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{Day 1}
Who was I?
I couldn't recall who I was, nor where I was. I could briefly remember a single scene, one of bright light, and a screeching sound before everything became cold. Now everything was silent, the only noise to accompany me, a pitter-patter of some sort. Without my vision, I was unable to distinguish what exactly it was, that I heard...
I attempted to squirm, yet found myself incapable of doing such an action. As such, left without any other option, it was best if I were to sleep. No sense in attempting to move, seeing as I unable to...
As my conscience slowly faded away, I felt a slight tremor nearby.
"%#$%$..." Was what I heard before feeling something being pushed into my mouth. On instinct, I bit into it, feeling a sensation fill my body. It was delicious. Quickly scarfing down whatever it was I had eaten, I felt drowsiness overcome me almost immediately. Without resisting, I quickly went to sleep.
{Day 2}
When I awoke, I could see.
Realizing this, I almost immediately began looking around me, to the best of my ability. To my surprise, I found myself surrounded by around maybe, thirty green infants...No, goblins. It was strange, I idly noted as information regarding this species filtered through my mind, without delay. When I had glanced down at myself, I mentally confirmed, that I as well, was a goblin.
As I looked around, I saw a goblin, much older than I and the rest of us, near us. As he stared down at us, he seemed to notice my state, as when he approached, he had an insect, a caterpillar in hand. I heard a haggard cooing as the elderly goblin fed me the bug, filling me once more, with the same sensation from the day before. As it had done yesterday, I was overcome with drowsiness.
Without anything else to do, besides gaze around, I slept, silently snoozing the day away.
{Day 3}
When I awoke this morning, I discovered something astounding.
It seems goblins are capable of reaching maturity in only a few days. In order to support my theory, I began to test my body, doing some basic stretches that I somehow remembered, from somewhere... Perhaps a past and forgotten memory?
When I had finished with my stretches, I began to exercise, making sure I could properly move, run, etc. Once I had mastered my basic motor skills, I sat down, to think. When I did, however, my eyes widened as a literal semi-transparent box appeared, a message forming onto it.
{Congratulations! You have been selected to become a Gamer. As a Gamer, you will be capable of living your new life, similar to a game.}
{Would you like to view a brief tutorial?} [Yes/No]
I will admit, I had stared at the message with a dumbfounded expression, if the glances the other goblins nearby gave me, meant anything. Without a word, however, I thought of accepting the tutorial, whatever a tutorial was... Actually, what was a game in the first place? Within a moment, the box closed into itself, before forming a new one, a new message appearing.
{To begin the tutorial, open the Menu Screen. Doing so can be done by both mental and vocal commands.}
When I read this, I thought 'Menu'.
{The Menu Screen, in layman terms, is a shortcut allowing easier access to various parts of the Gamer System. The Gamer System is comprised of four sections.}
[Character] In the -Character- section, the Gamer is capable of almost instantly equipping weapons, armors, and clothing.. In this section, the Gamer is also capable of altering their stats, in order to determine and increase their chances at survival.
[Inventory] In the -Inventory- section, the Gamer is given exclusive access to a pocket dimension that can hold a limited amount of items. Items that are stackable, are considered a single item, and will not count towards the total amount, unless of a different quality. The pocket dimension is capable of growth, as it becomes capable of holding more items, and store a greater mass of items, should the Gamer increase their power.
[Development] In the -Development-, the Gamer will be able to access any skills they learn, as it will keep track of everything they have learned. In this section, the Gamer is also capable of upgrading any upgradable skills they come to learn and/or possess. Fully upgraded skills are capable of becoming a new skill in this section as well.
[Tutorials & Tips] In the -Tutorials & Tips- section, the Gamer will be able to review any hints, tips, or instructions for certain actions, knowledge, and so forth.
{The tutorial has come to an end. If desired, this tutorial can be reviewed in the -Tutorials & Tips- section.}
{As a reward for going through the tutorial, you have been rewarded the following item: Goblin's Starter Kit.}
{Would you like to open it?} [Yes/No]
It had taken me half an hour before I memorized everything I had seen. This was due to my mind, only half-comprehending what I had seen, as I had been in disbelief. It did hint at something for me, however. I would be the only one to see these boxes. If I were to speak of this occurrence to anyone, no doubt I would be taken for a fool, and belittled, or something similar.
While I had been doing the tutorial, another goblin had been moving about, having the same idea as I had. Unfortunately, for the goblin, he had overextended himself, as he had collapsed almost immediately, from exhaustion.
Glancing back to the message box, I idly opened the starter kit.
{You have been given the following.}
{Skills}
[Goblin Language] A unique dialect spoken only by goblins and their future evolutions. A written dialect also exists but is mostly unknown by the majority of its species.
[Cunning] When in a critical situation, a moment of inspiration is granted.
[Night Vision] Perfect clarity in the darkness.
{Equipment}
[Basic Club] A dense wooden branch that acts as a weapon.
[Cloth Bandana] A simple piece of cloth that can be tied around the neck, act as a face-mask, or over the head, to act as either a bandana or a headband.
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The loincloth I wore around my genitals, also acted as a blanket for me, which I found to be a bit strange. Only a bit.
{Day 4}
A day after goblins have matured, they would go out and hunt for their own meals.
This is what I learned from an older goblin when I asked about food. When I began to prepare for my first hunting experience, I actually got something, called a -Quest-.
{Alert! You have been issued the following quest.}
{First Hunt} In order to eat, all newly matured goblins have to hunt outside of their homes in order to survive. Those who succeed will survive, those who don't will starve. Better make sure you are of the former.
[Objective]
(Main)
-Hunt Horned Rabbit (0/1)
(Optional)
-Hunt Horned Rabbit (0/3)
-Collect Animal Horn (0/3)
[Reward]
-50 Experience
(Bonus)
-Skinning Skill
[Failure]
-None
I didn't know what a -Horned Rabbit- was, but I did want a new skill. It would always be beneficial if I were to have a skill, as early as I could possibly can. I didn't know why I thought like this but didn't try to question it.
Grabbing, my -Cloth Bandana-, I piled together a dozen or so caterpillars, before wrapping them in the cloth, and heading off, grabbing my club as I did. Heading out of the cave, I was greeted with a forest... Well, a cave in a forest would make sense. Nodding to myself, I headed off into the trees.
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After an hour or so of travel, mentally keeping track of time, I heard a bush rustled. Stilling myself, I stayed silent as I watched from the thicket. From the bush, a brown rabbit with a horn on its head appeared. It sniffed the air, before jumping a foot forward... I stared at the beast and thought of attacking it. I immediately thought of being impaled by the rabbit. Shaking off the thought, I began to think... Aha!
Glancing to my side, I grabbed a small stone, before lobbing it over the rabbit, well out of its sight. The moment the stone landed, the rabbit bounced away from the sound and directly into my direction. As my skin blended in with the thicket, it never saw me until it was too late. Swinging my club down onto the rabbit, I heard its neck snap from the attack, as it went limp.
Staring down at the limp rabbit, my mind suddenly comprehended what I had just done. I began to shake as both hands turned to fists. Crouching, I shivered even more, before jumping in the air, fists pumped. I mentally roared at my achievement and did a little jig. I didn't yell aloud because I didn't want to scare away any potential prey still in the area.
Grabbing the rabbit, I pulled it by the horn towards a tree. Settling down next to it, I gripped and snapped the horn off. When I did, I heard a ding.
{Gobu-Rukku has obtained -Animal Horn-.}
[Collect Animal Horn (1/3)]
Blinking, I wondered what else this system could do. Shaking off this thought, I mentally opened my -Inventory-, marveling at this strange ripple-like distortion that appeared. Pushing the animal horn onto the ripple, I watched in awe as it disappeared from my hand.
{You have stored 1 -Animal Horn-.}
Ooh. I idly grabbed the rabbit and tore off a leg as I closed my -Inventory-. Staring at the leg, my mouth began to water as I stared at the red meat. Without hesitation, I dug into it, ignoring the bone as I chomped through it. Fur and all, I ate everything until all that remained was the horn in my inventory. Licking my lips, I slowly got to my feet, before clenching my club.
I wanted to get that skill, so I had best get to it. Luckily, the day didn't seem to be over for another ten or so hours. Settling into a jogging pace, I continued my hunt.
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After catching my second rabbit, I thought of something clever. Why not use the rabbit's horn against it? And so, after devouring the second rabbit, I faced the third with an animal horn in my hand, as I struck it, impaling it when I slammed my club down onto the horn. It was kind of funny to look at honestly. After finishing off the third rabbit, I heard a ding.
{Alert! You have completed the quest; First Hunt.}
{First Hunt} In order to eat, all newly matured goblins have to hunt outside of their homes in order to survive. Those who succeed will survive, those who don't will starve. Better make sure you are of the former.
[Objective]
(Main) Completed
-Hunt Horned Rabbit (1/1)
(Optional) Completed
-Hunt Horned Rabbit (3/3)
-Collect Animal Horn (3/3)
[Reward]
-50 Experience
-Skinning Skill
When I saw this, I felt happiness, before then feeling something well up inside me, as though I had accomplished something... Which I did.
{You have learned a new skill.}
[Skinning] An olden art predating most civilizations, that uses a method that separates furs and skins from the meat itself.
Rank: 1/10
-Processed Skins & Pelts have a 10% chance to be of (Uncommon) quality.
When I read the description, I did another jig, except longer. When I finally calmed down, I was really happy. Making my way back to the cave, I gorged on the delicious caterpillars I had brought with me.
Before I made it back to the cave, however, I came across a pair of goblins, one being the same goblin from the day before, who had exhausted himself. While that goblin went into the cave, the other goblin came up to me.
"Hey there, I'm Gobu-Kichi!" Kichi introduced himself. Still happy from my successful hunt, I smiled.
"I'm Gobu-Rukku," I said pointing at myself. I then held out my cloth which still had a few squirming caterpillars.
"Want some?" I asked as the two of us entered the cave. He happily accepted it.
{Day 5}
When I woke up today, I went about my usual business, which was just waking up and doing a little bit of stretching.
When I had finished, I got ready to hunt, popping a few caterpillars into my mouth. As I idly chewed on the insects, I was approached by Kichi and the other goblin.
"Gobu-Rukku, come hunt with us!" Kichi said, grinning cheerfully. I glanced over at the other goblin, who just looked outside.
"Alright." I agreed, grabbing my club. Placing it on my shoulder, I popped another caterpillar into my mouth as a message box appeared.
{Alert! A new quest has been issued.}
{Hunting Party} Participate in a hunt with your fellow goblins. Remember, two heads, or in this case, three heads are better than one.
[Objective]
(Main)
-Hunt Horned Rabbit (0/1)
-Collect Animal Horn (0/1)
(Optional)
-Hunt Horned Rabbit (0/5)
[Reward]
-50 Experience
(Bonus)
-20+ Experience per Horned Rabbit
[Failure]
-None
My mouth began to water. If I did my calculations right, I could potentially gain a hundred-fifty experience from this quest alone. Speaking of which, I haven't checked my -Character- page today yet. Mentally opening it up, I glanced at it as I followed behind Kichi.
{Name} Rukku
[Sex] Male
[Race] Goblin
[Age] 5 Days
[Description] A reincarnate who has been reborn as a goblin. Has recently been selected to become a Gamer.
{Stats}
[HP] 250
[MP] 150
[Str] 40
[End] 40
[Agi] 30
[Mag] 20
[Int] 20
[Luk] 15
{Level} 36
[Exp] 0/100
[Pt] 0
I decided I would focus on both my -Strength- and my -Endurance- because, if I didn't, I'd likely die within two hits from any beast I encounter. I also invested a few my points into my -Magic- and -Intelligence- because it's never a bad idea to become smarter, and there was a chance I could learn magic, otherwise what was the point of the -Magic- stat in the first place?
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Chasing a horned rabbit, Kichi and I managed to get two rabbits into ramming each other. While the two were stunned, Rou, the goblin from before, rushed forward, gutting the two rabbits. With our prey dead, we began to eat. Or at least, that was the plan until I remembered my new skill. Using for one of the rabbits, I quickly got to work, using a horn to slowly separate the skin from the red meat. When Rou realized what I was doing, he assisted me, slowly pulling on the skin itself, so that I could get into the lower area without potentially messing up.
Ten minutes later, I finally finished, a nice and perfectly skinned horned rabbit lied before us on its pelt. Ripping off a leg, I thoroughly enjoyed my success. Once we had finished up our meal, we continued our hunt. Grabbing the pelt, I slung it over a branch, idly noting to come back for it.
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Using the same strategy from before, Kichi and I circled a horned rabbit, trapping it, and keeping its vision off Rou who snuck up behind the rabbit. With one quick stab, the rabbit was dead. As the two of us approached, I heard him mutter.
"The most, legendary horn." I just blinked.
"What?" I asked, Kichi tilting his head. He glanced up, startled, before hurriedly snapping off the rabbit's horn.
"Ah, um, nothing." He quickly denied... Okay...
After skinning the rabbit, which was rather large and plump, the three of us quickly began our meal. As I munched on some rabbit bone, I noticed Rou glance at his piece of meat with an intense expression. Did he think of something for the next hunt?
Once we had finished up, I got to my feet, grabbing my club. During our meal, we had left a mess on the pelt, sort of ruining it, so we would have to leave it behind.
"Alright, let's keep at it," Rou spoke before leading us towards a random direction. I feel like I'm in some sort of hierarchy.
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After killing off another rabbit, our hunt came to an end. As I skinned the rabbit, I idly thought to myself. It seems I was right, the three of us had formed a sort of hierarchy. Rou was obviously the leader, Kichi was his right-hand man, and I was his left-hand man. I felt some sort of darkened feeling towards the term left-hand man but didn't think much of it.
{Alert! You have completed the quest; Hunting Party.}
{Hunting Party} Participate in a hunt with your fellow goblins. Remember, two heads, or in this case, three heads are better than one.
[Objective]
(Main)
-Hunt Horned Rabbit (1/1)
-Collect Animal Horn (1/1)
(Optional)
-Hunt Horned Rabbit (6/5)
[Reward]
-50 Experience
-120+ Experience
I mentally cried tears of joy at what I read. I cried tears of joy as I bit into the rabbit meat. This one was extra juicy for some reason.
{Day 6}
Kichi and I were talking animatedly about the deliciousness of horned rabbits when Rou appeared. Toning down on our excitement, we gave him a respectful smile, a nod in my case before we went back to our discussion. As we did, we heard a cry from one of the goblins, a she-goblin. Female goblins were separated from male goblins with the sole fact that they grew hair.
"Ehhh?!" The she-goblin, Mi had cried. Stopping our discussion entirely, the two of us focused our attention on the she-goblin who stared at us shocked. Rou just looked calm about it.
"Your eating horned rabbits, you're that strong?" When the three of us nodded, her eyes widened as she blushed for some reason.
"You're amazing!" She praised us suddenly. I was put off.
"What have you been eating then?" Rou asked. Mi grew flustered as she fidgeted in place.
"Eh, ah, tree nuts, 'n stuff..." She trailed off. When she saw our disbelieving stares, she gave us a somewhat panicked expression.
"It's just that, usually, a horned rabbit would just gore a goblin through the guts before they can even attack it." She explained, garnering shocked expressions from all three of us... Oof, now I'm kind of happy I went with the stealth approach when I first encountered those horned rabbits. I even had a prediction on what could have happened if I had hunted them differently.
"You shittin' me?" Rou came out of nowhere with that. I could only sweatdrop when Mi began to gush towards Rou about his power.
"You're both strong and smart. That's really cool!" She gushed even more... Was he really that cool-looking? Every male goblin the cave looked alike.
"Really?" Even Rou was caught off guard with that. She nodded.
"Yeah, the others can't even compare!" She unintentionally insulted us... I'll just let it slide.
"Well, what do you think about Gobu-Kichi and Gobu-Rukku?" He asked. She glanced at us, before looking at him once more.
"Normal I guess." Mah, I guess I can accept that. Glancing at Kichi, I noticed he was drooling. Rou also noticed.
"Hm, what's up Gobu-Kichi?" He asked. The goblin wiped his drool.
"I'm hungry." He stated. Our leader glanced outside.
"It is around that time. Then, let's go hunting today too." He said, getting to his feet. He paused for a moment, before glancing down at Mi.
"Gobu-Mi, want to come too?" He suddenly asked. "Eh, eh! eh?!" She began to shout. I grabbed my club as Kichi and I prepared to head out. I heard our leader explain something to Mi, but didn't pay much attention as I stretched my legs. When I finished, I heard a loud thump, and turned, finding both Rou and Mi on the ground, the latter sitting on the former's chest.
"Really? Can I really?! I'm so happy!" She then began to thank him profusely.
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With the addition of Mi, our hunting became a bit easier. I didn't get a quest this time, but its fine I guess.
{Day 7}
It was raining today, so even if we tried to hunt, there wouldn't be anything out there.
Instead, today we would just go off and do our own thing. Rou and I seemed to share the same idea, however, as we were trying our hands at crafting. Rou had found this dark-colored stone and has been sort of creating a knife out of it. After creating three more knives, he stopped, instead, intent on watching me as I carved and bound together with some pelts I had on hand, creating a sort of new loincloth for the three of us. I put a bit more effort into creating new clothing for Mi, though it looked almost like her old ones, except with fur. It wouldn't be finished today, unfortunately.
While we were crafting, other goblins around our age began to curiously gather, watching us from a distance.
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It was around noon, and as of right now, the four of us were formulating a new hunting strategy. Rou had been explaining to me about the usefulness of something called a sling when the elder goblin walked by. Our leader paused the meeting in order to listen to the older goblins story. While our leader was doing that, I decided to make one. Grabbing a long solid branch, I took some vines that were growing on the walls, and after binding them together with a piece of leftover skin, I had in my hand, a ready-to-be-used sling.
Since Mi was the only one without an actual weapon, I handed it to her. When our leader returned a few hours later, we continued discussing strategies.
{Day 8}
In order to test our new strategy, the four of us went hunting.
This time, instead, of just hunting horned rabbits, we went for three new prey. These were, a bat with wings made up of seven colors, a 'Seven-Colored Bat', our leader dubbed them. I feel there could be an easier-to-say name for the bat, but I couldn't think of one. The other was a snake with black speckled scales, resembling the night, thus dubbing them, 'Night Viper'. The third and final prey was this raccoon, with plating grown onto its back. It was labeled 'Armored Tanuki' by our leader. Where did he get these names from?
Anyway, with the sling I made for Mi, she would use it to hurl pieces of stone at our prey, stunning them from the impact, long enough for us to charge in and deal with them. With Kichi and his new wooden chestplate, myself and my makeshift wooden buckler, and Rou, with his chestplate made of animal horns, our hunts became rather simple and efficient.
As we dug into our prey, or in my case, skinning them, I watched the others bicker on who got to eat the head... Wasn't that thing filled with poison? Why would you want to split poison-filled meat?
{Day 9}
It was raining again, so we were once more, crafting equipment. After making me a sewing needle made of bone, Rou had me create some armor for all of us, beginning with a shield for Kichi. It was really just a thick wooden square with a thick strip of pelt sewn onto it, with armored tanuki plates also sewn onto it. While I had been making the shield, Rou had been sewing Mi a new cloak, made of the wings of the seven-colored bats.
Kichi who had been complaining about not hunting was almost immediately pacified by the shield, while Mi was gushing about the new cloak. That, and the necklace he made for her. It was really funny watching her profusely thank him as he tried to make new equipment.
The clothing I had begun to make two days ago, had to be scrapped because one of the other goblins got to them, and ruined them... All that work wasted...
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Done.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
This marks the beginning of the rewritten chapters.
{Name} Rukku
[Sex] Male
[Race] Goblin
[Age] 9 Days
[Description] A reincarnate who has been reborn as a goblin. Has recently been selected to become a Gamer.
{Stats}
[HP] 350
[MP] 250
[Str] 60
[End] 60
[Agi] 50
[Mag] 40
[Int] 30
[Luk] 15
{Level} 68
[Exp] 50/100
[Pt] 6
{Development}
[Skinning] An olden art predating most civilizations, that uses a method that separates furs and skins from the meat itself.
Rank: 1/10
-Processed Skins & Pelts have a 10% chance to be of (Uncommon) quality.
