5 Chapter 005: Goblins

"Walking around the cave on your own feet is much more practical and faster than crawling along the ground while hiding, but I'm getting nowhere"

It's been a few hours since the moment Arthur possessed the vampire, probably since the day he reincarnated into this world, it's been a few days. Strangely, Arthur didn't encounter any monsters on the way, possibly Rimuru and those humans who entered the cave in the original story did the work for him.

After a few more hours of walking, Arthur was already feeling the consequences of being a vampire, he needed blood to feed. Fortunately, he soon found a huge metal door, which was already open. After passing it, the sunlight prevents him from going any further, burning his skin as soon as he takes the first step.

"Okay, I'll wait until tonight..."

During the time he waited, Arthur took the opportunity to see how much his stats had improved after possessing the vampire.

"STATUS!"

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TITLE(S): None

NAME: None

BREED: Blood Parasite

Lv: 1/100 (50%)

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Strength: 32 (+29)

Intelligence: 13 (+6)

Agility: 28 (+22)

Wisdom: 11

Vitality: 30 (+25)

Dexterity: 19 (+15)

Free attribute point(s): 3

Combat Skill(s): Vampire Bite (Active Lv8) - Physical Enhancement (Passive Lv5) - Vampiric Aid (Active Lv5) - Mana Control (Passive Lv2)

Ability(s) Free Use: Penetrate (Lv1) - Echolocation (Lv1) - Universal Language (Passive)

Skill point(s): 1

A/N: Yes, I changed the status window

"Okay, as expected, now I can evolve my skills, my attributes have improved and a new one has emerged, wisdom. My progress towards the level has advanced 50% and now I'm close to leveling up to level 2."

"Looks like finding that vampire was a good thing in the end, without him I'd still be struggling to get out of the cave and I'd never be able to open this giant door."

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A while passed and the sun was about to set, while Arthur waited, some goblins emerged from the bushes, screaming in terror as some wolves chased him, one of them was carrying another wounded goblin on his back. The goblins spotted him, and with no alternative, they passed Arthur and ran through the metal door. The wolves stopped at the sight of Arthur, as if recognizing his strength.

Arthur was on alert as he got to his feet, the goblins were scared and hiding behind him. As he watched the wolves talk to each other, Arthur was surprised to find that he clearly understood what they were talking about.

"He IS a vampire, what should we do?"

"We should wait for the boss to come back from the hunt, he went after that weird slime."

The wolves were talking about Rimuru, they are probably members of the pack that Rimuru found after going to the goblin village.

After a few seconds, Arthur felt his vision blur, he needed blood immediately. Arthur turned back to see the goblins, some of them crying as they held the wounded one.

"He is dead?"

Arthur spoke quietly and asked the goblins, enjoying the time the wolves were talking.

The goblins were surprised, a vampire was speaking the goblin language. They were resentful for a few seconds, but one of them responded.

"Yea..."

After the goblin's answer, Arthur had an idea of ​​what to do, but he needed their trust.

"I can save you."

The surprise in the goblins' eyes was clear, a mixture of feelings was reaching their hearts. They were afraid of what that man would do, but they also felt that the only alternative they had was to trust him.

"As? ..."

The same goblin as before took the initiative, he seemed to be the oldest among them.

"I don't have time to explain, I just need his blood." Arthur said as he pointed at the dead goblin.

The smaller goblins backed away a little, startled by Arthur's request, however, the eldest of them shook his hand, and as a few drops of tears fell from his eyes he said:

"All right..."

Arthur smiled, this goblin was indeed a leader, he was willing to hand over his dead friend's body to protect those who were still alive.

"You can't do-"

One of the smaller goblins tried to change the older one's decision, but was promptly stopped by the latter.

"Shut up! We don't have a choice! Do you think we can get out of this on our own?"

The smaller goblin was silent again, as the older one handed his friend's body to Arthur, before handing it over, he said:

"Please save us..."

Arthur picked up the dead goblin's body, held it by the arm and bit its neck. Looking at the scene, the smaller goblins were crying, the older one closed his eyes and squeezed his hands again, making his small hands start to bleed with the strong grip, while looking at the scene, he thought:

"I'm sorry..."

After some time, the wolves noticed what Arthur was doing and were about to attack, when they noticed his aura increasing. Night had already come, Arthur withdrew his fangs from the little goblin and dropped the body back to the ground.

While taking a deep breath, he tossed his medium-length black hair that covered his face back and said:

"Thanks for the meal."

Ding!

[THE NIGHT HAS COME! YOU HAVE RECOVERED 50% OF YOUR STATISTICS]

[THE NIGHT HAS COME! ALL BLOOD PARASITE STATISTICS WILL INCREASE BY 10%]