Chapter 6
Hiding in the thick shrubs, she became invisible to the eyes. But to ears, she was conspicuous. The rustling of the leaves, coupled with the timely blowing of the wind, caused the scattered Goblins to become paranoid, trying to search for their little prey.
Then, for a moment, everything was silent. Nothing made a sound, everything, and everyone stayed quiet. It was if the forest itself could not eke a single sound. But, the silence was soon broken with the shriek of a Goblin.
"Eeek!
A Poison Spit hit a Goblin on its nape. With the shriek of one of their kind, the Goblins were alarmed, they ran to the direction of the shriek.
Their intention was not to help their kind but to see if it was their prey that did. But, before they can get there, the shrieked stopped, and the aftermath they saw was the aftermath of a gorefest.
With the Goblins nape having branching dark veins seemingly caused by poison of some kind, its entrails decorated the ground and the surrounding leaves.
The leaves were now red instead of green.
The wind picked up once again. The rustling of the wind caused the Goblins to become high-strung, and adding the gorefest they have seen. All of them were sensitive to what may happen next.
"Graaa!" One of the LVL 4 Goblins showed his might by shrieking in defiance. They are the hunter, not the prey; they should be the one to be feared not the other way around.
"Screee!" That voice roused the other Goblins. Their morale skyrocketed, but what used is morale if one cannot see their opponents?
The intimidation did not do them any good, and their roars only blinded them further with the rising of their feelings of pride as a Daemon resulting for them to miss a black newt emerging from the nearby bush and spitting out three consecutive [Poison Spit].
[Ravager Salamander:
MP: 0/400]
"Eeeek!"
"Eeeek!"
"Eeeek!"
Whether it be through dumb beginner's luck or her incredible concentration, the spittle reached their intended targets. The three Goblins shrieked in pain, startling the other five. But it didn't matter.
By the time she landed on the ground, she was no longer a newt but a leopard. Her hind legs kicked the ground, and she turned into a blur, such as the result of her Ash Leopard's improved AGT stats.
[Ash Leopard:
AGT: 27 –u003e 32]
She was too fast for ordinary Goblins to follow her lead. Lilith moved, and she used her sharp claws to dig out the flesh of the Goblins. Blood splattered as one fell to its knees after having its stomach ripped apart.
[Ash Leopard:
Level up
Life Essence +2
Lv. 2 –u003e 3
Recovered status]
When she was about to lose momentum, Lilith jumped another poisoned Goblin, and with her mouth, she aimed for its unguarded throat crus.h.i.+ng it with relative ease. The biting power of a Leopard is much more powerful than any feline in this world.
A Tiger's bite is incomparable to that of a Leopard despite them being bigger.
[Life Essence +3]
Lilith slew a LVL 2 and 3 Goblin, but before she can move away, a blunt weapon hit her on the side, making her wail in pain. She was sent flying and tumbling down on the ground.
[HP: -150]
She was in pain but scampered away from that place like an injured dog. It was painful; the defense of the Ash Leopard wasn't that high, to begin with, so the damage caused was high.
Once more, she retreated to safety. Her MP was restored after leveling up, and her fatigue went down to zero.
"Six more Goblins to go..."
[Life Essence +3]
"Five more Goblins to go..."
The other five Goblins decided to kill the noisy injured one
She managed to increase the LVL of the Ash Leopard by two after killing four Goblins. Her AGT stats are getting better, but speed was not enough to hunt them all down. She also needs strength, but she didn't have such a thing, so she will be using the next best thing.
Magic!
Taking in a deep breath and enduring the pain on her side, she turned into the One Horn loli and crouched on the ground. Getting ready to a.s.sault the Goblins, she decisively decided to pop out of the bush to cast the spell.
"TINDER!"
A three-inch ball of flame appeared and flew straight to one of the weaker Goblin. The LVL 2 Goblin that stood nearest from her received the full brunt of her spell.
One Horns specializes in spells. They are physically weak, but their defensive spells are stronger than average, and as for their attack spells, it can easily be discerned that it was also not normal.
The lower level Goblin died with its head exploding.
[Life Essence +2]
She did not stop there, however. A single Tinder may cause 200 MP, but she has a lot of MP in this form. Casting three more Tinder, her MP plummeted, and her fatigue increased by 30%.
[One Horn:
Level up
All stats + 2
Life Essence +3
HP, MP, fatigue recovered]
Two of the three Tinder luckily hit the same target while the last one failed to hit any of the LVL 4 Goblins. Now, three Goblins remained.
All three are on LVL 4, and the three didn't dawdle and dashed forward when Lilith appeared out of nowhere. One in front and one on each side; she can't defend them all.
She can't actually cast a Wind s.h.i.+eld so fast that she'll be able to guard all sides. So, she decided to cast one in front. The Goblin should now be unable to reach her.
Turning into a newt, she planned on getting away by dodging the two Goblins by making use of her small built when she is a newt.
Dodging a strike from the blunt clubs of the Goblins, she was prepared to escape once again. But she noticed that the Goblins who had their attacks miss its targets had an off-balance resulting for them to almost fall.
Lilith took the chance and made poison rain.
"HA! Take this you Saibamen!"
Her saliva was on point, hitting their targets without mistakes. Without any delay, Lilith changed into an Ash Leopard and swiftly used the Lightning Claws to dispatch the two Goblins.
[Ash Leopard:
Level up
Life Essence +8
MP, fatigue recovered]
With the two of the LVL 4 Goblins dead, only one remains, and with Lilith's current LVL, which was already 4, she quickly killed the last remaining Goblin with a swift Lightning Claws on the Chest.
Observing her surroundings and she began to snicker before transforming into a guffaw!
'Hehe, haha, muahahaha! That's what you deserve for messing with the great Lilith!'
She managed to harvest a lot of things, and she increased her status together with her LVL.
[Name: Lilith
Lv. 3 -u003e 4
HP: 600/600 –u003e 800/800
MP: 0/140 –u003e 220/220
Life Essence: 25/100
Attribute: Water (F), Lightning (E)
Status: Excited
t.i.tle: [Hard Worker]
Cla.s.s: Ash Leopard
Tier: Common
STR: 14 –u003e 16
DEF: 19 –u003e 21
VIT: 40 (shared status)
AGT: 29 -u003e 31
MAG: 9 -u003e 11
PER: 24 -u003e 26
Fatigue: 0
Pa.s.sive Skills: Medium Vitality (E), Dash (F)
Active Skills: Lightning Claws (100 MP) (F), Create Water (50 MP) (F)
Free Points: 10]
She was happy; her Life Essence improved, and so did her stats. And because of the shared status of the VIT and HP, she managed to increase her VIT easier than the other stats.
'I am pretty good at this. Being reborn here may not be so bad after all.'
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[Good job, hehe, just a little bit more, and you will be able to evolve. Only 16 more level on the Ash Leopard, 18 more for the One Horn, and 19 more for the Ravager Salamander. And do not forget, you also need exactly 265 Life Essence to evolve all three. I forgot to mention that Life Essence is shared, but a single evolution needs 100, so you can't exactly call it that way, so I forgot to tell you about it. Lilith? Apostle?]
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Lilith was silent at the words of Alpha, and then she felt her hunger coming. Turning to the corpses of Goblins, she realized that there is no [8 twelve] here to buy her some c.o.ke and chips.
There is no fine dining in the world of Daemons.
And as she realized this and then remembered the long list of what she needs to evolve and increase her strength, there was also the issue of a bathroom and taking a number two; Lilith cried, feeling aggrieved about this new life of hers.
'Is h.e.l.l that bad?' she questioned as she contemplated committing suicide.
That night, she cried while feasting on the meat of Goblin. Also, that night, she vowed to increase her strength and raise her power so she can become a humanoid Daemon that can blend with society.
If she can become a humanoid Daemon without any horn or tail, she may just be able to go to a proper bathroom and eat some finely cooked food.
Her goal is now to return to society and get her a.s.s seated on the throne and take a peaceful number two.
But for now, she will have to settle with leaves.
'I'll get there someday.'
Lilith will fight and improve, she will rise, and one day sit on a throne, that is her determination.
"Ack, this is bitter."
She complained after taking a bite of the Goblin meat.