The world didn't just move; it broke apart.
I stared at where my shoulder used to connect to my elbow my wrist, then my hand. Now there was a messy pulsing wound of red flesh and the jagged white bone end. The weight of my side was simply gone.
"My arm...He... He took it." I stuttered as I bore the pain. The words felt heavy in my mouth
A cold strong wave of fear went through me. I began using my one and only reliable skill. Pain Manipulation.
I hid at the boulder where the goblin king can't spot me. I suppress the pain through my left part. It was unbearable. I clench both my fists and by teeth due to the unbearable pain. It was hell.
This was not a wound I could just make better. This was not a cut or a broken rib. This was a part of "me" a piece of who I'm now being held in the dirty rough hand of a monster.
I pepped into the boulder and watched, I was frozen as the Goblin King brought my limb to his face. He smelled it his nostrils getting bigger with pleasure before licking the blood coming from my cold fingers.
"Damn you goblin! You ugly goblin!"
The scream came out of my throat loud and out of control. It wasn't pain…it was the scary thought of how weak I am. I was an one, a user of blood getting more powerful... And yet in one moment I was cut down like an animal.
My breathing came in uneven gasps. My heart beat hard against my ribs each beat sending blood from my shoulder to soak the dirt. I felt weak very weak like my life was going out with the blood.
"I'm going to die. No, I don't want to die yet. I miss big brother, big sister… M-Marcel…"
The thought was quiet, calm and very scary.
"I'm going to die in this dirt with one arm and broken."
"Roxy, get up!" Plasma's voice was a noise in my head but it felt far away.
I couldn't move. I could only stare at my hand still moving in the Kings grip separated from my body by five feet of harsh reality. The "pain manipulation" of my skill was failing; a different kind of pain was coming in…the pain of losing something. The ghost of my fingers felt like they were screaming, reaching for a body they don't have anymore.
The Goblin King threw my arm away like a chewed bone. Took a slow heavy step, toward me. He didn't need to hurry. He knew.
I looked down at the space at my side my mind spinning in a frantic broken loop.
"It's gone. It's really gone. How do I fight? How do I live?"
As I muttered useless words through my mouth. The shadow of the king fell over me, cold and complete.
"Don't test me you weakling, as it is I the undisputed king of Andromeda."
The pain was unbearable, but the goblin king was still talking to me in my final moments, learning his despicable goals and admirations through his life.
"I've slained numerous luminous knights, and I've lived up at almost a century. Out of all the people who can test me, you my child are one of them." The goblin king said in a grin smile.
As the goblin king said it's message through me, he raised it's claws and began pointing at me. Ready to kill me.
"Die, lady!"
As he said that, I've used all my strength to dodge the incoming attack, a close call. Leaving the boulder behind me pulverized in an instant.
"Huh? Where that bitch go?"
I sneaked up from behind and leaped out from the goblin's back. The king noticed and began swinging it's claws around me,
I opened my mouth and dugged my sharp fangs into the king's skin, I drained his blood so that I can recover quickly. I was like a mosquito, sucking out blood from the goblin's view. The goblin screamed in agony as I drained his blood in an instant.
I drove my fangs deeper and deeper until I felt a disgusting pulp of flesh around my face, and then I drove deeper still. With enough blood I've drank, my left arm was covered up. It didn't regenerate, it sedated the pain until it was long gone. The goblin king tried to brush off me until I was caught up.
"You commoner, how dare you drink my blood with that!"
The goblin king brushed my body off until I was thrown into a nearby rock. It shattered all my bones in an instant, but it quickly regenerated after. Even though my left arm was gone, I can still use my sword easily.
[Drain Activated Extraction Completed consumed seven liters of blood]
As the message pops up, I suddenly regained my senses clearly. Both my injuries and my wounds were healed in an instant. Of course, my mana is fully recovered. I couldn't use my blood bow completely, so I only relied on my sword from now.
"Oh my, unbelievable, Roxy! I didn't knew you could pull a move like that!" Plasma appraised me.
And good news is, my left arm got patched up thanks from my sharp fangs. My most valuable skill.
This new feast had filled me with a bounty of power, I couldn't stop back. I need to defend the town, I need to kill the goblin king. As the goblin king was fully recovered, I analyzed my stats with inspect.
Eirene Rynd
Skill: Inspect, Blood Curse, Blood Sword, Defense Reduction, Blood Bow, Pain Manipulation
Vitality:5500
Strength: 7550
Defense: 5350
Agility: 4500
Mana: 10000
As I compared my stats to his, I knew I was ready. I knew that shithead pulled my left arm like it was nothing. I want to get my revenge, my revenge from my arm.
I knew that the goblin king lost a lot of blood, I drank at least seven liters of blood in one go, weakening his body and losing his blood capacity. I divert his weakness very well. He is more to losing.
With my wounds were fully recovered, I didn't sense any bit of pain and both my stamina and mana is fully restored. Now he will taste some of my vengeance.
The goblin king was unlike its companions. Even though it sensed my higher stats, its fighting spirit refused to waver. A vital hate flooded from its sharp, half-moon eyes. The goblin king was pissed off when I weakened his body.
I drained half of its blood capacity completely, By any large, the goblin king had a careful nature. But here and now, with its back against the wall, it has changed. For a time we stayed still, eyes locked. Using my appraisal skill, I analyzed the monster's skill.
Decimation- increases attack power for close-quarters combat.
Corroding Decay- converts corroding effect into attack power.
These two skills synergize very well as Decimation is the main attack and the corroding decay is the powerhouse of the goblin king's skill. It was indeed powerful, and yet, this skill is the main reason why my left arm tore entirely.
These two skills are no joke. I had witnessed it when the goblin king turned that boulder into dust. Despite my higher stats, at close range, I would lose if I took more than one hit from that attack. My bones would be powder, and I would be dead in an instant. The key was to stay out of range.
"Okay, I will use my blood bow from now on."
"Wait Roxy, you can't use your bow properly, am I right?"
"Oh yeah, I'm such a dumbass."
While Plasma anticipated my thoughts, the goblin king lunged at me and delivered a heavy blow. I merely dodged it and sliced one of his fingers in one go. I imbued it with defense reduction so that it cuts it like paper. Now the stinky fingers all fell through the ground.
"Grahhhhhh…"
The goblin king screamed in pain as I unclipped one of his fingers, he doesn't possess any regenerative spell nor lifesteal. His fingers never grew back, but his claws were present. I backed up a little.
The reason why I can't use my blood bow is that, in my one-armed state, my right hand will hold the bow in place and I couldn't possibly fire it without another hand to draw back the arrow. Making my bow useless and I will only rely on my blood sword.
"Damn, this sucks." I grumbled
"No worries, Roxy. You still have your blood sword though. You definitely blocked the attack and sliced his fingers. Or use one of your legs instead."
"Legs? Your funny Plasma, how about you take one of my shoes off and see for yourself."
Despite the fact that Plasma began into a serious mode, I gasped, knowing that my safety is more concerning than others. Luckily, I'm right-handed.
"Roxy, let's end this quickly. You need to drain the king's blood to kill him. It's the only choice."
"Plasma, whatever you want to do with me, I'm counting with you. Leave it to me…"
Our conversation was cut off as the goblin king threw a fifty-pound boulder at me. It was large, large enough to squish me to death. I formed my fighting stance and began charging my attack through the large boulder.
"Why won't you die, peasant!" The goblin king said angrily
Paired with defense reduction, I easily sliced the huge rock in half and went straight to the goblin king itself. Dodging its death blows, I sliced the goblin king's jutting shoulder, spraying a lot of blood that hit directly to my mouth.
I dove the sword deeper to its back and stabbed it multiple times. The goblin kings screamed and tried to brush me away, but I managed to get a hold of the sword's hilt perfectly. With just the right opportunity, I opened my mouth, ready to feast.
"Roxy now!"
In time with Plasma's call, I dug my sharp fangs to the goblin's skin, sucking its blood at a rapid pace
I swallowed every bit of blood I could taste that was like a vacuum cleaner. It was abysmal, but the fight was worth it.
[Drain Activated Extraction Completed consumed four liters of blood]
Four liters was enough to weaken the goblin king. It took some time to suck up the blood of a giant, I managed to hold on while I was dodging every attack that the king had. Its sharp claws were no match for me.
"Damn you, I'm gonna kill you."
After I weakened the goblin easily, I pulled the blood sword from its back and sliced the goblin king's head easily. Piercing its brain as well as its skull.
"Grahhhh.."
The blade carved a deep red gash and sent blood shooting through the air. The king cried out and kicked furiously, topping nearby boulders using his decimation skill.
"See, it hurts, doesn't it? But that's the taste of what you did to me. You pulled my arm off, you know. Now I will avenge you!"
As I carved through the goblin's brain, it finally lost consciousness. The massive beast went limp, like a pupper with its strings cut. I quickly let go of the sword to avoid getting pulled down with the collapsing creature as it swayed back and forth for a moment before finally tumbling over on one side. Hitting the ground with a massive impact that sent up a flurry of leaves in its wake.
The blood sword was still firmly embedded in its skull.
"Roxy, you did it!"
As a celebration from Plasma lingering through my head. The king lay there motionless. Only once I was sure it was finally dead did I let myself relax. She threw out my arms and dropped backward onto the soft ground.
The goblin king collapsed on the ground and died, leaving its huge body trampled on the thick moss. The once undefeated goblin king was finally defeated by a gold-ranked adventurer like me. Now, the chaos finally stops.
As the goblin's body heat slowly faded, I can confirm that it was dead via heat signature. Because of that, I drank the remaining blood of the goblin until it was completely dry. The blood was delicious, more delicious than the monsters I've defeated in my life.
[Drain Activated Extraction Completed consumed seven liters of blood]
"Fuck! What a mess." I muttered.
Though the wounds on my body had long-since healed, I could still feel a stinging sensation through my left arm, almost like a phantom pain.
If anything, my dress was in worse shape than I was. I lost my lantern somewhere, and my white dress was nearly unrecognizable as clothing.
As reclaiming my victory once again, I used all my strength to extract the heart of the goblin king. It was larger than my head, and showed a black stone, similar to other peak-level beasts that I've slain.
I placed the heart in a burlap bag, slowly dragged myself to my feet, I was full and my stomach must've been not growling ever since I've taken a buffet of blood. Come to think of it, I've experienced an all-you-can-eat-buffet in this battle.
I soon imagined the surprised expressions of the men when I returned back to the surface.