Day 0 : Reincarnation

"Where am I?" - that was my first thought.

I tried to look around, but I couldn't see anything, it was too dark.

"What happened?" - I ask myself.

A smile appeared on my face when I remembered.

"Oh right, I got shot... Am I dead?"

Indeed, I clearly remebered the fact that I got shot, but why?

Truth is, I don't know.

I don't even remember what I was doing then...

...Wait a minute, who am I again?...

I... don't remember...

I don't remember anything important, not even my own name.

All I remember was that I was a guy, I got shot a couple of seconds ago...

...How old was I?...

...I guess somewhere around twenty...something...ish?...

...So how did I get shot again? Was I in the military or some shit?

As I was laying in the darkness my body started shivering from cold.

"Need... warmth..." - I menage to say through my chattering teeth.

"Request confirmed, aqusition of a skill "Cold Resistance" succesful" - a female voice spoke in my head.

OK, what the fuck?

Am I having hallucinations right before my death?

But indeed, I stopped feeling cold, which actually made me even more worried about my mental (and physical) health.

But when the cold went away I felt a new sensation in my stomach, where I got shot.

To put it simply, it hurt... a LOT.

I grab that bullethole in a pathetic attempt to somehow close it, prevent the blood from pouring out.

"AW! It hurts so bad..." - I say with tears coming from my eyes.

"Request confirmed, aqusition of a skill "Pain Resistance" succesful" - the same voice answered, there was something weirdly...calming... in it.

Even though it started hurting much less, I could still feel my blood pouring out.

...maybe if I'll ask?

"Need... more blood..."

"Request confirmed, aquiring a body with accelerated blood regeneration"

Just what in the hell is going on? I don't even want to ask.

"W-Who are you?" - I ask.

"You may call me : "Sage""

And there it is, I'm starting to black out, and I start to hear a loud pitch in my ears.

I know exactly what it means - I'm gonna pass out...

...Or maybe worse...

I guess it's a time for my last words...

"...I'm fucking starving..." - I admit I had a smile on my face.

"Request confirmed, aquisi-..." - that's all I heard, as I already passed out.

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Day 1

The last couple of hours was a total mess.

I couldn't see anything - my sight was too blurry, and while I could hear some things, the noises I heard made me several times more scared - some growling, demonic laughs, screams of pain, and some weird pitch that sounded like a crying of a newborn.

I...don't even want to know...

At least I'm still alive I guess... heh...

Day 2

I woke up...

...though part of me wishes I never did...

I look at my body and I can't believe what I'm seeing.

My skin is red, and I am so... fucking...small.

My body is that of a toddler, I am weak, I can't talk, I can't even stand still.

This gotta be the craziest dream I've ever had.

I am in some sort of a cave - that's all I know. There is a bunch more of those ugly babies similiar to me, and occasionally someone bigger comes in and checks on us - he looks like a short bald man with red skin and pointy ears, dressed in only a piece of cloth that covers his intimate areas.

I seriously don't want to know...

When I saw him my first instinct was: "Dude, it's a goblin!"

And then I remember that goblins don't exist, and even if they did, shouldn't they be green or something?

The goblin guy checks on me and others from time to time, sometimes feeding us.

What is this food? Something like meat, except it's liquid.

Yeah, I don't even want to know.

Jeez, what a crazy dream...

Day 3

...that's not a dream...

Terrified and nervous I look around, I want to shout for help.

But the only noise that comes out of my mouth is baby's crying.

Did I seriously got reborn!?

Bro, like in those fantasy books I read as a kid.

But this isnt even nearly as cool as depicted in them - Do I really have to relive my life now?

I had a big and strong body - now I am litteraly a toddler.

I spent so much time studying various things - yet I'm too small to even put any of them to good use.

All years of training and studying - gone, deleted, like they never happened.

I clench my fists, I want to scream in anger, I want to beat someone up for that.

But the only sound that comes out of me is baby's crying.

Day 4

I can now walk.

I also got bigger - now I look like a 4-year old, huh-ha!

I guess whatever the kind of monster I got reborn as grows faster than humans - and thank God for that couse I had zero desires to be stuck in a baby's body for at least a couple of years.

Those... creatures... got surprised at first, but soon some of them started laughing with devilish smiles on their faces like a bunch of idiots.

"Motherfuckers... what are they even?" - I retorically asked myself

"Blood Goblin - a race of humanoids relative to goblins, in appearance almost identical to them, with only difference being their blood red skin colour. Classified as monsters. Their posture resembles the one of elves, but significantly shorter. Low intelligence. Incredibly fast blood regeneration, hence the name. They live in tribes that usually occupy caves. Known for their constant attacks on other humanoid races with intent of robberies and murder. Unlike more common "green" goblins, this race doesn't have females, and is 100% reliant on males kidnapping and raping females from other humanoid races."

- familiar female voice said in my head.

Riiight, "Sage", wasn't it?

I guess she... exists...

But if what she is saying is true...

It's awesome, because it means I got reborn in some sort of a fantasy world! Sure, I don't remember most of my life, but I surely remember all those Isekai mangas I read back in the day!

It's also terrible that I got such a... terrible race, damn.

Wish there was an option to choose one, but hey, it's not a video game I guess...

...Waaaait a minute...

"What was the last part?"

"Unlike more common "green" goblins, this race doesn't have females, and is 100% reliant on males kidnapping and raping females from other humaoid races."

...What?...

This...is...wrong...

I do remember that I was far from a hero-type of guy back in my world, in fact, I would almost coinsider myself a "bad person", but still this is not something that I approve of.

...Waaiit...

...So these female screams of agony that I heard during the first day here were...

I nervously look around the cave - most of these motherfuckers are asleep.

"I need to get the fuck outta here..." - I say to myself.

But what can I do?

I'm still a small kid after all.

This ain't cool.

This ain't cool at all.

I look at my body - still as weak as a minute before.

And if this is truly a fantasy world the outside of this cave is almost certainly filled with all types of magical creatures that would kill me in one shot.

Aw crap, this is bad.

...maybe?...

"Hey, sage girl, could you tell me more about "Blood Goblins", like, do they have any special abilities?"

"Every Blood Goblin gets born with two main abilities - "Night Vision" and "Accelerated Blood Regeneration", though they can learn more during the process of evolution."

My eyes widened when hearing the last word.

"Elaborate "evolution""

"Evolution - a process that most of alive creatures live through after reaching the level cap of their race. Evolution takes between one to twenty-four hours depending on the species. After the process of evolution has been finished creature's race will be changed to a higher-tier one that will be superior in almost all regards, usually with more special abilities than the previous one. Monsters are known to evolve much more than other types of alive creatures, animals and demi-humans much less, and humans don't evolve at all."

My eyes widen once again, a glimpse of hope starts to shine in my heart.

"What is "level cap"?"

"After killing or consuming a different creature you will be rewarder with "experience points" - although intangible, they represent one's power. After acquiring enough EXP a creature can "level up", which will slightly boost its overall power without any external changes in appearance. "Level cap" is a maximum level one can reach before having an option to evolve, and differs between species."

"Oh shit, just like in videogames" - I thought to myself.

(Can we just stop for a second and think about the fact that I remember manga and videogames yet I don't rememer my own name? Really says a lot about the life I had... But then again, I remember being in some sort of a military or something like it, so I guess I wasn't a total loser.)

...Hmm...

"What is the level cap for a Blood Goblin?"

" Twenty "

I will assume that my level is 1, since I got literally born a few days ago.

Kill and eat, eh?

That's my two favourite things to do! (not really)

"Hey, sage, what are my current "skills"?" - I ask.

"You currently have two standard skills, two inherited ones and one legendary one..."

My eyes widen once again upon hearing the last one.

"..They consist of:

Standard: "Cold Resistance" , "Pain Resistance"

Inherited: "Night Vision" , "Accelerated Blood Regeneration"

Legendary: "Curse of Gluttony" "

"What does the last one do?"

"Curse of Gluttony: a legendary skill obtained after a request during reincarnation process.

The effects include: Greatly increased teeth sharpness and durability, greatly increased jaw strength, greatly increased digestive system durability, immunity to anything poisonous/toxic that enters your digestive system and accelerated metabolism.

Also allows to learn creatures' abilities by eating their flesh (dead or still alive).

Also allows to copy unique properties of inanimate objects by eating them.

Downsides include: Inability to ever fully satisfy your hunger, Graduate loss of self-control after long periods of not consuming anything"

...Holy...fuck!

This is so cool!

It's one of those that doesn't sound so powerful at first, but you realise just how overpowered it can be after giving it some more thought!

I look around the cave, these shiteaters are still sleeping like nothing ever happened.

A devilish smile appeared, this time on my face.

...They have no idea how fucked they are...

Days 5-10

I spent the next five days keeping my head low, so that I won't get like, I dunno, fucking eaten by one of those savages couse I accidently looked at him weirdly or something.

Instead, I started training religiously.

I made push-ups, sit-ups and squats like a motherfucker to gain even a little bit of muscle.

I don't know if it was thanks to "Pain resistance" allowing me to train more than I normally should have, or blood goblin's accelerated growth but I menaged to notice some difference.

Don't get me wrong - it will still take months to have a body like I once used to, but still, I achieved much more than I would as a human.

Also, I no longer looked like a 4-year old, but instead like a 9-year old, huh-ha!

During the 10th day specifically I kinda got forced into going out "hunting" with my..."family"... god damn just thinking about it makes me want to puke.

Whatever, I guess, their lives aren't gonna last too long with me around, I vow to gods of this world that I will personally kill them all sooner or later.

As for the hunting, we menaged to catch a couple of these weird creatures "Horned rabbits".

Basically rabbits with a weird unicorn-like horn on their forehead.

Also, by saying "we" I really meant "me" - I catched five of them using some basic hunting traps, hell, one of the goblins somehow menaged to get killed by getting impaled by one of those rabbits.

Needles to say, I laughed histerically, and, what's even more funny, other blood goblins started laughing with me too.

After we got back to the cave I roasted myself one rabbit. Using some thin dry sticks, as well as two rocks to make a spark, and in result, I made a small fire - you should have seen the dumb look on other blood goblins' faces, haha!

...Hmmm...

OK, big brain moment - I was starting to make a plan how to kill them all without dying myself in the process, but that still has to wait.

So I just ate the rabbit.

"Dodge" learned. - Sage's voice in my head.

That sounds... garbage...

After questioning Sage it turned out it was a skill that allowed me to jump further than normal, which, I guess is ... okay... but still pretty dissapointing.

I hid the rabbits' pelts from others - who knows, maybe I'll craft myself some leather armor later? But unfortunately I wasn't so lucky with their horns - other goblins kinda yoinked them from me and started using them as weapons. Well, I guess I should be thankful I still had one that I could also use, maybe it will help me kill something bigger and badder to help me learn some cooler skills.

Day 11, "The Purge"

As I said - Big brain moment.

During the day, while most of my fellow blood goblins were asleep I went outside.

I had a plan how to eradicate them.

The plan goes like this: I light a big fire inside the cave, leave, and somehow barricade the exit so that even when others will wake up they will not be able to escape and will die from smoke poisoning.

Overall I would say this was a really good plan - originally I thought I would have to quietly kill them one by one why they were asleep, but that was hella dangerous, and, on top of that I didn't knew exactly just how fast their blood regeneration was, so I figured out trying to slash them could result in a situation when I think one of them is dead, but he isn't.

Sure that one idiot died from getting impaled by a horned rabbit, but that was beacuse it precisely impaled his heart. And what if I would miss by a milimeter or something?

Anyway, getting enough wood and branches wasn't that hard - I was in a fricking forest for fuck's sake.

When I returned with the wood the one blood goblin who was apparently guarding the entrance looked at me weirdly, I just smiled like an idiot.

After dumping the wood inside, I left, and exploiting the guard's trust towards me I stabbed him in the head - even if he had fast blood regeneration, it ain't gonna help him if he has a hole in his brain...

...that said, just to be sure I stabbed him another couple of times, turning his face into swiss cheese...

...buut to be even more sure I started eating his corpse...

No abilities were learnt (obviously), but if I understood correctly that should boost my EXP a bit.

Now, the harder part -how to barricade them?

I look at the sun - it's not even noon yet, so I have tons of time (as I have noticed, they all are really deep sleepers)

...Whatever, gotta bring more wood I guess...

So I light a stick on fire outside the cave, go inside, light the fire, grab all my shit, and quickly leave. Then I throw a bunch of branches and big rocks to block the exit.

Thankfully the entrance was very small and narrow, otherwise this could be problematic.

"Well... Now we wait..." -I said nervously, praying to God that there weren't any other exists I didn't know about.

...

I spent the rest of the day hunting, menaging to catch a couple of horned rabbits, and even coming across a new type of animal - "Stone Racoon" (exactly what you think).

Our fight was pretty comedic - it jumps at me, I kick it away, I try to stab it (and fail), repeat.

After a few minutes I got annoyed and just grabbed it and just straight up bit it.

I was hoping that my teeth would be able to pierce its stone skin, and indeed they did.

After I realised I bit a small racoon's head off I almost puked, but you gotta do what you gotta do, so I ate the rest of its body as well.

"Stone Skin" learned. - thanks, Sage, very cool!

...

Coming back to the cave during the evening I started to listen carefully - but there weren't any screams.

So this either worked, or they had a different exit - most likely the latter.

Setting the branches on fire I wait yet another two hours until the flames turned those branches into now cold charcoal, after that I slowly but surely dig it out, waited till the smoke went away and came inside.

Aaand... they're dead...huh... success, I guess...

All fifty-one of them were dead, I made sure of that.

That night was a feast indeed.

Day 12

After waking up in the morning I hit my head while getting up.

Looking at my own body I got shocked - I was much taller, in fact, I barely fitted inside the cave!

Going to the cave's loot stash I found a small, broken mirror and checked myself out.

OK first of all - I now look like a 17-year old, huh-ha!

Aaand I am no longer ugly! In fact, I almost want to say that I look... kinda hot...

...As long as my red skin doesn't disturb you...

On my right wrist there was a small tatoo - a black line around it with a circle on the bottom side with a small knife inside.

I also have hair again! - short, dark brown, and my eyes were in a weird shade of yellow - almost golden in fact.

My pecs and biceps were ripped!

Well, not "ripped AF", but still, something that would take a normal human a couple of months on the gym.

In general I looked like a ... normal teenager... minus the skin and eye colour, of course.

...What happened?... - I ask myself

...Hmmm...

{Flashback to yesterday's night, after eating all the blood goblins and right before going to sleep}

"Level cap reached. Do you wish to evolve?"

"Yes, please."

"Special requirement reached - "Divine protection of the demi-god of betreyal" can be obtained. Do you accept?"

"Wha-..? Sure, why not."

"Request confirmed. Evolution process initiated."

{Flashback ended}

"Sage!"

"Yes?"

"What is my current race?"

"Blood Hobgoblin - better than a regular blood goblin in every aspect, in size similiar to an average human. No longer classified as a monster, but instead as a demi-human. Unlike your former race, this one has acces to the "Class" system."

"What are "classes" ?

"As I stated before, humans can't evolve. To make up for this, humans, as well as some demi-humans can acquire a "class" which will modify one's parameters to specialize in a certain task. For example, a "thief" class will boost one's stealth abilities, while "warrior" will boost their strength. Most commonly people will have one class, but it is possible to possess multiple of them."

"Huh.. Just like in videogames...Also, did I get any new skills?"

"Negative, no new skills have been acquired. However "Accelerated Blood Regeneration" has evolved into "Hyper-speed Blood Regeneration" ."

I scratch the back of my head and look at myself in the mirror again. Since I grew up so much during the night I have torn apart my rags, and right now I was butt naked. Inspecting my junk I can with confidence say that its size is at least average.

Scavenging through my tribe's loot I menaged to find some clothes and armor - seeing as all of them were too big for these idiots to use they were always just laying here. What a waste.

I got myself a white cotton shirt and pants, some black trousers, leather boots with metal tips, and a cool leather cloak. When it comes to armor I got a light chainmail on my shirt, but below the cloak, as well as a simple leather helmet with a steel face cover. As for weaponry, most of the weapons here were rusty or broken, so I got a short sword that looked the least old, a couple of knifes to throw at people and a woodcutter's axe, which strangely enough was in almost mint-condition. I also got a round wooden shield.

I also found a waist and a seath for the sword, so I put them on as well. The sword is now on my left hip, while the axe is on my right one. I put six rusty knives in my pockets, I strap the shield to my left forearm, I grab a big backpack on my back and I'm good to go.

There is still tons of old weapons, but I can't take them all with me. What a shame.

...Idea!

"Hey, Sage."

"Yes?"

"About my "Curse of Gluttony", you said I can also eat inanimate objects, right?"

"Yes, indeed."

"Can I eat those weapons?"

"Yes, this would result in increasing your damage output with weapons of the same type."

...Hmmm...

So I take a random sword, and while hesitant at first, I somehow force myself to bite it.

*Crack!* - sound of the blade breaking, I swear there were some sparks too.

So I chew on it, more cracks with every bite. It tastes like blood. After a while I swallow with a loud "Gulp".

"Sword damage increased."

Neat, I guess, especially since I just realised I have no idea how to fight with a sword.

Oh well, I'll figure it out mid-fight.

I then spent a couple of hours eating all the weapons and armor that was left, menaging to increase my damage with most types of weapons as well as durability of heavy and light armor types.

Ok, now I'm ready to leave.

Buuut I still should probably double check just in case.

So I search this cave's every corner, but I didn't find anything useful.

So I entered the only part of the cave that I've never been in.

What I saw shocked me.

With wide eyes and dropped jaw I look at what's in front of me.

I swallow my spit and take a deep breath.

"I should have known." - I scold myself.

What I saw were corpses of four human women in various ages, with bellies big from pregnacies. Yikes.

Truly a sad and terrifying view.

Yet...Somehow I feel... Nothing...

That said, I know I can't just leave them here.

My heart tells me to bury them.

...But my brain has a different idea.

It's wrong, some people will call me a monster for that, but I don't care.

I need this to survive out there.

...So I just... ate them...

What? I told you I am not a hero.

"Class: Cleric, learned"

"Class: Cook, learned"

"Class: Tailor, learned"

"Class: Adventurer, learned"

Let's be honest here, wherever they are, they no longer care about their bodies, and I can make their talents not go to waste.

Having enough of all of this I finally leave this cave for good.

I want to just forget about it.

I don't want to think about what a terrible and evil creature I am.

I don't want to think that one of those women was my new mother.

I don't want to think that one of those goblins was my new father.

I am in a fantasy world! I want to have a beautiful adventure! I want to slay dragons, to become famous and rich, and to have a beautiful princess for a wife!

With a smile on my face I take a last look at the cave, and then leave into unknown.

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Bro, I just wanted to read some Re:Monster / That time I got reincarnated as a slime crossover, but when I searched for it I didn't find anything, so I was like: "Well, time to change this!" and there you have it.

I don't know how many people will like it but the most important thing is to enjoy what you are doing, and I surely enjoyed writing this one!

I hope you liked it.

Cya.