I’m not Goblin Slayer Chapter 014

Gauss stumbled towards Bell.

At this moment, Bell’s face was terrifyingly pale due to excessive blood loss.

But the sword in his hand was still swaying.

The two goblins didn’t approach.

They just turned their heads and looked at Gauss who was walking over.

Gauss was covered in sticky, foul-smelling blood again and again, almost scabbed over.

He ignored the filth on his body.

Using the short time he was walking, he had already accumulated some strength again.

Looking up at the goblins, his gaze met theirs.

The two goblins sniffed, and it wasn’t until Gauss walked beside them that they smelled a familiar scent lingering in the air, the foul-smelling blood of their own kind.

An invisible pressure emanated from Gauss again, and the vengeful spirits of the dead goblin imps seemed to cling to him unwillingly, baring their fangs and claws to vent their departed resentment.

Gauss already faintly possessed a suppressive effect on individual ordinary goblins, similar to a cat’s genetic restraint on a mouse.

He gathered his remaining strength, and the dagger in his hand slashed towards one of the goblins.

Unfortunately, even though he had intimidated the goblin, the force of his movements was less than a third of what it would be in his normal state.

The goblin staggered back two steps, dodging his sudden sneak attack.

A hint of cunning flashed in the other goblin’s murky eyes. Gauss’s movements once again woke it from its deterrence, making it realize his current weakness.

The timidity that had originally appeared vanished again, replaced by greed and a rising will for cruelty.

“Whoosh!!”

“Chhh!”

A black light pierced the air at this moment, the arrow wrapped in silvery moonlight, spanning over twenty meters, accurately embedding itself in the chest of the goblin that had dodged Gauss’s attack.

It was Helyer who had drawn her bow and shot an arrow, once again forcibly activating a skill to provide long-range support.

“From now on, I can only rely on you!” Helyer’s arm drooped, her right arm crimson, already without the strength to even lift it, leaning against the tree trunk, panting heavily as she looked at Gauss.

Gauss reacted quickly, almost at the instant the arrow hit, he gripped the dagger with both hands, holding it in front of him.

Enduring the stinging pain in his feet, he quickly ran towards the injured goblin.

His body carried inertia, pushing the dagger into the penetrating wound on its chest.

The blade sank into flesh and blood.

Blood splattered!

But his steps still didn’t stop, pushing the painfully howling goblin for several more meters.

The goblin was like being hit head-on by a large truck, its vitality rapidly draining, and its consciousness slowly blurring.

“Cough cough—”

A mouthful of blood spewed from the goblin’s mouth, landing on Gauss’s chest.

The fatally wounded goblin finally lost its breath, the dim light in its eyes completely lifeless, sinking into silence.

It was at this moment that text appeared before Gauss’s eyes.

“Total monsters killed: 10”

“Next stage: Total monsters killed accumulated to 50!”

“Reward obtained, Mage Class Skill 1st Circle Spell [Magic Missile]!”

“Constitution + 1”

“Current Constitution: 6”

In just a few breaths, a brand new power rapidly surged within Gauss’s body.

His originally parched body was like being nourished by sweet dew, regaining vitality.

Immediately, he felt his breathing become long and deep.

His internal organs were strengthening at a visible speed.

The overstressed tendons and tissues in his exhausted and trembling arms and thighs also slowly relaxed again under the nourishment of the subtle flow, and abundant physical energy slowly surged within his body.

In a few seconds, except for the external wounds on his body, his condition was completely renewed.

“Indeed! After reaching a new stage, the Adventurer’s Handbook granted new rewards.”

He took a deep breath.

Feeling the new spell imprinted in his mind and his recovered stamina, Gauss felt much more at ease.

The slaughter had given him the strength to rise again in this battle.

He turned to look at the other goblin, which had finally mustered its courage, his face expressionless.

With a shrug of his shoulder, the wooden club the goblin swung at him was easily dodged.

The increase in constitution seemed to have also elevated his physical strength to a new level, and the previous delay caused by the mismatch between his powerful brain and body was greatly reduced.

A single ordinary goblin was even weaker to him now.

The blade flashed with a silver light, and the goblin’s waist and abdomen, whose old strength had gone and new strength had not yet arrived, was instantly pierced by the dagger.

Gauss twisted his wrist, shredding the internal organs, pulling out the knife, and letting out the blood, all in one smooth motion.

“Total monsters killed: 11”

Helyer, who was leaning against the tree trunk panting in the distance, widened her eyes at this sight.

The sight of Gauss, who had been exhausted just a few seconds ago, now seemingly reborn from a bloodbath in such a short time, made her unable to comprehend what had happened.

But then, her originally dim heart rekindled hope.

If Gauss could regain his combat effectiveness, perhaps…

“Roar!!!”

A roar that echoed through the forest interrupted Helyer’s thoughts.

The large goblin’s long blade suddenly erupted with immense power, and Mia, who was struggling to hold on, seemed to hear a crisp snapping sound from her arm.

The resistance in her hand was affected by the pain of her broken bones, and quickly drained away.

“Thud!!”

Mia was directly sent flying.

Her small figure heavily smashed against a tree trunk, a mouthful of blood spewed out, and then she bounced back, falling to the ground.

The large goblin’s face was ferocious, the sweet scent of human blood making it hot all over.

It looked at the figure in the distance that had lost its mobility, licked its lips, and slowly approached.

One step, two steps…

Suddenly, a whooshing sound came from behind.

After a brief roar, it felt a sharp pain in its back.

The dagger had just passed through a gap in the leather armor, sticking into its waist.

Immediately, a severe pain rapidly spread within its lower abdomen.

“Roar roar roar!”

The large goblin, in pain, had its eyes bloodshot.

It suddenly shook its head, staring with a pair of crimson eyes, fiercely looking at Gauss, who had just thrown the dagger and retreated to distance himself.

At this moment, completely consumed by rage, it no longer bothered to think about why its opponent, who had been stumbling just a moment ago, was now re-energized.

It only wanted to tear that human to shreds!

Pull out his intestines, gouge out his heart, eat every piece of flesh from his body clean, only then could it compensate for the pain in its body at this moment.

Its whole body’s muscles bulged, its skin had unknowingly turned crimson, and its bulging muscles surged with the terrifying power unleashed by its fury, completely transforming it into a bloodthirsty beast!

It had become even stronger!

Unlike the goblin that had fallen into a berserk state, Gauss, who was calmly staring at it from a distance, was terrifyingly composed.

His mind had never been so focused.

A night of combat had completely hammered his spirit into one piece at this brief moment; this was a state of flow that ordinary people yearned for but could not achieve.

“Thud!”

The large goblin moved!

It stepped on the ground, causing an earthquake-like tremor, and its whole body’s muscles erupted with power, roaring like a giant tank as it crushed towards Gauss.

Even the wind seemed to be torn apart.

At this moment, at the edge of the battlefield, the surviving companions were all watching everything that was happening.

Is this still… a goblin?

The unfamiliar, frenzied state of the goblin was so powerful that she couldn’t believe it was a goblin.

Helyer couldn’t help but hold her breath.

Mia and Bell, who were lying on the ground, drained of strength, also struggled to open their eyelids, resting their chins on the ground, slightly tilting their heads to look towards the center of the battlefield.

Can he do it?

Gauss couldn’t hear his teammates’ thoughts.

He was focused solely on what was in front of him, one hand held horizontally across his chest, the will in his eyes almost solidifying.

7 points of Intelligence!

It wasn’t just a few tenths more than 5 points.

It could be a 2- 3 times difference.

It was just that he had not fully tapped into his spiritual power all this time.

7 points of Intelligence was not something that could be completely exhausted by simple spell practice for a few days in the past.

And until this moment, facing the terrifying opponent in its full glory, his taut spirit finally broke through that invisible barrier!

Break!

Abundant spiritual power surged wildly in his brain, and his slender black hair moved without wind!

The 1st Circle spell [Magic Missile], which had just been etched deep into his will, was awakened at the same time.

The secret to successful casting lies in concentration.

And now, with his spirit operating at 100%, the entire world began to become pure and simple.

The large goblin was getting closer!

Saliva trailing from its fangs splattered into the air.

It charged forward with the intent to crush Gauss.

Gauss’s will, however, became even more condensed!

The next moment, blue light began to glow in his palm.

The light was faint at first, but it rapidly expanded!

Continuously emitting dazzling light, it devoured the darkness and illuminated the dark forest.

And when the blue orb completely solidified in his palm, the goblin had already reached a distance of five meters in front of him.

At its speed, it would probably take less than a second to reach Gauss and tear him apart.

However, this one second felt like an insurmountable chasm!

The heavy blue orb was flung out with great force by Gauss!

“Boom!”

The heavy orb elongated into an elliptical beam of light.

It struck the large goblin’s muscular abdomen at an extremely terrifying speed.

“Bang!”

The large goblin’s body, upon contact with the magic missile, was sent flying backward without any resistance, as if struck by a train.

As the blue light orb blasted the goblin away, it also rapidly expanded from its abdomen.

In an instant, the light tore through skin, flesh, and bone; all of the goblin’s tangible flesh and blood body seemed incredibly fragile under this magical fluctuation.

“Bang!!!!”

The blue magic penetrated the goblin’s body, hitting the ground and exploding!

Brilliant blue light mixed with crimson flesh and blood, illuminating the forest like fireworks blooming in the night!