The Weakest Kobold In The Dungeon Gets A Level [Book 1 Complete] Chapter 16: Chapter 14: A Jagged, Bloody Grin

Read chapter 16 of The Weakest Kobold In The Dungeon Gets A Level [Book 1 Complete] by KennyTheAwkwardDonut on NovelPedia.

Chapter 14 A Jagged, Bloody Grin Nik pressed forward, straining every muscle in his body just to take one more step. Crystal-blue eyes, the color of ice, pierced deep into the dark-gray eyes of the king as he said, “I keep getting stronger. How much stronger can you get? I might not be enough today, but in a week, a month, a year—come for my friends and find out how strong I am when you get to them. This is the only warning I will give to you. I don’t want your crown. Come for my friends, and I will loot it from what is left of you.” A scream struck Nik like a physical blast of wind. His feet slid back, leaving grooves in the dirt-covered floor. He struggled to maintain an upright position. Another set of the heartbeats flooded over him like a river, sweeping him off of his feet and in the direction of a wall that he’d already become well acquainted with. * * * Before the bones of his back could be snapped against the brickwork once again, Nik blinked, and his eyes opened to the ceiling of their prison cell. The feeling of flying through the air and then finding himself suddenly stopped made his stomach twist as he tried to regain his bearings. There were healers swarming him, but he couldn’t see Pearl or Ryan. There were too many goblins blocking his vision. There on the ground behind them, she was holding the dragon back from rushing the healers. The little guy looked fierce as he’d ever seen him as he bared his tiny fangs at the goblins. They were okay, the king wasn’t in this place. The dizzying sensation of jumping from one place to another was starting to ease. He took his time to stand, against the wishes of the healers who begged him to stay lying down. Once he’d managed to get to his feet, he said, “Let me go to my friends first, then you can check on me and ask your questions.” Feeling like he’d just crawled out from under a pile of rubble, he walked on shaky feet to meet them halfway as they rushed to him. He fell to his knees as the three of them broke against each other in a crumpled pile of hugs. “I can’t go to sleep again, Pearl. Not until I’m a lot stronger, or until I can stop myself from going to where he is. He wants to come for us. I stood against him, Pearl. I stood against him and I told him that if he came for you, then I would come for his crown. We need to get stronger, and we need to do it now.” After all of his stats had gone up by one with his new level, he placed his free stat point into intelligence. That brought it up to 10, and he got another notification. Stat Level 10! First double-digit stat! Can you even count that high? Pro-tip, use fingers and toes. Bonuses Received Intelligence Level 10: Elemental Skill Growth Boost With the healers already trying to wring answers from him while he was actively embracing his friends, Nik looked at his Regeneration ability and explained its effects to them all. “This new ability gives me natural healing over time, and increased healing from abilities that are used on me. Also, I guess I owe you all my thanks for keeping me alive. So, thank you for saving my life. I am in your debt, healers.” “It is what we do. There is no debt,” said Loffka. “I can feel that I am already healed, but I am tired. Do you know of anything that can keep me awake or keep me from dreaming?” “I don’t, but I will look into it on your behalf. Preventin’ harm is tangential to healin’ after all.” The healer gave him a soft smile before heading up the stairs and out the door behind the rest of the healers. Nik looked into the eyes of his friends and thought, I am so much more lucky to have you than you realize, and more than any luck stat could ever make me. After going over the rest of the details of his system notifications with Pearl, they decided that the best course of action for now was to continue training their 0 mana cost abilities. They would train what they could while saving their mana for whatever Lord Cril had in store. Pearl did not have a system, but she could tell that