Game Of Eternals: Sinner

Chapter 7: Collecting the Soul.

"This is strange." Neo said as from what Bella told him, every player only receives unallocated stat points after they level up and the number of free points depends on their potential. Bella received 16 stat points with each level up, that she told him herself.

"I'm receiving 12 stat points with each level up, but why are they getting allocated by themselves?" Neo said to himself as this was too strange for him and the more baffling this was that even his luck stat increased.

This was quite impossible. Bella told him that other than some special items, it was impossible to add points to that stat and everyone was born with a fixed amount.

"Let's think about this later. " Neo squatted down and tore open their chests to find the spheres. He was quite lucky, as he found 4 of them. Putting away the spheres in his pocket, he said to himself, "I should have brought a bag."

He decided to consult with Bella about this problem as she was the only knowledgeable person he knew.

He arrived in front of another room and could hear the voices of goblins scurrying. He employed the same tactic and dealt with them in under 4 minutes.

『 Defeated level 9 Goblin +400 experience 』

『 Defeated level 8 Goblin +350 experience 』

『 Defeated level 7 Goblin +300 experience 』

『 Defeated level 7 Goblin +300 experience 』

『 Level Up! All stats +2』

『 Level 6 (300/3200)』

Neo got 3 more spheres and moved on to the next location. After 15 minutes, he was standing in front of the boss's room. He looked at the gigantic door that was blocking his view and that at his level.

『 Level 8 (2,000/12,800)』

"This is getting more and more insane." Neo said as he looked at the amount of exp that he needed to level up. But he had no answer for this problem, so he could only brace and had to take advantage of the potion.

He took a deep breath and entered the room. The boss locked onto him the moment he entered the room, so he could not hide anymore. Grabbing onto his sword, he walked toward the Boss monster.

As Neo approached the throne, he saw the goblin boss sitting atop it, a snarl on his face. The goblin was larger than the rest, with rippling muscles and razor-sharp teeth. Its eyes glinted with malice as he surveyed Neo, sizing him up as a potential threat.

Neo could also feel the tension in the air as he stood before the goblin boss. He knew that he would have to fight his way through this dangerous creature if he wanted to continue his journey as this creature was his first obstacle. The goblin boss snarled again, baring its teeth, and Neo readied himself for the battle.

The goblin boss took out a sword which was decent according to the monsters he faced so far, but still of inferior quality. It jumped from its throne, while in the air, it hacked down. Neo moved out of the way and the sword hit the ground. Dust rose, covering both of them.

Neo moved back, his eyes still on the goblin, who charged out of the dust and slashed at him horizontally. He blocked with his sword and a spark flew upon coming in contact with the goblin's sword. The monster staggered back and gave Neo an opening, which he exploited and slashed horizontally.

With its hands still in the air, the goblin wasn't able to defend and was slashed by the sword as damage -300 appeared. Neo used this chance and kicked the monster back.

Scree*

It roared in pain as the blood dripped from its wound. It looked at Neo with blood-shot eyes.

Neo found that during their brief exchange, his stats were higher than the boss which made him breathe in relief and he took a more offensive stance. He shot toward the monster, and hacked at it the same way it did, but the goblin didn't dodge as it also attacked, its target being the incoming sword.

Clang*

Sparks arose as the goblin's knees bent at the sheer strength behind the strike. Neo used the momentum and moved its sword away as he punched the monster's face.

The goblin's weapon was out of the way, and its hands also moved along that direction. The punch landed on its nose, breaking it. The monster became dizzy; it moved back and shook its head to remove the dizziness, but by the time it gained clarity; it saw a blade already near its left eye, and the human wielding it had his mouth arched up, his eyes glittering like it enjoyed toying with it, which was the last thing it saw.

Splash*

The sword pierced the monster's eye and found its way toward the brain, making that place its ultimate resting place. Damage appeared over the monster's head as it breathed its last breath.

-1,300

Neo removed the sword from its eye and the goblin landed on the ground, lifeless.

『 Defeated level 10 Goblin Elite +1200 experience. 』

『 Collecting the soul of the Goblin Elite. 』

He saw the experience, but the next few notifications confused him as he saw a bluish glow rising from the goblin and entering his body.

『 Collection successful.』

『 Strength +2, Stamina +2, Vitality+1』

Neo felt his body getting nourished as he felt his strength rising. He looked at the notification that he received. Standing there stunned like a statue, he didn't know what was going on anymore as the situation felt more severe to him than he thought it was.

Neo's facial expression changed drastically as he felt his mana core trembling. He hurriedly sat down and checked on it. He found the bluish energy aka the soul, that left from the goblin boss's body, was surrounding his core. He hurriedly tried to remove it from his core, but it was not working as the bluish energy slowly seeped into his core and the lines that covered his cores glowed.

"I'm dead."

Neo said as he looked at the lines that were glowing brightly, his face devoid of color. He felt his heart coming out of his mouth with each time the lines glowed and settled down when those lines dimmed.

The phenomenon went on for more than a minute, but to Neo, this one minute was like a century as he kept his eyes on the core and prayed for it not to crack.

Might be because of his luck or that his prayers were answered. The glow dimmed down and Neo found his mana core still intact in one piece. He still didn't relax and scrutinized it from every side and was surprised to find that the lines that were covering his core heavily were now a little faded.

This discovery made him open his eyes in surprise and he felt for the first time a way was cleared to him and he could now finally see how to advance forward. He didn't know what or how that was happening, but for the first time, he felt glad and hopeful.