The Evolution Of A Goblin To The Peak

by Stayrr

The fantasy VRMMORPG, Battle Worlds, is one of the most played games in the world. In this game, there’s a legendary player that could defeat a “Boss” on his own. His name is Blood(In-Game-Name). Blood is a legendary player that surpassed all the players in the world. He completed hundreds of quest and dungeon raids alone. When Blood was going to log off, suddenly the virtual capsu

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Chapter 65 - Fighting the Undead Cyclops

[Quest Triggered!]

[Boss Battle: Defeat the boss and conquer the dungeon. Rewards: 5,000 exp, 2 free attribute points, and 1 skill point.

The rewards of this quest were higher than the previous quest he did in the dungeon. It was because the level of this dungeon wasn't entirely a low-level dungeon. It's level hover between the low-level and mid-level dungeons.

"Hmm... I will get another skill points that's what matters." Souta smiled.

...

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A loud sound echoed in the whole room as Yuko exchanged blows with the Undead Cyclops.

Yuko was getting pushed back by the power of the Undead Cyclops when Bryan appeared above her and shot a powerful punch at the enemy.

[Blazing Strike]!!

Bryan's flaming fist hit the face of the Undead Cyclops. The undead was pushed back a little bit by his punch.

Swoosh!!

The undead waved its hand towards Bryan but Yuko blocked it for him.

Bang!

"Thanks, Yuko!" Bryan smiled and he casted [Lightning Boots] and [Lightning Edge] spell.

Bang!! Bang!! Bang!!

Fred moved behind the undead and executed his own combat arts.

[Rippling Slash]!!

White energy coated his sword before he swung it at the back of the Undead Cyclops.

Putchi!

A large cut appeared on the back of the undead. The undead felt the power of the slash, so it turned around and shot a kick towards Fred.

Fred noticed it, so he quickly reacted by moving his body sideways. He avoided the kick and launched a counter-attack.

[Rippling Slash]!!

He slashed the feet of the Undead Cyclops.

Putchi!

Suddenly, the Undead Cyclops roared in a very loud voice. The roar shook the entire area.

Roar!!

Bryan and Fred covered their ears as both of them took a step back.

"Damn, it's crazy strong!" Bryan looked at the Undead Cyclops with eagerness in his eyes. "Let me try it for a second."

Souta looked at Bryan when he heard those words. He nodded and called Yuko. "Stay back, let Bryan hold the undead for a while."

"Are you sure?" Fred went beside Souta and asked.

Souta just nodded his head while looking at the Undead Cyclops.

The Undead Cyclops started to emitted strange black energy. It was color black and everyone could see the energy with their own eyes. It then gathered the energy in its eye.

Ohm!

It formed a ball of black energy and it was getting stronger every second.

Boom!

The black energy shot a beam towards them.

...

"Get down!" Souta said as he pushed Fred to avoid the black beam at all costs.

Bryan also jumped away to dodge the beam.

Lumilia took Jusmin and Cl.u.s.ter with her.

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Boom!!

A loud explosion that shook the entire room occurred. Thick smoke and dust covered the area of the explosion. Some of the crystals on the ceiling started to fall down. It looks like the entire place was going to crumble down.

Souta knew that this place wasn't going to crumble with just one attack of that level. This place was built to hold the boss here, so it could even take the strongest blow the boss could give.

"What power!" Fred exclaimed looking at the explosion.

[Water Barrier]!!

Lumilia casted a barrier to protect Cl.u.s.ter and Jusmin from the falling debris.

"Damn, what a strong one!" Bryan charged towards the Undead Cyclops without hesitation. He jumped in the air and aimed his palm on the undead.

[Thunder Shock]!!

[Lightning Ground]!!

[Glowing Flame]!!

Bryan casted his attacking spell at the Undead Cyclops. Flames and Lightning appeared one after another and it looks like it was going to devour the undead.

The Undead Cyclops ignored the damage it took and attack Bryan. It launched a barrage of punches towards him.

Bang!! Bang!! Bang!!

Bryan swiftly avoided all the punches of the undead with his speed. He clenched his fist tightly and he jumped towards the face of the undead.

Swoosh!

Bryan smirked and casted a powerful spell [Burst Flame].

Boom!!

...

"Whoa! That packs a lot of power!" Souta exclaimed looking at Bryan's show of power. To think that Bryan holds this much power was something he didn't expect. Souta would say that Bryan with mana and spell was five times stronger than the Bryan in the tournament.

Souta shook his head and said, "But that's enough now, let's go!" He patted Yuko and let her join the fight.

Suddenly, Lumilia shouted from behind.

"Back down!!"

Bryan heard her voice so he took a distance from the Undead Cyclops.

Yuko who just joined the fight was forced to back down.

[Water Serpent]!!

A huge serpent made of water formed behind Lumilia. Lumilia pointed her fingers at the Undead Cyclops and she controlled the serpent to attack the undead.

Swoosh!!

The serpent speed was high as it quickly arrived before the undead. The serpent moved above before it got down and clashed on the face of the undead.

Boom!!

"Follow up! [Water Bomb]! [Water Blade]!"

Lumilia showed her powerful spells. The power of her spell could be compared to Bryan's spell.

She then crouched down and placed both of her palms on the ground.

[Greater Ice Spike]!!

Spike made of ice burst out of the ground. The area of effect of this skill could cover the whole space of this room, but she didn't do it because she had her comrades here.

The spike pierced the huge body of the Undead Cyclops.

"Whoa! Your crazy strong too, class rep!" Bryan exclaimed in a loud voice.

Boom!!

Suddenly, the spikes were shattered like a fragile glass.

All of them focused their sight on the Undead Cyclops. The undead was releasing a very powerful aura right now. The aura caused ripples in the air.

The Undead Cyclops' body expanded and it became seven meters tall. Its eye turned red in color and red veins started to pop up around its body.

"What's that?" Jusmin looked at the Undead Cyclops. She was worried about the one who's fighting such a monster.

"It still have so much power!" Fred exclaimed as he covered his eyes with his hand.

"Tch! A good one!" Bryan clicked his tongue when he saw that the Undead Cyclops still holds a power they couldn't expect.

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Lumilia just looked at the undead as she bit her lower lips.

Souta knew what's that. It's the [Berserk Mode] skill of the Undead Cyclops. It will activate when its health goes down to one fourth.

"It's our time, Yuko!" Souta shouted and he waved his sword.

Roar!

Yuko roared and charged towards the Undead Cyclops in response to his words.

Souta followed behind Yuko and he used [Dash] to increase his speed. He also used [Agility Boost] and[Strength Boost] on himself.

Swoosh!!

He jumped above Yuko and looked at the Undead Cyclops. He aimed his sword at the undead and executed [Stab] consecutively.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Undead Cyclops felt the power of his attack, so it turned its attention on him. It swung its huge arm towards him.

Souta smirked as he gripped his sword tightly. He then executed the skill of the [Vajra Sword Saya].

[Cross Moon]!!

The red light of the Vajra Sword and the huge hand of the Undead Cyclops collided.

Boom!!

Blood burst out of the hand of the undead. The flesh of its hand slowly crumbled under the power of the Vajra Sword.

Souta then twisted his body in the air and swung his sword.

Putchi!

The huge hand of the Undead Cyclops fell down on the ground with a loud "thud" sound.

At this time, Yuko arrived in front of the undead. She increased her speed and tackled the huge undead in front of her.

Bang!

She then moved both of her hands and smashed the Undead Cyclops.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Yuko saw that her attack wasn't doing any damage to the undead, so she opened her mouth and a ball of fire formed.

[Burning Shout]!!

A flame swept out in the whole area and it almost hit Souta.

Souta was shocked when he saw this. It was his first time seeing Yuko used her trait skill.

He smiled and said, "Good girl, Yuko! Keep it up!"

After a few moments, Yuko stopped her trait skill.

Souta saw the area was burned and the Undead Cyclops was still moving. Although it was moving, Souta knew that it would fall anytime.

He dashed towards it and waved his sword like a madman.

Slice!

Slash!

He only stopped when he heard a sound in his mind.

[You've received 1,891 exp from defeating the Undead Cyclops!]

[Congratulations on completing the mission Boss Battle!]

[You've received 5,000 exp!]

[You've received 2 free attribute points!]

[You've received 1 skill point!]

"It's done," Souta said as the Undead Cyclops fell in the ground. He checked the system first before he went up to the tall rock.

He picked up the Rotten Venomous Green Apple and placed it inside a container.

"That's mission complete," Bryan said as he walked towards Souta.

"Yeah, thanks." Souta nodded and thanked him. He packed the container inside his bag.

"I hope you don't forget what you promise to young miss," Fred said at the side.

"Don't worry, I will help you." Souta grinned at him. He wouldn't abandon a mission that will give him 5 skill points.

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Chapter 66 - Next Quest

Souta packed the container inside his bag. He stood up and said, "You can rest here. After we rest, we will head to get the Mystical Light Cherry for class rep."

Bryan and Fred nodded at him. They sat down and tried to recover their energy as fast as possible.

"How about you?" Jusmin asked him.

"Me, I'm going to see what's this undead," Souta said as he walked towards the Undead Cyclops.

Lumilia just looked at him before she closed her eyes.

Souta sat down in front of the Undead Cyclops and sliced a piece of its meat. He placed it inside the other container that he bought.

It's one of the requirements for his next evolution, the meat of the level 20 and above undead.

Now that he acquired all the materials needed for his next evolution, the only thing he needed was to level up to twenty. He doesn't need to worry about that now as his priority was to complete Lumilia's quest. The rewards of her quest were the highest all of the quest he received ever since he came here in this world.

He will undergo evolution once he finished this quest. After that, he will focus on leveling up his class. Currently, he was just a Rank 1 Mage. To promote to Rank 2 Mage, he needed to level up once of his specialty to level 10. Leveling up a spell was completely different from leveling up a combat arts like his [Stab] skill. It was different from combat arts that could be trained to level up.

The spell was made up of a magic circle. He needed to know how to build up a magic circle without relying on his system. This was the reason why he enrolled in the Ladro Institute.

...

The group rested inside the boss room for almost an hour.

They recovered some of their energy in this time, so Souta lead them out of the dungeon.

"Ho~ that undead was crazy strong," Bryan said after they got out the dungeon.

"Don't worry about it, you have the potential to surpass it," Souta commented.

Lumilia agreed at him. She knew that Bryan had four affinities and only powerful people possessed four affinities. In the future, Bryan would become one too with proper training.

"Okay, prepare yourself. Our opponent this time isn't some mindless undead." Souta clapped and said. "The battle this time will be hard, harder than conquering the dungeon, so be prepared. The nobles from both Hebrei Kingdom and Melosa Country will be our opponents. Also, some of the high-level adventurers will be there to get the Mystical Light Cherry."

Lumilia, Fred, and Jusmin nodded with a gloomy expression. They knew that it will become a fierce battle if the nobles from other countries were involved in this fight.

"Bring it on," Bryan said with a smile. He was excited to fight strong people from another country.

"But something is strange here..." Souta said as he looked around.

"Something is strange?" Bryan looked at Souta with a questioning gaze.

Souta looked at them and asked, "Are any of you familiar with this forest?"

"No, this is my first time here." Bryan shook his head.

"We came here before but we didn't enter this deep," Fred said.

Souta nodded in understanding. He opened his mouth and said, "In the books, they said that we shouldn't enter the inner part of the Desolate Woods if we don't have enough strength."

"Yeah, why?" Jusmin nodded and asked.

"In this part of the forest, there's a lot of powerful monsters. Two types of these monsters even possess a monster orb. So why we haven't met those monsters?" Souta carefully said to them.

"Do you mean..." Fred looks like he understood what Souta was saying.

"Yeah, I think someone with enough power came here and killed those monsters," Souta said.

"But, why? Mystical Light Cherry is nothing to someone that powerful." Fred asked.

"I don't know their reason but it seems that we need to be extra careful in getting the Mystical Light Cherry," Souta said.

Fred looked at Lumilia and asked, "Young miss, what should we do?"

Lumilia lowered her head. She was having a hard time deciding what to do. She couldn't let Fred and Jusmin to be put in danger because of her decision.

"Don't worry, young miss. No matter what you do I will support you." Jusmin said.

"M-Me too... Don't worry about me. I don't want you to worry about me. I can run anytime and I'm confident about this." Cl.u.s.ter slowly raised her hand and said meekly.

Souta smiled looking at them. He opened his mouth and said, "Don't worry about it. When the time comes, I will do anything to get that Mystical Light Cherry for you."

Lumilia lifted up her head and looked at him in the eyes.

"Hahaha, yeah we will help you." Bryan laughed and said.

...

Somewhere in the forest...

"Ah~ where's the one that will become a sacrifice for our God," Julius said while looking around at his surroundings.

"We will arrive there soon," Carmilla replied to him.

These two people were the commandments of the God's Will cult.

They came here to retrieve the body of a certain god from ancient times. They didn't know have much information about that god as a lot of information about the ancient era was gone. Only a few pieces of information were passed down and a lot of people treated that information as a sacred treasure.

"For the love of our god. We must complete this mission as soon as possible." Julius said.

"Naturally, we couldn't afford to fail this mission," Carmilla said. She then stopped moving and looked in the sky. She opened her mouth and said, "Someone is coming here."

"He~ more sacrifice," Julius said as he opened his arms widely.

"They didn't even bother hiding their aura." Carmilla smiled.

With her power, she could sense people who didn't bother to hide their aura a few kilometers away. Especially, those people clearly had hostility while coming in this direction. So it's not that surprising that she felt those people.

Carmilla shook her head and said, "They didn't even realize that they will only become a sacrifice if they went here."

...

A middle-aged man was heading towards the Desolate Woods at a fast speed.

The middle-aged man had an angry expression on his face. He has blonde hair that was comb behind his head. His pupils were gleaming with an intent to kill.

"How dare you kill my son?" He said with an angry expression.

A few hours ago, he sensed that the life force of his son disappeared in the Desolate Woods so he quickly flew towards it. He had a special bloodline where he could sense the life force of his descendants and know their location. Those descendants of his could provide him their power through his connection with them.

He was going to kill the one who killed his son. He couldn't contain his rage anymore.

...

Back in the Dry Gulch Town.

"What the hell is this?!"

"Head, a lot of nobles died in the inner part of the Desolate Woods according to some adventurer that went there."

"The heck! This is bad!!"

The Head of the town received a report that a lot of people with backgrounds died in the Desolate Woods.

The Head was shocked when he received such reports. Since this town was closest to the Desolate Woods, the backer of those people would naturally question him about this.

He needed to come up a with report and know the truth about their death in the Desolate Woods.

"This is getting bad. Something is happening in the Desolate Woods." The Head gritted his teeth.

He stood up and looked at his assistant and said, "Prepare my armor, I will go there myself to investigate it."

The assistant nodded and bowed his head before he left.

The Head looked at his assistant's retreating figure before he walked towards the window and looked at the direction of the Desolate Woods.

Suddenly, he sensed a powerful aura coming to his direction.

"Hais... They are here. I need to come up with an excuse." He couldn't help but sigh. He knew he was no match about those powerful nobles from large countries.

He could only curse those idiot second generation that only relies on their parents.

"Damn, who would have the guts to kill those idiots!"

...

Souta and the rest stood in their place with wide eyes.

In front of them were the bodies of dead monsters, demis, and humans. The whole area was dyed in red because of the blood of dead creatures.

"This...?" Jusmin covered her mouth with her hand. She was shocked by what's in front of her.

"Young miss..." Fred muttered as he turned his head and looked at Lumilia.

Lumilia swallowed her saliva. To think that what Souta said before was true.

Souta observed the corpses around them and he even saw monsters with a monster orb. There's even a people wearing a knight armor.

"Hahaha, this is bad news." He could only smile wryly at this scene. He had an idea of how powerful the person that could do this violence.

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Chapter 67 - Battle for the Mystical Light Cherry: Start

"What should we do, young miss?" Fred asked Lumilia with a concerned tone.

"I-" Lumilia hesitated to answer him and when she was about to reply Souta interrupted her.

"Don't worry, the person who's capable of doing this wouldn't have an interest in a mere Mystical Light Cherry," Souta said. He clearly knew that those powerful people wouldn't get an interest in a fruit that will not give them any benefits. For them, the benefits they will receive from Mystical Light Cherry was close to none. They wouldn't even feel the increase in their strength even if they consumed a dozen of it.

"What if we met those people?" Jusmin interjected. What she was worried the most was Lumilia's safety.

"If we somehow met them, then don't do anything that will get in their nerves. We should just leave them and do nothing." Souta said. As long as they don't offend those people then they would be safe.

He could see from this scene that these people didn't die without fighting. These people and monsters all died with one strike on their necks. Although they died with one strike, Souta could see that there's proof of other skill that was launched. Trees were burned and shattered ice was on the ground.

In other words, these people attacked first before they died with one strike.

"As long as we don't attack them then we're good," Souta added.

"O-Okay..." Lumilia nodded then she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes, a determination could be seen flashing in her eyes.

Souta turned his attention to Bryan. He slowly opened his mouth and said, "Don't do anything. Just keep quiet for a while."

"I know." Bryan nodded at him.

"Ignore those bodies. We will go now." Souta said to them.

...

The group walked for half an hour before they arrived in the part where the Mystical Light Cherry ripened.

"We're here in the rumored part of the forest where the Mystical Light Cherry ripened," Souta said to the group. "Here in this place, there's a chance that people who are after the Mystical Light Cherry will only attack us once we got the cherry in our hands."

"Okay, I'm itching to fight someone," Bryan said with a smirk on his face.

"Bryan, don't start attacking people. We will see first if they are enemies or not." Souta said to Bryan sternly.

"Yeah, if you want to help young miss then do that." Jusmin backed up Souta.

"I know." Bryan smiled awkwardly as he scratched the back of his head.

"Cl.u.s.ter, stay beside Jusmin. Don't wander around." Souta said to Cl.u.s.ter.

"Mn... Don't worry about me..." Cl.u.s.ter said in a low voice. She gripped the hem of her clothes while looking at Souta straight in the eyes.

"Good." Souta smiled when he saw her eyes. It seems that he doesn't need to worry about her.

Boom!

A loud booming sound echoed in the whole area and it was followed by a huge explosion.

Souta, Yuko, Lumilia, Bryan, Fred, and Jusmin looked up. They saw a huge mushroom of smoke rose up in the air.

"As expected some people are already fighting for the cherry," Souta muttered.

From the looks of it, the battle already started and it looks like its been a while since it started. There's also a possibility that some people got the Mystical Light Cherry.

"Let's hurry!" Souta said before he started to run towards the direction of the explosion.

Yuko followed him without hesitation.

"Okay." Bryan nodded and he also ran towards Souta.

Lumilia, Fred, and Jusmin looked at each other before they followed behind Souta.

...

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A man wearing a full plate armor was breathing heavily. His armor had a lot of dent and cracks in it.

He slowly raised his arm and wiped the blood on his mouth. He took a deep breath and said, "They're quite strong, master."

"I know. I'm having a hard time too, so can you please shut up and focus on killing them." A young man with long black hair said with an annoyed expression.

He was a young noble from Melosa Country and in front of him were his knights. The one they were fighting were the Wood Eater Apes.

The Wood Eater Apes was one meter in height. Although, they weren't that tall their power was something else. Their level was between 20 and 39. It means that these apes already evolved twice.

The Wood Eater Apes live in a pack and they were rarely seen alone. Even when they were hunting, they were still forming a group. Even if their prey was weaker than them.

These Wood Eater Apes were the ones that were guarding the Mystical Light Cherry. To get the cherry the humans and demis needed to defeat the apes and the leader of the pack.

The leader of the pack was a powerful ape that already formed its own monster orb. It means that the leader was level 40 and above.

"Young master, they are too strong." The man in full plate armor said.

"Shut up! Just go and take the fruit!" The young man shouted.

"I understand, young master." The man in full plate armor nodded and raised his sword in the air. He shouted, "Let's go, guys!"

...

Souta and the rest hid in the bushes. They observed the fight between these knights and apes.

Souta was quite shocked when he found that the one who's guarding the Mystical Light Cherry was a monster that formed its monster orb.

The Earth Crawler Ape was the leader of the pack of the Wood Eater Ape. The Earth Crawler Ape was a three-meter tall ape with brown fur. Its arm was large and muscles were bulging.

"What should we do, Souta?" Fred asked Souta. He knew that he could count on Souta in this kind of situation. He saw before that Souta had confidence in getting the Mystical Light Cherry, so he will bet on it. He knew that his young miss wouldn't ask Souta for advice even when they were classmates.

"We will wait here for a while. Let them fight each other." Souta said in a low voice. He then turned his head and looked at Bryan.

"I know." Before Souta could even say anything, Bryan already answered him.

"It's good that you understand it." Souta nodded with a satisfied expression.

They watched how the knights fought the powerful Wood Eater Apes. The apes have an advantage in terms of physical abilities but the knights' skill was better than apes. Also, their teamwork clearly surpasses the apes and it led the knights to defeat a lot of apes.

But there's a problem. The numbers of the ape were greater than the knights. Souta could guess that the knights would lose their strength and would die soon. Also, the Earth Crawler Ape wasn't even moving.

After a few minutes of fighting, another group of knights appeared in the scene. It seems that these two groups knew each other so both of them decided to cooperate and kill the apes first.

While they were watching the knights fought the apes, Souta heard several footsteps behind him.

"Hmm...?" He quickly stood up and looked behind. He saw a group of adventurers coming at this direction.

Souta looked at Lumilia then back at the adventurers. The distance between them wasn't that large, so it's impossible to run. The clash between them was inevitable.

"Fred, come here. The rest stay away." Souta picked the most rational one among the group to come with him.

Fred didn't answer him immediately. Instead, he looked at Lumilia first and when he saw her nod, he stood up.

Souta looked at Bryan and said, "Bryan, don't do anything." He then looked at Lumilia. "Class rep, I'll leave them to you."

"Okay." Lumilia nodded at him.

...

The adventurers stopped five meters away from Souta and Fred.

The adventurers looked at Souta and Fred up and down. They could see that Souta was an adventurer like them but Fred was different. Fred was a butler of a noble house and they could see it in his outfit.

After they finished assessing Souta and Fred, they looked behind them. They saw three girls, one boy, and a bear. They determined that Cl.u.s.ter was a noble from the way the girls were protecting her.

"Why are you here?" Fred opened his mouth and asked the adventurers. Before the adventurers arrive here, Souta said that he will be the one that will talk with the adventurers.

"Hmm... I will ask you the same question why are you here." A man with a huge build stepped forward.

While Fred and the adventurers were talking to each other, Souta was observing them from top to bottom. Their weapon, height, build, clothes, and feet.

According to what he saw, these people weren't the ones who killed the monsters and nobles back there. Their weapons wouldn't leave the same mark like those people.

"Really, I'm getting too worried about the people who killed those people and monsters," Souta muttered with a grin on his face. He then slowly raised a thumbs up in the air. He said, "It's okay! We can go all out now!"

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Chapter 68 - Battle for the Mystical Light Cherry: [Monster Orb Release]

"Bryan, you can go now!" Souta shouted. The clash between his group and the other people that were after the Mystical Light Cherry was inevitable.

He got worried because of the people who killed those monsters. But now, he thought that he doesn't need to worry about it.

He then turned his head to Jusmin and said, "Protect her. It's going to get chaotic now."

Justin nodded her head and she pulled Cl.u.s.ter to her chest.

Souta jumped above the tree and saw that a lot of people were coming. The fight broke out in all areas.

...

"Ah!" Bryan charged towards the adventurers as soon as Souta gave him the signal.

Swoosh!

He gathered his mana on his fist and shot a powerful punch.

The adventurer saw it. He grabbed the axe on his back and swung it towards Bryan.

Bang!

Both of their attacks collided causing the earth to shook.

Another two adventurers moved their body and appeared in both of Bryan's side. Both of them quickly pulled out their weapons and waved it towards Bryan.

Clang! Clang!

Bryan saw a figure in front of him. It was Fred. He smiled and said, "Thanks!"

After Fred blocked those attacks, Fred stepped forward and slashed his sword.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Every time their weapon clashed, sparks flew out.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Fred's sword skill was overwhelming the two adventurers in front of him. He waved his sword with a speed surpassing the two adventurers.

"Guh!"

"Argh! This guy!"

The two adventurers could only defend with their life on the line.

...

Bryan looked at Fred who was fighting two adventurers at the same time. He lifted up his hand and casted several spells.

[Lightning Edge]!!

[Lightning Boots]!!

[Scorching Hand]!!

Lightning crackled and flames rose up covering his hand.

"Okay, let's do this." Bryan smiled.

The adventurers pulled out their weapons and their mana flared up. Three of the quickly ran forward in the direction of Fred. These three wanted to help their comrades to defeat Fred.

"I won't let you," Bryan said as he disappeared from his place.

Crackle!

He appeared in front of the three adventurers.

"Attack him!" One of them shouted and launched his sword skill.

[Sword Slash]!!

The other two followed suit and executed their own skills.

[Glittering Slice]!!

[Darting Stab]!!

Bryan moved his body left and right dodging the attacks with a speed that they couldn't comprehend. He then proceeded to punch the three adventurers in the face with his [Scorching Hand].

"That's the high-level spell [Lightning Boots] and [Lightning Edge]!!"

One of the adventurers recognized the spell that Bryan used. They subconsciously took a step back.

The leader of the group of adventurers was a young man with long black hair that was tied in a ponytail. He has fox ears and tails.

The leader took a step forward and brandished his sword. He controlled his mana and poured it in his sword.

Swoosh!!

He instantly appeared in front of Bryan and swung his sword.

"So fast!" Bryan quickly reacted and he moved his body sideways. He then lifted up his feet and launched a powerful kick at the leader.

Bang!

The leader blocked it using his free hand and once again swung his sword towards Bryan.

Swoosh!

Bryan swiftly moved his hand in front of him and the sword and his [Lightning Edge] collided.

Bang!

Both of them took a distance to each other.

"You're strong. I can see that you're an adventurer. What's your rank?" The leader asked.

"You're crazy strong too. But I'm just an E Rank." Bryan replied with a smile on his face.

"With your strength, you're just an E Rank. Why don't you join us and I will help you rank up to D Rank?" The leader opened his palm and he invited Bryan to join him.

"Unfortunately, my answer is no," Bryan said.

"That's really unfortunate." The leader said and he dashed straight to Bryan.

Bryan lifted up both of his hands and clashed against the leader.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Lumilia who was in the back lifted up both of her hands above her head. Her magical power rose up to the peak.

The leader stopped for a moment when he felt Lumilia's mana. He looked around and saw her in the back.

"Stop her!" He shouted while pointing his sword at Lumilia.

Suddenly, a fist crashed into his face.

Bang!

He flew away and crashed in the tree.

"You should focus on your opponent when your fighting someone," Bryan said.

The other adventurers snapped out of their dazed and dashed towards her.

"I will help you." Souta, who was observing the other battles in the area, looked down at Lumilia. He silently casted [Shadow Bind] to stop the movements of the adventurers.

Swoosh!!

"Argh!"

"What's this?!"

The adventurers panicked when their shadows suddenly bind them.

"[Freezing Point]!!" Lumilia finished casting the high-level spell that she was preparing.

The temperature suddenly drops and the wind blew strongly. The ground started to turn into ice and all adventurers turned into an ice sculpture.

Bryan stopped moving and looked at the scene with wide eyes. He was shocked that the area around him turned into ice.

This was the power of a Tier 2 spell. Everything around Lumilia turned into ice except her comrades. Precisely it was one hundred meters around her. The spell even stopped the other fights in the area around them.

Lumilia fell down on her knees. The Tier 2 Spell [Freezing Point] drained almost all of her mana in her mana pool.

"As expected of class rep, she have Tier 2 Spell in her sleeves," Souta muttered. Even he doesn't know any Tier 2 Spell. All the spell he had were only a Tier 1 Spell for his Low-level Class.

He then casted the spell [Shadow Spike] to broke the ice.

Bang!

The spike pierced through the body of the people that were turned into ice. It painlessly killed all those people without even fighting back.

Souta shook his head as he heard several system prompts inside his head.

"Now, that the fight here concluded, let me see the Mystical Light Cherry."

Souta stood up while patting his clothes. He looked at the Mystical Light Cherry from his position and saw that it was still there.

The [Freezing Point] spell didn't even leave a scratch to it. The Earth Crawler Ape protected the cherry from any harm.

Souta called Bryan and let him see the Mystical Light Cherry.

"I want you to steal the cherry when there's an opportunity," Souta said to Bryan. He looked at Fred and said, "The butler and I will distract the Earth Crawler Ape later. Lumilia, you stay with the maid and Cl.u.s.ter. You will immediately take them once Bryan got the cherry."

Souta explained his plan to them. He and Fred will distract the Earth Crawler Ape while Bryan will steal the cherry. The plan was to let the Ape fought the other people first.

"Do you have a question?" Souta asked as he looked at their face one by one.

Lumilia shook her head and went beside Jusmin and Cl.u.s.ter. She doesn't have much mana left, so Souta left her with Jusmin and Cl.u.s.ter.

"Yuko, you stay with them and don't let anyone approach them," Souta said to Yuko.

"Mu." Yuko lowered her head in front of Souta.

Souta smiled and he patted her head. He knew that she wanted a pat when she lowered her head in front of him.

"Good girl."

...

Roar!!

The Earth Crawler Ape roared loudly and it shook the whole area. The ape emitted a reddish aura and the orb on its chest glow brightly.

The reddish aura swept out like ripples in the air.

All the people who felt it stopped for a moment. This energy was different from mana. This energy was much more destructive and violent than mana.

Yuko felt fear looking at the Earth Crawler Ape. The Ape was finally using its beast energy.

"This is Best Feram." Fred shuddered when he felt the beast energy in the surrounding.

"The legendary energy of a monster that's more powerful than mana that we, humans and demis, use," Lumilia muttered while looking at the ape. Her instinct was telling her to run away.

"This is really something else." Souta smiled wryly looking at this scene. This made him want the monster orb more. He was truly looking forward when he formed his own monster orb and use the beast energy.

The Beast Energy was suppressing the mana in the whole area. It made the people, who had low control in their mana, hard to cast a spell.

The Earth Crawler Ape roared once again and the orb in its chest emitted a black line. The black line stuck on the body of the ape and it became a black tattoo. The air of the ape was continuously rising without stopping.

"Oi! It's even know the [Monster Orb Release]." Souta said as he gripped the [Vajra Sword Saya] on his waist.

[Monster Orb Release] was a skill of a monster that releases the full potential of the monster orb. The overall stats of the monster will drastically increase once they activate this skill.

Roar!!

The people who were near the ape felt the suppression in the air. They started to tremble as fear and despair seep in their hearts.

The ape turned its head to the people who were fighting the Wood Eater Apes before.

Thud!

The ground shook slightly every time the ape took a step forward.

"No way..." They could only watch as the ape approached them slowly.

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Chapter 69 - Battle for the Mystical Light Cherry: [Bestrou]

The Earth Crawler Ape used the [Monster Orb Release] skill. The appearance of the ape drastically changed. Its brown fur turned into blood-red color as jet black tattoo emerged in its body.

Roar!

The Ape roared loudly and it shook the entire area. It was followed up by ripples of beast energy in the air.

The group of knights was trembling in fear. They couldn't do anything but watched the Earth Crawler Ape approached them. They were the nearest group that was closed to the Mystical Light Cherry and they also killed most of the Wood Eater Ape.

Actually, the Earth Crawler Ape wouldn't even move. But Lumilia [Freezing Point] spell triggered the ape to move. It sensed the danger behind that spell and it caused the ape to move.

The other groups who were fighting each other stop when they felt the Tier 2 Spell and it was followed up by the transformation of the Earth Crawler Ape.

Including Souta's group, there were more than five groups in the area around the Mystical Light Cherry. They were all closed to the Mystical Light Cherry.

Some of them were adventurers from Hebrei Kingdom and the other were Nobles from Melosa Country. The Nobles from Melosa Country have great animosity to the people of Hebrei Kingdom because of what happened in the past. They became a laughing stock at that time. Their boasted powerful army was pushed back by one person.

If the Nobles from Melosa Country were given a chance then they would take it just to get revenge on Hebrei Kingdom.

Since the adventurers here were working for the people of Hebrei Kingdom, the Nobles from Melosa Country would try to get rid of them. They wouldn't let any force of the Hebrei Kingdom get the Mystical Light Cherry.

That's the reason why the fight broke out in all areas.

But now it stopped... It was because of the transformation of the Earth Crawler Ape.

The transformation led them to realize that no matter how much they killed each other they wouldn't be able to acquire the Mystical Light Cherry as long as the Earth Crawler Ape was still alive.

...

Souta, Bryan, and Fred were hiding on the top of the tree. They were watching how the battle will unfold. Their number was less than all the groups in this place.

Lumilia, Jusmin, Yuko, and Cl.u.s.ter were hiding far away from this place. They were preparing themselves to run away as soon as Bryan get the Mystical Light Cherry.

"As I said before, we will wait. We're not going to fight that monster head-on. We're just going to distract it for you Bryan." Souta said while looking at the ape.

He knew that their power wasn't enough for the Earth Crawler Ape. No matter what they did they wouldn't be able to defeat it. His plan was only to distract the ape and Bryan would do his job.

"Okay, I know my role. I just need to steal that cherry, right?" Bryan nodded and glanced at the Mystical Light Cherry.

"Yeah, but you need to run away as fast as you can after you stole the cherry," Souta said.

"Okay." Bryan nodded as he rubbed his palm together.

All the nobles and adventurers' attention was going to turn to Bryan once he stole the cherry. Also, the Earth Crawler Ape would chase after him.

That's why Souta asked him if he knew another spell that could raise his speed other than [Lightning Boots]. He replied to Souta by saying that he still has more spells that he hasn't show, so there's no need to worry.

...

The ape charged to the group of knights.

The young noble from Melosa Country was scared and he fell down on his butt.

"Ah!! Stop that monster!!" He shouted while pointing at the Earth Crawler Apes with fear painted on his face.

The leader of the knights looked at his comrades. He raised his sword and stabbed it on the ground.

Boom!

He imbued his mana in his sword, so his mana exploded snapping up his comrades.

"Don't be afraid, we're the proud knights of..." The leader of the knights shouted and he pulled out his sword before he charged towards the ape.

"Ah!!"

The rest of the knights also charged towards the apes. All of them gathered their mana in their weapons to make it more lethal.

The Earth Crawler Ape opened its mouth and it gathered its beast energy before it roared loudly towards the group of knights.

Boom!

The roar dispersed all the mana that the knights gathered. The roar had beast energy in it so when the roar clashed with the mana they gathered, the mana got scattered.

"Since, we're weaker than that monster! Don't use any mana or spell! Just use our combat arts!" The leader of the knights shouted.

[Knight's Will]!!

All of them activated their skill. Their speed and strength increased greatly when they activated their skill.

The ape arrived in front of them and shot a powerful punch.

Bang!

[Metallic Body]!!

The leader of the knights went in front of his comrades and blocked the punch using his sword. He used his combat arts to increase the defense of his body.

"Argh!"

He was pushed back three meters away. The sword in his hand formed a cracked and he felt his hand going numb.

"Strong..."

He said before he spat a mouthful of blood. Just from one punch, he took so much damage.

"Surround!"

The rest of the knights formed a circle around the Earth Crawler Ape. All of them used their combat arts and attack the ape at the same time.

[Sword Light]!!

[Double Stab]!!

[Piercing Wave]!!

Several combat arts hit the body of the Earth Crawler Ape. The ape lifted up its hand and covered its face. It let the combat arts hit its body.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Suddenly, the ape swung its free arm and grabbed one of the knights. It raised the knight up in the air before it smashed it on the other knights.

Bang!

This one move caused the other knights to stop moving. They all looked at their comrades.

The ape lifted up both of its hands above its head before it smashed the ground.

Boom!

The ground shook heavily and it threw the balance of the knights. The knights fell down one by one before they got swept by the arm of the ape.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

...

The other groups, who were watching the fight from the sideline, decided to step forward and took the initiative to steal the Mystical Light Cherry.

While the knights were fighting the Earth Crawler Ape, another group of knights stepped forward to help them.

"I'm Gredi, a knight of Yuven family. What family do you serve?" The leader of the knights asked the other one.

"I'm Vince, a knight of Giran family. Thank you for helping us." The leader of the knight of Giran family thanked the other leader for helping him.

"Don't worry we're all came from Melosa Country. It's okay if your the one who got the Mystical Light Cherry but no matter what happens, we wouldn't let the people from Hebrei Kingdom get it." Gredi said and he dashed towards the Earth Crawler Ape.

"You're right! We wouldn't let those people from Hebrei Kingdom acquire the cherry." Vince said and he also charged towards the ape.

Both of them was the leader of the knights in the group, so they have some skills that could injure the Earth Crawler Ape.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The two leaders, Gredi and Vince, led the group to combat the Earth Crawler Ape. The two took the frontline and fought the ape side by side. Their power and teamwork were great that they managed to injure the Earth Crawler Ape in just a few blows.

While they were fighting the ape, a group of adventurers from Hebrei Kingdom went around to take the Mystical Light Cherry.

"Hehe~ were quite lucky." One of the adventurers with a bow behind him said with a laughed.

"Yes, boss. We would earn a lot of money from this cherry." His comrades nodded at his words.

Their group silently went around and slowly approached the Mystical Light Cherry. All of them were quite excited as they got closer to the cherry.

When they were twenty meters away from the cherry, the boss dashed with all of his strength and in just a few seconds he arrived in front of the cherry.

He quickly stretched out his hand and plucked out the fruit from the tree.

"I got it."

He smiled while looking at the small fruit in his hand.

Roar!!

A powerful roar echoed behind him. The Earth Crawler Ape ignored the knights in front of it and just went to the adventurer with high speed.

It caused him to quickly turned around and run as fast as possible.

"Stop attacking the monster and focus on getting the Mystical Light Cherry." The two leaders of the knight shouted. Both of them saw that an adventurer stole the fruit from the tree.

The knights followed the command of their leader and they quickly chased after the adventurers.

While the adventurers were running, their shadows suddenly shot upwards and strangled their bodies. It's not just the adventurers, the knights and the ape also were bound by their shadows.

Swoosh!!

Swoosh!!

Swoosh!!

"What the hell?!" The boss of the adventurers shouted when his shadow bind him.

"Wha-" He was about to use his force to break free when a figure appeared in front of him.

The figure was clad in lightning and flame. It was none other than Bryan.

Bryan arrived in front of the adventurer before he shot a punch towards the stomach of the adventurer.

Bang!

He then quickly took the Mystical Light Cherry from the hand of the adventurer.

"Got it!"

Bryan smiled before he turned around. Before he could run, a shadow covered him. He looked up and saw a huge boulder of rock flying toward him.

Swoosh!!

He rolled sideways barely avoiding the boulder of rock. He lifted up his head and saw the ape was running in his direction.

The Earth Crawler Ape was extremely powerful that a simple spell like [Shadow Bind] wasn't enough to stop it.

"Not good." Bryan looked around and found that the adventurers already surround him.

These adventurers also possessed some power as they could break free from level 5 [Shadow Bind] in just a few seconds.

"There's no other choice."

Bryan said as he disappeared from his position and reappeared in front of the nearest adventurer. He reached out his hand and grabbed the adventurer and threw it at the other adventurer.

Bang!!

Bryan's speed and power were greatly enhanced because of the various spells that were casted on him. Souta also casted his [Agility Boost] and [Strength Boost] on Bryan.

...

The Earth Crawler Ape and the knights were going to stop Bryan when their shadows moved upwards once again.

The ape simply shrugged the shadows and broke free from it.

But the knights were different they weren't as strong as the ape so it would take a few seconds before they could get themselves free from these shadows.

"The heck!" Gredi said as he grabbed the shadows and tore it apart.

"Who's the caster?" Vince looked around trying to find the caster of the [Shadow Bind] spell.

Both of them knew that Bryan wasn't the caster of this spell. Since Bryan was fighting the adventurers, he couldn't cast a spell to stop them.

At first, they thought that it was Bryan, but now it was the second time. It was impossible for Bryan to be the caster.

Suddenly, the area shook.

Boom!

They turned their heads and saw that the Earth Crawler Ape was charging reddish energy in front of its mouth.

The ape opened its mouth widely and a red ball of energy formed in its mouth. It spun like a razor before it expanded.

The atmosphere in the surrounding area dropped as the ape charged its energy.

...

Souta who was about to kill the knights with Fred stopped when he saw the ape charged the beast energy. He immediately shouted at Bryan.

"Get down Bryan!!"

"Duck down!!"

Fred also shouted at the top of his lungs. He knew what's the Earth Crawler Ape was doing. The ape was charging the monster's unique and powerful skill, the [Bestrou].

[Bestrou] was a powerful attack skill of a monster. Only monster that formed its monster orb can use this skill. The monster will gather their beast energy or best feram and shot it like a powerful beam. The power behind [Bestrou] was devastating and it could even destroy a large part of a huge city.

The Earth Crawler Ape shot the beam towards Bryan.

Swoosh!

Chapter 70 - Battle for the Mystical Light Cherry: The Appearance of the Commandments

The red energy that was spinning like a razor expanded before it shot out.

Swoosh!!

The red beam flew straight towards Bryan.

Bryan turned his head when he heard Souta's and Fred's voice. He saw a red beam flying towards his direction.

He placed his hand in front of him and quickly casted a spell.

"Protect me, [Lightning Barrier] and [Burning Wall]!!"

A two-layer wall appeared in front of him. It was made of lightning and flame. These were just a Tier 1 Spells. He knew that this level of spell wasn't enough to stop the incoming attack.

Bryan raised both of his fists and launched a barrage of punches on the ground within a second.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He created a crater and jumped inside before he casted another defensive spell. He didn't stop by casting one spell, he casted several defensive spells at the same time to ensure his survival.

All this happened within a few seconds.

The adventurers around him were still looking at the beam. They didn't notice what Bryan did at all as their mind was going blank from the pressure they felt.

The red beam swallowed them before it exploded. The two spells that Bryan casted in the surface didn't even last a second from the beam.

Boom!!

The ground shook heavily as a mushroom of smoke and dust rose up in the sky.

The trees and the rocks in the area around the explosion disintegrated. Some of the rocks were thrown in the sky and fell down with a loud sound creating small craters in the area.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Souta used his hand to covered his eyes as a gust of wind was blowing strongly. He couldn't control his mana to protect him because of the best feram.

His [Mana Manipulation] skill was just level 2, so he couldn't do complicated things with his mana like creating a barrier. The least he could do was cast a low-level spell. He couldn't properly control his mana when there's a best feram suppressing the mana in the area around them.

"Argh! What a powerful attack!" Fred gritted his teeth and he focused on protecting himself.

He protected himself by using the defensive spell that he knew. A single low-level spell was enough to stop the powerful gust of wind.

Vince and Gredi, the leaders of the knights, went to their young master and protected them. Their priority this time was to protect their young master or else their lord would punish them. In the worse case, their lord would kill them for not having the strength to protect their young master.

...

Lumilia, Jusmin, Cl.u.s.ter, and Yuko was stared when they saw a huge explosion.

"What's happening?" Jusmin muttered as she hugged Cl.u.s.ter tightly to her chest.

"I don't know but even at this distance..." Lumilia said while looking at the explosion.

Their distance from the battlefield was quite far. But still... They could feel the aftershock of the battle from this distance.

The battle there must be quite intense.

Lumilia looked at that direction with concern in her eyes. She doesn't have any idea how Bryan and Souta could handle a fight like this.

"Don't worry, young miss. They will come back with the Mystical Light Cherry." Jusmin said to Lumilia when she saw her look.

"No, I'm not worried about the Mystical Light Cherry anymore." Lumilia shook her head and said. "I'm more worried about their well being."

"Fred is there and also they are your classmates." Jusmin while thinking about something. She added, "Young miss... Can I ask what they are usually in class?"

"Hmm...?" Lumilia was a little bit surprised at her question. She looked at her and asked, "Curious about them?"

"...yeah." Jusmin nodded at her.

"Hmm... Since I'm the class rep I know a little bit about my classmates. Bryan is always in the limelight. He's always active, lively, and friendly. If I'm to say it, I think most of our classmates are already his friend." Lumilia told her what she thinks about Bryan. She recalled something so she added, "He's also doing what he wants and never care about what others say about him. He sometimes sleeps in class, so as a class rep I have to reprimand him."

"Hmm... Then what about the other one." Jusmin nodded and asked about Souta.

"...I've got to say that he's always with Bryan and Alice. At first, I think that he's not an impressive individual. He's blank, always living in the shadows of Bryan. But..." Lumilia paused for a moment. She clearly had hesitation about what she's going to tell.

"But...?" Jusmin looked at Lumilia as she tilted her head.

Cl.u.s.ter was listening to their conversation silently in Jusmin's arms.

Lumilia looked down and started to tell Jusmin what she thought about Souta.

"Lately, in the mini-tournament in our class. Souta shown a terrifying side of him. He usually going along with Bryan but in the tournament... He defeated everyone with his overwhelming strength. Also, the way he killed those bandits before...

"I think that he is the opposite of Bryan. He doesn't show any remorse in taking lives. He's doing everything with rational thought and he could plan everything calmly even when there's an unknown powerful opponent waiting for him. He also wouldn't hesitate to use those who are close to him as a tool."

Lumilia recalled what happened in the tournament. She remembered what Souta said at Alice at that time. He instigated Alice to used strength to tire out Bryan so that in the upcoming fights he wouldn't have any problems. That's what also he did when Bryan fought Brando from Shield Class.

"What I don't understand is why is he helping us? I can understand it if it's Bryan but Souta... I don't think he's the type to help people without any benefits."

Jusmin looked at Lumilia and said, "Is it because we help him in clearing the dungeon?"

"Clearing the dungeon? No, Bryan and Souta can do that with their own power. They don't need our help to clear the dungeon." Lumilia said as she shook her head.

"The only thing I could think of is that he wants the favor of a noble like you, young miss..." Jusmin said.

"No, I don't think that he will care about that." Lumilia shook her head.

...

The whole area was covered in smoke and dust. This blocked everyone's vision in their surrounding. At most, they could only see ten meters in front of them. Beyond that was nothing but dust and smoke.

Cough! Cough!

Souta coughed as he patted his clothes. He wrinkled his eyebrows and waved his hand.

Swoosh!!

The smoke around him was blown away.

"Fred, are you there?" Souta said while looking around him with a wary expression.

"Yeah, I'm here."

A reply came behind Souta. Souta turned his head and looked at Fred. He opened his mouth and said, "Stay where you are. I'm just going to check something."

Souta was about to leave when a thunderous roar echoed in the whole area once again. The roar blew the smoke and dust in the whole area.

Souta and Fred saw a huge crater. It was thirty meters in diameter and ten meters in depth.

"What happened to Bryan?" Fred asked while looking at the crater.

"I don't know," Souta replied. He really doesn't know if Bryan survived that attack or not. Well, it all depends on Bryan.

At the very least, he would get the Mystical Light Cherry along with his corpse if Bryan didn't manage to survive the attack to complete his quest.

Suddenly, Souta felt something behind his head. He quickly crouched down and a blade passes over his head.

Swoosh!!

Souta grabbed his sword and turned around while swinging his sword at the same time.

Clang!

He saw the one who attacked him was the leader of the knights. He frowned and silently casted [Agility Boost] and [Strength Boost].

"You're the comrade of the man who stole the cherry, right?" Gredi, the leader of the knights, asked him.

Souta didn't answer him but he took a glanced at Fred and found that the other knight also attacked Fred. Luckily, Fred had some skills and managed to put up with the knight.

Souta kicked the ground and took a distance from the knight leader Gredi.

Gredi chased after him but Souta used [Stab] four times in a row.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Gredi swiftly parried all of Souta's attack. His sword then emitted a blue light and he waved it towards Souta.

A blue slash tore the air and it went straight to Souta.

Souta gritted his teeth as his Vajra Sword emitted a red light.

[Cross Moon]!!

The red slashed tore the blue slash easily. It didn't stop at all as it flew straight towards the knight leader Gredi.

[Cross Moon] was an equipment skill of a dark grade weapon. It wouldn't lose to a low-level skill like that.

Gredi was shocked when he saw his attack disintegrated. He quickly regained himself, so he raised his sword and attempted to block the red slash.

Boom!!

...

Fred was at a disadvantage fighting a knight leader like Vince. Their fight was one-sided. Vince was the one who's attacking while he was the one who's defending.

He was just a butler of the Asvares family that known some combat arts and spells.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

He could only focused on blocking all the attacks of Vince. He couldn't see any opening and Vince surely wouldn't let him do what he was thinking.

He wanted Souta to help him but he saw that Souta was also fighting a knight.

"I could only do this." He muttered when a voice sounded in the whole area.

"Ah! That was close! I thought I'm gonna die!"

The fight stopped when they heard a loud voice. They turned their heads only to found Bryan's bloody figure.

Vince and Gredi were shocked when they saw that Bryan was still alive. Both of them thought that he died from the [Bestrou] of the Earth Crawler Ape.

Bryan's body was full of wounds and he was covered in blood. At his hand, he was still holding the Mystical Light Cherry.

"Oh! Souta and Butler!" Bryan exclaimed when he saw Souta and Fred.

"Are you okay?" Fred asked.

"Yeah, fine." Bryan nodded.

"You should say no," Souta interjected.

Then, the Earth Crawler Ape saw the Mystical Light Cherry in Bryan's hand, so Bryan became the target once again.

"Bryan, get out of this forest as fast as you can!" Souta said as he ignored the knight leader and dashed towards the Earth Crawler Ape. He wanted to ask how did Bryan survive that attack but he knew that it's not a time for that.

[Cross Moon]!!

He used [Cross Moon] as he knew that this was one of the skills that could give the Earth Crawler Ape a damage.

Bang!!

The red slash hit the body of the Earth Crawler Ape.

Gredi and Vince saw this, so they were going to stop Souta and let the Earth Crawler Ape kill Bryan. But when they were about to move a strange voice sounded in the whole area.

Souta stopped moving and also the Earth Crawler Ape.

"Ufufu! What a fascinating scene this is? A bunch of people are trying to kill each other for a mere Mystical Light Cherry! Oh God! What happened to the people nowadays? Have they lost your guidance?"

"Ignore them. I don't want to waste any more of my time."

Souta opened his eyes widely and his jaw almost drops when he saw the two people that appeared. His mind was thinking of a plan to get out of this place as soon as possible.

Why? Why are they here in this sort of place?

The Commandments of the God's Will.

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Chapter 71 - Battle for the Mystical Light Cherry: Julius Reinhar and Carmilla Rybentatores

Souta's mind went blank at the appearance of the two people. He couldn't understand why would they appear at this place and at this time.

The appearance of these people.

The Commandments of the God's Will.

One of the three organizations that frightened the whole world.

Back in the game, the Commandments of the God's Will made a debut in version 3 of the game along with the other two evil organizations. It was at the time when Mechanic Country waged a war in its neighboring countries.

In the past, he clashed many times with the Commandments of the God's Will and the Seven Deadly Sins. He was familiar with their power and knew that even at his peak he wouldn't be able to slay one of the Commandments.

He only managed to subdued the Commandment of Patience with the help of other commanders of Mechanic Country. Three commanders of the Mechanic Country were needed to subdue a single Commandment.

That's how terrifying the Commandments.

Souta observed the two people. He remembered their face and he recalled their powers.

One man and one woman.

The man was Julius Reanhar, the Love Commandment of the God's Will. He was a man with long blonde hair and part of his bangs covered his left eye. His red pupils were gleaming with power and there's a tattoo of a red arrow in his left eye pointing downward. Below that arrow was the "Love" word written in cursive form.

He was a human with power rivaling that of a God. He doesn't have any special powers but his spells were all above Tier 3. It was enough to wipe out the whole Desolate Woods.

The woman was Carmilla Rybentatores, the Truth Commandments of the God's Will. She was a beautiful woman with long black hair that was tied in a ponytail at the back of her head. Her eyes were also crimson in color but hers was darker than Julius. Her skin was pale that it looks like she didn't have any blood flowing in her body.

She was a high vampire that has the power to control her blood and used it as her weapon. The thing that people need to watch out about her was her regenerative power. Also, she was extremely versatile in terms of combat. She could fight in long-range, mid-range, and close range.

Souta was warier about her than Julius.

But... The question was why are they here.

What's their goal in this forest?

Is it Cl.u.s.ter?

No.

If that's the case, then they wouldn't bother coming here in this area and they will directly go to Cl.u.s.ter's position. Also, the people from before didn't have any connection to God's Will at all. The people who were after Cl.u.s.ter was just a small organization, not a colossal group like God's Will.

But he couldn't eliminate that possibility. There's a chance that they were after Cl.u.s.ter. If they're really after her, then he wouldn't be able to do anything.

He knew Carmilla. Since she was the Truth Commandments, the thing that's coming out of her mouth we're always the truth. She wouldn't tell a lie.

So, should he ask her or not?

Nope, there's a chance that it would make her displease and killed him instantly.

Souta looked at Bryan and said, "Bryan, don't move no matter what happens."

"Why?" Bryan asked him as he couldn't understand what's happening. He doesn't have any idea who's those two people.

"Just do it. Don't ask me, I will explain everything later." Souta said with a grave expression.

"O-Okay." Bryan nodded his bloody head. His face was full of blood. Souta doesn't have any idea how he could move in such condition.

Fred quietly listened to Souta. Since Souta thought that the people who appeared were dangerous, it must be so.

The Earth Crawler Ape gazed at the two people. Its instinct was telling it to run away as fast as possible. These two people weren't the prey. Instead, they were the hunter.

Vince and Gredi, the knight leaders, slowly went back to their young masters while looking at the two people with a frown in their faces.

"Gredi(Vince) why did you stop?!"

The two young masters asked their knights. They also don't have any idea about the strange atmosphere since the two people appeared.

"Hmm...? Why are you looking at us?" Julius asked them as he tilted his head in confusion.

"I said ignore them. We need to accomplish our goal." Carmilla said to Julius with annoyance in her voice. "Let's go." She added before she walked towards the spot of the tree of the Mystical Light Cherry.

Her actions made the ape displeased. The Earth Crawler Ape roared angrily and dashed towards Carmilla. Its best feram was focused on pressuring her.

Roar!!

"Hmph!" Carmilla snorted and she waved her slender arm towards the ape.

Swoosh!!

The head of the Earth Crawler Ape flew in the mid-air before it landed on the ground with a loud "thud" sound. Its face revealed a shock expression. It looks like the ape couldn't understand how it died.

The lower body of the ape spurted out a large amount of blood. The blood spurted like a fountain as it dyed the ground in blood-red color.

"Don't bother me." Carmilla frowned in displeasure. She then held her pale hand as she continued to walk towards the tree of Mystical Light Cherry.

Fred, Bryan, and the two knight leaders were shocked when they witnessed how Carmilla killed the Earth Crawler Ape with a single wave of her hand. They finally understood how dangerous these two people.

They couldn't even defeat the Earth Crawler Ape but this woman just waved her hand and the ape died just like that.

"Bryan, Fred, slowly get back. We already accomplished our goal so we need to go back now." Souta said while observing Carmilla and Julius.

Fred and Bryan just nodded their head. They wouldn't dare to say something in the presence of these two powerful people.

They slowly move their feet not daring to make any sound. They followed what Souta said.

Vince and Gredi, the knight leaders, noticed what Fred and Bryan doing. They wanted to stop them but they were extremely wary of the unknown people who had unfathomable strength.

"How pitiful this little creature. Why did you attack us, the messenger of the Supreme God. You know that only death awaits for those people who got in the way of the Supreme God." Julius said with a pitiful expression while placed his palm together and looked in the sky.

Carmilla and Julius stopped moving at the same time. Both of them looked in the sky.

"It seems that we have a guest coming here. How wonderful it is. You people here are lucky that you will witness how we take the body of a God." Julius said to everyone with a smile on his face.

Souta frowned when he heard Julius's words.

Body of a God? It seems that was their goal here in Desolate Woods. To think that such a secret was lying here in this forest.

He also understood what the first part means. It seems that people were coming here to stop them. Nope, the information wasn't enough to conclude that the people were coming here to stop the commandments. He only knew that someone was coming here.

"Once I give the signal, run as fast as you can, Bryan, Fred," Souta said in a low voice.

Fred and Bryan nodded their head in understanding.

"Julius, you deal with them. I will pick up the body of the God." Carmilla said before she turned around and walked towards the tree of the Mystical Light Cherry.

"Okay, I know what should I do. All of this is for the love of our Supreme God, the creator of all things." Julius said with passionate expression.

Suddenly, a booming sound echoed in the sky. A shadow fell down from the sky and crashed on the ground. It was followed up by three more figures.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Souta, Fred, Bryan, and the two knight leaders were startled. They raised their hand to cover their eyes from the gust of wind.

Swoosh!!

The wind blew strongly and it blew away the smoke and dust.

Souta and the rest saw a man with blonde hair which was comb upwards. His orange pupils' were gleaming with uncontrollable anger.

"Are you the one who killed my son?" He asked with clear anger in his voice. He didn't even bother hiding his dominating aura.

Boom!

His aura caused the earth to shook. The earth trembled like it was afraid of the man.

He was the head of the Rougen Family, Jusvin De Rougen. A powerful noble hailed from the Melosa Country.

Behind him were two middle-aged men and one man in his early twenties. They were the head of the Dry Gulch town, his assistant, and his best friend. They came here to investigate why a lot of nobles died in this place.

"Your son? Hmm... I don't know about that but... There's a chance that he's already in our Lord's Kingdom. I'm sure that he's happy there with the presence of our God." Julius said as he put a finger in his lips.

"Lord's Kingdom? What is that? Tell me or else I will kill you!" Justin said in an angry tone.

"It means that he's dead. Our God already took him because he's such a good child. So, do you want to meet our God in his kingdom?" Julius said as he looked at the sky and opened his arms widely.

Souta who was watching at the sideline didn't know what to say. He knew that this was the chance to escape as these people were going to fight here in this place. If they were too close then the aftershocks of the battle were going to affect them.

He silently glanced at Bryan at the corner of his eyes.

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Chapter 72 - Battle for the Mystical Light Cherry: [Destruction Ground Volcano]

"It means that he's dead but I think that he was happy in the presence of the Supreme God," Julius said with an assured expression.

"You!!" Jusvin looked at Julius with an angry expression. His blueish aura flared up and the people could even see it with their bare eyes.

...

'Even I don't know if their Supreme God truly exists or not.' Souta thought when he heard Julius' words.

He knew that the people of God's Will worshipped the Supreme God or the Creator of the Cosmos. They would do anything for the Supreme God.

He looked at the corpse of the Earth Crawler Ape. The ape died because it wanted to protect the Mystical Light Cherry Tree from Carmilla.

He wanted to get its monster orb but... it's too dangerous.

...

"Are you the one who killed all the people here?"

A middle-aged man stepped forward and asked. He was the Head of the Dry Gulch Town.

Although, he was only the Head of a town he possessed incredible power. The Dry Gulch Town wasn't a simple town. A lot of people coveted this town but the Head managed to protect it from those greedy people.

"No, I'm not. Carmilla is the one who did it." Julius adamantly shook his head. It seems that he really wasn't the one who killed those people.

"By Carmilla... Do you mean that girl?" The Head of the Town looked at Carmilla's back.

"Yeah, yeah, don't bother her, or else you would die too." Julius nodded his head at the Head's question.

"Rommel, I have a bad feeling about this." The other middle-aged man said to the Head. He was Alfred, the friend of the Head.

"Yeah, I have the same feeling too." Rommel, the Head of the Dry Gulch Town, nodded at Alfred's words. "But..." He turned his head and looked at Jusvin who was filled with anger.

He knew that Jusvin's son died in this expedition and the one who killed his son was in front of him. If he was in Jusvin's position, he too wouldn't let this chance to kill the one who killed his son.

Jusvin's aura reached the peak and he charged towards Julius with a speed that no normal human could possess.

Boom!!

In just a second Jusvin arrived in front of Julius. He pushed back his fist and gathered a large amount of mana. He then threw it at Julius' face.

Bang!!

Julius flew and crashed in the trees behind him. The powerful punch of Jusvin parted the trees in the whole area.

"Ouch! That hurts!" Julius held his cheeks as he slowly stood up. He looked in the sky and saw thunder crackling above him.

Boom!!

The lightning fell down in his direction with a powerful momentum.

"Ufufu, shall I fight back or not." Julius laughed and he moved both of his hands in circle.

Then, a blue magic circle appeared in the air. It turned into a barrier and blocked the lightning in the sky.

Boom!! Boom!!

The lightning continued to descend in his direction but the barrier blocked all of it. It didn't even leave a scratch to the barrier.

"Die!!"

Jusvin roared and he launched another powerful spell.

Crackle!!

A dragon made of lightning formed beside him. The dragon was one hundred feet in length and it possessed extremely destructive power. It was a Tier 3 Spell called [Call of the Lightning Dragon].

"Ufufu! What a fascinating spell you have!" Julius opened his arms widely in madness. Several barriers appeared around him in an instant.

"The heck with this. We're still here." Souta cursed when he saw that spell. He knew how powerful that spell and the range of that spell. He turned around and shouted, "Bryan, Fred! Run!!"

Bryan and Fred snapped out when they heard his voice. They were stunned by the power of Jusvin. The level of this battle was entirely different than what they usually saw.

"Damn!!"

Fred shouted as he turned around and ran as fast as possible. Bryan also followed Fred.

Souta used [Agility Boost] on the two to increase their running speed. The battle of this scale was going to wipe out this whole inner woods. He needed to get out of this place as soon as possible.

The two knight leaders saw Souta, Bryan, and Fred fled away from the battlefield. They carried their young master and followed them.

Swoosh!!

Swoosh!!

...

Boom!!

Boom!!

Several huge explosion that shook the entire forest occurred in the inner woods.

Jusvin opened his palm and aimed it on Julius. Then, a beam of lightning shot out from his palm towards Julius.

Swoosh!!

Julius smirked and created a barrier to block the lightning. He dodges and blocked Jusvin's attack. At this time, he didn't even attack at all. All he did was block and dodge.

Rommel, the Head of the Dry Gulch Town, and Alfred flashed.

Both of them appeared beside Julius.

The two decided to help Jusvin subdue this man. They knew that it was going to be a problem once the woman joined the battle, so they thought that they needed to defeat Julius as soon as possible.

Rommel pulled out the giant sword on his back. It was a one and a half meter long sword. A red grade weapon.

Blueish energy covered his sword.

[Dominating Earth Slash]!!

He used high-level combat art against Julius.

Alfred pulled back both of his fists and activated his combat arts.

[Fierce Hundred Punch]!!

He shot a barrage of punches towards Julius.

Both of their combat arts directly hit Julius' body.

Boom!!

Julius' body flew away and crashed in the trees one hundred meters away from Rommel and Fred.

A huge shockwave swept out in the area and the trees were uprooted.

Suddenly, the trees stopped in the mod air. It moved and aimed towards Rommel and Alfred.

Swoosh!!

Swoosh!!

One by one it flew towards them with a speed breaking the air around.

Boom!!

Rommel and Alfred prepared themselves for the upcoming clash when they heard a voice behind them.

"Let me."

Jusvin who was at the back controlled the [Call of the Lightning Dragon] spell. The spell swallowed the trees that were flying towards Rommel and Alfred.

The trees disintegrated within the body of the lightning dragon. It didn't even last a second when it turned into ashes.

...

The assistant just simply watched the battle. He turned his head and looked at Carmilla who was ignoring the battle.

He thought that it should be better to ignore her for a while as the priority right now was to defeat the man.

He placed both of his hands together and prepared to cast a large scale spell.

He gathered his mana around his palm and quietly built the magic circle.

...

"Go!"

Jusvin pointed at Julius' direction as he commanded the dragon to attack it.

Swoosh!!

Suddenly, all of them heard Julius' voice.

"Hahaha, it's my turn now. I'll let you meet our God. Come up and destroy everything [Destruction Ground Volcano]!!"

Boom!!

The ground beneath Jusvin, Alfred, and Rommel cracked like a spider web. The cracks spread quickly before the ground split into two.

"This is bad!" Jusvin muttered as he casted protection spell on his body.

Alfred went in front of Rommel and used powerful defensive combat art.

The three of them saw a red light coming out of the pit.

Boom!!

Volcanic rocks burst out of the ground. The burning rocks covered the whole sky.

...

Souta, Bryan, and Fred felt the shock waves of the battle. Even at their distance they still could felt the pressure coming out of the battlefield.

They were running when the ground shook heavily. The shaking was extremely powerful that it uprooted the towering trees. Then, they heard a loud booming sound.

The three of them looked up and saw huge boulders of rock covered the sky. The rocks were burning and it filled with powerful momentum that could destroy anything.

This scene was the same when a volcano exploded. The same natural disaster and Julius, the Love Commandments of the God's Will, was creating that scene.

Fred's face was painted with fear. It was his first time seeing something like this, so his emotion overwhelmed him.

Bryan was looking at this scene with an amazed expression. To think that people were capable of this much destruction was beyond him.

Souta looked at Bryan with a satisfied expression. Bryan was really something if this didn't make him afraid. But... Fred was different. Fred was just an ordinary butler in the house of Asvares.

"Don't worry about it. We're getting out of this place with class rep." Souta said to Fred.

"..." Fred snapped out of his daze when he heard Souta's voice. "That's right, young miss need to get out of this place!" He muttered to himself.

...

The people from the Dry Gulch Town woke up when the ground shook. This town was near the Desolate Woods, so even the people here felt the aftershocks.

All of them went outside of their house in a panic. They thought that it was an earthquake but what they saw outside filled their hearts in fear.

They saw huge boulders of rock covered the sky. The rocks reach the peak and it scattered in all directions like a fountain. This puts the people in the town in panic.

"Wha-"

"Are we going to die?"

"Whaaaa!!"

One by one the people of the town started to panic. They could see it with their own eyes that those huge burning rocks were going down straight in their direction. Those rocks were going to crush this city without a doubt.

"What hell is happening there?"

"The atmosphere there is really bad!"

Some sane people looked at the sky with a frown. They don't understand what's happening. They only knew that something bad was going on in the Desolate Woods. They knew that there's no volcano there, so it's impossible to think that it was a natural disaster.

Not just the people of Dry Gulch Town saw this scene, but also the people from different towns and villages near the Desolate Woods.

All of them saw this scene.

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Chapter 73 - Battle for the Mystical Light Cherry: Souta versus Gredi and Vince

Souta's group was running towards the direction where Lumilia and the rest stay.

Souta noticed that someone was following them. He stopped and looked behind him. He saw the two knight leaders were following him.

"What's wrong, Souta?" Bryan asked him when he saw Souta stopped all of a sudden.

"The knights are following us," Souta said while looking at the approaching knights. The knights were carrying their young masters.

"Bryan, Fred. You can go now. Leave this to me." Souta said with a serious expression.

Bryan looked at Souta for a while before he nodded. "Okay, I understand."

"Take care," Fred said.

The two of them continued their way to Lumilia and the rest. Bryan was injured, so Souta didn't let him fight anymore, and Fred was unstable. He was afraid and he wouldn't be able to hide it in front of Souta.

"Okay, let's do this," Souta said as he stretched out his limbs. He then took out a mana potion from his bag. He drank it without a second thought. He already lost a large amount of mana from casting buff to Bryan and Fred before.

He prepared himself for the arrival of the two knight leaders.

Before that... Souta looked at the direction of the big battle. He knew that it's only a matter of time before Julius killed those people.

Julius' level was entirely different from the family head of some noble family and the head of a town. It needed several generals of the Melosa Country to stop a single Commandment.

...

Vince and Gredi, the knight leaders, stopped when they saw that Souta was waiting for them. They looked around and saw that it was only Souta. They thought that the other two already left with the Mystical Light Cherry.

They placed down their young masters and looked at Souta with a wary expression.

"You! What are you doing? Tell me where's the Mystical Light Cherry!" One of the young masters pointed at Souta and asked him.

"Yeah, tell us if you want to live." The other one said.

"Hmm... What a spoiled young noble." Souta said with an amused expression. He slowly pulled out the [Vajra Sword Saya].

"Young master, stay back," Vince said as he stepped forward to shield his master.

"We're going to finish this quickly," Gredi said and he silently gathered his mana.

"Hmm... Finish me quickly. That's something else, you know." Souta casted [Agility Boost] and [Strength Boost] on himself. He only has half amount of his mana left in his mana pool.

He then raised his hand and casted...

[Shadow Bind]!!

Their shadows burst out and tried to bind the two knight leaders, but the knight leaders weren't ordinary people. Both of them swung their sword, which was filled with mana, at the shadows.

Swoosh!!

They continued to swing their sword until they cut all the shadows.

"Ah! Gredi(Vince)!"

They turned around and saw that the same shadows were strangling their young master.

Another shadows burst out of the ground in the form of a spike. The shadows went straight to the two young masters but Vince sliced the shadow spikes with his sword.

Vince looked at Gredi and said, "You deal with him. I'm going to protect them."

"Okay." Gredi nodded and he charged towards Souta.

"He~" Souta slashed his sword.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Metallic sound echoed each time their weapons collided. Sparks flew out and Souta was slowly getting pushed back.

Several small cuts appeared in his arms and chest. The knight leader Gredi was better than him in the sword fight. He couldn't afford this to continue.

"Ah!" Gredi shouted as he slashed his sword towards Souta.

Swoosh!!

"Argh!" A huge cut appeared on Souta's chest. It spurted out blood but he ignored it and took a distance away from Gredi.

Souta knew that fighting an injured knight leader wasn't going to be easy with his current strength. The [Sword Mastery] of Gredi was higher than him by two levels.

Gredi gripped his sword tightly and he chased after Souta.

Suddenly, his foot sunk in the ground.

Souta smirked at this and a red light covered the Vajra Sword in his hand. He swung it towards Gredi who couldn't move in his position.

He already prepared the [Mud Slide] spell all over the whole place. Only he knew where it is and no one else. This was his advantage against the opponent who was clearly above his level.

If the two knight leaders weren't exhausted from fighting the Earth Crawler Ape then it would be a different matter.

[Crimson Moon]!!

Vince was about to help Gredi when Souta casted another [Shadow Bind] and [Shadow Spike]. The spells casted by Souta caused Vince to stop.

Spurt!!

Gredi tried to block the attack but the attack was powerful and it broke his defense. It left a huge cut on his chest, the same as Souta.

He gathered his mana and smashed the ground.

Boom!!

He kicked the ground hard enough so that he could get out of the [Mud Slide] spell.

Souta opened his palm and aimed it at Vince. He shot the [Shadow Ball] spell. He then gripped his sword tightly before he slashed the air in front of him.

[Cross Moon]!!

Cross slash flew towards Gredi who was distancing himself from Souta. He raised his sword in front of him to block the slash.

This was the other equipment skills of the [Vajra Sword Saya]. [Cross Moon] was a long-range skill and it could travel very fast. Souta could also control the direction where it's headed.

Bang!!

"Argh!!" Gredi gritted his teeth as pain assaulted his body. "This guy is strong." He muttered.

Souta prepared himself to cast the [Crimson Moon]. When he suddenly vanished from his position. He replaced the [Shadow Ball] that flew towards Vince.

Swoosh!!

"Wha-" Vince was surprised when he saw this. He didn't expect that Souta would appear beside him. He didn't prepare himself at all for this development.

He was just going to avoid the [Shadow Ball] but Souta appeared in its place.

"Surprise." Souta grinned as he swung his sword using the skill [Crimson Moon]. He aimed it at the neck of Vince, attempting to kill him with one strike.

Swoosh!!

Vince reacted quickly by moving his body sideways. Still, the sword sunk in his flesh drawing out a huge amount of blood.

He was cut from his left shoulder down to his belly. It wasn't a simple injury at all. If he couldn't treat it in time then there's a possibility that he would die even with his extraordinary physique.

Vince gritted his teeth and shot a kick to retaliate.

Swoosh!!

Souta raised his hand and he blocked the attack. He flew out but he managed to stabilize himself in the mid-air before he landed on the ground.

He held the cut on his chest and felt the blood flowing out nonstop.

He looked at Vince and charged at him but Gredi appeared in front of Vince. Gredi faced Souta in a sword fight once again.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

[Shadow Bind]!!

[Shadow Spike]!!

[Shadow Ball]!!

Souta casted his spells consecutively while exchanging blows with Gredi. He knew that he wouldn't be able to beat Gredi in a sword fight. He needed tricks to defeat someone at Gredi's level.

Gredi have to protect the two young master while also protecting himself from Souta's spells.

Vince didn't have enough to protect others with his condition. He got careless and that nearly took his life.

[Cross Moon]!!

[Cross Moon]!!

Souta used the skill of his sword. Red slash flashed and it flew towards the two young masters.

"Damn!" Gredi cursed as he knew that Souta was deliberately targeting his young master. He gripped his sword tightly and he collided at the red slash.

Boom!!

The other slash went on the ground and before it exploded. It caused the smoke and dust to shot up. The smoke covered Gredi and the two young masters.

Souta bent his knees and threw himself while casting [Shadow Ball] towards Vince.

Swoosh!!

He used the skill [Dash] to increase his running speed. In just a second, he arrived in front of the thick smoke.

He pulled back his hand and used [Stab] repeatedly.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Several holes appeared as he kept stabbing his sword nonstop. He felt his sword sunk in the flesh of Gredi. It's not just Gredi, the two young masters were also stabbed by his sword.

Souta followed it up by using [Crimson Moon].

Swoosh!!

He didn't even need to see if they died as the system prompts sounded in his mind. He blinked towards the [Shadow Ball] that he casted before.

Swoosh!!

He saw that Vince was already waiting for him to appear. Souta expected this so he quickly slashed his sword.

Clang!!

"Hmm...?" Souta stopped moving and he looked up. He saw a four-meter rock flying towards their direction.

He quickly jumped back to avoid the burning rock. Vince also jumped away.

Boom!!

Boom!!

Boom!!

It's not just one explosion that occurred but numerous explosions happened at the same time. The burning rocks from the sky were falling down and it was destroying the whole forest.

Boom!!

Boom!!

Souta looked up in the sky. He then placed back his sword in its sheath. He looked at Vince once more before he left.

"See you later. I've already completed my quest here."

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Chapter 74 - Battle for the Mystical Light Cherry: Quest Complete!!

Bryan and the rest were waiting for Souta outside the Desolate Woods. It's dangerous inside the woods right now as the burning rocks were falling down all over the woods. It was destroying the woods.

They had a concern looked in their face as they waited for Souta to appear.

Lumilia asked what happened there but Bryan and Fred didn't give her an explanation. They said that it's better if Souta said it as he's the one who really knew what's happening there. Even Fred wanted to tell her what happened but he didn't know the exact thing that occurred there.

Lumilia didn't have a choice but to wait for Souta even though she was extremely curious about what transpired there.

She could see that Fred, her butler, was trembling and Bryan was covered in blood. This only made her curiosity reached its peak.

...

Souta was dashing through the forest with all of his might. Every second the ground shook as the burning rocks crashed deep in the ground.

He held his chest as he felt his blood flowing out of his wounds. While his other hand was holding his bag tightly. He wouldn't let it go no matter what because the Rotten Venomous Green Apple and the flesh of a level 20 above undead was inside it.

He run passed every tree as his speed increased with the help of his skill [Dash]. He could feel it, his stamina was running out at a very fast speed.

Swoosh!! Swoosh!!

"It's not that bad. I've gained more this time." Souta muttered.

...

He arrived outside of the Desolate Woods. He was greeted by a red fluffy fur.

"Hmph!!"

His face was buried in the red for as Yuko hugged him tightly. He tapped Yuko's hand as he felt the pain in his wound from being pressed tightly by her.

It took him a while before he managed to get out of Yuko's embrace.

"Huff... Huff..." Souta gasped and he turned his head to his side. He saw that Lumilia and the rest were looking at him.

"Mission complete," Souta said as he smirked at them.

Bryan laughed and Lumilia sighed in relief. Fred and Jusmin smiled at this.

Bryan raised his hand which was holding the Mystical Light Cherry. The quest this time was hard and there were many unknown factors that appeared but they still managed to accomplish their objectives.

Bryan gave the Mystical Light Cherry to Lumilia without hesitation.

"Is it really okay for me to receive this?" Lumilia asked with slight hesitation.

She knew that she didn't even help in getting the cherry and without Bryan and Souta they wouldn't be able to acquire the cherry. The Mystical Light Cherry should belong to Souta and Bryan, not her. Even without her help or Fred's help Bryan and Souta would regardless acquire the cherry. This was the reason why she hesitated.

"It's okay, that's part of our quest. You should help us sometimes in the future." Souta said to her.

"O-Okay." Lumilia nodded at him.

It was then that Souta heard the system prompt inside his head.

Ding!*

[Congratulations on completing the quest Gathering!!]

[You've received 20,000 exp, 10 free attribute points, and 5 skill points!!]

Souta smiled when he saw this. He had 4 skill points left and added with 5 skill points, he now had a total of 9 skill points. He could use it to level up his [Shadow Bind] skill to six but he decided to postpone it until he went back to Ladros City.

Lumilia saw his smile. She then bowed her head and said, "Thank you for helping me. I will not forget this debt."

Souta snapped out of his daze when he heard her. He waved his hand and said, "Don't mention it."

Lumilia smiled at his actions. She didn't know what's his real objective this time but he helped her and that's all she needed to know. She thought that Souta didn't receive rewards for helping her, so she decided that she will pay him back in the future.

"We're grateful for what you did for our young miss." Jusmin and Fred stepped forward and also thanked him.

They also thanked Bryan causing him to smile awkwardly while scratching his cheeks.

Cl.u.s.ter watched this scene silently.

Souta felt two hands circled around his waist. He looked behind and saw that it was Yuko. Yuko stuck out her tongue and licked his cheeks.

Souta patted her head and let her do what she wants. He then remembered something. He looked at Bryan and asked, "Bryan, I want to ask something."

Bryan turned to Souta and said, "What is it?" He doesn't have any idea what he's going to ask.

"How did you survive from the [Bestrou] of the Earth Crawler Ape?" Souta asked. He was curious about this. He wanted to know how did Bryan survive that powerful attack. If he was in Bryan's position at that time, he knew that he wouldn't be able to defend that attack from the Earth Crawler Ape. He would be forced to use the [Possession] skill of the Vajra Sword if he was in that position.

"I don't know too... At that time, I thought I was a goner but..." Bryan frowned as he tried to recall what happened at that time.

"But?" Souta looked at Bryan while caressing Yuko's head.

"Some power flowed inside my body. It gives me strength and I felt the world slow down, so I managed to cast some defensive spell but that wasn't enough. That unknown power protected me." Bryan told Souta what he felt and did at that time.

Souta frowned at his answer. He rubbed his chin and thought that Bryan wasn't an ordinary person. It seems that Bryan holds some secrets within his body.

Ah~ I smell the scent of a hidden quest.

He remembered the time in the game when he always talked to his colleagues(NPC) in Mechanic Country just to get their quest. When he was low rank at that time, he helped his captain and commander. It's okay if he parties with NPC because an NPC wouldn't get a share of reward in the quest. Just like the time when they subjugated the Patience Commandment, he wasn't solo at that time, he was with the other commander of the Mechanic Country.

He's a solo player in the game but that doesn't mean that he wouldn't interact with people. He just didn't party with any other player as he wanted the rewards on the quest on himself. If he doesn't interact with people(NPC) then how would he get a quest. He wouldn't get a hidden quest if he only took quest from Adventurers Guild. He needed to interact with various NPC and raised their affection points to know their secrets. After he knew their secrets, the NPC would give them a quest but not all NPC would give a quest.

Suddenly, a strange energy swept out in the whole area.

Souta and the rest stopped. They turned their head and looked at the Desolate Woods. They saw a shocking scene that occurred in front of their eyes.

The grass and trees withered one by one. The green leaves started to fall from the trees and it loses its life. The soil on the ground dried up and the birds that were flying away slowly fell down.

The strange energy snatched all life within the Desolate Woods. All the life force of the whole forest gathered in a single point within the inner woods.

"What's that?" Fred muttered with a stunned expression.

"Let's get out of this place," Souta said with a grave expression.

"Yeah, I feel uneasy about this." Bryan nodded.

"Young miss." Jusmin looked at Lumilia.

Lumilia looked at Jusmin and nodded. "Yes, we should go now."

Yuko picked up Souta in her arms before she ran away.

"Oi! You can put me down. I can run on my own." Souta said as he patted Yuko's hand.

Lumilia and the rest looked at each other before they followed Yuko.

A loud neigh of a horse echoed in the whole area. It shook the hearts of everyone who heard it. Everyone felt their life was going away when they heard the neigh.

Lumilia and the rest felt pain from hearing this neigh. The strange energy was sucking their soul away.

Souta looked back and saw a pale color horse and a man with a pale color armor in the sky. The horse and the man were exuding a very powerful aura. The aura surpassed the limits of a mortal body.

Carmilla and Julius were looking at the armored man from below.

"Ufufu, I didn't expect that this one would be alive after so many years of being sealed, so that's the reason why the Authority hasn't appeared at all," Julius said with a passionate gaze.

"As expected... He's really a powerful man." Carmilla observed the horseman from top to bottom. "But his power deteriorated from being sealed for twenty thousand years."

Julius smiled and he opened his arms widely. "Let's take him with us."

Souta couldn't hear their conversation. He was outside of the Desolate Woods and those people were in the inner woods of the forest.

Since Souta couldn't see the noble head and the Head of the Dry Gulch Town. It means that they already died at Julius' hands.

Soon, the ground shook once again as the two commandments fought the armored man.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The aftershocks of their fight were truly devastating. Souta and the rest could even feel it even when they were outside of the Desolate Woods.

"So that's why..." Souta muttered while looking at the fierce battle behind him.

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Chapter 75 - Back in the Ladros City

Souta's group arrived in the Dry Gulch Town. They saw that the town was in ruins. Boulders of rock crushed the plaza and the houses of the residents here. People were panicking all over the whole town.

The Head of the town was nowhere to be found, so no person could guide them in this time of crisis.

Souta knew that the Head of the Dry Gulch Town died at the hands of Julius Reinhar, the Love Commandment of the God's Will.

Souta looked at Lumilia and said, "We should go now. We wouldn't be able to properly rest in this place."

Lumilia looked back at Jusmin and Fred. The two nodded at her before she agreed at him. She then opened her mouth and said, "Actually, we brought a caravan here."

"Really?" Souta looked back at her. If she really has a caravan then that good news.

"But I don't know if it's still here," Lumilia said with a slight hesitation.

"Okay, let's check it first." Souta nodded at her.

The group went inside the Dry Gulch Town. The effects of Julius spell was really devastating. It even destroyed most of the houses here in the Dry Gulch Town.

The inside of the town was a sight to behold. Corpses were scattered everywhere. Blood dyed the ground. Some people were crushed into mincemeat. Some were burned because of the fire that came from the rock.

The boulders of rock crushed the house and it includes the people that lived there. Some houses had smoke rising in it because of the burning rocks.

Some of the people were plundering the merchandise of some shops. Chaos spread in the whole town as no one had the authority to command these people anymore. With the loss of their leader, the people of the town panicked.

Even now, the people were still in a state of panic because of the vibrations from the battle of the two Commandments and the Pale Hors.e.m.e.n. Every minute the ground would tremble twice of thrice.

Bryan had a blank expression on his face when he saw this scene.

Souta noticed Bryan's look, so he said, "Bryan, ignore them. We're injured too, so don't try to help them. Even if you really wanted to help, you would not be able to because of your condition right now. If you collapse you would become a burden."

"...I know." Bryan opened his mouth and said.

Souta looked at everyone's face and sighed. If they were feeling nausea from something like this, then they wouldn't be able to handle the future version where the whole continent was in the war.

The first big event that will hit this continent was the Demon Invasion. This event was really brutal as the demon would mercilessly slaughter those people from small countries. Those small countries that weren't included in the map will be annihilated.

Those small countries and the towns or villages that weren't under the protection of large countries were slaughtered by demons. It was truly brutal considering that hundreds of millions of people perished at the demon invasion.

Souta's group arrived at the place where Fred parked their caravan.

They saw that the place was still up. The problem was that it looks like some people ransacked the place.

They went inside the lot and found that the caravan was gone. As expected, some people already took it away.

"With the state of the town, it's only natural that people will take whatever caravan they saw," Souta said with a sighed.

Fred and the rest couldn't help but nod their head at his words.

"Let's find a place to stay." Souta suggested to them.

"Let's do that," Lumilia said. She knew that Souta and Bryan were exhausted and they needed a lot of rest before they could regain their energy.

Souta's group went around the town and found an abandoned house. They decided to stay for a night inside the house.

Jusmin stayed up as she guarded the house while everyone was resting. Even though she didn't have enough power, she still could wake up everyone when some people enter the house.

Souta and Bryan collapsed when they relaxed their tense muscles. They were too tired and exhausted from all the things that happened today. They instantly fell asleep when they laid down.

Also with their current condition, they wouldn't be able to go to another town. They needed rest more than anything.

Lumilia didn't ask Souta about what happened in the forest as she knew that he needed rest right now. Her questions could wait until tomorrow.

"What a tough day it is," Lumilia muttered while looking outside the window. She then opened her bag and took out the Mystical Light Cherry.

She raised it in front of her face and looked at it with a dazed expression.

After a few moments, she sat down in a lotus position and took a bite of the Mystical Light Cherry. She decided to eat the cherry right now and see its effect on her body. She slowly digested the nutrients of the fruit inside her body.

"I hope I could gain my father's recognition..."

...

Souta and Bryan woke up at noon. They went downstairs and found that everyone was already awake.

"It hurts... My whole body..." Bryan complained. The wounds that he received was far greater than Souta. He was lucky that he was still alive after taking the [Bestrou] head-on.

Souta ignored Bryan and he walked outside. He jumped on the rooftop of the house and looked at the direction of the Desolate Woods.

The Desolate Woods dried up. All the trees inside it withered and there's no trace of life anymore in the woods. It truly fitted the name, Desolate Woods.

"The battle was over," Souta muttered while looking at the forest.

"Since a big event happened here in this place. One of the Three Great Countries will send people to investigate this place."

The True God's Holy Kingdom was the one that's closer to this place, so he thought that they were the ones who were going to investigate this place along with the countries near this place.

"The Pale Horseman..." Souta muttered as he recalled what he saw yesterday.

The Pale Horseman was sealed inside the Desolate Woods for twenty thousand years. Only the people from God's Will knew this information. They wanted something from the Pale Horseman and that's the Authority of the Creator.

Later, they will turn the whole continent upside down just to find the other three Authorities.

Souta rubbed his chin and remember that the Red Horseman was still alive, but the other two weren't. The two Authorities were passed down to other people that suited its power.

He doesn't know much about the Authorities. He only knew that it was a special power and those people that wield it was extremely powerful.

Souta shook his head and put those thoughts in the back of his mind.

He went back inside the house and found that Jusmin already prepared the food. As expected of a maid, he could count on her with things like cooking.

It seems that Fred woke up early in the morning to hunt some wild animals. It was hard to find food in this town now that people were packing up.

He noticed that Lumilia's aura changed. He guessed that she consumed the Mystical Light Cherry and this made her aura grow stronger.

...

Souta's group traveled from village to another village until they found a place where the place wasn't affected by the battle in the Desolate Woods.

It took them a whole day before they found a proper place. There they bought a carriage using Lumilia's money.

Well, she had a lot of money so it's not a problem for her.

They stayed in that village for a night before they continued their journey to the Ladros City. While on their way, Lumilia asked him what happened in the Desolate Woods.

Souta explained to them that the two people that appeared were part of the God's Will cult. They were shocked when they heard this. They heard the rumors about how terrifying the God's Will cult.

He explained how those two people killed the nobles inside the forest. This incurred the wrath of some noble family from Melosa Country. Also, the Head of the Dry Gulch Town came there with the noble head. They fought the two people from God's Will cult.

Souta said that he identified them because of the symbol in their clothes, the symbol of a hand holding the world. That's the symbol of the God's Will cult.

Lumilia, Fred, and Jusmin gasped from his story. They finally knew what danger they were facing in that place. They would die easily if they made one wrong move.

At the end of the day, Souta's group arrived in Ladros City. It feels like they haven't been here for a long time due to what happened in the Desolate Woods.

"We're back!!" Bryan exclaimed loudly.

"The class already started this morning, so we missed one day of class," Souta said. He looked down at his bag with a satisfied expression. He gained a lot from this quest.

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Chapter 76 - Side Story: Yuko

My name is Yuko Ieshi.

I'm a Red Fur Bear.

I pick "Ieshi" as my surname because that is master surname. I think it would be great if I have the same surname as my master.

Actually, I'm afraid of my master. Master is scary when he is angry.

The scar on my left eye.

My master did that.

Master stabbed me in the eye when we first met. Remembering that scene still gives me goosebumps.

That day when master tried to kill me scared me to death. I saw master was tired that day so I thought I could bully him. But I didn't expect my master was strong even though he was tired.

I tried to defend with all my might but master was attacking me without stopping. He's inflicting wounds in my soft body left and right.

"Yah!! I don't want it! I don't like it! Stop! It hurts!!"

I shouted at that time but master couldn't understand me.

Then, I remember a powerful move that my mother taught me before she left.

It is...

Acting cute...

I looked at master with teary eyes as I lowered my head in front of him. Even though I was afraid of him, I still look at him in the eyes.

I thought I was gonna die at that time. I silently curse my mother for teaching that move. I closed my eyes preparing myself.

...but after a long time, nothing happens.

I opened my eyes and looked at my master's face. Even though he still has that stoic face of his, he must have thought that I'm the cutest bear in the world.

Hmph!

Hmph!

I'm the cutest bear in the world and it's a loss if he would just kill me. So that day master abducted me.

I'm sorry mother for cursing you. Your move helped me this time.

He even gave me a name.

Yuko. That's me... What a wonderful name. It's suitable to a cute bear like me.

Hmph!

You think I would forgive you in what you did to me just by giving me a name.

I'm not an easy bear.

Then, one day he gave me tons of fruits and meat. I couldn't help but gulped when I saw this.

Hmph!

I shall forgive you for stabbing my eye this time.

...

Although our first meeting was a disaster, I come to love my master. After that, my master always give me tons of fruits and meat.

He always petted me and I love that feeling.

I only don't like is that he's letting me stay in this cramped space. Ah~ it's frustrating that I couldn't move freely in this place.

I waited for master to came back here every day. Even though he's gone from morning to afternoon, I still wait in this cramped space.

Lately, master and I went to a faraway land. That place is full of dangerous people.

I don't like this feeling.

I don't want this but master is here, so I should hold myself.

Master came to fight a monkey. That monkey was dangerous and I got scared while looking at it. The energy it was releasing was suppressing me.

I could hardly breathe under the suppression.

I stayed with three girls at that time, so I couldn't get to watch master's figure when he was fighting.

These three little girls what's their relationship to master. Hmm? I want to know that and ask them but they couldn't understand me and I couldn't understand them in return. This language barrier I'm going to break it.

I waited here for a long time and when master came back. Master had injury and since I love master I decided to carry him.

"Yuko!!"

Oh? Master is early. Master! I'm hungry hurry up and feed me!

"Yuko! We're rich now!"

Hmm? I still couldn't understand master's words but I think it wouldn't be that long before we could have a proper conversation.

Still, I could understand master's words vaguely. It must be because master loves me so much.

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Chapter 76 - Side Story: Yuko

My name is Yuko Ieshi.

I'm a Red Fur Bear.

I pick "Ieshi" as my surname because that is master surname. I think it would be great if I have the same surname as my master.

Actually, I'm afraid of my master. Master is scary when he is angry.

The scar on my left eye.

My master did that.

Master stabbed me in the eye when we first met. Remembering that scene still gives me goosebumps.

That day when master tried to kill me scared me to death. I saw master was tired that day so I thought I could bully him. But I didn't expect my master was strong even though he was tired.

I tried to defend with all my might but master was attacking me without stopping. He's inflicting wounds in my soft body left and right.

"Yah!! I don't want it! I don't like it! Stop! It hurts!!"

I shouted at that time but master couldn't understand me.

Then, I remember a powerful move that my mother taught me before she left.

It is...

Acting cute...

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I looked at master with teary eyes as I lowered my head in front of him. Even though I was afraid of him, I still look at him in the eyes.

I thought I was gonna die at that time. I silently curse my mother for teaching that move. I closed my eyes preparing myself.

...but after a long time, nothing happens.

I opened my eyes and looked at my master's face. Even though he still has that stoic face of his, he must have thought that I'm the cutest bear in the world.

Hmph!

Hmph!

I'm the cutest bear in the world and it's a loss if he would just kill me. So that day master abducted me.

I'm sorry mother for cursing you. Your move helped me this time.

He even gave me a name.

Yuko. That's me... What a wonderful name. It's suitable to a cute bear like me.

Hmph!

You think I would forgive you in what you did to me just by giving me a name.

I'm not an easy bear.

Then, one day he gave me tons of fruits and meat. I couldn't help but gulped when I saw this.

Hmph!

I shall forgive you for stabbing my eye this time.

...

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Although our first meeting was a disaster, I come to love my master. After that, my master always give me tons of fruits and meat.

He always petted me and I love that feeling.

I only don't like is that he's letting me stay in this cramped space. Ah~ it's frustrating that I couldn't move freely in this place.

I waited for master to came back here every day. Even though he's gone from morning to afternoon, I still wait in this cramped space.

Lately, master and I went to a faraway land. That place is full of dangerous people.

I don't like this feeling.

I don't want this but master is here, so I should hold myself.

Master came to fight a monkey. That monkey was dangerous and I got scared while looking at it. The energy it was releasing was suppressing me.

I could hardly breathe under the suppression.

I stayed with three girls at that time, so I couldn't get to watch master's figure when he was fighting.

These three little girls what's their relationship to master. Hmm? I want to know that and ask them but they couldn't understand me and I couldn't understand them in return. This language barrier I'm going to break it.

I waited here for a long time and when master came back. Master had injury and since I love master I decided to carry him.

"Yuko!!"

Oh? Master is early. Master! I'm hungry hurry up and feed me!

"Yuko! We're rich now!"

Hmm? I still couldn't understand master's words but I think it wouldn't be that long before we could have a proper conversation.

Still, I could understand master's words vaguely. It must be because master loves me so much.

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Chapter 77 - Getting rich

Souta woke up in an unfamiliar ceiling.

"Ah~" He yawned and he stretched his body. He felt strangely refreshed. It feels that something heavy was gone.

It's been two days since the battle in the Desolate Woods.

"Morning~" A sweet voice came beside him.

Souta turned his head and saw a beautiful mature woman lying beside him. The woman has long white hair, white cat ears, and tail.

'Ah right, I stayed in a brothel.' Souta thought. He stayed here to vent out his feelings. He wouldn't be able to control his l.u.s.t if he doesn't let it out.

"Good morning," Souta replied to the woman. He then stood up and wore his clothes.

"You're quite wild, despite your stature." The woman teased him.

Souta could only smile wryly at her words. His height wasn't something he's proud of. For a goblin, he would consider himself a tall one but compare to humans and beastkin he was considered a short man.

It's true that once they entered the room, he became a different person. He let his l.u.s.t consumed him yesterday night. He did everything to the woman just to satisfy his desire.

"I haven't done in a long time," Souta said and he placed five gold coins on the table. "Your tip."

"Thanks, you can visit me again and I will give you a good time." The woman said seductively.

"Okay, I will also bring my friend, so you can recommend me to some of your friends at that time," Souta said as he exited the room.

He actually wanted to bring Bryan with him but once they entered the Ladros City Bryan disappeared like bubbles.

"With that innocent looks, I bet he will faint when he saw a woman's n.a.k.e.d body," Souta muttered in a low voice.

...

He went to the market to buy Yuko some fruits and meats that she likes. After that, he went to the ranch and fed Yuko.

He was going to skipped class today. He had other things to do, so he will worry about the class later.

He smiled as he imagined Lumilia's face when he skipped class. After all, she reminded him and Bryan to not skip class before they parted yesterday.

After he fed Yuko, he went inside the inn and took his bag with him. He opened his bag and saw the things inside.

He took out two containers containing the Rotten Venomous Green Apple and the flesh of the level 20 above undead.

"These two are for my evolution," Souta said then he took out a greenish orb.

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This was the monster orb of a level 40 monster. Back then, when he was trying to get out of the Desolate Woods, he found a corpse of a monster that possessed a monster orb. So he took his time to get the monster orb.

"With this, I will get rich," Souta muttered as he held the monster orb in his hand. He could feel the best feram inside the orb. The powerful energy of the monsters.

With this, he wouldn't need to worry about money. He was really lucky that he found that monster.

"I will also form my own monster orb once I've reached level 40," Souta said and he placed back the monster orb inside the bag.

He picked up his sword and exited the room.

...

He went outside with Yuko. He wondered where should he sell this monster orb. If he handled it wrong then a lot of people were going after his monster orb. So he should be careful and shouldn't let any other people know the monster orb.

There were two merchants that came in his mind. It was Jimmy and the dwarf.

Jimmy was the merchants that he met when he was traveling towards Ladros City. He's one of the first people that Souta met in this world.

If he wasn't wrong, Jimmy was a member of the Lanny Group, a huge business corporation.

The other one was the dwarf from the Bullmar Village. He took the escort quest at that time to go to the Bullmar Village. It was when he goes underground with Jack and the other adventurers to save the village. He's real objectives at that time was the dark grade weapon [Vajra Sword Saya].

After that, the dwarf gave him some of his merchandise as a few for helping him repel the abnormal people.

These two merchants were the ones that came into his mind. He met a lot of merchants in Ladros City but these two were different.

"Since I don't know where the dwarf is, I should go to Jimmy," Souta muttered. He decided to go to Lanny Group as he doesn't even know what's the dwarf's name. So how would he find him if he doesn't know what's his name.

Souta turned around and face Yuko. He patted her head and said, "I'm going to buy a mansion for myself and farm for you with the money that I will receive. You don't have to stay in that cramped place."

"Mu." Yuko let out a comfortable sound.

"Hehe~ good girl. I'm going to spoil you. Hahaha after all I'm rich now." Souta laughed.

Yuko opened her eyes and looked at him with a confused expression. She was wondering why did he laugh all of a sudden.

"Let's go now." Souta turned around and said.

Yuko followed behind him quietly.

...

The two arrived in front of a huge building after walking for a dozen minutes. In front of the building was the name of the corporation written in bold letters.

The building had six floors in total and it was filled with employees wearing a black coat as their uniform.

"It's huge..." Souta muttered as he walked towards the door and slowly opened it.

Inside the building, he saw many stuff that was fetched at a high price. It looks like a modern reception. The receptionist was handling things with computers. The employees could even talk through with their earplugs.

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'Damn, I should not call myself rich anymore.' Souta thought as he walked towards the receptionist.

"What can I do for you, sir?" The receptionist asked in a polite tone. She has long brown hair which was tied in a bun. Her height was quite tall for a woman and her uniform fitted her.

"Where is Jimmy?" Souta asked directly.

"Um... Can you wait here for a moment sir?" The receptionist asked him. Jimmy was one of the higher-ups of the Lanny Group and it's not like every people could meet him.

"Okay. Tell him that Souta is here." Souta nodded at her.

The receptionist looked at him wondering if he really knew Jimmy. She held her earplug and said something. She seemed to be talking to Jimmy through her earplugs.

After that, she faced Souta and said, "I will lead you inside, sir."

Souta nodded at her. He saw another woman came in the counter and replaced the receptionist.

The people inside who were dealing business with the corporation looked at Souta. They were wondering if he's a VIP as he could go in the upper floors and met one of the executives of the corporation.

Souta doesn't have any idea that Jimmy was one of the executives of the Lanny Corporation. He only knew that Jimmy was a part of this group. Well, it doesn't matter to him as long as he could earn benefits through his connection.

The receptionist guided Souta in front of one of the rooms on the top floor.

This was Jimmy's office.

The receptionist gently knocked on the door and said, "Sir, I brought him here."

"Okay, thanks." A voice sounded behind the door.

Souta knew who's voice was that. He grabbed the handle of the door and directly opened it. He saw Jimmy sitting on the chair at the back of the room.

"Good room," Souta commented as he looked around the room.

"Right?" Jimmy laughed at his words.

Souta knew that the things here came from the Mechanic Country. Jimmy wouldn't sell those things that he got from the Mechanic Country or else he would be hunted down.

Mechanic Country's technology was advanced and it gave them an advantage in war. The power of those flying vehicles, mechanical armor, long-distance communication device, and powerful advanced weapons. All of these dominated the countries around the Mechanic Country.

It was overwhelming. The power of Mechanic Country's army with their advanced weapon.

"How long it had been since we first met?" Jimmy said.

"Hmm... Two weeks since I enrolled in the Institute." Souta said.

"Hahaha, you're quite famous nowadays. I've heard the rumors about the Tamer of the Red Fur Bear. That's you and Yuko, right?" Jimmy laughed.

"Well, no comment about that," Souta said then he took his bag from his back. "I have an offer to you."

"Oh~ tell me what it is?" Jimmy's expression turned into a serious one. When it comes to business Jimmy was always serious.

"Here." Souta took out the monster orb in his bag and placed it on top of Jimmy's table.

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Chapter 78 - Monster Tide 1

Souta took out a greenish orb from his bag and placed it on top of Jimmy's table. The orb was emitting a greenish aura.

"This..." Jimmy was stunned when he saw this. He looked at Souta asking for confirmation.

"Yeah, it's a monster orb." Souta nodded and asked, "How much can you give me for this?"

"Five hundred platinum coins but it depends on the quality of the monster orb," Jimmy said with a serious expression.

"Okay." Souta nodded at Jimmy. He knew that it would depend on the level of the monster. If the monster was powerful then the monster orb it possessed would fetch a high price.

Actually, five hundred platinum coins were a large amount of money. He could buy a lot of things with this money. A hundred copper coins were equal to one gold coin.

100 copper coins - 1 gold coin

100 gold coins - 1 silver coin

100 silver coins - 1 platinum coin

There were many things he could with this amount of money. It was enough to buy his own villa and even vacation house in the other country.

"You really brought something nice. I'm not wrong to get your favor at that time." Jimmy laughed and broke the serious atmosphere.

"Of course, I wouldn't arrive here on time if you're not here. Also, you did all the things for me to enter the city." Souta said as a matter of fact. If were not for Jimmy then it would take a lot of time before he could enter this city. Just from that fact, he could see that Jimmy was an influential person.

"Anyway, do you really want to sell this to me?" Jimmy shook his hand and asked.

"Yeah." Souta nodded his head.

"Okay, I will give five hundred platinum coins right now as a downpayment. I still need to verify the quality of the monster orb." Jimmy said.

"Okay." Souta nodded. He knew the market price of the monster orb. If Jimmy cheated him about the prize of the monster orb, then he wouldn't do any business with Jimmy anymore.

This was just the first transaction and he would bring more in the future. He would stop if he saw that Jimmy wasn't trustworthy and he would find another merchant to handle things about his loot every time he did an expedition in a dangerous place.

Jimmy opened the drawer in his table and took out a paper. He signed it with a pen before he gave it to Souta.

"Here, give this to the receptionist and she will give you the amount written in that," Jimmy said.

"Okay, thanks." Souta nodded and he took the paper.

He bid goodbye to Jimmy and exit the room.

"Don't forget to come back here if you found some goods like this monster orb." Jimmy's voice sounded as he closed the room.

Souta went downstairs and gave the paper to the receptionist.

The receptionist took the paper and looked at it. She was stunned when she saw the amount of money written in the paper. She knew that Souta went upstairs to talk to one of the executives.

She processed the paper and give Souta the money.

"Thanks," Souta said as he took the money before he exited the building.

Inside the building, Jimmy was looking at Souta through the window.

"Who's that lad? To think that he would sell you a monster orb." A voice sounded behind him.

"That's Souta, a good lad," Jimmy replied.

"Will he bring more benefits to our corporation or not?"

"That depends on us. As long as we show that we're trustworthy then he will continue providing us something good." Jimmy said.

"Is he really that good?"

"That sword on his waist... You see I've discerned that it is a red grade weapon or maybe higher than that." Jimmy said.

"Hmm... If he has something like that on himself then he's no ordinary man."

"Currently, he's an ordinary man but I wonder in the future. Let's see how high he could reach with his potential." Jimmy said as he rubbed his chin. "You know the news about the Desolate Woods."

"Yeah, it was frightening. What about that?"

"Souta was there when that happened and he somehow survived that calamity," Jimmy said with a smile. "Let us help him this time. We will block all the information that he went there so that those countries wouldn't bother him in his study."

...

Souta met Yuko outside the building. Both of them went around the town.

"Yuko, we're rich now. Just pick anything you want and I will buy it for you."

"Mu."

Souta bought a three-story house and lot for himself in the residential district of district 1. It cost him 20 platinum coins for this house.

This house was for him and Yuko. He also would build a huge ranch so that Yuko could move freely.

...

Just like that one week had passed and Yuko's ranch was complete. He hired experts so that it would finish with less time being consumed.

Yuko was happy with her new home. Souta even stock up a large number of fruits for her.

In this time, he also received another 100 platinum coins from Jimmy. He was satisfied with this and Jimmy didn't let him down.

The ranking in the institute already started and Souta didn't bother himself about this. Other people were excited about this but he was different. He didn't care about that if it wouldn't give him any quest.

All he cared about was the quest. As long as there's a quest he would be motivated to do some trivial things like that.

Also, about Cl.u.s.ter. Souta, Lumilia, and Bryan talked about it. They decided to let her stay with Lumilia for a while. Actually, Souta wanted to recommend his house but he thought that it would be inappropriate for a girl of her age to stay with him. Also, Lumilia and Bryan would think about something if he said that.

Cl.u.s.ter was hiding some secrets about the True God's Holy Kingdom and Souta wanted to get that. He wouldn't let Cl.u.s.ter go easily without knowing that secret.

He will let her trust him to the point that she would be willing to diverge her secret when he inquired. He and Bryan visited her every day in Lumilia's apartment.

The news about what happened in the Desolate Woods spread out like wildfire this week. A lot of people talk about this piece of news.

Souta said to Lumilia and Bryan to keep quiet about the incident in the Desolate Woods. He doesn't want to gather attention right now. Although he prepared what he would say in case some people come and ask him, he still doesn't want to bother himself about that. It's too much trouble when those people were eyeing you.

The higher-ups of every country around the Desolate Woods focused their attention on the forest. The battle of that scale wasn't going to be ignored. A lot of nobles and adventurers died in this incident and some of the towns around the forest were destroyed. It gathered the attention of all countries.

They naturally send out people to know the truth about the calamity in the Desolate Woods.

And just as Souta expected, the True God's Holy Kingdom also sent out an elite squad to investigate.

...

Souta wore his uniform and went downstairs. He cooked breakfast for himself before he ate it. He then went out and bid farewell to Yuko.

On his way, he met Alice.

"What a coincidence," Souta said to her.

"Nnn. Yeah." Alice nodded her head.

"You really don't talk too much," Souta said as he walked beside her.

"I wonder about that," Alice replied to him.

"But not anymore," Souta said with a grin.

Both of them entered the institute and they went directly to their classroom. They found that Lumilia was already inside the classroom. As expected of class rep she always went to the class before anyone else.

Lumilia looked at the two of them for a while before she averted her gaze.

"Good morning, class rep." Souta greeted her as he walked towards his seat.

"G-Good morning." Lumilia greeted him back.

"Is there something wrong, class rep?" Souta asked him.

"Nothing. I'm just wondering why you always go early in class." Lumilia shook her head.

"Hmm... I came here so that I could have a coffee. The coffee here is good." Souta looked at her and said. He placed down his bag on his seat before he exited the classroom.

Lumilia and Alice looked at his back.

Souta went to the cafeteria and bought a cup of coffee. He then went back to the class and found that Bryan was already there.

"Oi! Souta, good morning." Bryan greeted him.

"Good morning," Souta replied as he sat down on his seat.

Suddenly, they felt their Adventurer's ID vibrated. The magic circle that was imprinted in the ID activated.

Then, they heard a siren outside of the school.

"Warning! A Monster Tide has appeared in the outskirt of the Gate 1 of the city!"

"All available adventurers should gather to the Adventurers Guild and help fight the Monster Tide!"

A warning issued throughout the whole city.

"Oh? what perfect timing to level up to twenty." Souta mumbled.

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Chapter 79 - Monster Tide 2

"Warning! A Monster Tide has appeared in the outskirt of the Gate 1 of the city!"

"All available adventurers should gather to the Adventurers Guild and help fight the Monster Tide!"

A warning was issued all over the whole city.

Souta stood up when he heard the warning. He looked at his side and saw that Bryan was looking at him.

He understood what Bryan wanted to do by looking at his eyes. He smiled and nodded at Bryan.

Bryan nodded in return.

Souta then quickly turned around and exited the classroom. Bryan followed him behind.

"W-Wait!! The class..." Lumilia stood up and wanted to stop them but she found that both of them were already gone.

She could only sigh and went back to her seat.

...

Since it was early, the gate of the institute was still open. The guard would let students enter and exit the institute as long it didn't pass eight o'clock.

On their way to Adventurers Guild, Souta and Bryan met a lot of adventurers going towards the Adventurers Guild. It's natural that they heard the warning.

There's also a group of city guards heading towards the Gate 1. They were going to repel the monster tide with the help of the adventurers.

The people around them didn't care about that. It looks like they trust the city guards to defend the city.

Souta and Bryan arrived in the Adventurers Guild. Both of them entered the guild and saw a lot of adventurers taking the monster tide quest.

Souta and Bryan all took the quest.

Ding!*

[Quest Triggered!]

[Monster Tide: Kill the monsters that are going to attack the city. Rewards: Depends on the number of monsters that you have slain.

Souta nodded when he heard the system prompt inside his head. He received a lot of monster tide quest back in the game. A lot of players joined the monster tide quest because the rewards for this quest were something good especially to those who had high merits in the quest.

The two went to Gate 1. They looked ahead and saw a large group of monsters. Their numbers surpassed one thousand and the scout estimated that its number reached five thousand.

Souta looked at the monster tide and saw a lot of familiar monsters.

"A disaster-level monster tide, huh?" Souta muttered in a low voice.

A disaster-level monster tide was the lowest level of monster tide. It means that the monsters that formed the tide were just low-level monsters. The level of the monsters in this tide was between 10 and 40. The strongest one was the monster who just formed their monster orb.

There were three levels of monster tide. The disaster-level, calamity-level, and the catastrophe-level.

The calamity-level monster tide wasn't going to be easy like this one. The higher-ups of the city guard would join the battle and sometimes the city lord would be forced to take action. Even the branch guild master of the Adventurers Guild would join the battle.

Then, the catastrophe-level monster tide was worse. Ladros City wouldn't even be able to defend such level of monster tide. It needed the force of the whole Hebrei Kingdom to stop it because a monster lord was leading such monster tide.

"What the hell!! There are so many monsters!" Bryan exclaimed at his side.

Souta looked at Bryan and said, "I thought that you don't want to skip class."

"Yeah, I don't." Bryan nodded his head.

"But why?" Souta asked.

"Hmm... I thought that should join this fight and help defend the city against the monsters." Bryan replied.

"Nnn..." Souta focused his attention on the monster tide.

...

In the classroom...

Bargan was in front of the class and was doing a roll call. He found that Bryan and Souta were absent once again.

He looked at Lumilia and asked, "Where are Bryan and Souta?"

"Um... Sir... They are adventurers so they probably went out to fight the monster tide." Lumilia hesitated at first whether she should tell it or not.

"...They didn't even say to me that they are going to join the battle." Bargan said with a sigh.

"Um... Teacher, what should we do?" Lumilia asked.

"Don't worry about it they are adventurers so they should be responsible," Bargan said as he waved his hand. "I'll deduct their points later."

"You too should experience a real battle as it would make you strong." He said to the whole class.

Alice looked outside the window and wondered what they were doing right now.

...

The guards already formed their formation. They were the vanguard of this group while the adventurers were going to cut down the number of the monster from the side.

The guards were wearing full plate armor like a knight. They were exuding a fierce aura and intense killing intent. They were ready to clash at any time.

The adventurers were different from the guards. They were lively and chatting with a happy expression. They were talking about the rewards of this battle and what they're going to do with it. As an adventurer, it's not the first time they join a fight in the monster tide.

Only those Rank E adventurers had a nervous expression. They were trembling at the sight of more than a thousand monsters ahead of them. Their party members assured them that it's gonna be okay. They just needed to be careful and watch out for monsters that were coming behind them.

Souta turned his head and looked at the adventurers.

At the back, he saw a group of five people wearing orange grade armor. They were the hunters of the Adventurers Guild. The hunters were the ones who were going to deal with the monster with a monster orb.

Orange grade? Even some noble household couldn't brought out that high grade armor. These adventurers we're definitely not normal at all.

'Luckily, I didn't bring Yuko here.' Souta thought. He knew that these people hated monsters to the bones.

"Well, let's wait for the signal," Souta said.

"Yeah, I can't wait for it," Bryan said with an excited expression.

"Is this your first time seeing a monster tide?" Souta asked.

"Yeah, what about you?" Bryan nodded and asked him the same question.

"Yeah, it's my first time too," Souta said. He's not lying. This was his first time seeing a monster tide since he transmigrated into this world.

Souta recalled something. He opened his mouth and said, "If we performed great in this battle, there is a chance that the guild will promote us to Rank D."

"Really?" Bryan asked.

"Yeah." Souta nodded while looking at the monster tide.

The monster tide was slowly getting closer to the city. It was now one kilometer away from the Gate 1.

"Prepare yourself!!" The guard captain shouted.

The guards tapped their chest in response. They slowly advanced forward and was going to clash with the monster tide.

Souta looked at Bryan and said, "Let's go."

"Okay." Bryan nodded at him.

The adventurers followed the guard behind. They split up into two groups. The left wing and the right wing of the formation. They were responsible for cutting down the monster from the side.

When they got closer to the monster tide, guards charged towards the monster tide without any hesitation. They raised their shield and sword.

Roar!!

The monsters roared angrily at the group of city guards. They dashed forward to kill those impudent city guards.

Boom!!

There were many types of monsters in this tide. Terror wolf, kobold, troll, orc, and ogre were among the tide. Even their evolve form joined the tide.

The guards smashed their shield at the monsters that pounced on them before swung their sword.

Putchi!!

The number of guards was only five hundred but each one of them could fight three monsters at the same time. Even though they were outnumbered they could still put up a fight against the monsters. Plus, the adventurers were helping them from the side.

Souta and Bryan rushed towards the monsters.

[Agility Boost]!!

[Strength Boost]!!

Souta casted two buff spells on himself. He pulled out the [Vajra Sword Saya] on his waist and slashed it at the monster in front of him.

Putchi!!

The monster was sliced into two. Its body spurted out blood.

"I need to kill a lot of monster in order to raise my rank," Souta mumbled as he kept slashing his sword in every monster that he saw.

He moved his body swiftly. Jumping from side to side dodging every attack while waving his sword. Every time he waved his sword, a body of a monster flew in the mid-air.

Swoosh!!

Swoosh!!

Suddenly, a loud explosion occurred in the back and it shook the entire ground. Strange energy swept out like a ripple in the air. It brought down the mana in the air.

Boom!!

Souta stopped when he felt it. He looked in that direction and guessed that the hunters were fighting the monster with a monster orb.

"I should hurry up before they could kill that monster," Souta muttered and he casted [Shadow Bind] spell.

Swoosh!! Swoosh!!

Then, he swung his sword around him killing all the monsters in the vicinity.

Putchi!!

Souta smiled his filled the soul requirement. Back in the Desolate Woods, some of the corpses there already passed the time limit of three hours so he couldn't collect all the souls there.

He only managed to fill up the souls when he came back to the Dry Gulch Town. There, he collected the souls of the dead one and used the effects of the [Harvester of the Soul] two times.

But here was different...

All the souls of the monsters kept flowing in the [Soul Blood Earring]. If they managed to kill all the five thousand monsters here, then Souta would be able to collect five thousand souls.

Ah~ that's good...

Chapter 80 - Monster Tide 3

[Shadow Spike]!!

The shadows burst out of the ground and it pierced the bodies of the monsters.

Putchi! Putchi!

Souta continuously heard the system prompts ringing inside his head. The souls and exp were being filled up quickly.

He used the effect of the [Harvester of the Soul] two times back then in the Dry Gulch Town. He increased his intelligence by twenty using the souls that he collected.

Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!

Souta charged towards the group of kobolds and used [Crimson Moon] skill.

Swoosh!!

A red light flashed and it crashed the group of kobolds.

Boom!!

He changed his target as he knew that those kobolds were already dead. He jumped in the mid-air and looked around him. In his position, there's a lot of adventurers. He doesn't want to accidentally kill one of them when he's going wild.

Souta landed down and bent his knees. And with a "boom" he charged through the army of monsters in front of him.

[Dash]!!

[Cross Moon]!!

The adventurers around looked at Souta with a surprised expression on their faces.

"Oi! Oi! Where is that man going?"

"What he is planning?"

"He's breaking the formation!!"

Bewildered voices sounded in the group of adventurers. They were stunned when they saw Souta charged in the middle of the monster tide alone.

[Shadow Bind]!!

Souta waved and slashed his sword against the monsters. Some of them died and some survived.

He followed this by casting [Shadow Spike]. It took the lives of those who survive.

[You've received 130 exp for defeating Kobold Warrior!!]

[You've received 182 exp for defeating High Orc!!]

[You've received 156 exp for defeating High Orc!!]

[You've received 127 exp for defeating Terror Wolf!!]

Souta ignored the sound he heard in his mind. A shadow covered his whole body.

He looked up and saw a three-meter tall wolf heading towards him. He moved his body sideways to dodge the wolf.

Boom!!

The wolf crashed in his previous position. It even hit the other monsters in the area.

"That's an Ashen Wolf!" Souta exclaimed and he narrowed his brows. He gripped the sword in his hand tightly and circulated his mana around his body.

Ashen Wolf was a three to five meters tall wolf. It has gray-colored thick fur. Its level was between 20 and 39. It was a powerful monster and its greatest weapon was its speed.

The power and speed it showed just now weren't at the level where Souta could fear it. Its level was probably between 20 and 25.

Swoosh!!

A figure shot out of the smoke. It was the Ashen Wolf.

Souta shifted his body quickly to avoid the wolf and when it passed beside him he swung his sword.

Swoosh!!

His slash missed as it only hit the air. The wolf speed was really extraordinary that it could even avoid an attack that close.

Souta lifted up his left hand and casted [Shadow Ball] spell. He then used [Crimson Moon] skill around him.

He killed the weak monster around him. He doesn't want them to bother him when fighting this Ashen Wolf.

Swoosh!!

He instantly disappeared and appeared near the Ashen Wolf. He exchanged position with his [Shadow Ball].

The Ashen Wolf was caught on surprise.

The sword in Souta's hand emitted a red light. He then swung it towards the Ashen Wolf.

[Cross Moon]!!

The Ashen Wolf reflexes were fast. It even managed to move its body slightly to avoid fatal wounds.

"Tsk!!" Souta clicked his tongue when he saw that. He then felt that the other monsters were coming. He waved his left hand and casted [Shadow Bind].

It was to stop them for a few seconds. This number of seconds was enough to finish the Ashen Wolf.

He casted [Shadow Ball] at his side before he charged towards the Ashen Wolf while using [Dash] skill to increase his speed.

Howl!!

The Ashen Wolf didn't back down and it charged forward to clash against him.

Swoosh!!

The Ashen Wolf opened its mouth widely and revealed a row of razor white sharp teeth. It attempted to bite Souta's neck.

Souta teleported back to the [Shadow Ball] spell that he casted before causing the Ashen Wolf to bit the air. Then, a shadow burst out of the ground and it caught the wolf off guarded.

As soon as Souta exchange position with [Shadow Ball] he quickly dashed towards the Ashen Wolf once again. He pulled back his hand and he arrived in front of the wolf. He then used [Stab] skill.

His sword pierced the mouth of the wolf.

A hole appeared in its body. Blood spurted out of the hole like a fountain.

Ding!*

[You've received 397 exp for defeating the Ashen Wolf!!]

Suddenly, he felt pain in his left hand. His brows narrowed down as he turned his head to look. He saw another Ashen Wolf was biting his hand.

"Argh! That hurts!" Souta cursed as he lifted up his feet and kick the wolf.

Bang!

The wolf flew and shadows chased after it. It strangled the body of the wolf before a spike burst out of the ground and pierced the wolf.

Putchi!!

'A lot weaker than before.' Souta thought then he felt several presences behind him.

He then grinned as he felt the soul that he collected reached the limit. He quickly used the effect of the [Harvester of the Soul] to increase his vitality attribute by ten.

His vitality attribute was the lowest of all attributes that he had. He only had the base stat of 93 and the added 10 attributes of the [Soul Blood Earring, he had 103 vitality in total.

Right now, he used the effect of [Harvester of the Soul] to increase it by ten making it a total of 113 vitality.

It was unlike any other of his stats that could be raised by his [Vajra Sword Saya]. The added stats of the Vajra Sword was focused on increasing his speed.

"Hmm... Let's do this!" Souta said with a smirk on his face. He casted several [Shadow Bind] to restrained those wolves.

He used 6 skill points to level up the [Shadow Bind] skill to six.

Shadows burst out and chased after the wolves. The wolves moved their bodies swiftly and avoided the shadows. But some of the wolves were caught.

Swoosh!! Swoosh!! Swoosh!!

Souta grinned and he poured his mana on his feet before he slightly bent his knees.

Boom!!

He launched himself in the pack of Ashen Wolves.

...

Bryan was fighting the monsters in his own way. He casted buff spells on himself left and right making him extremely powerful.

[Lightning Boots]!!

[Lightning Edge]!!

[Scorching Hand]!!

Bryan charged in the group of evolved orcs. The orcs were five meters tall and it was two meters taller than ordinary orcs. They were armed with huge butcher knives.

The orcs slashed their weapons at him.

Bryan gathered his mana in his fist and used [Blazing Strike].

Boom!!

Bryan was pushed back and he launched himself once again. He threw a punch in the nearest orc.

Bang!!

He then took a step back and found that some of the orcs were already behind him. He lifted up his feet and kicked the orc.

Bang!

"Oho! They are crazy strong..." Bryan said with a smile. He then raised both of his hands in the air.

"Burn them, [Flare Burst]!!"

A huge ball of flames formed above his hand. Bryan threw it towards the group of orcs in front of him.

Boom!!

A huge explosion appeared as the flames swallowed the orcs and it burned their body.

Suddenly...

Putchi!!

A huge cut appeared on Bryan's back. The orcs behind him cut his back and his blood splattered on the ground.

"That hurts!!" Bryan then turned his attention on these orcs. Since he managed to deal with the others, he could now focused on these groups.

He grinned as he gathered his mana in his fists.

...

The guards were pushing the monsters in the front while the adventurers were cutting the monsters on the side. Despite the numbers of the monsters, the guards and adventurers managed to thin them down.

Right now, they already killed more than a thousand monsters in just a few dozen minutes.

The hunters were fighting the most powerful monster in the monster tide. Their fierce battle caused the monsters around them to die.

Souta jumped in the air and saw this scene. The [Bestrou] of that monster even caused the weaker one to die in the explosion. Since the hunters were fighting in the back of the monster tide, it caused the monster tide a lot of casualties.

The souls once again reached the limit of what he could gather. He once again used it on his vitality attribute.

He doesn't need to use it in his strength as his race would increase it as long as he levels up. His intelligence would increase with his class. So, right now he needed to increase his dexterity, agility, and vitality attributes with the effect of [Harvester of the Soul] to balance his stats.

Currently, there's no problem with agility and dexterity attributes as the [Vajra Sword Saya] managed to increase it to the point it surpassed all of his other attributes.

It leaves him with the vitality attribute. His vitality was currently lacking. He experienced it before. He knew that if the [Bestrou] hit him at that time not Bryan then he would die without a doubt.

After this, Souta would gather all the skills that he knew before he evolves to increase the benefits he will receive from evolution.

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Chapter 81 - Finally

Ding!*

[Congratulations on completing the quest monster tide!]

[Calculating rewards...]

Ding!*

[You've received 50,000 exp, 10 free attribute points, 3 skill points!]

Ding!*

[You've level up!]

[Strength attributes have increased by 8!]

[Intelligence, Agility, Dexterity, and Vitality have increased by 5!]

[You've received 2 free attribute points!]

[You've received 1 skill point!]

Ding!*

[You've reached the level requirement for the next evolution!]

Souta heard a series of sounds in his head. The rewards he received from this quest was plenty. He was satisfied with the result.

He now fulfilled all the requirements that he needed to evolve. He could undergo evolution any time he wanted.

Souta looked around the place. The corpse of monsters was all around the place. Almost five thousand monsters died in this battle.

Their side also suffered some casualties. Some of the adventurers and guards died in this battle. A group of people was handling the carcass of the monsters. The hunters took the monster that they killed. They wouldn't give the body of a monster with a monster orb to anyone.

All the souls became a nutrient to increase Souta's stats. With all the souls here, Souta managed to use the effect of the [Harvester of the Souls] five times. All of these went to his vitality attribute.

Souta stretched his arms and felt pain all over his body. His arms, chest, and legs were covered in small cuts and bite marks.

With all the monsters here, Souta wouldn't be able to avoid their attack if all of them attack at the same time.

Souta walked towards the gate. The healers built a tent beside it to treat the wounds of the adventurers and guards. There's a long line of people waiting to be treated.

"Souta!" A familiar voice sounded behind him.

Souta turned around and was surprised by what he saw.

"Wha-"

Bryan was covered in blood. His body was full of wounds. His wounds were worse than Souta. It seems that he fought recklessly this time again.

Souta could only sigh at Bryan's look. He wondered how Bryan survived like this as an adventurer.

"What's wrong, Souta?" Bryan asked as he tilted his head in confusion.

"Nothing." Souta shook his head.

Both of them fall in line. A lot of people suffered injuries in this battle, so the line was quite long.

"Ah! I remember something!" Bryan exclaimed.

"What is it?" Souta asked with a bored expression.

"What do you plan to do to the ranking?" Bryan asked him.

"Hmm... Let's see..." Souta recalled the ranking battles that were happening in the institute. A lot of students were participating in this battle. They were eager to raise their ranks.

Souta looked at his wrist and saw a device that looks like a wristwatch. It was a device that recorded students' rank and points. A kingdom like this couldn't produce a technology like this.

"Hmm... Influence of the Mechanic Country..." Souta muttered as he looked in a far distance place. The Mechanic Country was slowly revealing its technology.

"Souta?" Bryan looked at Souta with a confused expression.

"Ah! Sorry. About your question... I plan to participate this time to gather some points." Souta paused for a moment before he continued, "There's a combat arts that I want."

The points that the students could be exchanged for foods, skills, house, or anything in the institute except life. They could even use points to kick out other students or teachers. But the amount needed for that was tremendous.

"Hmm! What is it? Tell me!" Bryan put his face closer to Souta.

"You're too close." Souta grabbed Bryan's face and pushed him away. "You will know it later."

"Eh!! Why?!" Bryan put up a long face at Souta's answer.

"Hahaha, I will not tell you. Just wait and you will know it in time." Souta laughed.

Both of them chatted until their turn to be treated. Souta went inside the tent first. The cleric there applied medicines first in his wounds before casting a healing spell. His treatment only took a few minutes.

After Souta, it was Bryan's turn. Bryan's treatment took half an hour before it finished because some of his wounds were deep.

...

It was already afternoon when Souta and Bryan came back to the institute. It was lunch break, so both of them went straight to the canteen.

"George! Joshua!" Bryan waved his hand when he saw their classmates.

Souta glanced at the two before he bought lunch. He opened his mouth and said, "You can go and talk to them. Let's talk later in class."

"Okay." Bryan nodded. George and Joshua were the students that joined the class at the same time as him and Souta. He, George, Joshua, Souta, and Alice were from the same batch.

Souta received his lunch. He looked around and saw class rep, Lumilia, with her friends. He wanted to talk to her but he was not close to their classmates. He wasn't Bryan that always talk nonstop and almost made the whole class his friends.

Lumilia lifted up her head and saw that Souta was looking at her.

"Mila! Mila! Mila!" A voice called her nickname repeatedly.

Souta smiled at her before he averted his gaze.

Lumilia snapped out when the voice beside her grew louder. She looked at the girl with purple long hair beside her. Her hair was curly at the end. She was Lynn Yaoli, a student of Mage Class 1-B.

"What is it, Lynn?" Lumilia asked her.

"What are you looking at?" Lynn asked and she followed Lumilia's line of sight and saw Souta. "Oh? That's Souta!"

"Souta!" Another classmate called Nayo said as she turned her head and looked at Souta.

"Do you have a grudge at him, Mila?" Lynn asked Lumilia carefully.

"Why?" Lumilia asked back.

"Um... You know, what happened in the tournament..." Lynn said with some hesitation.

"Ah! That... No, I don't have any grudge regarding that matter." Lumilia shook her head.

"I see... Don't you think he's kinda cool?" Lynn asked as she lowered her head.

Lumilia and Nayo looked at Lynn with a surprised expression.

...

Souta continued to look for a vacant place when he saw Alice's figure from the corner of his eyes.

As usual, she was eating alone. Hmm... There were no classmates of them that talk to her. Only Bryan and Souta had the guts to talk to her despite her cold appearance.

He approached her and asked, "Is this free?"

Alice looked at him before she nodded.

"Thanks," Souta said as he placed down his lunch on the table before he took a sit.

The two didn't talk about anything. They just enjoyed their lunch without saying anything.

...

Two months had passed quickly. Nothing big happens these two months.

In the institute, Souta became active in the ranking battles. He joined the battle left and right increasing his ranking among the first year. A lot of people were watching this event and they wonder who is going to reign the top.

The teachers, the second year, third year, and the fourth year were all watching how the battle will be concluded. It became chaotic when Souta joined the rank battles.

He defeated students left and right without stopping. He only stopped when he reached the top 20 in the whole first year. It was because he gathered enough points. He earned a decent amount of points as he didn't experience a single defeat. There were quite a few opponents that gave him trouble like Brando and Bryan. Bryan challenged him to a duel every week and Souta always defeated him. Brando challenged him once again to test his strength but he found that Souta was on an entirely different level when he's using his mana.

Souta rent the training ground using his points for a whole day. That day, Souta learned all the "mastery" skills of all weapons except the guns. There'no guns here. It was only available in the Mechanic Country.

In the end, he acquired the skill [Weapon Mastery]. The weapons under this skill were Sword, Lance, Spear, Scythe, Bow, Dagger, Staff, Axe, and Mace. He acquired all the "mastery" skill of these weapons. It means that as long as he equipped any of these weapons there's a plus 10% damage to his basic attack.

For his remaining points, Souta exchanged it for some combat arts. He barely managed to learn three combat arts. These three combat arts were [Cat's Speed, [Air walk, and [Triple Muscle Hardening].

Souta and Bryan visited Cl.u.s.ter in Lumilia's apartment almost every day. Souta could feel it that he was getting closer to Cl.u.s.ter. Cl.u.s.ter wasn't restraining herself with them anymore. She was a lively little girl. Just a little bit push and Souta would be able to know her secret.

Souta didn't just train in these two months. He also cleared the low-level dungeon around the Ladros City. He earned a decent amount of exp, free attribute points, and skill points in all of his expeditions so far. He also got some skill books in the dungeons and the most important thing that he found was the [Pet Bestowing Skill].

With this, he could give Yuko some of his skills.

...

Souta took Yuko with him. Both of them went out of Ladros City and found a cave.

"It's finally time..." Souta muttered as he grinned.

He opened his bag and took out the Rotten Venomous Green Apple and the flesh of an undead. The scent of these two things quickly struck his nose.

"It stinks!!" Souta pinched his nose and he grabbed the apple.

"Finally, the long-awaited moment."

Chapter 82 - Second Evolution: Goblin Corruptor

Souta ate the Rotten Venomous Green Apple and the flesh of a level 20 above undead.

Ding!*

[You've opened up one evolution path!]

[Processing information...]

Ding!*

[Processing complete!]

[Name: Goblin Corruptor]

Souta didn't hesitate and choose to evolve to Goblin Corruptor.

[It will take five minutes to finish the evolution!]

A white light emerged out of his body and covered him like a cocoon. Souta felt tired all of a sudden. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.

...

Souta slowly opened his eyes. The cocoon started to have a crack. The crack spread out quickly and the cocoon turned into dust.

He felt that a lot of time had passed but he knew that it was only five minutes.

Ding!*

[Evolution Complete!]

[Goblin Corruptor: A very rare species of Goblin that have the power to corrode living beings.]

[All stats increased by 30!]

[Health increased by 50!]

[Stamina increased by 50!]

[Mana increased by 50!]

[Health recovery increased by 10!]

Ding!*

[From now on your Agility, Dexterity, Vitality, and Intelligence attributes will increase by ten every level while Strength attribute will increase by fifteen every level!]

[All of your skills have level up!]

Souta heard multiple sounds in his head. The increase in his stats was great and from now on every time he leveled up the added stats weren't five and eight. It was now ten and fifteen.

He only had one health recovery rate but now it increased by ten. It means that had a base of eleven health recovery and it would be multiplied by two because of the effect of his trait [Extraordinary Body].

Then, his skills. All of his skills, no, precisely its combat arts, increased by one level. The weapons under the skill [Weapon Mastery] became level two while the sword became level three.

He didn't manage to level up his [Sword Mastery] to level three in these past two months. Leveling up skills through training was harder than he could imagine. Two months wasn't enough to level up a level two skill to level three.

Well, it all makes sense to him. His [Sword Mastery] skill was already on par with the second-year students of the Ladro Institute, and they achieved that level by training for more than a year. Souta could level it up using skill points, but he wouldn't do that. He would save his skill points for his spells. Increasing the levels of spell would make him closer to Rank 2 Mage.

His [Mana Manipulation] skill was now level three while his [Dash] skill was also level three. Lastly, his [Stab] was now level four.

His [Dash] now could increase his speed by twenty percent when running in a straight line. While his [Stab] had a thirty percent penetration effect and plus forty physical damage. It could now pierce through the hardest materials and defensive spells or skills.

Also, his newly learned skills had an increase in level. The [Cat's Speed, [Air Walk, [Triple Muscle Strengthening, and [Pet Bestowing Skill] became level two.

[Cat's Speed] was a combat arts that boost the user's speed for ten minutes by thirty agility and dexterity. It consumed four stamina per use. Now that it increased in level, the time limit increased by five minutes while the added stats increased by ten.

[Air Walk] was a combat arts that let him stepped on the air. This combat art took him more to learn than the rest. There's a limit to this art and that limit was that he could only take five steps in the air per use. It has a cooldown of five minutes before he could use it again.

[Triple Muscle Strengthening] was a combat arts that increased the power of his muscles. It greatly focused on his defense, damage reduction, and vitality.

[Pet Bestowing Skill] was art that will allow him to pass his skills to Yuko at the cost of losing one of its levels. If he passed his [Stab] to Yuko then the [Stab] would lose one level. If he passed a level one skill then the skill would be gone.

Souta was satisfied with this but he knew that there's still more.

Ding!*

[Traits detected!]

[Mana Build]

[Alloy Body]

[Night Vision]

The [Alloy Body] and [Night Vision] was on the choice once again. The only difference was the [Mana Build]. [Mana Build] was a trait of a monster that increase their magical resistance by fifty percent.

Souta chooses the [Night Vision] this time. The [Night Vision] would be replaced by some random traits the next time he evolved just like what happened to [Extraordinary Body].

Ding!*

[You've learned the Goblin Corruptor's trait skill!]

[Corruption: Every basic attack was added by one hundred percent damage to every living creature.

This was the trait skill of the Goblin Corruptor. As long as his opponent was a living being then his damage was one hundred percent stronger. Of course, it would not affect the undead or golems.

In this world full of living creatures, this trait skill was valuable.

Souta's appearance didn't change that much. Only his hair grew longer and his height didn't change.

"What the heck?!" Souta cursed when he found that he didn't grow taller at all. He wanted to become a tall, dark, and handsome goblin but... It seems impossible now that he was still short.

"Damn! If I could edit my appearance just like in the game then I would have done that since the beginning!"

Ding!*

[You've level up!]

[You've level up!]

[You've level up!]

[Strength attributes have increased by 15!]

[Agility, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Vitality attributes have increased by 10!]

[Strength attributes have increased by 15!]

[Agility, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Vitality attributes have increased by 10!]

[Strength attributes have increased by 15!]

[Agility, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Vitality attributes have increased by 10!]

[You've received 2 free attribute points!]

[You've received 1 skill point!]

[You've received 2 free attribute points!]

[You've received 1 skill point!]

[You've received 2 free attribute points!]

[You've received 1 skill point!]

Souta level up three times from all the exp that he stocks up in these two months. He reached level twenty-three from all the exp he received.

Souta grinned and looked at his stats.

Name: Souta Ieshi

Race: Goblin Corruptor

Level: 23

Class: Rank 1 Mage - Darkness

Health: 536/536

Stamina: 318/318

Mana: 630/630

Strength: 279(21960)]

Agility: 373(173200)]

Dexterity: 360(160200)]

Intelligence: 260(20060)]

Vitality: 218(20810)]

Free attribute point(s): 61

Skill(s): [Dash] Level 3, [Stab] Level 4, [Weapon Mastery, [Mana Manipulation] Level 3, [Cat's Speed] Level 2, [Air Walk] Level 2, [Triple Muscle Strengthening] Level 2, [Pet Bestowing Skill] Level 2

Spell(s): [Fireball] Level 1, [Ice Shot] Level 1, [Light Heal] Level 1, [Agility Boost] Level 1, [Strength Boost] Level 1, [Mud Slide] Level 1, [Shadow Bind] Level 6, [Shadow Spike] Level 1, [Shadow Ball] Level 1

Trait(s): [Extraordinary Body, [Night Vision]

Blessing(s): [Blessing of the Great]

Equipment skill(s): [Harvester of the Soul, [Crimson Moon, [Cross Moon, [Possession]

Skill point(s): 28

Souta was satisfied with the improvement of his stats. His base stats now were all over one hundred. Some of his stats even reached two hundred. It was a great improvement for him.

He grinned widely since version 2 was going to start soon. He needed to level up his [Shadow Bind] spell to rank up his class. His preparation for the upcoming version 2 was ongoing. The battle there was fierce and a lot of powerful people were going to make a move.

"The Demon Invasion, huh?" Souta murmured. There's a lot of opportunities when the demon attack. Also, he was going to run around the battlefield to collect the souls of the dead.

Souta noticed that there's a change in his appearance. He thought that nothing changed about him.

He looked down at his hands and saw the color of his hand turned black. It turned into pure black. His nails grew sharper and it has a crimson color. The color of his hands faded when it almost reached his elbows.

He could see his red veins through the color of his hand. It was throbbing and it looks terrifying.

"These hands didn't look normal..." Souta said while looking at his hands. So the [Corruption] trait skill was coming from these hands.

Souta ripped apart his clothes and used it to cover both of his hands. He was going back to the city and he needed to hide the appearance of his hands to the public.

Suddenly, a pain assaulted his head. He fell down on his knees and grabbed his head.

"Argh!"

Souta screamed loudly as he couldn't handle the pain.

"Hmm... So you're a monster, huh? It's quite intriguing..." A feminine voice sounded in his mind.

Souta gritted his teeth and looked at the [Vajra Sword Saya] on his waist. He could see the [Possession] skill flickering in red light in the system.

The [Vajra Sword Saya] took the chance when he was recovering his memories to take over his body.

He gripped the sword with great effort before he threw it. The Vajra Sword crashed in the walls.

"Argh!"

Souta looked at the sword before he loses consciousness.

Roar!!

Yuko roared and approached Souta. She looked at him who was unconscious. She hugged his body tightly.

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Chapter 83 - Special Test

Souta slowly opened his eyes. He found that he was still in the cave. He was lying in Yuko's fluffy fur.

He slowly stood up and held his head. He still felt a little bit of pain in his head. He looked at Yuko and saw that she was sleeping.

"Thanks, Yuko!" Souta said as he caressed her head.

"Mn." Yuko opened her eye when she felt his hand.

Souta looked around and saw the [Vajra Sword Saya] on the ground.

"This...?"

Souta recalled what happened before. The [Vajra Sword Saya] tried to possess his body back then. The voice of a woman echoed in his mind back then. It means that the red woman that he fought before was still living inside the [Vajra Sword Saya].

This was what he feared before. The [Vajra Sword Saya] taking his body. There were no settings like this in the game. The difficulty of real-life was many times harder than in the game. There were many things he could do in this world and he wasn't restricted anymore, but the danger was clearly higher.

"I really shouldn't lower my guard in front of the sword," Souta said in a low voice. He sighed and shook his head.

He then approached the sword and hesitate whether he should grab it or not. In the end, he grabbed the sword and he heard a strange laugh in his head.

"Ufufufu..."

Souta could only smile wryly at this. He placed the sword on his waist and looked around.

Yuko approached him and stuck out her tongue. She licked his cheeks.

Souta smile at her and he walked towards the entrance of the cave. He saw that it was already dark outside. It seems that he was unconscious for a few hours.

...

The two went back to Ladros City. Souta immediately went to the market and found a blue grade white gloves. He bought it for one hundred gold coins.

He doesn't want anything to see the appearance of his hands. People would start thinking that he had a relation to a monster especially since he was a Tamer.

Souta and Yuko went straight to their house after Souta bought ingredients for dinner.

...

Souta woke up early in the morning. He wore his clothes and picked up the [Vajra Sword Saya]. He went downstairs and a meal for his breakfast.

Two days had already passed since he evolved into a Goblin Corruptor. He only cut his hair to match the length he had before evolving. It would be strange if his hair grew longer in just one day.

"Hmm... Should I hire a maid? Cooking took a lot of my time." Souta muttered while cooking. He doesn't want to waste his time in cooking. He should've in the institute right now enjoying the taste of the coffee.

He really likes the taste of the coffee in the institute. It's perfect to have that in the morning.

He prepared fried rice and egg for his breakfast. After that, he called Yuko, and both of them ate their breakfast.

He then bid farewell to her before he exited his house and walked towards Ladro Institute.

He arrived at the Ladro Institute and went straight to the cafeteria. He bought a cup of coffee before he went to the class.

In the class, Souta found that Alice was already in her seat. Bryan was not here and the class rep was also in her seat.

"Morning class rep. Morning Alice." Souta greeted Lumilia and Alice before he sat down in his seat beside Alice.

"G-Good morning." Lumilia was in a daze and he called her, so it surprised her a little. She looked at him and said, "Tell me first, if you're going to visit Cl.u.s.ter."

"Okay." Souta nodded at her as he placed his coffee on the top of his table. He grew closer to Lumilia in these two months. She could be considered his friend.

"Morning." Alice glanced at him before she went back to look outside the window.

Souta looked at her and smile. Alice too was slowly opening towards him and Bryan. He and Bryan were the only people that Alice talked in class. She wouldn't even talk to other people except him and Bryan.

He took a sip of his coffee and he turned his eyes on Lumilia. In the past two months, Lumilia joined the ranking battle and she managed to raise her rank up to rank 40 in the whole first-year division. She got stronger in these two months and the Mystical Light Cherry really help her in her mana control.

Alice was different from her. She didn't strive to become the top ranking. She just maintained her rank in the top 60. She clearly has power but she lacks motivation.

Bryan was the most active in their class in the ranking battles. Almost every day Bryan would fight two or three people. Currently, Bryan's rank was higher than Souta. Bryan was rank 12 among all the first year in the institute.

While Souta was thinking about the rankings, the door was slammed open. It was Bryan's doing.

It caused the class rep to stood up and pointed her finger at him.

"How many times do I have to tell you that don't open a door like that?!"

"Sorry, sorry about that, class rep." Bryan apologized as he scratched the back of his head with an awkward expression.

"Hais... " Lumilia could only sigh helplessly. She knew how difficult to handle Bryan. The problem student of their class.

Bryan walked towards his seat and greeted Souta and Alice. "Yo! Souta! Alice!"

"Morning." Alice glanced at him before he once again looked outside the window.

"Do you have a plan after the class?" Souta asked him.

"Nope," Bryan replied quickly.

"Then, we will visit Cl.u.s.ter later," Souta said to him. Since Bryan said that he doesn't have any plan then he had no reason to refuse him.

"Okay. I will buy a cake for her." Bryan nodded and said. He then held his head with both of his hands while saying, "Ah! I remember that I don't have any money left! I haven't taken a quest for a while now!"

"Don't worry about it. I will pay for it." Souta said with a sigh.

George and Joshua entered the room. Bryan chatted with them giving time for Souta to enjoy his coffee alone.

"It's a lively class..." Souta said as he took a sip of his coffee.

Soon, the sound died down as teacher Bargan entered the classroom. The first thing he said stunned the whole class.

"We're going to have a special test." was what he said.

The class became loud as various voices sound left and right.

"What?!"

"You didn't tell this to us before!"

"Teacher, what's the meaning of this?"

No one could understand anything as they were all asking at the same time. Lumilia stood up and tried to stop the class but everyone ignored her.

Souta looked at his left side and saw that Alice wasn't commenting. He then turned to his right side and saw Bryan looks like a monkey.

"Ohohoho!" Bryan raised both of his hands in the air. It seems that he's having fun with this situation.

"Pft! A monkey..." Souta managed to hold back his laughter. He shook his head and took a deep breath.

The class was still giving their opinions. Bargan was in front of the class waiting for the students to calm down while Lumilia was trying to say something but her voice got overwhelmed by the class.

"Okay, I'll help you this time. It's hurting my ears so I should stop them." Souta muttered as he closed his eyes and crossed his arms in front of him.

The atmosphere around him got colder as he released his mana. He's trying to put pressure on everyone's shoulder. His [Mana Manipulation] skill was level 3 so he could at least do this much.

The classroom turned quiet as they felt the pressure that Souta was trying to put up. They turned their head and looked at Souta in the back.

Souta slightly opened one of his eyes and looked at them. He opened his mouth and said, "Don't talk at the same time. You can raise your hand if you want to ask a question."

No one say anything. They just looked at Souta.

Lumilia looked at Souta and slightly bowed her head. She's thanking him for handling the class.

Bargan smiled as he saw that everyone went silent. He forcefully coughed to gather everyone's attention.

"Cough! Cough!"

The students looked at Bargan, and Bargan didn't let them ask anything. He opened his mouth and said, "I will explain everything. This test is different from all the tests that you took before. The Mage Class 1-B will take the quest along with the other classes. This test will determine the points that you will receive per month."

Souta smiled when he heard this. It's a battle between classes this time, not the individual battles of the ranking.

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Chapter 84 - I'll capture the red flag of other class

The students of the Mage Class 1-B were in the middle of the mountain. They were in the place outside of Ladros City. A private place owned by the Ladro Institute.

It's not just that Mage Class 1-B was here, all the first-year students of the Ladro Institute were present in this place along with their homeroom teacher.

The Mage, Shield, Brawler, Lance, Sword, and Healer Class were all here in this place. They were looking at each other with a wary expression. Everyone outside of their class was going to become their enemies in this special test.

The higher years wanted to watch the special test of the first-year, but they have their own test too. They were curious who's class is going to stand at the top after this special test.

The first-year this time was quite strange. Each of them possessed their own quirk that made them stand out.

Souta observed every class silently. It was a class battle and it's the first time that the first-year students will take a special test. He noticed some strong people from the other classes. They were the top 10 in the ranking of the first-year students. It's not that all the powerful students were in the top 10.

Just like him... He's confident that he could fight those students who were in the top 10 with his current strength. Also in his class, there were students that could put up a fight with him. He noticed that a few of his classmates shrugged off the pressure that he did before.

Bargan stood in front of the Mage Class 1-B and slowly explained the rules of the special test. Souta and the rest of the students listened to Bargan without making a sound.

The special test revolves around capturing the flag of other classes. Every class will be given one red flag. They needed to protect it from the other classes.

If a class loses their red flag then they will lose 100 class points.

If a class manages to acquire the red flag of other class then they will receive 50 class points.

Of course, this was not the only way to receive class points. The other way was to capture the leader of the class. Capturing the leader of the other classes wasn't going to be easy. They needed to guess who was the leader first before proceeding to capture the leader.

Each class was given twenty handcuffs and once they used one handcuff they could never use it again. It means that each class only has twenty chance to capture the leader of other classes. If they somehow capture the wrong person, then they will only lose 10 class points. But if they capture a correct person, then they will receive 20 class points.

The class will not be the one to decide their leader. The institute will be the one to decide that. Each student will receive a message in the device on their wrist and they will know if they're the leader or not. It will be the student's choice if he/she wanted to reveal the content of the message. They could hide the name of the leader this way if no one in the whole class knew who's their leader.

Since this was the first special test, all the classes have 500 class points. It means that they will receive 500 private points every month. They can use these points however they wanted.

Souta thought that he should put more effort this time. He exchanged most of his private points in the three combat arts that he recently learned through rigorous training that he did in the past two months.

After Bargan explained the details of the special test, the students of the Mage Class 1-B felt the device on their wrist vibrated. They looked over and saw that they receive a message.

Before they could look at the content of the message, Bargan opened his mouth and said something.

"You can talk to yourself and prepare for the test. You can check the position of your red flag in the device. The test will start in thirty minutes, so prepare yourself and devise a plan." Bargan turned around but he stopped moving. He remembered something so he turned his head and looked at them. "If you have any questions, you can ask me. I'm in the teacher's tent."

"Thanks, teacher Bargan," Lumilia said to Bargan. She then looked at her classmates and said, "Everyone may I have your attention."

The students of Mage Class 1-B didn't have a choice to refuse her. Lumilia was the class rep, so she's responsible in keeping the class together. Also, everyone knew that they were going to devise a plan for this special test.

Lumilia was satisfied when she gathered everyone's attention. She opened her mouth and asked, "Can you please check the message you receive just now?"

Everyone followed the class rep. They looked at the message that they received. Lumilia also checked the message that she received. She found that she wasn't the leader this time. She somehow felt her burden lightened. She doesn't know if she could protect herself from other classes if she's the leader.

But deep inside her heart, she still wanted to become the leader. She wanted to do everything for this class.

Souta looked at the message that he received and found that he wasn't the leader. He actually wanted to be a leader and let every class know it, so that he would become the target. He wanted to test his newly acquired strength this time.

He was now a Goblin Corruptor, not a High End Goblin. A High End Goblin could increase one of his chosen stats, while the Goblin Corruptor was an enemy of all living creatures. A super-rare type of goblin that lived in ancient times. It has the power to deal more damage to any living creatures in the world.

A Goblin doesn't have any traits. It was ordinary and weak. It's only redeeming quality was its ability to adapt. His first form was that of an ordinary goblin.

Next, was the High End Goblin. He would be forced to evolve into a Hobgoblin if he didn't found the [Soul Blood Earring] at that time. A Hobgoblin was only a better version of an ordinary goblin.

He desperately needed strength back then in the Undead Sanctuary. When he evolved he chose the strength attribute, so he was a strength type goblin. He could choose one of the stats that he had at that time but he chooses the strength stats. It was because he wanted to balance his stats. He decided to leave the strength stats to his race.

Choosing two stats as a High End Goblin? That's impossible. A lot of monster type players did that in the game but nothing happens even if they all reach 50 in all stats. If it's possible, he still wouldn't done that. He needed strength more than anything at that time, so delaying his evolution would make him easier to kill. One more thing, the soul of the monsters in the upper floor of the sanctuary wasn't enough for him to reach 50 attributes in all stats. Reaching 50 in strength already made him conquered three dungeons. Also, the souls he needed every time he uses the effect was getting higher.

To reach all 50 in his every stats, he needed to go down to the middle floor or exited the Undead Sanctuary. But that's also impossible... He's just a normal Goblin that doesn't undergo any evolution. The monsters on the upper floor were nothing compared to the middle floor. He would be killed instantly the moment he stepped his foot there.

Then, the Curse Cemetery outside the sanctuary. It was also a bad idea to go there with his current strength as a goblin. The same thing will happen to him.

Next, is his current form, the Goblin Corruptor. Since he would mostly fight living creatures he decided to pick this as his second evolution.

As for his third, he will think about that later in the future. There's a lot of time before he reached the level requirements of his third evolution.

"Souta!"

"Souta!!"

Souta was deeply thinking about something when Bryan called his name loudly. He snapped out of his thoughts at Bryan's loud voice. He looked around and found that everyone was looking at him.

Souta smiled awkwardly and asked, "What is it?"

"The class rep is asking for your opinion," Bryan whispered to his ears.

Souta looked at Lumilia and said, "I'm sorry class rep. I'm just thinking about something."

"That's okay. Then, what do you think should we do in this special test? Maintain our class points or capture the red flag of other classes to increase our class points?" Lumilia shook her head and then she asked him about the special test. She valued Souta's strength, so she asked for his opinion.

"Hmm... I think we should increase our class points by capturing the red flag of the other class." Souta rubbed his chin and said.

"So do you have a plan?" Lumilia followed up with a question of her.

"Nothing much. We should just let some people protect the red flag while the other people capture the flag of the other class." Souta said. Then, his mouth curved into a smile. "I'll capture the flag for our class, so you can focus on protecting our red flag."

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Chapter 85 - What about I join your group?

Souta said that he had a plan to collect the red flag of other classes. He knew that it was never going to be easy but he still wanted to try it. He's itching to test his power right now.

Lumilia stared at him before she nodded her head. She closed her eyes and seemed to think about something. After a few moments, she opened her eyes and looked at everyone.

"It's reassuring that Souta, one of the strongest in our class, is planning to contribute to our class," Lumilia paused for a moment before she continued, "Then, we will divide our class now. The first group will protect our red flag while the second group will focus on gathering the red flag of other classes."

Bryan raised his hand and said, "Me too, I wanted to fight other classes, so I think I will help Souta in gathering the red flag."

Lumilia looked at Bryan for a while before she opened her mouth and said, "Okay, for those who wanted to gather the red flag you can raise your hands."

Souta turned his head and looked at Alice who was silent beside him. She didn't even utter a single word ever since they arrived here in this place.

"What do you plan to do? Do you want to stay here or join us?" Souta asked her.

Alice looked at him for a second before she replied, "I will stay here. I think your planning to do something that will gather everyone's attention. I don't like it when everyone's paying attention to me."

"Okay, I understand." Souta nodded at her.

He could see that she doesn't like it when she's in a limelight. She doesn't want any attention. She preferred to be alone, or more like a silent place. But there's a possibility that he was wrong. He really doesn't know her but it seems that she's a good person. That's what he concluded from the past two months.

Souta looked around and saw that eighteen people volunteer to collect the red flag with him.

Lumilia was surprised to see her friend. "Lynn, you wanted to gather the red flag!"

"Um... Mila, you know why I'm joining this group." Lynn lowered her head and said in a tiny voice that only she and Lumilia could hear.

"Ah!" As if something struck Lumilia's head, she turned to look at Souta. Coincidentally, she met his gaze but she quickly averted her eyes after a few seconds.

She took a deep breath and looked at Lynn. "I understand it. I will support you, Lynn."

"Thanks, Mila, you really are my friend!" Lynn jumped and hugged Lumilia.

"Are you really sure about that, Lynn?" Nayo asked with a grin on her face. "You've said before that you're interested in him but nothing happens in the past two months. You're just watching his ranking battle every time he fought."

"Don't mention it." Lynn shook her head heavily and tinged of redness could be seen forming in her cheeks.

"But I'm worried..." Nayo said as she looked down.

"About...?" Lynn tilted her head in confusion.

"Of course, it's you. I'm worried about you." Nayo said as she looked at Lynn.

"Thanks." Lynn thanked her.

"No, that's not it. I'm worried about different things." Nayo shook her head.

"And what's that?" Lumilia, who was watching her friends, asked.

"You know. I've also watched Souta's fight and I've got one thing to say. He's too brutal in his every battle. It doesn't matter if you're a girl or not. All of his opponents suffered the same thing." Nayo said with a worried expression.

Lumilia recalled what Souta said when they fought in the mini-tournament.

"I'm not going easy on you just because you're a girl. Remember, on the battlefield, there's no girl or boy there's only life and death. So do not expect your opponent to go easy on you just because you're a girl."

Lumilia still remembered his words clearly at that time. She looked at Nayo and said, "That's not it. I think that Souta is a good person."

"See, what are you saying, Nayo? Even Mila thinks that Souta is a good person!" Lynn said to Nayo.

"He doesn't have any friends except Bryan and Alice. He also doesn't talk to any of our classmates." Nayo said.

"Still... I think that he's so cool." Lynn said with a hint of redness in her cheeks.

"Hais... You're hopeless. If you really like him then I will support you." Nayo said as she placed her hand on Lynn's shoulder.

"Thank you, Nayo!" Lynn said with a smile.

...

"George, Joshua, you're going to join us?" Bryan said in a loud voice.

"Yeah, yeah, I wanted to test my new spell against the other classes," George said as he clenched his fist tightly.

"Me too," Joshua said as he smiled.

Everyone started to talk about what they wanted to do in this special test. The whole class got noisy as everyone was talking to their friends.

Lumilia then raised her voice to gather everyone's attention. "Everyone!"

Everyone stopped talking and they looked at Lumilia.

When Lumilia gathered her classmate's attention, she opened her mouth. "Then, what should we do about the class leader. Should we keep quiet about it or not?"

"Class rep, I think we should let the class leader decide it." One of her classmates raised his hand and said.

Lumilia knew that if the class leader kept silent about it then there's a high chance the other classes would not know about it. If the whole class knew about the class leader then there's a possibility that the information will be leaked to other classes.

"Okay, I understand." Lumilia nodded her head. She then looked at everyone and said, "I will count one to ten. If the class leader wants to reveal himself/herself then you should just raise your hand. If you don't want then you don't have to respond. Just stay in your position."

The whole class shut their mouth and they waited for someone. In the end, a man raised his left hand in the air.

They looked over and saw that it was Yujin Drune. Yujin was a man with long black hair that was tied in the back of his head. He had sharp features and his build was average. His ears were pointed like an elf and there's a long black tail sticking out behind him.

A half-elf and half-beast kin.

The one who surrendered when in the semi-finals before. He's opponent at that time in semi-finals was Souta but he surrendered before even fighting Souta. He knew his limits so he thought that there's no point in fighting a match that he couldn't win.

"So, you're the class leader?" Lumilia looked at Yujin.

"Yeah, I'm the class leader. I will stay here and protect the red flag." Yujin nodded and said.

"Are you sure? It's harder to capture you if you're going to wander around this mountain." Lumilia asked and suggested something to him.

"Nope, I'm going to stay here. I'm quite confident in my skills." Yujin said as he gripped the sword on his waist.

"Oh~" Souta looked at Yujin with an amused expression. He looked at the sword on Yujin's waist and thought that he was a magic swordsman.

There's no magic swordsman class in this institute, so Yujin joined the Mage Class. He must be pretty confident in his sword skill that's why he decided to join the Mage Class. If he found that he's lacking in terms of sword skills then he would have joined the Sword Class instead of the Mage Class.

'One of the rare class, Magic Swordsman.' Souta thought. He guessed that's the reason why Yujin surrendered before even fighting him. It must be because he saw the couldn't saw himself against Souta without using the full potential of his class.

"Okay, I understand." Lumilia nodded her head then looked at the students who volunteered to gather the red flag of other classes. She opened her mouth and said, "We will divide you into three groups since there are eighteen of you."

Souta immediately raised his hand and said, "If possible I wanted to fight alone."

"Eh...?" Lumilia was surprised when she heard his words. She didn't think that Souta would fight alone.

"What are you saying, Souta?" Bryan said from the side.

"Okay, then I will change my condition. If possible I don't want a lot of people in my group." Souta said as he opened his palm.

"Um..." Lumilia then looked at Lynn before looking back at Souta. "Then, we will divide you into five groups. Each group consists of four people except for your group."

"That's okay for me." Souta nodded.

"I'll join you, Souta!" Bryan raised his hand and said in a loud voice.

"Nope, that's not possible." Souta shook his head. He doesn't want Bryan to join him this time. He wanted to fight the enemy alone, so why would he bring someone who's a battle maniac.

"No." Lumilia also shook her head. Souta was strong and Bryan too. If the two join in one group then the strength of the gatherer group would be focused on Souta's company. She wanted to distribute the strength of the group equally not focus it in one company.

"Then, what about I join your group?" Lynn shyly raised her hand while looking at Souta.

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Chapter 86 - What a coincidence

Souta looked straight at Lynn's purple eyes.

Lynn averted her gaze quickly when she saw Souta looked at her. She fiddled her purple color hair.

"Um..." She hesitated whether she should say something or not. In the end, before she could say something Souta interrupted her.

"Wait!" Souta walked towards her and stopped in front of her. He put his face closer to her and narrowed his eyes. He opened his mouth and asked, "Why do you want to join my group?"

"I..." Lynn lowered her head not daring to meet Souta's gaze. She didn't know what to say right now that Souta asked him.

Lumilia stepped forward between them. She looked at Souta and said, "Souta, she just wanted to help you. I'm sure that Lynn will not burden you."

"I'm not worried about that." Souta stepped back and replied to her. He glanced at Lynn before he sighed. "Okay, fine. It's okay."

"Really?" Lynn looked at him with bright eyes.

"Yeah." Souta nodded his head.

"Thanks, I will help you with everything I can," Lynn said with a happy expression.

"I don't need your help. I just wanted one thing from you. And that is don't get in my way no matter what happens." Souta said to her.

"Okay, I understand." Lynn nodded and flashed a bright smile at him.

"Good." Souta nodded at her with a satisfied expression.

"Thanks." Lynn once again thanked him.

"Hais..." Nayo sighed while looking at this scene. She looked at Lumilia and said, "She's hopeless. She couldn't even see the reality anymore."

"Eh...?" Lumilia was surprised at Nayo's words. She couldn't understand what Nayo meant by that.

"You too..." Nayo turned her eyes at Lumilia.

"Me? Why?" Lumilia pointed at her nose.

...

The group that will gather the red flag of other classes was divided into five teams. The remaining people will stay in their position and protect the red flag. They couldn't change the position of their red flag, so they didn't have any other choice but to protect it.

Souta's team was the only team that has two people as its members. Souta and Lynn were the only members of this team.

Their team target was the strongest class in the first-year. It means that all the Class 1-A were his target. He wanted to test his strength that's why he will target the strongest.

Bryan's team was different Souta let them do what they wanted. Bryan could handle himself as Souta knew how powerful Bryan is.

Souta advised the remaining three teams to hunt the Healer Class. It's easier to hunt down support class other than the combat class like Mage and Swordsman. But it's still not going to be that easy.

Just like Mage Class, there's a subject in Healer Class which was teaching self-defense skill. Also, there were still a few people that knew combat skills in Healer Class, just like the number 5 in the Institute Ranking.

While they were planning about the special test they saw Bargan walking towards them. They stopped talking and looked at Bargan. They knew that the special test was going to start soon.

Bargan looked at them for a while before he opened his mouth and said, "The special test is going to start. Follow me, I will lead you to your red flag." He then turned around and left.

Lumilia looked at Bargan's back before she faced her classmates and said, "Everyone let's go!"

Bryan, George, and the rest of the students of Mage Class 1-B nodded their heads. Under the lead of Lumilia, they began to follow Bargan to the position of their red flag.

Souta turned his head and looked at the other classes. He saw them following their homeroom teacher. The position of each class was unknown to him. He just remembered where they were heading as it will give him a bit of understanding of each position.

Lynn, who was beside Souta, saw him looking at the other classes.

"W-What are you looking at?" She stuttered while asking. Her courage comes from her wanting to talk to him.

Souta heard Lynn's voice, so he looked at his side and saw her. He was a little bit surprised that she was still here. He looked up and said, "You're still here?" He was shorter than her, so he had to raise his head to look at her eyes.

He was at her eye level. His height was short but on the same level as dwarves. He was still higher than them.

"Um... Yeah... We're in the same team, so I thought I should follow you..." Lynn said as she lowered her head and didn't meet his eyes.

"I see... Then, let's go." Souta nodded before he started to walk and followed his classmates.

Lynn looked at his back and quietly followed him.

'Damn, I'm really short.' Souta cursed in his mind. He glanced at Lynn who was following him.

Since Lynn was watching him, she saw Souta looked at her. She immediately lowered her eyes and asked, "Um... Is there something wrong?"

"Nothing." Souta shook his head. "I just thought that you're quite tall for a woman."

She was a little bit surprised at his words. It's true that Souta was shorted than her but she wasn't bothered by it. She thought that it was cuter that way.

"I'm just average in height." She said in a low voice. Although she said it that way, Souta still heard it.

"Tsk." Souta clicked his tongue.

"I'm sorry, that was rude of me." Lynn quickly apologized.

"It's okay." Souta shook his head.

In terms of height, he was the smallest in his class. He was even smaller than some of the girls in his class like Alice and Lynn. But he was taller than Lumilia and the rest of the girls.

Soon, the class arrived in front of the red flag. There were three tents beside the red flag.

"Class..." Bargan said and everyone looked at him. He then added, "This is the Mage Class 1-B's red flag. Protect it with all you've got. I have high expectations of you. I want you to score the highest."

"Yes, teacher. We will do our best to win this special exam." Lumilia said. "Am I right, everyone?"

"Yeah!!" Everyone shouted.

At the same time, Souta heard a sound in his mind.

Ding!*

[Quest triggered!]

[Special Test: Score the highest score in the special test of the Ladro Institute. Rewards: 10,000 exp, 5 free attribute points, 3 skill points

"Really... What a great timing. Since I already plan to test my strength with the students here, I will go out now and bring our class to the 1st place." Souta grinned widely. There's no reason to hold back now.

Lynn looked at Souta. She heard him muttering something. She opened her mouth and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

Souta remembered that Lynn was beside him. He replied, "Nothing. I'm in a good mood today. You better not hold me back. If you want you can also watch me from the sideline."

"O-Okay, I will try my best," Lynn said as she clenched her fists and raised it in the air.

"Good." Souta nodded with a satisfied expression.

Bargan raised his hand above him before he opened his palm. He looked at his students and said, "The special test will start now. You have 1 hour before the special test end."

He gathered his mana in his palm and he shot it in the sky.

Boom!!

Boom!!

Boom!!

It was followed by several explosions in the sky. These explosions were the signal that the special test has started.

Souta looked in the sky. This was a hint. Those explosions revealed the position of the other class. Every homeroom teach shot those energy in the sky as a signal but this was also a hint.

He then noticed that Bargan was gone. No one noticed him leave. As expected of a teacher of Ladro Institute and the Flame Master of Melosa War.

Souta looked at Alice and said, "You're going to stay here."

"Yeah, I prefer it that way." Alice nodded at him.

Lynn looked at Alice then at Souta. She knew that Alice was only talking to Bryan and Souta. She wondered what kind of relationship they have.

"Okay, we will go now," Souta said as he stretched his arms.

"Our team too will go now," Bryan said.

The other teams also announced that they were going to leave.

"Okay, everyone be careful." Lumilia nodded at them and said.

Bryan and the rest of the group nodded before they turned around and went into different directions.

Souta and Lynn were the only ones left in the camp.

Lynn looked at Souta and asked, "W-What should I do now?"

Souta looked at her and said, "Come here."

Lynn looked at Souta when he said those words. She shyly went beside him. "Here?"

"Good luck, Lynn!" Nayo said to Lynn.

"Good." Souta hugged her waist and he bent his knees. He gathered his mana in his feet.

"Eik!!" Lynn was stunned when Souta wrapped his arm around her waist.

But then...

Boom!!

"Ahhh!!" She screamed as she found herself up in the air.

Souta jumped in the air with Lynn in his arm. He looked around the whole place. He recalled where the other explosion came from.

"There, I found it!"

[Air Walk]!!

Souta launched himself towards the north.

...

In the camp of the Shield Class 1-A, they heard a booming sound in the sky. The sound was getting closer every second.

Boom!!

A figure crashed on the ground creating a small crater. Smoke and dust formed around the crater.

Brando frowned and he gripped the shield in his hand tightly. He looked around him and said, "Everyone, prepare yourself."

They saw a silhouette stood up in the smoke. The smoke slowly dissipated and it revealed a person.

"What a coincidence. I didn't think that this is your class's campsite."

"Really, what a coincidence, Souta," Brando said with a wry smile.

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Chapter 87 - Ahh! This is Bad!

Souta was stepping through the air using the combat art [Air Walk]. His speed was so fast that he could barely hear Lynn, who was screaming, from his arms.

Lynn didn't expect this development at all. She thought that they were just going to the other classes in a normal way, not this one.

Swoosh!!

Souta finally saw the campsite of a certain class. He saw the red flag of that class in the center area of the campsite.

He bent his knees and stepped into the air.

Boom!

He launched himself towards the campsite with a speed greater than before. Before he crashed on the ground, he released Lynn from his arms and casted [Shadow Bind] to catch her.

"Ahh!!" Lynn fell down fifteen meters above the ground but before she reached the ground, the shadows on the ground burst out and caught her.

"Hu~ I'm safe." Lynn was about to complain when she heard a loud booming sound. She turned her head and saw that Souta crashed at the campsite of this class.

The shadows that were around her slowly disappeared.

Thud!

"Ouch!" Lynn fell down on her butt. She doesn't have time to worry about this as she stood up and patted the dust on her clothes.

She looked around and saw a few familiar faces. She saw Brando the strongest shielder in the whole first year. It means that she was at the campsite of the Shield Class 1-A.

...

Souta looked at everyone from the Shield Class 1-A and grinned widely.

"I'm sorry Brando. I'm going to snatch your class red flag." He said.

"It's not going to be that easy, Souta," Brando replied as he activated his [Shielder's Aura].

Brando's classmates too prepared themselves for the worse outcome. There's no one among their class who didn't know Souta. Souta was the one who won in the mini-tournament before, trampling their whole class even with a handicap.

"Let me see the power of your class."

They subconsciously took a step back as Souta lifted his foot and gently stepped forward. Then, Souta's mana flared up and at the same time, hundreds of shadows burst out of the ground.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The students of the Shield Class 1-A jumped as the shadows chased them. They waved their shields on the shadows.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Some of the students managed to repel the shadows but some weren't.

Brando looked around and shouted, "Ashley, Crane, Freddy, come with me! We will stop Souta! I'll leave the others to you, Jake!"

He then rushed towards Souta with a serious expression on his face. He knew it. He knew that Souta was stronger than him. He knew it more than anyone else. But he still needed to Souta from capturing their red flag.

"Souta!!" Brando charged forward and used [Shield Bash].

"Entertain me, Brando," Souta said with a smirk on his face. Brando's shield zooms the distance between them in an instant.

When the shield was about to hit Souta, Souta vanished and the shield only hit the air.

Brando quickly looked around and saw Souta ten meters away from him.

Souta smiled and said, "The spell [Agility Boost] and the combat arts [Cat's Speed] are both skills that can increase a person's speed. If I combine these two with [Dash] then..."

Swoosh!!

Brando was stunned as he found Souta appeared in front of him. He wanted to raise his shield but he was too late.

A fist crashed into his cheeks.

Bang!!

Brando flew five meters away. He twisted his body in the air and landed on the ground safely. He looked up and saw that Souta chased after him.

Souta was about to punch Brando when he saw a small round shield flew in the air. It flew straight towards him.

Souta moved his body sideways and the small round shield passed beside him.

Swoosh!!

"That was close," Souta said with a smile.

He looked ahead and saw a man with a huge build. The man had messy green hair and green pupils. Souta knew that he was the one who threw that small round shield. He was Freddy, one of the strongest students of Shield Class 1-A.

Souta aimed his palm at Freddy and casted [Shadow Ball].

Swoosh!!

A shadow flashed above him. It was Ashley of the Shield Class 1-A. She was a tall woman with dark skin. She was holding a shield that was half of her size.

Souta looked up and saw her shield emitted a green light. A giant green shield materializes in front of her.

[Defensive Strike]!!

Souta quickly bent his knees and jumped backward to avoid the giant energy shield. It was then that he noticed a strong beside him. He followed it and found that the string was attached to the small round shield before.

"You can't avoid this." Freddy smiled and he pulled the string.

Swoosh!!

The shield flew back to Souta with speed greater than before.

"Really, what a teamwork." Souta smiled and when the two attacks were about to smash him he suddenly disappeared.

Boom!!

Ashley, Fred, and Brando were stunned when they saw this. They didn't see Souta move at all. It was impossible that they didn't even see his figure blur. It was like a bubble that vanished into thin air.

Bang!!

Fred felt a pain in his back. Someone just smashed his back. He turned his head and saw Souta behind him.

"I see..." He muttered before he flew away and crashed in the tree.

Bang!!

"Fred!!" Brando and Ashley shouted at the same time.

Souta smiled at the two. He then heard a sound behind him. He turned around and saw a man larger than Brando. He was Crane, the second most powerful man in the Shield Class 1-A.

"Okay, let me test something on you."

Souta said as he activated the [Triple Muscle Strengthening] skill. He could feel that his muscles grow tougher and stronger.

Crane charged towards Souta with his shield.

Souta stood on his position and he slowly pulled back his hand. He clenched his fist tightly and waited for Crane.

Swoosh!!

Crane swung his shield when he arrived in front of Souta. And Souta responded by throwing his fist.

Boom!!

A loud sound echoed in the whole area as a gust of wind swept out in the surroundings.

Souta was pushed back five meters away. He felt a numbling sensation on his fist.

Crane's shield has formed a dent on its surface.

"That hurts," Souta said as he opened and closed his palm. He then turned his head and saw that every student of the Shield Class 1-A was around him.

"Hmm... This is getting good."

Souta squatted down and placed his palm on the surface of the ground. He lifted up his head and said, "Don't blame me."

Swoosh!!

Swoosh!!

Swoosh!!

Countless spikes that were made of shadows burst out of the ground. It first appeared beside Souta then it spread quickly.

The student of the Shield Class 1-A immediately jumped away when they saw the spikes.

But...

Something grabbed their foot. It was the [Shadow Bind] spell.

"Ah!!" The students screamed as the spike pierced their bodies.

Putchi!

Putchi!

Putchi!

Souta then launched himself towards the students who managed to escape from his attack.

His schoolmates were still alive. He wouldn't kill them in Institute property or else he would face severe punishment for killing his schoolmates. If he was going to kill someone, he would do it outside of the institute or city.

He didn't pierce their vitals parts.

Souta fought the remaining students with his bare hands. He didn't even cast a spell this time to help him. He wanted to test how far he could do with only his physical ability.

He moved his body swiftly and he threw powerful punches to the students of the Shield Class. He had great confidence in his physical ability, so he didn't back down at all in close range combat against the Shield Class.

The Shield Class, who boasted to have the toughest body in class, even took great damage from Souta's punches.

...

After a few minutes, Souta was the only one who was standing at the campsite of the Shield Class 1-A.

The students of the Shield Class were all lying around the place. They were either couldn't move or unconscious.

"Argh!" Brando tried to move his body but unfortunately, he couldn't. He felt great pain all over his body.

"He's so strong..." Ashley lifted up her head and saw Souta's figure before she loses her consciousness.

Souta was in the center of the campsite holding the red flag of the Shield Class 1-A.

Blood flows down from his mouth. He lifted up his hand and wiped it out. He turned his head and looked at Lynn.

"One red flag acquired." He said as he smiled at her.

Lynn's cheeks turned red when she saw his smile. She turned around and held her cheeks with both of her hands.

'Ahhh! This is bad! He is so cool!'

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Chapter 88 - The Top 3 Ranker, Yuriko

Souta wiped the blood on his mouth while looking at the Shield Class 1-A. This class was the weakest class among the class 1-A of the first year. The rank of the strongest student of this class was over thirty. They didn't even house a single person from the top 10 ranking.

It was different from the other class 1-A that houses the top 10 rankers. The power of this top 10 rankers was on different levels. They could even defeat some of the second years with their own strength.

Souta shook his head and walked towards the red flag of the Shield Class 1-A. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the red flag before he pulled it out.

He turned his head and looked at Lynn who was watching him from the side. He smiled and said, "One red flag acquired."

Lynn's face turned red. She quickly turned around and held her cheeks.

"Ah! This is bad! He is so cool!' Lynn thought when she saw Souta fought the whole Shield Class 1-A.

"What's wrong, Lynn?" Souta asked her with a confused expression.

"N-Nothing." Lynn faced him and said. She fixed her clothes and asked, "So, what should we do now?"

Souta walked towards her and gave her the red flag of the Shield Class 1-A. "Here, hold this for a while."

"O-Okay." Lynn nodded and she received the red flag from Souta.

"Then, let's go to the next location," Souta said as he looked up in the sky. He still could remember the position of other classes.

"Eh! Right now?" Lynn said. She then remembered what happened before and her cheeks turned red.

"Yeah, we only have one hour, so we need to gather the red flags as much as we can," Souta replied to her.

"Alright, I'm ready now," Lynn said as she straightened her body. She prepared herself.

Souta looked at her and nodded his head. He went beside her and wrapped his right arm around her waist.

Lynn's face was turning red because she could feel his arm around her waist.

[Air Walk]!!

Souta bent his knees and jumped in the air. He turned his head and saw Lynn's eyes were tightly shut.

He opened his mouth and said, "Grab tightly."

"O-Okay," Lynn said while her eyes were close. She then hugged Souta tightly.

Souta looked at her. He could her feel her soft body tightly close to his body. He then stepped in the air and charged towards the west.

This time he was going to hunt the other Class A.

The power of his attack was one hundred percent higher than his normal attack before. It was because of the effect of the [Corruption] trait skill that he gained from evolving to Goblin Corruptor.

The [Corruption] trait skill was really good. It will help him a lot in his future battles.

Souta hoped that the class they were heading was a Class A.

...

In the teacher's campsite...

All the homeroom teacher of the first year were present in this camp. They were watching how the special test will unfold this time.

They were using a crystal orb that projects what's happening in the special test. This device also came from the Mechanic Country.

Everyone saw how Souta soloed the whole Shield Class 1-A. The Shield Class 1-A didn't even manage to send a team to collect the red flag of other classes. Before they could do that, Souta appeared and defeated the whole class alone.

There's no hope for Shield Class 1-A anymore in this special test. Most of them were unconscious, while the remaining students couldn't even move their bodies.

Lando, the teacher of the Shield Class 1-A, looked at Bargan and said, "You've been blessed with a good student this time."

"Yeah." Bargan nodded at his words. He was proud that the other teachers were praising his students. There's no teacher who wouldn't be proud when someone was praising their student. It's the same for him. He just didn't show it on his face.

Lando was a man with short orange hair and strange legs. His legs were larger than normal people. It was also green in color. He was a demi-human. To be precise it was a grasshopper.

Grasshopper folk has a powerful ability. Their jumping ability was so powerful that they could jump a hundred meters in the sky in an instant.

Lando was one of the powerhouses of the Ladro Institute.

Lando stepped forward and said, "I'll withdraw my class. They couldn't continue this special test with their current condition."

The administrator of the special test nodded his head. He was a teacher of the second year. He opened his mouth and asked, "Are you sure? Quitting means that your class will not get any points in this special."

"Yeah, I'm sure. My students will understand it." Lando replied.

"Okay, I will respect your decision." The administrator nodded his head. He then declared that the Shield Class 1-A was out of the special test.

Bargan smiled while watching Souta's team, Bryan's team, and the remaining three teams. He saw that the other classes also dispatched a group to gather the red flags of their opponents.

The teachers watched the battles with their own eyes. They were evaluating each student that they saw potential.

Right now, several battles were happening in the mountain. When a gathering team arrived at the campsite of the other classes, it will always lead to a battle.

Bargan moved his eyes and looked at the other projection.

He saw a man in the projection. A man with shoulder-length dark purple hair. He had average build and there were six orbs attached on his forehead. These orbs were also his eyes. He also had two sharp fangs. His nails were sharp and the hair on his hand was unusually long. It looks like a gray color fur.

He was a demi-human. A redback spider. His name was Gyron Dwein. He was the top 1 ranker of the first year. They came from the Brawler Class 1-A.

Behind Gyron was three people. There were his teammates and they were tasked to collect the red flag of the other classes.

Gyron looked around and said, "Take the red flag. This Sword Class 1-C was done."

His teammates nodded at him before they went to the red flag and pulled it out. They already collected two red flags.

Their group defeated the whole Sword Class 1-C. Their battle was one-sided even though they have a clear disadvantage in terms of numbers.

The power of the top 1 ranker was entirely different from the rest of the first year.

...

At the campsite of the Mage Class 1-B...

Lumilia, Alice, Yujin, and the rest of the class were defending the red flag of their class.

A few minutes ago, a team from the Sword Class 1-A arrived in their camp. It leads to an all-out battle against the team from the Sword Class.

The worse thing was that the one who was leading the Sword Class was the top 3 ranker of the first year.

The Sword Class didn't even try to hide. They just walked forward like in the park towards their campsite.

"Yuriko... The top 3 ranker..." Lumilia muttered when she saw a woman with long pink hair that was tied in a ponytail.

Yuriko was human. She had a voluptuous body like that of a mature woman.

'This is bad.' She thought. She then looked at the four people behind Yuriko before she looked at her classmates. Their numbers were higher than the opponents but she wasn't sure if they could defeat the top 3 ranker with the group she had.

Yujin stepped forward and said, "Class rep, I will hold her for a while. You and the rest of our classmates deal with her comrades."

"Are you sure?" Lumilia asked.

"Yes, I can hold her for a while." Yujin nodded his head. "Five minutes is my limit." He added.

"Okay, I understand." Lumilia nodded her head and told her classmates that they will fight the other three while Yujin was going to stop the top 3 ranker.

They needed to knock out her comrades within five minutes. It will be bad if the other class arrived here while they were battling.

'In terms of sword skills, I know that I'm not a match for her. But... I'm not a pure swordsman. I'm what they called magic swordsman.' Yujin took a deep breath and he slowly pulled out his sword from its sheath.

Shiing!!

Yuriko looked at him before she looked around. She found that Yujin was the only one that was going to fight her. She opened her mouth and asked, "Hey, are you the only one who's going to fight me?"

"Yeah, is there any problem with that?" Yujin said.

"No." Yuriko shook her head and she pulled out the one edge sword that was hanging on her waist.

"Then, let's see how you're going to fight me alone!"

Randolf, a student of Mage Class 1-B, was sitting beside their red flag. He was watching the scene in front of him a smile on his face. He found this situation quite amusing.

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Chapter 89 - Yujin vs Yuriko

Yujin slowly raised his sword while observing his opponent's movements. He knew that this fight wasn't going to be that easy. But he didn't have to defeat his opponent this time. He just needed to stall her for a few minutes. If that's all he had to do then it's not a problem to him.

He narrowed his eyes as a fierce aura burst out of his body. His sword was clad in blueish energy called mana.

Yuriko also pulled out the sword that was hanging on her waist. She looked at him and said, "You have a good form. There are really a lot of interesting people in this class. First, is that Souta, then that noisy Bryan. And lastly you... Are you going to show me a combat style that doesn't suit your class?"

"Yeah, those two are insanely strong but why would you include me in them?" Yujin asked.

"Why you say?" Yuriko placed a finger on her lower lips. "It's because your not a typical mage like the rest of your class. You can see it in the upper classes that the one who holds the power is the one who fought differently from their class."

"I understand that. Then, what about you?" Yujin asked. He knew what he was doing he's trying to stall time by talking to Yuriko.

"You will know it once we exchange swords." Yuriko smiled widely at him. "Do you think that I didn't know what you're trying to do here?"

Yujin smiled wryly at this. To think that Yuriko noticed what he's trying to do. Then, there's no other choice but to stop her through force. He gripped his sword tightly and prepared himself.

"Here I come. Try to stop me as much as you can." Yuriko said before she dashed towards Yujin.

Swoosh!!

[Burning Blade]!

[Power Boost]!

[Speed Limit]!

Yujin quickly casted his buff spell on himself. [Power Boost] increased his overall strength and [Speed Limit] increased his speed and flexibility.

Flames emerged and it coated his sword. This was the [Burning Blade] spell. It was another buff spell that will add burning damage to his basic attack.

Yuriko arrived in front of him. She smirked as she swung her sword.

Yujin raised his sword and blocked her swing.

Clang!!

"What a good spell you have there." Yuriko smiled at him. She used her mana and poured it in her sword.

Yujin frowned and he pushed his sword.

Shiing!!

He then slashed it at her.

Clang!!

Clang!!

Clang!!

The two exchanged swords and every time their sword collided sparks flew out.

Clang!!

Clang!!

Clang!!

They continued to swing their swords for a whole minute and Yujin felt that every second Yuriko was pushing him. He knew that he was at a disadvantage when it comes to pure sword skill.

Small cuts started to appear on his body as he couldn't block all of her attacks. He was now focusing on blocking all of her attacks without having a chance to fight back.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

"Haha, how is it?" Yuriko laughed while slashing her sword at the same time.

Swoosh!!

Yujin ignored her attack as her sword cut his chest. He gritted his teeth and used this chance to forcefully swing his sword.

"What?!" Yuriko was surprised at this. To think that Yujin would use this tactic on her. But she was different.

She quickly took a distance away from him and avoided his slash.

Yujin held the wound on his chest and he pointed his sword at Yuriko. His mana flared up as he casted a spell.

[Fire Arrow]!!

An arrow made of fire formed at the tip of his sword. It flew towards Yuriko at high speed.

Swoosh!!

Yuriko shifted her body and avoided the [Fire Arrow]. She then widened her eyes as she quickly turned her head behind her.

"What?!" She saw the arrow turned around and it flew towards her once again.

She jumped and found that the [Fire Arrow] was chasing her. "Hmm... A homing spell, huh?"

"Eat this!" Yujin casted another spell.

[Lightning Arrow]!!

[Wind Arrow]!!

[Ice Arrow]!!

All of these spells were the same as the [Fire Arrow]. All of them were a homing spell.

Yuriko swiftly moved her body as she dodges every arrow that comes after her.

"I will stop these annoying arrows." She gripped her sword and it emitted a blueish light. She turned around and faced the arrows.

[One Slash One Kill]!!

She slashed towards the arrows and a blue energy wave flew out of her sword and it crashed the arrows. The blue energy wave instantly disintegrated the arrows the moment it collided.

The blue energy wave didn't stop and it flew straight to Yujin.

Yujin reacted quickly by jumping at the side to avoid the blue energy wave.

Swoosh!!

Yujin frowned when he saw a deep gully on the ground which was caused by Yuriko's combat arts. The destructiveness of her combat arts wasn't what he expected.

Yuriko's purple eyes were focused on Yujin. She slowly opened her mouth and said, "I'm getting serious this time, so be prepared."

...

Lumilia and the rest were fighting the three comrades of Yuriko when the students from Mage Class 1-C appeared at their campsite.

Lumilia divided her classmates into two groups. One was going to stop the three comrades of Yuriko while the others were going to fight the students from the Mage Class 1-C.

The situation was getting worse every second now that another group appeared that was after their red flag.

Luckily, the Mage Class 1-C didn't have any top rankers in their class. Lumilia sent out five people to hold the people from Mage Class 1-C.

Lumilia casted the [Water Bomb] spell and it caused a huge explosion. She then turned her head and saw that Yujin will not be able to hold any longer.

She was the one who was commanding the class and she didn't have time to focus on one battle.

Currently, Alice was fighting one of Yuriko's comrades in one on one fight. Alice was in rank 60 and her opponent was in rank 47.

Alice was holding her orange grade spear while facing a petite woman with a long sword.

The petite woman was Rindo and she was the top 47 ranker in the whole first year. She was a small woman with shoulder-length pink hair. Her pair of pink eyes match the color of her hair and the fur in her hands and feet. Two sharp fangs could be seen in her mouth. She was clearly a halfling with these features of her.

"A rank 60 ranker is going to stop me alone?" Rindo asked while looking at Alice.

Alice didn't reply to her. She just gripped her spear tightly and charged towards Rindo.

Swoosh!!

Alice arrived in front of her and she raised her spear.

[Triple Stab]!!

She used her combat skill immediately as soon as she got close to her opponent.

Swoosh!!

Swoosh!!

Swoosh!!

Rindo moved her petite body and she dodges the attacks that Alice used. She then lifted up her long sword and slashed it.

Clang!

Alice moved her spear and blocked the sword. She then raised her foot and launched a kick.

[Blade Shock]!!

Alice stopped her foot and she quickly took a distance away from Rindo. She saw everything that was five meters close to Rindo was slashed in half including the ground.

'I will fight her as a mage this time.' Alice thought and she waved her hand.

[Freeze]!!

The ground beneath Alice quickly turned into ice. It spread quickly until was in front of Rindo.

Rindo jumped in the air and shot a sword waved to destroy the ice on the ground.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

But before she landed on the floor she saw ice spikes burst out of the ground.

[Ice Spike]!!

Rindo placed back her sword in its sheath. She then grabbed the handle of her sword.

When the spikes were about to pierce her body, she executed another of her combat arts.

[Drawing Style: Whirlwind Slash]!

Dozen of sharp wind flew out of her sword and it destroyed the ice spikes that Alice casted.

Bang!!

The sharp winds flew straight towards Alice.

Swoosh!!

Alice frowned and she once again waved her hand.

[Cold Wind]!!

A cold and powerful wind swept out in the whole area. It clashed the sharp winds that Rindo threw.

Boom!!

Lumilia saw that Alice could handle the top 47 ranker on her own. She was glad at this as she didn't need to worry about her and send her classmates to help her. It would reduce their forces if she sent out more of her classmates to fight.

Also, she didn't have any force to send. If that's really the case, then she would be forced to fight instead of commanding her classmates.

She controlled her mana and casted a spell.

[Water Serpent]!!

She was supporting the battle of her classmates with her magic. That's all she could do now. Then, she turned her head and saw that Yujin couldn't handle Yuriko anymore.

"The other students are stronger than I imagined. I miscalculated." Lumilia muttered and she decided to focus her strength in helping Yujin fight Yuriko.

She hoped that Alice and the rest could defeat their opponents soon even without her help.

Suddenly, a voice sounded...

"It seems that our class is in trouble. Do you want me to help you Yujin? But... If you only use that then you would be able to fight longer and defeat her. You're just like me hiding his strength when it's unnecessary."

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Chapter 90 - Fierce Battle: The Top 10 Ranker of the First Year

Souta was standing in the middle of the campsite of the Mage Class 1-E while holding their red flag.

He looked in the sky and wondered how the other classes were doing. He already collected four red flags in total. He doesn't need to worry about his class red flag. As long as he kept gathering red flags at this pace his class will score the highest in this special test.

Turning his head, he saw Lynn was holding the four red flags in her hands.

Lynn approached him and said, "This is our fifth red flag."

"Yeah, let's increase our pace in gathering the red flag of the other classes." Souta nodded and said. He stretched out his hand towards her.

Lynn grabbed the red flag that he was holding. She took it from him as Souta gave her the task to hold the red flags that they collected while he was fighting.

"You're incredible, Souta!" Lynn said while looking at all the red flags in her hands.

"Hmm...?" Souta turned his head and looked at her with a questioning gaze.

"I couldn't do this alone. You're strong and powerful. You can do a lot of things that I couldn't do." Lynn said as she lowered her head.

"Hmm... There's a lot of things that I couldn't do. If I could do anything then I wouldn't bother myself to enroll in this institute." Souta paused for a moment. Then, he added, "Also, you're helping me hold that flags. I couldn't fight them if I have to hold that flags."

"Really?" Lynn looked at him with bright eyes.

"Yeah, yeah, so don't think about anything else," Souta said.

"Okay, I will follow you." Lynn nodded at him.

"Let's go now," Souta said as he looked in the sky.

"Okay," Lynn said as she stood beside him.

Souta wrapped his right arm around her waist before he jumped in the air and used [Air Walk].

'This will be great if he's carrying me in a princess carry.' Lynn thought as she lifted up her head and looked at Souta's face.

Souta looked at her as he felt her gaze on him. He opened his mouth and asked, "What's wrong?"

"N-Nothing," Lynn said as she shook her head. She then smiled happily and thought that this was not bad at all.

...

Bryan, George, Joshua, and Clyde were together in one group. Clyde was the one who's commanding the group even though Bryan was stronger than him.

Everyone knew what's Bryan's personality. He was reckless and always got in trouble. He's not suited to command a team with his personality.

Bryan also knew that he wasn't suited to become a leader. He also found it boring to command other people. That's why Clyde took charge of the group. He was stronger than George and Joshua. Also, he wasn't a reckless person like Bryan. So he's quite suitable for it.

Currently, they already have two flags of the Lance Class 1-E and Healer Class 1-D. Bryan was strong among the first year as he was the top 12 ranker. He could handle a group of people who ranked below 100.

"We've already got two flags," George said with a smile. He was a man with white hair and rabbit ears. He's one of the beast folk. He was an expert in using earth magic and crowd control spell.

"Yeah." Joshua nodded at him. He was a man with dark skin tone and long pointed ears. He was a wood elf that lives in the northern part of the continent. He's an expert in using wind magic and buff spell.

He was holding the two red flags that they collected.

"It all thanks to Bryan." Clyde gave the credits to Bryan. He's a human just like Bryan. He's an expert in using dark magic just like Souta.

"Hehehe, don't worry about it." Bryan laughed awkwardly as he scratched the back of his head.

"You are really the top 12 ranker of the first year," Clyde said.

"That's nothing compared to Souta. I'm sure that Souta already gathered a lot of red flags." Bryan replied with a serious expression.

George and Joshua looked at each other when they heard him mentioned Souta. They smiled wryly and sighed.

They knew that Bryan wanted to defeat Souta out of all people. He admired Souta's strength the most. In the ranking battles, he fought Souta a lot of times but he never experienced a single win. He was always training to surpassed Souta but Souta was getting stronger and stronger.

"Yeah, Souta's power is entirely on a different scale than us." Clyde could only agree at his words.

Souta was their classmate, so they have a vague idea of how strong Souta is. But that's only vague. They don't know how powerful he is currently as Souta didn't even use his full strength when he was fighting in the ranking battle. And he still managed to reach the top 20.

"Maybe, he could fight the top 1 ranker," Joshua said.

George and Clyde looked at Joshua when they heard his words. They could imagine what was going to happen if Souta fought the top 1 ranker.

"No, your underestimating Souta. I think Souta is stronger than the top 1." Bryan said as he placed his finger on his chin. He recalled what happened back then in the Desolate Woods. He smiled and clenched his fist. "But... I'm going to train harder and defeat him! That's my goal now! I want to fight and defeat Souta!"

"That's Bryan for you," Joshua said with a smile.

"Hahaha, as expected of our rank 12." Clyde nodded.

George suddenly grabbed Clyde's wrist and said, "Wait!" His rabbit ears were twitching as he heard several footsteps coming towards their direction.

Clyde looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"They're coming." George looked up and said with a serious expression.

"They...?" Joshua said.

"I don't know but I know that it's a group of four people like us," George said as he shook his head.

"Then, it's a battle," Bryan said with a smile on his face.

"Of course, we couldn't avoid that." Joshua nodded at his words.

"Every class is our opponents in this special test so it's unavoidable," Clyde said.

They prepared themselves for the upcoming battle. After a few moments, four people appeared in front of them. It seemed that this group already detected them before, so it's not going to work if they turned around.

But one person in the group surprised them.

A man with a small build and short brown hair. He had brown eyes matching his hair color and bear ears. He was Johnson McGill of the Brawler Class 1-B. The top 10 ranker of the first year.

Johnson smiled when he saw Bryan. He opened his mouth and said, "It seems that we met again, Bryan."

"Yeah, I'm quite lucky that you're the one who's going to fight me," Bryan said with a wide grin on his face. He clenched his fist tightly as he couldn't wait to fight the man in front of him.

Clyde looked at Bryan and asked, "Are you sure you can handle him, Bryan?"

"Yeah, I can," Bryan said as the determination to win ignited in his eyes. He will do everything he could to defeat the top 10 ranker.

Clyde knew that Bryan got defeated the last time he fought Johnson. There's a reason why Bryan, who like to fight strong people, stayed in top 12 ranker. It was because he got defeated by those twelve people in a one on one battle.

"Okay, I'll leave him to you, Bryan." Clyde nodded and said before he faced Johnson's comrades. He, Joshua, and George were going to fight Johnson's comrades.

"Give me those red flags first." Johnson smiled and dashed towards Joshua who was holding the two red flags.

"No! I won't!" Bryan quickly moved his body in front of Joshua. He pulled back his fist and threw it towards Johnson.

Johnson also threw a powerful punch towards Bryan.

Boom!!

Both of their punch collided. It caused a strong gust of wind to be swept out in the area around them.

...

Back in the Mage Class 1-B campsite.

Lumilia, Yujin, and Yuriko heard someone said, "It seems that our class is in trouble. Do you want me to help you Yujin? But... If you only use that then you would be able to fight longer and defeat her. You're just like me hiding his strength when it's unnecessary."

They turned their head and saw a man with shoulder-length dark purple hair that was styled on either side. He has sharp dark purple eyes that strike fear to anyone and he has slim and muscular body.

He was Randolf Fein, a student of Mage Class 1-B.

Randolf opened his palm and said, "Do you want me to help you, Yujin? If you want then let me see it."

"What are you saying, Randolf? We're in the same class, so it's natural that you help us." Lumilia said.

Randolf turned his eyes to Lumilia. After a few moments, he took back his eyes and looked at Yujin once again.

Yujin kept his mouth shut. He didn't have a plan to answer Randolf.

"Hais... At least I know that you have that power in you." Randolf sighed and said. He then stood up and patted his clothes. "Well, let me handle this one. Top 3 ranker, right? Then, show me how powerful a top fighter of this institute."

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Chapter 91 - Fierce Battle: Randolf's strength

"Top 3 ranker, right? Then, show me how powerful a top fighter of this institute!" Randolf looked at Yuriko and said with a grin on his face. He took a stepped forwards. "Stand back, I'll handle her."

Yujin frowned while looking at him. He didn't know how Randolf knew about that power of his.

"Oi! Randolf, are you going to fight her alone?" Lumilia asked with a hint of concern in her voice.

Randolf glanced at her and said, "There's nothing to worry about me. You should be worried about my opponent."

Yuriko frowned when she heard those words of his. She grunted in displeasure and clenched her fingers around the handle of her sword tightly.

"Those are big words," Yuriko said in a serious tone.

"That's nothing," Randolf said as he shook his head.

Suddenly, Yuriko swung her sword towards Randolf who was acting like he could defeat her.

[One Slash One Kill]!

A blue energy wave flew straight towards Randolf. This was the combat arts that Yuriko used before against Yujin.

"Hehe~" Randolf grinned widely and he slowly lifted up his hand. He opened his palm and grabbed the blue energy wave.

Bang!!

"Wha-" Yuriko was stunned when she saw this scene. Randolf used his bare hand to block her skill. The worse thing was he didn't really block it but he grabbed it.

Lumilia was also shocked. She didn't think that Randolf could block Yuriko's skill like nothing. To think there's still a classmate of her that could rival the top students of this institute.

'He knew something from me. And he possessed this power.' Yujin frowned deeply while looking at this scene. He then heard a voice inside his head. "Let's defeat that arrogant man together, Yuyu! Use me!"

Yujin ignored the voice in his head. He focused his attention on Randolf.

Randolf tightened his hand and crushed the blue energy wave into tiny particles. He smirked and looked at Yuriko with an amused expression.

"You!!" Yuriko gritted her teeth and charged towards Randolf.

Swoosh!!

In just a second, she arrived in front of Randolf. She swung her sword in front of him but Randolf caught her sword between his thumb and index finger.

She knew it. She knew that this man was stronger than the man she fought before. The very moment that Randolf crushed her attack before, she instantly knew that he was powerful.

That's why she wasn't surprised when she saw Randolf caught her sword using his fingers.

Yuriko lifted up her feet and kicked Randolf's side.

Bang!!

Randolf flew away and crashed into a huge boulder of rock.

Boom!!

The dust and smoke shot up in the air. It covered the area around Randolf.

"Huff... How about that?" Yuriko said as she looked at the smoke with a grin on her face.

Soon, they saw a silhouette stood up from the smoke. Randolf walked out of the smoke and he revealed himself to Yuriko.

Randolf still has that smile on his face. He opened his mouth and said, "I guess, it's my turn now."

Yuriko subconsciously took a step back. She's finally getting nervous and she understood that Randolf was the same as the two people that rank above her. Before, she only thought that he was a little bit stronger than her. Her mind subconsciously denied the fact that Randolf was entirely above her level.

Randolf took a step forward and he slowly lifted his hand. He opened his palm and aimed it at Yuriko.

"Prepare yourself." He said with a smile and his mana flared up.

[Fierce Wind Wave]!!

Boom!!

A powerful and fierce wind shot towards Yuriko. Her body was pushed away like a paper and was smashed into the trees behind her.

But it wasn't enough to stop her momentum. She continued to crash in the trees until she was one hundred meters away from Randolf.

All the trees in the direction of the attack were smashed. They were uprooted and turned into tiny pieces.

Yuriko was at the end without consciousness. She passed out with just one attack of Randolf.

"So, this is the top 3 ranker," Randolf muttered with a hint of disappointment in his voice. He then turned around and went back to where he was sitting before.

Yujin and Lumilia widened their eyes. Their eyes were full of disbelief and amazement. They didn't think that Randolf, who was just an ordinary classmate of them, would defeat the top 3 ranker of the first year, Yuriko.

"How...?" Lumilia turned her wide eyes at Randolf. She looked at him from top to bottom. This man who looks ordinary was hiding this strength.

The defeat of the top 3 ranker, Yuriko, stopped the battles around the campsite of the Mage Class 1-B.

Yuriko's three comrades were still stunned because of what happened to Yuriko.

Rindo forgot that she was fighting Alice. Her mind went blank when she saw Yuriko was passed out.

Alice frowned looking at this. She charged forward and swung her spear at Rindo's side.

"Argh!" Rindo snapped out as she felt the pain in her side. She then turned her eyes and saw a fist in front of her.

Bang!

Alice punched her using her full strength. She then lifted her feet and launched a powerful kick at her stomach.

[Repulsion Kick]!

Bang!

Rindo flew a few meters away and rolled on the ground before she finally stopped. She looked at Alice and said, "Y-You coward." She then fell unconscious.

"It's your fault for looking away when you're fighting me." Alice snorted before she turned around.

Yuriko's remaining comrades took the unconscious Yuriko and Rindo away. They decided to retreat because their main combatant, Yuriko, got defeated by an unknown student from the Mage Class 1-B.

Lumilia sighed at this. They could now focus their strength on the other class that was attacking them. She glanced at Randolf as she wondered why he was concealing his strength.

...

In the teacher's campsite.

All the teacher was stunned when they saw the fight between Randolf and Yuriko.

The woman who was rank 3 in the whole first year versus the man who didn't participate in the ranking battles of the first year.

At the end of the battle, the man won. He defeated the rank 3 using his own power.

All the teachers thought that Randolf was going to lose and he would only put up a slightly good fight. But they never thought that Yuriko would lose to a man who didn't have a rank. It never occurred in their mind that some of the students were still hiding their real strength.

They thought that everyone wanted to fight and gain points. It was because they could redeem any spells and combat arts in the library with a certain amount of points.

Even Randolf's own teacher was shocked by what he displayed. Bargan didn't even know that Randolf was hiding his real strength.

"You're students are really something. They even defeated my best student." Jess, the teacher of the Sword Class 1-A, said to Bryan with a sighed.

"Yeah, each one of them surprises me," Bargan said with a nod. He wondered why Randolf decided to fight Yuriko. If he was really hiding his power then there's no need for him to interfere in the battle. He could just stay back and watched how the situation will unfold.

The projection only transmitted the views from the battlefield. It could not transmit the sounds on the battlefield, so they could not hear what they're talking about.

"Really good." Jess murmured as he looked at Randolf's protection. He hesitated for a second before he opened his mouth and said, "That spell..."

"Yeah, that's a tier 2 spell, and judging from his casting speed it's an inner spell." Bargan said and he paused for a moment before he continued, "There's also a possibility that he could cast a tier 2 spell with that speed and that's not his inner spell."

"It means that he's a genius just like that Yanagi from the higher year," Jess said as he looked at Bargan.

"There's a possibility." Bargan nodded.

...

Swoosh!!

Swoosh!!

Souta was carrying Lynn in his arm as he traveled in the mid-air using the combat arts [Air Walk].

"You're amazing, Souta. We already gather seven flags. There's no doubt that we will score the highest in this special test." Lynn said in an excited voice.

"Yeah, yeah." Souta nodded at her.

A few dozen minutes had passed since the test started and they already managed to collect seven flags in total. The test was going to end soon and if they continued it at this pace. There's a chance that they will score the highest.

He could only trust Bryan to collect two or three flags. That's enough for him and his class to score the highest.

Suddenly, Souta stepped on the air in front of him and he changed his direction.

"Ahh!!" Lynn was surprised at this sudden development. She could only scream and tightened her arms around Souta.

Swoosh!!

A palm-sized rock flew towards him and Souta immediately descend down to avoid the rock.

Bang!

Souta descended with powerful momentum. It shook the ground and it caused a few trees to shake. He lifted up his head and saw a few figures walking towards them.

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Chapter 92 - Fierce Battle: The Strongest Team

Souta was in the mid-air with Lynn when he saw a palm-size rock flying towards him.

The rock was so fast that it tore through the air.

Souta stepped in the air and descended down on the ground with a speed greater than the rock.

Boom!!

Souta crashed on the ground creating a small crater. Thick smoke and dust covered the small crater.

"Cough... Cough..." Lynn coughed from all the smoke and dust in the area around her. She gripped the flags in her hand tightly.

Souta placed her on the ground and said, "Hold the flags tightly. Don't let them go no matter what happens."

"Okay, I will do my best." Lynn nodded at him. She lifted up her head and looked at his figure.

"I'm going to beat them and get their flags." Souta stood up and he patted his clothes. He walked out of the smoke and saw a team of five people waiting for him.

At the center of the team, he saw a man. He was familiar with this man. That man has shoulder-length dark purple hair and gleaming dark purple pupils. There were six looking orbs that were attached on his forehead. It was his eyes. His nails were as sharp as a sword and there's fur that covered his hand up to his wrist.

This man was the top 1 ranker of the first year, Gyron Dwein. The one who stood at the top in the ranking battles of the first year. He was called as the strongest first year.

The four people behind him were the top 14, top 23, top 24, and top 32.

A woman with long black hair and black pupils was the top 14. She has cat ears and tail sticking out behind her. She's May, a demi-human, the top 14 ranker.

Mark was a man with a huge build. He had sharp features and brown hair that was comb upwards. He was the top 23 ranker of the first year.

A man with a short height and slender figure yet masculine at the same time was the top 24. He had gray color hair matching the color of his pupils. He was Bonny and he was a demi-human. To be precise, it's a werewolf.

Sena was a tall woman with long blonde hair. She had an hourglass figure and she looks more mature than her actual age. Her sharp eyes were looking straight at Souta. She was the top 32 ranker of the first year.

This team was the strongest team of the whole first year. They were all top rankers and had a power that could fight anyone.

The Brawler Class 1-A was called the strongest class in all first year. It was because almost all the higher rankers were in that class. Their class was consist of powerful fighters of the first year.

Bonny looked at Souta and observed him from top to bottom. He opened his mouth and said, "Souta Ieshi, a student of the Mage Class 1-B. Also, he is the top 20 ranker."

Gyron looked at Bonny and asked, "Is that really him?"

"Yes, he's that Souta," Bonny nodded while looking at Souta.

"So that's him." Gyron nodded and he also observed Souta with his eyes.

Who doesn't know Souta among the first year? Souta was famous across the whole institute. Even the higher year knew his name. Even though some of the students didn't know what's his appearance, at the very least they still heard his name.

His name was heard when he became the champion of the mini-tournament. Despite the odds that he couldn't use his mana and spell, he still won and defeated the students from the Shield Class 1-A.

"So he's the friend of that noisy Bryan?" May asked as she narrowed her eyes. She was the top 14 ranker, so she naturally knew who's Bryan. Bryan once challenged her to a duel in the ranking battles but she got defeated.

"They are classmates after all," Bonny replied to her.

"He's stronger than him. Bryan challenged him again and again but he never won against Souta." Mark added.

They naturally knew who's Bryan and Souta. Bryan and Souta were higher than them in ranking, so they fought them. Mark, Bonny, and Sena fought Souta before and the result was... they suffered an utter defeat.

Souta was the student who didn't experience a single defeat in the ranking battles of the first year and he still managed to reach the top 20. When Souta was still active in the ranking battles, he challenged those who were higher than him left and right. He only stopped until he reached the top 20 for unknown reasons.

Even the top 1 ranker suffered a defeat once from the top 2 ranker. Gyron, the top 1 ranker, fought the top 2 ranker five times and he won four out of five matches. It means that there's a defeat in his record, unlike Souta who hasn't suffered a defeat in the ranking battle.

Souta didn't say anything. He just observed the group and saw the top 23 ranker was holding a bunch of red flags in her arms.

"Seven flags..." He muttered in a low voice. Since it comes to this, then he will fight and steal those flags.

"Huff..." Souta took a deep breath and he slowly circulated his mana around his body.

"What? Want to fight us?" Mark said in a loud voice when he felt Souta's mana. He looked around him and felt confident. They outnumbered him.

"Where is the other one? If I'm not wrong she's still behind you." Gyron said as he looked at the smoke behind Souta.

"Don't worry about her. You should be worried about yourself." Souta said as he grinned widely. He felt his blood boiling.

This is what he wanted. To test his power against strong people. He just wanted to test how could he fare against the top students of the first year with his current strength.

"Mark give that flags to Sena. May, Bonny, fight him. After that, fight him too, Mark." Gyron gave orders to his comrades.

"Okay." Mark nodded and gave the seven flags that he was holding to Sena.

Sena received the red flags from Mark. She was the lowest rank in their group and they were about to fight Souta who once defeated her before.

"[Agility Boost, [Strength Boost, [Cat's Speed, [Triple Muscle Strengthening]." Souta casted his buff spells and combat arts.

He knew that this battle wasn't going to be an easy one like the previous battles. If he fought these people at the same time, then the chances that he could win this fight was less than fifty percent.

He grinned widely as he felt the increase in his power. Souta lifted up his hand and casted [Shadow Bind] spell.

Swoosh!!

Gyron frowned before he looked down and saw his shadows moving.

"Jump!" He quickly jumped away and the shadows tried to capture him.

Swoosh!!

Swoosh!!

Swoosh!!

Sena, May, Mark, and Bonny followed his command and they jumped in the air. They saw their shadows moved towards them at a fast speed.

May and Mark managed to avoid the shadows but Sena and Bonny weren't fast enough. The shadows bound their limbs tightly so that they couldn't move it even an inch.

"Hmph!" Gyron snorted as he waved his hand towards the shadows that were binding his comrades.

[Power Chop]!!

His combat arts was powerful that it sliced the shadows into tiny pieces.

Sena and Boney fell on the ground and both of them thanked Gyron for helping them.

""Thank you, Gyron(Dwein).""

"Don't mention it." Gyron shook his head and said, "You can help Mark and May if you want."

Mark and May attacked Souta from either side. Souta moved his hands quickly as he parried their attacks.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

May and Mark were students of the Brawler Class and both of them were high ranking ranker. They were confident in their close combat arts but against Souta, they were acting cautiously like a different person.

Of course, they will. After all, Souta defeated them one-sidedly in the ranking battles.

Among the five of them, only Gyron and May were the people that Souta hadn't fought before.

Soon, Bonny joined the battle and they were able to match Souta well.

"Really good."

Souta once again casted [Shadow Bind] and he followed it up by casting [Shadow Ball] spell.

May, Mark, and Bonny dispersed. They tried to surround Souta in all directions.

But...

"[Shadow Spike]!!"

...

In the teacher's campsite...

Almost all the teachers were now watching the fight between Souta and the strongest team of the Brawler Class 1-A. But some of them were still closely watching their students.

They were all waiting for the good intense battle to start and right now it happened.

Souta versus the strongest team of the first year. Who's going to win? The two groups managed to collect seven flags and the group who won this battle will get the other group's red flags.

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Chapter 93 - Fierce Battle: Bryan vs Johnson

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Bryan and Johnson were trading blows. In just a few seconds, they exchanged dozens of punches.

"[Blazing Strike]!"

Bryan shouted as his fist was covered in flames. He threw it towards Johnson's face.

Swoosh!!

"[Blazing Strike]!"

Johnson smiled and he threw his fist that was covered in flames. He used the same combat arts that Bryan used.

Both of their punch, the same combat arts, collided against each other. It caused an explosion to appear and flames swept out in the small area around them.

Boom!!

"Bryan!!" Joshua shouted when he saw this. He wanted to come forward but his opponent didn't let him.

"Joshua, focus on your opponent! Don't let anything distract you!" Clyde said to Joshua.

"I understand." Joshua nodded with a grim expression.

Joshua, Clyde, and George were fighting Johnson's comrades. Their opponents weren't an easy one and they were placed into a standstill. It was because their battle wasn't going to decide the outcome of this match. They knew that it's Bryan and Johnson's battle. The one who won in this battle will get the flag of the other team.

Swoosh!! Swoosh!!

Two figures shot out of the smoke in the two opposite directions. They were Bryan and Johnson.

"For a Mage, you are too good in close combat," Johnson said to Bryan with a smile. He was a powerful fighter from Brawler Class 1-B.

He once fought Bryan before in the ranking battle and he defeated Bryan at that time. So he knew that Bryan's strength improved by a large margin since their battle.

If it's the Bryan before then he wouldn't be able to fight him like this. Bryan couldn't handle his power before, but now it seems that he could.

"Your improvement. Your growth. It's too fast." Johnson said as he clenched his fist tightly. He finally understood that Bryan has a chance to defeat him with his current strength.

"I've trained every day until I pass out from exhaustion, after all," Bryan said with a grin on his face.

"Then, let's see who's stronger. You or me!!" Johnson said as he dashed towards Bryan.

"That's what I wanted!" Bryan casted his [Lighting Boots] and [Lightning Edge] spell.

"[Rock Body]!" Johnson activated his combat arts that could increase the toughness of his body. He then arrived in front of Bryan. Flames emerged and coated his fist. He threw it towards Bryan.

"[Blazing Strike]!"

Bryan grinned widely at this. He casted a spell called [Scorching Hand]. He then met Johnson's attack with his own.

Bang!!

Bryan managed to grab and stop Johnson's fist. He quickly lifted up his feet and kicked Johnson's side.

"Hmph!" Johnson used his free hand to blocked the kick.

Bang!!

He then stepped forward and grabbed Bryan's collar. He lifted him and smashed him on the ground.

Bang!!

The ground cracked like a spider web. Johnson was about to follow it up when lightning hit his body.

Bang!

"Argh!!" Johnson flew away and crashed in the trees.

Bryan quickly stood up and raised his hand above his head.

[Lightning Strike]!!

Lightning fell down on Johnson's body. But Johnson threw a punch towards the lightning.

[Ground Breaking Fist]!!

His attack managed to disperse Bryan's [Lightning Strike] spell. He then threw another punch.

Boom!!

Bryan rolled on his side to avoid the attack. The ground beside him exploded as the force of the punch crashed the ground into tiny pieces of rocks.

[Ground Breaking Fist]!!

Johnson threw another powerful punch at Bryan.

Bryan kicked the ground and he arrived in the mid-air. He raised both of his hands and casted [Lightning Strike].

Bang!!

Johnson's body was struck by lightning. He could only grit his teeth as he watched Bryan threw another spell at him.

"Another one, [Lightning Strike]!"

Johnson pulled back his fist and used [Ground Breaking Fist] to scatter the lightning that was going to strike him.

Boom!

He pulled himself out of the ground and activated another combat arts.

"[Great Steel Body, [Muscle Booster]!!"

These two combat arts were skills that could increase a person's overall stats.

Johnson then jumped in the air. In an instant, he arrived in front of Bryan. He grabbed Bryan's collar and delivered a blow in his stomach.

Bang!

"Argh!" Bryan spat a mouthful of blood. He then grabbed Johnson's wrist. He was still using the spell [Scorching Hand] so he could burn Johnson just by grabbing him.

He yanked his arm before he threw him on the ground.

Boom!

Johnson crashed on the ground and it created a small crater. Johnson quickly rolled his body on the side as Bryan punch landed on it.

He quickly sprung on his feet before he charged towards Bryan with a grin on his face. He wiped the blood on his mouth with his hand.

"You're the best, Bryan!" Johnson said.

"You're crazy strong!" Bryan said as he charged towards Johnson.

Boom!

"One..." Bryan punched Johnson's chest and he took a blow on his face. He was about to fall but he forced himself to throw another punch.

Bang!

"Two..." Bryan gritted his teeth as blood flow down from his mouth. He received another blow on his chest and face. Clenching his fist tightly, he threw another punch on Johnson's chest.

Bang!

"Argh!!" Johnson spat a mouthful of blood. He was getting tired and he felt a numbling sensation in both of his fists.

'This guy! He's forcing himself to fight back!' Johnson thought when he saw that Bryan threw another punch aiming at his chest.

"If you wanted to fight that much then I will give you the fight that you wanted so much!!" Johnson shouted as he threw another punch.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The two people force themselves to fight as they continued to throw punch one after another. They didn't try to avoid the punches of their opponents. They just focused their mind on attacking each other.

"Twelve!! This is the final attack!!" Bryan shouted as he threw another blow towards Johnson's chest.

His fist flew straight to Johnson's chest.

Bang!!

It caused a ripple on Johnson's flesh as the fist landed on his chest. This punch was stronger than any other punches before. It was many times stronger than the eleven punches that Bryan threw before.

This combat arts was called [Twelfth Down Punch]. This was the combat arts that Bryan redeemed using all the points that he collected. Just one combat arts and all his points that he collected when he rank up to top 12 were gone.

This combat arts targeted one part of the opponent's body. All twelve punches were aimed in one part that the user decided, and when the user threw the twelfth punch, the power of the previous eleven punches was added to this last punch making it more deadly.

It took him a month before he could finally use this combat arts in a battle.

Johnson flew and crashed into several trees before he rolled on the ground.

"Huff... Huff..." Bryan was breathing heavily as he looked at Johnson. He was exhausted and he would fall any seconds.

Johnson lifted up his head and looked at Bryan. His mouth broke into a smile and said, "Ah~ what an unfortunate day. Congratulations, you've won, Bryan..." He then fell unconscious.

Johnson's comrades were stunned when they saw that he lose against the top 12 Bryan. Their mouth was agape as they looked at the unconscious Johnson.

Bryan turned his head to look at Clyde, George, and Joshua. He opened his mouth and said, "I'll leave..." He couldn't finish his sentence as he coughed a mouthful of blood.

Clyde immediately knew what he meant. He bent his knees and charged towards Johnson's three comrades. He caught them off guard and used this chance to snatched their flags.

"Good job, Clyde!" George exclaimed when he saw this.

Joshua also charged at the opponents to distract them. They exchanged a few blows before Clyde opened his mouth.

"Are you sure you want to continue fighting us?" Clyde asked. He then pointed at Johnson and said, "Johnson is unconscious. You should bring him back to your camp and get treatment. It's for his sake."

With this, the opponents have no choice but to retreat. They carried Johnson before they left.

Clyde, George, and Joshua breathe a sigh of relief when they saw this. They immediately checked if Bryan was alright.

"I'm fine, I just need to rest," Bryan said to them with a wry smile. He doesn't what to become a burden to his group that's why he fought with all of his power.

"I'm surprised that you won against the top 10 ranker," Clyde said.

"That's Bryan for you," Joshua said.

"Is that mean that Bryan is the top 10 now?" George asked.

"No, this is a special test, not the ranking battles. So, Bryan is still the top 12." Clyde shook his head and explained.

"That's unfortunate," George said with a sighed.

"Well, thanks to Bryan we got ourselves three more flags," Clyde said with a smile.

"We have five flags now and the test will end soon," Joshua said as he looked in the sky.

"We should go now before other groups appeared," Clyde said.

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Chapter 94 - Fierce Battle: You don't need to go that far!

Souta grinned widely. If he fought these people alone then the chances that he could win were less than fifty percent.

It was only his estimation based on what he saw in the ranking battles and his stats. There's a chance that these people grew a lot stronger compared to when they were still fighting in the ranking battles.

Souta jumped away while casting the [Shadow Bind] spell. He then followed up by casting the [Shadow Spike].

Gyron waved his hand and the shadows turned into tiny particles of energy. It faded in the air as the wind blew. He then looked down and saw spikes bursting out of the ground. He lifted up his feet and stomped it on the ground.

[Titan's Stomp]!!

Cracks appeared beneath his feet and it spread quickly along with the force behind his stomp. It disintegrated the spikes as the cracks continued to spread on the ground.

Gyron, the top 1 ranker, was canceling all the spells that he casted. He's the one who protected May, Mark, and Bonny from his attacks. While these three were the ones who kept attacking Souta without care as they knew that Gyron was protecting them.

Souta landed on the small crater and Lynn was looking at him there while holding the seven flags that he collected.

He waved his hands towards the three as he casted [Shadow Bind] and [Shadow Spike].

The three jumped in the air and Gyron handled his two spells like it was nothing.

Gyron looked at Souta and said, "What is he planning to do?"

"Don't tell me he wanted to run," Sena said at his side. She was getting bored as she was the one who was carrying the flags that they collected.

"I couldn't see it in his eyes. He doesn't have that intention." Gyron shook his head and something came into his mind. "Ah! So that's how it is... He wanted his partner to get away first."

"Nnnn..." Sena looked at Souta with her eyes. "Then, what should we do?"

"Don't worry about it, as long as we capture Souta then that girl will be an easy prey," Gyron said.

"Lynn, you're too close on the battlefield. It will affect me." Souta said as he carried her in one hand and aimed his free hand towards his opponents.

He casted [Shadow Ball] before he jumped away.

"O-Okay." Lynn nodded as she understood what he meant. She tightened her grip in the flags that she was holding. She knew that this was the target of these students.

Swoosh!!

They were in the mid-air and Lynn finally got a clear view of who was chasing after them. She was surprised when she saw the team.

"T-That's the top 1 ranker...?" Lynn muttered in a nervous tone.

"Yeah." Souta nodded at her.

"Ugh!" She was familiar with them and especially Gyron. Gyron was famous in the whole institute for being the top 1 ranker.

"Don't worry about it. I will deal with them. Just hide for a while." Souta looked at her and assured her.

"O-Okay." Lynn nodded her head.

Both of them landed on the ground thirty meters away from Gyron and his comrades.

Souta released Lynn and said, "Just remember what I said."

"I will do my best. I will not disappoint you." Lynn said with a serious expression.

"Good," Souta smirked then he vanished from his position.

Swoosh!!

He reappeared behind Gyron and Sena. It shook the two people as they didn't see this coming. Souta never used this spell when he was fighting in the ranking battles, so they didn't know that he could teleport to the ball of shadow that he casted.

"Wha-" Gyron turned his head and saw Souta behind him.

"Hello." Souta gathered his mana on his fist before he threw it at Gyron.

Gyron wasn't the top 1 ranker for nothing. He quickly raised both of his hands and blocked Souta's punch.

Bang!

"Argh!" Gyron gritted his teeth as he felt a powerful force pushing him away. He felt the taste of iron flowing into his mouth. He shouted, "Sena!!" He then flew ten meters away from Souta.

The power behind Souta's punch was greater than he expected. Of course, he was a living being and the trait skill [Corruption] could increase Souta's basic attacks against any living creature, so it's natural that he felt the power from this punch of Souta.

Also, Souta's [Triple Muscle Strengthening] and [Strength Boost] skills were still in effect.

That's what Souta wanted. To separate Gyron from Sena who was carrying their flags.

While Gyron was away Souta could focus on Sena. Souta quickly turned his attention to Sena and waved his hand.

He casted [Shadow Bind] and [Shadow Spike] spells to distracted Gyron and the other three for a few seconds. Even one second was enough for Souta.

Sena turned around and waved the flags toward Souta.

Souta crouched down to avoid it and placed his palm on the ground beneath Sena.

[Mud Slide]!!

The ground turned into a muddy pit and Sena's feet slowly sunk down.

"What the!!" Sena tried to move away but something strangled her feet. She looked down and saw the shadows.

Souta opened his palm and casted [Shadow Ball] towards May, Mark, and Bonny. He then grabbed Sena's neck. He then raised her up and smashed her in the ground.

Bang!!

Souta then shifted his head to the side and a fist passed beside his face. It grazed his cheeks and he felt the force behind her fist.

He opened his mouth and said, "You've gotten stronger..." He then raised her up once again before he smashed her on the ground.

Bang!!

Her gripped on the flags loosen and it all scattered around the place.

At this time, Gyron arrived beside Souta. He clenched both of his fists tightly and launched an attack on Souta.

[Wind Smash Combo]!!

Gyron threw a barrage of punches at Souta in every direction.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Souta moved his hands quickly as he tried to block all the punches. Unfortunately, he couldn't. Some of the punch slipped in and landed on his stomach, chest, and face.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

'As expected of top 1 ranker. He's on a different level than the rest of the students here.' Souta thought as he continued to move his hands to block the punches coming from Gyron.

He then vanished from his position and reappeared in the [Shadow Ball] that he threw before.

But...

May, Mark, and Bonny were already waiting for him there. The instant that Souta appeared there, they quickly attacked him without hesitation.

May coming in front of him, Mark coming on his side, and Bonny coming behind him. They attacked with all they've got as they used their powerful combat arts.

Souta ignored Mark and Bonny. He focused himself on defending against May's attack. She was the strongest among the three of them and her attack wasn't something he could ignore like the other two.

May threw a powerful punch towards his face.

Swoosh!!

Souta tilted his head to avoid the punch. He raised his right hand and grabbed her wrist. Then, pain assaulted him from his back as Bonny's kick landed on his back.

He pulled May towards him as he took another blow.

Bang!!

The blow was aimed on his liver. Souta felt the taste of blood inside his mouth. He gritted his teeth and tightly grabbed May's wrist. Using his left hand, he grabbed her face and tightly gripped it.

"Argh!!" May writhed in pain as she grabbed Souta's wrist. She used her all of her strength in her grip on his wrist.

She's really strong as Souta felt his hand going numb from how tightly she gripped it.

Bang! Bang!

Once again Souta felt Mark and Bonny attacked him. He gritted his teeth and freed May's left hand. He then used his right hand to lift her.

"[Shadow Spike]..." Souta muttered as he lifted May's body.

"Don't tell me...!!" Mark opened his eyes widely when he saw this.

"Stop that!!" Bonny shouted as he gathered all of his mana to stop Souta.

"Huff..." Souta took a deep breath and smashed May on the [Shadow Spike] on the ground.

Putchi!!

The spikes pierced through her limbs. It caused May to screamed painfully.

"AHHH!! MY ARMS!!! IT HURTS!! HELP ME!!" May screamed with tears forming in her eyes. Every time she moved her body extreme pain assaulted her.

Souta looked at her and gathered his mana on his hand. He knocked her out unconscious. It seems that she didn't have that much experience in battle if that pain could make her lose her composure.

"Souta Ieshi!!" Mark shouted at him. His face distorted from the anger he felt.

Swoosh!!

Bonny threw a punch but Souta grabbed his fist and delivered a blow on his stomach.

Bang!

"You!! She's a girl and this is just a test!! You don't need to go that far!!" Bonny shouted with clear anger in his voice while holding his stomach.

"Huh? I don't care about that." Souta looked at him and said.

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Chapter 95 - Fierce Battle: Interruption

He glanced at the unconscious May and added, "Well, it's not that I killed her. She's just unconscious and the spikes didn't hit her vital parts. The healer of this institute could heal her in just a day. Well, I'll stop the blood from flowing out."

'Well, it's a quest and I will get my skill if we score the highest, so no bad feelings.' Souta thought as he shrugged his shoulder and looked at Bonny and Mark.

If he received the rewards of this quest then his total skill points would be enough to level up his [Shadow Bind] spell to level 10. And then, he would be able to raise the rank of his class.

He tried a lot of things in the past two months to see if he could level up his spell but unfortunately, it was harder than he thought. There's only one way to level up a spell and that's to modify the structure of the spell. In these two months, this was the only way he found to level up his spell.

Modifying a spell wasn't an easy feat. He asked Bargan about it and Bargan answered that it was extremely hard that even he didn't dare to modify a spell. He said that only those people who undergo deification could modify and create a spell. It was because even if the spell that a person modified malfunctioned and exploded in their inner consciousness, the said person wouldn't take any injuries.

If Souta modified a spell and it exploded in his inner consciousness then he would lose his mind and soul. It will destroy anything that was inside him including his soul. It will only leave his body intact.

A mortal's inner soul was too fragile and it will easily crumble if something happened inside.

To cast a spell, a person needed to build the structure of it inside their inner consciousness. There's no trial and error if a person only has one chance. If the spell wasn't complete then they would die because of the effects of malfunctioning.

That's why only people who undergo deification could modify a spell. No matter how many spells exploded in their inner consciousness, they could just ignore it.

Souta shook his head and circulated his mana on his body. These people didn't even know what he did to the Shield Class 1-A and the other classes. They all suffered the same thing by him.

[Shadow Bind, [Shadow Spike, and [Shadow Ball] were his favorite Tier 1 spells. He already planned it. To promote to Rank 2 Mage, he will level up his [Shadow Bind] spell to level 10, and to promote to Rank 3 Mage, he will level up his [Shadow Ball] spell.

He spikes on May's body disappeared and he used [Light Heal] on her to stop the blood. If her blood continued to flow out, then she would take serious damage. He doesn't want that to happen as he would have to take responsibility for that and the institute would issue a punishment for him.

He wanted to knock her out. So no matter what method it is then he would do it except for killing. He had [Light Heal] and he could use it as first aid, so he went to the extreme methods to immobilize a person that he knew.

Even if she woke up now, she wouldn't be able to fight because of her condition. If she did, then her condition will worsen.

"It's done," Souta said as he patted his clothes. He stood up and looked at Mark and Bonny. The two didn't attack him as they knew that he was healing May with his spell. "I've already stopped the blood and I didn't hit her vitals. You can let the teachers check her later and finish the healing process."

Souta then grinned at them and said, "I'll let you experience what she experienced. Ah, don't worry I will also heal you. You will not die. I don't want the institute to punish me, after a-"

Suddenly, he widened his eyes and bent his body forward.

Swoosh!!

A fist passed in front of his face. He heard the sound of it tearing the air.

"That's close..." Souta muttered and he looked over and saw that it was Gyron. Gyron didn't even let him finish his sentence.

Souta balled his fist before he threw an ordinary punch towards Gyron.

Bang!

Gyron simply blocked his punch and once again threw another powerful punch.

Souta ducked down and glanced at Sena. He saw her picking the flags that were scattered on the ground.

"I didn't say that you could do that..." He placed both of his palms on the ground and casted [Shadow Bind] and [Shadow Spike].

These spells will distract Sena for a while. In this second, Gyron threw a punch.

Bang!!

"Argh!!" Souta received a blow on his stomach. He flew away and crashed on the trees.

Boom!!

"Ouch!" Souta said as he stood up and patted his clothes. If this was a life and death battle, he wouldn't look away from his opponent. He would've died just now if this was a life and death battle. But this wasn't and he knew it. That's why he could look away and used it as his advantage.

Gyron frowned while looking at his attitude. He clenched both of his fists tightly and said, "Follow me. This guy is strong." He then dashed towards Souta.

[Wind Smash Combo]!!

He launched a powerful barrage of punches at Souta. Every punch contained a hundred percent of his strength.

'This again...' Souta thought as he tried to block all the punch. Some of the punches slipped in his guard.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Souta stomped his feet on the ground and casted [Shadow Spike].

Black spikes burst out of the ground.

Gyron jumped in the mid-air to avoid the spikes and he gathered his mana on his hand. He waved it towards the spikes.

[Power Chop]!!

The spikes broke down like a fragile glass. It dissipated into thin air.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Mark and Bonny charged on Souta's both sides.

"You really wouldn't give me any chance." Souta smiled wryly at this. He looked at his stats and saw that he used half of his mana. He had 630 mana in his mana pool and he used half of this in this special test. Luckily for him, all of his spells only consumed 5 mana per use except for the [Shadow Bind] spell that needed 11 mana to use.

He didn't have any mana potion as his bag was left in his locker in the institute. Well, even if he brought a mana potion here, he wouldn't use it for a mere special test. His life wasn't at stake in this battle, so he could take it easy without using any potions.

Gyron watched Mark and Bonny fight Souta. He looked at Sena and said, "Sena, check May first before that." Although Souta said that May wasn't in mortal danger, he still couldn't calm his nerves.

"Understood." Sena nodded and she stood up. She approached the unconscious May with haste and checked her condition. After she finished checking May, she looked at Gyron and said, "Her breathing pattern is normal and her wounds aren't bleeding. She's safe for now."

Gyron sighed when he heard this. He looked at Souta and gathered his mana. He could now focus his attention on fighting Souta.

He bent his knees and charged towards Souta who was currently fighting Mark and Bonny.

Boom!!

Souta defended himself from Gyron's attack. He crossed his arms in front of him and blocked Gyron's attack while ignoring the other two.

Bang!! Bang!!

Souta spat a mouthful of blood as the two attack him from behind. He glanced behind him and casted [Mud Slide] on the ground.

He then kicked the ground to distance himself but Gyron chased after him. Gyron wouldn't let him run away.

Souta looked at Gyron who was chasing him. He then used [Air Walk] to move his body away in the mid-air.

Swoosh!!

He stepped forward and in an instant, he arrived in front of Mark and Bonny.

"I will deal with you first," Souta said as he threw a punch towards Mark.

Mark reacted and raised his arms in front of him.

Bang!

He managed to block Souta's punch but he felt his bone cracked from the punch that he received.

"He's too strong..." Mark muttered as he looked at Souta with a frown on his face.

Bonny lifted up his feet and launched a powerful kick towards Souta's stomach.

Souta bent his body and he avoided the kick. He then grabbed Bonny's legs and smashed him on the ground.

Bang!!

He then looked in the sky and saw countless arrows made of ice raining on him.

"A Tier 2 spell...?" He frowned while looking at this scene. He knew that Gyron and the others were from Brawler Class and they currently fighting him. They don't have the time to cast this spell. It only means that other classes interrupted him.

Gyron also looked in the sky and saw the countless arrows.

The arrows rained down on the whole battlefield. It covered the whole sky and it fell down with high speed.

Swoosh!! Swoosh!! Swoosh!!

Gyron went beside Sena and May. He used a defensive combat arts to protect them.

"Let me borrow you for a while." Souta lifted up Bonny and used him as a shield.

Bang!! Bang!! Bang!!

The arrows made of ice landed on Bonny's body. It caused him to cried out in pain.

"Huff..." Souta took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He concentrated and heightened his senses.

After a few moments, he opened his eyes and sighed. His [Mana Manipulation] skill was too low to detect where the caster of this spell is.

Suddenly, Lynn shouted, "Souta, in the northeast part, thirty meters away from you..."

Souta looked at her and smiled. He then grinned and said, "So, you're hiding there... I'm going to finish you first since you wanted attention that much."

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Chapter 96 - Fierce Battle: Gathering

Countless arrows made of ice fell from the sky. This spell has a slow effect and every arrow was filled with mana that's why this spell was dangerous.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Souta raised Bonny's body and used him as a shield. He turned his head and looked at Lynn in the eyes.

Lynn suppressed herself to not move her eyes. She met Souta's gaze with her own even though she was embarrassed. She wanted him to believe in her.

Lynn's senses were unusually sharp the moment she was born. Especially, her awareness over energy like mana. She was very confident in this ability of hers. She wanted to make herself useful to Souta even once.

'Believe in me, Souta! Please!' Lynn prayed in her mind. She saw Souta looked at the direction that she said. She was nervous, wondering if Souta would believe her.

Souta released Bonny from his grasp as he decided that if Bonny took any more damage then his condition would worsen just like May. He turned his head and looked at Gyron who was protecting Sena and May. Then, at Mark who was defending against the arrows from the sky.

"Thanks for protecting me!" He gripped Bonny and threw him towards Mark. "Here's your friend! If he wakes up later tell me thanks for protecting me!"

"You!!" Mark looked at him with clear anger painted on his face. Souta was treating everyone here like a disposable tool that he could get rid of any time he wanted.

Souta then turned his head to the direction that Lynn pointed. He charged towards it without hesitation. He wouldn't doubt her for something like this. Ever since he started to gather the flags of other classes, Lynn didn't say anything. She just watched him quietly from the sidelines. But now, she said something to him. It only means that she wanted to make use of herself to him.

He bent his knees and launched himself towards that direction. He moved his body from side to side to avoid the arrows, but there were too many arrows he couldn't dodge them all.

Some of them even pierced his body. Since this was the case, Souta used [Dash] and ran in a straight line. He ignored the arrows that were falling on his body.

When he was closer to the caster of the tier 2 spell, Souta jumped in the air. He saw the caster was a slender man with long blonde hair. The man had pointed ears and soft skin. He was no doubt an elf. This man was none other than the top 2 ranker, Irlin Woodnyte.

Souta was about to cast a spell towards Irlin when two figures appeared beside him.

Swoosh!! Swoosh!!

Souta was caught off guard and the two figures threw a powerful punch on his stomach.

Bang!!

Souta was thrown on the ground and it slightly shook the ground. His body was deeply embedded in the hard rock.

Gyron and the others looked over. They saw Souta crashed on the ground.

"Hmm... The others are here." Gyron muttered and he looked at the direction where Souta came from. He saw three people.

The man in the center was the top 2 ranker who once defeated him, Irlin Woodnyte. The other two were the top 4 ranker and the top 5 ranker.

The top 4 ranker was a man with a large build. Although his build was like those of a brawler class, this man was a full fledged mage. His short black hair and sharp black eyes were gleaming with intent to fight. He was Grunge Hyun, of the Hyun clan from the royal capital of the Hebrei Kingdom.

The top 5 ranker was a woman with a voluptuous body. Her long black silky hair fluttered as the wind blew. Her brown eyes were staring at the place where Souta crashed. She was holding a long silver staff in her right hand. She was Ailene Carnain.

These three people were from the Mage Class 1-A. The true force of the Mage Class. The people who attacked Souta's class were just another group of the red flag collector just like Bryan's group to his class.

Ailene opened her mouth and said, "That man, he's really something. Even though we surprised him he managed to counter us in that instant."

"Yeah, I saw in the ranking battles how he beat some of our classmates." Grunge nodded at her words.

His right hand and Ailene's left hand were bleeding. When they appeared beside Souta, Souta quickly pulled the [Vajra Sword Saya] that was hanging on his waist. The moment they threw a punch towards him, Souta knew that he couldn't avoid it as he just used [Air Walk] so he slashed his sword on their hand to reduce the force of their punch.

Ailene tapped her staff on the ground and casted [Heal] on herself and Grunge. This spell was the advanced version of [Light Heal, so their wounds immediately stopped bleeding.

Grunge looked at his right hand. He opened and closed his palm before he stretched it. He then said, "It's good, I can use this hand in a fight."

"His strength is stronger than his rank..." Ailene said in a low voice while gazing at the place which was covered in smoke and dust.

Irlin stopped his spell as it was draining too much of his mana. He glanced at the place where Ailene was looking and shook his head.

He looked at Gyron and said, "To think that man would trouble you this much, Gyron. I guess you haven't improved since the last time that we fought."

"Hmm... You wouldn't understand it if you haven't fought him. I already acknowledge his strength and you will experience it too since you are here." Gyron said to Irlin. He acknowledged how powerful and tricky Souta is.

He wondered if he will lose all of his flags in this situation. May and Bonny were down. They couldn't help him. He could only count on Sena and Mark.

Gyron sighed and he closed his eyes. He then heard several footsteps. Opening his eyes, he saw a lot of people coming to this place.

"It seems that we have other visitors."

All the powerful fighters of the first year arrived in this place. They came from different class and they all have one goal in this place. And that was to gather all the red flags that other classes gathered.

Irlin looked around and smirked. "It seems that it's going to be a battle of the class. We will see who's going to win in the end." He was also surprised to see the other classes arrived in this place. But this wouldn't stop him from achieving his goals.

Ailene removed her gaze from the place where Souta crashed and she looked at the newly arrived people. She opened her mouth and said, "It's going to get a little chaotic."

"Hehe, that's fine for me. I wanted to fight them all." Grunge laughed lightly.

"Mark, Sena, prepare for battle. No, just focus on protecting yourself. I will go all out." Gyron said to his two comrades.

The top 1 up to top 30 was here in this place except for a few people. Most of the people that arrived here were powerful on their own. They could handle themselves in the upcoming fight.

Since the people here were from different classes, they were also surprised to see everyone that arrived here in this place.

Irlin looked at everyone and said, "Too bad, Yuriko is not here. If she's here then it would be nice as the top 1 and top 2 are present in this place."

He didn't know that the top 3 ranker Yuriko got defeated by Randolf when she was attacking the Mage Class 1-B. He would be shocked if he heard this in the future. An unranked person defeated the only top 3 ranker of the first year.

Lynn hid herself carefully. She didn't dare to utter any kind of sound. She was afraid that these people would take the flags that she was holding. Nevertheless, she was stunned when she saw the powerful first years arrived in this place one by one.

But she never focused her attention on them. She looked at the place where Souta crashed with a worried look. She wanted to go there herself but she managed to hold back. She knew it, that once she revealed herself those people would target her because of the amount of red flags that she was holding.

She remembered what Souta said to her before. No matter what happens don't let go of the flags and he will think about how to deal with the opponents.

'Souta left these flags in my protection and he trusted me. So I know that he will do something about them.' Lynn thought.

Souta was still lying down on the small crater while resting on his hand. He lifted up the [Vajra Sword Saya] and muttered, "Is it okay for me to use this?"

He was hesitating whether he should use this sword or not. It's true that if he used this sword he could handle most of the students in this place but there's a risk. What if the sword tried to take over his mind once again?

"Well, I hope you don't attack me, Saya."

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Chapter 97 - Fierce Battle: 5 minutes

Souta was lying on the ground while looking at the [Vajra Sword Saya] on his hand. He opened his mouth and said, "Oi! Red lady, are you there?"

After a few moments, he hasn't heard anything at all. There's no reply and it seems that this sword wasn't going to bother him for a while.

He then tried to call her once again but to no avail, she hasn't responded at all to his call. He wanted to know what her stance. If she was his enemy or ally. In truth, he doesn't want her to become his enemy as the sword was useful to him. It gave him a large boost to his stats and the equipment skill really help him in his expedition on the Desolate Forest.

He wouldn't be able to defeat the knight leaders if not for the equipment skill of the sword and the added stats. No matter how much he predicted his opponent's movement if his stats were too low compared to his opponent then he wouldn't be able to react fast enough. Before he could react he would receive a blow from his opponent.

That's what will happen if the gap in stats was too large.

"Hmm...?"

He then averted his attention and heard a lot of people in his surrounding.

"Something is happening around me. Hmm... That's favorable for me as well as I don't need to go to their class to collect their red flags." Souta muttered and he slowly stood up. He patted the dirt and dust on his clothes.

He then felt the ground shake. It only means that the battle already started and he could only hope that they didn't discover Lynn.

Swoosh!!

The gust of wind blew the thick smoke that was covering this area. It revealed him to the rest of the people in this place. But most of them didn't have time to look at him as they were busy fighting each other.

"Hmm... What are you doing? Since you all are ignoring me, then let me collect your red flags..." Souta muttered and he placed his hand on his chin. He swept his eyes over the people that were present here. He counted the people that were holding the flags since they were his target.

Gyron, Mark, and Sena glanced at him wondering what he would do in this situation. But they have no time to watch him as their opponent attacked them.

Gyron jumped away to create a distance from his foe. He was fighting the top 2 ranker Irlin and some of the students from other classes. He got his hands full of these people just Irlin alone was giving him a hard time and now other people joined the battle to take him down.

Some of the other students decided together that taking him down would be important if they wanted to collect the red flags, so they decided to work together. But some of the students didn't want that as they knew that they were next once they managed to take down the top 1 ranker. That's why Gyron was fighting a lot of people at the same time.

Irlin who was launching spell at Gyron didn't even notice Souta. He was too busy trying to take down the top 1 ranker who defeated him. Even with the help of other people, he still couldn't catch Gyron at all.

"Tsk! This trash!" Irlin clicked his tongue while looking at the people who were attacking Gyron.

Ailene was the one who noticed Souta, not Grunge. Grunge was enjoying himself while fighting other students at the same time. She tapped her staff on the ground and created a barrier around herself.

She then waved her staff and the floor around her quickly turned into ice. And once again she casted another barrier around her.

"This is enough..." Ailene muttered before she turned her head and looked at Souta. She saw Souta eyes were looking at every people here in this place. She wondered what he was planning to do.

Souta looked around and muttered, "If Bryan is here, then he would join the battle without hesitation. Well, me too..." He started to circulate his mana around his body. He looked at his sword one more time. He was actually reluctant to use this sword after what happened last time when he evolved.

"Huff..."

He took a deep breath and slightly bent his knees. With a "boom" he charged towards the nearest person who was holding the red flags.

Swoosh!!

"I got you," Souta said as he grinned and slashed his sword towards the man.

"Wha-" The man was surprised when he saw Souta appeared in front of him. He tried to move away but it was too late. The sword was already on its way towards him and he knew that he couldn't avoid it.

Putchi!!

"Argh!!" A large cut appeared in the chest of the man. Blood spurted out of the wound on his chest.

Souta moved his hand and grabbed the red flags on the man's hand. He forcefully yanked out the flags out of his hand. He then lifted up his feet and kicked the man's chest.

Bang!

The man flew away and crashed on the ground.

This alerted the people around the place. They all stopped moving and looked at Souta who was holding the red flags that he snatched from the man.

Souta looked at them and he slowly opened his mouth and said, "Let's fight and see who will win."

He slowly raised his palm and casted [Shadow Bind] spell along with [Shadow Spike] spell.

"Hmm...?" Irlin looked on the ground and immediately jumped. "Jump!!" He shouted to his comrades.

Ailene jumped in the air and pointed her staff on him. She gathered her mana and casted a spell.

[Mana Bullet]!!

Dozen small blueish balls appeared beside her. The blueish balls shot towards him quickly.

Swoosh!! Swoosh!!

Souta threw the flags that he was holding in the sky. He then swiftly avoided the [Mana Bullet] spell that Ailene casted.

"Oho, that's dangerous you know..." Souta said as he then swept his eyes in the area around him. He found another student who was holding red flags.

He charged towards that student while using [Dash] skill. In just a moment, he arrived in front of the student. Souta used [Shadow Bind] and slashed his sword. He then grabbed the flags and kicked the student away from him.

Swoosh!!

Suddenly, he ducked down as a fist passed above his head. Souta glanced and saw Grunge, the top 4 ranker of the first year.

He slashed his sword horizontally but Grunge took a step back and avoided his sword easily. He gripped the red flags that he was holding tightly before he threw it towards Grunge.

Grunge stepped aside to avoid the flags and he launched himself towards Souta.

Swoosh!!

Suddenly, he found his feet being stuck on the ground. Grunge looked down and saw that the ground turned into mud.

[Mud Slide]!!

"I will fight you later." Souta smiled at him before he turned around and charged towards the student who was holding the red flags.

His target this time was the students who have red flags. Souta doesn't want anyone in this place to collect the red flags. He will avoid any fight except for those who have red flags.

His [Shadow Bind] and [Shadow Spike] spells knocked a few of students that gathered in this place. It removed the weaklings from the strong, so only people who possessed some power were standing in this place. All of them were top 1 to top 30 ranker and a few ones who were saved by their comrades just like those people who were holding the red flags.

Irlin frowned at this and said, "After him!!"

Ailene and Grunge looked at Irlin and nodded their heads. They chased Souta who was running around the battlefield.

Swoosh!! Swoosh!!

Irlin casted a spell to stop Ailene and Grunge's opponents. He will handle these people but he was worried that Gyron would attack him. He turned his head and glanced at Gyron. He found that Gyron was fighting the other students.

"Haha, catch me if you can." Souta laughed as Ailene and Grunge chased him with all of they've got.

He moved around and jumped on top of the tree before he jumped down again. The two people were having a hard time to follow his movements. While he was running around, he picked up the flags of the Brawler Class 1-A that we're scattered on the ground.

'What is he planning to do? Did he run around just to get the red flags or did he have another motive? I couldn't tell at all.' Ailene thought as she was trying to guess what's his motive behind his action.

"You!! Come back here and fight me!!" Grunge shouted at the top of his lungs. He opened both of his palms and casted a spell towards Souta.

Swoosh!!

"I will fight you later," Souta replied with a laughed and moved his body to avoid the spell. "So, wait for it. I will fight you with my full power."

Remaining time before the test ends: 5 minutes...

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Chapter 98 - Fierce Battle: I didn't say you could touch her

Swoosh!!

Souta arrived in front of a man who was holding the red flags. He tightened his grip on his sword and waved the Vajra sword towards the man.

Putchi!!

Just like before, Souta took the red flags on the hand on the man. Souta grinned before he kicked the man away.

Bang!!

The man flew and crashed into the trees. It caused the trees to shake and the leaves to fell on the ground.

"Just a little bit more," Souta muttered as he looked at the students who were holding the red flags. There's only a few of them left. He would be able to knock them down with the remaining time that he has.

Swoosh!! Swoosh!! Swoosh!!

Souta felt the mana fluctuations in the air. It was too dense, so he looked up and found himself being cornered as different spells were casted towards his direction. He finally incurred the wrath of the students here in this place.

"There's too many of them..." Souta said in a low voice when he saw this scene. He looked at every corner where he could cast his [Shadow Ball]. In the end, he gave up on using [Shadow Ball] spell. At least one or two spells would hit the [Shadow Ball] if he casted it in any direction. The spell will explode and it will lose its effect to switch position with the user.

Then, avoiding the spells...

There were too many spells to avoid, so he knew that it's futile if he tried to avoid the spells. The spells covered all the escape routes that he could think of.

Since this was the case, he had no choice but to block this using his body. He had an object that could take these spells without getting a scratch. And that's the dark grade weapon [Vajra Sword Saya].

...

Irlin glanced at his at the three unconscious people in front of him. He just defeated his opponents at this time. He turned his head and saw that Souta was being cornered by the students.

He looked around and found something. He knew that Souta would be having a hard time with a lot of people targeting him, including Ailene and Grunge.

"Hehe~ so that's your plan, huh?"

...

"Okay, let's do this..." Souta said with a smirk on his face. He moved his left hand and threw the red flags that he was holding in the sky.

Swoosh!!

He tightened his grip on the sword and it emitted a red light.

When a ball of fire was close to him, Souta quickly waved the sword in his hand.

[Cross Moon]!!

A red light flashed and it hit several spells in the mid-air.

Boom! Boom!

It caused the spells to explode in the mid-air even without hitting their target.

"Ha!!"

Souta waved the Vajra sword once again. It caused several explosion to occurred in the mid-air.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Souta slashed the sword with intent to eradicate all the spells that were heading towards him. He continued waving it in every direction.

Still, some of the spells slipped on his guard and it landed on his body. No matter how strong he is, he still a first-year student and he couldn't block countless spells that were aimed at his body in every direction.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

After a few moments, Souta was still standing on his place with a few wounds on his body. Everyone was looking at him with widened eyes. They were surprised when they saw how he slashed those spells.

"Really..." He smiled and looked down on his hand. He saw that his hand was trembling. It was because he used the equipment skill of the [Vajra Sword Saya] in a short amount of time.

This is the side effect of using the equipment skill of the sword continuously.

Souta looked at his stats and saw that he still have a lot of health points and stamina but his mana was less than half of his total mana.

'This is bad, without mana I would have a hard time fighting all the students here.' Souta thought while looking at his stats. Well, it would only give him some trouble. It's not enough to defeat him as he was confident in his physical ability.

If he was a pure mage, then he would truly lose against these students as a pure mage was dependent on the amount of mana he had.

Right now, Souta's stats were balanced so even if he drained his mana he still could fight using his physical ability. He still has combat arts to use even if he couldn't use his spell. This was important to him.

Currently, Souta doesn't know a lot of spells. He only knew a couple of it but the specialty spell he knew was only three. The [Shadow Bind, [Shadow Spike, and [Shadow Ball] spells were the spells that came from the skill tree of darkness specialty. It would only increase while raising the rank of his class.

"Okay, I will use all of my mana without holding back," Souta said in a low voice as his gaze swept around the students in the area.

Grunge and Ailene recovered from the shocked they felt. Grunge clenched his fist and he gathered his mana. He raised fist and aimed it at Souta.

"Explode, [Burst Ground]!!" He shouted as he casted a spell towards Souta.

Souta glanced on the ground before he quickly rolled to the side. The ground that which he was standing earlier exploded. Flames burst out like a fountain.

Boom!!

Souta looked at this spell with a frown on his face. That was dangerous. The grade of that spell was closed to tier 2 spell. He would lose a large amount of his health if that spell hit him.

"Ah, let finish you right now." Souta looked at Grunge and said with a grin. He gripped the sword tightly and dashed towards Grunge.

Swoosh!!

[Dash]!!

Souta used [Dash] skill to increase his speed.

Suddenly, a wall of emerged from the ground in front of Grunge.

[Wall of Stone]!!

Ailene casted it as she knew that Souta targeted Grunge, her comrade. She wouldn't let Grunge fight Souta alone. She knew that Souta wasn't an easy opponent just from what he showed before.

Souta continued to dash forward even when the wall appeared in front of Grunge. After a few moments, he arrived in front of the [Wall of Stone] spell. He waved the sword and the wall was sliced in half.

Swoosh!!

The upper part of the wall fell down on the ground with a loud "thud" sound. Behind the wall was Grunge.

Souta saw Grunge smiling at him while opening both of his palms. Grunge's mana was fluctuating highly. He was ready to cast a spell at any time.

"That's..." Souta frowned while looking at it.

[Air Burst]!!

The air gathered on Grunge's palm. It turned into a ball of wind before it shot towards Souta with powerful momentum.

"I already expected this, you know." Souta grinned and he raised his left hand. He watched the timing and speed of the spell before he waved his left hand.

Boom!!

The ball of wind crashed the ground behind him and it caused a deep pit.

Souta managed to divert the spell using his left hand but it was not without consequences. The skin on his left hand was grazed. The people around him could see his bare flesh.

Grunge was shocked when he saw this. He looked at Souta's hand in a daze.

Souta used this chance to slashed his sword.

Swoosh!!

A large cut appeared on Grunge's chest but Souta wasn't done yet. He slashed his sword once again and another cut appeared on Grunge's body.

"Argh!!" Grunge groaned as a large amount of blood spurted out of his chest.

"This is what you want right?" Souta kicked Grunge in the air. He looked up at Grunge and chased after it.

Swoosh!!

With a jump, Souta appeared in front of Grunge. He pulled back his left hand and clenched his fist.

"[Shadow Spike]..." Souta muttered as black spikes emerged from the ground and then he threw a powerful punch on Grunge's body.

Bang!!

Grunge flew and crashed in the ground which was full of spikes. The ground trembled as his body crashed with powerful momentum.

'It hurts...' Souta complained in his mind. He still could bear the pain he felt on his left hand. Well, it's not the first time that he experienced this.

Before, when he was fighting the red lady of the Vajra sword, he once sacrificed his left hand to save the people. That injury was more serious than this one.

Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice.

"Kyaa!!"

"I know that something was wrong when he tossed those flags in the air. But luckily I noticed that it was heading in the same direction."

Souta turned around and saw Irlin, the top 2 ranker, was approaching Lynn. Lynn was holding a bunch of flags in her arms. Irlin's mana was fluctuating as he approached Lynn.

'This is bad! That guy, Irlin, is the top 2 while Lynn is just an ordinary student. She would be easily defeated if they fought.'

"Huff..." Souta took a deep breath and hold his breath. The grin on his face slowly vanished and it was replaced by a cold one.

He slightly bent his knees and his muscles bulged out.

"[Agility Boost, [Strength Boost, [Cat's Speed, [Triple Muscle Strengthening, [Dash]..."

Souta used his combat arts and spell as he charged towards Irlin with all of his strength. He used all of his stats without holding back.

Boom!!

It was so fast that in just two seconds Souta arrived beside Irlin. He opened his palm and tried to grab Irlin's face.

"I didn't say that you could touch her. I'll kill you, you know?"

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Chapter 99 - Fierce Battle: Level 9 [Shadow Bind]

"So fast!!" Ailene was surprised when she saw his speed. To think that Souta didn't even use his full speed when she was chasing him.

She turned her head to where Souta was heading and saw her classmate, Irlin the top 2 ranker, and a girl with purple color hair. The girl was holding a bunch of red flags.

"So that's how it is..." Ailene muttered as she finally understood why Souta was throwing the red flags. Souta wasn't just randomly throwing those flags. He was throwing it towards his partner and that partner was that girl with purple hair.

This man surprised her again and again. Really incredible.

...

Irlin's mana flared up as he was going to attack Lynn.

However, just as Irlin was about to cast a spell his expression changed slightly.

He stopped moving as he felt someone at his side. He felt danger coming beside him.

Souta arrived beside Irlin in just a few moments. He opened his palm and reached it out towards Irlin's face.

"I didn't say that you could touch her. I'll kill you, you know." Souta said in a cold tone.

"S-Souta...!" Lynn looked at him with a surprised expression.

Swoosh!!

Souta grabbed Irlin's face and smashed him on the ground. He continued to move forward while gripping Irlin's face.

Boom!!

It created a one-meter deep and two-meter wide scar on the ground. The trees that were in their way were uprooted and crashed into tiny pieces.

"R-Release me!!" Irlin tried to say something to Souta. He raised his hand and grabbed Souta's wrist. He felt extreme pain as Souta was using his body to open up the ground.

"Hmph!!" Souta snorted as he tightened his grip and gathered his mana on his palm.

"Argh!!" Irlin felt extreme heat on Souta's hand which was gripping his face. The burning sensation he felt was becoming unbearable.

"[Fire Ball]..."

Souta casted the very first spell that he learned in this world. Since he was gripping Irlin's face and he used his palm to cast the spell. The spell immediately exploded as soon as it appeared.

Boom!!

He then threw Irlin away before casting another [Fire Ball] spell.

Irlin crashed on the ground and his face was covered in smoke. Then, a ball of fire flew towards his body and exploded.

Boom!!

...

Ailene and other students looked at this with a stunned expression. They watched how Souta took care of the top 2 ranker of the whole first year just like that.

"He's strong..." Gyron muttered while looking at Souta's figure. He already knocked two out of five people that were trying to pull him down. Right now, Sena and Mark help him handle the remaining three. It was because they wanted him to restore his energy.

"I thought before that I'm the strongest first year in this institute but it seems that I was wrong." He said in a low voice.

The other students subconsciously took a step back when they saw Souta turned his head to look at them. They gulped as Souta grinned widely.

Souta swept his gaze at everyone and slowly opened his mouth. "I will beat everyone here."

He provoked everyone. If he did this then some of them would step back and some were not. He wanted to decrease his opponent this time as he was exhausted and he was about to fall any second right now. The wounds that he received before were bleeding and it made him lose his strength faster than before.

He was only trying to put up a strong front to intimidate some of them as he knew that he couldn't intimidate everyone here, like that top 1 ranker who could go toe to toe to him if he didn't use the Vajra sword.

Suddenly, he felt a warm feeling on his back.

"Hmm...?"

Souta turned his head and saw Lynn using [Light Heal] on him.

[Light Heal] was a spell that wasn't effective to the caster. It could only heal the wounds of other people except for the caster. Above this spell was the advanced version called [Heal]. It could do the thing that [Light Heal] couldn't.

Lynn wasn't a powerful fighter or mage but she at least knew several basic spells. She didn't study seriously before and didn't listen to Bargan's lectures.

She was regretting it right now.

She regretted that she didn't have enough strength to support Souta. All she could do was watch Souta fought and get injured.

"Since they've found me, I don't need to hide anymore. I'm sorry. I couldn't help you." Lynn apologized to him.

Actually, she was holding herself back when she saw Souta receiving wounds from his opponents. She really wanted to help him and treat his wounds but she knew that she has a role to fulfill. And that's collecting the red flags that Souta gave her and protect it. Also, even if she rushed towards him at that time she knew that she didn't have the strength to help him. She would just become a burden to him and that's what she didn't want to happen.

Souta smiled at her and said, "You don't have to apologize. I already said before that I will deal with this alone."

He turned around and patted her head.

"E-Ehh..." Lynn blushed from the sudden contact. Her face turned red as she lowered her head.

"Thanks, this is enough for me." Souta thanked her and removed his hand. It's really hard to pat someone who's taller than you. It became awkward.

Well, that doesn't even matter now as most of his wounds stop bleeding. His wounds weren't completely healed. [Light Heal] was just first aid. It couldn't completely heal wounds like these as it could only use to stop the bleeding.

At least he avoided her healing his left hand. His deep wounds and blood were covering the true form of his hand. Even though it hurts like hell, he still could injure it.

The blue grade gloves that he was wearing were gone. The glove on his right hand was safe. The only problem was his left hand.

"I know some spell and these will help you." Lynn shook her head and said. She then casted a buff spell towards Souta.

[Lesser Strength]!

[Reinforce Energy]!

"This... This will help me a lot. You can go now bring those flags away," Souta said as he stretched his arm. He was feeling better now that Lynn casted low-level buff spells on him.

Suddenly, everyone heard a loud whistling sound and it was followed by an explosion. Everyone looked up and heard a voice.

"Remaining time on special test. One minute..."

The voice wasn't loud nor soft, strangely every student in the whole mountain heard it. The voice was imbued with mana and a special auxiliary spell. It lets a simple voice be heard throughout the whole mountain.

"Really, what a good timing..." Souta smiled wryly when he heard the voice. He knew what will happen next.

He turned to Lynn once again and said, "You can go now, you will become the target." He said these words with a serious expression on his face.

"O-Okay." Lynn nodded her head as she tightly gripped the red flags in her arms.

Since she was holding most of the red flags in this place, she will become the target of every class. It will become a battle to defend her within one minute. As long as she kept holding these flags then it would become the points of their class as soon as the special test ends.

'Protecting Lynn for one minute is not a problem for me.' Souta grinned widely. His intimidation before wasn't going to be effective in this situation. They were going to stake everything just to get the flags from Lynn.

"Everyone let's work together and take the red flags from her!" Ailene shouted and this what she wanted.

Everyone nodded their heads at her words. All of them have a gloomy expression in their face. It was because the girl behind Souta was holding more than ten red flags.

Souta used his skill points to raise the level of [Shadow Bind] spell to level 9 leaving him four skill points left. He then quickly casted it before anyone could approach Lynn.

[Shadow Bind]!!

Several shadows burst out of the ground.

Ailene and the other quickly jumped away but they noticed something different. The shadows were many times faster than before so it bound all of their feet. They didn't manage to escape as this was out of their expectations.

"What??" Ailene was surprised at this then she waved her staff to break the shadows but she noticed that it was tougher than before.

She lifted up her head and looked at Souta. She saw him grinning while looking at them.

"Not good!!" She guessed that Souta was about to do something about them.

"All of you are staying here." Souta casted [Shadow Spike] spell.

Putchi!!

Putchi!!

Several spikes burst out of the ground and it pierced their feet. All of them screamed in pain.

"In this special test, we win." Souta looked at them and said. They wouldn't be able to follow Lynn since he injured their feet. They wouldn't be able to run properly with a hole in their feet.

Gyron who was watching at the sideline sighed at this. He knew that Souta's class was going to take the highest score in this special test.

"It seems that I still need to train harder and catch up to his strength." He muttered in a low voice while looking at Souta's figure. He just waited for the special test to end.

After a few dozen seconds, a loud bell rang in the whole mountain.

It only means that the special test ends.

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Chapter 100 - End of Special Test

A loud bell rang in the whole mountain.

The students stopped fighting as they looked up in the sky.

Souta sighed and he fell down on his knees. He was exhausted and his body was covered in bruises. His left hand was covered in blood and his skin was gone.

"Huff... that took most of my strength," Souta said in a low voice while gasping.

He managed to test the limit of his strength in this special test and he knew that he could fight several first-year students at the same time with his current stats.

He guessed that he could probably match those second-year rankers. But he wasn't sure what rank he could fight.

The students here in the Ladro Institute was powerful. They were even stronger than those Rank E to Rank D adventurers. It was especially to the third and fourth-year students. That's why most of the students that graduated here become influential people in the country like the city of the Ladros city and the Captain of the Royal Guard.

Ailene looked at Souta for a few seconds before she turned her head to her comrades. She went beside Irlin and Grunge who was heavily injured. She casted [Heal] on them to stopped the bleeding of their wounds.

"Next time, we will win. We greatly underestimate him this time." She said in a low voice while healing her comrades. That last spell of Souta took her in surprise.

The students went to help their injured comrades. Suddenly, a group of teachers appeared before them. They brought the healers of the institute with them.

They help and treat the students who suffered injuries in this special test.

One of the healers approached Souta. Souta looked at the man who was wearing white clothes and shook his head. "You can heal the other first. I can handle myself."

"Are you sure?" The healer asked him then he looked at Souta's bloody left hand.

"Yeah, I'm sure. I could still use this hand and it's not that deep." Souta nodded his head and looked at his left hand.

"Okay, I will heal you later." The healer said to Souta before he turned around and left to heal the other students.

Souta looked at the healer's retreating figure. He then heard footsteps coming from behind, so he turned his head and looked at it. He saw Lynn walking towards him with flags in her arms.

"Um... Souta, are you okay?" Lynn asked him with a concerned look.

"Nope, I'm not okay as you can see," Souta replied to her and he slowly stood up.

"I-I'm sorry for asking, t-then let me help you." Lynn walked beside him and held his hand.

"It's okay, I could still walk." Souta shook his head. He then smiled at her and said, "Let's go to our campsite. I'm sure the others are waiting for us."

Lynn looked at his face before she nodded. "Ah, yes. I think Mila is worried about us."

"Mila?" Souta looked at her with a questioning gaze.

"Ah, our class rep. I called her Mila." Lynn explained to him.

The two talked to the teachers here saying that they will go back to their campsite. The teachers agreed to them and let them go back to the Mage Class 1-B campsite.

Souta glanced at Lynn. He could see that she was excited to go back to the campsite. He opened his mouth and said, "You're quite excited to go back."

"Yeah, I want to show Mila the flags that you collected," Lynn said with an excited expression while looking at the flags in her arms. She wanted to tell Lumilia how cool Souta when he was fighting someone. The scene where Souta protected her from Irlin kept repeating in her mind.

"It's true that I collected those flags alone but without you, I wouldn't be able to gather a lot of flags." Souta shook his head and said. If he fought alone then it would be a different story. He had to hold the flags while fighting the enemy that was after it. The difficulty was harder if Lynn didn't join his group.

"E-Eeeehhh!!!" Lynn was surprised when she heard his words. She lowered her head as her face turned red. "I-I didn't... d-do anything..." She said in a tiny voice while stuttering.

"You did something." Souta paused for a moment before he continued, "You hold the flags, that's all. Haha!" He then laughed at her.

"Mmm... You're teasing me." Lynn puffed her cheeks. She then remembered something. "I did something, I help you stop the bleeding of your wounds."

As soon as she mentioned this, she looked down at Souta's left hand. She opened her mouth and asked, "Are you really okay?"

"That, really I forgot about that..." Souta lifted up his left hand and said, "This? Yeah, I can handle this. I will treat it back at the campsite."

"Do you want me to cast a healing spell on you?" Lynn offered.

"It's okay, don't waste your mana for something like this." Souta declined her offer. He wouldn't let anyone bothered his left hand.

"It's not a waste if I could heal your wounds," Lynn said.

"Nope, I could handle this." Souta shook his head. He really wanted someone to treat his left hand but that would reveal its creepy form. So he could only grit his teeth and bear the pain he was feeling.

"I see..." Lynn lowered her head in disappointment. She just wanted to help him and nothing else.

Souta glanced at her and sighed. "Fine, you can heal the other wounds except for this left hand."

"R-Really?" Lynn looked at her.

"Yes." Souta nodded at her.

The two of them walked for a dozen minutes before they arrived at the campsite of the Mage Class 1-B. There they saw their homeroom teacher, Bargan, was helping clean the campsite. All the campsite was a battlefield because that's where the red flag of each class stood.

It's not just Bargan was here, the healers and cleric of the institute were here and they were healing the students of other class here.

Souta looked around and saw the girl named Yuriko among the injured people. Yuriko was the top 3 ranker and it's not easy to injure someone like her. He wondered who caused her to look like that.

Lynn looked at him and saw him looking at the injured students. She looked there and didn't saw Bryan and Alice. These two people were the ones that come to her mind when she thought that Souta was looking for somebody. Lynn knew that Souta was always with these two. If not Bryan, it was Alice.

Souta turned his head and saw that the red flag of their class was still in its place. It means that no one managed to take their red flag.

"Hmm...?"

He frowned at this. The top 3 ranker was injured in their campsite. If she was here then it means that her target was the red flag of their class.

The question is... who among his classmates was capable of stopping the top 3 ranker of the whole first year? Not just stopping her, it even inflicted heavy injuries on her body.

Just who is capable of this feat among his classmates? Is it Bryan? No, Bryan wasn't here so it's literally impossible. Is it Alice? Hmm... There's a possibility.

Souta shook his head and placed those thoughts in the back of his head. He will learn the answer to his question later as he's going to ask the class rep about what really happened here.

He looked at Lynn and patted her back. "You can go now to teacher Bargan and let him count the flags that we collected," Souta said.

"Yes, I will do that." Lynn nodded at him before she ran towards Bargan.

Souta looked at her figure before he shook his head. He went inside one of the tents here and asked the cleric for some bandages.

He will cover his left hand using the bandages.

...

Lumilia noticed Lynn running towards Bargan with a bunch of red flags. She knew that her partner was Souta, so she looked around and didn't find Souta. She didn't know that Souta was just inside one of the tents bandaging his left hand.

After a few minutes, she saw Lynn finished talking to Bargan and gave the red flags to him. Lynn then approached her with hurried steps.

Before Lumilia could say anything, Nayo who was beside her said something first.

"Lynn! Where's Souta? What did you two do to get that many red flags?" Nayo said as she placed her hand above her eyes and looked around trying to find Souta. She quickly gave up when she didn't see Souta. She turned her attention to Lynn and checked her body. "And looking at you, you still looked the same. You didn't have a single scratch on your body."

"Ehehe~ actually, Souta was the one who did most of the work. I'm just in the sideline watching his battle." Lynn said with a wry smile.

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