30 Chapter 30: First task

On the second day while they had breakfast a carriage bearing the adventurer association banner arrived,a sorcerer in a purple robe and his face covered with a hood. Without uttering a single word the sorcerer placed a scroll tied with a black ribbon and the insignia of the adventurers association boldly imprinted on it on the table and left. After breakfast, everyone turned their attention to Cyrus who wore an ugly expression on his face as he silently read everything written on the parchment.

"Are you kidding me… seriously?" Cyrus gasped in shock. His eyes left the paper and briefly glanced at every face seated in the dining hall.

"Come on… spit it out already" Kira said indifferently. Cyrus opened his mouth but no words came out, he simply passed the parchment on to Kira, who frowned just a few seconds after he received it.

"A small clan of stone trolls… are they insane?... I had to sacrifice a lot of goblin warlords, chieftains and level five ogres just to defeat three ogres…" Kira said wearing a grim expression "But it's not entirely impossible…." Kira added. He passed it on to Derik who sat beside him.

"A clan of stone trolls has been found in a little rock shelter about one-kilometer northeast of castle black… these beasts magic trolls are rated level 12 and should be about three stone trolls present…. The team has one week to complete this task…" Derik readout with a bitter smile on his face. "Didn't they say the task will arrive in three days? This is just the second day" Derik complained

"The association sure is ruthless" Karl laughed. The others remained silent, the cheerful expressions on their faces just a few minutes ago had completely vanished. They all stared at the parchment in silence for over a minute

"Like I said earlier… it's not entirely impossible…"Kira finally spoke

"What are you saying… normal level nine trolls alone possess frightening strength and speed… on the other hand, stone trolls are just as fast as a normal level nine trolls and yet they also possess insane strength and their skin is harder than metal.. it will be difficult if we take on just one but three? That's suicide!" Daemon argued.

"Don't forget, these trolls possess insane defense is only restricted to physical attacks. That's why we have sorcerers around… even if we are recruits with the strength we were able to showcase during the inter-class competition we are not inferior when compared to low ranking bronze class adventurers in anyway… We are elites… think as one" Kira retorted. He briefly glanced at the faces of everyone present and then continued

"Power is important but intelligence Is also relevant, should we attack these monsters head-on we are only asking for a beating… I suggest we lure a member of the pack… strike them down one by one…." Kira suggested

"Ya… with each you strike down we can create a zombie version of the beast and use it to take down the others," Derik said with a smile on his face "We don't only need to take down one… we can do this" He added

"Yea… this task shouldn't be that difficult… we just have to put our mind and heart into it" Donald said with a bright smile on his face

"We can do this" Daemon said

"Don't get too excited.."Kira quickly responded "Blood zombie is a low-level blood magic technique... as such it has limitations as well… I can only control monsters up to level 10 with that spell… it won't work" Kira explained. Instantly the smiles on everyone's face crumbled, at this moment they had two reasons to be frustrated the first is due to the fact that the blood zombie spell cannot be used to aid them in this task and the second is due to the fact that they were defeated by one of the low-level blood magic spells in Kira's arsenal… How Frustrating?

"Bastard! " Donald cursed silently.

Derik smiled bitterly and briefly glanced at everyone present before leaving

Why would the adventurers association try to kill its top recruits? Even if the association isn't trying to get them killed, it simply means the association has so much confidence in them. If the adventures association judged based on their performance in the inter-class competitions then it's sorely mistaking. Not only did they rely on external sources to boost their power but they also incurred fatal injuries which took weeks to heal even under the care of skilled oracles from the holy church. In this world the full moon only appears three times at most in a month, there is no specific time or date, even if the full moon appeared, under the influence of the full moon and with the full strength of a level 9 supernatural beast, Derik couldn't even handle two level 9 trolls at once. Weighing their options and considering all possible outcomes he could think of, Derik concluded the task can be accomplished but at the cost of the life of a few members, even with the high-speed regeneration factor, he still doubted he would survive an encounter with level twelve trolls. These beasts are on par with beta's and he is just an omega, even if he survived this he still has to help the Lockwood family take down the ancient vampire family, the salvor family!

"What the F##k!!! I'm just fourteen!!! How did I get myself into this?" Derik lamented. He fell on his bed and covered his face with his pillow and screamed over and over again. Before he could scream for the third time he felt a sinister aura from behind and shuddered involuntarily, it felt like the angel of death laid its frozen bone hands on his back. Panicking, Derik rolled to the opposite direction and fell off the bed in the process

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"What's your problem man?... who said you can come in" Derik screamed and tossed the pillow at Kira who simply caught it effortlessly

"You left the door open… so I let myself in… also, you scream like a girl" Kira said indifferently. He sat on the stone desk and looked out through the window

"We can win," Kira said "I know we can" He added. His eyes fell on Derik who failed to respond even after thirty or more seconds

"You don't believe me?" Kira asked

"That's not it…. I know we can win… I believe it… but at what price?" Derik asked wearing a bitter smile on his face.

"No one has to die… we can save them all… you can save them all…" Kira said with a determined look on his face

"You're not suggesting I use… hell no…I'm not supposed to do so" Derik blatantly rejected Kira's idea. His Death magic is secret which he shouldn't tell anyone.

"I have no issues with that…really! ...The real question is this… will you be able to bear the pain knowing that these people you smiled with and ate with all died because of one dumb secret… knowing this is something you could avoid… Even though they are aware of the risks involved they still chose to partake in this task… we can prevent their death" His eyes were fixed on Derik's eye as he waited for him to reply. Derik, on the other hand, pondered on Kira's words for a while and found it reasonable, should these people die he probably will never be able to forgive himself for being selfish.

"Tonight… Everyone has to attend… tell them its important" Derik said to Kira. He climbed his bed and closed his eyes not uttering a single word after.Kira stared at the boy for a while and smiled slightly nodding in approval. He left the room and went straight for the oracle class room.

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If not for the torches placed outside, on the walls of the castle and on the walls of the giant wall which surrounded the castle, he probably wouldn't be able to see a thing. Derik closed his eyes and pushed his abilities to its limits, to the point where he could hear footsteps on the ground floor

"One… two… four… five?... no six… that's everyone" He said. His gaze fell on the grimoire wrapped neatly with a clean purple piece of cloth and he smiled. He grabbed it and walked out, not looking back even once.

At the ground floor of the castle, at the living room to be precise, there all six members were seated on the wolf skinned sofa waiting patiently for Derik to join them. The sofas formed were U shaped with the fireplace in front

Thud!

Thud!

Thud!

All six instinctively turned their attention to the Derik who casually walked down the stairs and he wore a serious and determined expression on his face and didn't even bother sparing any of them a glance, this is the first time they have seen this side Derik. Standing in front of the fireplace Derik took a deep breath and glanced at Kira who nodded in support

"We can win… we can complete this task without any complications or casualties" Derik said with a determined look on his face

"Is this a joke?" Donald quickly responded… Don't tell me you actually believe these mages can defeat level 12 magical beasts? They cannot compare to these beasts… even Kira cannot handle them" he added

"But I can…" Derik spoke, instantly his eyes turned black and his body was shrouded in a pillar of black energy. The temperature in the room fell and everyone felt an invisible force weighing them down. The grimoire in his hand suddenly flipped open on its own and Derik wore a sinister grin on his face.

"Before this power… even level twelve beasts are useless" he said