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

Chapter 55 - Encounter in the Desolate Woods

"So this is the Desolate Woods," Bryan muttered while looking at the vast forest in front of him.

"Yeah. Be careful a lot of powerful monsters inhabited this forest." Souta said to Bryan.

"Yeah, yeah." Bryan nodded.

"First, we will scout the outer area of the forest," Souta said. "Come, follow me." He walked forward and entered the forest.

"Okay." Bryan nodded and he followed Souta while looking at his surroundings.

Yuko was also observing the surrounding around her. Her senses were higher than a human and a goblin. Her level was also higher than Souta and she was in her second evolution, so it's not that surprising if her stats were higher than Souta.

When Souta met her for the first time, he knew that this bear was much stronger than him. Her stats were clearly higher than him and he was exhausted at that time because he ran over 600 km that day. In fact, Yuko would be able to kill him that day if she only used her trait skill. He didn't have much stamina to move his body that day. She just underestimated him and it caused her downfall.

Souta's group walked for a few minutes before Souta stopped. Souta looked at them and raised his hand signaling them to stop.

"What's wrong, Souta?" Bryan asked curiously.

"Shh!!" Souta placed his finger on his mouth and he pointed at the bushes twenty meters away from them.

Bryan looked ahead and saw a two meters tall spider.

The giant spider had eight sharp-pointed limbs. It has a hard exoskeleton that looks like a metal plate and its color was glossy black. It shone brightly as the sun rays hit the exoskeleton.

"What's that?" Bryan asked in a low voice while looking at the giant spider.

"Grr..." Yuko growled in a low voice. She felt danger coming out of that giant spider.

"That's a Black Tusk Spider," Souta said and he explained to them what it is.

Black Tusk Spider was a powerful monster that inhabited the Desolate Woods. The spider hunted their prey using their sharp limbs. They rarely used their web in battle as they mostly used it in building their nest. Their level was between 20 and 39, just like Yuko, a Red Fur Bear, the Black Tusk Spider was a second evolve species.

Souta explained to them that it was most likely a male Black Tusk Spider because of its size. The female Black Tusk Spider was larger than the male ones. It was also stronger and it possessed traits that males don't have.

"So what should we do?" Bryan asked.

"Wait here for a while. I will scout the area first. If it's the only monster here then were gonna hunt it." Souta said.

"Okay." Bryan nodded his head.

"Yuko, you also wait here." Souta looked at Yuko. He then turned at Bryan and added, "If I attack it then you can also start attacking."

"Okay." Bryan nodded.

"Good." Souta was satisfied that Bryan was following his command. He was worried that Bryan would suddenly attack the spider but fortunately, he was worried for nothing.

Swoosh!!

Souta jumped in the branch of the tree and looked around. He moved to the other tree to see the area around him clearly. He moved in a circle around the Black Tusk Spider.

"Okay, good. There's no other monster here." Souta muttered before he looked at the Black Tusk Spider.

He opened his palm and silently casted [Shadow Bind].