Scouting the kobold camp from higher ground, Luke started studying the formation of the kobolds in the camp. He could see that the camp was actually divided into 6 groups of 5 kobolds that were composed of 3 ordinary kobolds, 1 kobold soldier and 1 kobold foreman.

"My fighting ability is too low at the moment so I should probably fool the kobolds instead and bring them here in the woods. Then while they look for me, should I make a dash for the item?", he considered.

"But if these are the same creeps from DotA then they're definitely smart enough to know where I am and even if I hide they'll know the general direction I went to... Should I slowly kill them off instead? like those noob junglers in DotA?"

Jungling in DotA is where players kill the neutral creeps in the jungle for gold and experience instead of doing so in one of the three lanes where they would be up against enemy players and their creeps. Not any hero could handle jungling while being in the early level, they need abilities that can ensure that they can handle fighting in the jungle and not go back to the base to heal up. Abilities like lifesteal or summoning helpers in fighting are what the typical junglers need, and at this moment Luke had 0 abilities!

"The problem here is that even if I target just one group, I would still be fighting against 5 kobolds, even if they are weak compared to other creeps, I'm basically almost at the same level as they are. There's also the fact that this is the real world so after I provoke them they might chase me 'til I die, unlike the game they'll never leave--- AH!" all of a sudden, Luke remembered how the wolves earlier just left all of a sudden. "Maybe... Maybe they left since they were already at a far distance from where they were assigned to stay in?"

In DotA, when you attack a jungle creep, the whole group would immediately try to fight you and when you run far enough, they would simply turn their backs and go back to where they were standing at before. Luke figured that if the Kobolds would react the same, he'll have the chance to attack them one by one once they turn their backs!

With motivation, Luke decided to test it out so he grabbed a few rocks at the side that he'll throw at the kobolds then cautiously approache the camp. When he was about 20 meters from the camp, he caught the kobolds' attention but they merely took a single glance at him and continued with whatever they were doing.

'Looks like the frog didn't lie about how they wouldn't attack unless provoked, I just got unlucky at the start when the wolves got summoned right in front of me', he complained in his mind.

Judging that 15 m. away from the camp was just about right, he did a baseball pitcher stance and with a strong throw he hit one kobold foreman that was just sitting in front of a campfire on the head as he ran away quickly.

Infuriated, the foreman did a shrill cry and alerted everyone of the invader. Together with the other kobolds, they immediately chased after Luke.

If anybody asked Luke what would be one thing he is really good at, it would be running away fast! Before this, he was quite confident that even if he couldn't outrun the wolves earlier, he could definitely outrun the kobolds this time! But Luke's confidence was splashed by cold water again as the moment Luke glanced at the kobolds behind him, he saw how they were actually gaining on him!

Behind the group were the foremen that were actually constantly whipping the kobolds! Luke immediately paled as he remembered that kobold foremen actually had a passive ability called 'Speed Aura' that was brought up by their cruelty to their subordinates!

Luke immediately regretted not thinking things through before he actually put the test to action and could only bet on his luck that the kobolds would turn their backs before they could catch him!

Taking bigger steps while running, Luke didn't care that he'd run out of breath faster with the way he was running as he ran as fast as he could. He did so since he's only going to check whether the kobolds would truly turn their backs after running a certain distance.

As if fate was playing a joke on him again, Luke once again tripped while running and rolled on the ground! He was now facing the kobolds and in fear, he tried to quickly crawl backwards and just as the kobolds were about to reach him, their eyes that were filled with anger earlier suddenly cleared up! As if by clockwork, they all turned around and sauntered back to their camp leaving Luke whose heart was already trying to leap out of his chest.

"FUCK! That was too close!" Luke cried out as he wiped his cold sweat. Seeing how the test was successful, he immediately fist pumped the air then made a giant mark on where the kobolds stopped.

After resting for a bit, he then made his way back to the camp and after hitting another kobold with a rock, made a dash towards the mark he made earlier. He had a confident expression as soon as he reached the mark and turned back to face the kobolds.

Just like what happened earlier, the kobolds suddenly calmed down and turned their backs but this time, Luke didn't miss his chance as he immediately swung his hammer at the head of a kobold foreman who was at the back of the group.

The kobold immediately cried out in pain but Luke immediately followed up with two more swings at its head again which made the kobold immediately collapse on the ground.

Luke suddenly felt a rush of energy after the kobold collapsed and he felt like he needed to fight some more but a shrill cry broke him off his stupor and he realized that he'll be surrounded if he won't run now so he immediately made his way to the woods.

Upon entering the woods and hiding behind a tree, the kobolds then turned around again to go back to their camp. Luke tried to remember the state he was in earlier after the kobold collapsed and thought how it actually felt great! Perhaps it was because of the adrenaline, but he honestly wanted to fight again! Walking towards where the kobold collapsed earlier he realized that there wasn't a body anymore, 'I guess his buddies carried him back to the camp', he deduced.

He was about to make his way back to the camp to hit another kobold when he saw something shine on the ground, upon closer look he realized what it was. "GOLD COINS! And there are probably about two dozen of them! I'm rich! HAHAHAHAHA!" he celebrated but thinking it through he realized something, "If there are gold coins here... Did the kobold foreman actually die?! Is that why there isn't a body here anymore?!" He realized in shock.

"But... I just hit it three times? Does that mean I'm actually quite strong?" he asked himself but shook his head as he knew his own strength very well "No, I hit the kobold in the head... wait... Holy shit... I kept thinking that this was going to be like the game where the damage I deal would always be at a specific range.. This means that if I hit them on fatal spots I could do more damage that I should have!", he trembled in excitement as he thought of how he could easily wipe out those kobolds now.

Taking a deep breath, he calmed himself down as he made his way again to the camp, reminding himself to gather the gold coins once he retrieved the crystal ball. Feeling much more confident after succeeding once, he again pulled the kobolds to the mark he made. He once again hit the back of the head of a kobold foreman and hit it twice more at the head then immediately run towards the woods again without bothering to look if the kobold died or not.

The kobolds chased after him again but as soon as he entered the woods they turned around again. Luke followed them back and when the kobolds reached the mark he made, he attacked another foreman again and after hitting it twice more, he dashed towards the woods again.

Repeating these actions, in half an hour the group of kobolds already lost about 3/4 of their group including all the kobold foremen who were killed first which also meant that the group no longer had a speed aura!

After the group visibly slowed down, Luke became much more efficient in taking down the kobolds. He was finally able to attack another kobold after killing one, unlike the beginning where he had to retreat after killing a single kobold.

Luke played whatever sports his friends played so his endurance was quite good but he himself was shocked at his current endurance. He wasn't playing but instead killing living creatures while constantly running away! before today, he would have collapsed on the ground already!

He didn't understand why, but after each kill he made, he kept on feeling that constant rush of energy inside his body. And he currently felt that the energy on his body was getting too excited as if it was about to blow up. Thinking that he should continue using up his energy since it seemed to be endless anyway, he didn't bother resting as he made his way towards the 7 remaining kobolds and continued with his hit and run tactic.

Eventually, there was only one kobold soldier remaining but he still didn't dare fight it head on since he knew that he might have killed those kobolds but if he fought against them head on, he wouldn't even last a minute with the weapons the kobolds had.

The moment the kobold soldier turned around, Luke didn't bother hitting the kobold at the head but instead kicked its back. The clueless kobold face-planted the ground and before it could even try to stand up, Luke struck his hammer at its head and did so as many times as he could. He had a bit of a crazed look while hitting the kobold's head but he suddenly broke off it when a sense of euphoria invaded his body and all of a sudden he was surrounded by a golden glow!

Shocked with the golden glow, he also realized that the feeling of his energy blowing up earlier was gone now! But he felt even more invigorated than earlier! He was sure that after that golden glow, he actually became stronger!

"Holy shit... Did I perhaps level up just now?" he said in astonishment.

When he thought of the game, he thought of how they could choose an ability to level up but here in the real world, he didn't have any ability to choose! The moment he thought so, he remembered why he even killed the kobolds in the first place! Isn't it to get that crystal ball that most probably contains an ability? He excitedly ran in the direction of the camp but not even 2 seconds after he ran, when he saw the ground he remembered the gold coins he left behind.

"Where will I put all these gold coins?" he knew that every group of kobolds in the game would give around 75 coins so since he killed 6 groups, he should have about 450 gold coins now. These are gold coins! no matter how strong he is now, how could he actually carry 450 gold coins with him when he doesn't even have a bag now?! saddened by this, he decided that he should just pocket a few gold coins and hide the rest somewhere for him to retrieve at a later time.

He just picked up one gold coin when to his surprise a window appeared in front of him.

You have garnered 443 gold coins in the battle. Do you want to transfer the coins to your coin storage? Yes

"YEESSS!" Luke jumped in joy after reading what the window said and quickly pressed 'Yes'.

Immediately after he pressed it, the gold coins that littered the ground faded and another window followed up.

Congratulations! You have unlocked the coin storage feature after taking the spoils of your battle! To take the gold coins out, just say the amount of gold coins you need and a bag filled with the number of coins you wanted will appear in your hands.

"That's pretty useful, that damn frog actually thought things through huh", he complimented the frog.

While playing around with the coin storage, he made his way towards the camp and as soon as he saw the crystal ball he could help but run towards it as if he was a wolf that saw a weak prey.

He wanted to immediately grab the crystal to check whether he could gain an ability when he saw that there were some inscribed words on the altar it was floating on.

"RAH! Show your worth! Rest is for the dead! The enemies need killing! Let them taste your blade!"

Reading it, Luke became even more excited! He felt that it was a bit familiar but didn't mind it. Perhaps this is an ability that's related to a blade? Maybe it's Juggernaut's Blade dance? That would be awesome! I would be able to kill the creeps faster!

While he was daydreaming about how he would look so awesome waving a blade and killing creeps as easy as harvesting wheat, he grabbed the crystal ball and 2 new windows showed up in front of him.

Congratulations! You have learned your first ability, Counter Helix! Counter Helix

When attacked, you suddenly perform a helix counter attack, dealing pure damage to all nearby enemies.

Radius: 1 meter around you.

Proc Chance: 20%

Damage: 75/110/145/180

Luke immediately slumped to the ground after reading what skill he received. With a pale face he felt like he would vomit blood at that moment and he immediately cursed.

"WHAT THE FUCK! I DID THE HIT AND RUN TACTIC AGAINST THE KOBOLDS EXACTLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO GET HIT, NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT I HAVE TO GET HIT JUST SO THE ABILITY I WORKED HARD TO OBTAIN WOULD WORK?! FUUUUUUCK"