Battlefield- Evolution

by Daniel Dragon

  “You’re going to regret this, little shit.” Mactrid said, grinding his fist as he watched Dracon slowly disappear out the back door of the blacksmith shop! “I… I’m going to never rest until you’re dead!”

  “Stop talking… “ Najd said, bowing his head as he felt a terrifying feeling passing up above… “You… you want to get your head reattached to your body twice in the same lifetime?”

  Mactrid slammed his hands into the ground and could only wait patiently as the twenty minutes slowly passed by as rain dripped down on his head. If only he’d realized sooner that Dracon was able to transform into a hobgoblin, he’d missed it during the conversation with Najd at least three times!

  Even though they came here at their fastest speed, they still had no choice but to watch him leave… It was extremely annoying because twilight came as soon as they located his scent!

  Dracon, on the other hand, was extremely satisfied as his long green legs and spikey body carried him out of the city at a quick speed…

  He could only guess that they thought he was level 10 and basked in his new acceleration skill as he moved forward towards the shore.

  He quickly decided to take a pause as he overlooked the ocean.

  “Status,” he said, looking down at a wagon and its two steeds.

  Chapter 16: remnants of humanity

  Dracon

  Level 13

  Race(s) : Human / Goblin / Hobgoblin / Kobold / Bear (1 / 5 )

  Age: 18

  Exp: 77,000/ 90,000

  Health: 2475/ 2475

  Mana: 180 / 180

  Force: 2000

  Endurance: 800

  Acceleration: 1520

  Trickery: 600

  Stealth: 780

  Skills: Silent Feet, Great Strength, Night Vision (HG), Basic Tracking (HG), Trackless (KL), Burst Sprint (KL)

  ~~Burst sprint allows you to increase your speed by 150% for 5 minutes thanks to a Kobolds long legs and slender frame. Don’t forget they’re also a lot harder to track…

  Dracon closed the prompt before he rushed over to the wagon against the soft sands of the beach. He had to get Waal and Creston out of here quickly as possible if they stood any chance of survival! Perhaps if he found the right place to hide, they’d all be able to live for another day!

  “Guys… we got to get out of here now! Release the reigns on the horses and mount them with me! The faster we travel away from here the better!”

  “Guys… guys are you there?”

  Dracon turned to look in the wagon, finding no one inside of it. He immediately panicked and activated his tracking skill, looking at the back for any signs of where they could’ve went.

  On the beach, there were some marks that led to a cave a few meters away, and he ran towards it before he found Creston inside of the cave with Waal…

  Did they really have to leave the wagon?

  “Come any closer and I’ll attack” Creston said, propping himself up with a spear as he held onto a blade… “Kobold! I may look injured, but I’m strong!”

  “It’s… It’s him… that’s Drack…” Waal said, standing and smiling as she looked at the strong creature in front of her… “Now… where… where do you want us to go?”

  “I-- I have to ask you guys something crazy,” Dracon said, turning back to his human form, causing his clothes to fall onto his body… “Would… would you mind if I sealed you inside that tunnel… I have a plan, but you have to be safe…”

  “You… you’re Dracon! I knew it!” Creston said, smiling as tears began to fall down his eyes… “Look at your muscles… You look so strong, and you can even transform!”

  “WE… we don’t have time! GO AS FAR INTO THE CAVE AS YOU CAN NOW!”

  Dracon walked over to the cave and slammed his hand into a nearby boulder that was currently standing next to the entrance of the cave. He tossed his bag inside of the cave, and carefully put what he found in the blacksmith shop by the entrance. With a single push, the boulder then fell onto the front of the cavern, blocking the entrance but leaving just enough room for air…

  He now just had to pray that he could outsmart two werewolves and an orc…

  If his plan worked, he’d be able to kill one of the werewolves when they tried to enter into the tunnel. He went to the wagon and pushed it into the water until it was completely unnoticeable at the bottom of the sea…

  Luckily, Kobolds were very good at breathing in the water, and he found himself able to hold his breath as he waited patiently in the calming tide rocking above him…

  “I smell them here… However, he probably ditched them!” Najd’s voice appeared as he slid down the cliffside overlooking the beach… “Why… why didn’t we just leave at twilight?”

  “You really think he ditched them… Look… he hid them in a tomb… He’s probably waiting inside planning to ambush us…” Damas said, pushing on the boulder, moving it slowly to the side.

  As soon as he pushed it over, he immediately knew something was wrong.

  A gas started to instantly emit from the tunnel, coming what looked like a small bag propped against the wall with a switch by it.

  Dracon laughed and took a deep breath as he looked at the over 80 spears laying next to him in the water that he’d taken from the wagon…

  In a second, hopefully, once of the devices he learned about back at BlackRock School would completely stun the werewolves enough for him to attack.

  Please… please work you damn grenade… please!

  This is the only opportunity I have,” Dracon grabbed the spear next to him, pulling it into his fist as the werewolves tried to contemplate what had caused the smoke…

  Finally, the second explosion went off, and little shards were sent flying as a blinding light completely blanketed the cavern and the beach.

  Dracon tossed a spear as hard as he could as the little rocks shot out of the entranceway to the cave and cut into Mactrid’s legs…

  All they could think to do was cover their eyes.

  A second later, the spears arrived at the entranceway to the cave in quick succession. Five then ten then twenty spears were tossed as Dracon tried his hardest to hit the stumbling werewolves and the single orc with them.

  By the time the flashbang cleared, only one werewolf removed his hands from in front of his eyes… Next to him, there were two dead bodies of both Damas and Mactrid.

  How had he been so stupid?!

  “A flash grenade! You used a flash grenade and a smoke grenade that you picked up in the blacksmith shop didn’t you!”

  Najd ran into the water as he saw bright light after bright light flash, leading him closer and closer to Dracon’s position as he probably leveled up massively…

  “However, do you think your little plans matters? I’m still going to kill you and crush you little kobold! You’re still two ranks under me!”

  Najd jumped into the air and slashed into the bright light shimmering in the water, causing Dracon to slide to the side as he kicked off the floor in the water…

  He had just gotten more experienced than he’d anticipated, feeling a terrifying pain as he reached level 18 in almost an instant from killing the two demons! Luckily, though, his body

  somehow endured thanks to the strength of his Kobold form. He was just barely able to keep dodging attack after attack from Najd’s claws as he moved nimbly in the water…

  However, soon a slash cut into his chest, sending him sliding back as blood gushed out of his chest. Najd walked towards him closely as he grabbed the hilt of the sword, coughing out blood as his head rose out of the water.

  Transformation bear! Dracon said, suddenly putting all his hope into a final temporary transformation. His red skin started to grow fur as he went from from 2 meters tall to nearly 3 meters tall!

  “Heh… you’re able to turn into the bear that I let you kill…” Najd said, causing his claws to suddenly sharpen as he flexed his fist. “Isn’t that funny… What a sign of thankfulness… You’re just like th
e rest of the humans… You call us demons evil, but you are the ones covered in blood!”

  “RAWR!” Dracon let out all his rage in reply, and charged at his top speed towards Najd as he charged towards him as well…

  This was almost the same exact picture that had happened between the bear and Najd earlier in the woods, so Najd felt extremely confident as he charged towards Dracon…

  However, there was a couple of difference, and as he slashed out with his claws at the large bear, he expected to smash Dracon into the dirt or send him flying. Instead, however, he felt his body get tugged off the ground, and shot back like a missile into the nearby rock wall…

  He slammed into the wall in the distance, and caused a cloud of smoke to billow up before he rolled onto the ground, trying his hardest to regain his balance as Dracon charged towards him….

  How the hell had he been beaten back by a level 18 bear! Even if he was fighting a level 30 bear, he didn’t see why he wouldn’t beat it!

  Najd pushed himself off the ground and rolled away quickly as he could before he looked up and saw a series of claws slashing towards him. He could only parry attack after attack by switching between his left and right claw as he bent on his knees, finding himself losing his balance as he got hit into the soft sand…

  Finally, a claw ripped into Najd’s chest and caused a blood curdling scream to come out of his mouth. More and more attacks followed, and soon he was looking up at the moon as it rose in the sky…

  “If it was a full moon, you would have died 10 times over,” Najd said, finding a claw against his throat… “You… you’re something else human… However, what now… You kill me and in 3 weeks a supreme demon will descend to find out where you went? Will you be able to kill him too?”

  “I don’t see how that supreme demon will be able to tell who I am after Mactrid dies…” Dracon replied, lifting his right claw into the air as he prepared to attack. “I don’t plan on making the mistake of you demons, and keeping my enemies alive…”

  “Heh… you’re on the weakest continent of them all kid… Wait until you see what—”

  Dracon crushed Najd’s skull with a fierce downward swipe, and hit him over and over again as blood sprayed out of his head. In three minutes, he finally stopped attacking, leaving a mangled corpse on the beach…

  “Looks like you’ve finally reached level 19… You going to do something to celebrate…” Bob said, interrupting him as he walked towards the cavern in which he’d left Waal and Creston. “You… you realize that you’ve practically killed all your enemies, right?”

  “Yup, and I’m thinking I’m going to return to my roots…” Dracon said, cracking his knuckles as he looked down at the corpse of Mactrid… I think it’s about time I create a rebellion, and learn a few new skills as well… Do you agree?”

  “Heh… maybe you should go kill 4 more bears first, so you can use that neat transformation again… By the way… You realize the only reason you won was because Najd couldn’t keep his balance when your attacks clashed because of your center of gravity…” Bob said, sounding a little bit surprised as he continued as he contemplated the outcome… “Now tell me…. Did you plan for him to lose his balance on the sand, or were you just lucky?

  “I planned for the flash grenade and the smoke grenade, but I didn’t plan to actually survive… I guess, for once, I got lucky… Now… I guess it’s time I go see what my family has been up to… After all, they made me, I might as well go visit them with Waal… She needs somewhere to stay as does Creston…

  Chapter 17: Towards the future

  Dracon got in his wagon after pulling it out of the sea, and brought it to the top of the cliff, releasing the horses he’d taken out from the cave before he lit the frame on fire using some matches he found in the hobgoblins old bag…

  He didn’t want any more humans being eaten, so it made sense to burn the corpses rather then bury them. After that, he turned to Creston and Waal, pondering the future as the stars shinned brightly in the sky above them.

  “I want to go visit a tier two city, the place where I was born, and see if I can create a rebellion… You guys mind coming with me… Of course, I guarantee along the way I’ll make sure you each reach at least level 5…”

  “I’m already thankful to just be alive… Of course I don’t mind,” Creston said, laughing as he looked at Dracon. “However, what else can you transform into? Is there a girl in there that I’m not aware of?”

  “Shut up, teacher,” Dracon sighed as he jumped on the horse, putting Waal on his back as her blonde hair shimmered in the wind… “You finally get to see how the better half-lives, and you’re complaining?”

  “I’m sure they’re on another continent, though,” Waal replied, scratching her head as they started heading away from the beach and the bloodbath they’d left behind. “I don’t know how to ride a boat… do you? I mean… I thought we got taken to this continent on a boat as babies…”

  “I have an idea…. I think there is a demon that is able to fly, and we’re going to find it and kill it… If you don’t mind coming with me, of course, and riding on my back once I’m able to change into it…”

  “You mean a lesser demon?” Creston waddled his brows… “You really think you’ll be able to carry us with that small body? Maybe… maybe we should go to a blacksmith first and try to trace the origins of that sword…

  “Ugh… I just want to go somewhere to eat,” Waal said, raising her hands… “You… you already introduced me to how good pig tastes, and now I want to eat something better! Can we start with that! So, whatever we do next we are at least full!”

  Dracon laughed as they kept heading further and further down the road that led deeper into demon territory… Hopefully, if things went according to plan, vey soon they’d be able to reclaim what rightfully belonged to humans – their world…

  ~~~

  Authors Note

  I hope you enjoyed book 1 of the book Battlefield: Evolution (Litrpg), and read book two when it comes out in either December or January!

  All I ask is that if you made it to the end, and you aren’t too busy, please leave a review on amazon on the page for this book. Thank you again for reading Battlefield: Evolution, and hope enjoy the next installment.

  -Daniel Dragon