[3... 2... 1... Disengaging anesthetic fluids... Pumping adrenaline for pain resistance... shock charging... surge... surge... Ramping the volts... Charge... Surge.!]
I wake up out of breath, covered with goosebumps... I... was back. "HYM
[VITAL CHECK REPORT: BODY EXHAUSTED... OVERDOSE IN ADRENALINE DETECTED, ENERGY
I inspected myself. I now seem to have my skin back, or at least a skin. The skin was not of humans. The skin was wrinkly. Thin, but tough. I ran my hand on my head,"Barely any hair. Next my mouth". As I say that, I was running my fingers through my mouth. Teeth sharp. Tongue long. The current teeth of mine could crush rocks, probably. I get out of the hatch and with help of HYM I start getting used to my body.
I kept on at my hunt. I killed Mana Skeletons, Bats, Anarchids, etc. It slowly but steadily made an impact on my next evolution EXP quota. Until I encountered the jackpot...
[CAUTION!... 3 HOBGOBLIN AND 1 LEADER GOBLIN DETECTED. SUSPECTING IT AS A GOBLIN PATROL. FOLLOWING THEM IS RECOMMENDED.], HYM says. The tone sounded suggestive, but I knew instinctively... EXP points. Patrol means they will head back to their settlement at some point. I followed them quietly, they found another patrol joined them and walked again.
After a bit of tailing, lo' and behold they went to a tunnel which went upwards. I heeded for any noise and there were, of goblins. Maybe tens no maybe a couple hundred of goblins were present beyond the tunnel. But there was a problem, I cannot possibly climb inside as I didn't know anything about what lied beyond the tunnel. Stats. Layout of the keep. Strength. Nothing. But I had an idea.
[AS THE HOST THINKS. EVEN THOUGH THIS BODY IS NOT REALLY YOURS PER SE, YOU CAN STILL CONJURE UP ANY MAGIC AS LONG AS YOU HAVE ENOUGH MANA AND KNOW THE IN AND OUTS OF THAT MAGIC.] affirmed HYM.
I burnt the floor below the slope. {P.S. Magical fires don't need any flammable substance to maintain itself, just an ample amount of mana.} The smoke soon formed and quickly rose up the tunnel. That's right, my plan was to suffocate them. Goblins have smaller lungs to accommodate a bit bigger heart for times when oxygen level is low in their blood, increasing their agility and stamina. Though they breathe in small amounts of oxygen, they utilize it ten folds better than humans. But it meant good news for me. After the smoke fills the keep they may try to escape but to no avail due to the fire. Since the oxygen is turned into carbon dioxide they won't have oxygen they will be in all panic that though they breathe in small but over time it accumulates to a big number. Hence, I waited and waited until...
[PRESENCE OF ALL HOSTILE FORCES ELIMINATED. HOST CAN MOVE UP THE TUNNEL. CAUTION IS ADVISED.] With that, my wait comes to an end. I walk up the tunnel cautiously as advised and there was a small settlement. Though I thought there were hundreds of goblins, only a little more than a quarter of them are here now, dead. Most likely, the tunnel I burnt was not the only one connecting with this settlement. Still, I went and confirmed all the kills and ate them, though only bits and pieces such as fingers or ears. Most dead, some knocked out. But nonetheless, the exp I got was enough to fill the evolution EXP requirement to its brim.