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

Chapter 78 - Monster Tide (1)

"That's Souta, a good lad," Jimmy replied.

"Will he bring more benefits to our corporation or not?"

"That depends on us. As long as we show that we're trustworthy then he will continue providing us something good." Jimmy said.

"Is he really that good?"

"That sword on his waist... You see I've discerned that it is a red grade weapon or maybe higher than that." Jimmy said.

"Hmm... If he has something like that on himself then he's no ordinary man."

"Currently, he's an ordinary man but I wonder in the future. Let's see how high he could reach with his potential." Jimmy said as he rubbed his chin. "You know the news about the Desolate Woods."

"Yeah, it was frightening. What about that?"

"Souta was there when that happened and he somehow survived that calamity," Jimmy said with a smile. "Let us help him this time. We will block all the information that he went there so that those countries wouldn't bother him in his study."

...

Souta met Yuko outside the building. Both of them went around the town.

"Yuko, we're rich now. Just pick anything you want and I will buy it for you."

"Mu."

Souta bought a three-story house and lot for himself in the residential district of district 1. It cost him 20 platinum coins for this house.

This house was for him and Yuko. He also would build a huge ranch so that Yuko could move freely.

...

Just like that one week had passed and Yuko's ranch was complete. He hired experts so that it would finish with less time being consumed.

Yuko was happy with her new home. Souta even stock up a large number of fruits for her.

In this time, he also received another 100 platinum coins from Jimmy. He was satisfied with this and Jimmy didn't let him down.

The ranking in the institute already started and Souta didn't bother himself about this. Other people were excited about this but he was different. He didn't care about that if it wouldn't give him any quest.

All he cared about was the quest. As long as there's a quest he would be motivated to do some trivial things like that.

Also, about Cluster. Souta, Lumilia, and Bryan talked about it. They decided to let her stay with Lumilia for a while. Actually, Souta wanted to recommend his house but he thought that it would be inappropriate for a girl of her age to stay with him. Also, Lumilia and Bryan would think about something if he said that.

Cluster was hiding some secrets about the True God's Holy Kingdom and Souta wanted to get that. He wouldn't let Cluster go easily without knowing that secret.

He will let her trust him to the point that she would be willing to diverge her secret when he inquired. He and Bryan visited her every day in Lumilia's apartment.

The news about what happened in the Desolate Woods spread out like wildfire this week. A lot of people talk about this piece of news.

Souta said to Lumilia and Bryan to keep quiet about the incident in the Desolate Woods. He doesn't want to gather attention right now. Although he prepared what he would say in case some people come and ask him, he still doesn't want to bother himself about that. It's too much trouble when those people were eyeing you.

The higher-ups of every country around the Desolate Woods focused their attention on the forest. The battle of that scale wasn't going to be ignored. A lot of nobles and adventurers died in this incident and some of the towns around the forest were destroyed. It gathered the attention of all countries.

They naturally send out people to know the truth about the calamity in the Desolate Woods.

And just as Souta expected, the True God's Holy Kingdom also sent out an elite squad to investigate.

...

Souta wore his uniform and went downstairs. He cooked breakfast for himself before he ate it. He then went out and bid farewell to Yuko.

On his way, he met Alice.

"What a coincidence," Souta said to her.

"Nnn. Yeah." Alice nodded her head.

"You really don't talk too much," Souta said as he walked beside her.

"I wonder about that," Alice replied to him.

"But not anymore," Souta said with a grin.

Both of them entered the institute and they went directly to their classroom. They found that Lumilia was already inside the classroom. As expected of class rep she always went to the class before anyone else.

Lumilia looked at the two of them for a while before she averted her gaze.

"Good morning, class rep." Souta greeted her as he walked towards his seat.

"G-Good morning." Lumilia greeted him back.

"Is there something wrong, class rep?" Souta asked him.

"Nothing. I'm just wondering why you always go early in class." Lumilia shook her head.

"Hmm... I came here so that I could have a coffee. The coffee here is good." Souta looked at her and said. He placed down his bag on his seat before he exited the classroom.

Lumilia and Alice looked at his back.

Souta went to the cafeteria and bought a cup of coffee. He then went back to the class and found that Bryan was already there.

"Oi! Souta, good morning." Bryan greeted him.

"Good morning," Souta replied as he sat down on his seat.

Suddenly, they felt their Adventurer's ID vibrated. The magic circle that was imprinted in the ID activated.

Then, they heard a siren outside of the school.

"Warning! A Monster Tide has appeared in the outskirt of the Gate 1 of the city!"

"All available adventurers should gather to the Adventurers Guild and help fight the Monster Tide!"

A warning issued throughout the whole city.

"Oh? what perfect timing to level up to twenty." Souta mumbled.