Only I Know That This World Will Eventually Perish

Effects of physical strengthening

“Gigi.”

“Gyagyagyagya! “

　As if in reply to the screams of the two goblins, the trajectory of the knife blade, wielded with a quick breath, shimmered in the darkness of the night.

　Akira was now in the midst of his first battle since acquiring physical strengthening.

　With a kitchen knife with a broken tip in one hand, he found an opening and kicked the ground to get closer, slashing at the goblin’s belly, arms, and chest to ensure that he would inflict damage.

　Every time a silver flash glinted in the darkness, a goblin screamed, and reddish-black blood soaked the asphalt ground.

(――――Amazing. It’s like a power gushing from deep within my body.)

　Akira was thinking about this as he wielded the knife.

　This was probably because the effects of physical strengthening had increased his speed in addition to his strength. Akira, who always tried to keep the initiative, moved ahead of the goblins, and even though this was the first time he was fighting two of them at the same time, he was able to steadily corner the goblins without much difficulty.

　Cutting and dodging counterattacks, then approaching and striking again. Sometimes he kicked the ground to evade incoming attacks, and sometimes he swung his knife again as a counter.

　How many times did this exchange continue?

　For the nth time, Akira struck the goblin’s brain with all his might with the handle of his knife as his attack. Unable to withstand the force of the blows, it peeled its eyes and fell down unconscious.

“Gegya!? “

　It was not Akira who was surprised by this, but its partner, the goblin.

　The goblin, in an understandable panic, looked at Akira’s face and then faced the goblin on the ground and immediately turned around and tried to flee.

“Running away!? “

　Akira shouted and kicked the ground with all his might.

　Jumping out like an arrow, Akira caught up with the goblin’s back in a swoop and gave it a leaping kick without slowing down aimed at its back.

　Sufficient speed would directly translate into power. The goblin rumbled and rolled a few meters away with a cracking sound as it broke its spine.

“Ge……a……”

　The goblin jerked and twitched as it let words slip out. Apparently, it seems that it no longer had the stamina to stand up.

　Akira slashed at his chest and silently thrust a kitchen knife with a broken tip toward the cut. The impact broke the blade of the knife with a snap, but it still seemed to successfully pierce the goblin’s heart.

　The goblin let out a high-pitched scream and then stopped moving.

　Akira picked up the goblin club he had shoved in his backpack and immediately turned his body around to approach the unconscious goblin.

“――――ah! “

　Briefly, he exhaled. The club in his hand was swung down with all his might.

　The cudgel hit the goblin’s skull with a sharp wind whistle, sending a bone-crushing sound around it.

　But that alone was not enough to end the goblins’ breath. So Akira, without pause, swung the club again.

　When the cudgel had crushed the bones, crushed the flesh, and eventually reached the brain matter, it was definitely defeated. Akira finally stopped swinging his club down.

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　Class E quest: Goblins   in progress.

　Number of goblins defeated: ３/１００

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“Haaahー…… That was a surprisingly easy win. This way, if it’s just goblins, maybe I could handle a little larger group.”

　Akira muttered to himself as he looked at the quest progress screen that was displayed.

“The level-up…… didn’t come this time, huh? Well, it won’t go up every time I kill a monster so I guess it can’t be helped.)

　For now, let’s keep on killing goblins like this.

　With this renewed determination, Akira let go of his club, which was covered in goblin flesh.

　Then, turning to the goblin that he killed, he snatched the stone axe from its hand and glanced at the goblin that had been smashed to pieces while thinking.

(Thanks to 『physical strengthening,』 my strength value has also increased, making this still easier to use than a knife that quickly loses its sharpness.)

　If he wanted a new knife, there were still plenty at the office, and he could go back to grab one if needed.

　With this in mind, Akira looked around once to make sure that no other monsters had come by because of the commotion, and then he started walking through the night again.