87 Chapter 87: 'sI am the team!”

The temperature suddenly rose dangerously and malicious orange aura flickered everywhere, igniting flammable substance it came in contact with.

With murderous lights shining in Karl s eyes, he gazed upon Derik who still had a confident smile on his face and his body trembled violently

"I will definitely make you eat those words…. You dare look down on us!" Karl roared

Fire Magic: Fire spears!!!

Instantly 6 fiery flaming orange spears appeared behind the battlemage, his bloodshot eyes were fixated on Derik and with a hand gesture, he sent all six spears flying at Derik. Seeing the incoming fire spears, the confident look on Derik's face still remained. His eyes looked cold and with a single breath he sort to end the battle mage in one move

"Low level bronze combat technique: Wind Arrow!" Derik roared.

Suddenly, a strong gust of wind appeared around the arrow in his hand and completely enveloped his hand and the arrow, at this point a crooked smile appeared on his face and immediately, death aura mixed with the wind aura

"This is something original… Death magic: gusty death arrow!" He roared and shot the arrow.

The six bone spears which were knocked away by Cyrus some time ago suddenly shrieked back to life and dashed towards the fire spears colliding with them, canceling each other out in the process.

The arrow Derik shot looked slow but it released some sort of energy that made Karl stiff and unable to evade. He simply watched in horror as the arrow approached.

"I won't let you!!!" Cyrus roared as golden energy flashed all over his body. He waved his hand and a series of transculent golden walls appeared, waiting for the arrow to approach. "Light magic: Light walls!!" he screamed

Bam!

Bam!

Bam!

Crack!

Under the overwhelming power of the bone arrow which was already equivalent to low level bronze combat techniques in terms of power, combined with the peak low level bronze combat technique, wind arrow. This powerful attack instantly reached new heights, only a step away from reaching the power level of mid level bronze combat techniques.

One by one, the transculent golden walls slowly but steadily crumbled. "Go get him, everyone… Cyrus and I will handle this" Karl roared and his aura skyrocketed "No more holding back!" He sneered

"God of destruction… lord of fire… drown thy enemies in your anger and consume thy foes with thy flames… it's over!!!… Flamethrower!!!" Karl screamed as he took a deep breath and spat out hot torrents of flame which completely consumed the bone spear shrouded in a strong gust of wind and death aura the moment it broke through the last transculent golden wall.

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Meanwhile

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Derik's confident smile had vanished after Karl spoke. The moment their auras skyrocketed suddenly, Demos voice rang in his head like an alarm

"Refinement! These guys have undergone refinement and are currently at the low grade of the bronze realm! This explains why their aura's at first was unusually low and their attacks were weak… it turns out that they have been hiding their true strength all along! You were toiled with all this while…. They were also multiple benefits tagged on the offer from the royal family!" Demos said

Hearing this, Derik's expression turned cold and he decided to stop holding back. Initially, he simply planned to subdue these people to prove to Gerald and the others that he will be useful until even in the moonlight forest, which surrounded the center of the world. That way his chances or surviving till they got to the moonlight forest will increase, back then, everything he said didn't come from his heart. This was a plan presented by Demos the moment these people arrived.

But now things are different, initially, he thought that the only thing the royal family offered to Kira and the others was just the safety of their family and maybe a few minor things. Never in his wildest dreams did he think they would be granted refinement and knowing the way kingdoms work, they will most probably be given positions of authority when this is over. Just to kill him the royal family gave out this much? Is this how deep their hatred for him is?

What annoyed him the most is that these six people he once called friends couldn't wait and instantly underwent refinement! They didn't even bother been honest enough to come clean when they approached him. The anger and rage in his heart erupted like a volcano but his facial expression remained indifferent and his thoughts were still crystal clear, not clouded anyway by his anger.

At this point, he understood that Demos didn't completely take away his emotions, the guardian spirit wanted him to experience this, probably to make him understand how unfair life is and he was deeply thankful to him for this. Now truly understood the relevance of having a clear mind and keeping one's emotions in check. To him this was perfect, he could feel but he could not show it immediately and his mind will always remain clear. Knowing fully well the advantages of having a clear mind at all times as a warrior, Derik was overjoyed by the discovery.

His closed eyes yanked open abruptly and the first thing he saw was Donald, Gin, and Daemon dashing towards him. The confident smile appeared on his face once again and five bone arrows levitated out of his bone quiver and moved to his side.

With vengeful eyes and a cold smile on his lips, Derik chuckled and the five arrows soon multiplied.

*Mid level bronze combat technique: meteor shower!" Derik roared and in less than a second 300 bone arrows shot into the air. These arrows were mixed with green and darkish purple aura., shooting into the clouds like a meteor.

"Wait what!!!" Donald screamed in fear

"When did he learn a mid level bronze combat technique?" Daemon shuddered in fear

They all gasped and frantically tried to retreat but unfortunately, it was already too late. A huge magic array which covered over 400 meters appeared above them and beams of darkish purple and green energy shot down like comets "I'll end it all… tonight!" Derik roared and his body was soon covered in a glittering white exoskeletal armor.

Cold glints flashed in his eyes as his body shot forward

"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 roared and a glittering white spear appeared in his right hand

....Meanwhile....

Gerald and the others who mused at the fight between Derik and the others. They all saw this as the perfect opportunity to observe Derik and see how capable the archer was. The only reason they haven't killed him since the beginning was simply because of the way he approached them when they met him at the mansion. The moonlight forest which surrounded the center of the world was filled with top tier beasts which could even deal with peak silver grade realm warriors and mages. That's the problem that most expedition troops from each kingdom faced when trying to get to the center of the world. If it weren't for the tempting rewards which the dungeons possessed, no one would dare enter the moonlight Forest.

Right now, even if it means getting one more competent warrior on his side, Gerald and Anna were willing to let Derik live until they got to the sky rift at the center of the world. Also, after observing Derik for a while they realized that the kid's aura could drive away even high leveling beasts and this brought them great joy and security.

While watching Derik and the other six fight, they really didn't believe that Derik could handle all six of them and silently planned to interfere if the situation became too dangerous for Derik but now, it seemed that their expectations have been surpassed!

Right now as they watched Derik put six members of team guardian in a disadvantaged position, Their eyes were filled with mixed emotions as they watched Derik butcher each and every one of them with a cold smile on his face. They began to wonder if this kid ever regarded these people like colleagues or friends!

How can someone so young be so ruthless? They thoughtNow they began to question their decision of killing the kid in the first place! With this level of potential as a recruit, he will definitely reach the peak of the silver class later on in life and if he's lucky, he may even make it to the golden class realm, the peak of which all mortals strive to reach.

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While Donald and the rest struggled with the comet like arrows that rained down on them. A range of 400 meters is no small thing, if not that those spying on them had a couple of silver class mages with them who could easily protect them, Gerald and the others would have been caught in the attack.

"Aaaargh!" Derik roared and he struck forward at Daemon from the side who just escaped a comet that shot down from the sky. Her eyes widened in shock as she didn't expect Derik to dash into this danger zone "No!... Wait!... Aaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!" Daemon screamed as the bone spear punctured her belly from the sided and death energy surged into her body. Her face turned pale and her body shivered repeatedly.

Her body turned pale and thick black veins popped out all over her body. Black blood slid down her eyes and nostrils, she coughed out a mouthful of black blood and black blood oozed out of her wound.

"Damn you!" Donald roared as he struggled with the comets that came his way. His eyes were bloodshot and his muscles were bulging. Under the influence of the mid level bronze combat technique, bulk up. He could barely defend against Derik's arrow shower!

Weren't their techniques both rated mid level of the bronze rank?How can the fusion between his spells and his death aura strengthen his spells this much? He is yet to attain refinement, his spells are supposed to be weaker than theirs but that was not the case here.

How is this possible?

Even now he couldn't still help Daemon if he wanted since he was too occupied. His enraged eyes shifted from Derik to Cyrus, from what just happened right now, It was clear that Derik planned to kill them all after he struck down Daemon without wavering

His heart trembled in silence as he saw Derik approach stealthily, maneuvering through his own arrows like a shadow with the bloodied bone spear in his hand.

A sinister smile crept on his face as he moved. It has only been two seconds since he cast the spell, but to Cyrus and the rest, this is the longest two seconds of their lives!

"Today all of you will understand the difference between us!!!... This team is nothing without me… I AM THE TEAM!" Derik sneered

"You dare strike down your friend? Derik! I will kill you… this I assure you!" Donald roared with bloodshot eyes

"Hahahahahahahahaha!!! You are not qualified to threaten me!!" Derik laughed.

His figure appeared in front of Donald and the bone spear in his hands trembled greatly and he struck forward"Vanish!!" Derik roared.

Seeing this, Donald's face discolored and his eyes trembled. "Fuck it!" Donald roared and hacked down at Derik mercilessly.

Tink!

Tink!!Boom!Both sides retreated by a few steps before stabilizing themselves. From Derik's left shoulder down to his chest was a deep cut. While Donald only had a shallow wound on his shoulder.

With a proud and triumphant smile on his face, Donald was already aware of Derik's healing capabilities so he knew to give him enough time simply meant he could recover from the damage he has sustained. In his opinion, Derik may possess the enhanced physique and physical capabilities of a werewolf but he was still inferior when compared to Donald under the effect of the mid level bronze combat technique! If anyone could get rid of this death mage, it was him!