It was Asura's second time in Era. The first had been when she passed it on the way to Crocus to pick up Rei and now, this, the second time, when she had left Crocus and had been called to the city that housed the Rune Knight for a quest. The blonde roamed the streets of Era, glancing in awe at the street-ways and the stalls and the shops that were set up throughout the town. Rei followed right next to her, wagging his tail, gleefully as he was just glad to be out and about. Although Rei had spent a lot of time in Era, he hadn't ventured out much and so, the Umbreon was indeed, quite excited to be finally, witnessing the city where he had spent a good portion of his life.

The duo swept across the streets, on their way to a particular destination to meet a certain well, entity. Asura had already been briefed about what she had to do however, meeting their client would be a sure way to confirm and get the plan in action. It was her first time heading on a mission with Rei and she was excited to see what her little companion had in store.

Finally, the two reached the headquarters of the Magic Council where they requested to meet Daragast, the one who had supposedly, sent out this mission that had one way or another, reached Asura. The blonde woman and her companion were led to a small conference room where they were told to wait. Rei immediately made his way to the window, glancing outside through his ruby orbs, in excitement as Asura just sat, smiling at her companion fondly.

A few moments later, the door creaked and Rei altered himself just as Asura turned around to see a small dragon-like creature enter the room and make his way to her. "Good afternoon. Ms. Nightshade, I presume? I'm Daragast, pleasure to meet you." Asura nodded her head as she shook the creature's hand, a little surprised at who he was. Nobody had informed her that their client, who supposedly, held some form of authority in the Council was a....dragon? Shaking her thoughts aside, she stood up straight and said, "Good afternoon, Mr. Daragast. I'm Asura Nightshade and this is my companion, Rei. We're here at your service." Daragast nodded after casting a look at Rei and sat himself down on the city opposite the blonde as she did the same.

"Now, I'm sure you know why you're here. They must have briefed you." He said to which she nodded and Daragast held a somber look on his face, "We've received reports that a wolf has supposedly escaped after brutally killing its master and now seems to be on a hunt. The wolf goes out at night and unfortunately, we've suffered a few causalities already. The public are growing fearsome. I need you to find this wolf and finish him for once and for all, is that understood?" Asura got up and saluted as she nodded her head. Rei immediately scampered over to the blonde, looking warily at Daragast as he followed the blonde out of the room. "Don't worry, I'll make sure he doesn't see another day again." She said, exiting the room, on her way to her hunt.

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20% WC Deduction due to Adventurer Class

Fast forward to underneath the rays of the moon that eclipsed over the town of Era, the young blonde and her companion roamed the streets, their eyes on alert and their footsteps soundless. It was scarily odd how empty the city was at this time of the night though, considering the circumstances, Asura doubted anyone would want to risk themselves getting maimed by a wolf. At this point, it seemed as though the blonde and her companion were the only ones out and about as the streets expanded their seamless silence. What should have been foreboding with the abandonment of the area didn't seem like much to Asura, who seemed relatively bothered. Her reason for this being Rei. Her companion was a darkness type on which meant that it was during the night time that Rei worked the best and where all his abilities could show their truest potential. Unfortunately for the wolf, Rei was probably far superior than him and the feline's instincts especially, in the night were not to be degraded.

And so, Asura walked behind Rei, letting him guide the way as his crimson eyes glanced repeatedly through the streets that they were venturing upon. Whether Rei was going in the right direction or not, Asura was unsure however, what she did know was that she'd follow him while keeping her own eye out for any type of mishap or sudden noise that she could hear.

About an hour or two had passed with the two aimlessly moving around the town and Rei was starting to get restless at not being able to find the wolf. Asura bent down and patted his fur as she attempted to calm him down and it seemed as though it was working as the Umbreon was leaning into her touch. However, that diminished soon enough when Rei's yellow markings started glowing and the Umbreon rushed towards a particular alley of Era. Asura, slightly taken aback, was a little late to reaching him as he stood at the mouth of an alley, in a fighting stance. "Rei? What happened?" The blonde asked as her gaze strayed over to where his was and she saw what had compelled him to come here.

There, in front of them, in all its glory, was the wolf, feasting upon a person. Asura could feel herself starting to feel sick as she gazed at the sight just as the wolf seemed to notice the two and bared his teeth at them, growling, preparing himself for battle. Asura forced herself to not look at the person in front of them and focused on the wolf as Rei's markings seemed to get brighter with each passing second. The wolf stepped back for a bit, it being clear that Rei's presence was emitting fear into the wolf's heart. Looking at that, the blonde pointed at the wolf and said, "Rei! Get him!"

The Umbreon jumped into action, lunging at the wolf just as the wolf realized and ran towards the side, heading towards Asura's direction with its fangs bared and teeth ready to snap her in half.

However, before the wolf could get to the blonde, Rei jumped into action as he suddenly stopped and ran behind the wolf, about 5 meters away from it and opened his mouth, letting a black beam shoot out from it, heading straight for the wolf's direction. Just as the wolf was about to reach Asura, she jumped to the side, letting it be engulfed by the Umbreon's attack as it got hit and withered to the ground, whimpering. From what Asura could see, Rei's attack had caused blunt damage to the wolf however, not enough to actually take it down. "Rei! Finish him off!" The Umbreon looked at the blonde as he seemed to glow heavily and just as the wolf was about to get up. Rei neared the wolf yet again, and opened his mouth again to fire a ray of darkness towards the wolf which seemed to engulf it. Asura knew what Rei was doing and she sent him a nod as he looked at her before, ending the battle by lunging at the wolf and clawing at it, raising cuts in the wolf.

At this point, the wolf was all but drained of energy as it lay on the ground however, it was still moving lightly, whimpering. Although a part of Asura felt pitiful at the sight, as soon as her gaze traversed to the woman who lay there, dead and in pieces, a form of anger took over her and she looked at Rei. "Do it." She muttered before the Umbreon pounced on the wolf, slashing him continuously with his claws until the wolf finally stopped moving and lay still.

The blonde let a sigh escape from her lips as she looked at the now dead wolf in front of her. Rei, himself, was covered in the blood of the wolf and Asura bent down to pick the feline up as she left the scene and was on her way to the Council. There, she met Daragast again and informed him of what had happened, whom had immediately sent some Pages to the scene to collect the remains of the wolf. The had called back, telling Daragast as well as Asura who was cleaning Rei up that the wolf was indeed, dead and that they were disposing of his body and trying to find who the woman was and her family.

Daragast had merely replied with a confirmation before focusing on Asura as he lightly smiled at her. "Good job. I'm assuming your companion helped you out a lot seeing his condition." Asura wanted to interject saying that it was Rei who fought the wolf however, Daragast seemed to not be interested in the details as he waved his hand just as she opened her mouth. "I don't really care about the details, just that the wolf is dead and gone for good. Here's your reward for your work." Asura gratefully accepted the reward and left the Council, heading back to the inn she was staying at. Her work here was done, she would be heading for Hargeon next and as she looked at Rei, walking beside her, she smiled lightly at him and said, "Thanks for your hard work, Rei. I couldn't have done it without you." The feline just wagged his thick tail and nuzzled against the blonde's leg to which she laughed and picked him up, walking the rest of the way.