Chapter 17: Simulating the 17th Year

[You have comprehended a special skill, Life Retrace. When your body's various skills are approaching their limits and you enter a dying state, if you still possess a strong will to survive, you will recover 30% of your body's functions. The special skill cannot be leveled up.]

[Because of your strong will to survive, a miracle occurred, and Life Retrace was activated. You felt your body gradually improving, although it didn't completely heal your injuries.

Nevertheless, you were already very satisfied.

After evolving into an elite-level creature, you would gain Slow Regeneration. With proper care and recovery, you could restore yourself to your peak condition.]

Seeing this, Goburo, who had been observing the simulated text all along, was astonished and said, "You managed to survive like this. You truly deserve to be called the other me."

[In the second year, you struggled to survive on an unknown plain.

The war from a year ago left you with serious aftereffects.

Whenever you exerted yourself in battle, your previous injuries would be triggered.

Therefore, even though you were now an elite-level creature, you could only exert slightly stronger power than a normal-level creature.]

[In the third year, you made efforts to train your skills, but progress was slow.]

[...]

[In the sixth year, you comprehended a special skill. When fighting while injured, your overall attributes increased by 30%. The special skill cannot be leveled up.]

[...]

[In the ninth year, your Slow Regeneration upgraded to Regeneration.

Thanks to the regeneration, more than half of your aftereffects were healed.

You could now use most of your power. You knew that with some more time for recovery, your injuries would be completely healed.

So, during this period, you remained cautious. After hunting enough food each day, you would return to your lair to hide and recover, while also leveling up your skills.]

[In the tenth year, your injuries were completely healed, and due to ten years of honing, you felt that you were on the verge of breaking through the elite level.]

[In the eleventh year, you advanced to the leader-level creature, a Goblin Warrior. Similarly, you evolved through the initial evolution process.

Your skill Slow Regeneration evolved into High-Speed Regeneration level 1.

You gained a new skill, Goblin Guard level 1, and acquired the new skill Wild Roar level 1.

You obtained the talent Leader's Domination, and your talent Small Stomach evolved into Medium Stomach.

At the same time, your attributes increased significantly.

Additionally, your body size grew again, reaching a height of three meters, with a proportional seven-headed body.

Your whole body was covered in well-developed muscles, and your appearance became much more handsome.]

[You realized that your strength had greatly surpassed before, but you had no intention of leaving the plain. Instead, you decided to continue honing your levels here.]

[In the twelfth year, you diligently trained and improved your skill levels.]

[...]

[In the sixteenth year, you accidentally consumed a plant with fire attributes.

The intense fire attribute began to crazily corrode your body, causing unbearable pain.

After a month, you mutated into a Flame Goblin Warrior, with fire attribute damage added to your attacks.

Your skin turned red, and your level limit increased by six levels.

You also acquired new skills: Basic Flame Control level 1 and Blazing Body level 1.]

"After a mutation, isn't the level limit increase supposed to be fixed at five levels? Why did it increase by six levels this time? Could it be that there are different ranks of benign mutations?"

[In the seventeenth year, a new adventurer team arrived in the plain region to explore.

Initially, you had planned to remain hidden and ignore this human adventurer team, as you usually did.

However, a golden-haired, angelic-looking girl caught your attention.

You decided to secretly observe this team for a while.]

[Not long after, the new adventurer team encountered an elite-level monster.

Since you occasionally encountered human adventurers, you knew that the average level of the newcomers was probably around level 10.

However, humans possessed equipment, so their actual combat power would be much stronger than that of the demons.]

[However, human adventurer teams often lacked experience, and facing such a high-level monster from the start was extremely dangerous.

Concerned for the safety of the girl, you decided to discreetly check for any dangers.]

Upon reading this, Goburo fell silent. "The other me, what are you doing? It's not the time for romance!"

However, the simulated Goburo couldn't hear his call and continued observing the human girl to see if she was in danger.

[Soon, the human adventurer team engaged in battle with the elite wolf monster.

With just one attack, the wolf monster bit and killed the warrior of the human adventurer team.

The team's weakness exceeded your expectations.]

[The remaining two girls and one boy were petrified by the scene before them and couldn't move. Blinded by beauty, you made up your mind to intervene.

As the wild wolf was about to attack its next target, you rushed forward and fiercely struck its head with an iron rod you had picked up from the plain.

The wolf's head burst open like a watermelon.]

[You glanced at the three surviving individuals and noticed despair in their eyes.

Holding the wolf's corpse, you approached them.

The remaining male warrior and the other female mage fled in terror.

However, the golden-haired girl sat on the ground in despair, realizing that you were targeting her.]

[Approaching her, instead of immediately attacking, you asked, "Hello, do you need help?" (in the human language).]

[Upon hearing your words, the girl was momentarily stunned. Then, she stood up, somewhat shocked, and said, "You can speak the human language!"]

[The human language is the language of your past life, so you can speak it.

You nodded emphatically and continued, "Yes, I can speak the human language. I saw you being attacked by wild wolves over there, so I came to rescue you.

However, I seem to look quite frightening, which scared your friends away. I apologize."]

[Hearing you speak again, the girl remained in a state of shock. She never expected that you would appear to rescue them.]

[After a moment of silence, you said to the girl, "Do you need me to escort you out of the plain?"]

[Upon hearing your words, the girl hesitated for a moment and then nodded firmly. You both set off on the journey back.]

[Along the way, the girl asked you why you could speak the human language.

Utilizing your powerful logical language ability, you fabricated a heartwarming story about being saved by humans an hour ago.

The girl was moved by the story you described, and she grew closer to you as a goblin who maintained friendly relations with humans.]

[Furthermore, due to your evolution as a goblin warrior, your appearance was not considered ugly.

You were even more attractive than many humans, so the girl quickly adapted to your presence.]