The Evolution of a Goblin to the Peak

Saya finished translating the text written on the stone tablet.

This door again. Souta already had an idea about what happened twenty thousand years ago. He concluded that the era of twenty thousand years ago was powerful, and there were many gods and monster lords.

But a great war occurred.

According to the legends, the forces of the Imperium fought the demon army. It was true, but that was before the great war occurred. In truth, the opponents of the Imperium were several times greater than the demon army.

Cluster knew about the Great War. She told him that the combined forces of gods, monster lords, spirit gods, and demon gods were fighting something beyond this universe.

The invaders. He already guessed that these invaders came from beyond the door. The door must be some sort of transportational gate, dimensional hole, or teleportation gate that leads to another universe.

The great war must be the reason why the seven continents of the Imperium were divided by great barriers.

"I need to investigate more about it," Souta muttered while rubbing his chin.

'Souta, look at the back of the stone tablet,' Saya said to him.

"Why?" Souta asked as he moved around and followed Saya's instructions.

'Here... as I thought...'

There were no words written on the back of the stone tablet, but there were circles all over it and a palm print on it.

"This is... a legacy..." Souta muttered in shock. He couldn't believe what he was seeing right now. A god's legacy was out here without even forming a living labyrinth.

'Yes, that's a god's legacy. This god must be pretty desperate. He just left this legacy here without trying to test any people who came after it.' Saya paused for a moment before she added, 'But no one could get the god's legacy. It's understandable, as people from this world didn't even know what a god's legacy was, so how could they acquire it.'

"Should I try it?"

'Yes, why wouldn't you want a god's legacy? A legacy of a god depends on the god. It depends on them what they are going to leave for the next generation. It could be an ability, knowledge, or resource. Everything depends on God.'

"I see... Well, let's try it." Souta nodded his head, and he couldn't help but feel excited. This was a god's legacy that he didn't know in the game, so he didn't know what sort of things he would acquire through this legacy.

'On the top of the stone tablet, there's a phrase. Try saying it while placing your palm on the palm print and pouring your energy into it,' Saya instructed him.

Souta followed her instruction as he placed his palm on the handprint and said the phrase, "Hunt under the moon, hunt under the sun; all creatures are prey."

Nothing happened after a few moments.

He wondered what was wrong as he followed his instructions. He even poured his best feram on it.

"Let me try it again..."

Souta did the ritual several times, but nothing happened.

What the hell is wrong with this legacy? Maybe someone got it before him, but that's impossible. Saya said that she could still feel the energy inside the stone tablet.

'A restriction...' Saya said.

"Fuck! How come there's a restriction?! That god didn't even create a living labyrinth as he didn't want to test anyone, but he still placed restrictions on his legacy!!" Souta cursed loudly.

He couldn't meet the requirements to get the god's legacy. He lacks something, but what is it that he's lacking?

Isabella tilted her head and thought, 'Souta is talking to himself again.' She didn't understand what he was doing, but she knew that he was angry.

Souta tried it again several times before he gave up. He knew that he wouldn't be able to get the god's legacy this time. He was wondering how he could fulfill the requirements to receive this legacy.

This god's legacy was tricky. Other gods' legacies would just require clearing the living labyrinth, but this one didn't have a living labyrinth. He just needed to follow the instructions, but why it doesn't work is unclear.

There must be something wrong with this god's head.

'Let Isabella try it...' Saya suggested it to him.

He glanced at Isabella and nodded. There's no harm if he lets Isabella try it. There's no way that he could leave a precious god's legacy in this place. He should try all possible solutions.

"Isabella, come here. I want you to do something for me," Souta said as he motioned for Isabella to stand beside him.

"O-Okay." Isabella walked beside Souta with a curious expression. She was wondering why he was agitated.

"I will tell you that this is a god's legacy..." Souta explained to her what a god's legacy is and how she could acquire it.

Isabella was shocked when she heard his explanation. She had heard before from Souta that god was real, but she didn't expect that the legacy of a real god would be in front of her eyes.

Travksy, a real god from Souta's homeworld, was the god of this world, the god of hunt. To think that she would get to see the legacy of the god of Greia.

It took her a few minutes before she calmed down. The information that she received was too much for people who didn't know that God is real.

Isabella took a deep breath and nodded her head. She placed her palm on the palm print and slowly poured her mana. Then, she said the phrase, "Hunt under the moon, hunt under the sun; all creatures are prey."

Souta gulped as he nervously stared at the stone tablet. 'Is it going to work?' was in his mind.

After a few moments, a white light erupted and shrouded everything. Souta couldn't help but close his eyes, as the light was blinding.

It works!!

Souta opened his eyes and found that he was in black space. He narrowed his eyes and examined his surroundings. He saw Isabella standing on his right side, and there was another figure on his left side.

The figure was humanoid, and it has a pair of sharp horns on its head, but it doesn't have any eyes, a nose, or a mouth. Everything about the figure was pure red.

This was Saya. He already saw this form in her inner consciousness, so he wasn't surprised. But Isabella hadn't seen her before, so she was shaken.

Souta looked at her and said, "Isabella, I'll explain it to you later. For now, don't ask questions. I'll answer everything later."

Isabella nodded her head. She understood him and knew that Souta would explain everything to her later.

"Still, if you're here, Saya, then we must be inside the god's inner consciousness," Souta muttered while looking around.

"Yeah, you're right. An inner consciousness." Saya nodded her head.

Ohm!

A figure appeared in front of them. That was none other than the god of hunt, Travksy.

His gaze landed on Isabella, and he said, "So you're the one who will receive my legacy. The legacy of the god of hunt. There are several gods of hunt in the Imperium, but I'm one of the top gods out there."

"Um..." Isabella didn't know what to say. A god was talking to her, so she didn't know how to reply. She was also afraid of offending a god.

Travksy continued, "I left my consciousness here to wait for my successor. I will disappear soon since you've activated it."

"Wait a moment... I'm going to ask why I didn't manage to activate it." Souta said from the side. He didn't care if this one was a god or not. He just wanted to know the answer.

"Hmm... A blood goblin and a member of the Vajra race. What a unique pair..." Travksy paused for a moment before he continued, "Well, the answer to your question is that the tablet didn't recognize your energy. A blood goblin is a third evolution monster, so your energy is best feram. You don't have mana, and that's the reason why you couldn't activate the stone tablet."

He was a god, so he instantly recognized Souta and Saya's race with one glance.

"Isn't the best feram a higher form of energy, so why didn't it activate?" Souta narrowed his eyes.

"You're right, but I placed mana, not energy. If I placed energy, then the stone tablet will activate using any form of energy, be it spirit energy, best feram, or mana, but I placed mana, so only mana could activate it," Travksy said. "If you diluted your energy, then you would be able to use mana and activate it, but I guess that it's too much for a third evolution monster like you.

Even a monster lord could hardly do it."

Souta was stunned. He could dilute his best feram and turn it into mana. But now that he's thought about it, it's not that surprising. Mana, best feram, and spirit energy were connected to each other. Mana was like a base form, and the best feram and spirit energy were both the evolution of mana.

"Do you know that humans and demis training methods are all based on monsters and spirits? condensing mana to match the best feram and spirit energy, liquefying and solidifying the mana. According to some gods, the best feram and spirit energy are the densest; that's why by simply releasing it, it could bring pressure to everyone in the area.

They said that if a person managed to compress and condense their mana a thousand times, that person would get either the best feram or spirit energy..." Travksy paused as he seemed to remember something. "No, it's not a theory anymore. Someone proved that it's true in the past, the strongest god in the whole universe."