The goblin knocked the dagger away without any problem.
The spear slid across the surface of the shield.
You're lacking compared to the goblin instructor.
As I quickly approach him, the goblin strengthened his grip on his spear and attempted to push me backwards with the shaft.
That was a mistake.
You can't use the middle of the shaft in such stance to push me off.
The remaining goblin spearman had given up on his spear and opted for hand-to-hand combat.
I calmly dodged the punch and threw a counter towards the goblin's face.
While he was dazed from the counter punch, I kicked at the goblin's chest.
I quickly took a mounting stance and used the throwing dagger nearby to end it's life.
The two incapacitated archers were dealt with swiftly afterwards.
But, these wings weren’t connected to my body in the first place.
The strength and speed of these wings were probably due to the increase in its level.
Plus the wings were not made of feathers, but crystals that were more dense than ordinary metals.
None of the goblins dropped a birth stone.
As I thought back to how the fight went, I was once again impressed by how OP the gifted skills were.
Already, most of the 1st Floor Waiting Rooms had been overtaken and some of the 2nd Floor Waiting Rooms have been overtaken as well.
Perhaps this was already quite common on the outside.
Hahahaha.
Would there be any time like this throughout my entire life?
This. Truly was the best.
I heard a scream from the corner.
My minions were showing an example to those slaves.
Since there was no chance they would become disabled, there was no need to show any mercy.
Ah, but that didn’t mean they couldn’t die.
But it didn't matter, as I hadalready been through this 2 times.
I could wait all day.
The one consideration were the slaves.
That example in the corner was part of it.
We've already told them that we would punish them dearly if we were to find any of them in the 2nd floor.
And it would happen.
Some of them might be sent to the Waiting Rooms without any of the Representatives.
Those guys couldn’t come back to the 1st Floor.
Our greatest clients were the newbies just entering the Tutorial for the first time and the cowards who had no courage to progress through the Tutorial.
We had been put all our efforts into increasing the number of cowards.
The Representatives would stabilise at that point.
I could then get an infinite supply of jerkies and water from the weak newbies.
With both weapons at hand, we showed the power of the Representatives.
Then, I will expand upwards.
Unreliable, but it would never fall.
But I'm sure there was going to be a kink in the plan.
But they would number at best 2.
They might not be able to post anything on the Community, but they would be able to request help for the higher floors using the 1:1 message.
That was when these messages would pay their worth.
All this time, I had just been dodging arrows for most part, but these annoyances were starting to pop up, along with fighting against monsters for the first time.
The leather strap was mostly worn out, and the surface of the shield was quite damaged as well.
Of course it would all be repaired the moment I returned to the Waiting Room, but I couldn’t just return there every time there was something wrong with my equipment.
These goblins had dug not just trenches, but had built walls and formations as well.
Their weapons were more varied too, from the shamans with their staves to archers with their hooks and crossbows.
Of course they still weren't much of a threat.
Plus there was no need to dodge, I could just block them with Wings of Talaria if need be.
As long as I was in the air, the gliding skill would continue to work so I can wrap my body in air , while closing in for an attack.
It had gotten so easy to fight against the goblins, I couldn’t believe I had so much trouble fighting against just 1 at the start.
These were my proof.
Among them, the Battle Focus which have been stagnant for a long time had grown exponentially.
I think the most important part about skill growth was not repetition, but varied experience.
I heard a goblin's warcry from a distance.
As I moved forward, I was a goblin wearing similar clothes to the Instructor I had met at the start of the 4th Floor.
Around 190cm.
And probably stronger.
Plus, it was an unarmed opponent.
It was the same pattern as the Instructor wasn’t it?
As I made that thought, I focused on the goblin's arms and legs.
Then,
Bang!
I had taken a blow to the chest and rolled backwards.
Once more, the goblin's right hand turned red.
[Battle Focus]
The goblin's red fist was projected forward.
He didn't even move his legs, waist or shoulders to make that punch.
I just raised my shield to try to block the blow.
Thud!
With a blunt echo, I could feel my body flying backwards once more.
[Blink]
I removed all the momentum on my body and landed in front of the Goblin.
It slowly retreated backwards.
I took another step forwards and tried to make a high-kick at the retreating goblin.
My kick cut through the air,
I was more surprised that he was able to dodge this than his bullet-like fists.
I spat the blood that had pooled in my mouth.
How could you use a skill without any restrictions and in succession like that.
I also joined in and threw my sword as I stepped forward.
Despite having added a throwing skill as well, the goblin parried the attack easily.
It's range was most definitely smaller compared to the instructor.
It had only managed to block the attack, but that had been effective enough.
I was of course superior in speed.
I could use that opportunity in an infinite number of ways.
The goblin raised its guard and tried to defend.
The goblin knew that as well.
So, I pushed the goblin's stomach with my kick.
Both of us had similar strength compared to their height and weight.
I learnt that from the instructor.
My kick didn't make much of an impact due to the armour, but it had managed to push it backwards.
[Blink]
I blinked a small distance of a step and kicked at the thigh of the goblin that was ever so slightly in the air.
It was going to be difficult to land properly.
What an OP skill.
I took a clean counter without any defence.
Damn, I was feeling dizzy.
When I raised my head, it seems the goblin took a hard hit as well and couldn't stand up as a result.
It means that I had won.
I kicked at the head of the goblin who still lying on the ground to make it unconscious and used the dagger on the floor to finish the job.
[Goros's Birthstone]
Huah, I had managed to win.
That too, it was an OP skill without any cost or delay between consecutive attacks.
[Your strength went up by 1. Your dexterity went up by 1. Your mana went up by 1. Wind Spirit's blessings leveled up by 1. Your sneak level went up by 1. Your stun resistance leveled up by 1]
I have no problems with that. No sir.