101 Chapter 101: Mid-grade of the bronze realm!

The elven expedition troops of Alda proceeded cautiously through the dense forest at the second level of the dungeon. Over the weeks they have spent here, they have been forced to defend against numerous high-level beast attacks!

Elves possess this innate natural ability which allows them to befriend beasts of nature, Supernatural and magical monsters included! On their way here, they didn't have to raise a finger against the monsters of the moonlight forest. At least, that was until the minds of the monsters of the moonlight forest were corroded by Derik's death aura.

But now the situation has changed, the beasts of this forest were all high level, with the least at level 50 which is enough to give a silver realm warrior or mage a heartache. To make matters worse, more than 70% of the team failed to make it through the first floor of the dungeon, leaving them with less than 200 soldiers!

Unlike the beasts, these people had encountered in the past, these possessed great intelligence and could not be easily manipulated by nature's powers, that is why this team struggled greatly in this forest.

"Shsssssh! Something is heading this way… Keep it down and stand ready" A yellow-skinned, blade-like eared elf said. She had yellow flowing long hair and her iris were green.

She spoke and waved her hand at the rest of the team as she gazed upon a pack of blood wolves, with a level 60 alpha, three level 55 beta's and six level 50 omega's!

Seeing such a terrifying force, the elves immediately halted their advances and hid in a nearby bush! Their leaf green cloaks made them blend well but the blue ball of water gave them away.

ROAR!

ROAR!

ROAR!

These beasts roared and dashed towards the ball of water. At that same time, energy ripples escaped the ball of water and the peak grade bronze realm elf maintaining the water dome, turned pale. She poured in more mana to maintain the glob of water but that seemed like an impossible task. Seeing this, everyone in the team frowned and their complexions turned pale. They were aware of Derik's identity, this was the presumed powerful dark mage who used his powers to destroy the moonlight forest and corrode the minds of the high-leveled beasts there. This is the powerful ferocious dark mage who fought toe-to-toe with a minotaur in a heated bitter battle and won! This is the man who crossed the first level of this dungeon first!

When they saw Derik's emaciated body these people were astonished. In their minds they have painted the image of a powerful man who was one with the darkness, possessing tremendous physical and magical capabilities. They expected that this devilish creature would be at the peak-grade of the bronze realm and even the silver realm warriors and mages of the various expedition troops were scared of this man! They never expected that a kid of 15 years was capable of all that and at a point, they began to doubt it.

They initially planned to take the life of this kid and move on but when they realized that this kid possessed the supernatural abilities of a werewolf they hesitated. Such amazing talent and accomplishments at such a young age, accompanied with the fact that this kid was alone, meaning he was not a member of any of the four big forces of the continent, coupled with the fact that he crossed the first level of the dungeon with a cultivation base of the low-grade of the bronze realm which a lot of peak-grade bronze realm warriors and mages on their team could not accomplish, they were overjoyed! If they could recruit this kid who was sure to make it to the silver realm, the power of the kingdom of Alda would increase even further! All they had to do is severe his link to the death element and have him train only on his werewolf side. Even though his strength will diminish at first, they were sure his strength will rise later on.

Severing someone's link to his or her element was no small task and it definitely wasn't something that can be accomplished in this forest, they needed to return Derik to the Alda kingdom but first, they decided to save his life. Utilizing a healing spell, they only healed him enough to keep him alive but unconscious. Unfortunately for them, they underestimated the power of the regenerative abilities of his wolf side, coupled with the streams of death power that dashed into Derik's body every time they killed a monster.

Boooooooom!!!!

The water glob shattered and a sea of death aura bust forth from Derik's body. Elsa was the oracle in charge of healing Derik, therefore she was the closest to him. She urged all her holy and nature energy forward to resist the evil aura that exploded from Derik's body for a short time before been blown away. Her hands turned gray and looked like something that would rot any time soon.

Meanwhile, the incoming blood wolves halted their advance and observed the situation carefully. Everything ten meters around Derik had withered away and the aura around him didn't seem to be subsiding, instead, they grew stronger!

Derik's eyebrows slammed together as he gazed at those sly wolves and could easily tell they were waiting for the right time to strike. His eyes narrowed and he swung his hands at those beasts, sending forth a torrent of death aura!

"Scram!!" He roared and his death aura poured towards blood wolves, rising high in the air like a tsunami and crashing down on them!

Bam!

The wolves reacted quickly and moved out of the way right on time, Seeing this Derik grimaced. He knew these beasts were above his level, capable of threatening even silver realm warriors and mages and at this point, he was quite sure that these elves were still stunned by his sudden recovery.

He could easily chase these beasts away with his aura but things were different now. As he broke into the mid-grade of the bronze realm, he became more familiar with the power of death which was a good thing and a bad thing. Yes! He got stronger and can most likely defend against people at the peak grade of the bronze realm even without taking off his limiters but then again, his aura has become more powerful and has gained the traits of that which can be found only in the underworld. The corrosive power of his aura has increased to the point that he had to be careful when releasing it around friends, just like what happened a few minutes ago with the elf called Elsa.

He threw Elsa and the other elves a glance before returning his attention towards the wolves. With a simple hand gesture, 20 balls of death energy flew above his head and quickly took the form of bone spears. His eyes were cold and sharp as he gazed at the wolves that have refused to retreat.

"I said get away!" Derik roared and threw his hands forward.

Ten bone spears shot forward, all shrouded in death aura! With simple hand gestures, Derik guided the bone spears and they continually assaulted the wolves which kept retreating, trying to avoid physical contact with the bone spears. These wolves seemed to be aware of the corrosive powers of the death aura and they weren't willing to risk it. Unfortunately, they could only wait until Derik let his guard down before they could attack him.

Under Derik's constant assault the wolves disappeared into the forest but everyone knew they still lingered around, waiting for the right time to strike. The intelligence of the high-level monsters could not be underestimated

All this while the extra ten bone spears hovered around Derik vigilantly, it was obvious that he was secretly guarding against the elves behind him. With the blood wolf pack temporarily driven away, Derik turned his attention to the elves and slightly bowed

"Thank you for your care… I would have been dead for sure if you all didn't heal me" Derik said with sincere gratitude in his heart.

The elves only nodded silently and turned their attention to Elsa whose body was now still suffering from the effects of Derik's death aura. Derik nodded and strode forward confidently.

Seeing this, some peak grade bronze realm elves tried to block his path but they were stopped by the female elf who seemed to be the leader of this elf expedition troop.

Appearing right in front of Elsa, Derik fell on one knee and took her hand. He began pulling out all the death aura in her body.

Kneeling so close to her, Derik was shocked, he had heard of the beauty of the elves in general but this was the first time he had actually seen one. Else had a sparkling smooth milky colored skin and her curves could not be hidden properly by her green cloak. Her green iris sparkled and her bosom stood firm! This was the first time Derik has felt such a spark for a female even though he knew this elf female who looked like an eighteen-year-old was about fifty years at least. He knew of the long life these elves possessed and he had to confess that nature truly favors this race. He suddenly snapped out of it and his pale face reddened a bit.

"I'm sorry I hurt you even though you healed me… Forgive me" Derik muttered

" Hahahaha! It's okay… you were breaking through to another grade in your realm… it wasn't your fault, outbursts of power tend to happen… I should have been more careful" Elsa laughed.

It seemed as if she didn't notice the change in Derik's expression. When Derik was done with her, he got on his feet and the 20 bone spears still hovered above his head, threatening all those that bore evil intentions for him with their terrifying aura.

His eyes shifted to the lady in charge and his face stiffened…

"Your team seemed to have been blocking all possible exits… You're trying to stop me from leaving… Ask your comrades to step aside or I will be forced to bulldoze my way through!" Derik sneered.

At this point, his body was covered by some sort of purple halo and the temperature suddenly dropped. Only the ground beneath his feet rotted away, it was obvious that he didn't want to hurt Elsa again so he was trying to control his aura.

His purple fiery eyes lit up and his murderous intentions poured out on all everyone around. Even though he was grateful to these people, he wasn't planning to let them push him around. With the presence of the shadow lurker in his domain, he didn't really fear any of these people, he was sure that he could escape this encirclement when the time comes.