With the arrival of the strange, cloaked figure, the remainder of the fight was over in remarkably short time; Rags and his band of fighters were subdued and bound in chains in no time. It was almost alarming the way in which the stranger dealt with the entire group of Goblins when Oberon himself was unsure if he could even deal with the sword-wielding one without being hurt, as was the brutality with which he handled them before and after the fight.

Though they were Goblins, vicious little bastards they might be, Oberon wasn’t exactly happy seeing the Goblin chief being beaten down or the threats to do the same to the others. Nor was he too pleased with the idea of them being taken prisoner like this; ‘slave’ was probably a more accurate term, since he couldn’t think of any other reason for an Orc to be out headhunting Goblins while taking them alive. He could imagine what kind of thing awaited them when they reached the Orc camp or whatever it was called and it was enough to make him want to resist when Guze asked him to heal Rags.

It wouldn’t do any good though. Whether he healed them or not the Goblins would still be taken prisoner and his healing would make the difference in whether Rags was dragged along or was able to walk under his own power. Raising both hands and pointing them at the gathered Goblins and cast Minor Heal All on Rags, the sword Goblin and the paralysed Goblin; since Rags looked to be the most hurt he then cast a Minor Regeneration on him as well.

Seeing the bloody and bruised Goblins begin to heal, specifically seeing the cuts on the largest Goblin’s arms start to close, he was uncomfortably reminded of the fact that he was ready to kill them if need be. They may not have picked this fight and they may not have had any choice but to defend themselves if it came to that, but that didn’t change the fact that he felt like a hypocrite for balking at the way the Orc was treating them now when he was ready to end their lives a moment ago. Not being able to easily claim the moral high ground over a slaver was an uncomfortable feeling.

Putting those thoughts aside for now, Oberon turned towards Guze and his mount as the former dealt with securing his ‘haul’ and took the time to use his analysis on them both. He first used the Fusion Skill: Analysis on Guze and then used Monster and Magic Analysis on the Cariblade but whatever information he gleaned from that analysis would need to be set aside for later, as the Orc was now giving them vital information about the surrounding area.

The Broken Tower tribe was to the North-West, another, even stronger Goblin tribe lay to the East while Kobolds and an old human fort sat in a valley to the North-East. With that the Orc was gone, mounting his Cariblade and taking his new acquisitions South-East in the direction of what was likely his tribe.

[color=f49ac2]“Well, that was unpleasant for several reasons. I guess our most imminent problem is dealt with, but I agree with Digbie. I think we should get ready to move to another camp sooner rather than later.”[/color] The Sprite cast a solemn look in the direction Guze has disappeared. [color=f49ac2]“Too many people know about this place now.”[/color]

The mention of levelling up and a new evolution from Ash caught his attention. An evolution at level 10? He’d suspected it, but this was the first confirmation he had gotten. Wasn’t he pretty close to level 10 as well? A quick request of the system showed he was 80% of the way to his next level. [color=f49ac2]“I’ll stand guard too. If we evolve at level 10 then I think I can get there pretty soon as well. What about you two?”[/color]

Settling in outside the shelter on the other side of the entrance to Torrent, Oberon thought about what to focus on first. Would it be better to focus on skills that he was close to finishing or advancing first, or to just go back to what he was working on before? It was possible certain skills might unlock new evolution options as well, so maybe he should focus on learning new skills with that in mind? His Ice Spear? Or the Gravity spell he had accidentally made progress on last night?

Lesser Force. The telekinesis-like ability he had seen Wisps use a few times. Back in the cave he had met a Wisp that had told him a little about it, since he had wanted to learn it. He had had a few interesting ideas involving it back then, but he had simply not had a chance to work on it since then; now seemed as good a time as any to go back to it.

Oberon looked around until he spotted a small pebble on the ground, choosing that as his target as he began to drawn up Mana. What was it the Wisp had said? Imagine an invisible hand reaching out and grabbing the pebble, reach out with his Mana rather than his body, imagine holding the pebble in his grasp and lifting it off the ground. The Sprite tried to feel for the pebble with his senses, to try and locate the small stone with his Mana in order to better target it before enveloping it with his Mana and willing it to move even a little.

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Cast "Minor Heal All I" on Rags, Sword Goblin and Paralysed Goblin
Cast "Minor Regeneration I" on Rags
Cast "Fusion Skill: Analysis" on Guze
Cast "Magic Analysis IV" on Cariblade
Cast "Monster Analysis II" on Cariblade
Attempted to learn "Lesser Force"
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