Chapter 183: Island (1/2)

Arthur kept overseeing the village, strengthening the goblins, and getting the weapons into his subspace until the hunting group came back. Arthur smiled as he saw their equipment's and smiled. It seems that Ven, Ben, and Ken have done their job properly.

Arthur then heard a howl from the distance as he saw Kira running over to him. The wolf that was barely half of his height was now as tall as he was with more scars added up.

Kira ran over as soon as it saw Arthur and snuggled into Arthur's embrace as it whimpered in happiness. Arthur felt his heart warm at this as he remembered all those memories in the trial. Arthur kept patting it with this in mind as the rest of the goblins came over.

Despite the lack of elegance, the hunting squad wore proper armor and had sharp-edged tools. Coupled with the strengthening Arthur gave them, they were more than capable of walking around unhindered.

Previously, there were only 21 middle-mid-tier goblins. Now, there were 30 in total. After his breakthrough, Arthur's unique skill strengthened as well, earning total obedience over the goblins. When the pack of thirty goblins entered and saw Arthur, they all kneeled in reverence.

Arthur nodded with a smile. This was the group responsible for hunting for the rest of the village. They were allowed to venture farther than the others to bring in powerful monsters.

With thirty strong goblins sharing resources with the rest, they were able to allow the goblins to keep reproducing without causalities. However, Arthur knew that the only reason none of them died yet is because of his runes and their numbers.

Goblins were selfish by nature and tried to hoard the resources they get to themselves. The chief was a prime example of this as he had taken most of the resources in the village, making its growth stagnant. Now that Arthur was not only relocating the chief's resources to them, he was also trying to make them stronger. The rest of the goblins had no choice but to obey the cooperation that Arthur had demanded.

”Rise,” Arthur spoke and the thirty goblins rose. They were as tall as Arthur himself with varying armors and faces. He strode between them with an occasional nod as he felt like a commander.

Kira followed after him as if establishing its relationship with Arthur. Its antics amused Arthur who couldn't help but blame himself for forgetting to make his benefactor stronger.

After strengthening the hunting squad as well, Arthur returned with Kira to his house. The weapons were already in his subspace and Arthur took out some stored meals he bought from him to buy. Since he kept them in his subspace while they were hot, they remained that way until now and Arthur ate his chicken pasta with contentment.

Kira at the meat Arthur gave it beside the table that Arthur sat on. With a smile, Arthur thought about his next plans for now. Jerano's exam would happen in twenty days, so he had time to strengthen himself further. He had yet to arrange an identity for himself as Master Ronin was currently working on that.

Kira finished its meal and rested its head on Arthur's foot. Arthur smiled and rubbed its head as its tail danced happily.

'You are an affectionate creature,' Arthur thought to himself. Despite being a female, Kira was a lot larger than wolves that hadn't evolved yet. Even so, it wasn't the slightest bit aggressive towards Arthur. It may even consider him as a part of its pack, albeit a very small one.

After his meal, Arthur strengthened Kira as well and gave it a fire rune since it now had enough mana to make use of it. He then left the goblin's village for now until he learns how to create a teleportation circle that would get his goblins to his fortress.

Arthur wanted to level up, but he didn't hunt in the mountain range. It was already a difficult endeavor to walk around without being hindered.

Although he needed the ring that Mero had to assume a new identity, Arthur couldn't take it. The goblin's village would be exterminated if it was ever found out. That's why he had plans to learn to find a proper rune himself.

He teleported away from the mountain range and headed back to the capital. He can travel three kilometers every few seconds, so he could cut across almost 45 kilometers per minute. This allowed him to travel without the risk of being seen in an extremely efficient manner.

He also enjoyed the things he saw along the way. From the famous Foj River that was the grandest in the Yalveran Union to the giant ship of Una that was one of the strongest in the world, Arthur got to see many of them along the way. However, he couldn't walk into cities and fortresses easily so he had to keep traveling through farms and the wild.

He reached the capital an hour later since he sightsaw a little and had to replenish his mana using his art. He didn't go to the mansion but headed straight toward the Tower of Yearning. Sneaking his way through, Arthur found himself in the same sky-covered space.

He had left the tower before because he was only at the neo-rank, but he had broken through and wanted to level up and earn himself some artifacts along the way.

[Welcome to the Tower of Yearning.]

Arthur received the message from his legacy. The number on the was now 2 instead of 1. He can challenge the second to the tenth floor now, that had rankings only for those at the rei-ranking and below. Arthur opened his legacy to check how much he

had left to level up.

[Scholar Guardian's Legacy]