Six sticks came crashing down on him, and Isidor dodged while waiting for an opportunity to fight back.
The LV10 stick mastery undoubtedly played a big role this time. Although Isidor did not have much experience in fighting in his previous life, he was able to use a mace to perfection. Whether it was blocking or counterattacking, he could do it with ease.
In a moment, two more goblins fell under the stick. Seeing how brave he was, the other four also began to retreat.
I'm so good! Although the eight opponents have consumed a lot of energy in the game and are injured, but I was able to knock down four of them in a row when I was alone against eight. Is this really something I can do?
Isidor subconsciously glanced at the attribute panel:
【Life: 61/80】
[Magic power: 50/50]
[Endurance: 105/200]
[Spirit: 45/50]
【Strength: 210】
[Agility: 100]
[Ghostly value: 100]
[Special skills: Hypnosis, Patience]
[Racial Skills: Stick Mastery LV10]
[Professional Skills: None]
[Status: Strengthening (all attributes increased by 50%), 355 seconds remaining]
Isidor was shocked to see this attribute value. His other values did not change, which shows that the temporary gain of strengthening will not be reflected in the value.
But why did his strength reach 210 points? He remembered that when he checked the value three months ago, his strength value was only 60.
This has increased by more than three times! No wonder he was able to knock down such a tall goblin with one strike.
Although he didn't know when his strength had increased so much, with his current strength, it was obviously not difficult to deal with the other four goblins.
Isidor suddenly gained confidence and walked forward step by step with the mace in hand.
The four goblins kept retreating until they returned to the old goblin.
"What a bunch of trash! Do you want me to do it myself?" The old goblin was very dissatisfied when he saw this. He pushed the goblins away, then raised his arms and chanted a spell.
The wounds of the remaining four goblins healed rapidly, their bodies grew larger, and their eyes and bodies glowed red. It was obvious that they had been strengthened in some way just like him.
"Don't worry about that goblin, just kill the elf." The old goblin ordered.
Apparently, he also saw that Esna was about to make a big move, and decided to kill her first.
This time the enemies learned their lesson. Two of them led Isidor's attention while the other two took the opportunity to attack Esna.
Isidor wanted to turn around to provide support, but was immediately hit twice on the back.
The severe pain aroused Isidor's latent bloodiness. He roared, completely ignoring the enemies behind him, and ran at full speed towards the two goblins who were about to attack the elves, and hit one of them hard on the head with a stick.
Seeing this, the other one had to abandon the elf and turned back to deal with Isidor. At this time, the two enemies behind him also caught up, and the three of them attacked together.
The strengthened enemy's strength and speed were increased. Isidor suffered many attacks in succession before he finally forced his opponent back.
At this time, his health points were only about twenty points. If it weren't for the effect of endurance, it would have been reduced to zero long ago.
"You will die if you keep fighting. Is it worth it? You are one of my people and I really can't bear to kill you. As long as you give up the elf, I am still willing to give you the position of second chief. If you are seduced by her beauty, then I promise you that I will give you the first priority to use the elf after catching it. As long as I can give birth to offspring, I don't care whose child it is." Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, the old goblin began to bribe.
Isidor weighed the mace in his hand and grinned, "You're still talking nonsense after fighting to this extent. Do you think I will believe it? According to the custom of the Goblins, we have already forged a blood feud. What follows is a fight to the death."
"Huh, you do have some knowledge." The old goblin said and looked back.
Isidor immediately realized that the conditions he proposed were not intended to gain his surrender, but were an attempt to delay time through dialogue.
The reason why the chief only brought eight goblins was probably because he didn't know that they had already rebelled, and he wanted to let them come in to sow seeds for the elves.
If I wait for other goblins to come to support me, I will surely die.
Isidor glanced at the panel and found that the strengthening effect only had thirty seconds left. It seemed that he had to fight quickly and decisively.
Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and prepared to rush forward to fight the enemy to the death.
However, at this moment, a gentle hand grabbed his shoulder: "Take a break, leave the rest to me."
Isidor turned around and saw Esina slowly opening her eyes, revealing a pair of silver-white pupils.
"Sorry for the long wait, old man." Esina said, stretching out her hand and shaking it in the air. The remaining three goblins vomited blood and died on the spot.
"This is impossible! My vine can hinder the effects of magic, so your magic shouldn't be effective!" The old goblin was horrified when he saw this.
"Normally speaking, yes. Unfortunately, I can block my five senses and gain supernormal vision. That's how I got the nickname 'Silver Eyes'. These eyes can see through the inner workings of things. Combined with the effects of mind magic, they can bypass all defenses and directly attack the inner workings of living things." Esna said with a smile.
"Huh, I didn't expect to meet an opponent who can restrain me so well. Now I can't hold back any longer!" The old goblin said as he took off his coat, revealing his shriveled muscles and intimidating tattoos.
He just chanted a series of spells in a strange tone, and his body quickly expanded several times. Muscles grew all over his body, and his expression became ferocious and distorted, looking very scary.
"I now offer my life as a sacrifice to the Demon Lord... Please drink my blood and complete your body..." the old goblin whispered.
"The goblins' intelligence is not very good, didn't I just say that? I can attack the inside directly. No matter how strong the guy is, as long as it is a living thing, there will be soft structures inside. Some places can cause death with just a little bit of force, such as the heart..." Esina said, with a cold smile on her lips.
She just stretched out her hand and grasped it, and the goblin's huge body immediately fell to the ground, bleeding from all seven orifices and died.
"Awesome! He got up and defeated her in one move. What's there to say?" Isidor couldn't help but get excited when he saw that Esina was so powerful.
"Phew, luckily I made it in time. Silver Eyes puts a lot of strain on the body. Even I can't handle long-term use." Esna said as she let out a long breath. Her eyes returned to their normal color and she looked quite tired.
"Fortunately, the other goblins didn't come to support us, otherwise we would have been taken advantage of by them." Isidor said thankfully.
"From your tone, you seem to be looking forward to it?" Esina teased.
[Ghost value has been increased to 110]
[Obtained racial skills: Evolution potential LV1]
"No way." Isidor ignored the system's prompt and quickly explained.
"Tell me, when the old goblin wanted to give me to you, were you moved?" At this time, Esina suddenly turned sideways, leaned close to Isidor and asked.
At this moment, their eyes met, and at this distance, Isidor could even feel her warm breath.
"Should we go find the cup next? It looks like this guy doesn't have it with him." Isidor resisted the urge to use hypnosis and quickly changed the subject.
Just as Esina was about to answer, there was a strange "crunching" sound coming from the goblin's body.
That's the sound of teeth chewing.
Chapter 10: The Demon Lord with a Thousand Arms and Eyes
The two of them looked together and saw that the goblin's body was shrinking piece by piece, as if it was being swallowed by something invisible.
"Esina, something seems to be wrong," Isidor said.
"I'm afraid it's some kind of evil magic. Let me finish him off first." Esina said, and she stretched out her hand and pressed in the air. The goblin's body was immediately crushed into a pool of flesh and blood by her telekinesis.
However, the blood on the ground was still decreasing, but the chewing sound just now turned into a sipping sound.
Isidor was horrified by what he heard, and suddenly he heard a few screams. It turned out that the frightened women in the seedbed were also swallowed by the invisible things.
Soon after, there were faint screams coming from outside the cave, which sounded like goblins.
"Let's go! This is too weird!" Isidor advised.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Esna nodded and ran out of the cave with Isidor.
When he arrived at the hall, Isidor found it empty. There was not a single goblin, only a bloody smell filled the air.
"Look! The cup is there!" Esina suddenly pointed to the center of the hall and said.
Isidor looked in the direction of her finger and saw the golden cup.
Just as Aisina was about to go forward to take it, a shocking and creepy laugh suddenly came out of the cup, echoing continuously between the stone walls of the cave.
Isidor picked up a stick from the ground and looked at the cup warily.
The deep red liquid slowly overflowed from the cup, forming a pool of blood on the ground.
Then, a pale arm stretched out from the pool of blood. That arm had seven fingers, but none of them was a thumb. The number of joints on the arm was also frighteningly large. From a distance, it looked like some strange insect.
"Help! Help!" At this moment, a goblin jumped out from the hole next to it and ran aimlessly in the hall.
The arm pointed at the goblin, who immediately fell to the ground, turned into a pool of blood, and then gradually merged into the pool of blood near the arm.
"Before he died, the old man seemed to have said that he wanted to donate his blood to someone. Now it seems that he may not want to fight, but to summon this monster." Isidor whispered to Esna.
"Let's run faster and see if we can get around it!" Aisina said, and she dodged the arm and ran quickly towards the cave entrance. However, after taking a few steps, the arm suddenly moved and grabbed Aisina.
Esna quickly counterattacked with telekinesis and broke the arm in one stroke. However, the blood from the broken arm dripped onto the ground, and more arms immediately grew out.
Aisina attacked several times in succession, but more and more arms appeared, completely blocking the way to the outside world.
Seeing this, Esina had to retreat, but the arm kept chasing after them, forcing the two to retreat back to the seedbed again.
"It seems that they haven't caught up with us, but that thing is blocking the hall and we can't get out." Isidor said worriedly.
"It's a pity that I didn't bring a sword, otherwise I could at least break through in one go before their numbers increase. If I can't see their real bodies, I won't be able to deliver a decisive blow with my magic." Esina said regretfully.
"Are you good at swordsmanship?" Isidor asked curiously.
"Very strong, just as strong as your level of evil." Aisina said with a smile.
Isidor was about to retort when he suddenly felt a severe headache. He took a look at the panel and saw that the value of the spirit column had suddenly dropped to -5.
"Oh no, this guy can attack from a distance. Those women and goblins might have died that way." Isidor sat down with his head covered and warned.
Spirit is a rather special value. When Isidor concentrates on doing something, it will begin to be consumed.
Once the spirit is lowered, it will seriously affect the thinking ability.
At the same time, spirit is the only value that can appear as a negative number. Once spirit becomes a negative number, it means that the person has reached the brink of madness.
"Mental attack? Don't say anything first." Esna said, lifting the blanket wrapped around her body and wrapping Isidor in it.
Isidor felt as if he had fallen into a gentle ocean, especially his head which was trapped in the airbag, which seemed to have received an all-round massage without any blind spots.
When he came to his senses, he found that his spirit had recovered to single digits, although it was still very low, but he no longer had a headache.
"What's the principle behind this?" Isidor asked in surprise.
"Beautiful things can cheer people up, don't they?" Esna smiled.
"Can I have another refill?" Isidor looked at Esna seriously and said.
"Go ahead - be alert around you, I'm going to open my silver eyes again." Esina said as she closed her eyes and blocked her five senses again.
Isidor could only wait boredly nearby, while Esna beside him lay motionless, as defenseless as a puppet.
At this moment, whether it's facial cleanser or brain pad waves, or even if some more excessive actions are done, she won't be able to detect it, right?
However, Isidor still suppressed this thought. It was indeed easy to improve strength by relying on the ghost value, but he did not want to become a puppet of the system.
"Okay, let's go." A few minutes later, Esna opened her silver eyes and walked towards the hall with Isidor.
At this time, the hall was occupied by arms and looked like a white forest.
"How is it? Can you see the real body?" Isidor asked.
"No." Esina shook her head.
"Even the Silver Eyes can't see through the real body?" Isidor said in surprise.
"It's not that I can't see through it, it's that there is no main body at all. These arms give people the feeling of being completely independent individuals, but there is obviously a powerful consciousness controlling them." Esna said with a frown.
At this moment, a dry voice came from the arm bush: "It's the elves and goblins, what a rare combination. The victims of the contract actually assisted the perpetrators. You should hate each other from the bottom of your souls."
"What do you mean?" Esina asked vigilantly.
"It's just some old things, meaningless. Come, give me your flesh and blood. Only with more flesh and blood can I be fully resurrected." The voice continued.
"What are you? I've never seen a monster like you." asked Esna.
"You actually asked me what I am? Haha, I am the Demon Lord with a thousand hands and eyes, the god who devours everything. Come! Become me!"
In an instant, almost all the palms were stretched out in the direction of Esna and Isidor, and in the center of each palm, there was a bright red eye staring.
"We have no choice but to give it a try!" Esina said, and she stretched out her hand and slapped the stone wall. Countless pieces of stone were immediately shattered by her telekinesis and bounced towards the arm monster.
The arm monster didn't seem to be very strong, and was easily knocked down by the rubble. However, there were too many arms, and even killing dozens of them would be useless.
"It's not over yet!" Esina continued to attack the wall, and the gravel kept shooting at the arm monster like shotgun.
