BXBX NOVEL Chapter 146: An Even More Precarious Situation
||Level Up||
||You received 3 free stats points||
Silas didn\'t waste any time as he immediately assigned the free stats points he got. He added 2 to his Stamina and the last stats points, was added to his Agility.
Silas made his decision based on his current situation. First, the field is filled with tall grasses and trees, meaning that it would take more effort to walk through it. Aso with how dangerous his current situation is, he would need all the Stamina and Agility he can get to escape.
He took a quick look around and saw that some of the Tree Goblins were approaching him with their weapons raised, and the ranged attackers among them, had their weapons raised at him.
Silas was finally able to get a good look at the Tree Goblins, and he found any difference between them and the Goblins he has read about.
He thought that they might look due to the slight difference in their names, but there was nothing. They were exactly the same. Their repulsive appearance due to the green color of their skin, their height that\'s not taller than his waist, the cunning in their eyes, complimented by their limited intelligence and their crude weapons.
Silas was reminded of the situation he was in when he heard a shrill, high-pitch guttural screech of a Tree Goblin, as it rushed towards him with its weapon raised.
Looking at the fast approaching Tree Goblin, Silas wasn\'t as worried as he was before.
After he leveled up, he was back at full health and with the stats points he added to his stats, he was now stronger then he was before.
Silas looked at the quick-approaching Tree Goblin and rushed towards it, with the two broken branches in his hands and a calculated scenario in his head.
He knew that even though he just leveled up and added stats points, he didn\'t know if he\'s as strong as the armed level 1 Tree Goblin, or if he\'s as fast as it, but he\'s going to make up for it with his wit.
Just a few steps away from the Tree Goblin, Silas swung the broken branches at it, with a precise aim at its head.
A low thud was heard as the two-fingers thick, broken tree branches made contact with the Tree Goblin\'s head, followed by a popping sound as it head exploded, and it turned into motes of light.
||You killed level 1 Tree Goblin. You obtained 5 EXP.||
Silas was slightly surprised when he saw what happened. He didn\'t know that he would be able to kill the Tree Goblin. He was expecting to stun it with the hit, and while it\'s still in the stun state, forcefully grab the weapon in its hand and stab its head.
This was the scenario he calculated in his head but it seems it was useless, as he now has a perfect makeshift weapon in his hands.
He gave a satisfied smile and put more grip onto the broken branches, as he looked at the Tree Goblins that were now rushing towards him.
He didn\'t remain standing as he rushed towards them. They say attack is the best defense, and Silas was seeing just how true that is.
He knew that he can\'t remain standing where he is imor he would be surrounded and become an easy target for the picking. Also, with the rangers attackers among the Tree Goblins, Silas didn\'t want to be hit by an arrow, and this is why he did the only thing he felt to be reasonable, keep on moving and don\'t stay in a single position.
As he approaches the Tree Goblins, he swung one of the broken branches at head of one of them, and stabbed the jagged and pointed end of the second, into the neck of another Tree Goblin.
The first Tree Goblin entered a stun state, while the second lost its life and turned into motes of lights, after the broken branch pierced its neck.
The remaining Tree Goblins went crazy when they saw that Silas has already killed four of their comrades.
They all changed their targets from the wolves and focused it on Silas, and they immediately started attacking him in full force.
Silas felt that the situation was almost back to what it was before, with the wolves, when he saw the Tree Goblins reaction, but he was ready.
"Survive and escape the field to pass the tutorial," He said to himself, repeating what the tutorial fairy said.
He stabbed the jagged end of the broken branches into the neck of the Tree Goblin that was just recovering from the stun state, and he jumped back, activating the ||Dodge|| skill, evading a dagger that was slashed at him.
Silas didn\'t give the Tree Goblin time to react, as he swung a broken branch at its head, stunning it, before he kicked it and sent it stumbling into the group of fast approaching Tree Goblins.
He also wasn\'t given a chance to rest, as he heard a sharp whooshing sound, as an object pierced through the air.
Without thinking, he swung the two broken branches at the location that the whooshing sound was coming from.
A thud and a crack was heard as the two broken branches made contact with an arrow, that was flying towards Silas\' head.
The two broken branches proved to be stronger than the arrow, as they remained without scratch, while the arrow was broken into two.
Silas knew that he has to move quickly. He can\'t allow another archer to target him.
He immediately moved from his position and started attacking the level 1 Tree Goblins, and making sure that he didn\'t give the level 2 among them the chance to attack him.
His body weaved through the group of Tree Goblins, steadily advancing forward and reaping the life of a level 1 Tree Goblin with every step.
His decision was smart but there was a problem with it. The level 2 Tree Goblins are naturally stronger than their level 1 counterpart. This also means that they are faster.
After killing the ninth level 1 Tree Goblins, Silas was about to advance forward when he felt a threat to his life.
He was about activate his ||Dodge|| skill, to evade the attack but without knowledge of which direction it was coming from, he was left stumped.
Immediately, without further thought, he moved away from the group of Tree Goblins.
As he moved back, Silas saw multiple tree roots shooting from under the ground where he was previously standing.
"What the?!"
He was shocked by what he saw, and he felt lucky for making the quick decision of moving away from the group of Tree Goblins, or the tree roots would had tied him down and served him on a silver platter for the Tree Goblins.
"There was a shaman among them?! Why didn\'t I see it before?!" Silas asked himself in shock.
He took a quick look at the group of Tree Goblins, trying to pick out the shaman among them but he saw nothing.
He was about to look away when saw a slightly different name tag hovering above, in the group of Tree Goblins, and he took a closer look.
||Level 5 Shaman Tree Goblin||
"The fuck?!"
Silas was shocked by what he saw. He thought that things were already working out and going smoothly, but who knew that he would meet a level 5 monster in the damn tutorial area.
He couldn\'t help but see a bleak future for the game. How does Apollo expect a level 0 player who just created his or her account to be able to pass such a hell mode tutorial?!
"Things just got worse." Silas said to himself as he felt the same sense of danger and threat to his life like the other time.
Immediately, he made an spontaneous decision to run. He knew with the appearance of the level 5 Shaman Tree Goblin, things were going to go downhill for him very quickly.
He expects the group to make quick work of the remaining wolves and turn their attention to him afterwards, something he didn\'t want to experience.
"Fuck! I\'m back to running! Again!" Silas cursed as he ran through the field.
The Tree Goblins naturally didn\'t leave him alone, as the level 2 among them and the Chief Tree Goblin chased him through the field.
From time to time, Silas also had to use his ||Dodge|| skill to evade magic attack from the Shaman.
Due to the level of the Tree Goblins chasing after him being higher, they were able to catch up to Silas pretty quickly and he was forced to engage in another fight with them.
He made a quick turn as he slammed the two broken branches into one of them but he attack was blocked perfectly by it.
"Gtjsofreu" The Tree Goblin made a series of unintelligent sounds that Silas didn\'t understand one bit, but he got the idea of what it was saying when he saw it lick it lips with an evil smirk on its face.
"Very good. Now I\'m being ridiculed by a monster like you." Silas said angrily, and punched the Tree Goblin in the face.
The Tree Goblin was slightly stunned by Silas\' punch but it was enough for him, as he forcefully grabbed the short sword it was holding and stabbed it in the head.
||You obtained a weapon: Short Sword||
||You killed a level 2 Tree Goblin. You obtained 10 EXP.||
Silas heard the notification in his head and smile. He didn\'t have the luxury of time to check the short sword description or ask why it didn\'t disappear after the Tree Goblin\'s death.
"I now have a proper weapon." Silas said, as he stared menacingly at the group of Tree Goblins in front of him.
"Now, let\'s have a proper dance," He said and rushed towards them.