikes and bits of bone

Defense: 25

Durability: 50

Weight: Light

Special Effect: Goblins will be wary toward the wearer.』

Neo was surprised and even felt a little uncomfortable when the thought of wearing it crossed his mind, but right now he didn't have any piece of armor.

"Well, beggars can't be choosers."

He wore the armor and entered the next floor and started clearing the floors.

Floor 4

Floor 5

Floor 6

Floor 7

Floor 8

Floor 9

Floor 10

After over 2 hours of constant fighting, Neo stood before the what he thought to be the last boss' room. He had less than half an hour before the potion's effect ran out. He even levelled up twice and was at level 11.

『 Level 11 (11,500/ 102,400) 』

Now, Neo was thinking about what would happen if this was not the last boss. Still, he had to get out of this dungeon and couldn't be pessimistic. He looked at the equipment that he received after he cleared the floors. Which now included a pair of boots, armor, pants, a ring, a bracelet, a helmet made of the skull of some monster, but it got cracked because of a hit he took directly by a brute, so he discarded that. He also got a pair of gloves and a sword that was now on the on his waist next to the one that he brought with him. After checking his equipment once more, he took a deep breath as he looked at the door before him.

Neo hesitated before the boss' room. He could sense a palpable sense of foreboding. He took a deep breath, adjusted his grip on the axe, and stepped forward into the room. As his eyes adjusted to the dim light, he saw the goblin shaman standing in the center of the room, surrounded by an aura of red energy.

The shaman waved his staff around trying to say something, but Neo didn't speak "Goblin language", so he couldn't understand what it was saying. Still, he could discern the hatred it had toward him from the way it looked at him.

After waving its staff around aimlessly, or that was what Neo thought it to be doing, it suddenly waved it toward Neo and a flame ball shot toward him.

Neo's expression changed, and he hurriedly dodged. The flame ball struck the spot where he was standing and engulfed the area in a small blast.

"What the--"