31 Chapter 31: Light and Darkness collides

"W…h…at? Wha…t's this power" Donald stuttered and instinctively retreated. His mind drifted back to the day Derik arrived, that day they felt this same aura but it was embedded with some of Kira's power so they assumed Kira was responsible.

Booom!!!!

Cyrus snow-white eyes widened in shock and almost instantly a thick aura escaped his body. Initially, when he felt this similar aura, its glaring faults were closely hidden by Kira's aura so he assumed the blood mage was just conjuring some sinister beast from the pit of hell, but now Kira was not interfering he could tell the difference. Yes, indeed, light mages or mages who specialize in light/holy magic are usually hostile when they meet sorcerers wielding dark powers but Kira's case was different. When he first met Kira at the inter-class competition, even though the blood mage was surrounded by hundreds of blood zombie creatures who radiated strong dark aura there was still a strong trace of control, the cool and calm demeanor made it almost impossible for any holy mage to tag Kira as a heretic based on his temperament. This was the most shocking aspect of the whole issue, even if the others failed to realize it, as a fellow wielder of an intermediate three-star rated magic, Cyrus knew how hard it is to go against the will of the magic spirit yet Kira was able to gain perfect control. This is why Cyrus strongly believesin Kira's strength and is not envious of the number one recruit title which the blood mage attained after the inter-class competition, in his view the blood mage is a prodigy amongst his peers capable of breaking through the adventurers associations Bronze level title, making it into the silver level threshold. But Derik's case is completely different, not only does the boy lack the same temperament as Kira but he also lacks control. Ever since Derik released this sinister aura, all Cyrus could hear were screams and cries, even now Derik's eyes were completely black with no pupils or iris. The sinister smile on his face and gaze combined made it look like a predator was staring at its dinner, at this point Cyrus heard voices in his head screaming

"Kill… Kill… Kill!!"

This is the first time he has come across such a situation, even his instincts supported the voice. Even Derik still possessed his senses, it was obvious his personality changed the moment he used this magic

"That… that was you… such evil… unrestricted evil… it must be purged" He screamed throwing his hands forward and a medium-size magic array appeared on his palm

Holy bolt!!!

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Almost instantly two bright golden beams of light shout out of his palms and dashed towards Derik.

"Pitiful" Derik said with a mocking grin on his face, he stretched his right hand forward and a black magic array the size of an adult appeared in front blocking the attack effortlessly

"Taste my power… Death beam" He casually said. Instantly a black beam escaped the black magic array and danced towards the Light mage at a shocking speed. Not daring to hold back and with no time to cast a spell, the golden aura around Cyrus burned fiercely and he braced for impact

Boom!!!

Unable to withstand the force, Cyrus was thrown back by over thirty meters only stopping when his body hit the stone walls of the castle, his body slid down the wall leaving a trail of blood behind. The golden aura around the oracle recruit instantly vanished and his snow-white eyes were fixed on the ground, blood rolled down his head and he remained still for over a minute not even moving a muscle

"Over already? ... weak" Derik said wearing a sinister smile on his face, his pitch-black eyes shifted to Daemon and the rest who wore shocked expressions on their faces. Considering the powerful aura that emitted from Derik's body it wasn't surprising he could beat Cyrus but for the fact he was able to one-shot the oracle class number one recruit, this is inconceivable. This was both good and bad, they will be able to use Derik's new strength to beat those Level 12 beasts but the problem is this, there is a possibility he will lose control. One thing for sure is that Derik is still in control but his personality has completely changed this is because even at this moment he didn't attempt to attack Cyrus any further showing he does not harbor evil intentions for the oracle class top recruit, but it was as if he was void of emotions.

"Magnificent" Kira exclaimed with a sincerer smile on his face, Holy magic or light magic was effective over dark magic, its just like water magic against fire magic, the advantage belongs to the water mage and to overcome this power the fire mage would actually need to expend more mana, Derik's magic falls under that category yet Cyrus still couldn't match Derik's power even though he had the magic advantage.

"So this is the power of a peak three-star magic… the difference is just too much" Kira said

"Peak three-star?" Karl and Gin asked at the same time after they heard what Kira said, they refused to believe this rating was correct. If they didn't witness the short exchange that took place a few minutes ago they probably wouldn't have believed it. A mage who is blessed with a low-class three-star rated magic is over ninety percent sure of making it to the silver level, yet this archer possessed a peak three-star, this simply meant that this archer has the chance of reaching the gold level threshold which only a handful of adventurers can reach.

"I believe no one here has any reason left to doubt my power… am I correct?" Derik asked with a straight face. The others only stared in response not daring to speak up, the oppressive aura around Derik started to fade slowly but then something unexpected happened

"You won't have your way… Light sphere!!" a weak but angry voice echoed in their ears, instantly a transculent golden sphere formed around Derik restricting his movement.

"He just doesn't know when to quit" Derik sighed. Immediately his eyes widened and the black energy that emitted from his body instantly increased, soon Derik couldn't even be seen in the barrier since his body was shrouded in the black energy.

"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!!!" the voiced echoed from within the dark energy resonating in the room. Soon all the dark energy gathered at one place and Derik's hidden figure was finally revealed, all the dark energy vanished and a bone spear appeared above.

"What insolence…" Derik said as he reached for the bone spear, he grabbed on to the bone spear and brandished the spear at the transculent barrier.

Bam!

Bam!

Bam!

After the third hit, visible web-like cracks appeared on the transculent golden barrier and after the fourth hit, the barrier shattered.

"Is that a…" Derik was cut short by Cyrus' figure which had was crossed over thirty meters which separated them while Derik focused on destroying the barrier, therefore this unusual development took Derik by surprise because it was unheard of where a mage abandons range battle for close combat, this is because of mages usually lack close combat fighting techniques, so this was something Derik didn't predict. Using his right hand to perform strange seals Cyrus wore a sinister smile on his face as he struck forward. Grabbing on to Derik's face, the smile on his face widened

"Cyrus stop!!" Kira screamed

"Cyrus Don't!!" Donald, Karl, and Daemon screamed these people have witnessed the power of this move. It can be referred to as the strongest technique in Cyrus' arsenal but it can only be used on 'impure' beings. The last time this ability was used in the inter-class competition, not even the bones of the wolf remained when it was struck by this move. The only drawback of the spell is the part you have to make physical contact with the target.

"Such evil can never exist… Smite!!!" Cyrus screamed with a crazed expression on his face. Instantly two medium-sized magic arrays formed beneath and above Derik and a pillar of golden energy completely consumed him. From afar it looked like a gigantic ball of golden flames consuming the darkness of this world. Cyrus after waiting for a few seconds wore a satisfied smile on his face, but the smile soon vanished when a white chilly bone hand emerged from the golden flame, getting hold of his neck and lifting him off the ground,

"How?" Cyrus struggled with the bone hands while he spoke and suddenly a peal of laughter resonated all over the room

"Can light purge darkness? Impossible… where ever there is light, there must be darkness no matter how small it is… Your little power cannot harm me" The voice spoke and almost instantly black flames could be seen within the golden flames, the black flames spread quickly, completely consuming Cyrus' golden flames and when it cleared, Derik was seen standing at the center. He wore a complete set of bone armor which had black runes all over it, in his right hand was the bone spear and his cold gaze remained fixed on Cyrus. It seemed as if he was contemplating on how to kill the oracle class recruit.

"Should this light mage attack me again for no good reason… I will kill him" Derik said to everyone present after which he let go of the Cyrus and left the room… the others remained silent all through not daring to speak, who would believe that the number two recruit of the year has lost to Derik, barely lasting up to a minute