Requiem Of A Failed Hero



As it is not just today that it is known that in the world there is a mixture of energies that flows in and out of everywhere, of all those energies, the prominent one is mana.

A vital force that flows through all things and gives life and power to the universe. Mana is the representation of the interconnectedness of all things and a reminder that everything is ultimately connected and influenced by unseen forces– it is never to be mistaken for magic power.

Magic power is a human-given title to define the energy that grants hunters such superhuman abilities but in the true sense is not mana.

Essentially to say, all living things can wield this energy, and being able to wield this energy means the ability of one to be able to use magic. But wielding this energy is very dependent on two skills.

Magic Perception

Magic Operation

Magic perception is required to be able to detect the flow of mana in the environment and in one body, to be able to bring the consciousness of the magic circuits that exist in one's own body.

Magic Operation, however, is required to be able to manipulate and channel mana to produce desired effects; rituals, incantations, runes, magic tools, or artifacts– magic can be cast in different ways all depending on the caster.

With these two skills either low-leveled or high-leveled, one's ability to use magic was dependent on them and without them, it is impossible to use magic.

This is the reason why magic was a concept that many never understood even though there were mage class hunters that were capable of using magic-like skills, it is important to note that it is not entirely and purely magic because mana which is a vital role in the manifestation of magic is not in play, even though the end effects may be likely– it is not magic because magic would prove to be more powerful, more efficient and more destructive.

A monster being able to use magic was very much possible as long as it had these skills. But there was something more, something that only Raith could immediately grasp.

"It is a named monster..." Raith mumbled.

He was brought into an unwelcome memory of the ogre he fought a few months back. It was capable of magic too.

"Brace yourself for the worse," Raith said to his companions as the massive energy sun was looking like it was about to be unleashed on them.

"Take cover!!" Mok Jae-Hwa shouted as the monster swung down its hand.

Usually with such weight and body, the dispel speed would be slow but the energy blast disappeared that instant and the next it could be seen as it being embedded into the ground and unfolding the entire ground in cracks, crumbles, and debris.

They weren't even spared a reaction time, it was hard to find stable ground, everywhere vibrated with massive force as the energy ball exploded turning everywhere to white, consuming and razing everything to nothing.

After a while, the raging began to settle with dust covering the entire surface, the well-defined plateau a moment ago was now looking like a land of apocalypse, the ground was literally overturned, everything cracked and crushed in bits, Mok Jae-Hwa and Sung Min could be seen helping the rest out of the crumbling they had fallen into– thanks to the durability of Yujin's shield they were able to survive but someone like Ga-Yun and Yeon-Woo sustained serious injuries from being crushed by huge debris. Their clothes were tattered, their faces covered in dust, and their hair dirty.

Mok Jae-Hwa looked to the front where Raith was, '...they suffered more from the impact... hunter Raven...' He looked with a longing face. But he had a team to cater for and somewhere deep down, he knew Raith wouldn't die from that.

Just that moment, a large rock flew into the air and a man stood up, he could be seen by all of them although the scattered debris had made things quite rough now.

Raith spat out the blood in his mouth. "Now I'm angry." He said narrowing his gaze at the wyvern.

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His sword made a resounding ring as he stretched it out. He leaped into the air and as if to commemorate his effort with an aesthetic on his white sword, the crimson sky left a faint red gleam on the blade of his sword as he raised it above his head.

The wyvern raised its head and for the first time smiled, its eyes glinting with malice.

WHAM!

An air shield easily blocked off Raith's attack backfiring the force of his attack on him and causing him to be tossed away by the impact of his attack on the shield.

Kortopi's eyes were focused on what just happened, from the moment Raith leaped into the air, he had been carefully observing and after seeing Raith tossed away, he closed his red eyes focusing on the way to make what recreate what Raith just did. As he opened his eyes, a sword similar to Raith's grow out of his hand but in black color. Kortopi charged at the wyvern with a sword in his hand and struck the wyvern with an incredible force that dispelled a defeating air blast, the shield cracked and the wyvern stumbled back.

Jarvis moved in straight away, his long sword burning with dark smoke as he struck at the wyvern. The wyvern blocked his attack with another air shield, but Jarvis was already moving, striking again and again with lightning-fast movements with Kortopi repeatedly striking the cracked shield. The wyvern was struggling to keep up– then Crimson leaped high into the sky and descended upon the wyvern with his sword above his head, seeing this the wyvern summoned a powerful gust of wind that sent all three of them flying back.

Crimson was the first to recover, in less than three seconds he had closed back in on the wyvern, with his eyes narrowed at the wyvern, eyes so focused and fixated on the entirety of the wyvern as it stood. He struck from different pivot points, but the air shield easily appeared and blocked off his attacks, none of them reached the wyvern.

"Tch"

With an irritated raised on a corner of its lips, the wyvern pointed a finger forward and dispelled a bolt of lightning that hurtled towards Crimson. Instead of running away, he dashed at the lightning, and just as it was about to collide with him, he tilted his entire body to the left such that the lightning passed him by a hair's breadth, leaving a shallow grazed wound on his arm. He doubled his speed that instant and catapulted toward the wyvern with his sword over his head.

Seeing this the wyvern immediately summoned a large barrier that surrounded it from all sides– apparently, Kortopi and Jarvis had joined in from behind Crimson and the monster was quick to see it.

What it did not expect was the great force that came from above it.