I'm The supreme Fairy King

'It won't,' the old man firmly said, 'your energy will be like a fountain coming from the underground. You'll enjoy endless power for as long as that monster lives.'

'Hmm... What about its hench monsters then?'

'It's working alone,' the old man reassured him, 'such a predator won't have anyone on its side.'

'That's great,' Jim said, 'but you still didn't tell me what that monster looks like? It's abilities?'

'I can't tell without seeing it,' the old man said, 'but one thing I'm sure about... that monster has something to attack the soul and drain magical power off his opponent.'

'A thorn perhaps?' Jim thought, 'or a tail ended with a needle? Like scorpions?'

'You are thinking all wrong,' the old man said, 'these are forms of poisonous monsters attacking the body. This one is different.'

'Then?'

'It must have a tentacle that's totally formed of fog,' the old man said, 'this is the only way to hit the soul.'

'Fog?' Jim was surprised to hear that, 'then we are looking for a fog monster? Then what about draining the magical power?'

'It must have another tentacle with a fluid base,' the old man said, 'moving around like a small branch of a river.'

'You are saying weird things old man,' Jim couldn't help but sigh, 'such a monster does really exist?'

'Back in my days they were common monsters, not as rare as in your time.'

'Did they die?'

'Killed in the big ancient war,' the old man said in some hatred, 'they were one of the elite forces the dragons used to slay the fairies.'

'Oh... That's reassuring,' Jim muttered, 'fighting something that even mighty fairies of ancient times couldn't handle.'

'We... weren't ready,' the old man bitterly said, 'plus they were mainly used to kill races supporting us. You, humans, suffered great losses on their hands.'

'Humans stood by the fairy side?' Jim was surprised to hear that, 'Aren't we weak?'

'No, that's not true,' the old man said, 'humans were strong, and up till now some human clans are strong.'

'I can't believe it.'

'Many races who allied themselves with us got severe retaliation from dragons and their allies,' the old man explained, 'after all that victory came on a grave price traitors had to pay back then.'

'Hmm...' Jim lost in thought for a minute before saying, 'then I suppose you know a way to kill them, right?'

'The only way is to face them with their own weapon,' the old man said, 'this is one of the reasons why teaching absorbing spells became forbidden in the academy.'

Jim suddenly realized something. 'Hold on, do you imply that this monster came by the orders of that bastard?'

'I won't dismiss such a thought,' the old man said, 'after all these ancient ones are considered the loyal dogs of the dragons... Like Seson monsters to the fairies.'

'Damn!' Jim didn't even think that the dean would go to such lengths to exterminate as many disciples as possible. 'I won't let him off this easily.'

'What can you do?' the old man sighed, 'you have to bitterly accept it. You are too weak to even raise your voice in front of such people.'

'I'll... get stronger soon.'

'Don't repeat the same mistake of ours back then,' the old man advised, 'no matter how strong and mighty you are, as long as you are alone you are worth nothing.'

'Strength is all that matters old man,' Jim argued.

'One man against an army can't be considered anything but a dead end,' the old man sighed, 'we thought... our individual strength was enough. However I can confidently tell you this is wrong. We couldn't kill all of our enemies and in the end we lost.'

Jim felt how bitter the old man was feeling towards such distant memories. Even after all these years, he felt the same taste of defeat like back in those days.

And Jim decided to not pursue this matter, at least for now.

"Let's go," Roger's loud voice came from the front, "the pit is there... Let's show that bastard what it's like to touch our boss."

In front of Jim a big jelly piece appeared before many started to jump over it. He was coming last, at the rear of everyone. So when it was his time, he found them gone down for a long distance already.

"They are so eager to kill it," he muttered before leaning on the edge and preparing himself to jump.

'Watch out!'

Just before he could jump, the sound of the old man came all of sudden to startle him. Jim didn't even wait to check around as he pushed his body fast to the back, rolling over the ground for meters before stopping.

"What happened?" he glanced around but didn't see anything.

'Can't you see it?' the old man said before hurriedly adding, 'damn! It has a stealth ability as well.'

"What are you talking about?" Jim felt more vigilant. He took out a lightning ore before activating his spell the next moment. "Tell me more," he demanded.

'It's right there,' the old man said, 'it's sticking itself to the walls and ceiling of the cave. Damn it's a huge worm!'

"Worm?" Jim tried to see anything beyond the pit level but he couldn't. Everything there looked normal, dark and filled with rocks. "Are you sure it's there?"

'Just finish your spell and you'll be able to see it.'

Jim nodded before letting his sword into the ground. He could sustain for more time but he was eager to see his foe.

The next moment his body was covered with the normal orb of lightning.

Then the entire world in front of him totally changed.

"Damn! It's blocking the entire pit!"

In front of him, a giant shaped monster was there. It filled almost the entire cave space beyond the pit opening that was now filled with many fog and liquid-like tentacles. "It has more than one tentacle of each kind."

'It's the Mornoth monster,' the old man said in a gratified tone, 'out of all ancient monsters, that beast was here... You have a hard battle ahead.'

"I'll kill it as we agreed," Jim slowly said.

'It's not enough,' the old man stopped him, 'that monster had more than one life inside it.'