*bam* *swoosh*
Damian is now running from a horde of goblins in the lower floor of the school. There are different types of goblins. Scouts, archers, ambushing ones maybe they're called assassins, warriors etc., all kinds of weapons are there. Projectiles of wood infused with sleep and paralysis poison. Arrows dipped with venom.
Damian clenched his fists, the horde is relentless. He turned a corner and jumped out of the window avoiding those goblins. Even though he got stronger he isn't strong enough to take on a horde yet. He slowly climbed to the upper floor. His skill proved to be helpful. Even though he is poisoned he can just suck the poison out with his skill and gather the venom.
Damian entered a classroom and entered a green square like barrier that covered 3 meters. This is a safe zone, you may think why not stay here. Because there are two conditions for this. there is no food or anything here. And the safe zone appears randomly with a limited area. It's hard to find especially with monsters lurking around.
Damian took rest for sometime before leaving. He won't level up if he sit idly. He killed 20 goblins to reach lv 2 and 50 to reach level 3. It seems these goblins can't provide him much experience. Damian after recovering exited the safe zone and look out of the window. He saw the different kinds of monsters in different regions. The playground is infested with zombies and kobolds. The area near cafeteria is infested with slimes. The campus building is infested with goblins. Sports complex is infested with mutated wolves.
Damian can also spot some giant insects. But he decided to only take action after recognizing what kind of insect it is. As he moved through the corridors he spotted few goblins which he took out immediately and extracted souls and soul fragments. As Damian moved forward though he encountered a corpse of his classmate. Michael Dove, he isn't a bad person. Damian felt nothing but dread when he is looking at Michael. if he isn't strong enough, will he end up like this? That alone is enough to make Damian clench his hands.
He told himself not to overdo anything, be good and just survive. But now, he seems to be wrong. For once's life they're the protagonist, they need to utilize every oppurtunity in order to survive in the cruel world now. The society he knows no longer exists, this will soon become a lawless world where strength reigns supreme. Damian grabbed the Michael's body and said," sorry, but i need to do anything to ensure my survival ".
Damian used Astral Arcane on Michael Dove. A few soul fragments appeared which Damian consumed immediately. He also collected the remaining skill fragments from Michael's body.
[ Successfully extracted awakener soul fragments*5 ]
[ Successfully extracted remnants of skill from awakener ]
[ Do you wish to consume soul fragments & skill fragments? ]
Damian didn't hesitate and consumed them. He felt a different kind of feeling now. His muscles felt like they're hit by some kind of burning stuff.
[ Gained +2 Strength, +2 mana, +1 agility ]
[ Gained Skill - Radiant Aura (B) ]
From the name alone he guessed what kind of skill it is. It's a light type skill which coats weapons in a light aura. He can also use it to coat his fists with aura. Although it won't be as useful as weapons, it'll definitely enhance attacks and also add recovery boost to him. It also has repels dark attributes. Damian tried it on the sword in his hand, a bright yellow glow emnated from the blade. It's like the blade itself is covered in golden flames.
Damian gripped the sword, he descended the stairs and wrapped his in Radiant Aura. As the yellow glow appeared on the sword, Damian swung his blade cutting the incoming goblin in two with ease. Even he is surprised by the power of Aura. No wonder Michael is surrounded severed bodies of goblins. But what can kill him with such power. As he is thinking his answer came right to him when he looked up.
[ HobGoblin lv 5 (miniboss) ]
A miniboss? Damian felt something is wrong as he saw the bloodshot eyes of HobGoblin that's twice the size of a normal goblin. It suddenly slashed from upward at Damian, Damian jumped back and avoided it barely. He slashed with Radiant Aura on his blade again, But the sword in the Goblin's hand looked quite tough, His sword only managed to cut it into few inches before coming to a halt, even though he tried to use the aura again to completely snap the sword, The Hobgoblin didn't let him and pushed him back.
Damian frowned, it seems this guy has stats on par with him. It's fine, afterall it's a level 5 monster. Damian clashed a few times with the hobgoblin making it's blade chipped and almost broken, but Damian's blade also chipped in few places. His mana although higher than others isn't enough to maintain the aura continuously.
Damian took the opportunity when the hobgoblin lost it's balance in a blow and pierced it's heart killing it.
[ Killed a HobGoblin (miniboss) lv 5 ]
[ Level up ]
[ +5 status points ]
[ Achivement : First kill of Miniboss ]
[ Reward : +2 stat points ]
As Damian extracted the soul fragments from hobgoblin along with it's blood essence, he got this:
[ Gained skill : Night vision (E) ]
[ Gained +2 strength, +2 vitality ]
Damian nodded and looked at the hobgoblin corpse that's been hollow now. It didn't drop any equipment. Equipment drops occurs but it depends on luck. And luck isn't there in stats. So he can only get drops in rare. The equipment drops will glow, if you don't see any glow and even take out the armour or clothes of the monsters, it's nothing but ordinary pieces of clothes or useless cosplay equipment without any bonus of stats or skills. Damian tried many ways to get equipment and only received two. A dagger and a ring.