Lukas and the other members of team 6 had finally returned. They exited the room, with Sivanthe in the lead. They left the Linrad Guild hall and made their way towards a van. There was a driver already waiting for them in the van, so they just filed into the van. Of course, Eipi sat beside Lukas.The van drove out of the Guild premises, gaining speed as it did so. After a while, Lukas noticed that the van was speeding past desolate areas, with their lands looking barren and destroyed.Although Eipi couldn't see Lukas expression because of the mask he wore, he was sure that Lukas was curious about the desolate and barren lands."I bet you never knew that such areas existed." Eipi started.Lukas turned over to him and nodded his head. Although Eipi could be annoying at times, he couldn't deny the amount of knowledge he had concerning things like this."Well I don't know all the details, but I'll tell you what I know." Eipi said, before clearing his throat."Long ago; and I mean very lon
The first thing Lukas saw when he opened his eyes was the red sky. The sky was a different color from the one in Aegis Empire. The ground was dry and hot, and littered with small pebbles. It was also red like the sky, and there was little to no vegetation around. Lukas brought his gaze forward and saw Sivanthe standing with the other members. They gazed around frequently, their eyes constantly scanning their surroundings, showing how alert they were.After confirming there was no immediate danger coming their way, Sivanthe was the first to speak up, breaking the silence."I know we've gone through this before, but I'll say it again.""We're currently in the F-ranked dungeon 'Ariel's Castle', and we are unable to exit until we take down the boss in this dungeon.""We don't know where the boss is now, which means we have to find it ourselves. Therefore, we have to be very careful with our actions."Sivanthe paused, scanning the gazes of his teammates. Satisfied with what he saw, he nod
It had been three hours since their encounter with the blue carits, and since then they had encountered a considerable amount of monsters on their journey.They had fallen into a routine, using the strategies and formations Sivanthe mapped out for them to fight the monsters they had come across. Sometimes it was the physically gifted classes that fought, and sometimes it was the magically gifted classes that fought. Any injuries obtained from such fights were quickly treated by the healers. It was a convenient but effective method.Lukas and Eipi had yet to be involved in any fights, as their teammates quickly took care of any monster they came across with seamless teamwork and effective joint attacks. Unlike Eipi and Lukas who were new to the team, the team members had been fighting together for a long time, so their teamwork was naturally fluid.Lukas and the team were currently resting again. The team had just finished taking care of a group of green furies, a servant type class of
CLANG!Lukas moved back from his present spot due to the force behind the hit. However he was not allowed a moment of reprieve, as another attack came right at him. Lukas expected this, so he naturally positioned the silver shield in front of him in order to block the attack.CLANG!Lukas found himself on the passive side of the fight not long after the fight commenced. However, this was naturally because he had no attacking spells in his arsenal. The two spells he had was purely defensive.Another attack came at him, right after he blocked the second one. He tried to block it, but the consecutive attacks made him react a second later, and that was enough for the monster to impale one of its sharp branches in his right side.Lukas looked down at the torn coat and his right side which was now bleeding and groaned. It turned out that he didn't make the right choice by purchasing the non enchanted combat outfits. Otherwise, he would have been protected from the attacks of this monster. I
“Mercury Magic; Mercury Shield!”A beautiful silver shield emerged from a silver magic circle and blocked the incoming attack of the tree monster.CLANG!Lukas moved back again from the force of the attack, but this time, he was not just on the defensive. “Mercury Magic; Mercury Spear!”Another gigantic silver magic circle formed at his back, and three stunning silver spears emerged from the circle. They flew at a fast speed and impaled themselves again on the trunk of the tree monster, bypassing its flimsy defense.CRACK!Lukas smirked. He wasn’t done yet. The constant training he did on his mana control had begun to pay off. Now he was able to change the state of his element at will.He changed the state of his spears embedded in the trunk of the monster from solid to liquid, making them penetrate the wounds they inflicted on it. As for why he did that, the reason was obvious.His element was poisonous.Instead of allowing it to heal, the poison from his element would attack the mo
Lukas looked at his team leader in confusion. He could not understand the sudden urgency in his voice.Was the orb something very special? Or was it very dangerous?Lukas thought that must be the case. Otherwise there was no reason why he should behave like that.“I asked you where you got that orb!” Sivanthe shouted; while shaking Lukas’ shoulders with an almost crazed expression on his face.“Calm down!” Lukas responded agitatedly; already annoyed by his attitude.Sivanthe came back to his senses and took a look around. He saw that his team members were looking at him as if he was insane, but there was also curiosity in their expressions. It was rare to see Sivanthe lose his cool, so they were all wondering what the orb was that could have warranted such reaction from him.Sivanthe cleared his throat and turned his gaze back to Lukas.“I’m sorry for raising my voice at you, but could you please tell me where you got this orb?”Sivanthe asked in a calm tone, but Lukas could hear the
They started moving again in the still scorching heat, walking swiftly across the dry red grounds.This time around, they were more careful when looking for places to rest. Their rest time also significantly reduced, and they took care of monsters swiftly and effectively.Lukas and Eipi were not offered any opportunities to fight, but unlike before, the stares directed at them, particularly Lukas, were friendly. The only exception was Gures, but Lukas could care less.Maintaining their fast speed, they rapidly swept through the dungeon, killing monsters as swiftly as they could.After 3 hours of incessant killings and resting, they finally came to stop in front of a huge cave.“This is the lair to the boss monster of this F-ranked dungeon. When we kill it, a portal will open, and we’ll be free to leave this place.” Sivanthe said, explaining the rules to the newbie hunters among them.Lukas and Eipi nodded their head in response to his explanations.“We’ll take a 20 minute break here,
“KNIGHTS!”The three burly men repositioned themselves again, raising their gigantic shields to block the incoming attack again.BOOM!When the monster collided with the shields again, Sivanthe shouted again.“MAGES!”Immediately, the mages in the team responded, casting several spells on the monster.The monster growled loudly from the pain, and tried to attack. Unfortunately, he was stripped of the chance to fight back as Sivanthe yelled once again.“CCQ!”At his call, all close combat quarters fighters, including Sivanthe his self, ran towards the monster. Without giving the monster a moment of reprieve, they launched several brutal attacks on the monster.When the monster was on the verge of exploding from anger, Sivanthe yelled again.“FALL BACK!”Immediately everyone obeyed, moving away from the monster to a safe distance. Even at that, Sivanthe did not let the monster have a second of rest.“MAGES!”The mages, who were mainly long distance fighters rained spells upon spells on
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