Crack!
Snap!
As the stalemate lengthened, the iron sword's blade gradually cut into the thick wooden club.
Ultimately, the wooden weapon in the Ogre's hand was at a greater disadvantage, and it was severed by Nolan's iron sword.
The broken end flew off, landing on the ground in the distance and kicking up dust.
The Ogre's vicious face, looking at the broken weapon in his hand, not only showed a bewildered and astonished expression, but he couldn't help but take a step back.
With his intelligence, which was only slightly better than a Goblin's, he couldn't understand why this weak human 'food' in front of him had greater strength than himself.
While the Ogre was momentarily stunned, Nolan saw the Ogre's chest wide open.
Nolan's eyes flashed, and he no longer cared about his numb arm at this moment. He gripped the sword hilt tightly, pointing the tip upwards, and then rapidly charged forward, ramming into the Ogre's chest.
Pfft!
The sharp tip of the iron sword pierced into the Ogre's rotting chest, and with the force of the impact and the upward-pointing tip, it plunged directly into the left side of his heart!
"Pain, pain, ah rooo!"
The immense pain drove the Ogre almost mad, "Food, human food!"
Even after suffering such a heavy blow, the Ogre still had the strength to forcefully lift his two massive palms and grab at Nolan, who was on his chest.
The extremely close distance between them at this moment left Nolan almost no chance to dodge.
But.
"Instant Reflex!" A faint blue light enveloped Nolan's entire body.
The next instant!
Nolan's body seemed to move backward in time, rapidly retreating under the flickering blue light, returning to his position just before the attack.
Bang!
The Ogre's hands came down, colliding with each other with a muffled thud, and his thick arms grasped empty air.
As Nolan retreated using the "Instant Reflex" skill, the iron sword was also pulled out with him, and a large amount of blood gushed from the Ogre's wound!
Under these circumstances.
The intense pain made the Ogre let out roars and gasps like a wild beast.
Even with his heart pierced, his strong vitality still didn't kill the Ogre immediately. Instead, he staggered, constantly raising his hands to grab in Nolan's direction, but ultimately, he collapsed to the ground.
Thud!
Dust flew up.
But even so.
The Ogre, lying on the ground, still twitched and struggled slightly.
Seeing this scene.
Nolan did not go forward to deliver a finishing blow to the Ogre. He would not make the same mistake as Dosari, the captain of the "Rock" squad.
"Food will also fight back, so, you can go die for me." Nolan watched indifferently as the Ogre struggled on the ground.
As the battle ended, he felt his heart relax.
Hiss~
Nolan took a slight breath of cool air. The pain and numbness in his tiger's mouth and arm surged, and at the same time, his entire body even began to feel swollen and aching.
This was clearly a side effect of using "Instant Reflex."
The martial art "Instant Reflex" was a technique that allowed an unbalanced body or action to forcibly return to the posture before an attack.
It was very effective in dodging an opponent's attacks.
However, this kind of counter-intuitive action, forcibly restoring one's posture, would put a certain burden on the entire body.
He glanced at the HP on his attribute panel.
His health had not decreased.
A thought flashed in Nolan's eyes.
It seems that the physical damage caused by "Instant Reflex" does not reduce health... No, perhaps it hasn't reached the point of reducing health yet.
Buzz—
'Gained 320 experience!'
Information appeared on the attribute panel.
"Is he dead?"
Nolan saw the information reappear on the attribute panel and withdrew his gaze from the Ogre's corpse.
'Experience: 1271 / 1500'
Defeating a small Goblin tribe, plus an Ogre, significantly increased his experience.
Nolan rested for a while, shaking his arm, which was gradually losing its numbness, and walked towards the corpses of the Ogre and the other Goblins, cutting off their ears.
At the same time, he began to search the entire small settlement.
As a player, how could he forget to search for loot?
Unfortunately.
After a thorough search, Nolan found nothing of value in the entire small Goblin settlement, apart from large quantities of bones and remnants of rotting flesh everywhere.
Nolan wasn't too disappointed; he hadn't expected to find anything precious anyway.
Walking over to the two remaining human corpses,
Nolan was silent for a moment, then sighed and turned to leave.
He did not dig a pit to bury these corpses, because there was no point in doing so.
It would not only waste physical strength but also, in an environment like a forest, even if the bodies were buried in the soil, wild beasts would sniff them out and dig them up.
Unless the corpses were burned to ashes with fire.
But starting a fire in the dark forest at this moment would attract too much attention and bring considerable risks to Nolan himself.
You should know!
The real danger in this area was not Goblins and Ogres, but the Ogre tribe; they were the true rulers dominating this area.
Night gradually fell.
Even during the day, the jungle, with most of the sunlight blocked by the lush leaves of large trees, could only let in specks of moonlight through the gaps in the foliage.
The entire forest became pitch black, and the roars of some wild beasts suddenly became clearer.
In such an environment where human vision was extremely poor.
Without mastering "Night Vision" and other means of moving at night, Nolan naturally wouldn't make any rash moves.
He chose a relatively sturdy large tree.
Nolan climbed onto a solid tree trunk, took out the sturdy black robe he had bought earlier from his item box, put it on his whole body, and then leaned against the tree to rest.
To be honest, it was a bit uncomfortable.
The branches were hard and prickly, and the constant chirping of insects and howling of wild beasts in the forest kept one's mind constantly tense.
"It's also a kind of finding joy in hardship."
Wrapped in his black robe, Nolan looked up through the branches at the starry night sky and the bright moonlight.
In the outer eastern region of the Tob Forest, the only real troubles were Goblins and Ogres. After battling the Ogre, Nolan had a basic understanding of their fighting style and strength.
For him, they were certainly troublesome, but by no means a threat.
So at this moment, although his mind was a bit tense, he wasn't particularly nervous.
Instead, he calmly admired the moon of this other world.
"Compared to my previous life of toiling like an ox or horse, this life of wielding power, though dangerous, gives me a sense of stability."
"At least I know what I need to do every day, and what the future holds."
This thought flashed through Nolan's mind.
However, as soon as he thought of the "Great Tomb of Nazarick" that would descend in the future, the good mood Nolan had just developed immediately vanished.