Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
After finishing character creation, Da Sima entered the game with a grim expression.
\[Please name your character!]
Da Sima wondered if a Slime even needed a name. After all, he wasn’t planning to play as a Slime for long. He didn’t have the ambition to start as a Slime and become a Slime King to conquer the continent. He was too old for that. Perhaps ten years ago, he would have had such youthful fervor. He decided to leave such arduous endeavors to the younger generation!
Da Sima glanced at his character a few more times, and a flash of inspiration struck him. He typed his name into the naming field— “36D”! The name was quite fitting.
Upon selecting to enter the game, the universe from the promotional video and the players’ memoirs reappeared as an immersive video. However, Da Sima felt no excitement or immersion at that moment, as he was merely an emotionless Slime.
The promotional video ended.
The world spun.
Da Sima saw the blue sky, white clouds, and grass as tall as a person. Slimes were small, especially newborn ones like him, only about the size of an adult’s fist. The grass looked like trees to him.
“Gulp gulp??”
A strange movement sounded from behind. Da Sima turned and saw a giant Earth Slime rushing towards him. It emanated pheromones that only Slimes could understand. With the system’s help, Da Sima immediately knew what the large Slime intended!
\[The other party finds you attractive and has sent you a mating request!!]
“What the heck??” Da Sima was stunned. A mating request? He had just been born! He was an infant Slime! Did this world not have laws protecting underage Slimes?
In a panic, Da Sima began to hop desperately, trying to escape the charging giant Slime. However, his hopping speed was too slow, and he was too weak. The other Slime reached him in less than three seconds. Then, Da Sima was pinned to the ground by the big Slime.
\[You have died.]
A giant, blood-red “Noob” appeared above Da Sima’s corpse. As Da Sima stood there in a daze, a death notification flew into his vision:
\[You were crushed to death by your mother Slime for being too handsome.]
Da Sima: “……”
It seemed that no matter the world, being handsome was a mistake! Dying wasn’t so bad; he could re-roll his race now. Da Sima had no regrets and directly chose to return to the character selection page to re-roll his race.
Unfortunately, his luck was not good. His second attempt yielded a Fire Pig, which was killed by a pack of wolves that stormed its nest, along with its siblings and parents, immediately after its birth. His third attempt gave him a newborn Thunder Horn Eagle, a decent monster. Da Sima was preparing to have some fun when it was pushed out of the nest by its siblings and fell to its death. His fourth attempt resulted in a mouse; the food brought by its mother was poisoned, and he died from rat poison.
When he was about to make his fifth attempt, the system gave a prompt:
\[Today is your last chance to draw. You will have three drawing opportunities refreshed daily after this.]
Da Sima’s eyes narrowed. He had initially wanted to keep re-rolling until he got an exceptionally rare race. Now, it seemed the developers didn’t want all players to be obsessed with re-rolling for races and had added a limit. This was the first day of the open beta, and Da Sima didn’t want to lag behind. He realized that for this last draw, as long as it wasn’t too outrageous, he would accept it and play on. He silently prayed to all the gods.
Da Sima made his fifth and final draw.
……
\[Welcome to the Cain Continent, you have been born!]
\[Your identity is a Goblin!]
\[Your enemies are all lifeforms other than your own kind! Please strive to survive and explore the wonders of this world!]
Perhaps because he had chosen a humanoid intelligent race, there were more prompts upon entering the game.
\[Detected your previous profession as a streamer. We have automatically enabled your live streaming function, and your channel has been pushed.]
Da Sima’s heart tightened. The next second, dense bullet comments flooded him.
\[Hahaha! Holy crap, Da Sima’s starting race is Goblin, hahaha!]
\[No way, did he really get a Goblin with a random draw?]
\[Actually, I think Goblin isn’t bad… It’s better than my Slime… ]
\[Brothers, I randomly got a Sub-dragon, what do you think? Is this account taking off??]
Da Sima pursed his lips. As a streamer, he wasn’t angry. Instead, he used the laughter to his advantage. “Brothers, don’t underestimate Goblins. From today onwards, I will make Goblins great again!” “Getting a powerful race at the start is nothing! You will never understand the thrill and sense of accomplishment of rising from the bottom!”
\[Where is the streamer? Give me the coordinates, I’ll come and bury you with my Dragon Breath!]
\[Streamer, I’m a Skeleton Soldier, can you carry me?]
Da Sima didn’t continue to pay attention to the bullet comments.
He and his batch of brothers were gestated by a female Troll. Therefore, his physique was also slightly larger than that of ordinary Goblins. It was said that there were no females within Goblin society; these evil creatures had to plunder females from other humanoid races to gestate their young. Furthermore, the Goblin gene was dominant. Even if they mated with a Giant Dragon, the offspring would still be a Goblin, albeit a super Goblin with Dragon Blood. This was the strength of Goblins; their genes were so powerful that even Dragon Blood couldn’t alter them.
\[Main Quest Refreshed!]
\[Main Quest 1: Adulthood]
As a Goblin, your combat power is very limited before adulthood. Fortunately, you possess Troll blood, which allows you to mature faster by eating meat, without needing to wait a week.
\[Main Quest 2: Are Kings and Nobles Born? ]
As a special Goblin, how can you be subordinate to others? Fight, battle, and bleed! Strive to become the Goblin King, rule, and expand your Goblin Tribe!
\[Side Quest: Plunder]
The current Goblin King, Pruluna-Gap-Ear, is about to lead the Goblins to raid nearby Goblin villages. Please follow the Goblin King to raid a Human village. You will receive certain material rewards to help you grow quickly. Participating Goblins will immediately gain a mating right upon reaching adulthood.
\[Daily Quest: Herb Gathering]
\[Daily Quest: Woodcutting]
\[Daily Quest: Patrolling]
There was a series of daily quests following these, rewarding only Copper Coins and Experience Points. Da Sima didn’t pay them much attention. He looked at the quest panel thoughtfully. Most people would follow the quests, but he wouldn’t. After all, among his many friends, there were bound to be one or two who randomly got humans. Then, he could betray his own kind. First, with the help of his friends, he would become the Goblin King, and then act as a double agent from the inside. This was how the game should be played! Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but flash a sly smile.
