The next instant.
Just like last time, the four identical goblin avatars suddenly twisted and blurred, and then three avatars suddenly disappeared.
The goblin avatar in the first cell transformed into a robust goblin wearing a leather armor shoulder guard.
Raine acquired a second 'Goblin Warrior' image.
At this point, Raine didn't stop but dragged the first 'Goblin Warrior' image placed in the sixteen-grid backpack back into the empty grid again.
As he pressed the first goblin warrior icon, the surrounding vision instantly became much clearer, and his muscles tightened once again.
However, Raine, with a slightly anxious heart, pressed the second goblin warrior icon.
As soon as the second cell was pressed, a system prompt appeared:
[Unable to bless the same level of the same bloodline, unable to perform secondary bloodline fusion.]
"Unable to perform secondary fusion?"
"So it really doesn't work?"
Raine felt a little disappointed in his heart.
But this was something he had anticipated.
If it could be fused again, he would be invincible.
He would only need to keep hunting ordinary goblins, and for every four ordinary goblins gathered, he could fuse one goblin warrior.
Then, it's easy to calculate that when he gathers sixteen ordinary goblins, he can fuse four goblin warriors, thus further merging them into a goblin stronger than the warrior class.
Although he still doesn't know what to call that level of goblin, the name doesn't matter.
By this analogy, he would inevitably transform into a goblin slayer, fusing a Goblin Chief or King of Goblins bloodline, which would be quite awesome to have bestowed upon him.
"Looks like there's no shortcut here."
"I still need to rely on myself to gradually defeat monsters, slowly collecting and blessing stronger monster bloodlines."
"But being able to perform four-to-one fusion is already quite powerful."
"Just like this time, I never even killed a goblin warrior but obtained the goblin warrior bloodline."
"In other words, as long as I kill four creatures of a certain tier, I can fuse and imbue the bloodline of the next tier."
"Wait! There's another thought, which is to kill slightly stronger monsters and directly collect that strong monster's bloodline."
"This is also another thought, but killing powerful monsters, on one hand, my own strength needs to increase slightly, and on the other hand, I have to rely on teamwork."
"Just like the adventurer squad earlier..."
As Raine was pondering, a group also returned to Oak Village.
Seeing the two girls who were rescued, villagers young and old cheered and thanked the four adventurers fervently.
"Village Chief Kael, we won't be staying overnight. I need to return to Mill Town immediately to find a doctor to treat my arm." Thor lifted his bandaged right arm weakly in gesture.
"Well... alright, once again thank you all for your help." Village Chief Kael put his hand on his chest and bowed in thanks.
At this moment, the female archer Nia, who was at the end of the adventurer group, suddenly turned around, looked at Raine, and said:
"Raine, we are an adventurer squad from Dorne City. If you want to become an adventurer in the future, you can find me in Dorne City."
"Uh..... alright, thank you, Lady Nia." Raine, who didn't expect Nia to take him so seriously, thanked her immediately, though a bit taken aback.
Hearing Nia's words, Thor didn't have much reaction, but the man with the greatsword and the man with dual darts were visibly surprised.
Especially the man with dual darts, his eyes flickered twice, seemingly a bit ashamed.
Originally, he didn't object to Raine, this brave farmer, but the problem was, during the battle with the mutated goblin earlier, he hesitated and cowered.
Comparatively, Raine, this farmer's bravery, made him seem particularly timid.
It somewhat stung his heart.
"Let's go, Nia." The man with dual darts glanced at Raine before impatiently urging Nia.
After the adventurers departed, the families of the two girls expressed their sincere gratitude to Raine.
Seeing the joy and gratitude on Rose and Loli's families' faces, Raine felt ripples in his heart.
In his past life, Raine's parents had sacrificed themselves for justice early on, and he was raised by his grandparents with lots of help from caring neighbors.
Although societal changes later made people wary of helping, Raine still believed in lending a helping hand whenever possible.
Only, it is preceded by a condition - on the premise of not being falsely accused.
In this world, Raine was an orphan, taken in as a baby by Old Henry of Oak Village.
Old Henry was a crippled but kind-hearted elder in Oak Village who once tried to find Raine's parents.
However, apart from a half-round metal pendant threaded through with string around Raine's neck, there were no other leads, and his mobility was extremely limited due to his leg condition. Eventually, the search faded away.
Old Henry passed away half a year ago due to illness, still murmuring about wanting to help Raine find his parents.
Similarly, Raine's growth received much help from many kind villagers in Oak Village.
So, with nearly identical experiences in both lives, Raine was always willing to help with village matters wherever he could.
Once everything in the village had settled down.
Raine immediately returned home—a two-story sloped-roof wooden house.
This house was also left to him after Old Henry passed away.
Currently, Raine was the only person left at home.
Back home, Raine didn't rush to clean up; instead, he immediately closed the door and lit the oil lamp on the table beside him.
Raine's face showed a hint of joy and excitement; he couldn't wait to try the new bloodline—Mutated Goblin Bloodline.
At this moment, his heart was racing a little, and his palms were slightly sweaty.
He dragged the Mutated Goblin pattern clad in linen clothing from the sixteen-grid backpack to the second empty grid in the four-grid above, then pressed the Mutated Goblin icon next.
As the Mutated Goblin icon was illuminated!
Suddenly, Raine felt a complex three-dimensional pattern abruptly appear in his mind, and as if by instinct, Raine understood how to unleash the spell previously cast by the Mutated Goblin.
"Indeed, what that adventurer said was right."
"It really was a Zero Level Spell Freezing Ray!"
However, when Raine's gaze returned to the system panel, he was slightly taken aback.
Because he saw a separate icon appear under the Mutated Goblin icon, depicting a light blue ray diagonally shooting into the sky.
And the system panel had some changes too.
[Name: Raine]
[Class: Farmer]
[Blessed Bloodline: Goblin Warrior Bloodline x1, Cold-Enhanced Goblin Bloodline x1,]
[Bloodline Talent: High-speed Reproduction Lv3...Strong Lv1....Low Light Vision Lv1...Frost Affinity Lv1...]
[Spell-like Abilities: Frozen Ray Lv1]
[Power: 5 (+1)]
[Agility: 5 (+1)]
[Constitution: 5]
[Intelligence: 7]
"I see."
"Previously the Strong and Low Light Vision all can be regarded as passive bloodline ability, while this Freezing Ray is an active offensive skill derived from the bloodline."
"That's why a separate skill bar appears beneath those four grids."
"In other words, if I want a monster's signature ability or spell, all I need to do is kill it, and there's a great chance of acquiring it?"
"That's.... wouldn't my future skill bar be filled with monster skills?"