24 CHAPTER 23 – Trip to the Forbidden Forest goes…

After a few moments of scary falling and flying, I finally made it to the ground, running through Hagrid's hut at great speed thanks to the great haste spell, and getting into the oh so famous Forbidden Forest that so many students go into even when it had the word Forbidden on its name.

"Mm… I think this is enough for now."-I said while canceling my invisibility once I was slightly far into the forest, as it works the same as with my levitation spell, it takes mana just using it, though, now that I have my core at the second stage, it isn't that problematic at all. "Somehow, this being real life makes it more convenient, or maybe it is because it's a system made from OTS? Oh well, whatever."-I start looking around the place.

{It's indeed creepy as fuck… Now… How the fuck do I find the creatures here?}-I thought while summoning my wand from my inventory, the special one.

"Wow… It's amazing looking at this in real life…"-I muttered while looking at the Wand of Vortex in my hand.

It was probably 15 inches long, the bottom had a little metal spike of a black color, turning then into a grey colored stick that seemed to be a handle, which ended in a circular protrusion around the wand, followed by another black part that ended in a small purple holder that contained a small sphere-shaped sapphire inside, and that had two small purple spikes going at both sides, and right over it, a somewhat big sapphire with octahedral shape.

"Mm… This is somehow ugly looking at it like this…"-I said, before sending a little bit of magic power to the wand, making the big sapphire shine, after that, I just swung the wand towards a tree, and a spark of energy went towards it, hitting the tree and electrifying the bit that got hit, part of the bark that was hit was destroyed, albeit only a little, more like chipped.

"Well… It's not that bad, it doesn't use that much magic power, and is quick to use."-I said while sending a few more sparks towards the same tree, damaging it even more.

A great advantage was that I could continuously use the wand, as much as I had magic power in my core, of course. But as it doesn't waste too much, I should be able to use it for hours without taking a rest.

"Now… It's time to move. Where the hell should I go to find some creatures?"

"CAW!"-Just as I was muttering, Muninn came down and perched in one of the tree's branches.

"Oh, hey dude, where were you?"

"CAW! CAW!"-It flapped its wing.

"Mm… Okay."-I nodded until a thought came to me. "Oh, hey. You've been flying around here, right? Do you perhaps know where I can find some creatures? Just, not centaurs, please."-I asked it.

"…"-It looked as if it was pondering something.

{Am I becoming crazy? How the hell would it seem like it is pondering something…?}-I made a double-take, and indeed. Muninn was pondering, turning his head here and there and looking at some parts of the forest as if thinking where to go. {Okay… He's indeed pondering something. I at least hope he takes me somewhere to farm well.}-I thought.

"Well, let's start making preparations."

"Utevo Res Bear"-I invoked. And magic power started seeping from my core, out of my body, starting forming a big, really big creature in front of me. "Holy… fuck…"

Standing in front of me, on its two back paws, was a building of a bear, standing at what looked like a sixteen-foot-tall monstrous bear with a really dark brown color.

"CAW…"-A suddenly weird sound came out of Muninn's beak, as it looked dumbfounded at the bear.

"You can't speak too much… You're not precisely the size of a normal raven either…"-I told him, before turning to look at the enormous bear. "*kuhum* Well… um… sit?"-I said, and the enormous bear sat on his back.

"Okay… Lay down…?"-The bear stumbled on his back with the tongue out. "Well… You don't look that frightening like this… Now… Utevo Res Wolf."-I said, and once again, magic power came out of my magic core and out of my body, forming a 2 meters tall wolf. "…Well, I have to give it to you guys. You both are monstrous on your own accord…"-I said while looking at both animals.

"CAW!"-Muninn called me, and he was basically shaking his head as if resigning to what he was seeing, before turning to look somewhere and cawing again.

"Should I follow you then?"-I ask him.

"CAW!"-It nodded.

"Okay, let me wait rest for a little bit, so I can be in my best condition."-I said to Muninn before sitting down. The wolf covering my back and the bear covering the front.

After waiting for around thirty minutes, I was finally ready to go.

"Well, Muninn. Let's go."-I said to my raven while looking at both the bear and the wolf. "Mm…"-I pondered while rubbing my chin.

After a little bit of thinking, I finally decided what to do. I looked at the bear. Into his eyes. And understanding my intentions, it finally lowered its upper body, letting me jump on its back.

"I'm glad that I've been training constantly, or holding onto him would be kind of hard actually…"-I muttered while looking at everything from over the giant brown bear. At the same time, I ordered the wolf to be close to us and to be alert at any kind of dangerous creature that approached us.

"Well, let's go!"-I shouted, and Muninn flew off towards somewhere inside the forest.

{I hope that I'm not dying today. If anything fails, I'll just make my best to run the hell out of here.}-I thought, a moment before the running behind Muninn at my command, the wolf right beside us.

Going through the forest riding a five-meters bear in the middle of the night sure has its own charm.

I could hear a lot of noises around, but for the moments, there hasn't been any kind of creature at sight.

{I just hope that Muninn knows where he's taking me to.}-I thought to myself while trying not to fall from the bear, which was harder than I thought it was.

If it wasn't for the fact that I wanted to go fast, while also saving as much magic power as possible, I would be running while using the great haste spell.

"CAW!"-Muninn suddenly cawed and looked at me, before looking back to the front.

"Mm? What happens?"-I asked, but unnecessarily, as soon, a giant creature appeared in front of us. "Stop!"-I shouted. Making both the wolf and the bear stop; while I almost went flying directly towards the giant creature if I didn't hold strongly to the bear's fur.

{Thank god that this bear's fur is sturdier than it looks and it didn't come off with me…}-I thought while jumping down from the bear, right before looking at the creature in front of me, who was also looking at me.

""Grrr…."" -Right at my sides I could hear both the bear and the wolf growling at the creature.

"Wait."-I said, looking at what was in front of me, before grinning. "Great job, Muninn!"-I gave a thumbs-up at Muninn.

"CAW!"

It led us right towards a giant and stupid troll, which would be a perfect match for a first try, as it was alone, and was well-known for its stupidity.

"Uuuhh?"-The troll was already aware of our little group, after all, two not-so-little animals were with me. But it looked at the bear and the wolf as if trying to identify which creature they were.

"Now, you both go and surround him. Don't attack. Let me do it."-I said towards them both. And they immediately moved. While the wolf started running towards one of its flanks, the bear just walked slowly, surrounding it while growling in a threatening way.

The troll, as if tired of tried to identify us all, decided it was the same to just go and attack them both, going first towards the one that looked the slower, and the biggest of the bunch.

"Oh no! Come here!"-I shout at it, while also sending a few sparks of energy from my Wand of Vortex, hitting it on the arms.

"UH!? ROAR!!"-As if infuriated, it roared at me, and tried to run with its club raised to hit me.

The sparks, while hitting it, didn't do too much damage.

{I don't think it is enough to damage its thick skin…}-I thought to myself. While jumping back and activating the haste spell to quickly move out of its range. {Next try.}

Invoking the fire strike spell soundlessly, a big fire missile went towards the troll at high speed.

"ARGH!"-It tried to stop the fire missile with its arm but got hurt pretty badly, its arm got charred black and looked quite damaged, as it tried to move it around to make the slight fire its arm caught disappear.

{It's quite resistant, huh…}-I thought to myself while looking at the troll situation. While it got hurt it wasn't precisely a fatal injury. {Well, this is a perfect target for me to test my abilities.}

I then prepared to go with my next choice.

"Utori Flam"-I incanted a spell while pointing my hand towards the troll, and it suddenly caught fire.

"ARGH!!!"-Now, it wasn't only its arm that was burning in a fire, its upper body and even some of its legs were burning. It tried to move around and even dropped to the ground to roll and extinguish the fire, which slightly worked as some of it disappeared quickly.

{Ok… That worked well.}-I then raised my arm again at him. "Utori Vis"-With a second incantation, the troll suddenly went stiff on the ground, moving, but not quite fast, streams of lightning were traveling its body thanks to the electrify spell, making it quite hard to move.

Even then, as if proving that brute strength was better than intelligence for their species, the troll forcefully started to stand with the help of its arms and even the club, which it didn't drop.

"Okay. Time to end this first test, I guess."-I summoned two runes from my inventory, making them levitate beside me with Wingardium Leviosa. The runes were one heavy magic missile and one explosion rune. "Ok. Dropping bomb number one."-I said, and the explosion rune shined while sending what appeared like a small dot of purple light towards the troll.

It once again tried to stop the light with its arm, but once the light made contact, a part of its big arm blew up while the troll flew a few steps back.

"AAAARRRGHHHH!!!"-It finally dropped the club and held its left arm that now didn't have the hand and part of its forearm.

"Mm… That's good for something that makes physical damage only…"-I rubbed my chin while storing the rune inside my inventory. "Dropping bomb number two."-I continued. This time, the Heavy Magic Missile rune shone, and from it, one basketball-shaped mass of magical energy shot at grand spell towards the troll, hitting it and pushing him towards a tree.

"THUD!"-The blunt impact came to my ears, and the troll was now unconscious while laying on the tree, blood seeping from its wounded arm, and even nose and ears.

"Mm…"-I rubbed my chin again. "I didn't expect it to have that much power, for a rune that has 10 uses, it sure is good."-I said while looking at the damaged troll. "Somehow… This doesn't feel good… It's like I'm torturing it or something… *sigh…* Better end this fast…"

After saving the rune in my inventory, I raised my hand towards the troll.

"Exevo Vis Lux"-I incanted, and from my hand, a thunder-like beam went towards the troll's heart, burning and piercing its chest and heart, killing it.

[You've killed a mountain troll! 35pts have been earned!]

[Congratulations! You've killed a mountain troll for the first time! 50pts have been earned!]

[Congratulations! You've completed the hidden quest, kill your first monster!]

[100pts have been earned!]

"HO!!!! I'm almost at the point I was before buying the wand! I sure knew this was a great choice!"-I shouted, but as if mocking my impatience, the system had more surprises.

[Congratulations! Your ML has increased by 1]

"Wow… Even better yet…"-I said while looking at the system message absently.

"CAW!"-After a few moments, Muninn called me, waking me up.

"Huh? What happened?"

"CAW!!"

"Mm? Do you know where to find more creatures like this?"-I asked.

"CAW!"-It nodded.

"Great. Let's go then!"-Feeling quite excited, as if I was playing some real-life OTS, I jumped towards the bear's back with the help of the levitation spell. "Lead the way! Muninn!"-I shouted, and the raven took the fly, while we followed.

This time, I could hear something that sounded like blunt impacts in the direction we were running to. And just as the sound got louder, I finally got to see what's the source of the blunt-impact-like sound.

"Okay! You both go towards the one at the left, I'll take the one at the right!"-I shouted while jumping off from the bear's back and using the levitation spell to softly land closer to our targets.

Two mountain trolls were fighting between them in front of us.

"Why do you fight between yourself when I'm here to help both of you killing each other!?"-I shouted as the five-meters tall bear lunged towards the troll at the left, followed by the wolf that went to its back to jump at him. I used my Wand of Vortex to send a few sparks of energy to get the attention of the one at the right. It worked.

"ROAR!!!"-It roared at me while starting to run. But I wouldn't let it do as it pleased.

"Utori Vis"-I incanted, and the giant brute slowed down, getting stiff with the electrify spell. This time, I wouldn't torture them, so I quickly raised my left hand, pointing it at the slowed-down mountain troll. "Exevo Gran Vis Lux"-I used the great energy beam spell. And right from my hand, a fast beam made of energy shot towards the chest of the troll, who tried to stop it with its hand, but was too slow to do it.

"AAAARGHHHH!!!!"-A horrendous shout resounded around, as the beam tore through the chest of the troll, disintegrating its heart and even hitting the tree behind it. Once the beam disappeared, the troll now had a big hole on its chest, probably with a diameter of 30 centimeters.

[You've killed a mountain troll! 35pts have been earned!]-The system message came to me.

"Great!"-I raised my fist high in celebration. Before turning to look at the other troll.

It was an amazing view, seeing a five-meters-tall brown bear fighting against a three-meters-tall mountain troll. While the troll was smaller, it was armed and had impressive brute strength, so it could actually contend against the bear, at least if the bear was alone.

While the troll had to focus on the monstrous bear in front of it. The monstrous wolf reaching a height of two meters lunged at it from the back, biting at its neck and making it twist in pain, giving chance to the bear to claw and bite at the troll from the front.

Not even a minute passed, when the troll fell dead, with a bloodied body, with some nasty injuries on its neck, chest, and back.

[You've killed a mountain troll! 35pts have been earned!]

"It seems that my summons kills also gave me points… Well, I did expect that."-I said while walking towards both the wolf and the bear, who came to me as if expecting something.

"Great job, you two! You did it amazingly!"-I said while patting both creatures' heads. "Ready for more?"

"Awooo!!!"

"Growl!!!"

Both of them excitedly said, and I immediately jumped on the back of the bear.

"Well then! Muninn! Lead the way!"-I shouted.

"CAW!!"-As if he was also excited, Muninn took flight with a high shout and went flying further into the forest.

This hunt just began.