90 Chapter 90: Moonlight Forest 1

A fiery bright light suddenly lit up the dark sky and let out a bone chilling roar! Looking up into the sky, Derik and Cyrus were shocked by what they just saw. The scorching red flames twisted and turned in mid air and soon to the form of an ancient dragon. "Wait... What?" Derik cried out and started retreating. In his ghastly form, his movements were swift and unrestricted but he could not hide from the bright rays of light which escaped the body of this ancient beast! Within the one month, Cyrus has spent with the royal family before the expedition with the rest of the team, Cyrus got to know a few things about the royal family and their legendary Dragon flame magic which they possessed. It turns out that the royal family members were blessed with a four star rated magic from birth, which is extremely terrifying. Even though guardian spirits can have their magics upgraded with time but the chances of one's magic breaking into a whole new level are quite slim and most get stuck at the peak of their original realm. No matter how hard he searched, he still couldn't find out what means this ancient family succeeded in turning a one star rated fire magic to a four star rated Dragon flame magic. He still failed to understand how this family was able to make their magic skip two levels above them! Unfortunately, the more he pursued the truth, the more confused he became. It felt like running into clouds of smoke, the deeper one got the thicker the smoke becomes.This is actually the first time Cyrus has witnessed a technique used by a silver realm elite and he could see the difference each realm provides. While higher grades in a realm increase the quantity of the attack, a higher realm simply increases the quality. The fire dragon conjured by Gerald possessed so many details that for a moment Cyrus also believed it was real. His eyes quivered as he saw the beast strike down like a bolt of lightning and his heart trembled. Even though he wanted to move closer, the ancient aura this beast radiated was enough to suppress him greatly, even though he was still reaping the benefits of his limit breaker path! His expression turned gloomy as he tried to visualize what Derik who was the target must be going through.Derik crossed over a hundred meters in just a few seconds thanks to the enhanced mobility which his Death magic: Dark empowerment provided. But after the first few seconds, everything got tricky. No matter how far and fast he ran in his ghastly form, even blending with the shadow, the light which radiated off the ancient dragon always cast away the shadow, revealing his location. This ancient beast was in no way inferior to him in terms of speed and was constantly reducing the distance between them.Within the clouds of darkness that hid his body quite well, Derik turned pale and his face discolored. With a gloomy expression he constantly turned back to check how much progress he was making and when he realized he would soon be caught, he screamed in his heart but his face was still stiff. His eyes quivered and the sight of the ancient dragon reminded him of the silver level secret combat technique which the Lockwood's utilized during their battle with the Salvors, against Cornelius the two hundred plus year old vampire. His eyes lit up and crazy ideas rushed through his mind. Ever since he created a lesser version of the Accursed gate of the underworld which is originally a silver level technique, Derik's enthusiasm when it comes to replicating magic heightened greatly. He already knew running will get him nowhere and it was practically impossible to escape Gerald Gyro at this stage. He could tell them the man was not planning to kill him either, that part was from Demos who was familiar with the strength of silver realm elites. According to him, Gerald was only joking around and probably trying to see the way Derik would react. This, coupled with the fact that the aura from the ancient dragon made him feel like he was trying to run while trapped in quicksand. His body was getting stiffer, his movement more rigid and his speed reduced drastically due to this. In such a crappy situation what was the use of running?"Yo! Demos... That technique the Lockwood's used... The wolf avatar one... Can you explain the technique to me and how it works?" Derik asked Demos"Humph!... You truly plan to act recklessly in such a situation... One slip and you're dead... Even if this man bears no ill intentions for you now but there are multiple cases in the past where elites kill their juniors unintentionally... The technique you are trying to replicate is a low level silver realm secret technique... Should you try to perform the techniques, you will definitely release an aura at that realm or at least similar to it. When that happens I believe Gerald's interest will be aroused and he will strike out... At this point, if you fail to successfully release the technique in one go... You will be left open and feel the undiluted power of a silver realm attack!" Demos responded immediatelyDerik kept running and shook his head repeatedly"As you can see... I am almost out of time so there is no time to argue...Concerning this issue... I work better under pressure... Come on man!" Derik pleaded in his mind"Very well then..." Demos replied a second laterWith this settled a sinister smile appeared on Derik's face and his death aura suddenly burst out and every vegetation and tree around quickly withered. "Flow!!" He roared and his aura spiked again increasing twofold. It became clear he was planning to pour in all his mana into this next attack.Seeing Derik stop running, Gerald was startled and planned to stop but then he saw a smile on Derik's face. This aroused his interest and his curiosity got the best of him, he kept charging forward within the body of the ancient flame dragon. Even Cyrus and the others who came with Gerald were startled by what they saw. They chased after Derik and Gerald in hopes of seeing if Derik would be able to escape, never in their wildest imaginations did they think that Derik would choose to direct confrontationWhat gave him this much confidence?Isn't this kid just too arrogant?Some felt that Derik was like a bag filled to the brim with surprises. Throughout tonight, he has kept them entertained and has also gotten surpassed their expectations on multiple occasions. These people believed that if Derik could stand in the face danger like that with that same confident smile on his face, it simply means that he actually has some tricks up his sleeves.While some thought that way, the rest were not really happy with what they were witnessing. In their eyes, Derik was just too arrogant! Yes, they have to admit he has done so well tonight that elites like themselves were on their toes while watching him fight but this situation was entirely different. Gerald Gyro is the first Prince of the Gyro kingdom, a prodigy and a genius who appears only once in a generation.It is extremely difficult for someone to practice in two paths but this man has achieved it at such a young age and that is not even worth mentioning when speaking on the main achievement that made him the most famous person in the southern region of the continent!In his early twenties, this man was not only able to master two paths but he also achieved them realm of perfection or hybrid realm. The realm of perfection or hybrid realm is simply a special situation where a person is able to achieve a state where the major weaknesses warriors and mages face does not have much effect on him anymore. This is being capable of advancing both as a warrior and a mage!The southern region of the continent only Gerald has been able to achieve this, and also make it to the silver class realm in both classes in less than twenty five years!. After considering this, these people believed that in terms of raw talent, Derik may be amazing but he is inferior to Gerald.Derik paid no attention to those in the distance and focused on Demos's words. According to the guardian spirit, replicating the technique in such a short time is practically impossible and the best they can do at this time is to create a variant of their own. Demos explained that to replicate a technique such as this, one has to enter a state of meditation, where he molds the for of the creature which he wishes to summon in his spirit. This at the moment is obviously impossible for Bronze grade realm warriors and mages not to talk of recruits yet to undergo refinement. Of course, he could not perform this at his stage so he simply had depended on Demos for this!The process took the form of creation like in the scriptures brought by the wingmen, it is written that man was molded and then the breath of life was breathed on him, giving him life. While Demos replicated this godly act in Derik's soul he watched in excitement. The process took hours in his mind but only a second in reality.At this point, Gerald was less than three hundred meters away. Suddenly, Derik's power spiked for a second to reach a level that made everyone's face discolor! His darkish purple aura escaped his body and ran into the empty air above and began twisting and turning, just like Gerald's fire before it took the form of the dragon. Numerous shrieks and cries kept resonating from the clouds of death aura above Derik.By the time Gerald was about two hindered meters away, the darkish purple aura took the form of a regular skeleton, from the waist up with fiery purple eyes just like Derik's. Its head twisted and turned as it gazed upon the environment before screaming and releasing a wave of death aura which made everything in its path wither."Silver level secret combat technique: Shriek the Dead!!!!" Derik who was bubbling with excitement couldn't wait and decided to give the technique a name.Since the skeletal being possessed a small portion of his soul, he could feel its emotions and this was beyond Derik's imaginations. Without uttering a word, Derik pointed at the incoming Fire ancient dragon and skeleton turn its attention it and cried outWoooosh!!!!The skeleton flew towards the fire dragon at once, seeing this Gerald was stunned.Shouldn't this be something only Silver class realm warriors can do?How did this kid manage to replicate his magic?So many thoughts filled his mind and he was slightly distracted."Screeeeeech!!!!"Derik roared! Instantly the skeleton cried out, letting out a high pitched cry which made people bleed from their ears!Boom!The two forces collided and created a massive shockwave that covered over four hundred meters! As Derik had already utilized all his mana to create this technique his body was weak and his vision was already fading before the shockwave hit, knocking him out on the spot.The debris cleared and Gerald walked out of a 20 meter deep crater majestically with an astonished expression on his face as stared at the unconscious Derik in shock and wondered why he hadn't noticed this kid for a while now. If he quickly took Derik under his wings as a direct disciple back then after the incident at the exam arena with his father, Robert wouldn't dare to plot against this kid but it was too late now. To think the Gyro kingdom will lose a talented individual just because of a little grudge! Shouldn't a king be mature enough to see through these crappy schemes in his head and look at the bigger picture?Well, it doesn't matter anymore. The order has been given! The only thing he can do right now is to borrow Derik's shocking strength in the moonlight forest before sending him to the after lifeHe picked Derik up easily with the strength of a silver class realm guardian Knight and walked towards the camp" We have already lost soon much time... Let's start moving! " he saidWith that single order, the team set out for the moonlight forest!