67 Second Room
As soon as Leon saw the small green hand crawling out of the alcove, he immediately knew-it was a goblin.
But before he could process it fully, another hand emerged from a different alcove.
“Kekekekeke.
“Kekekeke…”
“Kekeke…”
Goblin laughter echoed around him like a twisted chorus. One by one, they began crawling out, their sinister giggles overlapping. Leon’s instincts flared, screaming at him to fall back. He spun around-only to find the gate had already sealed shut behind him.
“Fuck… That’s just cheating,” Leon muttered, gritting his teeth as he punched the gate.
*Thud*
*Fuck it, I was planning to save this one… The system might slap a restriction on future skills if I go too far. But screw the system right now.
Leon activated the skill without hesitation..
<Skill Crafter>
[Please enter a name for the skill…]
“Life Steal.”
[Skill ‘Life Steal’ has been created.]
3|
[Default rank has been set to ‘F.]
[State the function of the skill.]
“A passive skill that automatically activates when the user is fighting two or more enemies. When the user deals damage, 10% of that damage is returned as healing.”
[Processing…]
Crack…
Crack…
“Kekekeke..”
The goblins cracked their necks and joints, stretching as more of them emerged, flashing wicked grins and rusted weapons.
Leon scowled. “The fuck are you laughing at, motherfuckers…”
[Error: Skill description does not match Rank.]
“Fuckin hell, this is not the time for this…” Leon activated <Glitch Point> to analyze the issue and only one word was highlighted in red: 10%.
“Eight percent.”
[Error: Skill description does not match Rank.]
“Six percent.”
[Error: Skill description does not match Rank.]
More than fifteen goblins had emerged by now, all brandishing blades.
“Fuck-five percent.”
Leon tightened his grip on his sword and summoned the knife from his inventory as sweat beads formed on his forehead.
[Processing…]
[Description accepted.]
[Select Chant-]
“Life Steal,” Leon said without hesitation.
[Chant ‘Life Steal’ has been selected.]
[Estimated Mana Cost: 1 mana/minute]
[Cooldown: 1 hour after turned off.]
[Would you like to learn the skill or destroy it?]
“KEEEEEEEE!!” one goblin shrieked, pointing at Leon as the horde charged forward with high-pitched howls, there were more than 20 of them by now.
“Learn the damn skill. Life Steal!” Leon shouted, activating it instantly. He raised his hand towards the goblins.
“<Loose Grip>. <Adrenaline Rush> <Blind spot>.. Leon activated three skills at the same time without hesitation.
[Warning: More than three skills are active simultaneously. Penalty will be applied.]
[Warning: Host is dangerously low on mana.]
[{Mana Deficiency) detected. Body will adapt.]]
[Warning: More than Four Skills are active, Penalty will increase.]
[Mana absorption temporarily increased by 18%.]
Leon’s body jolted. His muscles tightened. His breath turned sharp-and his eyes turned pitch black.
Tang-Tang-Tang-Tang-Tang-Tang
Without warning, every weapon the goblins held slipped from their hands and clattered to the floor. But that wasn’t the terrifying part— it was Leon’s figure vanishing from their view.
And reappearing in the center of the horde.
His eyes locked onto the red marks glowing across their bodies— their weak points highlighted by ‹Glitch Point».
Without hesitation, he swung his blade.
Slash-Slash-Slash-Slash
[+30 HP, +30 HP, +30 HP, +30 HP]
Every strike was precise. Every kill clean. Leon didn’t waste movement neither did he hesitate.
Goblin heads rolled on the ground, their chests burst open and skulls shattered beneath his bare feet.
[Congratulations! You have leveled up.]|
[Congratulations! You have leveled up.]|
In just the opening clash, Leon took down seven goblins and ended up on the opposite side of the hall. His face, hands, clothes, even his hair-were soaked in goblin blood.
The remaining goblins froze mid-motion, still fumbling for their weapons. When they finally picked them up, they were greeted with the sight of their comrades’ mangled corpses lying in pools of blood under their own feets.
“Kekekeke!!??”
“Kekekekekeke….!!!!”
“Kekekekekeke…!!!!!”
They weren’t laughing now. They took a step back, Their eyes fixed on Leon-not with amusement, but with fear.
He wasn’t prey anymore.
“..Eight… nine… ten,” Leon counted aloud with a twisted smile. But he wasn’t counting the enemies.
“Kekekekekekekekekekeke…!!” The goblins began to advance again while shouting loudly as if trying to scare him-but they marched forward slower this time, their weapons held tighter and more cautiously.
[Cooldown: 01]
Leon raised his hand again.
“Loose Grip. Blind Spot.” he spoke as a smirk spread across his face.
Tang-Tang-Tang-Tang-Tang
Their weapons fell. Again.
All of them instinctively bent down to retrieve them- except one. One goblin looked up and noticed that leon was gone.
“KEKEKEKEKEK-!!?” He shouted loudly as if trying to warn his friend about him but it was too late.
“Shut the fuck up, green pest. Leon’s voice came from behind him-followed by a clean slice through his neck.
Thud
Another goblin lunged at Leon, his weapon in hand-but the knife in Leon’s left hand met his right eye mid-rush, ending him in a single stab.
*Stab*
Leon yanked the blade free, dropping his body on the floor and plunged it into the back of another goblin who was still crouched down.
Stab
Squelch
Slash-Stab-Slash-Stab
[Congratulations! You have leveled up.]
In the second round of carnage, Leon wiped out three-fourths of the goblins and only five of them remained now.
The last of them were scared out of their wits, they didn’t hesitate as they turned around and bolted toward the same alcove.
But they didn’t make it far.
Leon chased them down and carved his sword through each one before they could escape.
After killing every single Goblin in the room, Leon swinged his sword flinging off their blood from it’s blade.
[Warning: Mana depleted. You will-]
Before the notification could finish, Leon opened his inventory and pulled out the mana potion he had crafted back during the academy trial.
Pop
Gulp.
[+50 MP]
He tossed the empty vial aside, his chest rising and falling.
[Multi-skill cast penalty has been applied.]
[All active and passive skills are now on 1-hour cooldown.]
After reading these notifications Leon took a seat on the blood covered ground as his body started to hurt like hell and he couldn’t do anything about it except enduring it.
“Fuck It’s like… Every single bone in my body is crushed into powder and every muscle has been stretched out to the limit.” Leon spoke as he slowly placed his back against one of the walls and closed his eyes due to exhaustion but he didn’t let go of his weapons.