Goblin Heavy Dependence

Chapter 144 The Dark Clouds Dissolve
"Hiss!"

A dirty, dark brown wooden stick slammed onto the surface of the iron pot, adding a small dent to the already warped and twisted bottom of the pot, which had withstood countless attacks in the battle.

Fortunately, the wooden stick was made of ordinary material and the force of its swing was also very average, so the pot, which had just been taken off the stove, still remained in basic condition.

"Hold on, everyone hold on!"

"The adventurers from River Valley Town will be here soon. If we can hold on for a few more minutes, we can all survive."

"For the village, for your wives and children, hold on!"

His aged voice, etched with the marks of time, had long since become hoarse, and his clothes were soaked with sweat. His utterly exhausted strength meant that even just standing there, he had used up all his energy.

But as the village chief of Cuixi Village, this hunched old man still stood in the most dangerous place, encouraging and inspiring the villagers who were fighting against the goblins.

His experience serving in the kingdom's army in his youth instilled in him an understanding of the importance of "morale" and "formation".

Therefore, even though the entire defensive line had been destroyed by that goblin, allowing the goblins to cross the trenches and traps they had prepared, they were still able to overcome the obstacles.

The village chief continued to lead a considerable number of villagers backward, attracting a large portion of the goblins rushing into the village, buying time for the other residents to survive.

To be honest, the old man didn't expect those passing adventurers to risk their lives for the safety of a strange village, nor did he believe that he, a peasant with no proper equipment, could handle an adult bear goblin.

In fact, these few dozen goblins alone had already plunged the villagers into a desperate situation.

But he still didn't give up.

The thought that if they held on for just one more second, perhaps one more villager could escape and be saved was all they had to do.

A strange power welled up within him, supporting his aging and collapsing body.

Of course, he could ignore it all and just turn around and run away.

With the prestige he had accumulated in the village over the years, he could easily find a few simple and honest villagers willing to protect him and help him leave the front lines.

But if they actually did that, the formation they were barely maintaining would collapse instantly, and the villagers who scattered and fled would be like sheep scattered by wolves, with no chance to resist these ferocious goblins.

"what!"

A agonizing scream suddenly rang out from ahead.

A middle-aged man, his clothes and trousers covered in patches, fell backward to the ground, his face contorted in pain.

His right arm was bent and twisted, as if he had been hit hard.

A large iron pot, completely smashed and with a hole in the bottom, lay at his feet.

The already crumbling formation, weakened by the goblin onslaught, instantly developed a huge gap.

The goblins' high-pitched and excited shrieks suddenly rose sharply as they rushed toward the breach.

It seemed that the last line of defense was about to collapse completely.

A resolute glint suddenly flashed in the village chief's eyes, and a power beyond his years erupted from his aged and thin body.

He picked up a pitchfork from the ground and was about to rush forward to desperately block the gap.

And it was at this critical moment that...

hum-

It was a sound of something cutting through the air coming from overhead.

As he took a step forward, the old man's head instinctively tilted back, and he squinted at the sky.

Against the backdrop of a dark sky thick with leaden clouds, and shrouded in a silvery rain curtain, a human figure appears somewhat blurred due to its rapid descent.

Seems familiar...

He had no contact with this person and did not know the person's name.

What truly made the village chief remember the other person's identity was that sharp, iron-gray light that almost blended into the rain.

It seems to be the adventurer who traveled with "Green Blood" Adeline before...

"boom!!!"

The next second, a sound wave that made his eardrums vibrate like an explosion, along with goblin limbs flying everywhere, interrupted his thoughts.

Xia Nan did not slow down.

After leaping high into the air while controlling his own gravity, he did not, as before, use [Gravity Control] to weaken the effects of gravity on him and reduce fall damage.

Instead, it controlled the range, slightly increasing the weight and enhancing the impact upon landing.

On his first attempt, he was extremely cautious, not increasing his own gravity too much, for fear of causing unnecessary damage to his body.

However, Xia Nan underestimated the impact of [Tidal Shaping]'s "half fall damage" and his current physical attributes after being upgraded and strengthened.

Like a missile, it landed in the goblin swarm, crushing the goblin's head on the spot with its thick leather boot, and the shockwave sent the surrounding goblins flying.

His legs, firmly planted on the ground and the corpses, felt no discomfort whatsoever.

Clearly, it is still far from reaching its limit.

As he mentally assessed his current physical strength, he faced the goblins surging towards him like a tide.

Xia Nan's gaze suddenly sharpened, a gray light flashing deep within his dark eyes.

The once vibrant world was suddenly reduced to a pure black and white.

Although it was far less detailed than the microscopic world he experienced during his advancement, he still managed to see the fine, ripple-like gravitational waves in the surrounding space.

……

【A New Perspective】

Category: Specialty

effect:

1. Gravitational affinity is greatly improved.

2. Sensing gravitational radiation (active)
Introduction:

Under the radiation of gravitational waves, you are like a fish in water.

Remarks:

"Space... is distorting, time... will stand still, I... witness eternity."

—Zecharia, the Star Trail Weaver, the Primordial Dragon of the Era
……

Having only acquired the ability a few tens of minutes ago, Xia Nan had not yet fully grasped the function of the [Mind-Guiding Vision] feat, but he tried to use it in battle.

As for the specific effects...

He is difficult to describe.

I just felt that under the strange black and white perspective in front of me, the gravitational ripples in space became much clearer, making the use of [Gravity Control] much easier and less strenuous.

With a gentle downward press of the sword tip, the surrounding green goblins collapsed to their knees with groans.

[Whirling Slash]!
The iron-gray arc of light was fleeting.

Scattered limbs and severed heads flew into the air.

As Xia Nan pondered this, a layer of ochre-red light suddenly covered the surface of the decapitation sword in his hand.

Its color is similar to the "deflection field" of the "Death Line" ring, but the energy itself is more condensed, looking like some kind of constantly changing and flowing rune.

This is the only class combat skill he is given after becoming a "Meteor Blade Hunter":

Gravity etching.

Unlike the previous two specializations, its effect is quite simple and easy to understand: — It inflicts force field damage upon attack.

3/3 (can be used 3 times continuously under normal conditions), recharge once every six hours.

"boom!"

The blade tore through the goblin's fragile flesh, and the red light that had condensed on the surface of the sword like runes suddenly exploded.

To test his combat skills, Xia Nan deliberately moved the point of his sword strike downwards, from the neck to the waist.

Under the effect of [Gravity Etching], the ochre-red force field energy that exploded like miniature fireworks almost instantly swallowed the goblin's pelvis, chest, abdomen, and half of its shoulder.

Only the head and limbs remained, shattered and blown away by the energy wave, like broken and discarded building blocks.

"Hmm... single-target damage, not bad."

Xia Nan muttered to himself.

The exact destructive power of [Gravity Etching] cannot be fully ascertained by these weak goblins alone.

But just that one strike was enough for him to make a preliminary judgment that the power of this combat skill was not much weaker than the [Whirlwind Slash] which he had already mastered to level 5.

Of course, in contrast, the latter can be used an unlimited number of times as long as physical strength allows, and can be used for wide-range attacks.

The former, however, has a limit of three uses.

After a single use, it takes eighteen hours to fully recharge.

"It's a small trump card that can be used frequently in battle."

As I was thinking this, a sudden flash of inspiration struck me.

Recalling the previous trick of alternating between [Fang Hunt] and [Whirlwind Slash]...

The effect of [Gravity Etching] is simply to add damage when attacking, and it does not conflict with [Whirlwind Slash] or even [Fang Hunt] at all.

Does this mean that it can also be combined with the other two combat skills, "1+1+1", to unleash the power of the three combat skills in an instant?

Xia Nan's mind raced, and he immediately made the idea a habit.

With a slight movement of his body, the wolf's howl echoed through the air, then suddenly vanished.

He glanced at the villagers not far away, then turned his gaze to the numerous goblins around him.

The idea of ​​trying it on the spot had already been extinguished.

After all, they had only just obtained their professional level, and were not yet proficient in even the core ability of their profession, [Gravity Control].

If combining the three combat skills results in some unexpected change, accidentally injuring villagers or affecting the current plan to eliminate the remaining goblins, causing a sudden change in the situation, that would be bad.

Let's be cautious. We can start training slowly after we get back to River Valley.

His lively thoughts subsided slightly, and the excitement he had felt about becoming a professional gradually returned to calm.

"Shoot."

The longsword in his hand had already slashed once again.

Blood spurts.

In front of him were three bald goblin heads that spun off from his shoulders.

……

……

The dark clouds churned and rolled, but the edges were slightly fluffy, allowing a few streaks of golden sunlight to seep through.

The silvery-white rain curtain that covered the sky and earth was sparse and scattered. The rain fell in a light drizzle, no longer as torrential as before, and it was clear that it would soon stop completely.

The battle did not last long.

Xia Nan, who had obtained a professional level and been promoted to [Meteor Blade Hunter], was only at the most basic "lv1".

Cutting off a goblin's head isn't much harder than kicking a stray dog ​​to death on the roadside.

[Whirlwind Slash], [Fang Hunt], [Gravity Control]...

No longer thinking about saving his energy to test his newly acquired abilities, Xia Nan, focused solely on killing, was like a green-skinned harvester.

No goblin could survive more than two seconds under its sword light.

Wherever they went, only scattered pieces of goblin flesh remained.

Sweep and eliminate,

Every house and every thatched hut was carefully inspected to ensure nothing was missed.

Within a few tens of minutes, not a single green car could be seen in the entire Cuixi Village.

"Tsk tsk... Is this what a professional is like?"

Holding a blood-soaked sack full of goblin ears, Abby looked ahead at the open area, fifty feet in radius, which had been completely leveled.

He was so surprised he could hardly close his mouth.

Even Adeline, who was wrapped in bandages next to him, couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement at the sight before her.

Having lived in River Valley for so many years, it's impossible that she's never seen a professional.

In fact, the White Tit Tavern, located next to the Adventurers' Guild, is a place where you can see what appears to be a seasoned adventurer with a professional level chatting and boasting almost every night.

However, for the town's lower-level adventurers, this is another circle they can see but can never reach.

Adeline, who only accepts quests related to goblins, has never teamed up with professionals.

Therefore, although I had heard others talk about the powerful performance of these people, I had never actually seen it with my own eyes.

Unexpectedly, today, on this seemingly ordinary mission, the "professional" appeared before us in this way.

A complex expression appeared on his dirty face, stained with goblin blood. He couldn't help but turn his head and look at Xia Nan, who was wiping his longsword on the other side.

The commotion was so great, and the changes in myself were so clear.

Xia Nan did not hide the fact that he had become a professional in the battle from the two of them.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why he was so badly overwhelmed by the Redmane Bear Goblin's attack, barely managing to hold on, yet in just a few seconds he turned the tide and shattered the goblin's head.

There's really nothing to hide. I'm not some protagonist in a novel who was feared by various forces in my past life, and I don't need to hide my strength to deal with any danger that may come at any time.

Who knows, once I get back to River Valley Town, I might have to ask Adeline for some information about the second floor of the Professionals' Guild and the Adventurers' Guild.

Of course, he did not mention some specific details of the battle to the two of them.

For example… that strange device that suddenly appeared in the center of the battlefield because of the [Coin of Fate], and helped me upgrade my previously slow-developing [Gravity Compression] to [Gravity Control]—

Titan Umbilical Cord II - Gravity Core.

Thinking of this, Xia Nan couldn't help but recall the item information panel he had just glanced at, which he had inadvertently triggered due to his highly focused attention during the battle.

"Superconducting ring, curvature parameter, spacetime continuity, ship captain..."

These strange words were clearly not meant to appear in the fantasy world he imagined.

I recalled the Gravity Core, which was entirely silver-white with a smooth surface texture that emitted a faint blue glow—a unique and technologically advanced appearance.

For some reason, what flashed through Xia Nan's mind was the dark cave where the snake's corpse was coiled and the dazzling golden gourd dripping with dew.

And on his back was a wooden sword called "Green Pine," which clearly came from another world.

(End of this chapter)