The Moon Thief

Heinald continued to spend his days calmly. Every day he brewed potions and delivered them to the academy in exchange for Contribution Points.

His morale was a little low due to some of the information he had learned in the last days. He had not been granted access to the Ruthas Academy Library, which he had been eagerly waiting to enter, because he had not yet done a quest for the academy.

Moreover, even quests had a certain time limit for parts of the library that they could enter without spending Contribution Points. The upper floors of the library contained more valuable sources of information, and even spending a few hours there required a large amount of Contribution Points.

Another thing he noticed was that completing the missions given by the academy would earn a really good amount of Contribution Points.

Of course, by brewing potions, he earned more Contribution Points than completing the easy and safe quests given by the academy, but difficult and dangerous quests promised much more Contribution Points than his potions.

That's why he thought he could review some missions. After all, he was full of confidence, and his strength had greatly increased, especially after he became a Level 2 Ainsar.

After making his decision, he went to the academy's mission registry office. When the young woman who was on duty there saw him, she immediately stood up and bowed.

Heinald said, "I want to look at the current missions."

"You can check available quests from this list." The young woman handed him a list.

"Hunt five Sword Teeth Mountain Fox on Mount Boert and bring their heads as proof. This quest is suitable for Level 1 Ainsars. Reward: 130 Achievement Points."

Heinald frowned slightly as he read the first task on the list. He knew Sword Teeth Mountain Fox, it was a Magical Beast which had power equal a Level 1 Ainsar.

He was not at all interested in this task.

"Hunt the Flame Fur Mountain Bear in the Eastern Fold Region and destroy its lair. This bear is known to have high defense. This quest is recommended for Level 2 Ainsar. Reward: 210 Achievement Points."

Heinald shook his head.

"Find and destroy the source of unusual activity around Gilran Town in the east of the Poplar Wind Forest. Warning: A group with ten Level 1 Ainsar who went there disappeared. Also a Level 2 Ainsar who went there to do searching disappeared.This quest is recommended for Level 2 Ainsar. Reward: 5000 Achievement Points."

"This…" Heinald didn't know what to say when he read the quest statement. This quest had caught his attention quite a bit, but it also made him a little started.

The Ainsars who went there...disappeared?

After a period of indecision, he accepted the assignment. The duration of this quest was two months, obviously they did not want to squeeze those who accepted this quest in terms of time.

The Ainsars in the Potions Division were quite upset when they heard that he was leaving for the quest. In his absence, success rates would fall again.

Heinald didn't need to waste much time and left the academy with his dragon. However, Gilran Town would not be his first destination. He was on his way to Redsmoke Volcano, about 4,000 miles south of the academy. As a result of various researches, he learned that the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile had a chance to be found there.

Heinald arrived at Redsmoke Volcano after days of traveling. This volcano was huge, moreover, it was active. There was no eruption, but this volcano was constantly releasing toxic fumes and gases into the sky.

Heinald circled the volcano with his dragon and took advantage of his eyes to easily observe from afar. He soon noticed a kind of tunnel entrance on the slope of the volcano.

When he landed at the tunnel entrance, he told his Spirit Companion to stay away from the volcano. When Revakender listened him and moved away from the volcano, he took a deep breath and entered the tunnel.

Heinald began to walk cautiously through the tunnel. He knew he was taking a huge risk, heading inland to an active volcano.

Small pieces of stone on the wall were rolling as a result of the constant little jolts. A wave of pressurized heat was spewing through some small cracks.

If it were his bad luck and this volcano exploded, he would surely die. But he didn't think it would happen.

As he move forward to the end of the tunnel, he saw the tunnel curve to the right. He continued to follow the tunnel, was careful about all his steps, a single collapse could lead him straight into the devastating lava ..

The Three Headed Inferno Crocodile often lived in lava pools and lakes. He hoped to see a lava pool or lake at the end of the tunnel he was moving.

As he got to the end of the tunnel, he noticed that the tunnel curved to the left. It was going straight into the depths of the volcano.

"Shit!" As Heinald continued to walk, the ground he was stepping on collapsed as a result of a step he took. Fortunately he showed quick reflexes and was able to jump back in time.

When Heinald approached the collapsed ground and looked down, he didn't see lava, he saw ground again. After a moment of hesitation, he jumped down.

Looking around, he saw a lava pool a few hundred meters ahead and many tunnel entrances around.

He immediately started walking cautiously into the lava pool.

As he approached the pool, he began to feel the energy waves of a living being. The information he found as a result of his research must be correct, he must have found the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile.

There was movement inside the lava pool, and the flames leaped upwards. A giant crocodile with three-headed black scales emerged from the lava.

The crocodile's aura was suppressing his aura. The spirit of this crocodile was stronger than his spirit. Moreover, the environment was surrounded by a high amount of Fire Element Energy, this was the crocodile's advantage.

If Heinald had used any fire-based magic against this crocodile, he certainly wouldn't have been able to deal enough damage. He immediately took out a Shield of Fire Heart potion from the dimensional pocket of his robe and consumed it.

*Raghh!* Three Headed Inferno Crocodile roared and his tail turned into a fire whip and flew quickly towards Heinald.

He showed a quick reflex and dodges the attack by leaning back.

However, the crocodile's attacks weren't over yet. It started to flap its tail in rapid succession.

Narox appeared in Heinald's hand, quickly parried the crocodile's attacks. Every time his tail hit the sword, sparks and flames appeared.

Heinald sent Magical Energy to Narox and covered it with wind, then rushed towards the crocodile.

The Three Headed Inferno Crocodile threw a fireball in his stomach at Heinald, who was coming towards him.

Heinald quickly twisted the sword around his wrist and cut through the fireball.

*Shoushh!* A small residue of fire appeared when the fireball was cut by the wind-wrapped sword.

Heinald jumped on top of the crocodile and, before he went down, lowered his sword on the crocodile's right head.

*Clang!* When he slahed the head of the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile, there was the sound of two steels colliding and sparks. The scales of this crocodile were very hard and could not be damaged by the Narox.

The crocodile's middle head rushed towards him and wanted to split him in two in one blow. However, Heinald quickly rolled to the side and chopped his side torso horizontally.

*Clang* Again there was a sound as if two steels were colliding.

"Damn! His defense is so strong, it looks like I ca n't damage it with my physical strength… "Heinald gritted his teeth.

Fire started to burst out of the three heads of the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile at the same time.

Heinald immediately cast Whisper of the Wind and began to glide through the air. Fire blasts bursted out of the crocodile's three heads at the same time and went straight towards Heinald.

He managed to avoid the scorching fires with various movements in the air. When he landed, he immediately cast his spell called Indignation of Ice.

A freezing aura began to radiate from his arm, and an ice hand, waves of ice fumes began to move towards the crocodile like a tsunami. Flame blasts shot out from all three of the Crocodile's heads at the same time again, and they collided directly with the ice hand.

*Pvuff* When scorching fire and freezing ice collided, fierce elemental waves and intense moisture spread around.

At that moment, the Icysoul Potion had appeared in Heinald's hand, he quickly threw it away, and when the bottle crashed to the ground and shattered, an unimaginably cold aura emerged. This aura instantly started penetrating the crocodile's spirit and freezing it. The crocodile squirmed at first, then started moving and rolling like crazy.

Heinald wanted to take this opportunity and cast his spell called Indignation of Ice again.

The ice hand, covered with ice fumes from his arm, flew directly to the crocodile, and when it hit it, there was a burst of cold air that instantly surrounded the entire area with a thick layer of ice. The Three Headed Inferno Crocodile had turned into an ice cube.