Warlock of Oceans: My Poseidon System

Chapter 116 Entrance Scaling Exams (3)

"Geez... what the hell.... Apparently, the Crestsplitter family is famous for absorbing other families. They're a very mixed family of various different races, but what is common throughout all of them is their white hair, pale white skin, ghastly white eyes, and their ghost-like appearance. In fact, I think the number one ranked student in our school is from that very same family."

"If they're that big, then how come I haven't heard of them before?"

"They're not ones to make public appearances. Only their head maybe once in a while, but even then, that is stretching it. And I will say they're strong. Really fucking strong."

As we turned back towards the television displaying the matches, we saw the naga had a massive split through its entire body. It had been cut vertically from the tip of its nose all the way to the end of its tail, which sparked with green flames.

"Damn, she's good."

Indeed she was extremely strong. I might have had a bit of trouble dealing with her if I fought her in my current state. Although, that doesn't mean she was going to win. And the only reason I thought this was because the next monster that she faced, a clear weakness, had been revealed in the way she moved, swung her sword, and just observed the fight in general.

She was an amateur. Sure, she was a kid, so that was a given, but she was just such an amateur when it came to battle IQ that I could assume that she was bred and born to be a glass killer. Was that the entirety of the Crestsplitter family, or was that just her? It was hard to tell due to her young age.

"Would you win against that asshole?" Asger asked as we watched the girl get overwhelmed by the flying creature. It was like a moth but ten times bigger, meaning she should have been able to hit it with a few calculations, but she failed to apply those academics to her fighting style. So, in the end, she lost by the allotted time running out.

"Absolutely."

"Okay, and finally, can we have the Rank 1 come up. Cyrus Claydol, good luck," The elf announced, and with everybody looking at me as I stepped in front of the opening auditorium walls, I coldly stared at the injured Fishman. Her right arm was broken, and she had burn marks scorching her back.

She glared back at me, only to see the eyes of our entire grade watch as she limped over to the corner of the room. She was lonely. She had no friends, no family, no familiars to even sit with. She was a sad, sad child, and I would have pitied her more if it wasn't for her personality.

FWOOSH... BOOOM

The walls behind me collided, separating me from the rest of the world. A light stench of blood hung in the air, and the lingering mana from all of these summoned monsters was incredibly thick. It was almost like I was moving through a viscous material as I stepped forward. But, just as I was about to complain about this, all of the lingering mana disappeared, and a monster appeared right in front of me.

A high troll. A monster, when compared to the adventurer ranking system, is on par with A-class adventurers. But, that doesn't mean a single A-class can take them down, even if they're a massive damage dealer, as you need tanks to absorb the damage and long-range damage dealers to slowly dwindle down the thing's health and weak points.

My daggers were coated with sizzling water, and as I swung down into the beast's mouth, I roped in a few strings of water that were infused with aether. They traveled down into the beast's esophagus, and with the help of the strings, I wormed them down into the beast's stomach.

Now, the only problem was that I was about to be crushed from both sides.

"Just kidding," I smiled before suddenly getting yanked up toward the top of the white facility. I just barely scraped the ceiling as the monster below me began to bloat from the inside. And with a single activation of one of my skills, I saw the monster's cheeks expand and its stomach triple in size. "[Aether Explosion]."

BOOOOOOOM

The monster exploded from the inside out, instantly dying as it obliterated its two hearts and severely burned its lungs. It had no choice but to return to its master as particles of mana flew directly toward a blank wall.

"I would have gotten so many levels if this wasn't a summon...." I grit my teeth. It was annoying, but I had to suck it up as all of my senses besides hearing brought a new presence to my attention.

Experience tales with empire

Instantly, I knew I had to activate something. Anything that would give me the edge against this beast that appeared behind me.

[Spine: Brand of The Angel] [World of Flesh]

One was a reward for interfering with the previous mission, and the other was from my tarot power being the hanged man or something like that. And just from their names, you could tell they were powerful, but I didn't expect them to be utterly game-changing.

"Kekekekeke..."

"Ah... so it was a shaman. I got all worried for nothing," I smiled back at the green monster grinning from ear to ear. Its rotten teeth left a stench in the room, and its overwhelming presence had already been tripled through its extremely powerful buffs.

The Goblin Shaman doesn't sound too powerful in general. I mean, it's just a goblin, right? How could a mere goblin be powerful at all? But no, there was only one Goblin that surpassed even the Goblin Lord... and that was the Goblin Shaman.

The monster grew in size, its warted nose twitching upwards as its entire body distorted into something different. It was now as big as the troll, and with muscles ten times the size of its original body and its staff growing to match the monster's power, it had matched part of the power of its creator.

"The Goblin God. But, it's unfortunate that you went up against me," I licked my lips at the sight of all the foreign mana swirling around the goblin's body. This was its source of indescribable power... and it was something so easily manipulatable for a being like me.