As Hilda wakes up, she slowly opens her eyes and sees the system screen in front of her saying 2:31.
Huh? What is this for?
Would you like more details?
2:25 time left.
Oh, that''s plenty… did that just decrease by 6? Wait, is this minutes or hours?
Minutes.
Crap.
Hilda quickly sits up and takes whatever she can that is somewhat of value, consisting of a solar powered clock, snacks, water and most importantly, pictures if her sister from 1 years old to 15, her current age, leaving behind only some pictures of her sister due to reasons and memories she would like to forget, and stuffs everything she took into her inventory.
Alright, I think that''s everything, how much time is left?
0:01
Oh just in time.
Hilda takes in the sight of her sisters room one more time before she gets sent back to the starting room before the event started with the elevated platform in the center with the same white walls, floor and ceiling, the only difference being that the rest of the users do not appear as silhouettes at the start and a small transparent cube in the center with 3 floating lights, being blue, yellow and green.
Hello everybody! Congrats on passing the first activity. The guide says with the same enthusiastic tone he always uses along with a hint of playfulness.
Now, you may notice that there''s a transparent box here with 3 colors floating around, these are what you humans would call… souls, but explaining it is a lengthy process and you guys don''t deserve to hear about it, the main reason I''m even telling you is to show that revival is indeed possible and not a lie Incase any of you still have doubts after using the system for a 3 days now.
Anywho, the next activity is monster killing!
The rules are that you can be revived as many times during this activity, and killing others will steal half their points, so be careful not to die, oh and the people with the least 3 scores gets disqualified from the event.
With that, the guide claps his hands once again sending Hilda to the middle of a forest.
I wonder if he actually needs to clap his hand or if he just does it for fun or something.
Hilda decides to stop wasting her time with stupid questions and decides to just observe her surroundings to quickly get points.
This looks pretty similar to where I was just at but thanks again, it''s a forest so big surprise.
As she starts quickly navigating around, she hears grunting and odd noises as she approaches the source to find green humanoids, each pulling a wheelbarrow of raw meat.
Are those goblins? Wasn''t the monsters limited to just animals on earth wait no, I fought a wyvern, no way it''s limited to monsters on earth.
Hilda decides against immediately attacking and checks their stats first instead.
Goblin worker
Level 3
(4 S) (4 E) (4 A) (0 M)
Can''t I have more information?
You can upgrade your ability to see information in the shop.
Really?
Hilda goes to the shop and looks around, eventually finding what she needs in the recommendations, with it being the only thing in the recommendations.
What is the point of the filter if the recommendations always give me what I want instantly?
Identify scroll(level 2)
(One time use)
50 points
Huh? Only a one time use? I guess it''s cheap though.
Hilda buys the scroll and tears it immediately then checks the goblin again to see a new piece of information.
Goblins typically live in groups, with different rankings, such as goblin worker, goblin warrior, goblin caster and goblins king, they also severely lack intelligence or any form of hygiene and are weak, making up for their lack of strength in numbers.
Huh? That means it''s free xp and points right? Wait, can I get shop points for doing this?
No, points used in the shop gained during this activity are converted into points for the event.
How annoying… whatever I guess.
Hilda rushes at the goblins, swinging her sword, turning off mental state to test if it''s stronger due to being a different race, but easily cuts off the head of one of the few goblins.Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.
Wow, that was so much easier than expected, I thought they would be stronger due to being a different race, but guess not all different races are stronger.
Hilda swings her sword at the other goblins running at her, slicing them all in one go.
Also why is my sword''s natural state the mental state? Can I make it naturally be in the physical state?
No, that is the weapon''s unique property and cannot be removed through normal means.
Screw it, this weapon is still great.
Now where to find more of these to kill?
Hilda looks at the path they were following and follows along, eventually smelling a terrible smell in the air.
Holy hell, what is that smell, even my mask can''t get rid of it.
Hilda looks around and finds the goblins camp which is connected to a cave filled with shit and piss everywhere with raw meat out in the open.
The system said that they lack hygiene, but this is so much worse than expected!
Hilda decides to just bare with the smell of the same of getting closer to winning this activity and charges in, killing every worker in sight but eventually s goblin with a weapon blocks her attack just barely as she checks it''s information.
Goblins warrior
Level 10
(11 S) (11 E) (11 A) (3 M)
Oh, I can still kill it.
Hilda infuses a bit of mana In to her sword,causing it to glow, easily slicing through the goblins weapon and its body as more appear and she keeps cutting them down.
Wow, this is pretty easy isn''t It? My weapon probably to thank for this.
As Hilda lets down her guard, she suddenly feels the temperature getting hotter as she sees a group of three goblins preparing fireballs to shoot at her as she avoids them barely.
How annoying.
Goblins caster.
Level 8
(5 S) (5 E) (5 A) (13 M)
Skill
Low level fire magic
Low level shield magic
The goblins start casting more again, taking longer than expected letting Hilda take advantage and charge in with her sword as she swings at one of the casters, as Hilda swings at the caster, she expected to just slice it in half with one swing but hears a clang sound and feel an object stopping her and sees a shield stopping her, revealing a forth caster hidden behind.
Dammit. Hilda infuses mama into her sword hoping to break the barrier to no avail.
That''s a really tough barrier you''ve got there ey?
Hilda dodges another round of fireballs before changing her sword to the mental state and rushes at the goblins again.
Your death now.
As she swings, she feels herself pushing against the barrier like it''s somewhat soft and elastic unlike the earlier metallic sounds she heard when she made contact before backing up.
How to break through… hmm. Oh wait, I still have my illusion magic, how did I forget?
Hilda creates a couple of clones confusing them, while making herself invisible as she uses the same method against the wyvern to weaken it and goes behind the goblin casters as they get distracted with the clones.
As she gets closer, she cuts off their heads in one swift blue, causing the fireballs they were in the midst of casting to blow up, sending Hilda back a bit.
What a pain even after dying.
Well, it''s time for the goblin king now, which I assume is in the cave.
As she enters the cave, she finds a throne made of rocks and rocks with who she assumes to be the king on it with a sword by his throne and many goblin warriors surrounding the walls of the cave and two mages on each side of it as she checks its information.
Goblins king
Level 22
(23 S) (23 E) (23 A) (23 M)
Skill
Low level fire magic (level 2)
Low level shield magic (level 2)
Low level Healing magic (level 2)
Swordsmanship
Achievements disabled for event.
Easy enough still, system use my trait.
Users trait is disabled for event.
Huh, why?
Users trait was classified as unfair.
Haha… I''m not dealing with this
Hilda turns back to retreat, slicing down the goblin warriors who try to stop her, barely escaping before the goblins casters try putting a shield up to trap her in.
Crap, I''m not going back there for the time being.
As Evelyn escapes, she starts to explore the forest, not forgetting the location if the goblin king and finding other monsters that you can only find in a fantasy book such as slimes and skeletons with the worse one being zombies due to their smell and how dirty her sword gets when slicing them in half.
As she continues looking around for monsters to kill, she finds some goblin warriors bringing corpses back to the camp.
Hm, they probably have no workers left due to me killing them all, and the warriors are strong enough to carry the body so it isn''t just flesh… I''ve got an idea.
Hilda goes around, killing monsters, targeting those with an actual working edible body and leaves it near the camp for the goblins to bring it.
Hey system, give me a lighter.
Price 50.
Wow, that''s all I''ve got left, but just give it.
A lighter suddenly appears mid air as Hilda grimaces slightly at the sight of her 0 points and catches the lighter.
Right… this better work.
Hilda slowly makes her way near the camp as the goblin warriors finish bringing the bodies in and throws the lighter in, causing it to look like a mini explosion.
Nice.
Hilda goes into the cave and sees most of the goblins slice, but mostly burnt with the casters dying due to having lesser endurance but the boss is mostly okay and healing.
Crap, underestimated the boss didn''t I?
Hilda charges at the boss before it heals completely, ignoring the half dead looking goblin warriors.
As Hilda swings her sword at the healing goblin king as it makes a shield 360 degrees around it and shoots fireballs through it.
Dammit, I can''t even go behind it.
Hilda blocks the fireballs sent by the goblin king as she notices it healing the goblin warriors too.
Crap.
She starts going around killing the goblin warriors, taking some hits from the fireballs, but is mostly okay with some 3rd degree burns on her at most.
Ouch…
Hilda keeps blocking more hits but struggling slightly due to the pain from the burns as she finally kills all the goblin warriors as she runs at the goblin king with her mental state sword and infuses it with mana.
All or nothing!
She keeps swinging at the shield, draining her mana quickly but stopping the goblin king from attacking and fully focuses on keeping the barrier up as the barrier keeps stretching, getting closer and closer to breaking.
Come on, so close.
Hilda starts swinging faster as the barrier finally breaks and the goblins king grabs his sword to hit Hilda but she blocks but still gets knocked back slightly.
Alright, I guess that''s the equivalent of the first phase over.
Hilda creates some clones and makes her flickering in and out of invisibility while doing the same for her clones while charges at the goblin king with her clones.
This method worked on the goblin casters and wyvern, no reason it won''t screw him over
As Hilda attacks the goblin king, it blocks her attacks with great reaction speed and changes to mental state but can''t attack without risking her life either.
Screw it.
Hilda keeps attacking either her clones looking for an opportunity to deal damage, eventually cutting it slightly while getting hit and bruised.
They continue exchanging hits and slashes as Hilda gets rid of her ones due to no longer having the stamina to sustain them.
Hilda watches as the goblin king prepares one last big swing as it rushes at her and she uses the rest of her mana on one last attack as she swings at the goblin king''s sword, forcing herself to try pushing it back being stuck on a stalemate.
System, can I force myself to use more mana?!
User may experience recoil.
Just force it!
Affirmative.
Hilda feels more mana leaving her body despite none being left leaving her feeling extremely empty as she hits the goblin king''s sword away and slashes the sword into the goblin king''s neck, not cutting it but sufficiently big enough of a cut to kill it.
Ha, finally dead….
Achievements unlocked.
First to kill a level 20 lifeform.
Tip coupon.
Hilda reads the achievement and the award and curses it for being pathetic for what she sent though and faints before the recoil even takes place.