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The Goblin King grabbed the Goblin Champion's Mana Core, and gobbled it up, crushing it inside of his mouth and eating it entirely! ​​

The second after, his Mana Core changed!

His entire Aura began to leak crazily, as his Mana Pool increased by tenfold!

His Magic strength was now even greater than before, and he even changed his body, becoming taller, slimmer, and stronger!

He had evolved!

Monsters in Terra could evolve by Ranking Up their Mana Cores, which they could do without having to cultivate like people by eating other living beings Mana Cores!

And whenever they raised their Rank, they underwent an evolution on their bodies as well, becoming stronger and even gaining new Innate Abilities the higher their Mana Rank was!

The Goblin King's mind could not feel any clearer now!

It felt as if he had been truly reborn!

This power coursing through his entire being… this was truly the power he needed!

His skin suddenly turned completely black, like charcoal, from its former green!

And a golden crown appeared atop his malicious head, his nose was no longer big and ugly, and even his appearance had changed a bit, to the point of resembling a demi-human…

His muscles bulged, and his entire body was covered in golden tattoos… his eyes turned golden, blazing with ominous power!

"That's… I've never seen… such a thing before…" said Grandwing.

"Me neither… In all the bestiaries I have read… there was no registration of a being beyond a Goblin King, Goblins are not… even supposed to raise into higher Ranks!" said Melodia.

"This… Frank…" muttered Gwendolyn, grasping Frank's arm, as Frank felt the ominous and overwhelming presence from the Goblin King… he could not run.

He had to fight.

He had to get back up again, and fight!

It was the only choice he had!

If he escaped, gods know what kind of chaos this would unfold above town!

He already imagined that it would voraciously attack the people and eat their Mana Cores, it would be a complete catastrophe…

He needed to fight… and win!

The Goblin King smiled wickedly, showing his perfect and sharp white teeth.

"I have… attained it! This power… I am no longer a Goblin King. I am… a Goblin Emperor!" laughed the Goblin Emperor, with a voice as clear as a person…

"He can even talk perfectly now…" said Gwendolyn.

"Goblin… Emperor?" asked Grandwing.

"Rejoice. You have witnessed the birth of your new Emperor… It is hopeless for you now. Give away your lives to me and I can make good use of your Mana Cores! Hm. Perhaps leaving some of the women so they can bear my children would be a good idea as well! After all, how can I be an Emperor without subjects?" asked the Goblin Emperor, it was as if he was a completely different person!

Frank began to feel an aching pain inside of his soul as if it were trembling, this was because he had overused Dracolich Transformation, which consumed his mana too much, and also his mental fatigue, which was related to his soul and not brain due to being undead.

However, he stood up.

"You will have to get past me first…" he said, his crimson eyes gleaming eerily, glancing directly at the Goblin Emperor's golden eyes!

The smug in the face of the Goblin Emperor suddenly disappeared, as he felt an instinctual fear to death, this feeling that only a Necromancer such as Frank could exert over others!

"Haha… Do you think you can stand a chance against me? No matter what insane powers you have, I am a Rank 3 Goblin Emperor!" laughed the Goblin Emperor, walking towards Frank rather carefreely.

Frank quickly extended his shadows the second he felt the Goblin Emperor's bloodlust, as he saw him move at an almost unpredictable speed, towards… not Frank, but… Grandwing!

The Goblin Emperor's hands reached to Grandwing's chest, as they were about to puncture through it and most likely steal his Mana Core!

However, Frank managed to put him inside of his Shadows in time, as Kamei screamed for Frank!

"Onii-chan, you can't…! You can't do this alone!!!" she cried, as she was engulfed within the shadows.

The Goblin Emperor glared at Frank with his golden eyes, surprised over his reaction time.

"You're good at this…" he said.

"I will… not let anyone else die…" said Frank, his conviction was so strong that it generated an enormous pressure!

"Wasn't he weakened…?" thought the Goblin Emperor, gritting his teeth!

For a moment, both of them kept staring at each other, the one who attacked first would acquire an advantage!

Frank's Death Aura against the Goblin Emperor's Blazing Gold Aura, a clash between titans, but who would stay on top?!

Frank knew that he needed to use it… the power that he saved for such situations.

However… he wanted to not use it, as it would most likely weaken his soul even more…

The rate at which such Skill consumed his soul was outstanding, if he were to use it for more than one minute… his entire soul would be consumed by his own power.

This was Wrath.

"No… not yet…" he thought, as the Goblin Emperor suddenly disappeared!

"I lowered my guard…!" thought Frank, as a large black fist rushed towards his face!

BOOM!

Frank's face fell into the ground, as the Goblin Emperor's fist reached his face, breaking his nose as blood spurred out of his eyes, which almost exploded out of their sockets!

"NNGGHOOO…!"

Frank screamed in agony as he even sensed his skull cracking!

"GIFT OF DEATH!"

Gift of Death immediately took the course over his body, his wounds healing immediately, however…!

"Can you match my speed, human?" asked the Goblin Emperor, emerging right above Frank, as he descended like a blazing golden spear over him!

CLASH!

The Goblin's Emperor feet crushed Frank's chest into the ground, as all the bones piled over the room began to explode aside, an enormous crater was left!

However, in the middle of such an attack, Frank gritted his teeth and glanced back at the wicked smile of the Goblin Emperor!

"Death Phantom Threads! Concealment!" he roared, unleashing his phantom threads around the Goblin Emperor's body, entangling him with them, and unleashing Concealment to decrease his magic prowess!

Frank twisted his body, punching the Goblin's Emperor muscular legs to the side, and managing to take ahold of himself for a split of a second, which he used to extend his bony claws and unleash a barrage of soul-consuming flames of the purgatory over the Goblin Emperor's face!

"It's useless!" laughed the Goblin Emperor, unleashing his golden flaming aura, which seemed to be a complete opposite of his Abyss Magic, destroying the threads made by Frank in seconds, and then unleashing a powerful blast of Abyssal Darkness with his other right hand!

"Die!" he said, as Frank's flames clashed against the abyssal darkness of the Goblin Emperor!

BOOM!

Frank quickly conjured his Domain and Soul, materializing them into a large spectral claw and resisting the Goblin Emperor's powerful abyssal cannon, only to be greeted by his golden blazing light made into a ray!

CLASH!

"NNGH…!"

Frank was blown away into the air, as the flames began to consume his flesh, which he continuously healed with Gift of Death while gritting his teeth!

"I now wield the power of the Abyss and the power of Heavens! I am unmatched! You're simply a steppingstone, human!" laughed the Goblin Emperor, as he jumped towards Frank as he was falling from the sky, smiling wickedly, his fists were filled with the golden brilliance of his heavenly flames and the abyssal darkness of shadows!

Frank glanced as fists of heavens and abyss fell over his entire body, crushing it from all directions as large pieces of flesh flew everywhere, his body was… being torn apart!

"NNNGAAAAAHHH…!" roared Frank, unleashing a storming power of concentrated magic, combining everything he could muster at that time, a chaotic wave of deadly miasma expanded, blocking the Goblin Emperor's deadly fists and throwing him away!

CLASH!

BOOM!

Frank's body fell to the ground with a loud boom, his muscles were torn apart, and most of his bones were cracked and shattered!

His jaw was triturated, and his skull was open wide, as a large piece of his brain was bleeding out of it!

"FRANK!!! GIFT OF DEATH!" roared Hades, awakening within Frank and conjuring Gift of Death, trying to heal his horrible wounds, as the Goblin Emperor quickly stood up!

"You're a resilient bastard…" he muttered, glaring at Frank with immense bloodlust!

Suddenly, he raised his arms, as an enormous sphere of blazing golden flames emerged… shining brightly like the sun of the morning!

"Burn into ashes," said the Goblin Emperor, glaring at Frank as if he was a pathetic ant!

This feeling…

Frank felt it before.

Hopelessness.

Imminent death.

And that face… as if he were absolutely nothing before this being.

The image of Wasp flashed within Frank's mind, fitting right into the Goblin's Emperor face…

That wicked smile.

As if nothing mattered.

As if… he was absolutely nothing!

He could… not take it anymore.

He could not muster to… endure any more!

He wanted to punch that damn face so fucking badly…

"Oh? So you are finally calling me…" said a familiar voice, as a heart made of red flames emerged within Frank's soul.

"I'm going to kill him in one minute… Make sure to not eat me entirely until then," said Frank.

"Haha… I don't make promises…"

Frank's eyes flashed with crimson light, his entire body was engulfed in red flames, however, the Goblin Emperor's attack was already falling all over him!

Boom!

An explosion of brilliant flames unfolded, as the Goblin Emperor glared at it smugly.

"It is over… Eh?"

Suddenly, the light was completely eaten away by furious scarlet flames, as a tower of such flames emerged from within Frank, hitting the ceiling!

Clash!

A certain power had awakened.

The Goblin Emperor glanced at it as fear took ahold of his entire self once more!

"H-How…?!"

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