Now that Wilhelm had acquired Frost Lance, an attack spell, there was no doubt he would enter a dungeon to get familiar with his spell as well as earn some points to buy a 3rd Spell Construct.
CLINK!
As he was thinking, a tiny hole the size of a tennis ball opened up before him and shot out an object before disappearing.
It was a key with a red ribbon looped around it's bow.
At the same time Wilhelmreceived another notification from Siegfried.
Dungeon Key granted
ID - L-Amber- 356
Name - Cave of Goblins
"An amber grade this time." Wilhelm mused.
He inspected the key carefully, aside from the ribbon there wasn't anything else special about it.
"What do I have to do again? Oh right, imagine there is a door in front of me and turn the key." muttering he inserted the key into his imaginary door and turned it.
As he turned the key, he felt a latch open up.
KLAK!
Wilhelm tried to pull the key but instead the space in front of him was pulled.
"???" He persevered and pulled the key with a bit more strength.
CREAK!
Slowly the space opened, showcasing a completely different scenery.
A cave that was illuminated by torches which were kept in small sockets of it's wall was visible.
It looked quite alike the previous dungeon yet its main difference was the green blood splattered on the ground.
Wilhelm seeing this took a deep breath and steadied himself.
"Alright, let's do this" He walked into the dungeon with steady and cautious steps.
Unaware that that visit would be the single greatest turning point in his life.
Lesser Grade Dungeon - Type: Amber- The Cave of Goblins!
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Only upon entering it did He realise the size of the cave.
It was pathetically small with him being able to raise his hand above his head which barely grazed the cave's roof.
KIAK!
As Wilhelm was inspecting his surroundings, from behind a sharp cry came.
Without any hesitation he was about to fling himself away from his current position.
Unfortunately, he had forgotten to take into account the cave.
BAM!
His head met straight with the cave's surface, stopping his attempt to dodge.
As he paused due to the obstruction, something grabbed his leg and began to climb his body.
It moved quickly and before long had reached his nape.
"Fuck!" He unleashed Niflheim's frost around his nape.
TAS!
The creature's teeth collided with the frost which stopped it from piercing his neck.
Taking the chance, he collided his back with the walls.
DHAM!
KIAK!
The creature let out a cry of pain as it released it's grip and began to slip, Wilhelm used the moment and threw a backhanded hook right at the skull of the creature.
He felt his elbow come into contact with the skin and rip it apart as it went for the skull, breaking it.
CRACK!
Finally he took a few steps forward and turned back to look at the creature.
It was the size of a three year old, with a skin that had a deep green hue to it. It was completely naked with several bite marks scattered across its skin. Its ears were more akin to horns with a small opening akin to conch.
"Damn." He muttered under his breath as he threw a well placed kick towards its chest.
His leg completely went through and Wilhelm felt its internal organs being crushed under his leg as it came out the other side.
The goblin could only look on spitefully as it drew its last breath.
Wilhelm breathed a sigh of relief.
"Have to be more careful." He couldn't help but mentally remark.
After inspecting his surroundings clear of anything else, Wilhelm continued his way forward.
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It only took a few more minutes of venturing until he came across a group of goblins.
KIAK!
The cries came as the goblins hurled themselves at Wilhelm.
Wilhelm summoned Frost Lance and impaled one of the goblins.
He didn't stop and using the impaled goblin like a mace, swung it towards the others, throwing them off.
After this, he dashed and began stabbing the goblins in their skulls or smashing them.
The goblins were really only dangerous when they snuck up on someone and aside from that, even a 2nd Grade Wizard with an average Spell Construct could, according to Wilhelm, clear this dungeon if they were careful.
"Why was it classified as Amber then?" This was quite peculiar indeed, if this dungeon's threats were this weak , then shouldn't the classification for this dungeon be a bit lower.
"Interesting." Wilhelm mused and was about to continue deeper when his saw something that caught his eye.
One of the dead goblins that were lying on the ground had opened their mouth,perhaps gasping in pain but Wilhelm who was to the extreme side of the goblin noticed something in it's mouth with his refined eyesight.
"What is this?" He wondered and approached the corpse.
Bending down, he observed that on the backside of the canine teeth of the goblins were veins filled with a greenish substance. These were completely jutting out of the teeth and flopped down like tendrils.
He was very careful not to touch it and instead used Niflheim's frost to create a glove of ice.
"Strange indeed." Now that he had come into contact with these tendrils he noticed that these had an opening.
"Poison perhaps?"
If a goblin were losing and it's fate was certain, perhaps they would as a last effort bite the attack injecting them with this poison.The openings were such that one realised it was improbable for them to close.Thus it was both a death for the attacker and defender, that was unless these goblins had some resistance to poison which was quite probable.
"Have to be careful then." Wilhelma rose from the corpse.
After making sure that no goblins were heading his direction, which was peculiar, he continued.
He was unaware that among the dead goblins, the fingers of one of them was of a different colour.
It was a colour which at closer inspection was quite similar to the walls of the cave.