Embracing Killing Intent

“Six… one of them’s wearing a bone armband, and its weapon’s sharper too… the leader?”

Ye Yousheng gradually quickened his pace, charging straight toward the group of goblins.

Relying on his lightning-fast reflexes, he dodged the incoming slashes and leapt directly toward the one that stood out.

The goblin captain immediately realized it had been targeted and let out a shrill howl, calling for its subordinates.

But Ye Yousheng had no intention of letting it go.

Even if it meant taking a couple of hits from behind, he would kill it first.

In a one-versus-many situation, eliminating the enemy’s commander first could throw the entire group into chaos and crush their morale.

That was exactly his objective.

As he closed in on his target, Ye Yousheng changed his grip on the wooden club.

From a two-handed forward grip, he switched to a one-handed reverse grip.

It was the stance used for throwing a javelin.

Clubs could only be used for blunt attacks?

No.

They could also be used for thrusting.

It was just that both ends were flat, so you had to pick the right moment and target to make it lethal.

For example, when this green creature in front of him was screaming—

Stabbing the stick straight into its mouth would be a pretty good choice.

He tightened his grip with full force, veins bulging along his wrist, and hurled the wooden club without a shred of mercy.

Crack!

The tip of the club struck the goblin captain’s teeth.

One of its saliva-covered yellow fangs snapped loose, flying into the air along with spurts of green blood.

The impact of the club was reduced—

Yeah, right.

Ye Yousheng had already anticipated that.

He dashed forward and delivered a powerful kick to the tail end of the club.

Thud!

With the second burst of force, the club pierced clean through the back of the goblin captain’s neck.

The percentage HP bar in Ye Yousheng’s vision instantly dropped to zero.

Just like that, the goblin captain died without even understanding how.

He pulled out the club, now drenched in foul-smelling green blood, and turned his head.

His indifferent gaze swept over the remaining goblins as he calmly announced their fate.

“Five left.”

Having witnessed the entire sequence, the goblins no longer dared to step forward.

Their leader’s death had shattered their morale.

Their eyes were filled with fear.

Just like the way people in his original world used to look at him.

Back in that world, Ye Yousheng had always been someone who didn’t belong anywhere.

Just like most people who returned from the battlefield and couldn’t adapt to peaceful life—

He couldn’t adapt either.

But unlike others, he didn’t suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

His inability to fit into society was entirely his own doing.

He hated that unpredictable world.

He hated the city he lived in.

He hated the people in that city.

And even more than anything—

He hated himself, still dragging out a life in that world.

Even now, he still hated it.

Hated the version of himself who could carry out killing with a completely unmoved heart.

“…Let’s continue.”

The stalemate broke the moment he moved.

He quickly circled behind a goblin, hooked its neck with the club, and slammed it to the ground with full force.

“Kh—!”

After coughing up a mouthful of green blood, the goblin’s head separated from its body.

Dead.

Immediately, he rolled on the spot, dodging a backstab from another goblin.

He swept its legs with the club.

The goblin bent over in pain.

Ye Yousheng seized the moment, grabbed the back of its neck, and drove a knee straight into its skull.

Not enough to kill.

So he followed up with several more strikes, finishing it off completely.

“Three left.”

The stench of blood and the spreading aura of death only made his mind clearer.

At this moment, Ye Yousheng was certain—

He had finally regained that old feeling.

“GRAAAAHHH!”

The remaining three goblins charged at him simultaneously.

Their eyes locked onto him, unable to focus on anything else.

Rage consumed their tiny minds, becoming the only emotion left.

Instinctively, they understood—

If they didn’t kill him, they would die.

<Detected killing intent: three targets, front-left>

“Nice… very nice~”

Ye Yousheng smiled in praise.

It was unclear whether he was praising their desperate final charge—

Or his own unrusted skills.

With his right hand, he precisely struck the leading goblin’s hand, knocking it clean off.

Catching the fallen stone axe with his left hand—

He used the crude weapon to split the second goblin clean in half at the waist.

At the same time, he stomped down hard on the first goblin’s head, crushing it into pulp.

Finally, he thrust the wooden club forward—

Piercing the third goblin through the navel and pinning it to the ground.

“And now… you’re the last one.”

“G—GRAAH!!”

The final goblin trembled as it grabbed the club embedded in its abdomen, struggling desperately.

But the club, firmly held by Ye Yousheng, didn’t budge at all.

“Well… you probably won’t understand even if I tell you, but I’ll say it anyway.”

“The one killing you today… me… is named Ye Yousheng.”

“Remember my name in your soul.”

“And come find me for revenge in your next life.”

With that, he swung the stone axe decisively—

Splitting the goblin’s head in two.

Let it go?

That was never even a consideration.

Eliminating future threats was something he had done countless times before.

After killing all the goblins, Ye Yousheng opened his status panel.

His level hadn’t increased.

His experience still remained at 98.05%.

Despite defeating several goblins, he hadn’t gained even the slightest bit of experience.

“Not even 0.01%…”

“So killing low-level monsters gives no EXP?”

“What kind of cursed game is this…”

Zero magic.

Zero luck.

And now even killing weaker monsters gave no experience.

Which meant—

If he wanted to level up, he could only defeat monsters at his level or higher.

Ye Yousheng scratched the back of his head, feeling slightly annoyed—

When the back of his hand brushed against something soft and fuzzy.

He turned around.

What came into view was a massive body—

And eight legs, each over two meters long.

A spider roughly his height.

Name: Giant Wolf Spider

HP: 100%

“Hisss…”

Eight glossy black eyes stared at Ye Yousheng simultaneously.

A low, threatening hiss escaped its mouth.

The spider cautiously wrapped the goblin corpses on the ground in silk—

Yet its gaze never left him for even a second.

“Drawn by the smell of blood…?”

There was only one reason he hadn’t sensed it earlier—

It hadn’t shown any killing intent.

Perhaps it only wanted an easy meal from the dead goblins and had no interest in fighting him.

But if this spider were an assassin capable of concealing its killing intent—

He’d already be dead.

“So close and I didn’t notice… guess I’ve still got a long way to go.”

“Hey—!”

In an instant, a powerful killing aura erupted from Ye Yousheng.

The spider recoiled several meters back like a startled deer, hissing at him.

“Hisssss!”

<Detected killing intent: one target, directly ahead>

If the earlier goblin fight had been a one-sided slaughter—

Then this spider—

This would be a true fight to the death.

The vivid killing intent radiating from it sharpened his focus once more.

At that moment—

He smiled.

“This other world… is way better than I imagined.”

Even with the constant threat of death—

He liked this world a hundred times more than the one he came from.

The slaughter continued.