36 Demonic Wolf

Ark glared at James who was laughing his head off.

"Shut up James."

"I'm trying to but I can't stop laughing... You actually fell off of the tree."

(Dusk) Can I please kill this son of a b-

No.

(Dawn) I'm with him on this one. I want him exterminated sir.

Again, no. We don't have that many trustworthy friends.

(Dusk) Is he that trustworthy to you?

Ark glanced at the still laughing so called best friend.

Maybe I should kill him...

As if noticing the murderous intent that Ark was emitting, James immediately put on a stoic face and acted as if nothing had happened in the first place.

"Now that everyone is here, shall we move along?"

After glaring at James for a bit more, Ark sighed and reluctantly retracted his murderous intent. Ark turned around to look at the hunting group.

There were two boys and three girls. James the half tank half warrior, Kali the mage and healer, Olivia the swordsman, and this balck haired girl called Hanabi who was fixated on being an assassin. She was also beautiful, which made Ark wonder if there really was a correlation between mana and beauty. Then there is him, the half mage half archer.

Ark sighed again.

This girl would refuse to allow me to be an assassin thus a switch in my role as an assassin. Although it was fine because he liked things that felt with aiming and accuracy. People might think that shooting a bow is based on luck and experience, what a load of bullshit. When Ark shoots, he uses a quite simple equation that factors in variables such as distance of target, bow and arrow deviation, wind speed, wind direction, obstacles, air friction, random movement probability of target, estimated location of end target, probability of sudden gale, and draw strength. Very simple. Another reason was that Reeves had told him that keeping his class as an assassin as a secret was better. He didn't really understand why though.

Kali gave a concerned look.

"Ark, you shouldn't sigh to much. They say that if you do you will start to look older."

That's only because the wrinkles in the face become more defined while the soul starts to adapt to a more gloomy mood.

Hanabi let out a snort.

"Don't want your already abysmal face to drop in charisma anymore. Right Daku-sama?"

(Dawn) THIS LITTLE INSIGNIFICANT BRAT DARES TO INSULT-

Lets calm down there Dawn. No need to fuss.

For some very odd reason, Kali seemed to enjoy hearing these words.

"Hehehe, yes... he is moody right... that's right... stay away from him because he is moody and unpleasant... hehehe... he's mine."

But of course due to plot sake, nobody heard her.

Ark's eye started to twitch.

I swear there is an evil spirit somewhere. It is not safe.

(Dusk) It is very uncomfortable...

After the group checked in with the DZ manager, they entered the forest.

Hanabi leapt onto the top of the tree.

"I'm going to scout as usual. I'll give the signal when I spot something."

After saying that she disappeared into the shadows.

Ark couldn't help but click his tongue after seeing Hanabi disappear.

So unprofessional, I could have done it better.

The group walked through the dense trees alert.

"I found a lone gob-"

An arrow went zooming past Hanabi's face and smacked right onto the forehead of a lone goblin, killing it instantly.

Hanabi stared at Ark before disappearing again.

"Found-"

*Thud

"..."

"There is a-"

*Thud

"..."

"This one is mine-"

*thud

"..."

"BACK OFF BITCH-"

"Thud."

"HAHAHA, DIDN'T GET IT THIS TIME DID YA? COULD ONLY TRY TO PISS ME OFF BY SAYING THUD? IT'S MY KILL NOW-"

*Thud

"... SHI-NE!"

"What did I do?"

James looked at the sight of Hanabi dancing with her dual swords attempting to cut off Ark's head while Ark just gracefully weaved in and out of the trees.

"Ark, stop teasing her. She's going to lose it any time now."

"...Tch, Fine."

Hanabi glared at Ark with a face that could kill before stomping her way back to the shadows.

Kali let out a smile.

"Ark is so cool when he's dodging."

"Did you say something Kali?"

"N-no, nothing Olivia."

After ten minutes of wandering around, Hanabi appeared right in front of the group.

"There is trouble up ahead. A rank 2 demonic wolf fighting a rank 1 black wolf."

James immediately cast away his relaxed gaze and tensed up.

"Do you think we can do it? Or should we retreat?"

Hanabi tilted her head down and bit her thumb.

"It is possible, with you tanking and Kali, Olivia and me dealing damage. Ark could also support us by distracting the wolf with his black sword of his. Didn't he kill a rank 3 assassin?"

Ark rolled his eyes.

"It was a rank 3 robot mage, that was already drained of mana and was built physically weak due to limitations of metal joints. Plus, a beast is usually stronger than a human of the same rank, not to mention a demonic beast that's one rank higher. But it is possible."

James hesitated before sterling his resolve.

"Ok fine, we will try to deal with this but I want you to retreat if you get badly wounded."

"Fine."

"Ok."

"Sounds good."

"Whatever."

"Hanabi, take us too the wolves."

They walked for a bit before a wide clearing came in sight, where an ugly black wolf was lunging at a black wolf.

The demonic wolf was in a decent condition, with a few small scratches here and there. The black wolf however was covered in wounds. It's once lustrous black fur was now coated in red.

Seeing this Ark frowned and gave James a worried look.

"It seems as though the demonic wolf was barely weakened. Do you think we can do it?"

James started to hesitate once more.

At this moment the black wolf suddenly lunged at the throat of the demonic wolf with a ferocious snarl.

The demonic wolf calmly leapt back to avoid it when it suddenly let out a yelp.

The lunge to the throat was a faint and when the demonic wolf kept back, the black wolf quickly bit the leg before retreating back to a defensive position.

The demonic wolf snarled and glared at the black wolf with a renewed passion.

Seeing the heavily injured demonic wolf, James finally made a decision.

"We are killing it, get into position people."

James watched as Olivia, Ark, and Hanabi got into position and got ready to charge in at the signal.

With a rare serious and mature face, James mumbled.

"I don't want anybody to die."