<h4>Chapter 407 - Strange Creature</h4>


    Bang! Bang!


    Souta moved swiftly as he knocked out seven monsters inside the cave. They haven’t gone too deeply yet they already encountered seven of them.??


    He guessed that after the sh.i.p.s scared them the monsters ced some of theirrades near the entrance as guards. If he was correct, then this monster possessed a little bit of intelligence despite being a non-evolved monster.


    Isabe squatted in front of the corpses and observed them for a while before she stood up while shaking her head.


    "What’s wrong?" Souta asked her.


    "Nothing... I’m just trying to observe if this one is different than the one on the ship." Isabe replied to him.


    "Okay..." Souta said as he continued to walk deeper while the rest followed him.


    They found that the cave was bigger than they’ve imagined. This was like a maze orbyrinth that has so many paths. Also, they’ve found other monsters deep inside the ce. It means that three different species of monsters were living in this maze-like cave.


    It’s been an hour since they’ve entered the cave and the people on the sh.i.p.s were getting restless. Noon was slowly approaching as the temperature in the area was rising rapidly. This was one of the most dangerous things in the destend of the Greia.


    The temperature of destend would hit 150 degrees celsius at noon. Ordinary people wouldn’t be able to handle this heat but for C-rank and above powerhouses, they could handle this level of heat even if they stayed here for several hours.


    One of the five people that Souta brought notify him about this. They exined to him about the heat level of thisnd at noon. Their power level was only D-rank and below so 150 degrees celsius would definitely burn their bodies.


    Hmm...?


    Souta rubbed his chin as he nced at Isabe. Her power level was only D-rank and this level of heat was something she couldn’t handle.


    After a while, he opened his mouth and said, "Okay, the five of you can go back now. The heat level didn’t include underground. I’m sure that the heat in this ce wouldn’t rise to that level because we’re more than a hundred meters below the ground.


    "Haven’t you notice it yet. The toxins and chemicals couldn’t reach this ce. There’s nothing in the air other than oxygen."


    Souta noticed it when they were walking. The air in this ce was cleanpared to the surface. There’s no chemicals or toxins that can harm humans and demis.


    The five people tested it and found that Souta was correct. They could remove their protective equipment or gears in this ce.


    "It’s true but why there’s no record of this in the files?"


    "Yeah, it’s pretty strange..."


    "If that’s the case then the heat level will not increase in this ce..."


    The five people talked to each other. They were amazed to find a ce where the toxins and chemicals couldn’t reach in the destend of Greia.


    "Then... What’s your decision? You’re going back to the ship or staying here with us?" Souta asked the five people.


    "We’re not going back, sir, but... We’re also not going to follow you." One of them said to him.


    "So you’re going to wait for us near the entrance..." Souta raised his eyebrows as he looked at them.


    "Yes, sir. We’re going to examine and find the boundary of the toxins and chemicals. We wanted to know how far the toxins could reach." One of the five people said.


    "Okay. Then, I’ll leave you now." Souta nodded his head and he turned around. "Let’s go, Isabe."


    Isabe nodded as she quickly followed Souta. She turned her head and nced at the five people behind. She then asked, "Are they going to be fine, Souta?"


    "Well, it depends but I think that they could handle themselves. We’ve eliminated most of the monsters so there’s no need to worry about them." Souta replied without turning back. He could guess why they wanted to know how far the toxins could reach. It must be because they wanted to upy the destend.


    Until now, humans and demis couldn’t upy this ce because of toxins and chemicals so if they build an underground ce they could live in this ce too.


    The destend was enormous and it’s the other half of this continent. They could simply cultivate the grass that could grow in this kind of ce, no, in this underground ce. It will be a huge help to them if they want to live underground like the monsters here.


    Souta and Isabe went deeply... This underground ce was like a dungeon.


    After fifteen minutes...


    The two stopped walking as they found a monster standing in front of them. A short humanoid monster that was armed with a rusty sword. The monster had green skin and pointed ears. It has sharp fangs and nails.


    It looks like a goblin.


    Souta narrowed his eyes as he looked at the humanoid monster in front of him. He was a little bit shock when he saw this monster. He nced behind him and saw Isabe looking at the humanoid monster with a nervous expression.


    ’Should I test it?’


    He turned his gaze back to the humanoid monster. Souta slowly opened his mouth and said, "Who are you?" Thenguage that he used was the goblinnguage. Thenguage that he learned when he became a first evolution monster.


    Goblin was one of the few monsters like orcs and trolls that had their ownnguage aside from the monsternguage that everyone could learn in their third evolution.


    There was a reason why he used the goblinnguage. If he used the monsternguage, every living being would understand him but if he used goblinnguage then only goblins would understand him or any creatures that learned it.


    The humanoid monster tilted its head when it heard Souta’s words. After a few moments, it opened its mouth... "Invader, where did you learn ournguage?"


    Although, he already expected it but... when he really heard wordsing out of the creature’s mouth shocked filled his entire body.


    This... This one is a goblin? Just what type of goblin is this one?


    This was his first time seeing a goblin like this. He saw dozens of different goblins when he was ying the Battle Worlds Online but he never saw this type.


    ’Can you understand this monster?’ Saya asked him.


    ’Yes, I think that it’s a different path of goblin’s evolution.’ Souta replied to her with a serious expression.


    ’How can that be? Yeah, this one resembles a goblin but I haven’t seen any goblin like this... Is this a path of goblin unique to this sub-world?’ Just like Souta, Saya was shocked too when she heard that this humanoid monster was a goblin.


    ’I’m also thinking that it opened up a unique evolution path because of the unique environment in this sub-world. The toxins and chemicals are the cause of this evolution.’ Souta said as he slowly approached the humanoid monster. He knitted his eyebrows and asked, "Are you alone or not?"


    His question caused the humanoid monster to narrowed its eyes.


    "S-Souta... It looks like it was angry. Are you really sure that you canmunicate with it?" Isabe grabbed his shirt and said nervously.


    "Yes, don’t worry about it. I canmunicate using a dragonnguage so this one is nothing." Souta said so that she could understand it easily. Isabe would be confused if he said it was a monsternguage as the people from her world knew it as dragonnguage. He would just exin it to her if he had a time.


    ’I wanted to see if there are others like this one. This one should be a first evolution stage as the non-evolved goblin is just a normal goblin without outstanding characteristics.’


    He thought as he nced beyond the humanoid monster. He wondered if he could find the others if he goes in this direction.


    The humanoid monster simply looked at Souta. This guy felt familiar and know theirnguage but his appearance was different from theirs. Is this guy a member of the tribe? Or is he from the other tribe? Maybe he came from the other tribe as he was asking if there are others like me...


    "I want you to bring me to yourrades... I’m a blood goblin, a third evolution of the goblin’s path." Souta said to the humanoid monster as he let out a little bit of his best feram to intimidate this one. He had to show a little bit of his power so that a fellow monster would submit to him.


    Ohm!


    The humanoid monster fell down on its b.u.t.t as it felt Souta’s energy. It couldn’t handle the intense fluctuations so its knees copsed causing the monster to fall.


    Thud!