Chapter 7 – Bloodshed & Updated Quest!

The seductive woman licked her plump red lips and spoke in an alluring manner as she walked towards the sobbing group: “My-my, finally you found you!”

As one of the men saw her, he was already pale in fear, but after hearing the woman speak and seeing her walk toward the group he peed in terror. He knew exactly who she was, and what she was going to do to him. Just then one of the women could not take the terror and screamed as she tried to run away from the woman, but as she took two steps the seductive woman vanished from her spot and then appeared beside that woman and continued to walk towards the group, while the running woman’s head flew from her body and after take another step collapsed on the ground.

After seeing that many people from the group started vomiting while others screamed. Just then the seductive woman raised her right hand and put a finger over her lips and sweetly said: “Shhh! Or I’ll remove everyone’s head from their body.”

Suddenly everyone quieted down, and none tried to even make a peep. The seductive woman stood right in front of the group just an arm’s length away and spoke again: “Rahm, take him. Bhujang wants to deal with him personally.”

Hearing that Rahm came forward and grabbed the man by his throat and lifted him up. The man tried to struggle but just then Rahm blew his breath over his face and the man went limp. He then put the man over his shoulder like a ragdoll.

The seductive woman and Rahm turned around and started walking away, and the remaining people secretly sighed that they have survived a catastrophe, suddenly got their breath trapped in their lungs, because the seductive woman had turned around. She then lightly tapped her forehead and spoke in an apologetic manner: “Ah, sorry! I totally forgot about you all.” She took the dagger but this time she licked the blade and then vanished.

Soon after she reached Rahm and without speaking they both hurried towards the exit of the building where the other people that came with them waited for them.

They now only had 3 minutes left, and just as everyone exited an army-style chopper was waiting for them. They all boarded it except the seductive woman. Soon the engines started and the chopper flew and went up in the air and started moving towards the west, while the seductive woman standing on the ground had already vanished.

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After a moment of darkness and feeling that familiar but, somehow at the same time foreign sensation of entering a portal Pran suddenly stepped out of the portal. The area where he arrived was very dimly lit, there was a torch burning at a distance. Suddenly he heard the familiar system ring and a window popped up before him:

[Ding! You have entered the ‘Lair of the Gobline King - Hell Mode’ dungeon!]

[Ding! Quest has been updated!]

Pran was distracted for a bit got his thoughts into control in an instant and became more vigilant.

“A ‘Lair’ type dungeon means that there will be a lot of traps, and a ‘King’ class monster, no matter how weak is still hard to deal with and this is hell mode… This is going to be a pain in the ass to clear swiftly. Good thing I left a letter on my bed stating that I sensed a portal and went to check it out, so I’ll have a lot of explaining to do when I return back. Thankfully I packed food and water, otherwise, I would have starved to death in this dungeon.”

Then he hurriedly opened the quest window to check the updated quest.

[Quest 1 - First Test (Updated): The Goblin King has built an army in his lair, and is trying to open a portal to ‘Earth’. Your task is to defeat the Goblin King and its army before the portal is complete. Their lair is a dangerous place, and the Goblin King's minions are fierce, so proceed with caution.]

Clearance Conditions:

Defeat the Goblin King's army: The Goblin King has built an army of goblin warriors, archers, and mages. You must defeat at least 60% of the total army to weaken the Goblin King's hold on the lair.

Confront the Goblin King before the portal is complete: Once the army is defeated, you must face the Goblin King himself and stop him from opening the portal. He is a powerful foe, so be prepared for a tough fight.

IMPORTANT: If you fail to complete either condition you will fail the quest a heavy penalty will be applied to you!]

“Oh, it really changed. The total compilation rate is now gone but now I have to defeat 60% of the total goblin king’s army, which I haven’t gotten a clue to how large it is. A ‘King’ class monster is roughly 5 times stronger than any other of their species and same level.”

Pran started making a plan: “I should first scout the surrounding area and check what is the average level of the goblins here, that’ll give me a rough idea of the overall situation and I’ll be able to plan a strategy accordingly.”

He took out the quiver and strapped it on his back, gripped the compound bow in his left hand, and slowly started to walk toward the burning torch while trying to stay as close to the wall and trying to use the shadows for his advantage.

Soon Pran reached below the torch and saw that before him was a forked tunnel. He slowly moved forward trying to be as quiet as possible. After reaching the fork he crouched down and started to examine the dirt to find any clues that will help him find the more traveled route. After a bit, he found that the left path had a less traveled one.

“More movement means that there’s a heavy presence of the goblins on the right side. So I’ll check the left side first and see how it goes.”

After deciding his next course of action Pran once again started moving slowly on the left route while trying to hear sounds coming from ahead. After around 10 minutes of walking vigilantly, he spotted a group of four goblins coming toward him.

Pran contemplated for a second and then decided not to use ‘Eye Spy’ on the goblins. Instead, he positioned himself in the shadows and started to keenly observe the goblins.

The goblins were carefree and were chatting among themselves and didn’t look like they were on guard. After seeing this Pran drew an arrow, knocked at the bow, took a deep breath, focused on the rightmost side goblin, aimed at its head, touted the bowstring, and then let the arrow fly. 

Swoosh!

And just before the arrow hit the goblin's head, Pran was ready with the next arrow and was already aiming at a different goblin, and let another arrow fly.

Swoosh!

The first goblin didn’t even notice anything and the arrow pierced his brain and his head exploded due to the sheer force of the arrow. As his brain matter was about to land on the other goblins the second goblin's head also exploded in the same manner. He then target the remaining two goblins and even before they had the chance two arrows were already next to their heads.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Pran’s speed was extremely fast and in just three seconds he shoot four arrows and killed all the goblins without giving them any chance to scream or even make a peep.

As the last of the goblins died, a notification window appeared before Pran indicating how much exp he obtained.

[Ding! Killed 4x ‘Goblin Grunt’! Gained 64 Exp & 64 gold coins!]

[Ding! Quad kill achieved, rewarding +4 Exp!]

“Damn, such high exp and gold from killing just some goblin grunts and that too out of the tower? This means I received 16 exp & 16 gold per goblin killed.” Pran let out a long breath.

“As I expected, the higher the risk, the higher the reward. These grunts were killed with a single arrow, which means that their levels are not high nor do they have a high level or high defense. But let’s not forget that my stats are crazy high. At this rate, I’ll need to kill just three more goblins and I’ll level up.”

He soon calmed down and tried to make comparisons between the dungeons he had been in where he killed goblins to this one. But, Just then a new message appeared in front of him stunning him once more as Pran got rooted on the spot, rubbed his eyes to confirm that he was seeing clearly, and then said in a bit of shock and amazement: “Even this is possible?”

[Ding! Loot System has been enabled!]

[Ding! Obtained Skill Runestone ‘Trained Combatant (F)’!]

[Ding! Loot gained will be increased to max tier for the first drop!]

[Ding! Skill Runestone ‘Trained Combatant (F)’ has been transformed into ‘Supreme Fighter (S)’!]