86 Chapter 86: The Journey 2

After waiting for a while, Donald, Daemon, Kira, Karl, Gin, and Cyrus appeared from the dense forest. Under Derik's malicious gaze their body stiffened and they didn't approach any further. They stood there for over a minute and no side spoke to the other

"Don't tell me you came here to stare at me… Speak quickly, my time is limited" Derik snorted as he spokeHearing his words, their expressions darkened and they suddenly realized that the chances of their goal been fulfilled are quite low. They were hoping that Derik will understand their reasons and at least not hate them but considering the way he spoke and looked at them it became obvious that he wasn't really planning to believe anything they were planning to say

Karl and the others pondered for a while in silence on how to tackle this situation.

"We are really sorry" Daemon spoke afterward while approaching Derik. Her huge eyes were watery and her face had reddened.

Even seeing this wasn't enough to move Derik. His gaze was still cold and he simply glanced at everyone present and sighed. The frown on his face loosened and his anger changed to indifference

"Your reasons for plotting against me with my enemies were not unexpected… You don't have to bother much… I don't blame any of you for the side you chose to stand with, if the situation was reversed I may have done the same" Derik said indifferently. "I apologize in advance though" A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he spokeSeeing this, Daemon's expression turned ugly as she understood the meaning behind Derik's words, turning her attention to Cyrus and the rest behind her, she realized they also wore the same ugly expressions but their hostility towards Derik was more profound than hers. "My final advice to you Daemon… An assassin shouldn't be too emotional… Your emotions are the reason you are the weakest in the team… Deal with it" Derik snorted with his hands wrapped around his chest

Hearing this, Daemon cursed him silently and tried to control her anger. Like, come on? they came here to apologize, the least he can do is accept and send them off"That's enough Derik… We only came here to apologize and inform you that we won't be taking part in the ambush… when it happens we are not allowed to interfere… you don't have to be on guard against us" Kira said with knitted eyebrows

Hearing this, Derik suddenly laughed out hysterically for a while and then stopped abruptly which startled everyone

"That's good… It just reduces the number of people I need to deal with when the time comes… as for letting my guard down… I don't think so" Derik sneered

Karl and the others were startled by his words and pondered for a while, what sort of confidence those this guy have that makes the guy act so recklessly. First, he didn't bring the only tool which would have let him survive a while longer if besieged by the military, Miracle adventurer team, and the members of the royal family. Even with the bronze level magic bow, the chances of him surviving such an assault was below zero percent.

The team still failed to understand why Derik still carried himself so confidently. Knowing their friend, they could tell he had something up his sleeves which no one could understand no matter how hard they tried. The real question was this, what gives him so much confidence? Was it his guardian spirit? What kind of spell did it reveal to Derik? Is there a spell capable of making a recruit defat multiple Silver realm and Bronze realm warriors?

Seeing the puzzled look on their faces, Derik chuckled and sneered at them"Don't bother yourself with issues like this… when this is all over, I'll definitely slaughter everyone who has a hand in this… not a single soul will be left alive!" Derik claimed

Bam!

Bam!

Bam!

Golden aura, orange aura, and blood red aura quickly surrounded Cyrus, Karl, and Kira's body respectively. Their gazes were cold and there hostile intentions were no longer hidden"You dare threaten our families?" Cyrus roared

"If you wish to destroy those who we seek to protect Derik, then I'm sorry, we are not friends!!" Karl roared

"If I let you act that simply means the purpose of me doing this has been wasted…. I chose this part just to protect my family… but if you choose to kill the people we on to protect, then don't blame me for being ruthless. I will not show you mercy!" Kira roared!

"Blood magic: Blood spear!" Kira muttered and a deep cut instantly appeared on his palm, from it a small torrent of blood poured out, twisting and turning this blood took the form of a spear and graciously descended into Kira's hands

"From the pit of the abyss, I call upon thee, fight my battles and smite thy enemies… Become my shield and become my sword… let my foes shriek at the mention of thy name… Blood summon; Hellspawn!!!"

With bloodshot eyes, Kira roared and struck his left palm with the blood spear in his hands and blood poured out. Suddenly, the blood gathered at one point and formed a ten-meter wide pool beside Kira. From this pool shrieks and cries emanated, a bloodied hand that possessed pointy claws emerged and grabbed the ground and slowly pulled itself out.

The hellspawn was just about 5ft tall and it stood on all four, its body looked like chunks of expired meat put together. It had the shape of a hound and several holes through which blood flowed out of those holes.

Even though Derik has seen this beast before, he still felt couldn't help complementing Kira, a mage without the support of a guardian spirit being able to follow the path of a summoner and a fighter is no small thing. Unfortunately, he wasn't planning to be polite with these people he once called friends

"Ooo condemned soul of the underworld, the one which led was led astray by the lord of light and the devout, where art thy gods? As the messenger of death who comes from the deepest parts of the underworld, I sentence thee to eternal damnation and rob thee of thy Freedom… Death magic: Death Bind!!!" Derik muttered casually with an indifferent look on his face.

Dark clouds gathered and thunderstorms ensured for a while. Seeing this, Kira's face discolored. He could remember his little rumble with Derik, alongside Gin over a year ago. It was as if he was reliving the same traumatic experience, his eyebrows slammed against each other and he was about to scream out an order to the hellspawn but before he could speak the two large skeletal hands burst out of the ground and locked the hellspawn in a bear hug, robbing it of its mobility.

Watching the hellspawn struggle desperately Derik chuckled and a sinister smile appeared on his face. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he casually walked towards the bound hellspawn as he spoke

"The difference between bad and evil is quite much… Your puny magic is nothing compared to mine..." Derik laughed

He stretch forth his hand towards the direction of the hellspawn, pointing a finger at it he began chanting

"Ooo God of Death, lord of the underworld and ruler of all damned souls in it, hear the plea of thy faithful servant and burn thy foe with the unquenchable flames of hell, even thy ashes will not remain… Death magic: Hell flame!!!!" Derik said calmly.

Instantly a darkish purple magic array appeared at the tip of his finger and a torrent of darkish purple flames poured out, threatening to consume everything on its path

But before the fiery darkish purple flame could reach the hellspawn, a blue streak of light appeared in front of the beast and danced forward towards Derik. It cut through the darkish purple flamelike butter, reaching Derik with ease.

Seeing the blue arc of energy, Derik's heart trembled greatly but his face was still stiff and calm. The fiery purple light in his eyes burned brighter than ever and claws instantly spawned in his hands "Scram!!!" Derik roared as he brandished his class at the blue arc of energy, sending darkish purple energy of his own.

Boom!

The shockwave instantly threw Derik off balance and he rolled on the ground a few times before getting on his feet.

"Never again will I let this… you win… this won't end like last time" Gin spoke while striding forward with a confident look on his face.

His left hand trembled greatly and a cold glint of light flashed in his eyes when be saw Derik and the others standing with their weapons and equipment all unsheathed. "Isn't this cute… Fighting as a team against a common enemy… You all seem to forget why I use to call the shots… why you all felt safe and confident whenever I was around…" Derik laughed as he slowly wiped off the dust all over his body.

"I am the backbone of this team… without me, it will crumble… there is no team guardian without me!" Derik roared and the death energy stored within burst out. "You sort to destroy everything we seek to protect… I don't know what gives you so much confidence to make you act recklessly in front of death but then again since this affects us… we can't trust the royal family to kill you for us… we will have to do it ourselves" Cyrus roared

"Ooo power of death, grant thy servant thy power and lend thee thy strength... Give me the power to vanquish all those who stand against thy power of death and by the end of this day, thy heads shall hang on the tip of thy spear… Death magic: Bone spear!!!" Derik screamed.

Instantly over six darkish purple balls of energy escaped his body and soon these balls of energy took the forms of bone spears. With a single flick of his finger, the bone spears shrieked loudly as if there was life in them and dashed towards Cyrus and the other five

"Don't you dare think only you have grown stronger in the past few months!!!" Cyrus roared and punched out into the empty air six times, leaving six golden magic arrays behind"Life magic: Holy bolts!!!" He roared and six balls of golden energy the size of a human head flew out of the magic arrays and successfully deflected the bone spears their way.

Bam!

Like an arrow, Donald shot forward with his body leaning toward while gripping the greatsword with both hands. A white faint light shrouded the great sword and with a roar, Donald slashed out horizontally revealing a faint arc shaped white light

"Low level bronze combat technique: slash!!!" he roared

With the enhanced physique and physical capabilities, escaping such an attack was nothing for Derik. His body shot back, escaping the range of the attack. A cold glint flashed in his eyes and his body instantly shot up over five meters into the air.

At that point, Daemons figure wielding a dagger appeared from thin air with a puzzled look on her face. "Nothing gets past this nose" Derik snickered

Stretching his hand forth while still in mid air a bone bow appeared in his hand and bone quiver filled with arrows appeared beside him. "Scattering Shots!!!" Derik roared, releasing 5 bone arrows at the same time, aimed at Daemon and Donald who were standing below.

Seeing this, their face discolored and they quickly retreated in terror. Over the year while they trained for the adventurer'slicense exams, they trained alongside Derik and understood how terrifying Derik could be when he fought with a bow and arrows.

Bam!Bam!Bam!

If he was a beast when using just magic then it can be said he is a demon when combining magic and his archery skills.

Landing smoothly, a confident smile appeared on Derik's face as a bone arrow levitated out of his bone quiver and flew into his hands and a slight chuckle escaped his lips

"I will show you all the difference between us" He said