Chapter 2: Simulation Ends, Level Up

[One year later, your level has increased to Level 5, and your Critical Strike level has reached Lv. 3.

You have become the strongest goblin, standing a head taller than the others but still maintaining your three-foot-tall stature.

The troll leader, however, pays no attention to your changes.

You don't let your newfound strength inflate your ego because you know that the troll consumes more monster meat than you and is inherently stronger.

You are still far from being his match, so you refrain from taking any reckless actions.]

[In the second year, you continue living the same life. Your level has increased to Level 8, and through practice, your Critical Strike level has reached Lv. 7.]

[In the middle of the second year, the troll mysteriously disappears for a few days.

You feel puzzled but refrain from taking any hasty actions.

After a few days, the troll returns to the tribe, and you are relieved that you didn't engage in any unnecessary actions during his absence.]

[In the third year... your level has increased to Level 11, and through practice, your Critical Strike level has reached its maximum level.]

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[In the seventh year... your level has reached Level 20. Due to your unwavering training, your Critical Strike has evolved into Deadly Strike Lv. 1.

At this point, you realize that you can no longer increase your level by devouring monster meat.

You speculate that this is because your template level is too low.

If you were to elevate your template level to Elite, the level cap would no longer restrict you to Level 20.]

[For a while, you are unsure of how to advance your template level.

However, you are well aware that you can no longer stay in the goblin tribe.

The troll's appetite has been increasing, and he not only consumes the food you hunt but sometimes even treats goblins as snacks.

Moreover, his recent gaze towards you has been peculiar, and after seven years of being with the troll, you understand that it's the gaze of someone looking at food.]

[Faced with this situation, you must make a choice.

Option 1: Leave the goblin tribe and search for a way to evolve.

Option 2: Continue staying in the goblin tribe, living in constant fear.

Option 3: Damn the troll and take charge yourself.]

"A choice, huh? The second option is not viable.

The troll sees me as food for sure.

As for options one and three, I'm a bit undecided.

I lean towards option one because the troll seems to be a higher-level creature than goblins. Even if I'm at max level now, I probably wouldn't be his match.

Of course, if I were to ambush him, defeating him wouldn't be impossible.

With my intelligence, playing the troll to death shouldn't be difficult."

After hesitating for a while, he addressed the system.

"System, choose option one. I will leave the goblin tribe."

"After weighing the pros and cons, you realize that the goblin tribe is not a place to stay for long.

If you continue like this, you will eventually become the troll's meal.

After careful consideration, you choose to leave the goblin tribe.

Since you hold the highest position in the tribe, second only to the troll, you manage to successfully escape the tribe during the night."

[After leaving the tribe on the first day, you encounter a human adventurer team. Upon seeing you, the human adventurers immediately launch an attack without hesitation.

This rookie team possesses formidable strength, but their teamwork is lacking.

With your power far surpassing that of an ordinary goblin and your Deadly Strike ability, you annihilate the human team.

However, you sustain severe injuries in the process.

Before you can take the bodies to a safe place, a black tiger appears behind you. Weakened and unable to defend yourself, you meet your demise.]

[The simulation ends, comprehensive score: 37.

For an ordinary goblin, your life could be considered glorious. However, as a time traveler, you can be called the shame of time travelers.

Please choose a reward from the following options.]

[Option 1: Increase your level by one. Costs 5 points and can be chosen multiple times.

Option 2: Increase your Critical Strike level by one. Costs 4 points and can be chosen multiple times.]

After seeing these two reward options, Goburo roughly understands that he can only choose rewards that he obtained in his simulated life. It seems there isn't an option for life insights.

Well, that's fine. Purely enhancing his strength is good too.

After thinking for a moment, he says,

"System, increase my level by four and increase my Critical Strike level by four."

[Consuming 36 points of evaluation, the rewards have been granted.]

After the announcement, a surge of power spreads throughout Goburo's body. He feels like he can now take on ten of his previous selves.

At the same time, his physique has also grown larger. He has grown two head lengths taller, from 1.2 meters to 1.6 meters.

Then, a piercing sensation, as if being pricked by needles, radiates through his brain. A massive amount of information floods into his mind.

When he regains his senses, he realizes that his Critical Strike level has also increased to Lv. 5.

Regarding the changes in his body, Goburo is not particularly afraid because on his way to dinner earlier, he saw several larger goblins who were similar in size to his new form.

In the goblin community, he shouldn't stand out too much.

His attributes have also undergone some changes.

Name: Goburo

Race: Goblin

Template: Ordinary

Level: 5/20 (4%)

Health: 7

Strength: 11

Agility: 6

Spirit: 8

Charisma: 0

Skill: Critical Strike Lv. 5

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With each level increase, all four attributes except for charisma increase by 1 point, and he also gains 1 point of free attribute allocation.

Without any hesitation, he allocates all four attribute points to strength. "Might is right" is the path he chooses to follow.

In this simulation, he is curious about where the troll went during those few days in the second year and why the system specifically mentioned it.

After checking his attributes, he leaves the cave and decides to take a stroll outside.

As he sees the scenery, memories from his previous life slowly come to mind. His previous self had just been born a week ago, a newborn goblin.

The guy who invited him to dinner earlier was named Gobura, slightly older than himself.

Glancing around his surroundings, he frowns slightly because the camp is filled with goblin feces, emitting an unpleasant odor.

However, he isn't too bothered by it, perhaps because his body has grown accustomed to such smells. After taking a few steps, he arrives at the dining area.

He sees more than fifty goblins gathered around two leftover wild boar carcasses, voraciously devouring them. Before he can react, the two bodies are completely stripped clean.

"Growl." His stomach protests.

Witnessing the goblins eating raw meat doesn't disgust him; instead, it triggers a strong appetite. However, now that the food is gone, if he wants to eat, he'll have to hunt on his own.

Gobura, who has finished his meal, walks over to him.

Seeing Gobura's transformed appearance, he exclaims in surprise, "Are you Gobura? How did you become so big? What have you been eating? Did you eat all that crap?"