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Chapter 4 - First Battle

I gave him an affirmative nod. He handed me a wooden sword and told me to join the others. Between learning the sword and figuring out the best way to complete requirements I spent most of my time with Amelia. After my first night at her house Amelia went to talk with my mother and tried to change her mind but my mother was too stubborn. I was sad but decided to focus on my goal. I've been training with Helm for about a month. He's taught me a lot but he told me to enter the first floor of the tower to gain experience. Before leaving Amelia's house for the tower I worked up the courage to hug her. I squeezed her tight, feeling her small frame against mine and her slight breathing. I told her, "I'll be back later.".

I quickly left the house for the tower. Standing once again at the entrance to the tower I steeled my resolve and entered. The hallway was lit by torches that barely broke through the darkness. I heard shuffling as I slowly made my way through the hall. The only weapon I had was the wooden sword that Helm gave me. The shuffling slowly turned into footsteps heading straight towards me. I readied my sword and face where the sound was coming from. Out of the darkness a small green humanoid creature flew out of the darkness.It swung its club towards my head. I barely managed to parry the attack. The goblins' strength was a lot more than I would have thought possible for such a small frame. I swung from the right attempting to hit the goblin but it dodged and countered with a swing aimed for my leg. It made contact with my right knee sending pain searing through my body. Forcing myself to stay on my feet I thrust my sword forward and made contact with the goblins chest sending it to the ground. I rushed forward and stabbed the goblin in the throat. Well that was unexpectedly hard.

I noticed a notification from the system. Goblins killed one out of one thousand. This is gonna take a while. I checked my inventory which now held a club and a goblin ear. I'm guessing you can sell them at the Climber's Association. I slowly moved forward making sure to keep a watch of my surroundings until I heard some gibberish ahead of me. Quietly I made my way closer and closer til three figures were barely in sight. I tapped the floor where I was loud enough for the goblins to hear. They all turned towards me and started arguing. A few seconds later one of the goblins started towards me with a sullen look on its face. When it got into range I quickly grabbed its throat and pulled it close to me and started beating it with the hilt of my sword. After about fifteen hits it finally stopped moving and blood started to pool around the corpse. The other two, noticing how long their friend has been gone made their way over.

They moved more cautiously than the first and stuck close together. I picked up a small makeshift spear that the goblin was wielding and readied for an ambush. The two goblins stumbled upon the body, one of them tripping over it falling face first into the floor. Taking this as a perfect opportunity I launched the spear at the goblin further away, boring a hole into its head and ruched the one on the floor swinging from above my head with full force crushing the last goblins skull against the ground. The system window popped in front of my face saying I leveled up. My stats increased slightly:

Name: Rowan Hearth Level: 2 

HP: 27 MP: 24

ST: 26

Skills: None

Class: None

Titles: None

I could feel my body become a little stronger and I feel like my strength recovered. Swinging my sword I could tell it was moving faster than normal and had a lot of extra power behind it. After practicing for a couple minutes I got adjusted to the speed of my weapon. Feeling more confident I continued on into the dimly lit corridor. Traveling for another eternity before noticing a campfire in the distance with five figures standing around it. Moving quietly and quickly towards the figures I started to get a clearer look at them. Four of them were regular goblins and the other was holding some sort of staff. Can he cast magic? I thought to myself. Bringing out the small goblin spear I took aim and launched it towards the goblin with the staff striking it right between its eyes. All the remaining goblins turned towards where the spear came from and started creeping their way towards me. I rushed out of the shadows and thrust my sword into the first one's chest driving my sword completely through. Trying to pull my sword out I couldn't get it to budge so I swung it with goblin and all towards the second one hitting it with all my strength I heard a loud cracking sound as it was sent flying backwards.

The goblins corpse ripped in half leaving its intestines wrapped around the wooden blade. The last two slowly circled me moving slightly closer on each rotation. I took out one of the small clubs from my inventory and threw it towards the one on the left trying to disrupt its movement. The goblin on the right took advantage of the situation and rushed me, catching me off guard and stabbing me in the side with a crude dagger. I screamed, "Damn it! I'm saving you for last!".

Pushing through the pain I rushed to the left towards the goblin who tripped on the club and plunged my sword through its eye. Quickly turning towards the last goblin I rushed it. As I got into its range it thrust its dagger towards me again. I swiftly parried the blade grabbing onto its head and pushing my thumbs into its eyes feeling its eyes squish into paste before kicking its knee. The goblins knee snapped back showing bone. I moved my hands towards its mouth latching onto its top and lower jaw pulling as hard as I could in separate directions slowly ripping its muscles and flesh as blood poured out. I stopped when its lower jaw was almost to its waist. Letting it flop to the floor I moved closer to the campfire and sat down. The system popped up again saying I leveled up again. My status updated:

Name: Rowan Hearth Level: 3

HP: 28 MP: 34

ST: 27

Skills: Throw: Physical skill that requires five stamina to activate. Increases speed and power of thrown weapons.

Class: None

Titles: None

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