3 The Awakened Discovers The Thrill of Battle!
As if Seth could tell what the Awakened desired, he drew out his dagger.
Suddenly, by instinct, he activated his Talent 'Stealth' and rushed towards the weakest mobs– zombies.
The Awakened curiously stared at Seth as he rushed next to a zombie and slashed into its chest.
The dagger pierced straight through the chest and plunged deep within- where its heart should've been.
The Awakened heard a muffled sound like glass hitting glass, and the next instant, he received a notification.
[Congratulations! Seth has killed a weak Zombie. You have received 5 EXP!]
Calmly, the remaining zombies fell one after another under Seth's assault. Causing him to receive a total of 30 EXP more.
After claiming away the weaker monsters, Seth turned his eyes upon the Goblins.
Like a true assassin, Seth sneaked behind a Goblin and stabbed his dagger into the Goblin's throat.
"Gah!" The Goblin let loose a weak scream which attracted the other two Goblin's attention and caused them to witness its gruesome end.
Feeling Seth looked strange for a zombie, the Goblins brandished their claws and charged over.
The Awakened- who had been doing nothing but glance at a single notification the whole time, saw another message pop up, snapping him out of his observation.
[Congratulations! Seth has killed a weak Goblin. You have received 5 EXP!]
The Awakened blinked his eyes silently and, without any clear goal, started to take small steps forward.
Seth, feeling the Awakened's intent change. Withdrew away from the Goblins path.
The Goblins didn't stop even after seeing the monster in front of them change. They may be dumb, but they had seen the Awakened engage one of the Goblins in a brawl and kill it.
The only reason they didn't kill him right after was due to seeing him eliminate humans as well. Otherwise, they would've already severed him to pieces.
"Gahhh!" The Goblins bore their stinky fangs and increased their pace.
The Awakened saw the Goblins run towards him and slowly, little by little, sped up.
His speed ended up surpassing the two Goblins!
As he appeared in front of the Goblins, he remembered how Seth swiftly attacked with his dagger.
He imitated Seth drawing something from the sheath attached to his waist and using his fast speed to get behind the Goblins and attack.
But because he wasn't using a dagger, what should've punctured into the Goblin's throat and killed it- only forced the Goblin to fall to the ground while holding its broken windpipe.
The Goblin's face flushed red as it struggled to barely draw any breath.
Seeing no notification, the Awakened tilted his head and scratched his dull white hair.
"Gahh!" The other Goblin screeched and slammed his tiny fist into the Awakened.
[Warning! You're being attacked by a Goblin!]
The Awakened tilted his head. He raised his fist and... imitated.
Looking down at the Goblin struggling to breathe, he squatted down and punched his face.
Green blood spurted out of the Goblin's broken nose.
Seeing the Goblin still struggling, the Awakened punched again.
The fist shattered all the teeth inside the Goblin's mouth- squeezing its jaw in.
Seeing the Goblin was still breathing, the Awakened tilted his head and punched again- flattening its face.
[Congratulations! You have killed a weak Goblin! You have received 10 EXP!]
"Grr," The Awakened exclaimed in delight. Finally shifting his face to the other Goblin who was attacking him.
"GAHH!!" The Goblin screamed while exerting all his strength and punched the Awakened. But he, alongside his 21 points of Defense, hardly got pushed back a step.
Ironically, he couldn't even feel pain in the first place, contrary to Seth.
But seeing the Goblin's struggle, the Awakened had the urge to imitate.
He drew back his fist and let loose a roar, "Grrr!"
Ahem... it might've been a purr.
Before smashing his fist into the Goblin, causing him to be utterly blown back... like maybe take a small step back.
The Awakened still needed to learn what it meant to struggle. As he still barely used a quarter of his strength to attack.
"Gahh!" The Goblin trembled from fury and let loose the fiercest punch it could.
The Awakened greeted the Goblin back with another punch of his own.
The Goblin's face flushed red from anger as he growled and bit into the Awakened's flesh.
But even the Goblin knew it was a suicidal move. Eating undead flesh meant death! But it surely didn't know how else to injure the Awakened.
There were only two ways to harm zombies, sever their limbs or crush the mana cores inside them.
But the Goblin didn't possess a weapon to perform either of those. So biting was the only thing left.
But since he didn't swallow and started coughing out the disgusting flesh... maybe it could live.
If the Awakened didn't act that was...
As the Awakened saw the Goblin supporting himself on all fours- defenseless while vomiting out the revolting meat. He remembered the weak zombies and how Seth attacked them on his own.
Suddenly, like an innocent child... he imitated.
He raised his fist and slammed it atop the Goblin's head- smashing it on the ground.
He remembered the relentless way this Goblin had been attacking him earlier. So like a good- healthy Zombie... he imitated. His fist moved back and forth- shattering the Goblin's skull bit by bit under his relentless attacks.
After three punches, the Awakened blinked dumbly and stared at his fist in a new light. A smile appeared on his face as his eyes directed towards the... Goblin, "Gigi!" His fist's engine warmed up.
[Congratulations! You have killed a weak Goblin! You have received 10 EXP!]
[Congratulations! You have cleared the first floor of the dungeon. Head over to the next floor to progress your quest!]
As the Awakened stared at the blood slowly spread from the Goblin's head in pure fascination, a grin suddenly bloomed atop his face.
"Gigigigi!" The Awakened laughed aloud and stepped up on his feet.
Suddenly, as if remembering something, the Awakened glanced at Seth with a frown.
He stared at the dagger on Seth's waist for a long time before his eyes shifted to his own body. He couldn't help but feel it was odd.
Seth- sensing the Awakened's emotions, willingly took off his dagger and forwarded it toward the Awakened.
The Awakened scratched his hair dumbly for a whole minute before slowly raising his hand and grabbing the dagger.
As he drew it out from its sheath and glanced at the stained blade, a pure and wide smile widened atop his face.
"Gaaa!" He groaned happily and threw away the sheath before gazing deeper inside the dungeon.
He could see a kind of stairs. He felt as if he should... climb them!
"Grrr!" The Awakened glanced at Seth with conflicted eyes. As if asking, Shouldn't he?
Heeding the Awakened's desire, Seth silently started heading toward the stairs alongside the Awakened.
Seth could feel that the Awakened was out to destroy this dungeon! So, like a loyal servant... he was totally getting on this ride!
"Grr!" Seth groaned incomprehensibly, feeling somewhat excited.
Seth quietly started climbing the stone stairs but after taking a few steps, he blinked and stared back, down at the Awakened staring at him with a loose jaw.
Seeing Seth direct his sight on him, the Awakened scratched his head and cautiously glared at the first step.
With utmost caution, the Awakened raised his feet and placed them atop the step. Then... he lifted himself and placed his other foot on the next step– just like Seth did.
"Grrr!" The Awakened purred in disbelief as he saw himself standing atop the stairs. Something seemed to ignite inside him as he raised his head towards Seth and grinned.
A strange sensation coursed through him but he couldn't say what it was. But it felt odd and... importantly, powerful!! His mouth opened wide in question as if asking what was this?
