Chapter 9: Growing Stronger Again
[Life Simulation Begins]
[Through your efforts, you beca the leader of a hunting team. Under the leader’s orders, you headed to human territory to capture humans. You led the team northward and successfully reached the edge of the Goblin Forest.]
[Standing atop a mountain, you felt a sense of confusion about your future.]
[A large river blocked your path, but you built a raft and successfully crossed.]
[You encountered a Gale Rabbit. Please make a choice:]
[1: Hunt the Gale Rabbit.]
[2: Take a detour to avoid the Gale Rabbit.]
[3: Do nothing and scare the Gale Rabbit away.]
"Gobuka, have you ever seen a Gale Rabbit?"
The sudden question from the leader made Gobuka's eyes light up.
He imdiately approached with a fawning expression.
"Boss, the Gale Rabbit is an advanced form of the Wind Rabbit. It's a Tier 2 magical beast, very large, with delicious at. It’s strong, but also dumb. It can get scared and run into a tree to its death."
An advanced form of the Wind Rabbit?
Li ng's eyes brightened, and he began to ponder.
The Wind Rabbit possesses magical abilities, so the Gale Rabbit must have even more powerful magical skills.
Perhaps he could gain his first magical skill.
"Choose the third option!"
[The Gale Rabbit was frightened and ran into a tree, dying. You devoured the Gale Rabbit and obtained the magical skill *Wind Blade.*]
[You grew stronger, and your mindset subtly changed.]
[You entered a forest full of spider webs. Please make a choice:]
[1: Continue forward, ignoring everything.]
[2: Sense danger and choose to take a detour.]
[3: Believe that spider-like magical beasts might appear and decide to hunt unknown creatures.]
Which option to choose?
Sitting on the large rock, Li ng appeared deep in thought.
The first option was the most foolish.
A forest full of spider webs clearly signaled danger.
If there was danger, ignoring it and moving forward was reckless.
Li ng did not believe he would be so careless.
Between the second and third options, Li ng leaned toward the second.
The second option was the safest.
The third seed too risky.
Hunting an unknown magical beast without understanding its strength was also foolish.
"Choose the second option!"
[You chose to take a detour. A team of human adventurers ambushed you. You died.]
[Your right ear was cut off and beca a trophy for the human adventurers.]
[Gobuda narrowly escaped. After the adventurers left, he returned and took your corpse.]
[You were eaten by Gobuda, who successfully evolved into a Hobgoblin.]
[Your skull was preserved and daily soaked in urine.]
[As a transmigrator, you were cautious, but it did not change the fact that you were weak. As a goblin, you were both hunter and prey. Your death held no significance to the world. It changed nothing but the fate of a single weak goblin. Your death had so value, but only barely.]
[Life Simulation Ends. Score: 30.]
[Please choose one of the following rewards:]
[1: Consu 5 points for 1 level.]
[2: Consu 5 points for 5 attributes.]
[3: Consu 10 points for 1 level of *Steel Bones.*]
"Choose the third option!"
Li ng glanced speechlessly at Gobuda, who was gnawing on a piece of at.
What kind of obsession did this guy have with his skull?
Why was he always fixated on it?
Was soaking skulls in urine so sort of goblin ritual?
[*Steel Bones* level 3.]
The familiar sensation surged through his body again.
Li ng felt his bones shifting and cracking noisily.
Intense pain coursed through his body, causing him to take a sharp breath.
Under his skin, his muscles visibly writhed and swelled.
After a while, the changes in his body finally subsided.
Li ng hurriedly opened the character panel to check.
[Na: Gobung]
[Race: Goblin]
[Level: 8]
[Strength: 112]
[Defense: 93]
[Agility: 31]
[Magic: 5]
[Charm: 0]
[Luck: 11]
[Skill: Devour – Devour the flesh of magical beasts for a chance to acquire their abilities.]
[*Steel Bones*: LV4 (Strength 80, Defense 80, Agility 20)]
His strength and defense attributes were high, but his other attributes were lacking.
Li ng thought of Gobuba's stats.
As the goblin leader, Gobuba had high strength but more balanced attributes otherwise.
Of course, magic was not included.
"Boss, are you about to evolve?"
Gobuka looked at his leader with fear.
Earlier, the leader's body had twisted and writhed like a monster.
Although Gobuka didn’t know what had happened, he knew his leader had grown stronger.
"Yes, perhaps soon."
Li ng accepted his newfound strength with satisfaction.
But it wasn’t enough—he needed to beco much stronger.
Although he was strong now, he was also vulnerable.
Without the life simulation predicting the future, he would have died countless tis already.
Standing up, Li ng dusted off his animal hide clothing.
"Let’s move out!"
The goblins, who had just climbed the mountain, began descending.
This ti, the life simulation didn’t provide much information.
It didn’t specify which direction to take after descending the mountain.
The lack of details on what to do next didn’t bother Li ng.
No matter what he chose, it seed the life simulation had already accounted for it.
Five hours later, a large river indeed blocked their path.
Standing on the riverbank, Li ng felt uncertain.
Goblins could swim; earlier, Li ng had wondered why they didn’t just swim across.
Now he understood why rafts were necessary—the river was incredibly turbulent, with raging currents.
The river spanned more than six hundred ters.
Swimming halfway would likely exhaust anyone.
"Boss, let’s go downstream to find a better crossing point."
The overwhelming force of nature filled Gobuka with fear.
Crossing here was certain death.
"Go gather wood and build a raft!"
If they went downstream to look for a crossing, wouldn’t they miss the Gale Rabbit?
Li ng didn’t intend to deviate from his future.
"Boss, what’s a raft?"
Gobuka looked at his leader with a puzzled expression.
Li ng suddenly realized he had overestimated goblins.
But it made sense—goblins had no need for rafts.
Their swimming abilities and forest lifestyle rendered such technology unnecessary.
"Go collect…"
His words trailed off.
Li ng gave up on having the goblins chop down trees.
Cutting trees wasn’t easy.
With the weapons they had, felling trees was impossible.
"Go gather so deadwood. The bigger, the better."
Compared to chopping live trees, gathering deadwood was much easier.
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