Cursed Bloodline: Awakened a Hidden Class in a Game World-Chapter 57: Goblin Battles

The five hobgoblins spread out, forming a half-circle around him. The mage stood at the back, her glowing green eyes fixed on Zane. She raised her staff slowly, muttering words he didn’t understand.

"Tch, I said I won’t let you finish that," Zane muttered and dashed forward.

The two in front swung their claws at him. He ducked low, spun, and slashed one across the waist. Blood splattered as the goblin screamed.

He followed up quickly, kicking its leg to snap the joint and drove his dagger deep into its throat.

[You have killed a goblin, 20 EXP]x2

The second goblin came right after, slashing downward with both hands. Zane raised his dagger and blocked, sparks flying. The goblin pressed down, snarling. Zane smirked—he used his claws and stabbed it right under the ribs.

The goblin choked on blood before collapsing.

[You have killed a goblin, 20 EXP]x2

The other three didn’t hesitate. One charged from the side, while the other two kept their eyes fixed on him, buying time for the mage who was still chanting.

Zane knew the longer he wasted here, the worse it would get.

He rushed the one coming from the side. The goblin tried to bite his arm, but Zane twisted his body, rammed his knee into its chin, and stabbed upward into the jaw, piercing the skull.

[You have killed a goblin, 20 EXP]x2

The last two roared in anger and jumped together. Zane jumped back, narrowly avoiding their claws that tore deep into the stone floor.

He used the chance, ran up the wall, and flipped over them. Mid-air, he twisted his body and slashed across the back of one. The goblin screeched in pain, stumbling forward.

He landed behind it, grabbed its head, and slammed it into the wall three times until the skull broke.

[You have killed a goblin, 20 EXP]x2

The last goblin spun around and came at him wildly, its claws swiping left and right in a frenzy. Zane blocked one strike, but the other claw grazed his side, drawing blood. He gritted his teeth, stepped in, and stabbed the goblin right in the chest.

The goblin tried to bite him, so he twisted the blade hard, tearing through the heart. It fell lifeless at his feet.

[You have killed a goblin, 20 EXP]x2

He wiped the blood from his cheek and looked up at the mage. She was done chanting.

A dark green orb of energy floated above her staff, pulsating with power.

"Damn, too late."

The orb shot forward, hissing through the air. Zane leaped sideways, the attack exploding where he once stood, the gas on the ground swirling violently.

He landed, rolled, and dashed forward immediately.

The mage began another chant, faster this time. Zane growled and sprinted at full speed.

Another orb formed. She pointed her staff and launched it.

This time, Zane didn’t dodge. He raised his dagger and slashed through it. The orb exploded in green smoke, burning his skin, but he ignored the pain and kept going.

The mage’s eyes widened. She stumbled back, staff trembling. She tried to mutter another spell, but Zane was already upon her.

He kicked the staff aside and drove his dagger into her stomach. She coughed up black blood, but he wasn’t done.

He pulled out the blade and slashed across her neck in one swift motion.

Her head rolled to the side, and her body collapsed to the ground.

[You have killed a goblin mage, 50 EXP]x2 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Zane exhaled, looking at the corpse. "Annoying."

He bent down, picked up the glowing crystal she dropped, and pocketed it with the others. His eyes scanned the dark corridor ahead.

"If this is the third floor’s welcome party, then I should expect worse deeper inside," he muttered and continued walking, his daggers dripping with blood.

Zane kept moving deeper into the floor, the gas making every breath heavier. The path twisted left and right, and soon he entered a wide chamber.

His eyes narrowed.

Ten hobgoblins stood there. Four had crude bows, two held staves glowing faintly, and the rest carried jagged daggers. The archers stayed in the back, already aiming, while the mages began to chant.

"Tch, annoying setup," Zane muttered.

The dagger goblins roared and rushed forward. Zane sprinted right at them.

The archers loosed their first arrows. Zane twisted sideways, the arrows slicing past his arm. One arrow grazed his shoulder, but he ignored the sting and lunged at the first dagger goblin.

He ducked under its swing and stabbed upward through its jaw.

[You have killed a goblin, 20 EXP]x2

The second dagger goblin jumped, claws aiming for his throat. Zane rolled, stood up behind it, and slashed across its back. The goblin screeched. Before it could turn, he stabbed it in the neck.

[You have killed a goblin, 20 EXP]x2

Three more arrows flew. One slammed into his thigh. Zane winced but ripped it out and threw it aside.

"Annoying pests."

He sprinted toward the archers. The mages were still chanting, green energy circling above their staves.

Two archers fired at once. Zane weaved between the arrows, ran up the wall, and leaped high. Mid-air, he spun and threw his dagger straight at the first archer’s face.

It buried deep into its skull.

[You have killed a goblin archer, 20 EXP]x2

He landed and grabbed the second archer by the throat before it could shoot. He squeezed hard, crushing its windpipe, then twisted its neck.

[You have killed a goblin archer, 20 EXP]x2

The two remaining archers screamed and fired wildly. One arrow buried into Zane’s arm, another grazed his side. His body bled, but he gritted his teeth and dashed forward.

He kicked one archer in the chest, snapping its ribs. As it fell, he stomped on its head until it cracked open.

[You have killed a goblin archer, 20 EXP]x2

The last archer trembled, trying to reload. Zane snatched the bow from its hand, turned it around, and drove the sharp edge through its eye.

[You have killed a goblin archer, 20 EXP]x2

The two dagger goblins still alive lunged again, but Zane already saw the glowing staves finishing their chants. He jumped aside as two green orbs shot out, exploding into the ground where he stood. The gas hissed and burned, eating away at the stone.

"Damn mages."

The dagger goblins tried to pin him down. Zane ducked under their swipes, slashed one across the chest, then stabbed into its heart.

[You have killed a goblin, 20 EXP]x2

The other screamed and bit into his arm, teeth digging into flesh. Zane snarled, grabbed its head, and smashed it into the ground until blood splattered.

[You have killed a goblin, 20 EXP]x2

Now only the mages were left. They stepped back, terrified, trying to chant again.

Zane picked up one of the fallen bows and hurled it like a spear. It slammed into the first mage’s chest, knocking it down. He rushed forward and slit its throat without hesitation.

[You have killed a goblin mage, 50 EXP]x2

The last mage fired a desperate green orb. Zane raised his dagger and cut through it, the explosion burning his arm. He endured the pain, closed the distance, and jammed his dagger straight through the mage’s skull.

[You have killed a goblin mage, 50 EXP]x2

He stood there, bleeding, chest rising and falling. Crystals littered the floor, glowing faintly. He picked them up one by one.

"Archers and mages together... yeah, the third floor wants me dead," he muttered.

Further in, Zane entered another corridor that widened into what looked like a ruined hall. The walls were cracked, parts of the ceiling broken.

Waiting for him were eight hobgoblins.

Two wore crude armor, holding massive shields and heavy clubs. Tanks.

Three had swords, their blades rusted but sharp enough.

And in the back stood three mages, staves glowing with sickly green light.

Zane cracked his neck. "A full formation, huh?"

The tanks stepped forward first, shields raised. The swordsmen flanked, while the mages began chanting.

"Tch, fine. Let’s break your wall first."

He sprinted toward the tanks. The swordsmen intercepted, slashing in unison.

Zane ducked low, rolled between them, and stabbed upward, slicing open the stomach of the first. Blood gushed out as it collapsed.

[You have killed a goblin swordsman, 30 EXP]x2

The other two swordsmen turned fast. One swung wildly, the other came in low. Zane sidestepped, grabbed the first by the wrist, and twisted, snapping bone. He then kicked the goblin into the second, sending them both stumbling.

The tanks closed in, shields slamming down hard. Zane barely rolled out of the way as the stone floor cracked where he stood.

The mages were halfway through their incantations.

"No time to waste."

He leaped onto one of the tank’s shields, ran up, and slashed its throat before it could react.

[You have killed a goblin tank, 40 EXP]x2

The other tank swung its club. Zane jumped off, the club smashing into the dead tank instead. Bones cracked loudly.

The two swordsmen recovered and charged. Zane spun, kicked the second tank in the knee, breaking it, then stabbed the nearest swordsman in the chest.

[You have killed a goblin swordsman, 30 EXP]x2

The last swordsman slashed his side, cutting deep. Zane winced but turned with the pain, twisted his body, and slit the goblin’s throat clean.

[You have killed a goblin swordsman, 30 EXP]x2

The tank roared in anger, dragging its broken leg, swinging its club wildly. Zane dashed forward, ducked under the swing, and drove his dagger up under its chin, piercing the skull.

[You have killed a goblin tank, 40 EXP]x2

Only the mages remained. Their chanting was complete. Three massive orbs shot toward him at once.

Zane clenched his jaw, sprinted forward. The first orb exploded beside him, burning his skin. The second grazed past, ripping open part of his arm.

He jumped through the third, green flames licking his body, but he didn’t stop.

He slammed into the first mage, stabbing it in the heart.

[You have killed a goblin mage, 50 EXP]x2

The second mage screamed, blasting him with another orb. Zane twisted his body, barely avoiding it, then cut across its stomach.

[You have killed a goblin mage, 50 EXP]x2

The last mage turned to flee. Zane hurled his dagger, the blade spinning before driving deep into its back.

The goblin fell flat on the ground, twitching, then went still.

[You have killed a goblin mage, 50 EXP]x2