BXBX NOVEL Chapter 56: CHAPTER 55 - Kobold Chief.
That was the fifth kobold that Alex had killed.
He had deactivated killing intent because it had already frozen the kobolds.
The killing intent worked just like that; once used on someone, if they have low willpower and are weaker than the user, they will have their bodies still or slowed down for a certain amount of time.
The continuous use of killing intent is only needed when fighting someone stronger than you.
He had it activated until now, for 2 or 3 seconds since it would take a while for it to take effect on each and every kobold in the horde.
*Slash**Slick*
He waved his arm again, his movement swift as the dagger in his hand went through another kobold\'s neck.
This kobold, broke free from the killing intent when it felt the pain in its neck, but it was already too late for it to move.
"Kwak-"
It died without even being able to voice out a scream.
If one wanted to break free from hypnotism, illusion, or any other stunning ability, the easiest way was to go through pain; that would help you break free. That is the said ability is not being used continuously.
If the ability is in continuous use then no matter what kind of pain you experience, and no matter how many times you break free, you are going to just affected by it again once the pain subsides.
The kobolds here could easily break free if they could hurt themselves, but they were only ever going to feel it for a single time, and that would be their last just like the last kobold.
*Woosh*
Alex\'s blade, however, didn\'t think of anything, it just moved on to the next kobold\'s neck.
*Slice*
Again, it sliced through the neck as if it were air; Alex\'s eyes remained focused on the next kobold.
He didn\'t even spare a glance at the ones he had already killed.
With a thud, the kobold\'s body fell to the ground.
*Roll*
And its head rolled away from its body...
But just as Alex was about to move to the next kobold, his eyes caught sight of the kobold chief trying to run away.
*Woosh*
His brows creased into a frown, but his hand didn\'t stop.
"Graa-"
*Splick*
With an expert movement, his dagger decapitated another kobold\'s head; his eyes, however, stared at the kobold chief.
[[Name: Unnamed Kobold Chief.
Race: Kobold.
Title: --
Stats:
- Strength – Class 1 Low (Tier 1)
- Defense – Class 1 Low (Tier 1)
- Agility – Class 1 Mid (Tier 1)
- Stamina – Class 1 Mid (Tier 1)
- Mana – Class 1 Mid (Tier 1)
Skills:
- Wind\'s Grace (Rare) - Wind is one of the four basic elements, and it has graced your archery with its power.
→ Focus shot: Let the user shoot an arrow with utmost precision.
→ Wind\'s Whisper: The archer can manipulate the wind to guide their arrows, allowing them to change direction mid-flight or strike from impossible angles.
- Expert Scouting (Unommon) - With a small, agile, and much stronger body than others\' bodies, you have a talent for scouting. You can avoid the perception of other beings while observing your surroundings.
- Trap mastery (Common) - With an innate talent for being able to make traps, you can make traps with anything you see. It can be things as soft as leaves or as hard as rods; everything works.
]]
The moment that screen flashed in front of his eyes, Alex couldn\'t help his body from getting tensed.
\'A classed monster…\'
His eyes sharpened as he stared at the kobold chief, who seemed to be running away.
\'Killing intent.\'
He again activated his ability, but this time it was focused on the kobold chief, who was 20 to 30 meters away from him.
*Shiver*
The kobold chief, who felt the killing intent, shivered a chill ran down his spine.
His head creaked toward Alex, only to find Alex\'s frosty eyes, filled with killing intent, staring right at him.
The kobold chief froze for a second.
[A certain god advises you not to let that beast run away.]
The sense of urgency Alex was feeling only elevated the moment he heard the notification from a certain god.
He didn\'t trust her, that was for sure, but the same was true for the system, yet he listened to her advice, didn\'t he?
Alex knew that these gods and the system knew much more about what was going on than he could ever do, so if he got some advice, he would take it seriously.
It wasn\'t like he wasn\'t going to kill that kobold; he was surely going to do it; there was no denying it, but now he was more committed to it.
The kobold chief wasn\'t normal; Alex knew it the moment he saw the \'class\' instead of \'level\' in the beast\'s status window.
It was a special beast, also known as the evolved, classed, or awakened beast.
Just like levels, which go like 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on, the class does the same, but there is a difference.
Class 1 peak means level 10.
Class 1 mid (middle) means level 5.
Class 1 low means levels 1-4.
Class 1 high means levels 6-9.
This makes things complicated, and the worst thing about these classed beasts is that they can evolve or keep growing stronger, just like humans can.
Yes, even beasts can grow stronger.
How?
Just like humans grow by killing them, they grow by killing humans.
Once they kill a human, their bodies will automatically absorb some of the energy in the human\'s body, helping them grow stronger.
They don\'t have the system—they have nothing like that—they just need to keep killing humans.
This was the reason why a certain god advised Alex to kill that beast.
How could she have known that Alex had an ability that let him look at anyone\'s information?
How could she have known that Alex was never planning on letting that beast run away?
As for how Alex knew all this?
In the information part of the system, there was a section for the beasts\' information, and since Alex had been reading the information tab whenever he had time, he had come across this information before.
The only things Alex had read in the information tab were related to the gods, the system, and the beasts.
He had yet to read anything about the world.
The AI had every single detail of the information copied, but Alex had this thing of only believing when he saw, so he wouldn\'t be satisfied until he went through everything himself.
*Woosh*
For now, though, he ignored the frozen kobolds and rushed toward the shocked kobold chief.
Unlike the low-leveled kobolds, the kobold chief wasn\'t frozen in fear.
He was just frightened by Alex\'s power.
But the moment it saw Alex\'s dashing toward it...
"Graaaa!"
It yelled out loud before it broke out of its stunned state, and without waiting for anything, it ran deeper into the woods.
*Grit*
Alex, who saw this, gritted his teeth, but he didn\'t stop; instead, he increased his speed.
He wasn\'t going to let a being like the kobold chief run freely.
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