Eli is a young man suffering from stage four cancer. He dies and is reincarnated as a goblin in a hostile world, where survival means outwitting predators, building alliances, and overcoming threats. 
From a weak, shunned creature, he grows to lead a powerful clan, ascending to become the King of the Forest.
 But his ambition doesn’t stop there. He sets his sights on challenging humanity’s dominance and even defying the gods themselves, risking annihilation for the chance to reshape the balance of power.

I had sixty-five available points that I could freely distribute, and without overthinking it any further, I committed all of them to Intelligence.


If mana was the fuel behind authority, then Intelligence was the reservoir.


The numbers shifted the moment I confirmed the allocation.


A faint pressure built behind my eyes before spreading inward, not painful, but dense, like my thoughts had gained weight and structure. My awareness sharpened further, not in the sense of spotting distant movement, but in processing speed—connections forming quicker, calculations settling cleaner, distractions fading faster.


Chapter 309 - Stronghold