studiobondurri Chapter 7: Den of Goblins
Chapter 7: Den of Goblins
Chapter 7: Den of Goblins
A small Den right off the bat?!
The more Damian pressed on through this reality patch, the more he realized how unreliable his experience as a player was.
Playing Fates Guide for so long had definitely allowed him to adapt faster, but things were less systematic in reality.
The game could get pretty random as well, but this is crazy.
The number of Goblins inside this new cave were at least 5 and those were just the ones that Damian could see.
In Fates Guide, a group of 3 monsters were the maximum number a character could encounter during their first real fight, yet Damian had to deal with such a big gang early on.
I guess that guy wasnt a tutorial monster
The Goblin who had killed him over 10 times was likely also a part of this place. In the end, Damian realized how naive he had been just because things went exactly as they did in the game so far.
Greee!
To make matters worse, it only took Damian a few seconds of glancing for one of the Goblins to notice him. This was yet another disparity from the game!
Just like he could now move freely, the Goblins range, usually restricted to two pixel squares around them, was much larger when they were right there in the flesh!
Its too late to go for a stealth approach.
Based on the departeds Goblins persistence, Damian was at least able to confirm one thing that was true in both game and reality. Once a Goblin locked on to a target, they wouldnt let go until they killed it or got killed trying.
It would be a different story if I could outrun them, but
Having already proven that he wasnt a match for the agile monsters earlier, Damian had a single strategy left.
Charging head forward!
This run was already ruined by the many unexpected variables, but why lose hope? Even in Fates Guide, Damian made sure to properly use every life instead of just loading back to the Save File.
This wasnt just about scouting the place, he also had to try and battle. Who knew? This might be easier than expected!
Swish!
Heading to the Goblin closest to him, Damian swung his cracking sword, shaving off half the Goblins neck.
If there was one thing that Damian had learned from dissecting the Goblin earlier, it was that their neck was the point that had the least amount of defense!
Greee!
Nonetheless, after one died and the other was quickly bleeding to death while holding its neck, the Goblins also had no fear either. They turned on their fully aggressive mode and charged at Damian.
Swish, sish, shish
Damian kept swinging the knives to the best of his ability, but it was haphazard swinging at best. Although he managed to leave a few nicks on the Goblins, more of their blades got through his ruined armor.
Its that damn poison again.
Feeling the stings all over his body, Leos view was starting to turn blurry. In fact, he was staggering not too differently from one of the four Goblins, they had exchanged the very same poison.
[ Poison Dagger: A small knife smeared in paralytic poison. ]
I can still do this
As more of his consciousness faded away, Damian kept his legs glued to the ground. Even if he knew that would end his pain and turn everything anew, he couldnt just let go now.
Iris, make sure to memorize everything!
Screaming at his silent companion, Damian rushed forward to tackle the staggering Goblins. If he was going to fall down, he might as well do so with one of his targets!
Shick! Shick!
Damian could feel the other three Goblins stabs in his back but he kept his hold over the one Goblin under his mercy. With all the strength he had left, he kept striking with the degraded knife to tear its neck apart.
[ You have defeated a Goblin. FP +1 ]
[ You have defeated a Goblin. FP +1 ]
Two notifications came at the same time, announcing to both this Goblin and the one bleeding from earlier were both gone.
Only three left I can still go on.
Their death announcement gave rise to whatever energy Damian had left. He could at least take down one more, right?
{Watch out!}
However, following Iris late advice, Damian received his greatest shock yet. It felt like someone directly kicked him into space as everything turned dark at record speed.
[ You have died. ]