Supreme Warlock System

18 Menace

Jerouch slumped down heavily, huffing and puffing with an exhausted expression.

He could feel his throat crying for water, and he swallowed the little saliva his mouth could barely spare for him.

Looking around, he saw corpses of different sizes surrounding him, and despite the tired look, he had a feeling of satisfaction.

He had killed the nine E rank wolves, and they collectively gave him four hundred experience, with the little from the F rank wolves, he had four fifty exp.

He hadn't advanced yet, but he was close. Furthermore, he clenched his fist as the spirit of strength washed over him.

He turned his head and saw Karah coming to his position, and some ideas began to form in his head.

'' What if I asked her to weaken larger monsters, so I could get the last hit? '' His eyes glistened. Even his heartbeat was pumping faster with excitement.

He had tested this theory previously when he was with the group from earlier.

First, the system only gave him exp if he was the one to make the last hit on the monsters.

Again, the higher the ranks of the monster, the better the exp he was rewarded with.

'' If I can make a last hit on a B rank monster, will I advance to B rank straight away or at least C rank?'' He thought.

'' That aside, her name… ''

Jerouch had yet to know her name, and that's what he was planning to find out.

He didn't want to act suspiciously though, just peeking had almost cost his life.

'' Well, at least I can go with the first one. '' He inhaled slowly and then let out the gas.

'' Not bad, alright. '' Karah folded her hands backwards with her chest protruding forward.

'' Right, right. '' Jerouch let out a cheeky smile.

[ Subquest- clear the low rank wolves]

[Reward]

Swap.

[Swap - Allow the host to change position with any inanimate object that is one meter away. ]

[Mana cost- 2]

'' Woah! Woah! '' Jerouch screamed in his head. '' Interesting one…''

'' Hey. '' Karah called out in an annoyed tone. '' Looking lost again? ''

'' Haha, it's nothing, just my brain acting up. '' He put forward his fake smile.

'' Um. '' Karah nodded, not buying his bull shit, but it wasn't worth arguing about in her opinion.

She was already doing her best to waste her time with the hillbilly.

'' I was just wondering… ''

'' Huh? '' Karah squinted her eyes, hearing Jerouch speak.

Gulping, he continued. '' I just felt thrilled earlier, I don't know if you can allow me to kill a weakened high rank monster. ''

He looked at her to see if she was fine with that before he continued. '' You know, just for the excitement and to boast to others, hehe. ''

He scratched his head, half laughing and gaggling.

'' Oh. '' Karah relaxed. She didn't understand what he meant at first, but she soon realized that he only wanted the excitement out of it.

'' Which commoner wouldn't grab on to such an opportunity, some might not even see a D rank monster throughout their lifetime. '' She thought, not knowing that Jerouch had his plan.

'' Just the excitement, right? ''

'' Yes, nothing else. '' Jerouch grinned, seeing that she had agreed to his request.

Karah grabbed his right shoulder almost instantly and she pulled forward.

Jerouch almost threw up seeing her get close to him so abruptly.

The next thing, they were moving at high speed deeper into the forest.

Jerouch felt the strong wind brush past him, and his hair and robe flapped non-stop.

'' Woah, I can't even open my eyes. '' He screamed.

'' So this is what it feels like to fly at a speed that the human eyes could barely follow. '' He muttered in a hushed tone.

'' Here. '' Karah dropped them at a river bank.

The green river was large, and it flowed far into an unknown distance.

Shrubs were growing at the edges, and even the river had flower petals floating on top of it.

'' That. '' Karah pointed, but all Jerouch saw was a giant tree.

'' It's an A rank plant monster, a Druidd lord. ''

Karah explained calmly and Jerouch shivered hearing such information.

'' Shrlll. ''

A thick long root suddenly flung forward aiming for Karah, but she just stood there watching.

She eventually raised her right hand and clenched it.

'' The root seemed to meet an invincible force, and it suddenly crumbled.

The next thing that Jerouch knew was that Karah had appeared right before the large tree, which she called druidd whatnot.

'' Boom!! ''

A reverberating sound travelled from the pictures of collision, and the nearby trees were uprooted and below away.

The ground split and even the river churned.

Fortunately for Jerouch, he was cloaked in Karah's protective mana.

Even with that though, he felt genuine fear. He had seen her battle before, but not this close.

Just a minute residue of their battle could blow his life away like a candle.

The Druidd lord winced, and many roots charged at karah all at a time.

'' Hmph. '' She snorted.

She clapped her hands and what happened next…

Jerouch himself couldn't explain. He only knew that the protective barrier rippled as though it would collapse, and his vision also turned cloudy.

By the time he regained his vision, he could only see disaster.

The river nearby had split into two. One was flowing left and the other right.

Any object several kilometres from here had been reduced to nothing. He was left hovering in the air because the ground too had caved in.

'' Now come do your job. ''

'' Eh? '' Jerouch gasped. '' Is this a power someone should be able to hold? ''

Karah looked fine, if Jerouch knew that she was still playing around, then he probably might have mental collapse.

He neared the target and all he could see of the large tree was now a pitiful root that wasn't up to five meters.

Breathing in, he punched so hard that his bones cracked.

The A rank monster wasn't dead though.

Not until he punched several times and even empty his mana before he got the notification.

His mouth soon turned sour though, instead of the expected happiness.

[Quest- survive]

[Reward- ???]

[Host is in a dangerous situation and the chance of surviving is close to zero]

'' What in this world could be happening? '' Jerouch wondered in confusion and his heartbeat reached an abnormal level.

'' What could be that dangerous when she's around? '' Sweat covered Jerouch as he made a turn to see karah.

He could see Karah's expression twist and for the first time, he saw something strange but familiar in her.

Fear!

Karah froze as she felt that too known mana signature.

'' Dammit they caught up way too quickly. '' She thought as her mind raced with many thoughts.

Jerouch could finally see a figure landing before them, walking in a slow but well-calculated step.

Wind blew their long white hair and their long large robe flapped with elegance.