Chapter 131: Adeptus

These goblins were different from the ordinary goblins. They were stronger but along that, they were also dumb in nature. Not only did they not have any greed for money like goblins, they also didn't have their quick hands and intelligence. 

They only had one desire, which was - domination. 

Become the top apex predator! Kill every human and monster!

This was their ambition. A rather grand ambition.

However, unfortunate for them, they were unable to fulfill this ambition of theirs.

Even if they had the desires and the will to complete that, their power didn't allow them to do so. How grand the ambition of killing every living being are, only for them to become training materials for humans while side dishes for ogres. 

Unfortunately, their power was just too little for their ambition. In the food chain, they were only in the second stage, just above the goblins and a few other monsters. 

Even if they had the desire, they didn't have the power to fulfill it. Without power, everything else was useless. No matter how much will power or the desire they had, they were nothing but bullshit in front of absolute power. 

They would be crushed to a pulp in front of it. 

And not to mention they were weak, their numbers were also decreasing by the day. If things went like this, they would really become extinct in the surface lands. And now that newer and newer monsters were coming out, so did their value decrease. They would've even have any use left - even as food. 

The reason for the surfacing of new races was because of the steady rise in mana levels in the last century. Due to it, many things have changed starting from the various power structures and the emergence of players - the immortal people who held much power. 

It had already been determined that the Great Adeptimus Age was coming and soon, all of land would be blessed with mana. 

What they meant as the Great Adeptimus age was the classification of different eras. Throughtout history, there were various eras like the Magus, Contractus, Providentius... 

There were many and why they were labeled like that depended on how the various supernatural paths obtained their powers. Each of them had their own ways while the Adeptus utilized mana.

Even the Swordsman and warrior classes were classified as an Adeptus as they still used mana in a certain extent to form skills. Like the Fire Melee skill of swordsmen that enabled their attack to have an extra fire damage. 

Each and every of these eras and their power paths were unique and powerful in their own right. They utilized the natural resources of the world and became stronger. 

They had many differences between themselves, therefore, the rest of them would also sound very strange to others.

For example, if viewn by other paths, the path of Mana was very hard, abnormal and dangerous. First, they didn't have any affinity towards them and second, mana could react strangely if it was met with other forms of power. 

So, why would they choose it then? Wouldn't it be easier to choose their own paths? 

.....

Simply, these goblins - Horned Earth Goblins were basic creatures that acted on their prime instincts. They had no concept of intelligence and everything they can do was kill, eat, and mate. 

They were different from demons however. They didn't kill their own race. 

The goblin before Cylius was lvl. 15. It was way above his level, but, it wasn't so powerful in front of him who had ambushed it. 

The reason he attacked it was simple. He wanted to try the new skills he got.

Fire Bead, Lightning Ball, and the Fire Barrier skills. Three new skills he hadn't tried their power before. 

The Lightning Ball came from a Long-eared Blue wolf that died while fighting Liam, the Fire Barrier was obtained when he was in the skill library while the Fire Bead skill was something he got at the market. At quite a high price of 3 silver coins. 

[You have hit the head of Horned Earth Goblin]

[You have dealt 15 damage to Horned Earth Goblin]

This Goblin had 90 health. So there were 75 health left.

Considering he only cast 2 lightning balls, it was a decent amount of damage. 

"Fire Bead" at his words, five fire beads condensed out of the air before rapidly shooting at the goblin's chest. 

The five fire beads each dealt 7.5 points of damage to the enemy resulting in a total damage of 30 as one of them missed the goblin. 

This was the result of him leveling this skill 3 times along with his talent. 

Without giving it any rest, he immediately started casting the skill again. After five seconds had passed, another five beads shot towards the goblin. However, the time was enough for the goblin to get near him and attack him with its wooden club. 

Despite its nature, this goblin had a more or less affinity with mana. Therefore, it was able to detect his location. 

However, it was stopped by the barrier that had been set around Cylius. 

Even though it had some sensitivity towards mana, its sensitivity wasn't strong, so it couldn't detect the existence of the barrier at all as it could only uselessly swing around its club. 

"Thuk, thuk" the clashing of the club and the barrier continuously made this sound. 

If views from he perspective of the goblin, it would feel like it was hitting a solid wall. However, it didn't care about whether it was hitting a wall. Or rather, it didn't have enough intelligence to think it's bad to hit walls. 

Still, the goblin's attacks were strong as it constantly hit the barrier and depleted the amount of damage it could take. 

[-15 damage

Barrier: 65/80]

[-15 damage

Barrier: 50/80]

The amount of damage dealt within four seconds was 30. If it continued on with its attack, within another 4 attacks, it would break the barrier. 

However, it didn't have any chance to as five hard beads made out of fire elementals directly drilled into its head, killing it in the process. 

[You have hit the head of Horned Earth Goblin]

[You have dealt 50 damage]

[You have killed lvl. 15 Horned Earth Goblin]

[+80 exp]

[Lvl. 10 (97/180)]

The exp he gained was big. After all, it was from a monster 5 levels higher than him. If not for his specialty, he would've died for sure. This was a solid fact. 

If he didn't have the barrier skill, the monster would've already have killed him. 

But, whether he had it or not don't matter. What mattered was that he had it and he was able to kill the goblin with it. 

Now, if he were to kill two more, he was sure to level up. However, he only had 15 mana left which was only enough for him to shoot one more Fire Bead. And this fire bead wasn't likely to kill any monsters around here. 

Even if it can, the monster would be going in a group meaning escaping would become difficult; so in the end, he decided to give up on the hunt.