Ayleen walked through the dark forest, fumbling and falling sometimes due to her hindered eyesight and the exhaustion she had accumulated from her journey.Strangely enough, for the past few minutes it seemed that the attacks from the monsters were now getting less frequent.If it were a few minutes ago, she would have had to hide often after taking a few steps in order to avoid the monsters; but now she was able to go a bit farther than usual before hiding.She didn't know what brought about this change, but she was glad that at the change.The night however showed no change, being as dark as usual, while the rain still fell down in torrents.She found herself missing her luxurious suite, and regretted how casually she treated the expensive things she enjoyed.She vowed to herself to take a long week break from anything tiring and stressful. She would just relax in her bathtub and soak for a while in the hot water.Her thoughts naturally shifted to the silver haired boy. She wondered
After some minutes of waiting under the heavy rain, the monster finally surfaced. The monster growled, baring its gleaming white teeth at them.Lukas was the first to react, casting his first tier spell fluidly."Mercury Magic; Mercury Spread!"Harry was the next to react, slashing his spear at the monster. The monster showed quick reflexes, blocking Harry's attack with its tail.At the same time, the monster's tail moved like it had a brain of its own, aiming its pointed tails at Lukas again, trying to take his head off.Lukas naturally expected this, casting his second tier spell of his element to defend himself. A silver shield quickly formed, before another clang sound echoed in the rainy forest.Noelle, this time wasn't knocked out early in the fight. She didn't move though, watching Lukas and Harry combat the monster. She was bidding for the perfect time to make her move, as the monster was fully occupied by the two boys.Clang sounds could be heard frequently in the forest, the
Ayleen walked through the rainy forests, the danger level significantly lower the past few minutes. She had walked through the dark forests with caution, but she didn't come across any monster. Not even a single one.At first, she was unsure if the monster had reduced in quantity when she walked, but now she was sure of her theory. The monsters were no longer appearing as frequently as before.This was extremely good news for her. At least, she was now sure that her journey to the camps would be unhindered, and most especially safe. If she could get to the camps, she would be able to finally confirm the status of her childhood friend.Despite her thoughts, Ayleen walked carefully through the forests. The fact that the monsters had reduced in size didn't mean that they had disappeared altogether. The monsters were still at large, so she didn't dare be careless, not when her life was at stake. Better safe than sorry.She resumed walking, aiming to reach the camps as soon as she could. H
-Imperial Hall, Aegis Imperial High School-Inside a well decorated office, several people sat around a mahogany table. The atmosphere in the office was extraordinarily tense, and no chatter could be heard among the people present. The people who were seated around the mahogany table were all teachers, high ranking staff, and departmental heads in the high school.Usually, when all the staff was gathered together like this, snide remarks and subtle jabs flew around. But this time, there was no such thing, as everyone present had grim expression on their faces.The door to office opened, and a man looking to be in his early sixties walked in. He wore a red suit with white floral patterns and a pair of glasses adorned his eyes. His aging face had a very grave expression on it.He was followed by another man who held a briefcase and was dressed in a suit.The new additions to the room were none other than the Dean and his assistant.The people present all stood up and greeted the Dean. H
The rain still fell as hard as it could, and the pitter patter of the rain drops landing on the leaves of the tall trees could be heard. It was no longer as dark as it was some hours ago, but it was still cloudy, so the vision one could see was limited. In one part of the wet forests, an absolutely insane battle was going on. The noises caused by the intense battle were drowned by the noise of the heavy rain, but that did nothing to lessen the intensity of the fight. In the area where the fight occurred, the surroundings were ravaged beyond recognition. Several trees had been cleared out, with different telltale signs clearly visible on their trunks. Various craters could be seen on the wet grounds, showing how serious the fight was. In the ravaged area, three people stood under the heavy rain; a standoff occurring. But unlike the first standoff, this was done after a brief pause in their battle. Fritz Kruger, an S-rank terrorist from the Purple Pavilion stood still under the heav
“Something’s strange.” Lukas said, walking through the dim forests with Noelle and Harry. After Noelle killed the Nightwalker, the trio had started making their way towards the camps. The atmosphere between Harry and Noelle was tense, but there was little Lukas could do about that. He was more focused on getting to the camps safely while avoiding troublesome monsters like the Nightwalker. Harry on the other hand, was in a very awkward position. He had apologized to Noelle and tried to make small talk with her but all he got was a cold shoulder. Perhaps, a cold shoulder was a bit of an understatement. He didn’t say anything though, as he believed he deserved it. Noelle, on the other hand, held her giant sword tightly. While she was still very angry at Harry, it was the least of her worries. Her mind was still preoccupied with the feeling of strength she had earlier. She felt that she had just touched on the threshold to a major breakthrough, but was unable to act on it yet. Their
-The Camps, Zivel Forests- Inside the busy camps, Harry and Lukas stood still, watching the chaotic situation. Noelle, the girl Lukas saved, had run off just a few minutes after reaching the camps. Lukas couldn’t comprehend her behavior. She hadn’t even waited for him to ask her name. It was too strange. Shouldn’t they at least get to know each other? He sighed. Maybe some people were like that, or maybe she felt awkward because of her differences with Harry. Anyways, they were safe now. “Come on, let’s go.” Lukas said, dragging his brown haired friend with him. Rather than going towards the safe shelters which were built to house them, they both went towards the healing tent. Since their injuries were not so serious, there was no reason for them to be carried away on stretchers. The healing tent was filled to the brim, and the healers were seriously understaffed. There were a lot of people, both teachers and students waiting to be treated. Lukas sat down near the healing tents,
“Over here! Quick!” A person shouted. He had come with the reinforcements from the high school, and seemed to be a rank higher than the other teachers, seeing the way the teachers flocked around him. Immediately after he shouted, several people ran over to him, eager to receive instructions from the man. “Can’t you all see that he’s seriously injured?! What are you still doing? Heal him quickly!” The man said, pointing a student that was bleeding profusely. The healers among the people he called quickly rushed up to the boy, and started casting several healing spells on him. In a matter of seconds, the boy was healed of his injuries. Several scenes similar to this were also taking place in different places in the camps. Teachers, led by departmental heads ran around the busy camps, treating as much injured as they could, taking a huge amount of workload off the dog tired healers. In an office built in the camps, Dean Shinomiya and his assistant watched the scene from the windows w
Ciel was still shocked at the identity of the masked hunter. Although she had some suspicions, there were merely suspicions. What were the odds of the masked hunter that was her teammate being Lukas himself?From what she could tell, she could see that Lukas was very experienced as a hunter, even more experienced than her. She easily deduced that Lukas had thoughts along the same line as her after the traumatic experience at the Zivel forests, and decided to increase his strength by becoming a hunter.However, she did not account for the speed at which he grew. By some coincidence, they even managed to join the same guild, and were assigned to the same team, which was the only reason she was able to deduce his identity. With tumultous emotions raging wildly in her heart, she joined the village guards and started to help evacuate the helpless villagers while fighting against the saber toothed tigers, taking a passive stance in the heated battle.Lukas who had no idea that his identity
A surprised expression immediately appeared on Chief Keef's face, and the powerful aura that he had kept hidden suddenly skyrocketed. Without even sparing the three guests in his small hut a glance, he exited the hut in a haste. Amanda glanced at Lukas and Ciel briefly before exiting the small hut, leaving both Lukas and Ciel no other choice than to do so. When Lukas and Ciel appeared outside the small hut, the scene before them was one that they did not expect at all. Several huge monsters could be seen charging at the weak villagers. These monsters were incredibly huge, easily towering the villagers at more than 3 meters tall. They bore an uncanny resemblance to the tigers on earth, with few differences. The teeth of these monsters were incredibly sharp, cutting through the weak defenses of the villagers like tofu, and the four front canines were shaped like sabers, hence their name saber toothed tigers. At a single glance they could see more than fifty saber toothed tigers; an
“What do you think you’re doing in my village?”Amanda swung her wand when she heard the voice, pausing the terrified villager’s fall. The villager had his heart in his mouth at that moment, as his face inches away from the ground. If the voice hadn’t interrupted Amanda from her actions, he had no doubt that he would have been face planted on the hard ground and turned into mashed paste.Lukas and Ciel were both shocked and curious that someone was capable of making Amanda cease her actions. They had no doubt in their minds that the villager was a goner when he mocked Amanda’s outfit. They were instead worried about how they would explain the injury of the villager to the Hunter Association when they submitted their quest report for clearing.Amanda slowly turned around to face the owner of the voice. There was shock in her eyes as she gazed at the chief. She was a silver ranked hunter and a Great Mage, which spoke volumes for her physical strength, but she was unable to sense the chi
The journey to Gien village was a smooth one, albeit a long one. It took seven hours for them to get to their destination, one hour longer than the usual time needed. Throughout the duration of the journey, both Lukas and Ciel maintained complete silence. Lukas instead spent the whole time looking outside the window of the van. He found himself missing Eipi all of a sudden. At least, the journey would not have been this boring.When they arrived at Gien village, the van dropped the three of them off before driving off speedily.Lukas and Ciel looked around the village as soon as they alighted from the van. As the name suggested, Gien village was truly a village. At a single glance both Lukas and Ciel could tell that it was very underdeveloped.The van had dropped them at Gien village, but they still had to walk a short distance before they got to the gate to the village.As the trio walked towards the gate, they ran their eyes around their surroundings. Lukas in particular was very al
The night passed quickly with Lukas following his daily routines which were his usual meditation and exercises.The next morning Lukas woke up early as usual. Amanda had informed them to arrive on time to the Guild building so that they could leave early and get to Gien village on time.Lukas dressed up in his usual hunting outfit, which were his stylish combat clothes, his jacket and most importantly his mask, before exiting the dorm.The dorm was still empty as usual, as the backlash from the attack had yet to die down. Lukas however wasn’t bothered about that. He would use this period to increase his personal strength. That had always been his goal.He took the cab as usual and got to the Guild building early. The meeting room was empty meaning that he was the first to arrive.Only a few minutes passed before the door to the room opened and a beautiful lady with blue hair stepped inside the room.It was of course Ciel. She was also dressed in her combat suit, which was blue in colo
“Denied.” Amanda said authoritatively, twirling her wand as she spoke.Ciel let out a light groan when she heard Amanda’s response. This was the fourth quest she had suggested to Amanda but she had denied it just like the other three she submitted to Amanda.Lukas stood up and handed over a document to Amanda. He didn’t read it this time because Amanda told them not to read out loud anymore. Their voices were sickening and would give her endless nightmares according to her.“Denied.” Amanda said again, still twirling her wand as she spoke.Lukas didn’t groan like Ciel. Instead he just turned and went back to searching for a new quest. After having his quests rejected eight times, twice that of Ciel, he gave up on complaining about the rejection. The time he used to complain was better spent on searching for new quests. He had learned from numerous rejections that his complaints meant nothing to Amanda.And just like that, two hours of their time were spent searching for new quests. Af
The reason for their shock was obvious and understandable. At their level as Basic Mages the feat that their team leader performed was completely shocking to them. Casting a magic spell without the use of a magic circle was something they couldn’t comprehend.They had been taught that it was impossible to cast a magic spell without a medium which was why magic circles were required for casting spells so seeing Amanda cast a magic spell without a magic circle was utterly shocking to them.Amanda paid them no heed. She could clearly see their confused gazes and shock at her method of casting magic but made no plans to explain it to them. Not only was it stressful to do so there was absolutely no need for her to do so. She saw no reason to explain the mystery to them.“These documents contain several quests issued by the Hunter Association. Completing the quests will give us contribution points which in turn can be used to level you both to the silver rank.”Lukas and Ciel leaned forward
A beautiful lady with light blue hair and very curvy body walked in. She was dressed in a fitting hunter’s outfit and at a single glance Lukas could tell that her outfit was enchanted.Her blue eyes that were just as beautiful as her hair scanned the room and came to rest on Lukas. However, her incredibly beautiful face scrunched up into a light frown of confusion when she saw Lukas.For one, Lukas face was as usual covered up with a mask, so she was unable to see his face. His silver hair was now long enough to be packed in a small ponytail, which was what he did.She looked at him for a few seconds before removing her gaze. Hunters were eccentric people anyways. It wasn’t abnormal to see someone wearing a mask.Meanwhile, Lukas was extremely glad that he had decided to wear a mask. The lady wasn’t able to recognize him because of the mask, but he was able to recognize her the instant she walked in.She was none other his senior at Aegis Imperial High School who followed them to the
The new rule passed by the Chairman of the Hunter Alliance created a buzz among the Hunters. As expected, the hunters and Guilds were not welcoming of such rule. They had reported to the Hunter Alliance in hopes of them providing a reasonable solution, but instead all they got was a ban telling bronze ranked hunters not to participate in dungeon runs. Of course they were several bronze ranked hunters or Guilds who disregarded this rule and went ahead on dungeon runs. However their ending was far from ideal. The bronze ranked hunters all had their hunter’s license revoked permanently while the Guilds involved were given a 12 month ban on participating in dungeon runs. A 12 month ban was similar to crippling the Guild’s flow of profit because they couldn’t rely on expeditions alone, needless to say that dungeon runs were twice as profitable as expedition. When several hunters heard the harsh punishment passed on the hunters and Guilds that violated the rule, several bronze ranked hunt