The Evolution of a Goblin to the Peak

The natural defense of an A-rank was high, so the parasitic essence eater wouldn't be able to enter the body of an A-rank. If an A-rank expert used mana, then that expert could expel the parasite before it could fuse in the body.

The parasite didn't have a power level, and their basic strength was even lower than normal people. Their ability was just to boost their host's strength.

Black and red flesh struck Amanda's face after she lowered her defenses.

Amanda groaned in pain as the parasite started to fuse in her body. It went into every part of her body and consumed a large amount of her stamina. If she was below B-rank, then she would've died.

After a while, the parasite had completely fused with her body.

Souta removed his hand from her cheeks, and he opened his arms widely.

"Welcome to our group, Amanda Brune!" He smiled and added, "Don't worry about your problem. It's not yours alone. Everyone in this group will help you solve your problem, so don't hesitate to ask for everyone's help."

"I..."

Amanda felt the changes in her body. The strength that she has has been boosted several times, but there's a certain unfamiliar sensation.

Well, she just received her parasite, so she wasn't used to it. She will be uncomfortable for a few days until she gets used to the parasite.

"Alice will help you arrange your task, and she will introduce the others to you. Also, I'm Souta Ieshi, the leader of this group, and I formally welcome you to this group." Souta said it with a smile. He saw that Amanda didn't know what to say as she was still confused.

He could understand it, so it's better to leave her for now to digest all the information.

With that in his mind, he turned to Alice and said, "I'll leave her to you."

"Okay..." Alice nodded.

After Amanda and Alice left the coffee shop, Souta sat down on his chair and looked at the system.

*Ding!*

[You've triggered a Chain Quest!]

[Amanda]: Amanda is the sole survivor of this planet's witch race. On this planet, she's the only witch alive, as all of the other witches were massacred decades ago.

[Clues] Quest 1: Ask Amanda about the massacre that happened in her clan.

Reward: 10,000 exp

The reward of this quest wasn't that, but the quest was simple too. He could easily ask Amanda about this so that he could gather more information about why the witch race was massacred on this planet.

Souta rested his chin on his palm and looked out the window.

The witches on this planet were on the verge of extinction. It's not easy to massacre a whole race, especially if that race possessed unique abilities like a witch.

Well, a quest like this was open for him, as he needed more skill points and free attribute points to buy back the legacy that was stored in the system store.

He would conquer this continent and gather talents to produce an army of parasitic essence eaters. He already had a plan to use half of the parasites that were hiding in his body.

Those people with parasites couldn't betray him because he has the queen. Their lives will be in his hands the moment he transplants the parasites.

After that, he will go to the central continent. Since this world was connected to the Council of High World, he could find a teleportation spell on the central continent that was connected to the Imperium.

But first, completing this new chain quest was his goal.

He had an idea about what happened to the witches on this planet. There's no way that the people who could massacre an entire clan of witches weren't on the central continent. In his opinion, only people from that place had the power to exterminate witches.

The people on this southern continent didn't have that power at all. The S-rank expert was the most powerful here, so it wouldn't be enough. Well, there's a possibility that some of the organizations here contacted people from the central continent to annihilate the witches.

About their reason... It was still a mystery, even for him.

Maybe some sort of personal grudge.

He closed his eyes and decided to leave this place to Alice. He will go straight to the central continent while the rest are preparing here on the southern continent.

Council of High World...

While thinking about this organization, he couldn't help but narrow his brows. In the game, before Beelzebub ultimately destroyed them, he clashed with them a few times.

The reason they clashed was because of [Solid Hunter State Boots] and [Ying and Yang Bracelet]. A dark-grade and universal-grade artifact, respectively.

He didn't have a powerful country like Mechanic Country behind him at this moment. Also, he wasn't Athena's hero, so he couldn't use their forces to prevent the Council of High World from retaliating.

Well, he guessed that he would try to become Athena's hero once again after he settled everything so that he could have a good backer behind him.

"It's good..."

Souta smiled as he opened his eyes. He stood up and exited his room.

Time had passed quickly, and the influence of their group, which they called the Astros, penetrated deep into the southern continent.

Franklin's Noxious Group successfully influenced the neighboring human and demi countries. This organization becomes one of the most powerful assassin organizations on the entire southern continent.

Their appearance alarmed countless organizations across the land, but Franklin didn't care about them. In fact, he would personally eliminate those who wanted to make a move against them.

The forces of the Noxious Assassin Group became huge, and the top organizations couldn't tolerate them anymore. They didn't want to see any organization grow to their level. It wouldn't only break the balance between their forces.

The five countries started to launch an investigation. They wanted to meet the so-called leader of Noxious.

For the development of the Clautus Group, Alice was the one who handled it instead of Torkez. This group became a huge organization that could influence five big cities in Numan Country. If it weren't for the Noxious Assassin Group gathering the attention of top-tier people, the Clautus Group would face some pressure.

All this time, Amanda had been practicing her control over parasites in the Guardian Fortress. Most of the people knew that she was dead; they didn't even know that she became one of the members of a group that was plotting against this entire southern continent.

Just a little bit more, and they would be able to initiate their plan...

...

On the Eidin planet, Isabella's homeworld...

After a huge earthquake a month ago, most of the people here have recovered, and they have started to renovate the fallen structures.

It was peaceful in this world, and every country was trying to recover from the damage that the Great Astley Empire had done. Ever since they learned about the existence of other worlds, most of the countries formed an alliance in case something like the Great Astley Empire attacked them once again.

A new era has risen on this small planet.

But then something terrifying once again occurred.

The sky darkened, and a vast energy enveloped the whole planet like it was trying to devour everything. It was much more terrifying than the last incident.

Ordinary people below C-rank directly fainted, and only a handful of people on the whole planet could barely endure the pressure in the atmosphere. They didn't have any idea what was happening, but they were sure that this was the end.

Their instinct wasn't telling them to run away. Instead, it was telling them to give up and accept their fate. They felt like they had to prostrate and submit to the being that would appear before them.

A god who was way above their league was going to appear.

Ohm!!

A vortex of energy formed above Buckshawn State like a whirlpool. It was distorting the entire space, and the whole ground was trembling.

Crack!

The space above Buckshawn State cracked, and then a hand covered in black aura shattered the entire space.

Boom!!

A man wearing a black furry cloak and a white shirt underneath emerged from the shattered space. His short, black hair was fluttering as he looked down at the world with cold eyes.

He raised his hand and combed his hair. There was a fierce lion tattoo on the back of his palm.

This man was one of the Zodiacs; he embodied Leo.

"I could feel the essence of the last zodiac on this planet, but the root has disappeared. It felt like it was sealed once again."

Leo muttered as he slowly descended to the ground. The moment that he stepped on the ground, everything around him trembled. It was natural for him, as he had visited sub-worlds in the past and this always happened.

He knew that every living creature here had fainted because of his aura, and this world would fall too. A sub-world with a low mana density like this one couldn't handle the natural pressure of a powerful god like him.

"Oh, it seems that the little goblin has been here before..."

A faint smile formed on his face as he turned his head toward the destroyed living labyrinth.

"This is interesting..."