Draconic Ascension: Book of Reality and Spirits

Jack's POV

'What the hell?! What happened to them?' I thought to myself as I watched the 11 Hellhounds in front of me gather together.

'I didn't think this was possible but somehow, someone managed to bring dead wolves back as infernals. did they feed the wolves infernal cores and set an enchantment to go off when they die?'

^Jack we don't have time! I am setting up a barrier. Get out of there now!^ Brakos said to me through our telepathic link.

^i know but I don't think the teachers can handle this situation. It might be best for me to intervene.^ I said back

^Are you crazy?!^ Brakos shouted

^...^ I didn't respond

^Ok, fair.^ he said and sighed.

^I don't disagree but I can't do much. The big one is a Rank 4 Infernals while the rest are Ranks 1 and 2. You will need help.^ he finished

^Don't worry, I wasn't planning on hiding them.^ I said back with a slight smile and pulled out the Black Book.

I opened the book and a blue light flew out and a giant barrier surrounded the field of the Arena trapping both me and the Hellhounds inside.

The Hellhounds seemed to be on guard when I did this.

They could probably sense the Primordial Spirit magic on it and, thankfully, while looking at the teachers outside it was clear they couldn't.

I pulled a bag from my pocket and reached inside.

"Jack what are you doing?!" Araki shouted while banging on the barrier trying to get in.

 I turned towards him and shouted back "The teachers aren't able to handle this right now. I'm the only one who can kill them."

"What do you mean? Only holy magic can kill demons and you can't use it!" he shouted confused, frustrated and scared.

I noticed Ark, who still hadn't left, looking terrified and I said "Holy Magic isn't the only way."

"What?!" he shouted and backed away from the barrier.

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Ark's POV

I was terrified seeing Jack trapped inside the barrier with some Hellhounds.

Demons aren't common but all children learn about them. Demons are monsters from the underworld that prey on the people of the world and Hellhounds, though on the rare side, are some of the more commonly known ones.

Hellhounds are faster and stronger than the wolves that fought before. They are stronger, faster, smarter and one of the ones in front of Jack was a Direwolf that turned into one, now likely an Alpha Hellhound.

No one had ever heard of Wolf corpses turning into Hellhounds before, a zombie maybe but not a demon unless it was possession and this was clearly not possession.

I turned to the others nearby and watched them and looked for guidance in this situation.

Araki had backed away from the barrier and turned to Zek who raised his staff and they both tried using magic to get in but several small vines grabbed both their hands, stopping them.

"Don't bother you won't get in and even if you could, it would let the hounds out," Terra said as she ran over with her staff in hand.

"Who are you?" Araki said angrily.

"I am Terra Rondo. I am an old friend of both Jack and your father," she said to him.

Araki showed a sign of recognition as he realized who she was.

"Infernals can be killed by Holy, Domonic or 'Spirit' magic," Terra said emphasizing the last type.

"Yeah? So?" Zek said angrily as he wanted to help me as well.

"Why does that matter?" Araki said also angry

She turned to Araki and asked, "Did he never tell you?"

confused he asked, "Tell me what?"

Zek turned back to me and gasped "You've got to be kidding..."

They all turned and gasped as well.

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jacks POV 

(a few seconds earlier)

I turned towards the hell hounds and watched them and waited for them to move but for some reason, they wouldn't do anything but stand and watch me.

I moved around and gave a few openings but they didn't move. 

They seemed to be planning or awaiting orders.

I reached into a small bag on my belt pulled out some seeds and held onto them.

I opened the book and then proceeded to summon my spirits

"Summon Volt, Willow."

A circle of lightning appeared floating in the air and a small green one with leaves above my hand.

Volt jumped out from the first one, he had grown in the 10 years I had known him. It wasn't surprising as he was now a High Rank 2 Spirit and on the brink of Evolving.

He was about 3/4 the size of a normal tiger now, but blue fur was still soft and smooth but seemed to take on a more electrifying feel.

From the green circle, a tiny girl with pointed ears and butterfly-like wings sitting on a flower appeared.

She stood at about 4 inches tall and wore a small dress made from leaves and small red berries I can't even tell you where she got them from. She had long brown hair, tanned skin and emerald green eyes. 

This was Willow, a Nature Fairy I met a few years ago when in the woods with Terra. She is the same rank as Volt and is slightly weaker but doesn't like to admit it.

she is strong but does have some-

"HHHHIIIIIIIIII Jackieeee! How are you doing!" she said excitedly

-Quirks.

"Not now Willow, we have a problem," I said and pointed to the hellhounds.

"Oh?" she turned.

"Oh some bad doggies came to play?" she said and an evil presence could be felt from her.

I gave a light chop to the back of her head,

"Ouch! Why did you do that?!" she shouted angrily.

"We don't have time for your-" I started to say but was pushed away by Volt as one of the Hellhounds had snuck up on me while I was distracted by Willow.

I swung my spear and stabbed it in the eye but it moved away only suffering a small wound.

I glanced over at the viewing area for the applicants and saw everyone was watching in awe of my spirits.

"We can deal with this later we have a job to do," I said and we all got to work.

I threw the seeds in my hand around the arena and started to run away from the single hound but not away from the group who still hadn't moved.

Volt ran beside me while Willow sat on my shoulder.

"How long?" I asked

"80 seconds," Willow responded seriously

I continued to run and watched as the single Hellhound ran after me.

I then noticed its eye was completely healed from my attack.

'Shit! They have a high healing factor. I can't make halfhearted attacks and glancing blows.' I thought quickly and formulated a plan.

The hound got closer to me but Volt jumped onto it and attacked. They both scratched at each other but since this one was a rank 1 and Volt was almost Rank 3, it was heavenly outmatched and Volt won with no injuries.

Volt bit its neck and pulled out its throat. I quickly moved around and stabbed the crystal in its chest.

 It shattered and the hound was dead.

I turned to the others and noticed another hound had removed itself from the group and the same thing happened. 

I ran and when it got close enough volt attacked and I broke its crystal.

I didn't use magic as I was still limited on Mana like when I was a child so using magic unless necessary was a no-go.

When the second hound died I turned and saw that 3 hounds came and attacked.

This time I stayed my ground and held my spear calmly.

I didn't show fear or hesitation as I knew demons would use it to their advantage. The hounds came rushing, volt tackled one and fought it while the other 2 tried to get to me.

They were faster than normal wolves but were slower than the Direwolf so I could manage easily again 2, though I wasn't sure about more.

One pounced and tried to bite my neck, I moved my spear in the way and blocked its attack.

It bit down on the wood trying to break it or pull it from my grip but I wasn't letting go.

The third tried to take advantage but I saw it and dropped to the ground.

I was on my back with one Hellhound on top of me and another turning around to attack again.

I used my legs and kicked the hound on top of me where it hurt and thankfully it went down in pain.

'it's a good thing they are technically alive or that wouldn't have worked.' I thought to myself.

I turned to the other hound just in time to see it jump. While it was in mid-air I raised my spear and stabbed it in the head.

I knew it wasn't dead as its core was still glowing so I pulled out my dagger infused Spiritual energy into it and stabbed its heart, when its core went dark I did the same to the one curled up in pain.

'if I survive this I hope I keep the cores' I thought as Infernal Cores sell for a lot of money.

I grabbed my spear again and walked over to Volt. 

For some reason, the main group wouldn't send more until all previous attackers were dead, kind of like some old video game.

I killedVoltss with the core intact and watched what the last 5 Normal hounds and Alpha would do.

I watched as the 5 hounds started to move and attack.

'ok magic will be needed' I thought as they got closer.

Then I saw the Alpha start to move towards me and I realized this wasn't going to be an easy fight.

'Ok I can handle the 5 hounds but not the Alpha. Think Jack, think!' I thought as I tried to come up with a plan while I waited on Willow.

Thankfully I did not have to wait very long.

"I'm ready," Willow said

I nodded, thankful for the timing.

Fighting 5 Hellhounds was difficult as it is, but with the Alpha entering the fight things seemed to get even worse.

Thankfully time was on my side today and I was ready to win this fight.