A spirit contractor was called to the people who used the power of the spirits. They were powerful and famous in ancient times but some countries become greedy and wanted to gain their powers for themselves. They launched an attack in various places and hunted those spirits.

Everyone thought that the spirits were gone extinct after that incident. Nobody thought that they were living in the forbidden Dark Forest all along under the wings of a monster lord.

Souta knew this information because when the player managed to access the Dark Forest. Many of the players, including him, across the world venture into the famous Dark Forest. There they found the spirits deep inside the Dark Forest. At that time, some of the players changed their class into a rare class called Spirit Contractor.

He also acquired a spirit there but he sold it as he didn't want to change his class at that time.

"Hehe~ to think that I would find such a rare person here. A spirit contractor. I wanted to see the rumored power of spirits." Gilven laughed as he looked at Yujin. It seems that he forgot that he was fighting Souta at the moment.

Souta quickly gathered the best feram in his body. He charged towards Gilven and used the [Crimson Moon] skill.

It caught Gilven off guard as he was focused on Yujin who showed his spirit power. A small cut appeared on his back as Souta's skill landed on it.

Without waiting for Gilven's response, Souta grabbed the back of Gilven's head and smashed it on the ground.

Bang!

"It's tough..." Souta muttered as he dragged Gilven away from Yujin while slashing his sword at the same time.

He only managed to cut Gilven with the buff given to him by Yujin. This was a great achievement for him. It's good to know that he could wound his opponent.

He finally had a chance to defeat Gilven. He frowned and thought about the buff that Yujin used. From his memories, the effect of the buff would only last for three minutes.

This power wasn't permanent so he had to quickly finish it.

"Argh!" Gilven roared in anger as he felt his back receiving small cuts. One small cut was nothing to him but if it accumulated to thousands then even he, a six-circle officer, would fall.

He used his overwhelming strength to pushed himself out of the ground. Once they got in the mid-air he turned around and launched a powerful punch towards Souta.

Boom!

Souta flew away and crashed into the debris of rocks. Gilven was about to chase after Souta when a small cut appeared on his arm.

"What!?"

He moved his eyes and saw Souta beside him. He stretched out his hand to grab Souta but the same thing happened again. Souta vanished into thin air. At the same time, hundreds of black tentacles rose from the ground.

"SOUTAAA!!"

"Souta! You're the only one who could fight among the students so... Please, protect them! Protect your classmates! I know that it's bad for a teacher to put his student in danger! But please protect them... I can't protect everyone..." Alex shouted with a coarse voice. He felt desperate at this moment. He didn't know what he could do to help his students.

"This..." Souta was unsure whether to agree to him. He could barely one of the six-circle officers with his power boost not to mention protect all of his classmates.

There were six-circle officers in the village. Two were fighting the Guildmaster and the captain of the corps guardians. The other one was fighting teacher Alex. Gilven and Frels were the other two. The remaining one was unknown.

The unknown one must be killing the member of the corps guardians.

"I couldn't protect everyone... I could barely protect my teammates right now so how could I..." Souta said in a low voice.

At this moment, Gilven stood up from the ground and he was watching Souta with a serious expression. He knew that he couldn't easily kill Souta as Souta was very tricky.

"Then, protect those you can protect with your strength. I'm not going to say that you have to protect everyone as it is my responsibility but protect at least a few of them..." Alex said and he received a powerful blow on his stomach. He crashed on the ground creating a huge crater.

Suddenly, Souta heard a familiar sound in his mind.

*Ding!*

[You've triggered a quest!]

[Protect]: Fight the six-circle officers and protect the students from dying. Delay the six-circle officers until the reinforcement arrived.

Time Limit: 1 minute.

Failure: Death

Rewards: ???

Souta read the system and was shocked. The reinforcement of the Institute will arrive here in one minute. It means that he had to protect students and fight the six-circle officer within one minute.

Boom!

He quickly closed the interface and looked down at Gilven. Gilven was activating every combat arts that could increase his fighting prowess. It means that he finally turned serious in fighting Souta. No, he was going to kill Souta.

With his current strength, Souta was sure that if he wanted to leave he could leave. These people wouldn't be able to do anything to him... But that's leaving everyone here to die.

Souta took a deep breath to calm himself. He started to circulate the best feram in his body.

Suddenly, he heard Yuko in his mind, asking for help. The best feram erupted out of his body as he dashed outside the village.

"Fine... I'll accept the quest..."

"Hmm...?" Gilven frowned as he looked at Souta who was leaving out of the village. He was about to follow him when Souta appeared beside him.

"F*ck!"

He cursed as Souta grabbed his neck and dragged him out of the village. He was tricked once again. He thought that he was prepared for Souta's trick.

Yujin looked at them and sighed. He once again casted his spirit spell and buffed Alex and the other who was fighting the six-circle officers.

...

Outside the village, Souta saw Frels in front of Alice and the rest. He released Gilven in his hand and casted [Shadow Bind] spell along with [Shadow Ball] spell.

He used [Dash] to increase his speed.

Frels turned her head and she felt someone approaching at high speed. She was surprised when she saw that it was Souta. She was about to cast her spell but Souta arrived in front of her.

Souta used [Crimson Moon] before he grabbed Frels clothes and threw her away. Then, Gilven appeared beside him and smashed him on the ground.

Bang!

Alice and Lynn were shocked as they couldn't follow what's happening in front of them. They just felt a strong power bursting out causing the ground to shake heavily.

"You people really are challenging me!" Souta shouted as Gilven was dragging him on the ground. He kneed Gilven on the stomach and slashed his sword.

Bang! Bang!

'Damn! A six-circle officer was nothing to me in the past! I could easily kill them in one hit but now they are giving me a problem!' He took out a bottle from his pocket. He drunk it without hesitation.

"Another monster potion!?" Gilven was shocked when he saw Souta drunk it. He thought that Souta turned insane from fighting him.

Frels knitted her eyebrows when she saw this. To think that man would try to drink two monster potions in one day.

Does he understand what he's doing?

Does he think that he would survive drinking two monster potion?

"ARGHHHH!!! I'LL KILL YOU!!" Souta screamed as he felt intense pain all over his body. He was about to pass out because of the pain but he just gritted his teeth. He could only endure it for the power that he will receive.

Blood started pouring out of his pores as the atmosphere became heavier and suffocating. The best feram was present and it was dominating the mana in the air. No, it was dispersing all the mana.

Right now, no low-level magician could cast a spell under this best feram. It was negating all the weak energy in the air.

"We have to go now..." Alice said to Lynn.

Lynn didn't hear Alice's words as she was looking at Souta with a worried expression.

Alice stretched out her hands and grabbed Lynn's shoulder. "We have to go now! We would only get in Souta's way!"

Lynn snapped out as she gazed at Alice in the eyes. After a while, she nodded her head.

Under the pressure of the best feram, they left the area so that they wouldn't get in Souta's way.

...

"We have to finish him..." Gilven said with a gloomy expression.

"Well, if we just waited for the effect of the potion to disappear we could easily kill him. I don't think that we would be able to fight after taking two monster potion." Frels replied to Gilven as she shrugged her shoulder.

"Suit yourself... I'll kill him," Gilven said to Frels in a cold tone before he dashed towards Souta.

Boom!

"RAAAAHHH!!!" Souta roared and he slightly bent his knees. With a "boom" he launched himself to meet Gilven.

Boom!

Two figures collided causing a powerful explosion.