The Evolution of a Goblin to the Peak

Souta, Amanda, and Yenxa arrived in the Paultry City. This city wasn't as large as Earthen Core City but it was still huge compared to the city on the southern continent.

There was one reason why Eilish said to go here aside from finding the dwarf called Gragas.

The Union Peace was the strongest organization in the central continent, which means that there were number two or number three organizations.

And Paultry City wasn't under the rule of Union Peace.

It's under the rule of an organization called Night Watch.

It's a strong organization but not as strong as Union Peace.

Although this wasn't Union Peace's territory, Souta couldn't let down his guard. All the other organizations in this land were afraid of Union Peace, after all.

They wouldn't dare to offend the Union Peace for a monster like him.

"How are we going to find Gragas in this huge city?" Amanda asked.

"Eilish said to me that Gragas is a blacksmith and he wanted to replicate a soul weapon. So we are going to narrow down our scope." Souta said to her while walking. Amanda and Yenxa were following him while observing the locals of this city.

There were stalls in every corner of the street. Some of the people were buying, some of them were chatting, and some of them were on the corner as if waiting for someone. The whole street was filled with people from different races.

"Hmm... So we are going to find a blacksmith. It's easier than finding any clues about my clan." Amanda said in a low voice.

The three were wearing hoods to cover their head and layers of flesh on their face so that no one would recognize them. They could change their appearance using the parasite but they couldn't change their energy signature. If a person has a keen sense then they would recognize Souta's group.

Souta glanced at Yenxa. He still couldn't ask her to do other things except for battle. Yenxa couldn't understand human and demi language. It would take a lot of time before she learned to understand this language.

Also, even if she understood human and demi language it would still take some time before she could speak using it. She would learn the monster language when she reach her third evolution but that would easily give her identity as a monster.

She could only understand Souta when he was using monster language or goblin language but if he used human and demi language, she would be left in the dark without knowing anything.

This was the reason why she was silent all the time when there were other people around her.

"Is there something you want to do, Yenxa?" He asked in a low voice using monster language.

"Nothing, My Lord. I'm fortunate that I could follow you like this and receive your guidance." Yenxa shook her head as she replied to him in a tiny voice that only Souta could hear.

Then, she glanced at Amanda in the corner of her eyes. Even Amanda who just recently joined their group has more uses than her.

Souta sensed her gloomy emotion. He felt it through the contract that he had with her.

"You know, you can ask Doranjan to teach you human and demi language. Aside from me, he is the only one who can teach you the most common language that people use."

Alice, Torkez, Franklin, or Amanda couldn't teach Yenxa as Yenxa didn't understand their words in the first place. Even if they wanted it, it would be useless.

"I understand, My Lord."

Yenxa said to him.

Souta nodded and the group walked around the streets for a few minutes until they found an inn.

Eilish warned him before he left the Earthen Core City. The Union Peace had mobilized a powerful force and he knew that he couldn't win in a frontal battle against them. If it's a one on one battle then he was confident that he could defeat them but fighting at the same time would be a disadvantage for him.

He was a Level 51 Blood Goblin and he learned the [Archetype: Vajra Extremity]. He doesn't need to fear an S-rank expert in a frontal battle. He could even crush the protective field of those S-rank experts with his current strength.

Most of the people that acquired Archetype were at the peak of mortal's strength yet he managed to learn it at third evolution.

But then it wasn't enough if he truly wanted to defeat them. He needed to reach his fourth evolution as the quest that he mostly got at this moment had high difficulty.

After they checked in, the group went out and gathered information about a blacksmith called Gragas. Of course, they found Gragas' location in just two hours.

They simply asked every dwarf that saw on the street if they knew someone named Gragas. It's impossible for Gragas, who's a dwarf himself, to not know any of the dwarves in this entire city. At least, he would be acquainted with some of them in one way or another as he was a blacksmith.

"Okay, we'll go back and rest for now," Souta said to Amanda.

"What about Gragas?" Amanda asked.

They already knew where to find Gragas yet why Souta stopped at this moment when they were close to finding the dwarf.

She didn't understand why.

"It's simple. You and Yenxa needed to rest. We've traveled from Earthen Core City to Paultry City without resting so this is the right time for the two of you to rest. At least, we know the shop that dwarf and we can easily find him there so you don't have to hurry." Souta paused before he added, "We will stay in this city for a week or two then after talking to Gragas, I'll decide if we'll raid the hidden base or not."

"I-I'm sorry, I'm too hasty." Amanda apologized to him. She's been trying to find clues of her clan in her entire life so she was anxious about it. It feels like the clues would slip away if she didn't grasp it tightly.

"It's fine. I understand your feelings." Souta said to her.

The three went back to the inn to rest. All of them agreed that they will find Gragas after they recover their fatigue.

Souta's body and stamina were stronger than them so he didn't need to rest. In fact, absorbing the energy inside the fifth evolution monster was enough for him. The best feram of a fifth evolution stage was much more potent than his energy. After absorbing it, he didn't need to sleep nor eat to stay alive.

His speed in absorbing energy had increased greatly to the point that some of the energy was converted to experience points after learning the Archetype.

It was a brand new world to him. He didn't experience this in the past so he was quite flabbergasted after experiencing this.

On the next day, the three went to the shop of Gragas.

Gragas' shop was called Bounty Weapon. It was a small shop in the alley and it was made of rare woods that have high resistance to flames.

"This is it."

Souta muttered as he observed the shop. Then, he pushed the door and stepped inside. Amanda and Yenxa followed him.

The space inside was small. There's a counter on the back and a small boy with purple color skin and cat ears was sitting on a chair while reading a book.

The small boy turned his head and he beamed a bright smile when he saw three people enter the shop.

"What do you want, sir? Weapon or armor?"

He asked enthusiastically.

Amanda and Yenxa looked around. Different types of weapons and armors were hanging on the wooden walls of the room. Most of these weapons and armors were blue grade. The only difference was their quality.

"Boy, do you know where's Gragas?" Souta asked.

"Master?" The boy muttered then he asked, "What do you want from my master?"

"Nothing, I just want to have an important conversation with him so tell me where's Gragas," Souta said.

He was right.

Since this boy called Gragas his master, this must be really Gragas' shop. Maybe, Eilish was talking about different Gragas and the master in this shop only had the same name. There's a possibility of that but it's too low.

The small boy didn't say anything to Souta. He just kept looking at him with a frown. He was anxious as he didn't know what this guy wanted from his master.

"Don't worry, I will not do anything. I'm just here to pass a letter to Gragas."

Souta assured the boy before he waved his hand and set up a field in the whole shop.

"Yenxa, close the door. Don't let anyone enter the shop for a while."

He said using monster language. Then, he went straight to the back to where he could feel a solidified mana.

It seems that this Gragas guy wasn't just an ordinary blacksmith.. An S-rank expert was hiding in this small place.