As the last goblin dropped dead and its corpse vanished, Alyssa picked up the arrows that had been left behind. She grimaced at the blood coating the tips and the worn condition of the wood before stashing them into her quiver. Reusing the same arrows over and over again wasn't smart, especially when they were of poor quality, but it wasn't like she had many options.
All the weapons they had been given were of Common quality, and the quivers only held ten arrows each. If she had wanted more arrows, she would have had to carry more than one quiver or force the arrows to fit into one, and that was only if the staff had allowed her to. That was the con of having to rely on others to provide them with weapons.
At least she had killed ten goblins already. The last time she had checked, she saw that almost half the goblins were dead. It had been thirty minutes ago if she wasn't mistaken, which
Luke flinched as a bright light appeared in front of him. He should have known that would happen. One of the downsides of the plan he had made involving Grace was that he would also be affected by her continual use of Whispersong as long as he used the paths they had traveled on. Well, it was a small price to pay in order to mess with the others.It truly was a convenient item. He couldn't have incorporated it into his plan if it could only emit light in the same room as her. Not only were they not supposed to have items other than those provided by the people in charge of the event, but it would be obvious that she was purposely causing trouble for everyone else.Also, it wasn't going to last long anyway. It took mana to activate, and even with her high Mana stat, she would exhaust herself soon enough if she kept at it. That was why he told her only to do it for at most an hour to leave
Up ahead, they saw Chris and Bobby also running, and Luke called out, "Chris. Bobby."The duo looked behind them without stopping. Once they saw who it was, Bobby said, "Luke, Kayla, did you see the message?""Yeah, do you know what happened?" Luke asked."Your guess is as good as mine," Bobby said.Chris added, "We were just looking for more demons to kill.""Have you seen anyone else since we got here?" Luke asked as they turned down another path.Bobby shook his head as he said, "Not since we split up."So far, they had yet to encounter anyone else. No demons. No other competitors. There were only empty tunnels. They couldn't even hear any fighting in the distance. That could mean several things. One of them was
Luke's first thought was to launch into battle and kill the giant goblin, but he held himself back. Even though he wanted to rush in to save Grace, this was a delicate situation. Plunging headfirst into battle without thinking could get her killed. The giant goblin was smart enough to use her as a shield, and they had been fortunate that no one had accidentally killed her. For some strange reason, the system hadn't sent her back even though it should have sensed her life was in danger. The system chose now, out of all the times it could have failed to do its job.His eyes scanned the battlefield, surveying the scene. There were currently five others besides Theodore fighting the giant goblin. If he included his party, that would mean that there were ten people in one location. This left twenty-one people unaccounted for. He also had to consider the other goblins that hadn't been killed yet. They could only hope that they
Quickly relaying the plan to him, Luke split away from Elijah to inform another person while staying out of the giant goblin's sight as Elijah did the same. The next person he encountered was an older woman by the name of Yolanda Ford. He had to double check her information to make sure he wasn't mistaken. She was pretty scruffed up too from all the fighting, and her clothes were even singed. He wondered how long they had been fighting before they showed up. "Kid, are you here to save your girlfriend?" the woman asked as she rolled her shoulders. "I suggest you stay out of it and let the grownups handle it." Ignoring her words, he said, "We have a plan to save her." The woman raised an eyebrow and said, "Tell me." Luke immediately told her what he had told Elijah earlier. It was a good thing she wasn't picking a fight with him despite her words earlier, and that the others were doing a good job drawing the giant goblin's attention and firepower away f
[Emergency Quest][Fight the Enraged Giant Goblin][You have successfully defeated the giant goblin.][Quest Rewards][You may select one of the following Uncommon items and obtain one skill.]Everyone was going over the list of items and skills to see what their options were. A few felt cheated that they were only given Uncommon items to pick from. However, it made sense since everyone should only have Uncommon stats and their enemy hadn't actually been that powerful. They were given items suited to their current level, and the fact they got to choose at all was a big deal.Luke remembered how the system cheated him out of his rewards in previous ques
Theodore looked away from the screen in front of him to face Luke the moment he heard him coming. He had known this would happen sooner or later after seeing how Luke reacted earlier. No, this confrontation was inevitable, even if Luke hadn't found out. Grace would have told him once she woke up. If she hadn't, Theodore wouldn't have kept quiet about it.Thinking of the girl who had gotten hurt because of his mistake made him clench his fists. If it weren't for her quick actions, he might have been the one in her place. He couldn't believe he had made such a blunder, and he had been thinking she would hold him back when he found her hiding behind some rocks alone. Of course he couldn't leave her alone in such a dangerous place, especially when she was covered in blood.He never thought she and the kid would ever separate. They were practically connected at the hip. It was strange that sh
Luke froze. Did he say the giant goblin ate a stone? A simple stone wouldn't have done anything to the giant goblin. A giant goblin didn't gain abilities by eating rocks like some demons did. It also didn't make sense for it to randomly swallow a stone despite being considered one of the dumber demons. Theodore had to be mistaken about what he saw, but what if he hadn't?What if the giant goblin ate the stone since it knew it wasn't a normal stone? What if it was the item that the emergency quest was referring to that made the giant goblin stronger? Even with its pea brain, it should be able to tell the difference between a regular stone and an item. If that was the case, the question was what kind of stone was it that made the giant goblin stronger and gave it the ability to breathe fire.There was only one stone he could think of on the top of his head that could have made it possible:
Princess Lera smiled as she said, "Congratulations to our heroes for their victory over the demons."The crowd cheered as the princess inwardly fumed over what happened. Nothing had gone as she had expected. Of course, it was expected that some people would be eliminated from the running. It was impossible for it not to happen, but she hadn't expected someone to be taken out within minutes of being sent to fight the demons. She was embarrassed to see him return.It didn't matter that the hero was only 12 years old. They had already gone through extensive training, and it irked her to see how she made her lose face in front of her people. The only good thing was that this information was contained within the kingdom. She wouldn't be able to bear it if other countries caught wind of how horrible the heroes in country did in comparision to their heroes.Sh