29 Goblin Slayer 1
As he stepped inside, an overwhelming sense of anticipation washed over him. The towering structure held countless opportunities for growth and advancement.
Noah couldn't help but feel a surge of determination and eagerness to push his limits.
The interior of the Tower of the trials was vast, with multiple floors filled with various creatures and challenges. It was a place where the students sought to hone their skills and gain power.
Noah wasted no time and began his ascent after he entered the Tower of Trials, naturally he appeared on the first floor.
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Peerless Academy's Tower of Trials 1st floor.
It was different from the previous one but it was still a forest.
The forest was huge, clear, and prospering. Its canopy was marked by chestnut, cypress, and oak, and the occasional beam of light that made its way through the canopy allowed for a collection of sprouts to dominate the stony grounds below.
Coiling branches drooped from many a tree, and a mishmash of flowers, which claimed remnants of light, stuck out against the otherwise amber forest floor.
A variation of animal noises, most belonged to bird songs, brightened up the forest, and were accompanied by the trickling sounds of a gentle river stream.
Noah's expression hardened, the 30.000 credits spent for the first two floors hurt, still, he was sure to make this spending worth it.
He stepped into the forest and immediately unleashed his new skill: Presence Detection.
Everything within the radius of 30 meters became visible, it was like having a 3D map in his head. Noah discovered 7 goblins 12 meters north of his current position. His face turned expressionless as he kicked his feat against the ground rushing toward his prey.
At the same time.
[Ding! A new mission: Earn the title of Goblin Slayer.
Reward: 5000 Gold Coins]
As Noah had expected, the system issued a new mission and this couldn't be more timely. He lifted the black sword as he hurried towards the seven goblins, he arrived in an instant.
''Kieek?"
The goblins were startled to discover a human but before they could do anything three had fallen to Noah's dagger.
Fwoosh! Fwooh!
Before the remaining four could react Noah had reaped their lives. He was swift, a blooming Angel of death. Death he shall spread.
[Seven goblins killed]
[Experience point+2%]
[4 Gold coins acquired]
Suddenly, Noah who was about to resume hunting froze in his steps after hearing the last notification.
His lips held a faint smile and his eyes twinkled.
''What a nice surprise, I guess I should invest some stat points into Luck to increase my gold coin drop rate.''
If someone was present they could have seen Noah's eyes flashing with gold coins.
Previously Noah hadn't felt the need to invest in his luck stat as he was not ready to explore the outside dungeons where luck can play an essential role in making the boss monsters drop items or runes, elixirs even. But now he had confirmed that it was possible to earn gold coins by killing monsters, he couldn't hesitate any longer and invest some of his next stat points on luck to increase his drop rate. Everything is for the sake of acquiring more gold coins to buy things in the system's store.
By the way, in the Tower to hope to get items dropped off starting from the tenth floor, the first boss floor, there are 100 floors in total inside the tower.
Noah moved forward, he shot forward like an arrow with his Presence detection skill still activated. Because it is a Passive skill you can activate and reactivate at will.
His skill caught something, it was a slightly bigger goblin, not like the goblin champion he fought last time but it was bigger than normal, almost at the same height as him. A mutated goblin Noah thought, this goblin was holding a shield and a rusty sword.
The two enemies meet, and silence descends on the battlefield before the two move as if they come to some sort of understanding.
Noah was fast as a bullet and arrived before the big goblin.
He swung his sword from left to right, raking the tip across his foe's shield.
Klang!
The big goblin staggered back after blocking Noah's attack, his arm ached with the weight of the shield in his hand, he was inwardly shocked but knew not to give his enemy the initiative thus he launched a swift counterattack.
Noah brought back his sword quickly to parry a counterattack, then launched one of his own, which cut the air.
Swoosh!
The big goblin jumped back, thus successfully dodging the sword that almost cut his face. He thought he had succeeded but Noah seemed to have anticipated this because he threw two daggers at the retreating goblin.
Everything happened quickly, still, the big goblin had the leisure to bring forward his shield albeit at the last second.
Clangs!
The two daggers had been stopped much to the big goblin's joy but it was a short-lived joy because the big goblin's heart tightened and a chill went down his back as cold sweat covered his hands and feet; a feeling of unease clawed at his heart.
He soon understood the reason, once again Noah seemed to have predicted this, no it could be said that he pushed his enemy into this direction because he flipped across the surprised goblin and appeared behind him in an instant.
The big goblin felt chills all over as even his very soul trembled at this moment. He knew instantly death had come to him, he flashed Noah a toothy grin before the latter sword pierced through his heart, bursting it apart.
[Ding! Congratulations on killing a mutated goblin!]
[Experience+5%]
[10 gold coins!]
[Additional 100 gold coins earned for your first kill!]
''Hehehe!'' Noah's laugh was creepy as hell, the notification announcing he earned some gold coins couldn't be more sweat and he loved it a lot, he wouldn't mind hearing them for eternity.
