Anyone who has played games knows that attack frequency is a very important attribute.
And sometimes it’s not just in games—in real life, attack speed matters too…
A single heavy strike might look satisfying, producing a big number, but multiple attacks can carry various additional effects.
So, considering the future, Lai En chose to evolve in the direction of [Double Slash].
[Slash (Blue) has disappeared]
[Double Slash (Blue) learned successfully]
[Double Slash (Blue): Proficiency 0/1000]
Looking at his now full status window, Lai En thought the rating for this simulation would definitely be high.
[You quickly found a perfect punching bag to test your new battle technique]
[The Flesh Golems]
[They were pitch black all over, some even reaching the height of a small house. You needed to bring an entire squad to barely take down such a powerful opponent]
[At first, you were surprised—how could such an evil existence be present in the Human Allied Forces?]
[Later, you understood: there were Necromancers in this human army. They could stitch together human corpses into a giant Flesh Golem and control them with magic]
“Is your army even legitimate…”
[You began to wonder if your sympathy had been misplaced]
After all, in those Western fantasy novels Lai En had read before, any army that allied with such evil forces usually had its leader corrupted by someone.
[And recently, the frequency of Flesh Golems appearing had increased]
[You encountered two or three every day, so they became the best material for grinding proficiency]
[What surprised you was that Flesh Golems appeared even more often in the rear than on the front lines]
[So you deduced that a small Necromancer squad must be roaming behind the lines, conducting guerrilla attacks]
[Meanwhile, your Double Slash caught the attention of many Goblin Warriors]
“Chief, when did you learn this battle technique?”
[You thought their question was odd. Could it be… their battle techniques couldn’t evolve?]
[You asked around indirectly, and their answers confirmed it]
“Battle Technique scrolls are too expensive. Ordinary goblins can’t afford them.”
“Besides, buying a battle technique scroll isn’t as good as getting a decent set of equipment.”
[The goblin who said this stared at your enviable gear]
[From him, you learned more details about battle techniques]
[Surprisingly, even though he hadn’t learned any battle techniques himself, he knew so much about them]
[Once a battle technique is learned, it never changes. Only by using a new battle technique scroll can you learn a new one]
“So I’m the only one who can keep evolving and getting stronger?!”
This discovery made Lai En ecstatic.
[Meanwhile, while slaying Trolls, you actually did run into some Necromancers]
[These Necromancers wore human fingers and eyeballs on their bodies, making them even more goblin-like than goblins]
[This caused imitations among the goblins]
“Only weak humans rely on such things to scare their opponents!”
[Your call made them all abandon that behavior, otherwise you’d have been scared to death twice every day]
[Zagu heard about your actions and praised you highly, saying you had leadership potential]
[More importantly, you found identical books on the Necromancers, as if stamped from the same mold]
[On the cover of the book was an extremely twisted symbol, clearly related to Dark Magic]
[You opened this strange book]
[A plume of black smoke emerged from it and entered your body]
[Congratulations, host! You have acquired the talent: Gaze into the Abyss (Gray)]
[Gaze into the Abyss (Gray): ???]
[The description was just question marks, so you guessed it must be some forbidden knowledge and began consciously collecting these books]
[After killing quite a few Necromancers, you realized not every book could give you this Gaze into the Abyss talent, and that multiple instances of this talent could coexist]
[Half a month passed like this, and finally, in another Necromancer’s book, you awakened the talent]
[Gaze into the Abyss (Gray) x3 has faded. Gaze into the Abyss (White) has awakened]
[Gaze into the Abyss (White): ???]
[You looked at the still-unanswered question marks behind this talent and found it a bit speechless. After searching so long, you still didn’t know what it did]
[It seemed this thing wouldn’t be understood anytime soon]
[What truly improved for you was your battle technique proficiency]
[Now Double Slash’s proficiency had reached 400 points]
[You believed that in a while, this battle technique could evolve to Purple, and then your strength would reach a new level]
[Another thing worth noting was the Saintess you had been keeping]
[She was now allowed to move freely throughout the entire house]
[Sometimes she even took the initiative to cook for you—of course, you used methods to check if the food was poisoned]
[Moreover, she would even help with housework and sometimes showed concern for your wounds]
[However, you noticed she had been acting a bit off lately]
[She kept observing you for no apparent reason, as if looking for a chance to escape]
[But the best lock on this house wasn’t the door lock; it was the countless goblins outside]
[If she escaped from this house, there’s no telling what she’d encounter, so you felt relatively at ease]
[She was a Saintess, after all. She should have that much sense, right?]
…
On the other side, the Saintess’s thoughts were vastly different from Lai En’s.
As for the difference…
At first, Xilika simply found it unbelievable—this goblin really hadn’t done anything to her.
Every day, without fail, he left early and came back late, sometimes returning with injuries.
Even if Xilika was still terrified of him, over time, with his accumulated kindness, she began to feel grateful.
One day, she mustered her courage and stepped forward to help this strange goblin treat his wounds.
The moment she approached, the goblin suddenly reached out.
This made the cautious Xilika close her eyes in fright.
‘I shouldn’t have been so bold. He’s finally going to lay his hands on me!’
—But the goblin only pointed to where the medicine was.
‘I thought he was going to slap me… or rip my clothes off…’
‘And then…’
Whenever something like this happened, Xilika would involuntarily start overthinking like a deranged mind, wildly imagining all sorts of X-rated scenes.
But luckily, none of the things she imagined ever happened.
This goblin really was like a kind human, sometimes even bringing her new clothes to wear.
What she found even more incredible was that not only did this goblin not do anything to her, he also avoided her when she changed clothes or bathed.
For a girl who had already accepted that she would be abused and die miserably, this was nothing short of a miracle.
Soon, this kindness that crossed racial boundaries opened up a new world for Xilika.
She had never heard of a kind goblin before.
She even began to think that perhaps the Main God she worshipped should also bless some good goblins—especially this one in front of her.
Gradually, she started to feel a sense of security she had lost not long ago, in this goblin.
And every day, she looked forward to him coming home early.
Xilika herself didn’t notice this change.
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