Day 23 Morning, the cave.

Yup, fish is the best for breakfast. However, Im not the same as I was before. Humans grow and evolve day after day, and so did I. My cave life is not the same it was before, that is because I brought soy sauce with me. Mmn, fried fish with soy sauce. This is the stuff. Im glad that I went to that town. I really am.

Next is some modest mushrooms gathering and gob sweeping. While I was away their number grew like crazy, while mushrooms became harder to find. Yup, this calls for a major cleanup. They are like mold growing in a bathroom. Though in fact, its not them that are fungi but the mushrooms, but I shouldnt be bothered by such details.

I wont use magic, only my own body. Running, bashing, flanking, sweeping, leaping, thrusting, kicking, striking.

I head deeper and deeper into the forest. Levels of goblins also keep rising. Only my level wont rise at all. Well, I didnt kill the soldiers so I probably didnt get any XP from them, but I killed enough small fries around the town to call it a wholesale massacre, yet my level is still 9.

Wow, I never came this far. I think goblins will easily die if I put some poison in their den. I wonder if the general store has any?

The gobs just now were level 19. They are stronger than some weak orcs, even though they are just gobs.

Because of weapon skills, I thought that Level Wall occurs every 10 levels, but turns out, its every 5.

After level 15 enemies get noticeably stronger. I cant take them head-on without magic, so I have to dodge, stagger, parry, distract, and shoot.

Adjust my breathing, remain calm, continue moving, continue running.

I already gathered a mountain of magic stones today. All of them are probably E rank. If I take them to the guild, they will go bankrupt. It will be a huge uproar if they have to take a loan.

Oh my? We have something of a different league here. Its pretty big. Appraisal.

Goblin King A

AGE

Lv

HP

MP

ViT

PoW

SpE

DeX

MiN

InT

Lu

Martial Arts:Hammer Lv 7Hard Hit Lv 6 Ramming Attack Lv 4Iron Wall Lv 1

Skills:High Sexual Vigor Lv 8Harden Lv 4Intimidating Lv 3Fear Lv 1

Items:Wooden Club

Hmm, its a King. A class higher than a Leader. Will Bitch Leader also eventually evolve into Bitch Queen? Shed probably become even noisier.

The king swung its club. Ooh, its my first time seeing a goblin that doesnt raise a club overhead. Can the idiots evolve to become this intelligent as well? They might be actually getting even dumber with each level up. Eventually receiving the Muclebrainsskill.

I can evade it with my speed, but exchanging blows with it would kill me. Its something completely different.

I slowly raise my Staff? and calmly close the distance, and wrapping it in mana for a mere moment, swing it down. I dont need speed, just a good, clean slash.

This is the best I can do. Though the attack landed, but its pretty close. And it easily killed the goblin.

If this doesnt work then nothing will.

If I can pull this off, then its fine.

Yes, its a practice.

I head deeper into the forest.

Oh, its a Potential Mushroom, I have not seen them in a long time! I still remember how delicious it was when I tried it for the first time. I immediately begin grilling it while walking deeper and deeper into the forest.

Yeah, a forbidden combination of a Potential Mushroom and soy sauce, the taste is absolutely supreme.

However, as I head deeper into the forest, I encounter more and more Goblin Kings. Is it really fine to treat kings like this? Is it fine for them to pop up all over the place like that?

My MP isnt going down at all and my HP is full, the fights are close but Im winning somehow. In a moment, in one hit, but its quite close.

I just thought but

I think I went pretty deep, but are there even deeper areas? For a while Im getting kings over level 25? Why are kings not boss monsters? Just what is a king? Isnt it strange to have a bunch of kings around and then some even higher king? Just what are you taking the kings for? Is it some kind of King Game?[1. TL Note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konpa#King_game] Played by goblins? Im not playing that! Never! Isnt this a punishment game? Or actually, if everyone is a goblin king, then when askedWho is the king?Everyone will reply! Everyone is a king?!

If goblin kings are this strong, then a kobold king will kill me. Absolutely impossible. I cant imagine any other outcome than getting my head chomped. Thats because kobolds are always going for the head. Its really scary. A sudden attempt to bite off my head is really scary. Its terrifying.

But they are too strong to serve as practice targets. I cant trade blows with them and have to take them down one by one. Taking the initiative and closing the range, and cutting them down moments before they will act. If something goes wrong even a tiny bit, Im dead. How should I put it, its like niche marketing, but a niche tactic. Enter a tiny gap and make a killing, kind of? A super short distance version of my sneak attacks, in fact, what Im doing didnt change that much.

I probably came as far as I can, should I go for kobolds after noon? But I dont want to meet the kobold king. I mean they will certainly try to chomp on my head. And as I walked with those thoughts, I found 3 goblin kings, and they are Lv29.

Yeah, Im done if they surround me. I can kill one of them at the start, but after that, its over. They will pincer me. I can kill one but will die after that. It cant serve as training, right?

While thinking so I still take one step forward and take a swing, slash. Then closing for half a step closer I pierce another one through the neck.

Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, that was really close, I will certainly die if I try it one more time, not possible, no no no no, absolutely no, it was really close, too close Half a step My whole body is covered in goosebumps. My clothes are drenched in a cold sweat. Its too absurd, its like a combination of bullet hell with a fighting game. One misstep and Im done. Both the timing and the distance are way beyond too close. There is no room for a mistake, not even an inch.

Since I annihilated every monster I found on my way here, the way home shouldnt take as long, but if I want to return before noon, I probably should turn around right now? If this is the deepest part of the forest, then this was the boss of this forest? Then where is my treasure chest?! No drop at all?! Well, if they were carrying treasure chests they wouldve been too easy to kill.