[401-600] THE EVOLUTION OF A GOBLIN TO THE PEAK

Chapter 454 - 80th floor

Yuko already missed Souta. She wanted him to pat her head as soon as possible and have him clean her fur.

While she was walking she was wondering what kind of things that she would ask Souta to do for her.

Doranjan moved his head and looked at Alice, Isabella, Franklin, and Torkez. He slowly opened his mouth and said, "We're going to Souta. You should follow us."

Using the unique characteristics of the monster language, his thoughts were passed down to them and they understood his words.

"Okay, let's go but let me check this floor first." Torkez nodded and a pair of wings formed on his back.

Swoosh!

With a flap of his wings, he flew directly into the sky. He didn't stop until he reached the ceiling of the eightieth floor.

"The space between the ground and the ceiling was two hundred meters. It's slightly higher than tall buildings in Planet Astley."

He muttered and he looked around the floor. He narrowed his eyes and realized that this floor was several times larger than the city above this labyrinth.

"The diameter is about seventy kilometers. It's so large and I couldn't even imagine how many monsters are on this floor."

Torkez said as he quickly went on the ground. If some monster saw him them a battle would occur and it will naturally gather the attention of the monsters in the vicinity.

When he got down, Alice asked him.

"How is it?"

Torkez shook his head and replied, "This floor is so large. I think that one day isn't enough to explore it and find the path to the next floor."

"Is that it?" Alice asked once again as she looked up at the ceiling which was emitting a strange light.

"Yes, these trees around us are blocking my vision. It's a one hundred fifty tall tree and it's my first time seeing something like this in my entire life." Torkez said with a laugh.

"Me too," Franklin said. After a few seconds, he added, "This place is really mysterious. You called this living labyrinth because all of the creatures that died in this place were absorbed and became nutrients."

"I've lived for a long time and this is my first time entering this type of place. Just how did this place form beneath the ground of a whole world. It feels like we're going towards the underworld." Doranjan said.

"I'm wondering the same thing. How this place formed or maybe if this was built by someone. If this is the case, then it's simply amazing." Torkez said. "It's like a new world inside a whole world."

Alice smiled and she turned around, "Let's go, Yuko and Yenxa are quite far. We need to catch up to them."

The living labyrinth was made by a god-level powerhouse to test their inheritor before they died. Sometimes a god would choose to die and create a living labyrinth because of various reasons. But one thing was clear. They weren't called god for nothing.

...

Souta was sitting on a huge root with his eyes close. After a while, he opened his eyes and muttered, "How long has it been?"

'About four weeks...' Saya's voice sounded in his mind.

"That long?!" He was surprised when he heard it. He didn't think that he would sleep for that amount of time.

'It's not easy to remove the killing intent around you so naturally, it would take a lot of time.' Saya replied to him.

"I didn't approve of you taking over my body without my consent but I thank you for that. I know that you did it for my well-being." Souta said to Saya.

'Ufufu, I will not let you be consumed by your desire. I haven't seen you stood at the top so I will not let you fall easily.' Saya chuckled at his words. 'I've chosen you as my wielder so naturally, I will protect you.'

"Thanks for that. I've calmed down now. I also didn't felt any urges to kill. It seems like you really did a good job." Souta stood up and patted his clothes. "If I somehow going to lose myself once again. You should remind me or force myself to recover my senses."

'Ufufu, it's natural. I still wanted to see your future.' Saya laughed lightly.

Hmm?

Souta looked at his system and saw that his level was 43. It increased even though he wasn't the one controlling his body. But then he realized that Saya was his weapon so if his weapon killed someone then the exp would become his. Also, Saya was controlling his body and it wasn't the body of other people.

But leveling while he was sleeping was simply good for him. He thought that this was impossible so he didn't heed Saya's words. If he knew this from the start then he would have let Saya control his body so that his mind could rest and remove the killing intent.

"What floor is this?" He asked Saya.

'Eightieth floor.' She replied with simple words.

Souta understood why he level up in just four weeks. The monster here in this place should've reached B-rank and A-rank. The exp that he will get from killing this level of monster was high. And killing nonstop for four weeks was simply what he called a textbook grinding.

The only problem was that he didn't get any points from this type of grinding. Luckily, he had a legion to complete quest for him so he got a few points even without accepting a quest for himself.

This type of grinding was impossible in the past.