33 Chapter 33: Level twelve Stone Trolls

Derik and Kira could only sigh in response, to think someone they planned to leave behind would show up with important items which they left behind.

"The rock shelter is only a kilometer away… it's not that far… food is not necessary… as for the compass… you should talk to Derik… not me" Kira quickly responded in defense, it was clear wasn't planning to thank Gin. His eyes remained cold and his gaze was steady. Gin could only frown in response, it was clear the blood mage was not planning to back down

"Are you so sure and confident in your plan that you predict the outcome of the battle even before it starts?... Should your plan fail… if Derik is unable to beat those beasts… what then? Do you intend to lead them back to castle black… You may not wish to accept the food I brought… should the worst happen we can just retreat to a safe location and regain our strength before trying again" Gin responded with a sly smile on his charming face, his sky blue eyes looked innocent but his sinister facial expression betrayed him.

"Wrong" Kira said while shaking his head in disagreement repeatedly "Haven't you noticed it? Even though we're outside the wall there has never been a single monster attack… why is that?" Kira said indifferently. After hearing Kira's words, Derik and Gin's expressions suddenly turned serious, in a way the blood mage was correct. Castle black is over a hundred kilometers away from Gyro kingdoms Hundred-meter long wall and yet they haven't been attacked even once.

"There must be a method… could it be a spell maybe an invisible barrier?" Gin asked

"Or an item in the castle that we haven't taken notice of which drives these beasts away," Derik said as well. Kira smiled bitterly in response, he sincerely wished he had an answer for his comrades.

"With that said… we can easily return to castle black if we fail and rest if we fail" Kira added.

"No!..." Gin responded quickly "This invisible barrier you speak of is only a hypothesis we are not hundred percent sure of it… we can't take such chances" Gin said wearing a grim expression on his face. Kira's point sounds valid and true but it may not be entirely true, considering a situation where they are forced to retreat to the castle and somehow, these level twelve trolls follow tightly behind, castle black may not be strong enough to withstand the combined of three or more level twelve earth trolls for too long. I mean, these beasts have evolved from the realm of normal monsters to that of bonafide magic beasts. It may not sound special but the difference between both realms is like heaven and earth. While normal monsters such as level five ogres and level nine trolls rely on just its brute strength and instincts to surpass and subdue a foe, magic beasts like the name indicates are magical, each monster possessing a special trait and their very own magic skill set. Even the weakest magical beast possesses at least two magic based skills which are capable of causing team wipes and also they possess higher intelligence when compared to other normal monsters capable of anticipating foes next move, this is what made these beasts truly dangerous.

"Gin has a point…" Derik said, "Should things get messed up we must not lead these beasts to castle black…" Derik added. He wore the rare serious expression which has only been seen in times of battle. Kira was helpless at this point and could only submit to Derik and Gin's decision, he sluggishly walked towards Gin and snatched the compass out of his hand and tossed it to Derik.

"Well… we don't have time to waste… let's get going" Kira said

"But we are yet to come up with a plan" Derik complained

"You guys are yet to come up with a plan… you were about to leave with no food supply and compass… Don't tell me you're planning to dive in headfirst when we get there" Gin said with a confused expression on his face.

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"We have the food supply and compass now… we have only read of this monster on books and we are yet to witness its true power… it's more advisable to test the depth of the water before you dive in… see this as a mock battle, the main aim of this first battle is to observe and look for loop holes and weaknesses" Kira explained. The other two finally understood what Kira was trying to do and smiled bitterly

"A mock battle against level twelve monsters… this won't be easy" Derik laughed and followed Kira. Gin remained rooted at a spot for a few seconds after which he ran after them.

Since castle black was built atop a hill, the estimated distance and concluded that the stone shelter must be at the foot of the hill. For Derik whose, physique and constitution are already on par with level nine supernatural beasts the journey felt like nothing but for Kira and Gin who lacked good physiques and constitution climbing down the hill was termed the hardest part of the mission, for every two hundred meters covered they requested for thirty minutes break. At first Derik was annoyed but after thinking about it he laughed, these guys are recruits of magical classes so they are deprived of the normal fitness training which the archery class, assassin and guardian knight class provides to its members, most importantly these kids belong to noble families so it is only natural for themto be weaker than normal kids their age and finally they were still very young, Derik and Kira are probablythe youngest in the team while Gin and Cyrus are the oldest.

"I'm just sixteen… which normal sixteen-year-old kid can do something like this" Gin growled at Derik who laughed at them, even Kira frowned at Derik. After an hour they finally got to the foot of the hill, to avoid encountering the stone trolls while they climbed down the hill, they took another path and after reaching the foot of the hill, they had to walk around the hill in search of the stone shelter. With the aid of the compass, this only took a few minutes

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Standing about four hundred meters away the team observed for a few minutes, occasionally these stone trolls left the stone shelter but never went far, it looked like they were patrolling. Their fur was brown and their body size was massive, these beasts were almost double the size of a full-grown man, compared to them these three kids were dwarfs

"Are we really going to fight that thing?" Derik asked wearing a grim expression on his face

"Like I said this is only a mock battle… we are just here to find understand their strength… should an oppourtunity of victory present itself, don't hold back… if we can take down even one of those monsters… that will reduce the difficulty of this raid by at least twenty percent" Kira said

"ok" Gin and Derik responded

"Alright… I'll start the raid" Kira smiled

After speaking the blood mage took off his cloak, dropping his backpack at the spot and he walked towards these monsters while muttering something, when he was just two hundred meters away, all three level twelve trolls turned their attention to the human and roared.

Thud!

Thud!

Thud!

All three trolls dashed towards the blood mage with bloodshot eyes not bothering to hide their murderous intentions

"It's done…" Kira said with a smile on his face. A two-fold blood red magic array formed beneath Kira"Dual casting: Blood magic: Blood empowerment… Blood magic: Blood armor!!!" Kira growled. instantly his body size doubled and his muscles started bulging, his eyes were bloodshot and blood rolled down his eyes, nostrils, and ears. The blood down his eyes, nostrils, and ears soon took the form of a red cloth which wrapped around kira's body leaving only his face open, the aura that leaked through the blood mage's body was so intense and sinister even the trolls who ran towards Kira like madmen suddenly stopped and carefully observed the human

"I'm going to use that power…" Derik wore a serious expression while he spoke to Gin. Even though the aura around Kira was intense, it was still inferior to that of those three beasts

"No problem… let's hope we can end it on our first trial" Gin said with a smile "I'll be leaving first" Gin said. He dropped his backpack as well, he unsheathed his sword and dashed forward, arriving at Kira's location in just a few seconds. Even now his movement speed still amazed them.

"Let's show these beasts that team… wait… our team does not have a name yet" Gin said

"There is no our in this team and there will be no us if we don't take these monsters seriously… no jokes ok?" Kira said wearing a serious expression.

"Ok... ok… calm down" Gin said as he tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword

BOOOM!!!!

The ground trembled slightly and a black mist filled Derik's location, suddenly a black ball of darkness shot into the air and like a comet it descended from the sky, crashing into an unoccupied space in front of Kira and Gin.

"Death magic: Bone armor," Derik said, his murderous gaze were fixed on the three level twelve trolls who retreated instinctively

"This is the team" Kira grinned as he spoke.

"This…" Gin could not help but shudder when he looked at Derik

"Let's begin… Come at me… all of you" Derik said indifferently