The Impenetrable Hide

~ Time Skip ~ 7 years Later

Frey POV

Bleargh! "You'd think after 7 years of travelling the world on a boat you'd be used to it by now." Says a man standing next to me. His name was Sven, he was captain of a Viking merchant crew, I had hired them for my journey with some of my father's wealth.

"I don't think I'll ever be used to this shit, how much longer until we land?" I ask him.

"We should get to Patras soon, give it some time." He says before asking me "are you confident about the information you got, I wouldn't want a repeat of what happened in Britain."

"How many times am I going to have to apologize before you finally let that go, how was I supposed to know that you could only kill dragons with magical swords, also if it weren't for me that dragon would've burned you." I tell him.

"And if it weren't for you half my crew would still be alive." He says in irritation.

"Ok, I'll admit going after a dragon might have been rash but hey at least we all learned a lesson didn't we, don't use magic on dragons, they can absorb that shit, now next time you face a dragon you'll know not to bring a witch with you." I say to him.

Sigh "This mission better be worth it, we've travelled back and forth across all of Europe and some parts of Africa and Asia and we've still yet to find any creature worth capturing, we've only come across weak and useless creatures like bridge trolls and leprechauns, and whenever we do come across strong creatures they are usually too good at evading capture like the Unicorn back in the Kingdom of Alba or they're too powerful like the dragon." He says in exasperation.

"Trust me it'll be worth it, from everything I've heard a massive lion-like creature has been terrorizing the village of Nemea, this creature can only be the Nemean Lion from the myths of Herakles' Labors, though I doubt its the same one probably a descendant." I say to him.

"A Nemean Lion!! You mean the one with the impenetrable hide, and you expect me and my crew to go after it, how are we even meant to kill it?" Asks Sven.

"I have a plan for that, a Nemean Lion's weakness is its mouth, someone will need to play bait, when it's about to eat the bait I'll put it in a quick paralysis spell and you can shoot it with a magically enhanced arrow I will give you." I explain.

Sigh "You're lucky you pay us so much kid." He says.

~ Time Skip ~ 2 days Later

It took us around 3 hours to get to Patras and from there we met up with a merchant from Nemea, he was the one who had informed me of the Nemean Lion, we had crossed paths around 3 months ago in Spain and he heard me talk about hunting magical creatures and asked for my help in saving his village.

After meeting with the merchant we travelled for almost 2 days before finally reaching our destination the village of Nemea.

"Adras, I'm going to need a detailed map of the forest and a general location of where the Lion's hideout might be." I a dress the Merchant.

"Of course I have one on me right now."He says before fishing the map out of his satchel.

"Hmmph, can your ppl spare any meat?" I ask him.

"Of course Frey, anything for the man helping our home, I'll ask the village head to prepare a wagon of meat right away." He says before rushing off.

"Sven when he returns I want you and your men to set the meat in the areas I've marked on this map." I ask him.

"And what will you be doing." He asks curiously.

"I'm gonna be setting up the trap." I tell him before walking into the forest.

~ Time Skip ~ 4 hours Later

All the preparations were complete, the crew had scattered the meat around the forest leading to an open area where I had a boundary spell prepared, Sven who was beside me on the hill overlooking the area had his bow in hand along with my magically enhanced arrow.

"Are you sure that'll work Frey?" Sven asks me nervously.

"Trust me this plan is flawless, we're finally gonna be able to get one." I reassure him.

Grrrrrr "It's here, everyone down." I say after hearing a low growling sound.

Out from the forest appears an enormous 8 ft tall lion with a magnificent golden mane appears. It slowly makes its way through the clearing eating all the pieces of meat left I'm its path before it crosses into the chalk circle. Instantly an invisible barrier pops up, the lion starts to roar trying to escape clawing against the barrier to no avail.

"Now time for the bait." I say, I quickly draw a circle on the ground with chalk before entering it and sitting down in a meditative pose. I bring out the map of the forest and dangle a gold plummet above the lion's location on the map, I grab a red crystal from my pocket and start channelling it while reciting the incantation.

"Sang bis najit trouver. Sang bis najit trouver. Sang bis najit trouver." I repeat and my astral form projects itself inside the boundary spell.

"Hey there buddy, be a good boy and die for me please I really need your hide." I say to the lion.

The lion turns around to face me before lunging at me with its claws, it harmlessly passes through my body. Angered the lion continues to try again and again. 'Its hide is highly resistant to magic, I need to tire him out first before performing the paralysis spell on it.'

"Now!" I shout out to Sven, just as the lion is lunging towards me its mouth facing Sven's location, I paralyze him in mid-air and Sven's arrow hits, instantly killing the beast.

Huff, huff, huff "Shit, that was a lot more tiring than I thought it would be, but we finally did it." I tiredly breathe out. 'I finally fucking did it now I just need to skin its hide, burns its bones, and preserve it for the day of the immortality funeral, that's the only day I'll be able to perform the enhancements.' I think to myself before hearing screaming from behind me.

"You crazy fucker, you fucking did it!!" Yells Sven making his way down the hill.

"Was there ever any doubt, I told you I could do it and I did." I tell him.

"Well, I guess this is it, you'll probably be returning to the new world now that you've accomplished your goal." he says with a hint of sadness in his voice.

"Slow down there buddy, you're not going to get rid of me that easily, I may have found a creature to help me in my goals bug that was only half of the reason I went out on this journey."

"Half? Then what's the other reason?" He asks me.

"My baby brother, he's destined to die, I need to find a way to save him, no matter the cost, so what do you say one last adventure?" I ask him.

"What do you have in mind?" He questions.

I look at him and smile. "What do you think about Phoenix hunting?" I say to him.

A.N : hope y'all enjoy this chapter and like the way I'm going to enhance the mc.

Current ages of characters :

Mikael - 50

Dahlia - 47

Esther - 43

Freya - 25

Frey - 25

Finn - 24

Elijah - 20

Klaus - 18

Kol - 15

Rebekah - 14

Henrik - 9

Sven - 39