Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into a fantasy world, Lin Mo was conscripted to hunt goblins and discovered that his Golden Finger revealed his attributes and a useful Slacking Off skill. As the recruits prepared to set out, a commander announced a greatly increased reward for each goblin killed, leaving Lin Mo wary of the danger.

• Old Wright gave Lin Mo a rusted sword and explained that the town had conscripted newcomers because goblins were abducting girls and threatening the region.
• Lin Mo recalled his former life and learned that he had been drafted to fight goblins, with refusal punished by the guards.
• Lin Mo met his assigned teammates, including a poor young man who asked to borrow his clothes and threatened to take them after Lin Mo died.
• Lin Mo examined his status and discovered his attributes, lack of a class, and Slacking Off skill at level four.
• An armored commander ordered the recruits to prepare and promised 100 Copper Coins for each goblin killed, prompting Lin Mo to question whether the reward was worth the risk.

Lin Mo joined a conscripted squad sent to hunt goblins in Lorraine Forest, where the creatures ambushed them and killed Barnes. As Raine and the others fought back, Lin Mo used his skill to kill a goblin and gained the new skill Stealth.

• Lin Mo left Roland Town with a squad that included Larry, Leo, Barnes, and the quiet boy Raine.
• Larry shared black bread with the group, and Barnes boasted that goblins would be easy to kill.
• A goblin ambush began when a stone struck Barnes in the head and killed him.
• Raine charged a goblin and pinned it down while Larry and Leo defended him from the others.
• Lin Mo used Skill Slacking Off to slip out and stab a fallen goblin through the throat, leveling up and gaining Stealth.

Lin Mo’s Agility let him turn the fight against the goblins, and his former Slacking skill evolved into Stealth. After the survivors collected bounty ears, Larry gave Lin Mo an extra one for his contribution.

• Lin Mo used his increased Agility to kill two goblins, while Raine and the others fought the remaining enemies.
• The survivors defeated all five goblins and rested; Lin Mo examined his improved Agility and the new Stealth skill.
• Lin Mo inferred that using skills in combat raised their proficiency and that maxing them out would cause them to evolve.
• Larry urged the group to collect the goblins’ ears and leave quickly.
• After the four survivors each took an ear, Larry gave the last one to Lin Mo for contributing the most.

After defeating the goblins, Lin Mo and the others searched Barnes, comforted the grieving Raine, and chose to continue hunting for more goblins. As they moved deeper into Lorraine Forest, Lin Mo learned why goblins multiplied so quickly and abducted women from other races.

• Lin Mo accepted Larry’s goblin ear, while Larry prayed over Barnes and then took the copper coins they found on him.
• Lin Mo offered Raine half his black bread, and Raine ate it while struggling to contain his grief.
• Larry, Leo, and Raine chose to keep hunting goblins; Lin Mo reluctantly agreed rather than risk being left alone in the forest.
• Larry marked a tree as they set off, and Lin Mo learned that goblin populations grew rapidly and had to be regularly culled.
• Larry told Lin Mo that goblins could reproduce with other races and that mixed-blood offspring could inherit stronger talents, explaining why goblins abducted human girls.

Lin Mo and the others ambushed a goblin nest, but a Mutated Goblin emerged from the cave and turned the fight into a crisis. Raine recognized the girl thrown down behind the monster as Philly.

• Larry explained goblin tribes and showed Lin Mo and Leo a photograph of his wife, Julina, in his pocket watch.
• The group followed smoke through the forest and discovered a goblin nest guarded by seven goblins.
• Larry and Leo urged an attack for the bounty and supplies, and Lin Mo joined Raine's ambush.
• Raine killed one goblin, and Lin Mo used Stealth to kill another as the group gained the advantage.
• A Mutated Goblin emerged from the cave, and Raine recognized the girl it had thrown down as Philly.

After finding his sister Philly gravely injured, Raine charged the Mutated Goblin while Lin Mo took on the remaining Goblins. Lin Mo learned the Slash skill after killing them, then turned to find that Raine, Larry, and Leo were still facing the Mutated Goblin.

• Raine saw Philly badly wounded and charged at the Mutated Goblin in a fury.
• Lin Mo told Larry and Leo to help Raine while he dealt with the ordinary Goblins.
• Larry and Leo rushed the Mutated Goblin together as Lin Mo fought the four remaining Goblins.
• Lin Mo killed the Goblins with his sword and learned Slash, gaining one point of Strength.
• Lin Mo looked toward the fight with the Mutated Goblin and realized the situation was still dire.

Lin Mo witnessed the Mutated Goblin kill Raine, then watched Larry and Leo’s attempted escape end in betrayal and capture. The Goblin, Zaton, began breaking Larry’s bones while Lin Mo remained hidden nearby as its next intended target.

• The Mutated Goblin smashed Raine’s chest, killing him as Fei crawled toward him in grief.
• Larry and Leo fled, but the Mutated Goblin struck Larry’s left leg with its thrown club and brought him down.
• Leo abandoned Larry, revealing his plan to take Julina and her eldest daughter for himself.
• Larry offered Leo a Goblin ear, but stabbed him in the thigh with a thrown short sword after Leo picked it up.
• The Mutated Goblin identified itself as Zaton, broke Larry’s right leg, and began crushing his bones while Lin Mo hid in the shadows.

Lin Mo killed Mutated Goblin Zaton after blinding and exhausting him, but the battle left his companions dead. The scarred girl thanked Lin Mo, then took her own life beside her family.

• Lin Mo ambushed Mutated Goblin Zaton and destroyed its remaining eye, leaving it blind.
• Lin Mo kept his distance and used stones and thrown weapons to exhaust and wound Zaton.
• Lin Mo battered Zaton until it could no longer fight, then cut off its head and gained proficiency points.
• Lin Mo approached the scarred girl, who thanked him and refused his offered hand.
• The scarred girl took Raine's dagger and killed herself beside her family.

Lin Mo looted the goblin nest and found a valuable magic Skill Scroll before escaping the forest and returning to Roland Town. After paying off a suspicious guard, he reached an inn but balked at the price of a room.

• Lin Mo collected coins and goblin ears, then entered the goblin nest and killed the green-skinned babies inside.
• Lin Mo searched the nest, found a Gold Coin and two decent shortswords, and discovered a Skill Scroll written by Archmage Elvis.
• Lin Mo followed Larry’s markers out of the forest, avoided two wolves, and headed toward Roland Town.
• A town guard accused Lin Mo of deserting, so Lin Mo paid him Copper Coins and claimed his teammates had been killed by a Mutated Goblin.
• Lin Mo entered town and found an inn, but hesitated when the innkeeper charged thirty Copper Coins for a night that included two meals.

Lin Mo rested at an inn after surviving a dangerous forest and decided to register as an adventurer the next day. A late-night visitor revealed that he had accidentally booked a room at a pleasure house, but he turned her away and went to sleep.

• Lin Mo paid for a room and ate a lavish meal at the inn.
• Lin Mo settled into his room, considered his money and future, and decided to register at the Adventurer's Guild the next day.
• A timid girl knocked on Lin Mo's door at night, and he opened it with his sword ready.
• The girl offered him a service for ten Copper Coins and explained that the inn stood on Flower Street and provided such services.
• Lin Mo realized he had mistaken a pleasure house for an ordinary inn, and the girl fled after he said he was from out of town.
• Lin Mo closed the door and peacefully fell asleep.

Lin Mo left the inn and went to the Adventurer's Guild, intending to begin his new life as an adventurer. He entered the Roland Town branch and looked over its reception hall and diverse adventurers.

• Lin Mo examined the Skill Scroll but could not understand its magic and put it away.
• Lin Mo gathered his belongings, left the inn, and made his way through the morning streets toward the Adventurer's Guild.
• Lin Mo reached the Guild's Roland Town branch and entered its spacious hall.
• Lin Mo observed adventurers of several races and spotted the receptionists at the counters, where he could register as an adventurer.

Lin Mo registered as an adventurer at the Association and bought a guidebook from receptionist Laina. He left with his new Badge and guidebook after discovering that Laina was a Half-beastman.

• Lin Mo presented five goblin ears and 20 Copper Coins to Laina to apply for an Adventurer Identification.
• Lin Mo filled out the registration form, and the Association issued him a black Badge and five Silver Coins as a goblin-subjugation reward.
• Laina stopped Lin Mo before he left and gave him the free Adventurer Handbook he had forgotten to collect.
• Laina persuaded Lin Mo to buy a Complete Adventurer Strategy Guide set for 30 Copper Coins.
• Laina's tail swayed when she celebrated earning commission, revealing to Lin Mo that she was a Half-beastman.
• Lin Mo waved away Laina's apology and left with the guidebooks, while Laina worried he would avoid her counter in the future.

Lin Mo studied the Adventurer’s Guild handbook, then went to the town’s temporary administrative office to claim rewards for goblin ears. He saw officials cheat and mistreat forced recruits, and the clerk changed his attitude when Lin Mo revealed he was a registered adventurer.

• Lin Mo read the Guild handbook and learned about adventurer ranks, Guild facilities, and the requirements for promotion.
• Lin Mo left the Guild at nine and went to the nearby temporary administrative office to claim a reward.
• Lin Mo witnessed a clerk reject a wounded recruit’s damaged goblin ear and shortchange another recruit’s reward, while a guard threatened the youth who objected.
• Lin Mo approached the counter to present his goblin ears, but tapped the table with proof of his adventurer status.
• The clerk recognized Lin Mo as a registered adventurer and asked him to present proof of his spoils.

Lin Mo collected the bounty for seven goblins and a Mutated Goblin, then searched Roland Town for an affordable replacement sword. He left Edgar’s forge with a Flawed Cleaving Sword bought for 50 Silver Coins, pleased that his appraisal ability had revealed its valuable hidden attributes.

• Lin Mo turned in seven goblin ears and a Mutated Goblin ear at the Adventurer’s Guild, receiving seven Silver Coins and forty Silver Coins respectively.
• Lin Mo consulted his town guide and found that Old Rell’s reliable weapons were beyond his budget.
• Lin Mo visited Edgar’s forge and saw Evan offer Miriam money for a White Oak Bow.
• Lin Mo spotted a sword with strong attributes among Edgar’s middle-shelf weapons, but a Half-beastman adventurer offered to sell it first.
• Lin Mo bought the sword from the Half-beastman for 50 Silver Coins and discovered it had Sharpness and cleaving-damage bonuses despite its poor durability.

Lin Mo prepared for an outing, chose a beginner-friendly herb-gathering mission, and spoke with Laina at the Adventurer's Guild. After he left for Lorraine Forest, Bern's team arrived at the Guild looking for a better-paying mission.

• Lin Mo bought travel supplies and learned that armor and alchemy potions were far beyond his budget.
• Lin Mo rejected dangerous missions involving a Crimson Flame Tiger King, Silver Goblins, and a missing caravan, then chose to collect Qingfen Grass.
• Lin Mo registered mission F1933 with Laina and learned that she was a Cat Tribe half-beastman shunned by many Guild visitors.
• Lin Mo left the Guild for a nearby Qingfen Grass gathering point as Bern, Evan, Kent, and Miriam entered and discussed finding a more rewarding mission.

Bern accepted an urgent quest to rescue a merchant’s daughter, hoping its rewards would pay for better equipment for his team. Meanwhile, Lin Mo cautiously explored Lorraine Forest alone and found the Qingfen Grass he had been seeking.

• Bern accepted the urgent quest despite its risks, tempted by the promise of 100 Gold Coins for safely returning the merchant’s daughter.
• Bern warned Evan and Miriam to stay close and retreat at his signal as the team left town for Lorraine Forest.
• Evan confidently followed Bern, while Bern imagined using the reward to replace his armor and advance as a class holder.
• Lin Mo entered Lorraine Forest alone, using insect repellent, a map, and a compass to navigate while studying plants and gathering edible finds.
• Lin Mo avoided poisonous Red Snake Fruit and continued through the forest until he spotted a pale purple plant standing out in the grass.

Lin Mo gathered Qingfen Grass before encountering and ambushing a group of Goblins, leveling up his Slash skill during the fight. After he killed most of them, a feathered arrow struck the last Goblin, leaving its shooter unidentified.

• Lin Mo carefully harvested 150 Qingfen Grass, earning three Gold Coins.
• Lin Mo heard Goblins nearby, hid in the undergrowth, and found six Goblins surrounding a rabbit.
• Lin Mo surprised two Goblins with Slash, gained proficiency, and leveled Slash to Level 2.
• Lin Mo used a tree to evade the remaining Goblins, then killed two more with a powerful strike.
• Lin Mo chased the fleeing last Goblin, but a feathered arrow suddenly pierced its head.

Lin Mo encountered Bern’s adventurer party after killing Goblins, but an unseen attacker fired arrows at him and the party. As Bern’s group prepared to fight, Lin Mo fled into the woods.

• Lin Mo refused Bern’s offer of the Goblin ears and cautiously backed away from the party.
• After Lin Mo turned to leave, an arrow narrowly missed him and struck a nearby tree.
• Bern realized an unseen enemy had attacked and warned his party to prepare for battle.
• Bern blocked an arrow aimed at Miriam, while Evan drew his sword, Miriam readied her bow, and Kent disappeared into the woods.
• Lin Mo recognized the danger and fled in another direction.

Lin Mo survived an assassin’s ambush and joined the adventurer party’s fight against four attackers, turning the battle after killing their Ranger. The party killed one enemy and captured another, while the rapier-wielding attacker escaped, leaving Lin Mo and Bern to question their prisoner.

• An Assassin named Taine ambushed Lin Mo, but Lin Mo blocked his strike and killed him despite suffering a chest wound.
• Bern fought two attackers while Evan, Miriam, and Kent faced the Great Axe warrior and Ranger; Evan and Miriam killed the Great Axe warrior, but the Ranger shot Kent through the heart.
• As the Ranger aimed at Miriam, Lin Mo distracted him with a thrown short blade and killed him from the flank using Stealth.
• The surviving attackers tried to flee, but Miriam wounded the greatsword warrior and Bern struck him down and pinned him to the ground.
• Lin Mo failed to catch the rapier-wielding attacker, who escaped, and he and Bern turned to question their captured enemy.

Lin Mo and Bern questioned a wounded attacker and learned that he belonged to the Blood Sea Gang, whose members were stationed in the forest near Roland Town. After realizing the gang would learn about their deaths, Lin Mo and Bern agreed to strike the remaining members before the gang’s monthly verification.

• Lin Mo and Bern persuaded the captured greatsword warrior to reveal that he belonged to the Blood Sea Gang, and Bern explained the gang’s power and history in Rania City.
• The warrior said his ten-person party had waited in the forest for more than two months, and Lin Mo learned that multiple gang factions operated separately under five bosses.
• Lin Mo asked how the gang tracked casualties, then killed the warrior after Bern questioned him about robbing merchant caravans.
• Bern warned Lin Mo that the escaped attacker would report the killings and that the Blood Sea Gang would pursue them.
• Lin Mo found a map marking the gang party’s camp, and he and Bern agreed to kill the remaining members before the end-of-month verification.