The team is composed of 5 cultists members. The Soldier, the Assassin, the Hunter, the Mage, and the Healer.
The role of the Mage is to only cast support and defensive skills. They are forbidden to use offensive magic due to its lethality that may lead to accidentally killing an unwanted target, having the difficulty to kill again. They have to be careful of saving their kills or they will have to bail out early.
The role of the Healer is also support but they are proficient in the art of healing. Their main ability is to heal injured people that can be saved. They are viable when it comes to saving an unwanted target so that it will cancel out the kill count. They aren't exactly saint as they happen to fill their vials with blood as payment, and would rather decide not to save the first victim and just kill them on the spot.
The mission for this particular team is to support the Elf Tribe Palissandro. The reason for this is because of the monster month has come and monsters will be rampaging until three days has passed after it started. Palissandro Tribe is one of the civilization that is close to where the Altare Cremisi Church is built. The benefit of helping them is stopping the monster invasion from entering the Altare Cremisi's territory, as the cultists cannot kill the beasts themselves due to the absolute rule. They need someone else to do their business and slay the beasts.
Right now the main army of the elves are in expedition and they are not expected to come back to defend the tribe from monsters when the monster month starts. That means it is the Palissandro Tribesmen will be defending themselves without proper training. Young elf men eagerly trained for combat and the older elf men are preparing the defenses for the tribe. The elf women are busy taking care of the concerned elf children. The cultists are observing from the shadows.
The orders is that they will only help in the day of the monster month. They must never interfere with the elves for any reason. They can kill their animals but they must never to be seen. If they did get spotted until the day of the monster month starts, heavy punishment will befall to them. The cultists are very disciplined and will never break orders.
The Healer prepared ointments and bandages for the fight. They had to sneak in and out and collect various herbs to create a healing salve, which will stop the bruising from hurting. The Soldier trains to control their strength. Training for the opposite reason is harder than it looks but they have to do it because they cannot kill more than one beasts in the monster month.
The Hunter assembles their traps deep in the woods without the elf knowing it. Their role plays the big part for they are the better candidate for this mission since they will be fighting in the middle of the woods. This will allow for the Hunter kill as many beasts as they can because the curse can only happen when they directly kill their target. One of the loophole that the High Priest found due to their deep understanding for their God.
The Assassin in the other hand, is observing the elves from the shadows. He noticed that a female elf is looking at his direction. He changes location to avoid being spotted. But only that elf can see him clearly. He is thinking that the plan is compromised and he lets down his companion. Yet no other elves are alarmed by his presence. The Assassin wonders why the female elf didn't report it. He cannot kill her because of the orders he received.
The Mage got bored and decides to poke fun at the Soldier. They scorched the Soldier's skin using his magic. The Soldier got angry and chases the Mage. The Mage disappeared before the Soldier could catch up. They had to find the Healer to put ointment to treat their burns. The cultists are mere mortals and they just do have infinite lifespans. That means that they will die when they get killed. The Mage is obviously have the appearance of the child. The childish personality must be the way for the Mage to cope his loneliness.
Makes sense, this particular child wanted revenge but failed to achieve to do so. They got the power for nothing. It is not like they wanted to become a hero of justice. Even if they worked with their fellow colleagues, the Mage can't quite feel satisfied because of their assistance for them. They may be old and wise, but their heart remains young.
The Hunter is finished making the stage and returned to their companions. All the cultists formed a strategy meeting for their actions. The Assassin mentioned about the particular female elf who always noticing them even though they are out of sight. They cannot harm any of the elves. The Soldier suggested they will be in the front line with the Palissandro Militia, preventing the beast to kill them with all they got. The Assassin and the Hunter will be on the lookout for the pack leaders. They will kill them if necessary. The Hunter had to carefully shoot their crossbow loaded with arrows that are coated with anesthetic. They might accidentally kill a beast before they were put to sleep.
The Mage will be casting strengthening buff for the Pallissndro Militia, while weakening debuff against the beasts. The Healer will swiftly rescue injured elves and use their batch of ointments and bandages to relief their pain. They will be doing this until the main forces of the Palissandro Tribe comes back and kill all the beasts for them. All agrees to this plan. They have to wait for the day of the monster month, which will happen tomorrow from that day.
A day has passed and there are strange noise happening in the woods. The first wave of the monster invasion fell to the Hunter's trap. Since the traps are assembled the way it didn't require for him to detonate it by himself, it is considered an environmental trap that exists. When beasts fell to the pitfall trap, they didn't count as a kill for the Hunter. The monsters have become wary of the traps. Majority of the wave have been wiped out without ever reaching the Palissandro Tribe. But there are some monsters that got pass the traps and they are a threat to the Palissandro Militia.
Behind the scenes, the Mage casted buff magic Accendere, which boosts the physical traits temporarily for 1 minute. The Palissandro Militia feels stronger and they successfully hacked the monsters that rushes towards them. Whenever there are strong looking monsters, the Mage will cast Spegnimento to the monsters, which is the opposite spell of Accendere. The Militia are quite confused of what happened but their morale are boosted as they successfully driven few beasts away from the tribe.
The second wave has arrived and this time has humanoid monsters like goblins, trolls, and orcs. They carry weapons and very experienced in fighting. Most of them fell in the Hunter's trap. But even so, these monsters are well composed and was able to reduce their chances to be killed by not making the same mistake. They soon able to figure out where the traps are laid. They have destroyed it by slamming the unnatural ground with the club. The monsters roared and head to the tribe.
The Palissandro Tribe are determined to defend their people. The Mage does their best to protect them from the rear. It is the Soldier's turn to shine since he is more used to combatting with humanoids rather than beasts. The elves are alarmed because the appearance of a human. But they needed help against the invading monsters so they had to trust him for now. The Soldier uses his bare hands to knock out monsters without killing them. Some monsters went through him and attacked the Militia, but was fended off.
The trolls threw spears to the Militia. The Militia had to brace for the attack and ducks down. A few got hit and got injured. The Healer shows up and quickly aided the wounded. The Assassin looks for the leader of the monster invasion. He spotted a hobgoblin by the back lane. He jumps from tree to tree until he is above the target. In quick seconds, the Assassin assassinate the hobgoblin and retreats from the shadows. This caused mass confusion among the goblins and panics. The Soldier appreciated the support.
The Hunter in the other hand, shoots arrows that is coated with anesthetic at the monsters that have high authority. He is poking damage then leaves before he gets spotted. He also used a stun grenade and stunned the enemies with the grenade's shock power that can put an elephant out unconscious. The second wave got eliminated and a third wave has emerge. Only few fell in Hunter's untouched trap and they are much stronger. The Hunter cannot keep up and so is the Soldier who is getting pumped up. The Assassin already killed a general so he cannot kill again. Casualty of the Militia has begun and the elves are having hard time pushing the monsters back.
The Soldier had to release their power and killed a general with one powerful punch which exploded and blood showers on a large area, making it very bloody. The exploded corpse smells so horrible that it bothers the Soldier and forces them to retreat. They are working with the Militia to push the invading monsters back.
The Hunter ran out of arrows. This troubles them because they wouldn't be able to support the Militia from the back lane. He jumps down and had to use his bare hands to knock the enemies down, especially the beasts ones that the Soldier couldn't knock down. The Soldier isn't really grateful but they thanks the Hunter for the support. The Mage cannot cast Spegnimento because of the numbers of monsters that quickly invade the barricades. They just keep casting Accendere for the Palissandro Militia. Casualties start to ramp up and the Militia is getting overwhelmed.
The Healer quickly saved a elf from being chomped by wolf beast by killing it with their ceremonial knife. They proceeds to do their job and save everyone who are able to survive from the invasion. The Assassin throws smoke bombs coated with chili peppers to distract the monsters. Trolls are very sensitive to spices, which hinders them alot and unable to proceed to attack. They will either drop down or retreat for safety.
The invasion still goes on until the sound of the horn can be heard. Arrows suddenly rained down from the sky and hits anything it lands to. Multiple targets are subdued and it also accidentally hit the Soldier from behind. They let out a painful scream and falls down. Purple blood came out of the wound and he doesn't move. The Palissandro Tribe are shocked to witness this unfortunate event.
A group of elves appeared and draws their bows toward the incapacitated cultist. They are shouting harsh words about trespassing their lands. The other four cultists shows up and glare at the group who hurt the Soldier. They won't be able to kill the archers because they already killed except for the Mage. The Mage is very angry and is about to cast a lethal spell towards the elves. But the Hunter stopped them from doing it. They cannot let their emotions hinder their mission. The Mage couldn't argue and gives up.
The Militia are very angry with the group of elves. They are the Palissandro Warriors. They are the one who are trained to protect the tribe from harm against outsiders. They are very hostile. It shocks them that their own tribe are mad at them for saving them. The Militia explained how the cultists helped their tribe against the invading monsters in monster month. They have killed one of their benefactors. The Palissandro Tribe are frightened about the consequences of what they have done. The cultists look away and drag the Soldier's body out of the view. The Tribe sees how sorrowful their benefactors are, for paying their help by murdering them in cold blood. They didn't mean it, but they are very regretful.
Outside the view the Soldier sits upright and asked the Healer to pull the arrows out of their back. They complains that they turned into pin cushion. The Healer chuckles and pulls the arrows out, then applying ointment at the wound. The wounds sizzle that the Soldier had to feel the painful burn. The wound then closes themselves for thirty seconds. They are thankful that they survived, though they made an unnecessary drama scene they created, which by the way, the Mage is cringed because the Soldier acted like they died on the spot. It gave them a heart attack. The Soldier laughs it off and they remind their companions that he can take more hits because they are tough, which is true.
The mission is completed and they successfully prevented the monsters from annihilating the Palissandro Tribe, which helps the Altare Cremisi from getting invaded by multiple targets that eventually kill them because of the absolute rule.