Voro sat in a small burrow that someone had fitted into a small hut, equipped with a tiny sleeping place and a small fireplace. Even though he barely fit inside and had to lie down at the leafy mattress, it was cozy. He had enough room to get his creatine drink and use it to clean his burned flesh.
Hairs on his arms were replaced with red ugly burned skin, and it looked even worse when he poured the unclean water over it, causing even more annoying pain and cloudy foam to emerge.
Voro held his breath, even in this potentially safe place, he couldn`t afford for the goblins to find him. Not after what he had done to them.
Not after grabbing them into the forest and slowly picking out the guards one by one. The village was an easy target for him, open view from the fire and closed cover of the trees.
"Fucking magic goblin man" he cursed the Shaman under his nose.
That was the only reason he was in here and not out there, the one goblin who stood above the rest, clearly the boss of this floor.
And Voro came to him with utmost arrogance and confidence. He will not repeat that mistake again.
Suddenly a high-pitched yet familiar noise rang in his ears. A bit different than usual notice sound, but 100% a system notification came to him. The screen manifested itself in the hole and illuminated the place with its blue glow.
[Acquired skill : Predator LVL 1 UNIQUE]
[The Tower congratulates the Challenger for fulfilling the hidden prerequisites for the skill Predator]
* Total Culling - Complete at least three floors with no surviving enemies on the floor
[Completed floors : 1,3,4]
* Source of Terror - Instill fear in at least 25 enemies for at 10 minutes each
[Completed on floor : 5]
* Prey and Hunter - Recognize enemies as prey and enemies recognize you as their Hunter
[Completed on floor : 5]
[Skill description]
Passive : The user will be able to detect blood easier and from greater distance
Active : While the skill is active the user`s body will be pushed to higher efficiency.
During that time user will have heighten senses, lessen the stamina usage, increase total muscle power and increase durability.
During skill usage, user will experience increase in hunger and higher blood lust
[Warning: This skill activates automatically when the user detects blood]
[Warning : Prolonged usage will leave permanent changes in user cognitive functions]
[The tower stays quiet in shock of Challenger accomplishment]
Voro starred at the long lasting blue window and the smaller one next to it as long as he could. The description was much longer than for any of his other skills, clearly this one was on a different level than the other ones.
'Well' he thought to himself after a while 'About damn time'
He looked at his arm, or not even that, he smelled it. Goblin and human blood, both were giving off strong smells. Distinct, but both heavy iron and..delicious
Voro felt a cold sensation go down his spine, his vision changed and his body tightened up. The dark tiny hut felt much brighter and bigger, he could see the details on the walls and see things he never noticed before, like a small wooden carving behind him or leftover bones in a bowl.
Voro felt cramped inside and quickly went outside, almost destroying the roof. The dark forest in the starless night was like a street in the outskirts of the city. Not bright, not dark but just good enough to see everything.
The forest didn`t change - He did, that was as clear as his new vision.
[Skill : Predator LVL 1 has been activated]
His nostrils widened up and smelled intensively and his necked snapped almost 180 degrees with a sickening crack of bone.
The smell was familiar. Too familiar even.
Blood
Goblin blood
[Detection of blood has overridden manual control]
[Predator will remain active until the source of goblin plasma source will be eliminated]
His body didn`t just move nor did Voro commanded it to, it made the optimum action one after another.
Lungs expanded to the brink with air, then took in the oxygen and pushed it into his cells.
Muscle fibers in his legs contracted while his torso was swayed into the direction of the smell before he took a step.
And when all component were done and ready, he lunged forward with his whole body and the weight pulled him in and then the thigh fiber muscles propelled him further.
Step after step he ran. Mindlessly yet with full concentration on the target who was still in range of his heightened smell sense. But he kept on going.
He forgot about his dried food in the bag, he forgot about the shaman - only the thing somewhere out in the forest mattered and the hunger in his stomach.
Soon enough the target of his nose appeared also in his eyes - a wounded goblin near the rubble of the Hold. One of his early victims must have survived.
No matter
If Voro let him survive before, than the goblin has used up his luck already.
The only thing goblin saw was a blur in the forest, while the blur used his [Dash] skill relentlessly and got to him faster than the he could scream.
Two silver flashes came form both of his arms and into goblin green neck. It was death on the spot.
Goblin slowly lost all his strength and hanged above the ground, kept up by Voro`s daggers.
He on the other hand, was still tense. The hunger didn`t stop but the blood kept spilling.
Saliva pooled in his mouth and slowly started to drool out.
His mind could not work properly.
Not a moment later, he gave in.
Teeth bit the goblin skin and pierced it fully.
The Predator started to feast.