The Hobgoblin leading the party of over thirty goblins was wearing leather armor and holding a rusty sword with his right hand. The large warrior seemed to be a F Rank Hobgoblin Warrior and seemed to have some Skills on him than just their numbers. The Goblins charged forward as we quickly begun yet another fight.
"Hmph, you won't get any closer to us now, filthy beasts!"
Elfriedden summoned both of his spirits at the same time, the Permafrost Crystal Needle and the Skadi's Thread, and combined them together to move the threads alongside the needle perfectly.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
The needle pierced through the goblins flesh and slowly froze their wounds, all while the thread stuck them all together in place, just before a wave of coldness reached the group of five attached goblins, freezing them all on the spot.
"Hmph, low ranked trash has no chance against me." He smiled smugly.
Meanwhile, Alberta was becoming bolder in how she fought, quickly utilizing her hammer and magic together.
Her hammer suddenly grew several times its original size and was encompassed on flames. This hammer was not a normal weapon but a Tool Spirit, and certainly, hammers are also a lethal weapon.
Her hammer hit the ground, unleashing a shockwave of flames that consumed three goblins on the spot. The rest of the flames spread further, burning and weakening the goblins behind the ones she ended slaying.
"W-Woah… I killed them myself!" Alberta was left surprised. She had probably never hunted monsters before.
The goblins, naturally stealthy and sneaky creatures were left at a complete disadvantage. They lacked muscles for enough strength to even have a fair fight against us, their speed was subpar compared to our stats, and our magic was devastating them. They lacked any offensive skills, even less magic.
Certainly, they were way easier to slay than their Demon counterparts, Imps, who are almost their same size and appearance except Imps are red colored and have tails. Demons are notably more intelligent than monsters as well, and even the weakest Imps could conjure magic and utilize weapon techniques.
However, goblins were like ants in comparison. And like any human, we could easily crush ants without even thinking it or realizing it.
"Milord this is quite boring, fighting these monsters is really nothing special…" Sighed Hendrick, his hands grew into long and sharp poison-coated claws, which he used to shred the goblins into pieces mercilessly.
"Indeed, this is not even a warmup!" Eleanora pointed out, her spear piercing through goblins with consecutive blows as small needles made of blood continued spreading around her, damaging more foes for the rest of the party to take down easily.
"I am having fun… This is the first time I hunt monsters before! I am leveling up as well! It is useful to learn how my abilities work as well." Saphira said, she used her phantasmal claws to grab the goblins souls and sometimes pull them out completely, making them die instantly.
She had yet to begin using her necromancy though, but if she did this would become even easier, so I told her to hold on for now, the same reason I haven't summoned my Familiars, our party was already enormous, bringing even more forces would make things way too easy.
The goal of this exploration was not only leveling up, but to teach my friends how to fight and utilize their Skills and Magic properly. We also wanted to help Alberta level up as much as possible, we need her to be stronger for higher ranked dungeons, especially if she can get her second spirit by reaching Rank 2 of her Spirit Orb Cultivation.
As I analyzed the battlefield, the goblins kept becoming less and less, and the Hobgoblins began stepping forward, armed with armor and weapons, they seemed slightly more threatening. However, Erdrich stepped forward before I could slice their heads, as he unleashed his Demon Transformation and released a barrage of consecutive blazing fists covered on demon flames.
"O O O R R R A A A A A H!!!"
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
Two Hobgoblins were demolished into pieces before his fists, while the others were blown away in mere seconds. Two more came to slash at his back but were kicked in the head, their heads flew into the air by a mere kick of him.
Heh, who's the real monster here? Erdrich has grown amazingly these last years. He had not only mastered the usage of his Demonic Energy but now he has begun to converge it with Mana and Ki, although compared to my ability to do it, he's still a beginner.
The soothing voice of a young girl echoed behind Erdrich, this was his first Spirit, the [Lady of Reminiscence]. Over the last years, we finally discovered her after much trial and error. She seems to be able to speak with him and has memories of Erdrich's mother.
Erdrich told me she had said she remembers having been her mother's little sister, even. It felt strange at first, but this further confirmed my theory that spirits might be reincarnations of older living beings, not only my own Vampires, but this was a naturally occurring process.
She had no offensive nor defensive abilities but had the power to calm his fury and his Demonic Essence from taking over his soul and body. It was a special spirit that seemed to have been born especially to help Erdrich grow stronger without letting him fall into the temptation of his demonic half like last time when I had to stop him myself.
"Keep going. Keep your mind calm."
She whispered to him words that soothed Erdrich's soul and body, helping him reach a special level of enlightenment where he was capable of controlling his powers better and without letting them overtake him.