Deep Within The Great Wildlands Forest in a vast stretch of plains thousands of miles from where Azmond threw the goblin scout, A few dark shadows with green skin are on the move.

The Dark Shadows move through the plains at breakneck speeds toward a large hut. They stop outside the large hut as if waiting for something, and then they hear a raspy voice come from within the hut.

"What is your Report?"

"A large aura signature was detected outside one of the goblin camps we have set up in Alpha Sector GrandMeister"

One of the shadows responded to the raspy voice inside the tent with a neutral look on its green-skinned face.

"What are the numbers?"

The Raspy voice once again asked another question from within the large tent.

"Our aura detectors read numbers over 90,000 Grand Meister"

The same green-skinned shadow that responded earlier replied to the raspy voice again.

"Are You Sure??"

The Grand Meister asked in what seemed like a tone of... urgency?

"We triple-checked GrandMeister... We even got reports that whoever owned that aura signature took out one of our scouts."

The same shadow replied.

"...."

The GrandMeister went silent after hearing that, almost as if he were mulling over a very important matter.

'A Core Formation Realm Master in this part of The Great Wildlands doesn't make any sense'

'Is it an Enemy sent by a neighboring Monster Kingdom or something else?'

The GrandMeister thought to himself with a quizzical look on his face.

"What is the race of the owner of this aura?"

The GrandMeister asked the Shadows outside his tent.

"It should be a... human, GrandMeister"

One of the Shadows replied.

"A what?!?"

The GrandMeister lost his composure for the first time in a very long time when he heard what one of the shadows said.

"Impossible! A human Core Formation Realm Master this far out in the Great Wildlands doesn't make any sense!"

The GrandMeister Shouted in anger and confusion.

"We couldn't believe it ourselves GrandMeister but we used multiple different Aura testers and the results all came out the same..."

One of the shadows said to the confused GrandMeister.

The GrandMeister was pacing in circles within the large tent until he finally decided on something he was apprehensive of before he heard the race of the aura signatures owner.

'I must inform the king! It is best to let him decide what move we should make.'

The GrandMeister, upon deciding what he should do, exited the large tent he was in. That was when his full figure was shown in plain sight, the GrandMeister was a large 7ft tall Monster with Green skin and Long Pointy ears. That's right, he is a variation of goblin... A far stronger goblin than the one Azmond encountered earlier that day.

"What is your command, GrandMeister?"

One of the Shadows asked the GrandMeister with a neutral look on his green-skinned face.

"Head back to your posts, for now. A Human Core Formation Realm Master requires the attention of our King so I shall head to the Throne Room to inform him of this occurrence without further delay."

The GrandMeister stated his intentions and left in a flash of light without making a sound.

"This is not good..." One of the shadows spoke in a neutral tone.

"Not Good Indeed..." Another Shadow replied

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Meanwhile, 10 minutes after the GrandMeister goblin left his hut. He once again reappeared in a large town-like city that covered an area of 10's of miles. The City had thousands of houses going in every direction that looked as if they were built with stones and straw. There were goblins wearing clothes and carrying all sorts of weaponry wandering around the city heading into a variety of buildings that should be some type of goblin shops. The City was not a modern one but it worked for what the goblins needed it for and that was enough for them.

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The GrandMeister Goblin was currently flying through the Goblin City heading toward a large castle-like stone building in the very center of the city.

The GrandMeister approached the Castle-like building on foot and went through the front gate of the castle, passing by many 6-foot-tall goblins wearing heavy armor and carrying large spears stationed all around the Castle exterior and Interior areas. A few of the guards looked to see who was so brazen to come directly through the front gate of the King's castle but once they saw who it was they went right back to their stations.

The GrandMeister continued to walk through the interior of the huge castle until he saw 2 Large Doors standing in his way. Doors that were lavishly decorated and 10 meters in height.

He stood outside the 2 large doors as if waiting for something to happen, and happen it did as the 2 large doors soon opened up by themselves after a few seconds of waiting. When they opened, A Deep and noble-sounding voice came from within the area behind the doors.

"Why have you come to my throne room Argas?"

"I have come to inform you of something, Your Majesty!"

Argas the GrandMeister quickly kneeled as soon as he entered the Throne Room. That was when Argas got a clear view of the Being he calls his King, A 9-foot tall Goblin with a Noble bearing and a Diamond plated crown on top of its head. He was adorned in an overbearing golden mantle that covered half of his large frame. If any Goblin citizen was currently in the throne room at this moment then one look was all they needed to tell them that the king was a majestic being but... if one looked close enough, they would see something malicious hidden deep within those Goblin eyes of his.

"Inform me of something? Couldn't you have just informed me like you usually do? with your shadows?"

The Goblin King asked with a Neutral look on his face.

"I normally would Your Majesty, but there is an important matter that needs me to personally inform you of."

The GrandMeister replied with a nervous look on his usually impassive face.

"Oh?"

The Goblin King put on a face of slight amusement.

"What is this important matter you wish to inform me personally of Argas?"

The Goblin King Asked The now nervous-looking GrandMeister.

"A Core Formation Realm Cultivator was detected in Alpha Sector Your Majesty..."

The GrandMeister replied with a nervous look on his face.

"A Core Formation Realm Cultivator you say? That isn't too big of a deal now, is it? We have at least a few dozen Goblins within our kingdom that can handle such a cultivator including yourself, so you could have just gone yourself or sent one of them... So why have you really come to me Argas? Or are you just here to waste my time?"

The Goblin King asked with a not-so-amused look on his face now.

The GrandMeister Argas was practically sweating buckets after he took a look at the expression his king was now making.

"It... It is a Human, Your Majesty!"

The GrandMeister barely managed to get out those few words with a composed face.

"A Human?...."

"I see... so that is why you came to me"

The Goblin King once again regained his amused expression as he stared directly into Argas's eyes.

"Don't worry about the pact we made with the SunBurn and AquaRing Kingdoms Argas."

The Goblin King said something that left the GrandMeister baffled.

"Ignore the Pact?? Your Majesty, are you sure about that?? won't that have harmful repercussions for us?"

The GrandMeister asked the Goblin King with a puzzled look on his green face.

"Mhmm it could, but if that Core Formation human cultivator really is from one of the 2 human kingdoms then he broke the pact first by causing trouble in one of our territories."

"So don't worry about attacking and killing that human cultivator. If he really ends up being from one of the 2 human kingdoms then I will take care of the consequences, alright?"

The Goblin King said to the still kneeling GrandMeister Argas.

The GrandMeister understood now, but The GrandMeister felt the need to ask one more question to his king just in case.

"What if it's a trap set by the 2 kingdoms, Your Majesty? It doesn't make sense that a Core Formation realm cultivator is this far out messing with one of our goblin scouts for no reason. I fail to under the human cultivator's purpose..."

"Your concern is understandable Argas, hmm... I permit you to bring 3 Goblin Asuras along with you to exterminate the human bug in our territory."

The Goblin King said to the GrandMeister After Deep thought on the matter.

The GrandMeister Argas Was practically beaming when he heard what his king said. He had no more qualms about going to kill the human Core Formation Cultivator now that he had heard that.

"As Your Majesty Commands!"

The GrandMeister then disappeared from his spot after bowing to The Goblin King, with great respect for said king evident in his eyes.

"Go My Asuras... and don't bother coming back without satisfactory results, understood?"

The King Spoke to the air with a slightly scary smile on his face.

"Yes, My King!"

Three neutral voices responded from behind the Throne as they soon faded away in the direction the GrandMeister left in.

"A Human huh?..."

"How Interesting, I do wonder if this is a good or bad sign for my kingdom?..."

"Only Time Will Tell."

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Small info dump below, Sowwy

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For Those confused about the aura scanner mentioned at the beginning of the chapter and the numbers involved then here it is.

The Aura scanner is essentially an Energy Level Scanner, it scans an aura and gets an appropriate number in return. This type of scanner will be mentioned a few times throughout the novel and I don't want anybody confused on the matter. The Scanners the goblins in this chapter used only scanned the Energy level of Azmond to become under the assumption that he has already reached the Core Formation Realm. Why do they think he is in the Core Formation Realm you may ask? This is because of a few reasons, but the main reason is that Azmond currently has a 1000 qi cyclone's inside of his dantian space right now with each qi cyclone being like large energy containers storing an insane amount of energy that Azmond can use. So the number readings the goblins obtained from Azmond's aura read that he had the equivalent aura of a Core Formation Realm Cultivator instead of the Quantum Qi Condensation Cultivator that he actually is.

Power scaling reader metrics below

Metrics don't represent Combat Power, they represent energy storage readings.

1-100 = Body Refinement Realm

101-1000 = Qi Condensation Realm

1001-10,000 = Foundation Building Realm

10,001-100,000 = Core Formation Realm

100,001-1,000,000 = Nascent Soul Realm

1,000,001-10,000,000 = Soul Transformation Realm

So on and so forth. Azmond's energy storage was scal

ed in at around 90,000 so he has the total energy of around a peak Core Formation Realm Cultivator.