[Dungeon Name: Goblin Onslaught
Rank: BRONZE
Description: Survive the waves of goblins that attack you.]
When Jack opened his eyes he was in an opening of grass surrounded by thick forest. It was similar to the island, but clearly not because there were no tropical trees.
All 4 of them were there, Jack had no clue how the muscular man was able to reach the portal at the same time as them. He was waiting for any trickery that would be thrown at him after he foiled the mans disgusting attempt at picking up the girl.
Luckily, he didn't have to worry about the man trying to get revenge because a small green humanoid creature walked out of the pitch black forest, its sharp pointed ears looked as if they cut the minimal sunlight that reached the opening.
Jack looked around but didn't find anymore goblins approaching. He knew first hand how deadly their guerilla warfare with rocks was and didn't want to get ambushed.
As it approached it pulled a crude dagger out of a makeshift sheath and started to charge at the group, it's lack of fear impressed Jack as everyone of them had quite a bit of height and weight on the small goblin.
Even with the disparity in stature Jack wasn't going to make a stupid mistake like being overconfident, so he walked behind the muscular man; almost making his presence invisible.
The muscular man had too much confidence and kicked the goblin in its stomach, stopping its charge. Assuming he had killed it easily the man turned towards Jack and eyed him like a predator.
"You're dead meat now, man."
He took one step before stopping, he lifted his hand up to touch his eye and when he looked back at his hand it was covered in blood. Jack could clearly tell what happened; the goblin had pierced his skull with the dagger.
This was the opportunity Jack had been waiting for and dashed towards the goblin who was empty handed. He had trained martial arts his whole life so he knew how to fight, he pulled the goblin's head towards his knee and hit it.
The pain shot up his leg and he took a step back. The goblins nose was messed up and he knew that the damage was not one sided. Looking to his side he found the muscular man face down with the handle of the dagger out the back side of his head. Leaning over slightly he grabbed the handle and used his strength to pull out of the mans skull, when he got it out the goblin had jumped into the air and was reaching for his face, but only found the tip of the dagger in its head.
It only took a second after it was killed before it disintegrated into small wisp like particles that evaporated into the air, even the dagger disappeared which didn't sit well with Jack. In the place of the corpse was a small crystal ball, when he leaned over to grab it he heard a soft voice behind him.
"Crush it."
"Why?"
The girl didn't respond and instead readied herself for the next goblin attack. Jack stood still, debating listening to her advice, she had no reason to lie and he had helped her from the muscular man. There was a chance that she had some clue of what was happening and the small crystal was safe.
When he saw two more goblins approach from the forest he decided that there couldn't be too much to lose in this situation. He gripped the small ball and found it collapsed with almost no force.
[You have absorbed a BRONZE rank soul core]
[Vitality +1]
While the screen appeared he could feel his body get stronger it was as if he was in perfect physical shape. When looking at the two goblins running at him he felt as if this was his opportunity to be good at something. He had trained his whole life to be able to protect himself, but now that training could be used for something else.
'It's like I'm in the world of a webnovel.'
This had been Jack's dream, he never fit in with society because he felt like he wasn't born to work a dead end job and there was something greater for him.
'This is it.'
Jack turned to face the goblins and ran towards them. He threw a front kick to the front most goblin and knocked it back, but his attack wasn't down and spun his leg he had just kicked backwards and hit the other goblin in the chest with his heel; it instantly disintegrated into pieces.
He picked up the Soul Core while dashing towards the goblin that was still alive.
[You have absorbed a BRONZE Rank Soul Core]
[Agility +1]
His speed increased and he found himself face to face with the goblin, this unexpected increase caught him off guard and he found a crude dagger heading directly towards him. Moving quickly he jumped over the goblin and moved faster than it could react, he grabbed its head with his hands and twisted; its corpse disappeared while still in his hands.
When he looked down on the ground he expected to find a soul core, but instead found the crude dagger the goblin had been wielding.
[Crude Goblin Dagger]
[Rank: Bronze]
[Description: A goblin blacksmith made this dagger for his brethren, but he only had simple materials.]
He looked around for the next wave of goblins assuming it would continue the pattern of being doubled, but he found 8 goblins surrounding them.
For him this was good, but he had no clue how the other two with him would survive.
Putting his thoughts behind him he rushed at the nearest goblin slashing it instantly, but before he had a chance to absorb the soul core he heard a scream from a man.
Looking over he found the man stabbed by four goblins, the pool of blood completely dyed the grass red and the smell of iron flooded Jack's nose.