Chapter 18

*The Next Day*

Aleksy would be holding a speech

' ' The Academy would Like to apologize for the incident yesterday for not being able to minimize the damages, Alongside this we would like to reward the student who allowed for the damages to be minimized to an Extent. Please step forward Nathan Walker."

Nathan hearing this would be woken up from his drowsy state as he walks towards the podium

' ' We the Academy shall award Cadet Nathan Walker proving his worthiness of this award a Temporary B-Rank Hunter License."

Aleksy would hand over the license to Nathan as Nathan gets dismissed

Nathan would look at the license in his hand

'This is actually god damn amazing... I'll be able to exit the academy and enter raids much more easily... What a Haul'

Nathan would walk to the training grounds and begin his training

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*2 Weeks later*

*Trondheim, Norway*

Outside a Portal which opened up recently a man clad in Iron Armor would be talking

' ' I'll be leading this raid, Let me introduce myself. I am A-Rank Hunter Rank 7,891, Bjorn Matthewson, Pleasure to meet you all."

Just as he finished saying this the exploration team would enter the Portal transporting them into a lush and beautiful forest

'This is similar to the one that led to Feironia.. Well in the first place it was about time they showed up in this setting'

Elves

Famed for their Beauty and Magical affinity they came from this Portal leading to the Elven Kingdom of Alfheim which also introduced Humanity to the World Tree Yggdrasil and the Holy Water of Life the tree produced

'Then this must be the first contact then'

Just as Nathan thought this a arrow would be flung from the west hitting the adventurer infront of him with a arrow to the head

As this happened chaos would erupt from the Group

' ' What?! ' '

' ' Run! ' '

' ' Help Me! ' '

As this happened even more arrows would be flung from the same direction raining hell upon the raid team killing everyone... Except one Man

Nathan would open his left palm

Wall of Fire

A wall of Flames would emerge from Nathan's Palm engulfing the arrows and plant life in the area

' ' Hm. ' '

Nathan would lunge towards the direction the arrows we're going seeing a group of elves as Nathan opens his left palm again preparing a spell

Fireba-

' ' Huh- ' '

Suddenly the Elves would throw their bows to the ground and kneel.

' ' Please spare us O' fire spirit ' '

...

Nathan would be distraight but would let the fireball and Inferno be Extinguished

The elves, being spared would bow before taking off and running away

' ' So much for being the most dignified race... ' '

Nathan without missing a beat would continue moving forward towards where the elves ran off too arriving into beautiful elven city

'Flashy as always, Well I'd rather not bring attention by being human so.'

Nathan would conjour up a mask made of flames intentionally hiding his ears as he walked across the elven street looking forward to a giant castle

'Elf Queen Florine, She's an extremely beautiful individual, A shame you can't see her since aparently those who see her face gets a fatal disease. Not that it matters since meeting her isin't in my agenda"

Nathan woule contiinue walking blending in with the elves around him walking towards the castle

Suddenly a voice would ring in Nathan's head

'Contractor, what are you scheming now?'

Etourdir would ask

'Spirit stones, I'll be getting them from below the Elf Queen's Castle'

Spirit Stones

They we're a magical stone capable of strengthening sprits, In Nathan's past life Etourdir had managed to reach the level of a Spirit King thanks to the stones

'And I plan to help him attain that.'

'What are you scheming now contractor, We haven't been together much and I recognize that look already'

Nathan simply smirked and walked towards the castle

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Elven Castle

'So. Contractor the plan?'

'We sneak in, Get spirit stones, Then Piss off'

Etourdir would sigh inside but knowing nothing was going to stop Nathan from going with the plan he just played with it

Nathan meanwhile was sneaking himself into the castle gracefully dodging the eyesight of the guards guarsing the area as he sees a small door in the corner of his eye guarded by two guards

'Etourdir.'

'Ya?'

Etourdir would respond curious to what his Contractor is planning

'Turn into your spirit orb form'

'Why though? That form is nearly useless, I won't be able to support you'

'Don't worry, You just gotta dostract them, Elves see spirits as divine so they'll probably follow you'

Upon finishing the conversation Etourdir would transform into his spirit orb form and enter the physical realm going to the line of sight of the Guards

Seeing this rhe guards immeadietly would be entranced by rhe spirit and would begin following the light allowing for Nathan to slip into the door

'Etourdir come back'

After saying this a flash of light would appear with Etourdir emerging from it no longer in his Spirit Orb form

' ' Yo, Contractor, What's this ' '

' ' Probably the thing the Elves worship the most but also know almost nothing of, The Spirit Garden ' '

The Spirit Garden

It's a mystical Sub-Dungeon inside the Elven Kingdom of Alfheim containing countless spirits, The realm was said to be made by the Guardian of Spirits one of the 12 Guardians

12 Guardians

Said to be the beings wielding the most divine authority across multiple realms, And... They are probably the only way to defeat Antares The 13th Lost Guardian, And the Guardian of Destruction

'My Main Goal is to get spirit stones for Etourdir but meeting a Guardian will always be appreciated'

' ' So, Our goal here is to get you some spirit stones ' '

' ' You can't hide the fact you have another goal but I won't pry anyways, Getting stronger benefits me so I'll play along ' '

Etourdir would reply with a slight smirk as the two walk together

' ' So contractor uhm. I forgot how tovget Spirit stones ' '

' ' How did you-... Never mind, It's quite easy, We just need to find a mine with a massive concentration of spiritual energy, Preferably a spirit's home and I'm sensing quite the large concentration of energy there ' '

I point to the east with a Smirk

To be Continued