Cowardly Nobles

It had been some time since the duo had entered the forest and they had been tracking a small group of 0th stage monsters.

In a small clearing 6 wolf like monsters were busy devouring some prey they had managed to kill. Unbenounced to them two individuals were hidden within some shrubs, and this time the wolves would be the prey.

Druak and the ice mage had prepared and planned and it was time to put it into action.

A freezing cold fog slowly surrounded the wolves as they looked around confused. The sound of shrieking could be heard. One of the wolves was gone.

It seemed the wolves didn't have much intelligence as all they did was growl at their surroundings, trying to find what killed its kin.

Another wolf disappeared, this time without any shrieking being heard.

The sound of huffing could be heard as the fog slowly cleared. Druak was panting out of breath as blood dripped down his arm and a wolf's corpse laid beside him.

The sight of their companion managed to get the attention of the wolves as they quickly charged at the defenceless looking Druak.

Just as the wolves were close enough to attack, the sound of another shreek echoed through the clearing.

Quickly turning around to see what it was, the wolves saw a young girl with ice daggers which were used to pierce the head of their kin. Before they had a chance to reacted Druak had already formed two ice blades and pierced the heads of the last two wolves.

Letting out a sigh, the ice mage wipes the blood that sprayed on her and says."Well that was boring. We should of just attacked them head on."

Ignoring the ice mages comment, Druak walks towards each of the wolves and rips out one of their teeth and puts it into a small bag that he was given at the start of the competition.

"Hey, are you listening to me." The ice mage says, shaking Druaks shoulder.

"Hmm. Sorry I thought you didn't want to know me so I was just trying to finish this test."

"Fine, whatever… Such a boring person."

Druak continues with what he was doing, when suddenly the sound of screaming could be heard.

Both Druak and the ice mage look at eachother then they stop what they were doing and rush over to where the noise was.

Staring at Druak the ice mages face looks worried as she says. "What the hell was that noise. It sounded like someone dying."

Her question was soon answered as she saw 10 applicants laughing as they shot arrows at 2 other applicants, 3 applicants already lying on the ground covered with arrows.

"Haha. Look at them dancing for use."

"This is what peasants should do, not act like they deserve to be in the same academy as us… nobles."

The rage on both Druaks and the ice girl's face looked like they could burst at any moment and surprisingly it was Druak that charged in first.

He would normally plan out what he was doing, but after the event with the lich he couldn't stand seeing killing, especially when it came to nobles as they were what caused many of his friends deaths.

One of the nobles was laughing away as they were about to shoot an arrow at one of the applicants.

*Crunch*

The sound of something snapping resounded in the ears of all, stopping the nobles from shooting another arrow.

As they turned around the first thing they saw was an arm which was frozen and completely deformed.

Druak had frozen the archer's arm and smashed it so it was completely limp.

A grin appeared on the ice mage's face as she said."Maybe he is a bit interesting."

Following shortly behind Druak she charged straight at another noble, throwing a dagger straight into their leg.

The sound of screeching could be heard throughout the forest, this time however it was the sound of nobles instead of commoners.

Druak launched ice blade after ice blade at the nobles, managing to send them tumbling to the ground, but he was too lost in his anger and lost focus on his surroundings. An arrow flew right through his stomach, sending Druak straight to the ground, as he coughed up blood.

Knowing that if he stayed still too long he could die, he quickly leaps back on his feet.

Wincing in pain he freezes around the arrow, to stop the bleeding and continues fighting.

Both Druak and the ice mage had very similar fighting styles so they worked very well together, but this also meant they both sustained a lot of injuries as they were incredibly reckless fighters.

As the nobles watched Druak and the ice mage fight their faces contorted in fear, one of them even yelling."Demons… Their both demons."

The remaining nobles soon ran away and the fight was finally over, both Druak and the ice mage covered in wounds.

It seemed Druaks wounds were much more serious as he could be a bit reckless in fights and fighting 10 people even if they were extremely low class nobles, was still incredibly hard.

Grabbing an arrow which was still in his stomach, Druak snaps it and despite the pain he still manages to stumble over to the two applicants that he had saved.

"You two need to get out of here quickly, before they come after you again."

Both the applicants shudder in fear but still node at Druak and run away, one of them looking back at their teammate's bodies which lay on the ground, but soon after follows behind their teammate.

Dropping to the flow Druak sighs and says."Damn were luck nobles are such cowards, I dont think id last another minute if they stayed to fight."

"Hahaha. I know right, such wimps." The ice mage walks over to Druak and slumps to the ground next to him, covered in sweat.

Snicker away the ice mage says. "You're pretty good at fighting and not nearly as boring as I thought you were." "Ow! Ow! That hurts."

"Haha. Maybe you should talk a little less then."

The ice mage punches Druak on the shoulder, with a giant grin on her face.

After waiting for a few minutes both of them manage to catch their breath and Druak suggests that they should get away from all the corpses, in case the nobles come back to finish them off.