…Meanwhile…

The Lockwood's weakly stared at this kid in disbelief…

[Wasn't this kid meant to be dead?] They thought

For a reason this boy's eyes were different, it contained more power now and more importantly, the bond that was broken simply means this kid is officially a lone wolf unless he decides to rejoin the Lockwood family on his own terms this time.

While the others were shocked, Francis wore a grim expression on his face, the change in eye color, the sudden almost perfect control of his power only meant one thing. This kid actually died and made contact with Death, apparently, he found a way to form a bond with his guardian spirit. This also meant that the kid has acquired the knowledge which he desperately sorts to keep him away from.

Oblivious of the numerous eyes on him, Derik drifted into his own thoughts as he stared at the bow in his hand. Truly his guardian spirit was right, all this while he has been using magic and living the life of a mage, he felt like something was a mission but now this bow was in his hands, the skull quiver on his back and the bone crossbow on his waist, he felt alive once again.

On his way here, he asked the guardian spirit a few questions concerning magic creation and to his greatest surprise, he found out that the previous host, Francis' sister was a guardian knight whose favorite weapon was the spear, so upon receiving this power she created the bone spear spell.

Deciding not to waste any more time he created a couple of spells which for some reason amused his guardian spirit, but he chose to leave the questions for later. The part of him being the devil is something they seriously have to speak on. For some reason, Derik suspects his soul is d.a.m.ned to spend eternity in the underworld, like his guardian spirit…

Shrugging it off, Derik regained his focused and returned his gaze to Cornelius who seemed to have pulled out all the arrows, but residual death energy slowly escaped his wounds which refused to heal.

Cornelius silently cursed this little boy as he realized the kind of situation he was in right now, possessing the wolf blood and power in him, injuries this kid will deliver is something he cant heal from easily, unlike the nature mage, meanwhile the kid seemed to possess such a terrifying magic, even now his body ached badly due to the numerous injuries he has sustained so far. Deciding not to linger around any longer, Cornelius made a decision.

This battle has gone on for hours and its almost midnight, all he has to do now is kill this kid and escaped since the remaining 'potential' foes are incapacitated, staying here any longer is not advisable

"Stella and Fred… You killed them I presume?" He asked as he took a few steps forward trying to shorten the distance between him and Derik, knowing the weakness of all archers.

Hearing the old man's question, Derik shook his head in disapproval and spoke

"I wish I did… They managed to escape but I doubt they will be able to recover from the injuries they sustained… I reckon it will take months or even a year before they can return to their peak forms…" Derik said casually, not minding the fact that the old man was getting closer.

"Thank goodness…" The old man said as he breathed out. "Well then… I'll be killing you first before I chase after them" He announced.

BAM!!!!

The moment the man said this, his red eyes glowed even brighter and he flew towards Derik like an arrow. Upon arrival, his palm was already own and the muscles in that hand began bulging, with veins popping out everywhere.

Woooooooooos.h.!.+

With one swing, this old man attempted to take off Deriks head with a single slap but to his greatest surprise, his target was already airborne by the time he arrived

"Consecutive Shots!!!" Derik roared as he fired two shots almost at the aim time, which dug deep into the old man's shoulders, this made the man fall on one knee. Before the man could even scream in pain, Derik was already on his shoulders, standing on the bone arrow which sank even deeper.

Using this as leverage, Derik jumped even higher this time and multiple bone arrows appeared around him.

"Low-Level Bronze combat technique: Shot series!!!" He roared and unleashed numerous bone arrows on this old man. As the arrows. .h.i.t their mark, one after the other, the man was forced to retreat continuously.

After less than 20 seconds of a.s.sault, the man could barely stand or even see. Two bone arrows dug deep into his eyes and even after pulling them out, his wounds refused to heal. What shocked him the most was the power each and every arrow contained. To be defeated by a fourteen-year-old demonic archer. He who has lived for close to three hundred years

"What insolence!!!... I refuse!!!" Cornelius growled in anger.

Relying on his prior knowledge of Derik's position, He prepared for one final attack and threw himself at the boy with all his strength.

Seeing this Derik remained calm and pulled the string of his bone bow but there was no arrow in his hand….

"Ooo G.o.d of Death, lord of the underworld and ruler of all d.a.m.ned souls in it, hear the plea of thy faithful servant and burn thy foe with the unquenchable flames of h.e.l.l, even thy ashes will not remain… Death magic: h.e.l.l flame!" Derik said with confidence

At that moment a purple magic array appeared in front of the bow and before Cornelius could strike, a torrent of purple flames poured out, completely consuming the old man.

Getting knocked back the torrent of purple flames, this man roared in pain and still dashed towards Derik, determined to take the life of this kid

Seeing this, Derik let go of the bone bow, which turned into darkish purple flames and vanished. Quickly, he pulled out the crossbow which hung on his waist and then pointed it at the incoming foe

"Death Beam!" He said

And a magic array formed at the tip of this crossbow. Instantly a black beam of energy shot out, blowing the elder vampire away.

Everyone watched as the elder vampire rolled on the ground and struggled for a while after which he stopped moving. The darkish purple flames which engulfed him kept burning until only ashes were left

"Death says hi…" Derik said with a satisfied smile on his face as he stared at the ashes of this man which was later blown away by a gust of wind…