[ Chapter IV (4): "HUNGRY, HUNGRY GOBLINS!" ]
[ BANG ]
Busting open the door by kicking it, the Reanimated looked at one another before entering the small house they were supposed too.
And they were immediately greeted by a messy, disoriented living room— the clock falling, wallpapers slipping, and furniture in disarray.
But worse of it all.
[ — chiichii! ]
[ — chiii?! ]
Black Rats standing in two feet greeted them, with the height that surpassed the sofas and most of the furniture in the room that they chewed on. In seeing the Reanimated Goblins, they bore their fangs, before ultimately looking at them in caution, keeping their distance; holding their ground, ready for a fight.
The Reanimateds looked at one another again, before cackling, letting go of the weapons that they are holding on before finally.
[ — chichiiiii!! ]
[ CACKLE ]
Massacring as many Black Rats they could get their hands on before any of them fled away. To them this is free energy, and they wouldn't waste it.
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[ "Damn it, what's taking them so long?!!" ]
Felix, the Necromancer on the other hand couldn't believe what was happening. A blue jay that is normally harmless, now bore its claws at him, due to mutations it became bigger than most animals, and is now trying desperately to get into his room through the window.
The sole window which Felix is looking at with dread, before finally gathering whatever furniture he could to block it— his shelves that have been gathering dust lately, table, and even stuff teddy bear, whatever and whichever is needed to block the window off he threw.
[ "Leave me the fuck, alone, man! ]
[ "Goblins, where the hell are you?!!" ]
He had imagined countless of times that the Goblins, Reanimated ones to barge in through his door, clearing the obstacle that keeps him stuck in this third floor room. But that seems to be wishful thinking, as though they haven't appeared yet even after what felt like eternity, enough time for them to barge tens of thousands of times.
But something did caught his attention amongst the peking on his apartment's window. And that is the System alerting him.
[ BLACK RAT LVL. 2 KILLED BY REANIMATED GOBLIN LVL. 6! ]
[ +21 EXP! ]
[ BLACK RAT LVL. 3 KILLED BY REANIMATED GOBLIN LVL. 7! ]
[ +27 EXP! ]
[ DEVOUR LVL. 1 IS BEING USED BY REANIMATED GOBLIN LVL. 8 ON BLACK RAT LVL. 3 ]
[ THE BLACK RATS ARE AFRAID ]
[ ... ]
Black Rats?!
What the hell is a Black Rat, and why are they devouring those things rather than saving me?!!
Wait... Are they...?
Felix looks again at the strings of message flowing in front of him and realized one thing. The sole reason why he is stuck in third floor, and that is because of two things.
Fear of monsters, the monsters may or may not barge in his room so he went to the highest floor available— the third floor.
And secondly; fear of rats.
Rats comparable in size to a normal cat, there weren't one or two, but dozens of rats. In which caused him to runaway cowering, with only a handful of supplies being grabbed by him.
A bottle of water, a half drunken can of soda, potato chips, one canned goods— tuna, and his phone. Other than that, he didn't brought anything.
He thought it'll be just for some time, but he didn't expect the door handle to be stuck. He destroyed it, but the problem seems to not lie with the handle, but instead with something covering his door.
And for a week, he stayed inside this room, isolated, alone, and hungry. With no way of communication with the outside world. Except for his phone that died days ago.
And before that, he read articles, seen videos, found out what's happening throughout the world. And that is being, the world went to shit, with him seeing the destruction first-hand through his apartment's window— for a week.
And now he's here. Suddenly awakening to be a Necromancer or something, something with supernatural powers, something that shouldn't be. But if it's the only way to salvation, then he wouldn't throw it away, and would rather grasp it with all his might, and risk it all.
Either that, or he dies from starvation.
[ REANIMATED GOBLIN LVL. 8 SKILL IS INCREASING ]
[ DEVOUR LVL. 1 ---> DEVOUR LVL. 2 ]
[ THE BLACK RATS ARE SCATTERING ]
And for the moment, he watches as text flashes by in front of him.
Curious on what's happening below. But from what he is hearing, other than the banging outside his window, he could swear that the Black Rats as they we're called are indeed running away.
As confirm with the shrieking ever increasing the more as time passes by... What?
[ — chichiiii!!! ]
The shrieking is coming closer, and closer!
[ "Holy..." ]
Panicked Felix looked at the door, at where the shrieling noise came from, belonging to a Black Rat. Then to the window which is being bang by a giant blue jay. Not knowing what to do, he imagines a rat clawing at his door being stumped.
[ — chiiichiii!!! ]
And seconds later, the System alerted him on what's happening, even though he doesn't have any visual on what exactly is going on. Followed by a loud ear-piercing shriek, that abruptly died down.
[ BLACK RAT LVL. 5 KILLED BY REANIMATED GOBLIN LVL. 7! ]
[ +43 EXP! ]
[ REANIMATED GOBLIN LVL. 7 IS INCREASING IN LEVEL ]
[ REANIMATED GOBLIN LVL. 7 ---> REANIMATED GOBLIN LVL. 8
They killed it?
Holy, they did kill it!
In joy, Felix tried opening his room's window, but not being able to do so as the door's stuck no matter how hard he budged it.
[ CACKLE ]
But seconds later, as he expects it. The wooden door gets destroyed, burst open with the help of the Reanimated Goblins kicking it open. And for the first time, the Reanimated Goblins and Felix met face-to-face.
He observed them carefully and noticed the similarity they all have, and the difference that makes each unique.
The first one is holding a sword, bloodied, but not from his blood with a scar on the corner of it's eye. The words above it's head saying; [ REANIMATED GOBLIN LVL. 8 ]
The second one slightly farther in the back, who's chewing on something, rat's innards in looking at it closely could be seen much more spirited, and has more blood in it.
The third and last one could be seen farthest at the back, eating the deceased Black Rat, and diving through the body like it's a pool; in turn causing it to bath in blood.
[ "Wow..." ]
That's the difference they all have.
But the similarities are that, they are short, only reaching up to Felix's legs but still formidable. Due to them eating, and eating, and eating, in which he mostly watched.
They became slightly fatter, add to the fact that they are already fat in the first place. No clothes except for a few tattered cloth covering their privates.
Pointy ears, green skin, crooked nose that differs to Goblin-to-Goblin, repulsing stench, and lastly enough, ugly features.
Ugly features that makes Felix who's bland looking, look like a deity in comparison. In talking about deities. Felix scratch his head, he couldn't understand why they are looking at him like that... Like he's some sort of a messiah, though subtle, he noticed it.
About to question why, he was stopped by the giant blue jay trying to barge into his room, which caught his attention;
[ BANG ]
[ BANG ]
[ BANG ]
[ — iiiiiiiiiip! ]
[ "Damn it bi-" ]
[ SHATTER ]
[ — iiiiippp!! ]
With the window breaking seconds later, causing shards to scatter all over the room. Some which is thankfully blocked by the furniture that Felix placed before.
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