Chapter 10: Goblin Kingdom

Chapter 10: Goblin Kingdom

Deep within the Great Wildlands Forest, in a vast stretch of plains thousands of miles from where Azmond threw the goblin scout, a few dark shadows with green skin were on the move.

The dark shadows moved through the plains at breakneck speeds toward a large hut.

After making it to their destination, they stopped outside the large hut as if waiting for something, and then they heard a raspy voice come from within the hut.

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Upon hearing the imperious voice reverberating out from inside the tent, one of the shadows responded, "A large aura signature was detected outside one of the goblin camps we have set up in Alpha Sector, GrandMeister."

"..." The 'GrandMeister went silent for a second before he asked, "What are the numbers?"

"Our aura detectors read numbers over 90,000, GrandMeister." The same green-skinned shadow that responded earlier replied to the raspy voice again.

"Are you sure?" The GrandMeister asked in what seemed like a tone of urgency.

"We triple-checked, GrandMeister. We even got reports that whoever owned that aura signature took out one of our scouts." The same shadow replied.

"..."

The GrandMeister went silent once more after hearing that, almost as if he were mulling over a very important matter.

'A Core Formation Realm Master in this part of The Great Wildlands doesn't make any sense,' he thought.

'Is it an enemy sent by a neighboring Monster Kingdom or something else?' He asked himself with a quizzical look on his face.

However, after a few seconds of pondering the matter and getting nowhere, he decided to glean some more information from the scouts.

"What is the race of the owner of this aura?" He asked the shadows outside his tent.

"It should be a human, GrandMeister." One of the shadows replied.

"A What?!" The GrandMeister lost his composure for the first time in a very long time after he heard what one of the shadows said.

But it didn't take but a second before his expression turned to one of disbelief.

"Impossible! A human Core Formation Realm Master this far out in the Great Wildlands doesn't make any sense!" The GrandMeister shouted in anger and confusion.

"We couldn't believe it ourselves, sir, but we used multiple different aura testers, and the results all came out the same." One of the shadows informed the confused GrandMeister.

*Thud! Thud! Thud!*

The GrandMeister was pacing in circles within the large tent until he finally decided on something he was previously apprehensive about before he heard the race of the aura's owner.

'I must inform the king! It is best to let him decide what move we should make,' he thought with a resolute look on his face.

*Swish!*

The GrandMeister, upon deciding what he should do, exited the large tent he was in.

That was when his full figure was shown in plain sight.

The GrandMeister was a large, 7-foot-tall Monster with green skin and long, pointy ears.

That's right, he was a variation of Goblin!

However, he was a far stronger goblin than the one Azmond encountered earlier that day.

"What is your command, GrandMeister?" One of the shadows asked the GrandMeister with a neutral look on his green-skinned face.

"Head back to your posts for now," the GrandMeister began with an imperious tone before he continued, "A Human Core Formation Realm Master requires the attention of our King, so I shall head to the Throne Room to inform him of this occurrence without further delay."

FWIP!

The GrandMeister stated his intentions and left in a flash of light without making a sound.

........

"This is not good..." One of the shadows spoke in a slightly agitated voice.

"Not good indeed..." Another shadow added.

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But, regardless of his surprise, it didn't take long before Argas snapped out of his stupor.

"Ignore the Pact?? Your Majesty, are you sure about that?? Won't that have harmful repercussions for us?" He asked with a puzzled look on his green face.

"Mhmm it could, but if that Core Formation human cultivator really is from one of the 2 human kingdoms, then he broke the pact first by causing trouble in one of our territories," he replied in a serious tone before he continued, "So don't worry about attacking and killing that human cultivator. If he really ends up being from one of the 2 human kingdoms, then I will take care of the consequences, alright?"

The Goblin King's words sank into the ears of the still-kneeling GrandMeister Argas.

The GrandMeister understood now, but he still felt the need to ask one more question to his king just in case.

"What if it's a trap set by the 2 kingdoms, Your Majesty? It doesn't make sense that a Core Formation realm cultivator is this far out messing with one of our goblin scouts for no reason. I fail to understand the human cultivator's purpose."

"Your concern is understandable, Argas." The Goblin King thought over the matter for a second before he said, "I permit you to bring 3 Goblin Asuras along with you to exterminate the human bug in our territory."

"!!!" GrandMeister Argas was practically beaming when he heard what his king said.

After hearing such good news, he had no more qualms about going to kill the human Core Formation Cultivator!

Following such a feeling of elation, he shouted, "As Your Majesty Commands!"

The GrandMeister's shout was followed by a bow, and after bowing to the Goblin King with great respect in his eyes, he disappeared from his spot.

FWIP!

.......

When the Goblin King was left all alone in the throne room, his expression suddenly changed as he commanded, "Go, my Asuras, and don't bother coming back without satisfactory results, understood?"

The King spoke to the air with a slightly scary smile on his face.

"Yes, My King!" Three neutral voices responded from behind the Throne as they soon faded away in the direction the GrandMeister left in.

"A human, huh?" The Goblin King mused.

"How Interesting. I do wonder if this is a good or bad sign for my kingdom...?"

His mind flipped through different outcomes for a moment before he muttered, "Only time will tell."

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Small info dump below. Sowwy...

For those confused about the aura scanner mentioned at the beginning of the chapter and the numbers involved, here it is.

The Aura scanner is essentially an Energy Level Scanner; it scans an aura and gets an appropriate number in return.

This type of scanner and subsequent stat and power level equivalents will be mentioned a few times throughout the novel, and I don't want anybody confused on the matter. (Especially when the system shows up.)

The scanners the goblins in this chapter used only scanned the energy level of Azmond, which led them to assume that he had already reached the Core Formation Realm.

Why do they think he is in the Core Formation Realm, you may ask?

This is because of a few reasons, but the main reason is that Azmond currently has 1000 Qi cyclones inside of his Dantian space right now, with each Qi cyclone being like large energy containers storing an insane amount of energy that Azmond can use.

So the number readings the goblins obtained from Azmond's aura read that he had the equivalent aura of a Core Formation Realm Cultivator instead of the Quantum Qi Condensation Cultivator that he actually was.

Power scaling reader metrics below

Metrics don't represent Combat Power; they represent energy storage readings. (They do, however, stand for power levels and stats later on, so keep that in mind.)

1-100 = Body Refinement Realm

101-1000 = Qi Condensation Realm

1001-10,000 = Foundation Building Realm

10,001-100,000 = Core Formation Realm

100,001-1,000,000 = Golden Core Formation Realm

1,000,001-10,000,000 = Nascent Soul Realm

So on and so forth. Azmond's energy storage was scaled at around 90,000, so he has the total energy of around a peak Core Formation Realm Cultivator.