It was time to start my little adventure to get stronger. With Jaba leveling up leaps over me, and with just how useless I was against the wounded wolf, this feeling of being a weak little goblin is eating me up inside. I absolutely need to get stronger and I need to get stronger now. Who knows when another threat on the same level as that wolf will come again? What if that wolf wasn’t on the verge of dying? What if another wolf like that shows up at our doorstep the exact same time the mystery stone monsters come? Am I just fated to die? To die without even having the power to fight back even a little bit ? No. I refuse to live that way. I refuse to die a dogs’ death in this new life of mine. I’ve always dreamt of reincarnating into a world of fantasy, where I could live a life of glory and triumph, and I’ve been given that opportunity now so it's about time I seize it. Even though I’m only a lowly goblin, the path to becoming stronger has been properly laid out in front of me, no excuses will be tolerated from here on out. One way or another I will strive to be the best goblin I can be, and ensure that my newfound home will never have to run away in the face of any enemy again. Be it stone monsters, or an enormous wolf, we will never cower, regardless of whoever or whatever comes our way. Such were my thoughts as I left my home first thing in the morning. With dried rabbit meat in a small sack tied around my waist, and a typical crude spear tipped the horned rabbits’ horn, I set off into the woods with more conviction and drive that I thought I was capable of having.

Okay, first things first I gotta go check on that wolf corpse, it’s only been a day since we left the scene so it probably shouldn’t have decayed significantly yet, but there is a strong chance that is snatched away by some other monsters around here. Either way I need to check just to make sure, maybe if it’s still there I can salvage some stuff to make weapons or clothes. Hopefully it’s still there and I can take its pelt and make a coat or something, cause all I have on me is this loincloth. Although I’ve fully embraced the goblin way of life, the human in me still misses having clothes. Now with the place we fought the wolf being at the edge of range that Jaba hunts, it’s about a half mile into the forest from the tribe, so it took me about fifteen minutes to walk here. Seeing that the entire wolf carcass was gone, the only reason I knew I arrived was the fact that I can still see stains of blood from where the wolf died, and if I looked a little bit away, I could see some greed blood stains from where I’m assuming Jaba fell unconscious. Well that’s a bit disappointing, no fancy wolf coat for me yet I guess. Alright from here on out is uncharted territory so let's proceed carefully. If I was still a human my first step would be to find a water source, but since I’ve been here I’ve realised goblins don’t need to drink water, it seems we get all the nutrients we need from just eating meat. It would be nice to have something to wash the meat down with though, who doesn’t like a nice refreshing drink while eating? I know I for sure do! So with that being said, let’s see if I can find a lake, or a river or something and if not I at least need to find somewhere to call home for the time being while I’m out here.

It wasn’t until having walked roughly another two miles, placing me about two and a half miles away from the tribe that I finally found something good. A big ass lake. It was surrounded by trees on all sides, and had crystal clear water, but even though the water was crystal clear, it was only clear up to a certain level since I couldn’t see the bottom. The one thing I could see clearly though, were fishes! And there were a lot of them! The most important thing from this discovery was that with fish swimming in the lake, it meant the water was most likely safe to drink.

Alright after having a few sips of the water, It’s time to get this goblin show on the road. On my way here the only monsters I found were horned rabbit and nothing else. So I’ll just assume that from here back to the tribe was filled mostly with those rabbits, but what about if I circle to the east, west, or north side of the lake, surely I’ll find something different right? After all I’m sure it would take who knows how long for me to level up if I only ever hunted those rabbits. For now I’ll just gladly use them as a stable food source if it comes down to it. Being the massive lake that it was, it took me ten full minutes to reach the east side of the lake, and from there I ventured back into the forest hoping to find something I can hunt. Then having slowly advanced into the forest, I finally found something. Is that… an ostrich? It really does look like an ostrich, well maybe except for the fact it had long sabertooth like fangs coming out of his mouth. Why the heck does a bird have fangs that long anyway, whatever for now I’ll just call it a saber ostrich. Alright, now how to kill it? I don’t know fast or how strong it is, so running in rashly is probably a bad idea, dying before I even kill one monster would be kind of pitiful right? That’s why I waited and thought out a brilliant plan before acting. What’s this plan you ask?

Rashly running in to attack. I’m a goblin after all.