[1-200] THE EVOLUTION OF A GOBLIN TO THE PEAK

Chapter 51 - Finals

"Not just his abilities. He does everything with absolute confidence and you can see it in his face." Bargan said as he looked at Souta's smirk.

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"He's more on the fighter side. He's not using any flashy combat arts. He's a textbook fighter." Zac said while looking at Souta. To be frank, if he didn't know that Souta was a mage he would think that he's from the fighter class.

"Ah, beautiful."

He heard Yanagi's voice at his side. He rubbed his temple and thought that this would become a problem. Every person that she got interested in was destroyed to the point that they quit the institute and hole up in their room. The only one who persisted until the end was Rein, the rank number two.

'I wonder what will you do once Yanagi pursue you...' Zac thought while looking at Souta.

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"That's why I surrendered..." Yujin, the one who surrendered before fighting Souta, said. He had a feeling that Souta's physical abilities exceeded those of the other class and it's true. His decision wasn't wrong at all, if he fought Souta then he would suffer great injuries.

He wasn't a fighter but a swordsman who's using magic. It would be inconvenient for him if he would fight without using magic. He's also not the type of person to fight even if they saw that they don't have a chance to win. He will only fight someone if he saw that he have a fifty percent chance to win, lower than that he wouldn't bother himself.

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Brando stood up as he wiped the blood on the mouth. He looked at Souta and said, "You will not be able to damage me without using combat arts."

"Ah, is that so? Let me tell you something. You're much slower than I am so you wouldn't be able to avoid my attack." Souta said as he opened his palm looking at Brando with an amused expression.

"I don't need to avoid your attack," Brando said. He's talking so much so that he could recover a little bit of his strength. He wanted to avoid direct confrontation with his current condition.

"It's true that with your [Shielder's Aura] most of my will be ineffective, but it's not that you're not taking any damage at all. If my punches before were damaging you forty, then with your skill on you only took five damage. Do you know what it means?" Souta knew what Brando was doing. He's just letting him do what he wants, for now.

"I don't..." Brando replied.

"It means that if I punch you hundred times using that five damage then the damage you took would accumulate to the point that you couldn't handle it. Also if I just targeted your head then do you think you can hold out a hundred punches only aiming at your head." Souta pointed at his head as he patiently explained what he was saying to Brando.

"..." Brando didn't know what to say anymore. He knew that Souta's words were right. The difference in their speed was large. He could follow Souta with his eyes but his large body was too slow to react, so even if he could see Souta's movements it was pointless if he couldn't even defend.

"Okay, let's stop talking, I will start now." Souta shrugged his shoulder and he started to walk towards Brando.

Brando tensed his muscle and expand his senses. He took a deep breath and braced himself.

The whole training ground was devoid of any sounds as no one dared to talk. They just focused their attention on Souta.

Tap!

Tap!

Tap!

Souta's footsteps echoed as he slowly walked towards Brando. Souta opened his mouth and slowly said, "Actually, I don't want to use this at all but I don't have a choice now, do I?"

Brando subconsciously took a step back. He then saw that Souta was already gone.

"Wha-"

Swoosh!!

"I'm here..." Souta appeared behind Brando. He grabbed the handle of the [Vajra Sword Saya] and pulled it out of its scabbard.

Shiing!!

He quickly slashed Brando's back using the [Vajra Sword Saya].

Putchi!!

"Argh!!" A large cut appeared on Brando's back. His blood flew in the air and some splattered on the ground.

Souta quickly sheathed his sword. He looked around him. It seems that some people with sharp eyes saw the abilities of his sword. He pulled out his sword and placed it as fast as he could but he couldn't escape the eyes of those powerful teachers. Some of them would gain some idea about his sword.

Souta turned around and walked away.

Alex then declared the winner of the tournament.

At the same time, Souta heard a familiar sound in his head.

*Ding!*

[Congratulations on completing the Tournament Quest!]

[You've received 5,000 exp, 2 free attribute points, and 1 skill point!]

'Nice, a skill point!' Souta was glad that he received skill point in this quest.

Although it was only one, it was still better than none. It didn't matter to him if he doesn't receive exp or attribute points. There were many ways to earn exp. Just farm outside the city and you will earn a huge amount of exp. That's also the case for attribute points. Just find some rare fruits or potions to increase your attributes. But skill points were different, it could only be earned by completing a quest.

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"To think that everyone forgot his sword," Kanda said. He was the teacher of the Sword Class 2-C, so he instantly guessed just from one slash how proficient Souta in using the sword.

"Yeah, it's the first time he used his sword, and you see it too, right?" Bargan said.

"Yeah, that's not an ordinary sword. It could pierce through the [Shielder's Aura] like a thin paper." Kanda nodded. He looked down at the sword that was hanging on his waist. He felt that the quality of Souta's sword was higher than his sword.

"What about his sword skills?" Bargan asked.

"It's high... I couldn't even believe that he enrolled in the mage class. His sword skill is already at the level of my students." Kanda said in disbelief. In terms of proficiency in using sword skill, Souta was without a doubt higher than any first-year students.

After all, Souta's [Sword Mastery] was level two.