[601-800] THE EVOLUTION OF A GOBLIN TO THE PEAK

Chapter 698: Plan

“Y-You! What do you mean by that?! T-This is our home so how could you!” One of the nineteen leaders stood up and said in shock. His voice quivered as he pointed his fingers at Souta while trembling. He was one of the initial S-rank in the group.

They were here before Souta became the City Lord.

Souta glanced at the initial S-rank with a smile. He slowly said, “No, this is my city. I’m the Lord of this place so naturally, it belongs to me, not you.”

He suddenly remember something so he changed his words, “Okay, I will not force you to leave the city. Just remember that once you join the Astros, you will gain power. I will even help you expand your organization.”

Franklin, who was ready to kill, tilted his head in confusion. He didn’t know why Souta suddenly changed his mind. But since it was the decision of his leader, he could only follow it.

Something came to Souta’s mind that changed his decision. It was too sudden but he realized something. It was better to have these guys around the Pople District. Yep, these guys would definitely have some uses so he couldn’t just force them to leave or directly kill them.

“I’ll permit it. You have my word that my forces will not harm you as long as you didn’t try to harm Ekatoe City.” Souta narrowed his eyes and said in a serious tone.

It was better if they realized that joining the Astros would be the right decision. He could also use them for some experiments in the future. Of course, it wouldn’t kill them but it has a chance that they would be heavily injured if the experiments failed. If it succeeded they were the ones who were going to receive benefits.

‘Are you going to try it on them?’ Saya suddenly asked.

‘Yep, since I don’t have any guinea pigs they can become one for me.’ Souta replied to her.

According to Isabella’s research, the red marble could be refined using people’s life essence. It would resonate once ingested and using the consumer’s life essence they would receive an enhancement in their bodies.

Souta couldn’t clearly understand but she said that it wouldn’t work on old people. Since the red marble uses own’s life span to permanently increase the user’s own strength.

‘The red marble that you gave to her couldn’t be used by anyone aside from the owner of the life essence inside it. It means that if Isabella refined that pill using your life essence, the other people wouldn’t receive a benefit even if they ingested it.’ Saya explained.

‘My life essence will only resonate with me, not with other people. It wouldn’t recognize other people so it will not have an effect on them.’ Souta said inwardly.

But the problem was how to refine that pill. Although Isabella learned the effect of the red marble, she didn’t know the process to perfectly refine it. According to her, the red marble was refined crudely and it couldn’t bring out the true effect of the pill. Even if it was ingested, the owner of that life essence would only gain a little bit of strength.

Souta smiled as he looked at the nineteen people. He would offer them some benefits so that they would volunteer to join the experimentation.

“Don’t worry, I’ll treat you better.”

His grin almost reached his ears. Since these guys weren’t his direct subordinates, they could become his guinea pig along with the captured criminals in the city.

They didn’t know why the mood quickly change but they felt glad that the intense atmosphere was gone.

Edward suddenly stood up from his seat and slightly bowed, “I’m willing to accept your proposal to join the Astros.”