"Kill this human!"
"Slay him!"
"Avenger the chief!"
The cave was now nearly swarming with goblins.
John's figure was almost drowned in a sea of green monsters, yet his HP remained completely unscathed.
Any sporadic true damage was instantly healed thanks to his recovery talent.
"This should be enough," John muttered, surveying the gap to roughly estimate the number of surrounding goblins.
Exhaling sharply, he thought:
"Throwing Knife… Technique!"
In an instant, 99 throwing knives materialized from his backpack.
Activating Throwing Knife Technique, the knives flew like a divine rain, each blade gleaming coldly.
Simultaneously, John activated [Annihilation of All].
Any goblin struck by a throwing knife, along with all enemies within 50 meters, would take equal damage.
[-3017!]
The first knife hit a Lv.10 goblin guard.
With only 3,000 HP—far below the Goblin Chief—it was instantly killed.
Annihilation of All triggered.
Within a 50-meter radius, the heads of all surrounding goblins erupted with red damage numbers:
[-3179!]
[-3232!]
[-3098!]
[...]
With Annihilation of All, a single throwing knife acted like a bomb, instantly wiping out all goblins in its radius.
Goblin guards, goblin priests—none survived a single knife strike.
And John threw 99 knives at once.
The cave wasn't very large, roughly 150×150 meters, but 99 area-effect throwing knives were enough to wipe the entire cave's goblins multiple times over.
Red damage numbers surged like a bullet curtain, almost filling John's field of vision.
All goblins' HP was instantly annihilated.
Kill notifications flashed continuously:
[You killed Goblin Guard Lv.10, Experience +5807!]
[You killed Goblin Archer Lv.11, Experience +6403!]
[You killed…]
John's experience bar bounced like a spring.
Golden level-up glows constantly appeared on his body.
After all the throwing knives hit their targets, the cave fell silent.
The green creatures that had filled the cave were gone, leaving only goblins outside the cave alive.
The Throwing Knife Technique alone killed nearly three hundred goblins, instantly raising John to Lv.30.
Moreover, he collected a large number of goblin D-level talents in this single massacre.
He was a true goblin slayer, wiping out almost the entire cave in one go.
Yet John remained calm, standing atop the treasure pile, hands behind his back.
"Too little, too little. Only this much talent plundered? Come on, bring me more. Otherwise, it's not enough for me to kill!"
He glanced at the goblin reinforcements pouring in outside the cave, his eyes gleaming with battle intent.
At the periphery of the Goblin Tribe, human players training nearby had all stopped.
They stared in disbelief at the goblin soldiers, panicked and running back as if insane.
Even archers shooting arrows couldn't halt the charging goblins, who pressed forward, roaring like madmen.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know, but I just heard a huge commotion in that cave."
"Could it be some special event triggered?"
The human players had no idea what was happening inside the cave.
They could only guess by observing the goblins' behavior.
As more reinforcements poured into the cave, the sounds grew louder:
Clashing swords, goblin screams, and rolling black smoke.
The spectacle shocked all onlookers.
"Could a top guild really be inside fighting?"
"No way. At this stage, even the strongest guild couldn't clear the entire Goblin Tribe."
"This much chaos… unless ten top guilds combined, I can't imagine anyone causing this scene."
The Goblin Tribe's unusual activity drew more and more spectators.
They stared pale-faced at the trembling cave, speculating furiously.
Suddenly, the commotion inside the cave stopped.
All the players instinctively looked toward the entrance.
A single figure emerged, walking slowly.
He wore a white robe, streaked with green blood.
His face was grim, with blood smudging his chin.
A palpable aura of murderous intent radiated from him.
From afar, he looked like a God of Death descended upon the world.
The sheer presence silenced the players below.
A bold mage attempted to use Detection to gauge him.
The result made his pupils dilate.
"He's Lv.30… he actually reached Lv.30?!"
The spectators were stunned.
The highest-level player among them was only Lv.10, yet this sudden appearance had tripled the level of anyone in sight.
Recalling the earlier scene of frenzied goblin reinforcements, a chill rose from the players' feet to their heads.
Could it be… he slaughtered the entire Goblin Tribe alone?
A single human wiping out an entire tribe…
Hiss!
Players gasped, their scalps tingling.
John ignored their astonished stares.
He glanced at his high-stat dagger and perfectly modified equipment, nodding in satisfaction.
"This haul isn't bad… worth the trip."
With that, he activated Instant Move, vanishing instantly.
Within breaths, John disappeared entirely from the players' sight.
Only after he left did they shout in shock:
"Are you kidding me? Is that even a player?"
"Terrifying… he single-handedly wiped out the entire Goblin Tribe!"
"If I remember correctly, this tribe had over 500 goblins, and he killed them all—alone?!"
"Lv.30… even counting all four other zones, this guy must be the top-ranked player!"
Having witnessed John's monstrous strength firsthand, the players lost all desire to continue leveling.
They immediately reported the scene to their guilds.
In no time, almost all of Zone 5 knew that a single player had wiped out an entire Goblin Tribe and surged to Lv.30!