The Evolution Of A Goblin To The Peak

Chapter 587: Examination I

”Yeah... did you worship Lady Echidna and the other monster lords of Olympus?” Souta nodded and asked.

”I worship all the immortal beings of Olympus.” Igmun simply answered without hesitation.

ʼJust as I thought. Igmun is like this even in the game. As long as youʼre on the Olympusʼ side, this guy will not treat you badly.ʼ Souta was satisfied. He then opened his mouth and asked, ”Iʼm pretty confident with my skills but why did the legion of the monster lords not included in the legion ranking?”

Although he knew the answer, he still had to ask this question.

”Itʼs simple, itʼs because they donʼt have headquarters in Championʼs Den. Iʼm not discriminating against monsters but I think you understand what will happen if a low intelligence monster that only followed its god walked around a city.” Igmun said.

”Yeah, it will cause a panic.” Souta nodded in understanding.

Not all third evolution monsters were as intelligent as him and Doranjan. Doranjan was an exception because he was a dragon. And Souta was a rare case.

Yuko only has an intelligence of a child and she was pretty brutal to her opponent. Most of the monsters were savage and the ordinary people here didnʼt belong to their monster lords. Since they had low intelligence they were easily provoked and caused a riot. They didnʼt even know how to act in a city and will always cause trouble for the guards.

Thatʼs why the legions of the monster lords werenʼt in Championʼs Den.

Only high evolution monsters could converse properly.

Sometimes humans and demis couldnʼt keep the greed in their eyes when looking at rare monsters. Body parts of rare monsters could be sold at high prices and some monsters could instinctively sense those greedy eyes.

Although Godʼs Continent was tolerant of monsters unlike the other continents, thereʼs still disparity between the two creatures. Their way of living had a huge difference.

”Iʼm glad that you understand it.” Igmun nodded at him.

”Itʼs nothing. I learned a lot of things living with humans and demis.” Souta shrugged his shoulder.

”Good. Then, letʼs proceed to the examination.” Igmun said before he stood up. ”Come, follow me.”

Souta stood up and followed Igmun outside the room. The two directly went to the stadium. While on their way, Igmun explained the examination to Souta.

”The examination is the most important thing as this will decide if we are going to accept you in our legion or not. Since youʼre a third evolution monster, your strength must be equivalent to some A-rank or S-rank. So youʼre going to take the examination of this level.” Igmun said, ”We will test your strength, speed, and combat power. The test is simple so Iʼm going to ask what test you want to take. A-rank or S-rank?”

”Iʼm pretty confident so Iʼll take S-rank,” Souta replied.

”Good. Then, you will have no problem as long as you pass the examination.” Igmun was satisfied at his answer.

Souta glanced at Igmunʼs back. Of course, he wouldnʼt join the banner of a monster lord in Olympus. Those legions hardly get any quests and the monsters were mostly staying in the territory of monster lords so it wasnʼt beneficial to him.

It was actually good since he would receive tons of mana fruits but in return, he would hardly get any quest. The quest was his source of skill points, experience points, free attribute points, and cards. He wouldnʼt exchange it for mere mana fruits.

”Weʼre here.”

In the stadium, dozens of examinations were ongoing. Some of the people had passed and some of them have failed. It was natural as not everyone was qualified to join a legion of a god.

A tall man with a pair of fox ears approached Souta and Igmun.

”This is your examiner, Manduk.” Igmun introduced.

Souta greeted Manduk in a polite tone. He didnʼt need to boast nor show arrogance as it would only bring him trouble. It was better to treat people politely as long as they didnʼt show hostility toward him.

Igmun began to explain Soutaʼs situation and Manduk listened with a serious expression.

”Mm. A monster. Itʼs my first time experiencing this.” Manduk nodded and he turned his attention to Souta.

”Iʼll leave him in your care.” Igmun raised his hand before he turned around and left. Thereʼs nothing he could do here as he wasnʼt the examiner of this test so he should go back and complete his task.

”Igmun told me that you wanted to take an S-rank test. Is that right?” Manduk asked.

”Yes.” Souta nodded.

”Itʼs a good decision.” Manduk turned and pulled a huge square shape object in front of Souta.

The object was five meters tall and its color was pitch black. It has an oval shape metal in front of it.

”First, I will test your power. You just need to punch it with all of your strength. Iʼm warning you that you canʼt use your energy as it will cause you to fail the exam.” Manduk paused before he continued, ”Since you are a monster, I will explain the origin of this device to you. This object called Power Testament is made using Lord Typhonʼs scale, one of the strongest monster lords in Olympus. Iʼm sure that I donʼt have to explain who is Lord Typhon. Even in other lands, Lord Typhon is known by countless creatures out there.”

Souta nodded and didnʼt say anything. In fact, he already knew this. If he used his best feram, the power of the scale would rebound to him.

Typhon had an energy reflection trait. His scales and exoskeleton armor had the power to reflect energy attacks.

Although this piece of scale was plucked from Typhonʼs body, it still managed to contain his trait. In any sense, Souta was just a third evolution stage so the power within the scale was enough to rebound all of his energy and injured him.

ʼThis scale could be used to create a powerful red grade armor or even a dark grade artifacts that had an energy reflection skill.ʼ Sayaʼs voice sounded.

Souta nodded inwardly at her comment.

”With a little tweak using Lord Typhonʼs scale we manage to create this device. We could measure your strength using this and if the reflection was activated it means that you used energy in your attack so donʼt try to use energy no matter what. The consequences will be dire.” Manduk said.

”I understand.”

”Then, you start and punch the Power Testament with all of your might.”

”Okay.”

Souta stood in front of the huge object. He clenched his fist tightly before he slowly pulled it back. Veins popped out of his arm as he focus his strength on his fist.

In the next moment, he threw his fist forward. The moment his fist landed on the oval shape object a loud sound exploded.

His fist was too fast to follow. People at B-rank couldnʼt see a thing, they just heard a loud sound.

Boom!

Even though he was in his base form he was still pretty confident with his strength yet it didnʼt leave any scratch on the object. As expected of Typhonʼs scale.

Souta exhaled as he fixed his posture. He glanced at Manduk and asked, ”Is this enough?”

”Mm...” Manduk turned his head and looked at the object. On the back of the object, numbers were written along with a leaf.

”Youʼve reached fourteen leaves. Just to say one leaf is equivalent to ten thousand tons so your punch just now has the power of one hundred forty thousand tons.” Manduk said.

Souta narrowed his eyes as he glanced at the power testament. His score was lower than his expectations but when he remember that he was back on Imperium he just sighed. The power he had in the sub-world was suppressed in this world.

He could obliterate an entire country in any sub-world yet in this place he was just a small city scale.

Manduk saw Soutaʼs look and he laughed, ”Donʼt be that hard on yourself. Iʼll tell you this. Your physical strength is already cut above and donʼt forget that youʼre a monster. Your physical strength will spike if you use the release form and energy.”

Souta shook his head. ”I know. I just thought that it would be higher.”

”Hehe, itʼs already on the level of initial stage S-rank. I guess that youʼre close to the fourth evolution as no monster would have that strength unless they were on the limit of the third stage.” Manduk laughed as he pushed the Power Testament.

”Mmm...” Souta didnʼt say anything. He was only at the high stage of the third stage, not the peak stage. So he could still improve his power.

”Okay, next is the test of speed,” Manduk said. ”Also, the condition of this test is still the same as power. You canʼt use your energy to improve your speed.”

”I understand.” Souta glanced around and saw five people forming around him and Manduk.

These people were sensory type, they would notice it even if he used a little bit of his energy. Unlike mana, best feram was noticeable because of its nature.