[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-goblin-king-my-innate-skill-is-op":3,"chapter-goblin-king-my-innate-skill-is-op-goblin-king-my-innate-skill-is-op-chapter-290":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Goblin King: My Innate Skill Is OP",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1335983,1780,"Chapter 290: Assimilation","goblin-king-my-innate-skill-is-op-chapter-290",290,"\u003Cp>I couldn't bring myself to focus on the skill notification just yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the alpha had tried to say at the very end kept gnawing at me, looping over and over in my head like an unfinished sentence that refused to settle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the only thing I could clearly make out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More apes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More of them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it a warning — there are more of us, and we're coming for you — or was it just a dying thought clawing its way out without meaning?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't tell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And honestly… if that was what it meant, then let them come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If more of these Varkuun Howlers existed out there, drawn to Deathroot or to power itself, then they'd simply become stepping stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Training dummies for what my clan was becoming. Proof that I wasn't just building strength for show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I didn't like loose ends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pushed the thought aside for now, forcing my attention back to the system window hovering patiently in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever that alpha had meant could wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I finally looked at the reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phantom Breakstep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the name alone made my interest spike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A movement skill…\" I muttered, eyes narrowing slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I was reading it right, this had to be the evasion skill the alpha had been using to slip past my attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I brought up the details and read through them carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Phantom Breakstep (B-Rank)] — Active\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly fractures the user into multiple moving mirage copies, disrupting enemy targeting and pursuit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For three seconds, the user enters a displacement state and cannot be physically harmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mirage figures persist for ten seconds before fading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Notes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>• Mirages are non-physical and cannot attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>• Invincibility ends after three seconds, even if mirages remain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>• Best used to disengage or reposition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Yeah. That checked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It perfectly explained what I had witnessed during the fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time I thought I had the alpha cornered, it split into false images, breaking my targeting and forcing me to hesitate for just a fraction of a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My void slashes and flames had erased the mirages on contact because those attacks carried mana. They weren't purely physical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had attacked without mana—if I'd relied on raw force alone—I probably would've cut through nothing but air and wasted precious time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a solid evasion skill. Not flashy, not overwhelming, but extremely practical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with a higher rank, I had no doubt the duration, number of mirages, or invincibility window would only improve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for whether it was useful to me at the level it was… I wasn't entirely convinced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I already had Warp. Swap. Rift-based movement. Skills that bent space outright rather than confusing perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phantom Breakstep felt redundant for my own kit, more of a sidegrade than a true upgrade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for my goblins?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This skill was gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Survivability, disengaging potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A way to escape overwhelming enemies or reposition without dying instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For frontline fighters, assassins, archers—hell, even workers caught in the wrong place—it could mean the difference between life and death, so I didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I opened [Skill Share] and distributed Phantom Breakstep to every single goblin in my clan without delay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the world was going to keep throwing monsters like that alpha ape at us, then my people needed every edge they could get.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I completed the transfer, the sound of footsteps reached my ears, and I turned just in time to see Narg walking toward me, his movements steady, his presence… complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The integration was done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chief, what happened?\" Narg asked, his gaze dropping briefly to the corpse of the ape sprawled across the ruined ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I ran into a minor inconvenience,\" I replied casually, my eyes never leaving him. \"Nothing worth mentioning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing that caught my attention… was his height.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And annoyingly enough, it stood out immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had grown taller myself after evolving and obtaining a class, enough that I'd finally stopped feeling like I was perpetually looking up at everyone. I'd been roughly the same height as Narg before this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Deathroot fully assimilated — with his body subtly rewritten to house that kind of power — he had grown another inch, maybe two. Just enough to put him clearly above me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The height, of course, wasn't the only change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just the first change my insecure ass noticed first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skin had taken on a slightly ashen tone, not sickly, but muted, as though some of the color had been drained from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thin black veins traced along his arms, pulsing faintly beneath the surface in a slow, steady rhythm, like something breathing just out of sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his gaze…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes looked dull at first glance, almost lifeless, yet there was a depth to them that unsettled me, a darkness that felt as though it could pull you in if you stared for too long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't pressed outward aggressively like Dribb's or settled heavily like Gobbo's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it felt… ghostly. Cold. Subtle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kind of presence that brushed against your spine rather than slamming into you, sending faint tingles crawling up my back even when I wasn't looking directly at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment, worry tightened in my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Deathroot changed him too much? Had I pushed him too far, rewritten him into something unrecognizable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Narg suddenly dropped to his knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shift was immediate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkness in his eyes receded, replaced by unmistakable excitement as his expression lit up with something raw and sincere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Chief, for entrusting me with this power,\" he said, voice steady despite the emotion behind it. \"I will not let you down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I found myself grinning before I even realized it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah. He had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not in the way I feared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The look on his face was the same one he'd worn back then; the day I handed him the magical staff I'd looted from the first Chosen I ever killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That same mix of awe, gratitude, and burning determination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever Deathroot had done to his body…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core of Narg was still very much intact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stand,\" I said, and...\u003C\u002Fp>",1028,"2026-06-05T20:04:08.078Z",1,"novelbin.me","ccaf7df0d7902fe7e9d3b6558998774a7add45fdbfb73e42684f649bae423aa2","goblin-king-my-innate-skill-is-op-chapter-291","goblin-king-my-innate-skill-is-op-chapter-289",375,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgoblin-king-my-innate-skill-is-op-cover.jpg"]