When Shogi woke up he was greeted by the system. "Urgent quest. Learn about the Dullahans past. Failure could result in the annihilation of Armadia with an 85% chance . Rewards new skill, upgrade an ability plus 5 to every stat. "Urgent quest. Defeat the Dullahan. Failure could result in death with a 90% chance. Rewards new feature, plus 5 to all stats, new ability. Shogi was excited until he read the contents of all of these quest and was shocked. He never received any notifications of a penalty for any other quest. Reading Shogi's mind the system said "the quest all have categories and any quest with the Urgent quest label is deemed as something the host should pay attention to because it will largely impact the world or the host experience in this reincarnation. "
Shogi got dressed and went to class as normal until while sitting in class he saw the Dullahan come into the classroom through the wall and upon coming in its eyes glowed an even brighter red turning into crimson flames when it saw professor Nightshade leaving its head on professor Nightshades shoulder. Maximus looked at Shogi and said "we gotta do something " Shogi looked at Zen nodding his head and whispered to Maximus "I think I have an idea" Shogi got up heading towards the door when he activated spirit talk something strange happened. Memories flashed into Shogi's mind as he was seeing through another person's eyes living their experience. "I can't imagine a day without you. I say we leave Armadia and start a life together" said the man. The woman who was a beautiful High elf with the most fair skin even by elf standards looked him into his eyes as tears fell down her cheeks and said " Oros I love you but you know my father is sick. As much as I love you I love him and until he is cured I cannot.." She couldn't manage the words from her lips as she began crying with more vigor Oros held her closely saying "Shhhh easy now relax. I'm sorry. that was careless of me. I know of a remedy us wood elves hold dear and it is a treasure that can cure any ailment. I will fetch the ingredients. I will see your smile return Sylph" Sylph smiled with less tears running down her face "you promise" She said hugging him tightly. Oros embraced Sylph even tighter while looking her in the eyes "I promise if it's the last thing I do" kissing her savoring every second before he departed.
Oros collected the ingredients from the forest first since he was so close and then went off into the mountain pass to collect the ingredients and he had everything for the remedy in a matter of moments. He began mixing the herbs together and used the innate ability of all Wood elves' nature magic to infuse mana into the remedy until a fragrance can be smelled as he scooped it into a vile with a smile he could hear chuckling at the entrance of the cave and it was Professor Nightshade with Lyser as they talked to each other Nightshade said " Your like a prophet with these things man. How did you know he would do this after we poisoned her dad?" Lyser chuckled and said " I'm not liable to divulge that secret but you can chalk it up as intuition." Rage was plastered on Oros face as he realized he was betrayed and they waited until he drained almost all of his mana into the remedy. With the last bit of mana he had left he used earth magic to send the remedy out the cave underground and stalled for time talking. "What do you have to gain from killing me". "Everything" said Lyser with a sinister echo to his voice that even made Nightshade flinch. Lyser began a monologue " For as long as I could remember in my tired existence of 700 years us dark elves have been the boot lickers of elven society. It doesn't make sense because we are in a sense the same. One day on my patrol a group of humans outnumbered me and I could have easily taken a few to the grave with me but I heard a faint whisper say this is your chance and before long we were in talks of how to bring down Armadia. Forming Shade an organization with a quiet leader that can bring any country to its knees. The best part is Armadia doesn't even know they've been infiltrated. We are everywhere. To answer your question about why you. The answer is simple, you would make a great Dullahan. I have been blessed by two gods far more powerful than you can imagine. Draining your strength with that remedy was just a precaution" Lyser let his magical energy radiate burning like a dark flame enveloping the cave continuing talking "as you can see I have more than enough energy to defeat the likes of you. Now Die." Oros reached down and used the earth from the cave to erect a thick wall as Lyser blasted through it. Oros would erect a new one until finally the remedy arrived at Sylph's residence. Oros happily used the last of his mana to erect a really thick wall as he absorbed the energy in the earth elements around him. Lyser blasted through saying "That is getting really annoying" Oros then used earth magic to seal the exit turning it into spikes and blasted wind magic that looked like a tornado pushing Lyser and Nightshade into the spikes. Nightshade was really scared until Lyser said "Negate" canceling Oros magic. Oros then charged them only to be hit with a spell by Nightshade saying "Largo" after this Oros moved so slow that he looked like he was suspended in time as Nightshade said "us Dark elves have this nifty little ability that allows us to slow people down and not to brag but after I joined Shade I received a blessing that is to kill for no pun intended." After this they began typing a letter. When they finished the letter they showed the contents of the letter to Oros as a tear could be felt rolling out of his eye. The next thing that could be seen was Oros' vision getting blurry as he watched his headless body drop.
Shogi woke up and heard Urgent quest complete Learn about the Dullahans past. Shogi felt his stats increase as the system said new ability unlocked Spectral Absorption. Shogi got up as the nurse stopped him saying she wasn't sure what was wrong with him. He said I'm fine I need to get going. When he left the infirmary he saw two figures in the waiting room. One being Zen and the other being Maximus. Zen said what happened, Shogi said I don't have time to explain we need to go to the headmaster's office now. When they arrived at the headmasters office they could see the Headmaster leaving with a group of professors as they tried to talk to him he said "I'm busy". As he used his hands to shoo them away. When Zen tried to say something else The headmaster said "Chronos" but Shogi was faster and said "Holy armor" while his friends were frozen in place he looked at the headmaster and said It's about the Dullahan and it's worse than you imagined. The headmaster looked at the professors and said "hurry up and get to the meeting room. I will be there soon" Headmaster Drakus waved his hands undoing his spell as he walked to his office and said " Come on now, quickly." When everyone got in the office he looked at Shogi and said "Speak halfblood" Shogi was too pressed for time to even worry about his slander. Shogi looked the professor in the eyes and said "I have an ability called spirit talk which is probably why I can see the Dullahan. The Dullahan appeared in class today and when I walked up to it I believe I saw a fragment of its memory." The headmaster retorted "how does that help with anything?" Shogi said "because I believe someone is controlling it." The headmaster said " Preposterous how?" Shogi then explained his vision to everyone and the color looked drained from Headmaster Drakus face.
Headmaster Drakus began trembling, saying "This is a big deal because the Dullahan is in its infancy stages. You 3 should be able to handle the Dullahan but wait until later around 7pm. I will schedule a meeting with Nightshade after I report this to the council. The meeting will take place in the classroom. This tool will aid you in getting the Dullahan to appear. This is called a Woe crystal. It is a very rare item that when smashed on the ground has the ability to make the closest person to it the target for a brief moment." Headmaster Drakus calmed his nerves and said to use the arena to deal with the Dullahan. I must report this to the council immediately." Everyone exited the room and headed back to their rooms.
The night was stalking around the corner and Shogi grew nervous with every creeping second so he decided to call forth his status screen to kill time. The host host stats are as follows Shogi Lvl 7
29 strength
32 stamina
32 agility
30 vitality
32 dexterity
245 mana.
Skills
System Lvl 1
Reincarnation Lvl 1
Spirit Talker Max Lvl
Swift Lvl 2
Mana scan Lvl 1
Holy armor Lvl 1
Mana Sight Lvl 1
Nature Magic Lvl 2
Spectral Absorption Max Lvl
Detect Demon energy Max Lvl
React lvl 2.
Blessing
Verus Deus
Shogi asked the system what is Spectral Absorption and the system replied "The ability to absorb Spectral beings adding their essence to your own"
Shogi heard a knock on his door and it was Zen. when Shogi opened the door Zen said "do you want to go to the arena a little early?" Shogi said "yeah because I'm a little nervous. Fighting something that could possibly kill you is different from sparring or fighting in the safety of the school." Zen nodded his head in agreement saying "It's going to be my first time too" Shogi noticed Zen's hands trembling. Shogi was relieved that he wasn't the only one afraid. Being afraid made Shogi feel like a coward. Fear was a weird sensation considering he would just end up back in his body on Earth anyway. As they entered the arena they could see Maximus already there making minor preparations. When Zen yelled out in anger "what are you doing we never discussed this" Maximus looked at Zen and said calmly "relax these are just blast crystals imbued with pure mana I have a couple more and some mana potions if you all need any. Shogi inched forward saying that spell from earlier really took a toll on my mana supply if you don't mind" Maximus threw a blue vile at Shogi that brought him speedily replenished his mana.
Zen was in a better mood after he realized what Maximus was doing saying "we will start at 7pm on the dot." They discussed scenarios and how they wanted to execute the plan. 7pm was here and everyone was in place deciding to have Maximus smash the crystal since he was the strongest out of all of them. As the crystal smashed the Dullahan could be seen bursting in screeching with red flaming eyes.