Chapter 13：Mutation, Rampaging Great Goblin

[You started acting alone, continuously assassinating lizardmen in secret because lizardmen's meat is excellent and rich in protein. You gradually became obsessed with their flesh.

As time went on, security in the swamp became tighter, and you hardly found any solitary lizardmen anymore.

However, after this period of assassination, the number of lizardmen in the swamp significantly decreased.

You understand that even if both sides engage in battle now, there won't be significant casualties.

Moreover, the number of goblins in your territory, solely in the army, has reached eight hundred, nearly ten times the current lizardmen population.

Even without reducing the number of lizardmen, victory was already assured, and now it is even less of a problem.]

[Without hesitation, you led your army and launched an attack on the swamp.

Initially, you thought that with overwhelming forces, you could send a representative to negotiate, perhaps even directly subjugating the lizardmen tribe.

However, these stubborn youngsters weren't afraid at all and even launched attacks against you. The leader of the Lizardmen was a top-tier elite-level warrior.]

[But it was no match for you.

Like other elite creatures, although its level was higher than yours, it had fewer skill levels and fewer skills overall. The result was naturally its defeat. Within ten moves, the Lizardmen's leader was left mentally dazed.

After thirty moves, the Lizardmen leader began making serious mistakes repeatedly.

After fifty moves, you pierced its throat with a swipe of your claw, and it fell heavily to the ground.

Ultimately, you achieved victory in this war.]

[At night, you enjoyed a feast of lizardmen. During this meal, you consumed a large amount of meat from elite lizardmen, and your body underwent some changes.

Delicate scales appeared on your skin.

You lay in your cave for three days, carefully feeling the changes in your body. ]

[It was a strange sensation as if your flesh was being compressed, deformed, and stretched, gradually becoming stronger. You experienced pain and joy simultaneously. After three days, you left the cave.]

[Although your appearance had undergone a huge transformation, Gobura and Goburi recognized you immediately.

Breathing the fresh air, you felt an unprecedented sense of well-being because your body had undergone a positive mutation.

You mutated into a berserk Great Goblin, gaining a new skill, Berserk Lv.1. Unlike frenzy, you still retained your sanity after going berserk, although the increase in power was not as extreme.]

[Although you haven't reached the elite level yet, you realized that your level cap seemed to have increased.

Apart from the level cap, your strength and agility had also greatly improved. You had become even more powerful.]

[In the sixth year, you diligently trained while also developing your tribe. Gradually, more elite-level goblins appeared in the tribe.

You also discovered that the simplest way to evolve was by consuming an elite-level creature's magic crystal.

However, when ordinary creatures consumed it, there were two outcomes: death or successfully enduring the violent energy and advancing.

The success rate was roughly fifty-fifty.]

[Many excellent goblins have evolved and died through this method, and it pains you greatly.

But soon you realize that they find it difficult to evolve into elite goblins through primal evolution like you because they lack a system.

It is hard for them to reach your level even in their entire lifetime.

So you have come to terms with it, as evolution is inherently defying fate.

How can it not come with some risks?

A fifty percent success rate is already quite high, but you are not planning to give up just like that.

Surely, there must be other relatively easier and less risky methods.]

[In the seventh year, you successfully found a new evolution method.

It involves throwing a level twenty goblin into the water, then soaking it with three elite-level magic crystals and a red mushroom.

This method has an eighty percent chance of producing an elite goblin and a twenty percent chance of a regular goblin that can never be promoted to the elite level.]

[So far, this is the best method you have found. However, there are two flaws with these methods. First, the process is accompanied by immense pain.

The energy released by the three elite-level magic crystals is overwhelming, despite being diluted by water and the red mushroom.

Many goblins cannot endure it, significantly reducing their success rate.

Second, red mushrooms are extremely rare and can only be found in the depths of the Warcraft Forest. You have attempted cultivation but failed every time.]

[In the eighth year, you reach level thirty-five and realize that the upper limit of benign mutation is five levels higher than non-mutated creatures.

This is undoubtedly a significant advantage.

Previously, you couldn't defeat creatures above the elite level, but now with this additional five-level advantage, you have the confidence to kill much stronger creatures while remaining immortal.]

[However, instead of immediately hunting creatures beyond the elite level, you silently focus on honing your skills.

You are not weak now, and you wish to peacefully live out your life.

Therefore, you plan to fully master all your skills or have one skill surpass its current stage before hunting more powerful creatures.]

[In the same year, the man appears again in the valley. You have been waiting for him, and this time, you easily kill him.]

[In the ninth year, you diligently train your skills and comprehend a new skill called Focus Lv.1. This skill allows you to concentrate better and improve efficiency in everything you do.]

[In the tenth year, your lethal strike reaches Lv. Max and the levels of your other skills are approaching the maximum.]

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[In the twelfth year, your Lv. Max lethal strike evolves into Frenzied Force Lv.1. Unlike the lethal strike, Frenzied Force is a passive skill that increases the power of every attack you make by fifty percent compared to Lv. Max lethal strike. After obtaining Frenzied Force, you decide it is time to further strengthen your power.]

[In the same year, you venture deep into the Warcraft Forest and soon encounter a beast that surpasses the elite level.

As you imagined, you fight desperately, ultimately defeating it in a heavily injured state. However, before you can leave with its corpse, another creature beyond the elite level appears.

In your heavily injured state, there is no way for you to escape from such a powerful opponent, so you choose to fight to the death.

In the end, you kill it in a frenzied state.

Once the frenzy ends, a third creature beyond elite level suddenly appears and kills you.]

[Simulation ends. Overall score: 499]

[Evaluation: You are a good goblin and a courageous time traveler.]