The Evolution of a Goblin to the Peak

[Hyper Domination Punch]!

Juds threw a powerful punch at him. The air spun around and produced sharp winds.

Swoosh!

Souta quickly moved to the side to avoid the punch, and a black cloak formed on his body.

[Shadow Cloak]!

He tightly clenched his fist and delivered a powerful blow to Juds' stomach.

Bang!

"Argh!" Juds groaned in pain, but he still launched several punches at Souta.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Souta swiftly moved his body from side to side as he evaded all the punches that were thrown at him.

"I already said it before. You're not prepared to fight me."

He lifted his feet and kicked Juds' side.

Bang!

After that, Souta grabbed Juds' wrist and shot a punch at his face before he threw him on the ground.

Swoosh!

Juds fell towards the ground at high speed before he crashed, causing the ground to vibrate once again.

Boom!

Souta looked down as he squinted his eyes. He then flew down at high speed as several black balls appeared behind him.

Just like he expected, Juds came out of the smoke to intercept him.

Swoosh!

Juds launched his fist forward, and Souta threw a punch. Their fists contained boundless energy that low-level adventurers couldn't imagine. For them, their attacks were the most powerful and beautiful that they've ever seen in their entire lives.

Both of their fists collided, causing a ripple in the air. It distorted the whole area, and shockwaves followed it.

BOOM!

The surrounding adventurers retreated as they saw a figure crash to the ground once again. A powerful explosion that devastated several houses occurred.

"This is bad...!"

"Some of the civilians are going to die at this rate."

The adventurers talked to each other.

Cracks formed on the ground like a spider web, and they quickly moved away.

Boom!

"Look!!"

"It seems that the young man from before is really a B-rank!!"

"And from the looks of it, it seems that the young man is stronger than the guild master!!"

The smoke dispersed, revealing Souta's figure, who was stepping on the guild master's chest. The guild master was coughing up a huge amount of blood while glaring at Souta.

Souta raised his feet and stomped on Juds' chest.

Bang!

"Argh!!" Juds groaned in pain as his body went deeper into the ground.

"You're weaker than any B-rank that I've fought before. Comparing to B-rank, your powers are pretty average." Souta said as he looked down at Juds, who was the guild master of the Rensmaw branch guild. "I guess this is expected from a guild master of a backward village."

Even Wesler was stronger than this B-rank.

"You!!" Juds grew angrier at Souta's provocation.

"You said you would report me, right? In fact, I should be the one to report you as you are siding with a criminal organization." Souta said to Juds.

"I'm not siding with a criminal organization!!" Juds shouted at Souta.

He didn't want to admit that he was with the criminal organization. If he admitted it, then he would lose. Souta would have a reason to kill him.

He then grew silent as he heard several footsteps coming in this direction.

"Souta!!"

Souta turned his head and saw Lumilia, Lynn, Alice, and Yujin walking towards him. They were looking at him and the guild master with a confused expression.

"This one is the guild master of this branch guild. He's with the people that kidnapped Cluster, but he doesn't want to admit it." Souta said as he introduced the man beneath his feet.

"I'm not with them!" Juds spoke as he turned his head toward Lumilia and the rest before he added, "Believe me, this man is just accusing me! He doesn't have the evidence!"

"You're still saying that..." Souta sighed as he turned to Juds and said, "Allow me to reintroduce myself today. I'm Souta Ieshi, the commander of the Dark Oculus Legion. These are the members of my legion, so you can't hope for them to side with you."

"You're a legion leader...?!" Juds opened his eyes widely, and his mouth hung.

"You would know about it if that receptionist properly read my information in my ID," Souta sighed and said, "I'm quite famous among the circle of adventurers in the Hebrei Kingdom, so I think a lot of people would go to my side to curry my favor than go to your side to oppose me."

"Damn!" Juds gritted his teeth in frustration.

"Lumilia, Lynn, Alice, and Yujin. Close your eyes if you don't want to see what I'm going to do. Right, if you don't want to see, you can just prevent any people from coming here." Souta said as he glanced at them.

Lynn lowered her head. She wanted to watch, but she doubted that she could handle it.

A hand pressed on her shoulder. She looked over and saw that it was Lumilia.

"I'll go with you," Lumilia said to her.

"Thank you, Mila." Lynn left the area with Lumilia.

Souta looked at their backs. After they disappeared, he turned his head toward Yujin and Alice. "What about the two of you?"

"It's not a problem to me," Yujin said as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Me too," Alice said.

"Okay. Then..." Souta turned his head toward Juds with a wide smile on his face.

Juds had a bad feeling about this when he saw Souta's creepy smile.

The ground turned black as black tentacles rose. It slowly bound his four limbs until he couldn't move his body.

"I will not let you die until you tell us what you know. The girl that was kidnapped is one of my people, so I'm not going to let it slide easily. If you're going to slow me down, then I will have no choice but to cut all of your limbs off and feed it to the monster out there," Souta said in a cold tone. His murderous intent was slowly seeping out of his body.

He was ready to kill any suspicious person who had the probability of being involved with that organization.

"I don't know what you're saying!!" Juds was stubborn, as he kept denying everything that Souta said.

"You're making me stupid. I saw your reaction in that instant. You wouldn't react if you didn't have any idea about it."

Souta raised his right foot and gathered his mana. He then heavily pressed down on Juds' arm.

Bang!

Once again, he stomped on Juds' arm. Loud cracking sounds and Juds' scream echoed throughout the whole area.

"ARGHHHH!!"

"I'M NO-AAHHHH!!"

"NOOO!!"

After a few minutes, Juds' right arm was turned into a pulp. His bones were crushed into powder. He wouldn't be able to use his right arm in his entire life if he didn't receive treatment at this moment.

"Are you going to tell me where they went or not?" Souta said it in a cold tone.

"I-I don't... Arghhh!!" Juds didn't even finish his sentence as Souta started to smash his left arm.

"NOOOO!!!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Sounds of bones cracking echoed throughout the whole area, along with Juds' scream. Souta wouldn't show mercy to the people who don't cooperate with him. It was especially directed at those involved in harming his people.

He hasn't managed to discover Cluster's true identity, and those people were going to take her away from him.

"You're too stubborn. If you just told us what you knew, then you wouldn't experience this pain." Souta said to him. He had already crushed his two arms, but he was still holding on.

Souta glanced at Alice and said, "Use the healing potion to heal his arms, and I'll use [Light Heal]. We'll repeat this process until he gives us what we want."

Alice nodded, and she took out a bottle with a red liquid inside. She opened it and poured the liquid on Juds' wounds. At the same time, Souta was using [Light Heal] to speed up the healing process.

After a few seconds, Juds' hands returned, but they weren't completely healed. The potion they use is just low grade, and [Light Heal] is a tier 1 spell. It couldn't heal broken bones.

Souta repeated the process of crushing Juds' arms and healing it for an hour.

Juds couldn't even speak properly after screaming for an hour. He fainted dozens of times, but Souta quickly woke him up. He realized that this man, who was called Souta, didn't care about him being the guild master of a branch guild. For him who had a legion, a small guild master was nothing.

'This guy is too stubborn. I could only admire his will...' Souta looked at Juds in amazement. He was a little bit surprised that Juds could hold for a long time.

'His determination and will are outstanding,' Saya's voice sounded in his mind.

Souta sighed and said, "I'm amazed. If you're not involved in that criminal organization, I would want to recruit you into my legion."

"DADDY!!"

"LET GO OF ME!! I NEED TO GO WHERE DADDY IS!!"

A child's voice echoed, and it gathered everyone's attention.

"Hmm...?" Souta, Yujin, and Alice turned their heads and saw Lumilia carrying a little girl.

The girl was struggling, but she was too weak to free herself from Lumilia's arms, so she could only just shout to her father. Still, Lumilia was being careful so that she wouldn't harm the little girl. With her strength, a little bit of force could injure the girl.

"That child..." Souta turned his head to Juds and smiled, "...is yours, right?"

"W-What... a-are... you p-planning...?" Juds showed a different emotion when Souta said those words.

'Are you planning to harm that child?' Saya asked.

'Nope, she's innocent, so I will not harm her, but I will use her to scare the guild master,' Souta replied to her.