Contemplating life on his walk, Maro decided he would stay on the path of a warrior but with a little more focus on having some fun. With the security conscious nature of his work and his need for security clearance, he never really had a chance to do anything for himself aside from enjoying alcohol and the company of women. And when he was a kid, all he did was train for his family's legacy. His youth was a mix of Wilderness survival training, Mixed Martial Arts, Archery, Kendo, Fencing and as soon as he hit 18 he enlisted.
Who knows what his new life had in store for him, he hadn't seen magic yet but he knew it was real from how everyone at the logging camp talked. Anyone capable in magic usually was in high demand for their skills and stayed in major cities and their magic academies.
He didn't really care about magic, shooting fireballs and lightning wasn't really appealing to him… but his mind wandered and he hoped there was some magic to summon Succubi and Alcohol. Have a big party anytime he wants… as he was picturing what a Succubus would look like if it even existed, he came across the spot where he killed the goblin brothers.
He did a quick look around, he didn't find anything that led back to him. He figured he would just chill in the forest and then bring back one of the knives as proof they died, in the morning.
Maro found a perfect spot to lay down by the lake, it was like Mother Nature made it just for him. Covered so he was hidden from anyone unless they were in the tree right above him, nice breeze from the lake, the sky clear and sunny. He basically passed out as soon as he laid down, he never had trouble sleeping anywhere, one of the most important skills he had to train.
Hysterical screeching woke him up right away, it was just past mid day now, he must have slept at least an hour or so.
He absorbed as much information he could with the sound, 2 people screeching and 2 people grunting, 4 people total. A couple hundred meters away, it was safe to get up and look around. Due to the forest cover, he couldn't see anyone and they couldn't see him.
With the racket they were making he managed to climb a tree right above a small clearing where the noise was coming from.
Perfect, he found his main suspect and he can come back a hero.
Man, some egalitarian utopia this was… stupid deity… what he saw was absolutely disgusting.
A huge dark green/brown orc, standing at 2 meters tall, was accompanied by 3 butt ugly goblins. Looks like 2 of the goblins were the screeching victims.
The orc had a loincloth on that hid nothing, he tried not to look at the green genitals swinging around. His partner was one of the goblins, who was greedily smiling as the other 2 goblins were whimpering as they were tied together on the ground.
Under the instruction of the goblin, the orc used his logging axe to hack a limb off at a time from the goblins and then they would eat it raw, to keep it as fresh as possible.
After the orc ate the meat of one of the legs, he tossed the bones to the goblin who would crush them open and eat the marrow.
While the 2 victims were whimpering and screaming, the lead goblin planned out loud.
"Fresh meat is the best, for sure for sure for sure.. But next we should eat Beast man or regular man, cow man is super delicious"
The Orc grunted "Cow man too hard to kill, bigger than me… Human is easy and super tasty"
"If we can't find a baby cow man, lets go for human"
The orc grunted in approval.
Maro wondered how many people they killed, at this point the tied up goblins were dead and the other duo was busy burping and throwing leftover bones in the lake… He felt weird that they both had the same goblin disposal methods.
The afternoon was ending and Maro was perfecting his plan to strike, as he was waiting patiently for an opening to make a move, the cannibalistic duo decided to take a nap right under the cover of his tree.
Maro laughed to himself, 4 murders would definitely make him a serial killer.
He jumped on top of the Orc impaling his skull with the iron knife, killing the 2 meter muscle monster instantly.
[250 experience points gained]
[System unlocked]
[Level up, you are level 1, please select a class]
I guess leveling up makes sense if you get experience per kill, Maro thought as he took the dagger from his back and thrust the knife through the goblin's heart and stuck it to the tree behind. Woah goblins are super soft…
[25 experience points gained]
As the notifications flickered through his periphery, he wondered how to access this "System" and pick a class.