The Abandoned Hunter

Chapter 171: The First Task

'Ding'

[ You have used the skill Wings Of Wyvern ]

"..."

Jay started to slowly descend and finally reached the ground. He then looked at the master sorcerer who was flying in the air who was no more than a devil.

"David's son..."

"The next Dark Overlord..."

"And the great dragon Akaluman."

"..."

"I will kill both of you..."

Right after saying this, the devil vanished from the area. This marked the end of the long battle which was expected to be impossible to win.

With this Jay understood that not everything could be calculated with the basis of small numbers.

Even other factors such as emotions, memories and experience could affect the outcome.

Regardless, it seemed as if Jay was completely healed right now. He did have some bruises on his body, but that was nothing when compared to lives that were lost today.

Jay didn't want even a single one to die but in the end the opposite of what he thought happened.

"I won't let you get lost in the abyss of darkness..."

Usually the beasts or monsters with dark attributes lose their souls to the dark abyss after they die and it usually marks the end of their life-death cycle.

Jay didn't want that to happen due to which he almost immediately used the ring in order to store their souls away.

[ Soul Cage ]

[ Rank: SSS+ ]

[ Capacity: 

0/1 <SSS+ Rank Souls>

0/5 <SSS Rank Souls>

0/10 <SS Rank Souls>

1/100 <S Rank souls> 

0/500 <A Rank Souls>

2/1000 <B Rank Souls>

11/5000 < C Rank Souls>

50/7000 <D Rank Souls>

594/9000 <E Rank Souls>

1039/10000 <F Rank Souls> ]

[ Time: Indefinite ]

[ Special Effect: 

- Boosts Speed by 2%

- Stealth is applicable to the item.

- Teleportation is applicable to the item. ]

He stored away their souls so that they could rest for now and not get dissipated away, but then all of a sudden some weird phenomenon happened due to storing so many souls.

'Ding'

[ Would you like to merge the souls to form a superior souls? ]

A system notification appeared which put Jay into confusion. Although he failed to understand what that meant, he certainly knew that it was something good.

But right now he didn't have much time to waste on this matter because he had to return home anyway.

He was quite tired even after resting but more than him, the ones who were bowing to him were tired.

The sorcerers didn't think of causing trouble again and just kept their mouths shut.

Jay had to think of what he had to do with them too. Also, he had to explain the situation to Rick and Res who were quite eager to know.

There were too many things left and thus he decided to deal with whatever the system threw at him later.

"Hear me out..."

"You have done a splendid work, and I appreciate your response to my call..."

All the monsters were shocked to see a king thanking them. That was because until now all the masters and kings that they had served thought of them as just some random expendables.

Either they died or not, it didn't matter to them. What they just wanted was results and to win at the end.

But they couldn't oppose them since they were quite inferior. However now when they saw Jay, who was the great Dark Overlord for them, was thanking them, they all became teary.

"Anything for you master!"

Earlier, all bowed down due to fear after seeing his extraordinary power, but now they bowed him out of sincerity and respect which was the best kind of treatment they could give.

"Raise your heads for we are victorious!", he said and then walked towards Akaluman.

"Thanks for your help...", he whispered in a low voice.

'Ahem, it was only natural for me to help!', the dragon liked what Jay said but didn't want to show despite the fact that he was blushing for reason unknown.

All the monsters stood up and roared as they heard Jay say that they won. Their joys knew no bounds but more than that, they were happy of the fact that they were able to assist Jay. 

"Now then, I guess it would be better if we all leave...", Jay said in a low voice to Res.

Res understood it perfectly and walked slowly. Rick too did the same.

Katherine was completely shocked when she found Jay get up and stop the attack because until a while ago he was completely unconscious.

She couldn't help but doubt the fact that Jay was harboring some hidden energy which probably he himself wasn't aware about.

'...'

Regardless, she kept her mouth shut and went with the flow. The portals opened again one by one and all the armies returned to their own realms or domains after greeting Jay.

Akaluman also returned along with the vampires as per what Jay asked to do. Now the only ones that remained there were the remaining sorcerers, Jay and Res.

The devil had already escaped right after firing the sphere by opening a portal of another realm.

"Hmm, now tell me, how should we proceed from now on...?", Jay asked.

"..."

The sorcerers were fine and most of them had their mana recovered so they could go for another round of battle anytime soon.

But after they saw Jay stopping the gigantic sphere as if it was nothing, fear was installed between them. Because of that they didn't even think about messing with him.

"We..."

They failed to even answer Jay's question at the moment. That was because they had no say in the matter.

Furthermore, all they did was because of the master sorcerer who was actually possessed by the devil. Even though the plan was made by him, they just blindly followed it and basically abused their powers.

That was quite unwise indeed and now it was time for them to face the consequences of what they had done.

"Hmm, indeed, it wasn't your fault in the first place...", Jay said in a low but audible voice.

All the sorcerers heard it properly and clearly. They raised their heads and looked at Jay who was still thinking something.

"Alright, I have a proposal for you all...", he said.

"Huh?", the eyes of the sorcerers widened as they patiently waited for him to announce the said offer.

"Would you like to work for me and under me?", Jay asked.

"..."

All of them were shocked when they heard that. They tried to re-confirm what they heard and thus wanted to ask him, but when they looked at each other's shocked expression, they couldn't help but realize that they heard it perfectly.

"Of course, what I mean by that is-"

"..."

"I will build a Guild..."

"An abnormal guild in fact and I would like you all to work under me there..."

What Jay said sounded way too weird. He started to speak of making a guild all of a sudden which was way too weird.

Even for Res, who had already seen many weird things, this came as a surprise.

Jay hadn't even taken the hunter ranking exam and more than that even his re-evaluation was not done.

Even without that he still wanted to make a guild which sounded way too hilarious but he was by no means joking.

'I did say that I will be making a guild...'

'But in reality, that is just the start...'

'What I want to make is-'

'A peaceful world.'

In his mind, he had already started to think about this. Earlier, he didn't even care how much blood was shed, all he wanted was name and fame of being the strongest hunter and he hasn't given up on that dream.

But right now, after seeing so many of his subordinates die as if their lives meant nothing, he understood that the war was nothing but a curse.

He decided to male the world peaceful which would only be achieved if he were to build a strong team that can conquer any dungeon and any portal and thus he decided to build a guild!

"So, do you accept?", he asked.

The sorcerers were a bit hesitant but  that was not a bad offer.

All of them were humans in the first place who were using ancient souls and their powers due to which they were called sorcerers instead of mage or magicians.

They all wanted at least some fame, Obviously, all of them had failed at some point in their lifetime and now that Jay was ready to offer them the same opportunities again, they wouldn't consider tossing the offer around without even considering it.

"..."

Although there was no leader among the sorcerers anymore, all of them looked at each other's eyes and then walked a bit forward towards Jay and said, "We accept."

Jay grinned as if he was expecting this to happen. 

Thus he almost immediately gave out his first order.

"Here's your first task..."

"Gather 10 strong beasts' or monsters' bodies which would be at least S rank!"

"..."

To be continued...