The Evolution of a Goblin to the Peak

A loud and powerful roar shook the entire jail as a huge red bear appeared beside Souta.

Bang!

Yuko simply swung her claws, and the cell broke like a piece of fragile glass.

Souta grinned as he stepped out of his cell. He patted Yuko's back and said, "Good job."

Every prisoner was stunned when they saw this scene. Their jaws were hanging open as they couldn't believe what they saw. A huge bear materialized out of thin air.

Then, one of the prisoners recognized Souta's profession.

"A-A tamer?!"

"You mean the class that could control a monster?!"

"Yeah, that's a tamer!!"

All of them looked at Yuko and Souta with a shocked expression. The prisoner in front of Souta's cell couldn't say anything. He could only look at Souta with wide eyes.

"Mu..." Yuko looked at her surroundings with a tense expression. She felt pressure from the dense best feram in the air.

"Don't worry..." Souta said to Yuko.

The skill he used just now was called [Summoning]. It was a skill where he could summon his pet to his location. If the pet didn't want to be summoned, then he wouldn't be able to summon his pet. That's the only condition for this skill. As long as the pet was willing, the owner could summon the pet anytime.

He learned this skill from his teacher, Bargan. Even though fire attribute spells were Bargan's specialty, he still knew a lot of things outside his specialty.

Souta had a tattoo on his shoulder. The tattoo looks like Yuko's face, but it is more fierce and violent. He could summon Yuko through this tattoo without any problem. This tattoo linked Yuko and Souta through the contract they possessed.

Bargan explained to Souta the importance of this tattoo. Souta could do a lot of things with this, just like the [Summoning] skill he used. If it got stronger, he could communicate with Yuko without any problems.

"Well, well, well, can I kill all the prisoners here?" Souta said with a smile while looking at the prisoners' faces.

The prisoners gulped their saliva when they heard his words. All of them looked at Souta with a nervous expression. They don't want to die.

Once again, the ground shook heavily, and three monsters emerged from the ground. Two of these emerged from the prison cells of the prisoners, and the remaining one emerged in front of Souta and Yuko.

The monsters had a five-meter-tall furry body. It has a pair of bright red eyes and a pair of sharp fangs that could tear apart any iron. It has three pointed vines on its back. These vines were stretchable, and the monsters used these vines for offensive attacks. Lastly, the monsters have a two-meter-long tail that is covered in black spikes.

These monsters were called dark vine- eaters.

"W-What's this?!" A prisoner was scared when a monster emerged from the ground. He didn't have a way to escape because they were inside the enclosed cell.

"I don't want to die!! Help me! Help!!" He shouted as the dark vine eater opened its mouth. Then, it bit his waist in half.

Blood splattered on the ground as the dark vine-eaters ate the prisoner.

Panic spread through the whole prison in an instant. The appearance of the dark vine-eaters brought terror to the prisoners here. They shouted and called the guards, but it seems that the guard wasn't here. No matter how loud they shouted, the guards wouldn't be able to hear them.

"Hmm..." Souta lifted his head and looked closely at the dark vine-eater in front of his face.

"Graaaah~" The dark vine-eater slowly opened its mouth, revealing sharp teeth and fangs. Its red eyes were looking at Souta.

Souta smirked and said, "Yuko..."

Suddenly, the head of the dark vine-eater crashed on the ground.

Bang!

Blood splattered, and it created a small crater. A loud sound rang through the whole area as the head of the dark vine-eater crashed on the ground.

Roar!

Yuko roared as she smashed the head of the dark vine-eater repeatedly.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Every hit that landed on the head of the dark vine-eater shook the ground. The dark vine eater struggled, but tentacles like shadows held the body of the monster. It prevented the dark vine-eater from moving.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Yuko continued to smash the head of the dark vine eater until it died. Just like that, they managed to kill the monster in this level.

"You've grown stronger." Souta smiled as he patted Yuko's back.

Yuko looked at him. She then stuck out her tongue and licked his cheeks.

Souta stopped her, and he looked at the scared prisoners. One of the prisoners caught his attention. He frowned and looked at the prisoner.

The prisoner was a middle-aged man with messy hair. The man had a pair of furry ears on the side of his head. The color of his skin was dark purple. He was a half-moon elf and half-beast kin.

His clothes were in tatters. His body was covered in wounds and blood.

Souta felt a fierce power inside this man. The power of this prisoner was stronger than his. He didn't think that he would meet a man this powerful in this dukedom.

He approached the cell of the man and asked, "Hey, who are you?"

The middle-aged man lifted his head and looked Souta in the eyes. "Who are you?" He asked back.

Souta frowned deeper when he heard the middle-aged man. He then smiled and said, "Oh, I forgot that I should introduce myself first. Forgive for my rudeness. I'm Souta Ieshi, a Rank C adventurer from Hebrei Kingdom."

"C-rank? Hebrei kingdom? That's a powerful country." The middle-aged man muttered. "What are you doing here in this small dukedom?"

"I'm here to complete a quest that I took. The quest is about investigating the duke of this dukedom." Souta answered with a smile on his face.

"You? Do you have any idea what's happening in this place?" The middle-aged man asked with a serious expression.

"Yes, I know, but I currently don't have any idea who's the mastermind," Souta replied to the middle-aged man.

"Me? I'm Djalvin Grumiyn, the current Guild master of the Adventurers Guild." The middle-aged man introduced himself.

Souta was surprised to find the guild master of the Fersch dukedom's Adventurers Guild in prison. From his information, the guild master left the dukedom and hasn't shown himself until now, leading him to believe that the guild master was a prisoner.

"Are you lying?" he asked.

"Do I look like I'm lying?" Djalvin asked while looking Souta in the eyes.

"No." Souta shook his head. He then rubbed his chin and pondered what he should do with this man. In the end, Souta decided to free the guild master.

Shiing!

Souta used the Vajra sword to cut down the cell and the chains binding the guild master.

"I freed you, so answer one of my questions." He said to the grandmaster.

"And what do you want to know?" The guild master asked back as he stood up and stretched his body.

"I wanted to know why you got caught," Souta said as he placed the vajra sword in its sheath.

The guild master stepped out of his cell before he explained to Souta how he got caught.

A month ago, when the guild master was going to leave the Fersch dukedom to send a request for help to the neighboring Adventurers Guilds, someone ambushed him outside the dukedom. Before this, the guild master sent a messenger to ask for help, but those people never came back.

Since he didn't have a communication talisman to report to the other guilds, he had no choice but to personally ask for help.

Outside of the Fersch dukedom, a monster with a monster orb appeared before him. With his power, the guild master wouldn't have any problem fighting it, but there were dozens of dark vine-eaters. Those monsters attacked him at the same time without caring for their lives.

In the end, he loses and gets captured by a man wearing a mask. It must be the master of those dark vine-eaters. The man said that it was not the right time to kill him, and he's a reserve in case something unexpected happens.

This was one of the problems in the Adventurers Guild in a small land. The main guild didn't have them as their priorities, so they don't have any sort of communication. If this was the Adventurers Guild of Ladros City, it would have a talisman that could easily contact other branches of the guild and the main guild.

"So you're one of the important ingredients..." Souta exclaimed when he heard the guild master's story.

"Ingredients...?" The guild master looked at Souta with a questioning gaze.

"Yeah, haven't you realized it? That man is a tamer like me, and he knew some dark evolutionary path." Souta paused for a moment before he added, "He will use the organs of humans and demis to evolve his monsters, and you, you're a B-rank Adventurer. An organ of a B-rank must be precious to him."

"Important? Then why would that man put me here with other prisoners if I'm that important to him?" The guild master said.

"Well, I guess that he doesn't need you right now as you're just a reserve." Souta grinned, then he opened his arms widely and said, "Can you feel this, best feram? This is the energy of a monster evolving to its fourth evolution. The monster is undergoing evolution right now, and this is the right moment to disrupt him."

"You mean..." The guild master opened his eyes widely as he realized what Souta was trying to say.

"Yes, I'm going there to stop the evolution, and I want you to help me," Souta said to the guild master.