Chapter 10: Defied Spirit?

Woosh!

A figure moved fast through an eerie black forest in the middle of a mountain range, tearing through the terrain like a sword let loose from its scabbard.

Looking closely, one finds a young man in a red suit who was sitting cross legged on a Giant Golden Lotus that was floating in the air.

They flew quickly across the terrain as low-level magic beasts usually avoided crossing their path.

"Hmm, it's quite unnatural even for one spirit to appear in such areas….

But for a whole horde to appear? If it is indeed what I am thinking what it is, then I should move as quickly as possible."

Atreus was a little excited and apprehensive at the same time. His current destination was the Stygian City which was ruled by a Rank 2 Summoner.

Currently the City was under attack by mindless low Rank 1 Spirits, they were a few hundred in number and only appeared in the night.

Night Blade Spirits! They were good in stealthy attacks and had already caused some damage to the mortals in the city.

Looking at the dire situation in the City; The City Lord had called for support from wherever she could.

After traveling for more than a hour, Atreus arrived at the city. Looking into the distance stood a large white wall about 20 Meters Tall and in front of the massive gate stood some mortal guards led by a low Rank 1 Summoner.

"They must be really exhausted." Atreus thought as he looked on towards the gate. He was surprised to see that they managed to spare even one summoner for guarding the gate.

He willed his Spirit and quickly floated towards the gate.

The mortals around the gate quickly grew dazed at his sight and they reverently stood at the sight and bowed down. The gap between the mortals and the summoners was very high here.

The Summoner at the gate was short brown-haired Lady. She looked towards Atreus not surprised at all because a lot of summoners had been coming towards the city after the 'incident'.

"I cannot tell what level he is at!" Now she was a little shocked because usually only low level 1 Summoners had been gathering here.

She moved forward and clasped her hands in greeting.

"Sir is?" She inquired.

Atreus descended the Lotus and called back his spirit.

"I am from the Demon Chaser Sect." He replied crisply.

She was now stunned and then slowly started to realize the uniform he was wearing. She wasn't a hundred percent clear on uniforms but the demonic badge was very famous around here.

Growing more respectful she bowed and brought Atreus to inside the city.

"I will inform the City Lord at once. We will be sure to make arrangements for your stay-"

Atreus nodded allowing her to do as she pleased because he wanted to learn about the situation from the City Lord himself.

Soon enough an accommodation was arranged for Atreus near the City Lords Mansion in the Centre of the City. It was large House that was very luxurious in nature.

Atreus refused for any attendants and then set out to do some business in the city.

He walked through the city looking at the modest buildings around. And as he began closing in to the market district the buildings started to get grander and more pristine.

Atreus quickly arrived in front of a large emporium.

"Purple Gold Pavilion", it was quite a big building and was really large in nature. It catered to Summoners.

Atreus walked inside walking up to the attendant, an orange haired young man who was High 1 Rank Summoner.

"Do you have any extremely rare Rank 1 Ice-Fire Type materials?"

The attendant who was looking down into a register looked up to see who was making a ruckus. But quickly grew shocked as he glanced at the uniform of Atreus.

As the attendant of such a large trading group he was much more informed than normal summoners.

"Gosh! Is it someone from the Inner Circle of the Demon Chaser Sect?"

He quickly bowed down in respect and said, "I am not sure I am qualified to attend to Sire, let me call the manager for you."

Then he quickly ran inside as an Old Man followed behind him. He was Rank 2 Summoner! The same as the City Lord!

Rubard was a little surprised to hear that someone from Inner Circle of the Demon Chaser Sect came here. As he looked at the young man, he quickly felt his jaw falling to his ground.

He quickly ran up to Atreus shocking the young man. The Old Man bowed down, "Please forgive me for being rude. I didn't expect that a Master from the core would come here."

Atreus nodded and repeated his request. Rubard quickly brought him to the top most floor to a VIP Room.

The young man on the other hand just stood there feeling goosebumps all over his body.

"Hell! Someone from the Core came."

In the Second Floor the Old Man stood in front of Atreus.

As beautiful female attendants began bringing out some valuable Ice-Fire Type Materials.

Rubard laughed a little depreciatingly, "Ha! Ha! My little store only has three materials that may interest sire."

Three Materials stood in front of Atreus. One was glowing ice stone with a flame inside it, the second one was White Blue Flower and last was snow powder that was burning.

"The first is the Riveting Stone, it's a rare magic mineral and costs about 1000 Mana Stones. The Second is the even more exotic White Flame Lily, 1300 Mana Stones. Last, we have the essence of burning powder, 2000 Mana Stones."

Rubard smiled thinking that such 'cheap' items wouldn't interest Atreus much.

Afterall even with his 'weak' Rank 1 cultivation he was still a member of the core!

Atreus struggled to maintain his composure, "He calls this cheap…...!"

He inwardly rolled his eyes and sighed in his heart. Indeed, to real members of the Core this was but a drop in their wealth.

"I would like the Riveting Stone." He asked.

Rubard nodded and quickly packed it for him.

"Since sire is such a distinguished entity, we will give you a VIP Card that can be used in all our branches."

He gifted Atreus a purple card that was glowing. This card gave a 20 percent discount to Atreus!

"This saves my allowance by quite a bit." He had just received his second allowance and had already almost emptied it.

Rubard was also a feeling a little despondent.

"How many VIP Cards do we even give out? Even I am not qualified to give a VIP card but since the situation was so abnormal, I contacted a main branch and they told me to give out this card."

Atreus quickly went back inside his abode and began to refine his Core Spirit to High Rank 1 Tier with his new purchase.

"This way my strength would get me another assurance and the Freezing Flame will become my trump card."

It couldn't be helped. Usually, it was best if he could also ascend his Crazed Devilman to Higher Tier.

But his finances were too stretched and only barely managed to get the Golden Lotus to mid-tier too.

Time passed as night fell and Atreus raised his Core Spirit to High Tier. Then he quickly fell his strength increasing as filth began to seep out of his body.

"Cleansing achieved!" Atreus quickly took a bath to clean himself. After advancing once more his body had been completely purified his skin glowed as his handsomeness was enhanced by another level.

He also grew stronger with enhanced senses and a large mana pool.

Knock! Knock!

"Come in!" Atreus said as a butler looking guy walked in.

He bowed and said, "The City Lord has arrived to see you."

Atreus nodded and began to go towards the Living Room. He had expected this visit.

On the Sofa sat a Blue Haired Middle-aged lady that looked somewhat charming and above average in terms of looks, Sofia the City Lord of the Stygian City.

Sofia greeted Atreus with some pleasantries before quickly moving towards to the matter of concern. It couldn't be helped, if not for the identity of Atreus she wouldn't have even come here to greet him.

Atreus also didn't want to waste any time and quickly asked all his main points of concerns.

As he listened he grew more confident in his guess.

"This is the birth of a defied spirit!"

What were defied spirits?

Well, defied spirits were in a sense mutation of normal spirits. Usually, a new species would be birthed when a lot of spirits of the same kind started to gather together.

But this would happen in a calm and secretive manner. Rarely though once in a blue moon some anomaly happened and the new species failed to form. Instead, it mutated into an anomaly causing the other spirits to grow aggressive.

"I must get it, no matter what the cost is!" Atreus gaze grew determined as he excused himself from the City Lord.

He called upon his Golden Lotus and flew into the Midnight Sky ready to hunt whatever came in his way.