LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 17 “A new ally?”
Chapter 17
“A new ally?”
The moment Kalysto began to approach the goblin, it leapt at her with a knife in hand, despite the arrow she had fired at its hard skull earlier.
Kalysto managed to dodge the first attack by a few inches, moving to the right. But she had not counted on the goblin’s speed to make a counterattack. And when he lunged at her again, he made a deep cut on her left forearm, forcing her to drop her bow, which fell to the ground.
A smile full of arrogance for the recent victory was drawn on the goblin’s face. That annoyed her. As the pain spread rapidly through her entire arm, Kalysto clenched her jaw, fighting to keep from letting out a scream.
“Focus!” she growled in rage, as she buried the arrow in her right hand in the left eye of her annoying foe.
Four windows opened before her.
[The passive skill Pain Resistance has been activated..
[The passive skill Mental Defense has been activated.]
And she immediately closed them.
The creature in front of her let out a horrible shriek that sent shivers down her spine, and Kalysto took the opportunity to jump back. Trying to put some distance between her and that monster.
“Purification!” she exclaimed twice, not wanting her recent wound to get infected and fearing that the knife’s blade was infected with poison.
Then Kalysto pulled out the knife she had kept in the blue inventory and tried to bury it in the goblin’s shoulder as it lunged at her to attack her again.
But they both missed.
And before he could launch a counterattack, she lunged at him and buried the knife in his ear hole. The goblin’s body seemed to freeze for a moment, but Kalysto wasted no time and immediately stabbed his neck twice before turning away again with the knife in her hand and observing the situation.
She waited several seconds until two windows finally appeared in front of her.
[You have gained 30 experience points ]
It was after receiving the notification that she was finally able to let out a long sigh full of relief as her racing heart pounded hard against her ribs.
That was close.
Kalysto put the knife back in the blue inventory, and pulled two vials of health potion from the violet inventory. She uncorked it with her teeth and applied it to the wound. She grimaced at the stinging and drank the other potion in one gulp.
She watched as her wound slowly closed. Worse yet, she decided it was more convenient to use purification twice more on it, just as a precaution.
She then approached the goblin bodies and took their weapons from them, keeping them in her blue inventory, and then tried to approach the hobgoblin, wanting to get his staff. But as she tried to do so, the growl of the surviving cub forced her to stop. And she turned to him.
The most beautiful puppy she had ever seen stood before her, his gorgeous white fur stained with what appeared to be emerald green blood. The tips of his ears were a soft cobalt blue as were the tips of his paws. From a distance, it almost looked like the tender pup was wearing a pair of booties.
He looked no more than a year old, and Kalysto’s heart warmed at the sight of him.
That puppy growled at her again. With his body wounded, but with a spirit ready to fight her if she continued to approach the lifeless body of his mother and the remains of those who were surely his younger siblings.
Despite the grotesque image of the large dead she-wolf and her newborn pups. Kalysto watched everything carefully.
It seemed that this pup was the only survivor of the first litter, which looked much bigger and hairier compared to the newborns. And who seemed to have tried to defend their little family, but perished in the attempt. Of the second litter, only two were born and the third puppy had half of its body still inside its mother’s womb. And like the rest, they were all dead.
Surely she was trying to get to the cave and give birth there. But labor came early, and she had the misfortune of being discovered at a bad time. Pity and sadness took over as she saw that the she-wolf, almost as big as a horse, had only been able to kill one goblin before being subjugated by the rest. I doubt very much that it would have been so easy for them to assassinate her, if they had found her in optimal condition.
Then her attention returned to the surviving cub. Who seemed to avoid putting weight on his left paw as he let out a pitiful whimper.
His paw must be broken. She thought. And for the first time since coming into this world, Kalysto was excited about being a saintess.
So she took out her purple inventory backpack and pulled out a bag of sliced bread from the ones she had bought a few hours ago. And she pulled out two slices.
And she showed them to the curious puppy, who looked at her attentively. Seeing that he remained silent and that he no longer seemed to have any intention of attacking her, Kalysto offered him one of the slices with one hand while with the other she brought the piece of bread close to her mouth and took a bite. The cub, instead of approaching her, turned his head to the side as if he didn’t understand what she was doing. So Kalysto bent down on the ground and held out her hand again with the slice of bread for him, while with the other, she brought the other already bitten slice closer to her mouth and took another bite. Kalysto ate slowly, giving the little boy enough time to understand the situation. And several minutes later, her patience was rewarded when the wary pup approached her slowly.
Kalysto set the piece of bread on the ground and waited until the little one approached and took the first bite. Seeing that it was edible, he began to wag his tail as he ate the rest. But before he finished eating, Kalysto stretched out her hands towards him.
“Purification! Purification! Purification! Purification! Purification! Purification! Purification! Jhil! Jhil! Jhil! Jhil! Jhil! Jhil! Jhil!” she exclaimed quickly. Not wanting to give the little boy time to get away from her. But he still moved away from her as soon as he felt the golden energy enveloping him.
Kalysto took a couple of steps towards him, trying to follow. But his hairs stood on end as he gave her a warning growl, standing on all four paws, ready to face her.
Then his furry body went still.
“Arff?” The particular half-bark came from the throat of the little guy, who looked at his paw in confusion. Then he looked at her and lifted the previously injured paw towards her. As if demanding an explanation, “Arff!”
“Yes, I healed you,” Kalysto told him with a smile she rarely let others see. “I can heal,” she added, pointing to herself with the hope that he could understand her.
Not myself, though, she thought wistfully.
The little one stood still for a long time, and Kalysto, seeing that the hostility had disappeared from him again, took out another slice of bread and extended it towards him, leaving it on the ground. Slowly The little one approached and pulled the slice of bread towards him with one paw and began to eat it. As soon as he finished and stood watching her, Kalysto took out another slice. But this time she put it close to her. As if daring him to come closer.
After watching her for what seemed like an eternity, the puppy finally approached her and bent his head to eat.
As soon as he finished. She pulled out a bottle of water and drank half of it. Then she poured some water on the palm of her hand and extended it towards the little one, who came closer and began to drink, quenching his thirst.
In the meantime, Kalysto used her magic on him again.
Just to be sure that everything was in order.
“Purification! Purification! Purification! Jhil! Jhil! Purification! Purification! Purification! Purification! Jhil! Jhil! Jhil! Jhil! Jhil! Jhil!” This time when the golden energy came out of her palms, the little boy did not panic, but stood there, calmly drinking the glowing water.
Kalysto smiled, and a wave of infinite tenderness for the little orphan swept over her.