My Soul card is a Reaper

The next day morning, at the Death clan village, elites were seen gathering at the Hall of Missions, located in the same building as the Hall of Judgment.

In the list of A-grade missions, a new one was added. This was a personal mission from Azzy, meaning it wasn't issued by the clan and the rewards entirely would be provided by the heir out of his own pocket.

While the mission only stated that it only involved labor work and didn't need fighting ability but had to be proficient in controlling their attribute, the rewards were something that even other elders were tempted to accept. If not for minding their status, they would have done that.

But then again, they can't be blamed either. The one who completes the mission can choose either a customized rank-8 weapon a piece of armor of their choice, or a one-time use activated-rank-9 skill card of defensive type.

At the same time, they also wondered why this was only included in the A-grade list, meaning the minimum amount of soul power to accept it should be atleast 1 million (rank-6) to accept this mission. Just based on rewards, one would expect it in atleast S-grade. Maybe, it is because there is no risk of death?

Adding on top of that, it was clearly stated all the participants must go through a test at once, out of which five to seven members will be selected by Azzy.

By the end of the day, an unprecedented number of 47 members accepted the quest and all of them gathered at Yellow Pavilion by the dawn of the next day.

The most notable of them all was Avia Night, the judge who was feared by many. The other notable presence is the elven princess, who was technically not part of the clan but since this isn't a clan mission anyway, Azzy asked her to apply as he doesn't want to see her as someone playing favorites.

As everyone was checking out each other in order to analyze their chances of making it to the top 5 or 7, Azzy arrived at the arena with his father.

Everyone went onto their left knees in unison upon witnessing their clan head. Vesyrn nodded with a smile and gestured for them to get up, informing them not to mind his presence.

He flew away to the stands and took a seat, becoming a spectator.

As everyone's attention was shifted to Azzy, the latter then spoke, "The test is simple. Each one of you will get 2 minutes. In that time limit, you just have to attack me using energy techniques or soul skills. Apart from the SP recovery card and healing card, nothing else is allowed. Of course, there won't be any counterattack from me. I will be focusing only on defending. Now, who would like to challenge me first?"

His words were met with a response from Avia before anyone else.

The moment she raised her hand and stepped forward, everyone else backed away. Her cold expression made it harder for them to compete against her. They let them fight.

Azzy went away tens of meters in a single jump and gestured for her to proceed as soon as he landed on the ground.

Avia quickly summoned her Arcana and charged forward at her peak speed without any hesitation. In just a couple of seconds, she covered the distance between them and slashed at his neck.

"What!" Vesyrn stood up in a bit of surprise, but fortunately, it didn't hit the target. 

Instead, the dagger was stopped by two fingers, which were holding the blade, while Azzy stayed in the same position.

Avia commented, "I'm impressed, Elder Garcia. I thought you were going to dodge."

Azzy was already used to it. Hence, he didn't find it any uncomfortable when addressed in such a way.

He replied in a calm tone, "I was going to do the same if your aim is somewhere else, Elder Night."

After becoming the disciple of the guardian god, she too lost her status as his master. Hence, he too started addressing her in a formal way. Of course, part of the reason is her attitude toward his favorite grandpa, Oakley Night.

Avia was also accustomed to such a title from him and didn't flinch a bit. She wasn't surprised by how easily he stopped her attack. It was within her calculations. 

As Azzy released his grip, Avia poured more soul energy into her dual daggers, turning them into chains of dark energy before shooting them toward his body.

Azzy let his waist be captured by the chains, wanting to see what she had planned.

He expected Avia to swing her hand over her shoulder to slam him down, but the latter took him by surprise by transforming them into energy chains, which swirled around and captured him tightly, taking him by surprise.

"Ohhh, that's a veteran for you…" A majority part of the crowd appeared to be impressed by her tactic. On the other hand, some had darkened expressions. Reed Blood from the Blood clan was one of them. Watching how Avia outwitted Azzy, he muttered, "There goes a spot. Dammit. I need to act before the others."

Meanwhile, after capturing Azzy with dark energy chains, she clenched her fist and jumped at him. 

Just as her fist was about to be connected with Azzy's cheek, the latter showcased his flexibility by bending down backward while raising his right leg simultaneously to kick her in the abdomen.

Due to the vast difference in physique, Azzy's casual kick ended up blasting away Avia for dozens of meters and making her cough out blood as she rose to her feet again.

The shock was also clearly evident on her face. Since she was a veteran assassin, she instantly figured out the difference in strength between her and former student who isn't even 18 yet.

Following that, as her head started spinning, Azzy tightened his muscles and broke out of chains through brute force, "Congratulations, you passed."

"Eh?" "Huh?" "What the hell?" "It's not even a minute." "Does capturing him for a few seconds count as a win?" "What are his requirements?" "What is young master thinking?" "Young master cannot be partial during a fair contest. It's not fair." "Shh, he will hear" "Hey, don't you know that young master has a feud with her?"

As the rest of the challengers started mumbling over Azzy's decision with some of them being dissatisfied, the latter addressed them and gave an explanation, "As I mentioned in the quest details, I'm looking for those who are proficient in controlling their attribute. By the way, I will be selecting only one person for one attribute. If there are multiple candidates, there will be another round of selections. Now, who will come next?"

Azzy's explanation caused a bit of frenzy among the challengers. They didn't know what kind of task Azzy was preparing to do, but judging by his words and the rewards he was willing to pay, they thought it would be something worth remembering.

Meanwhile, Reed let out a sigh of relief as he realized there was no competition for him at all. He was the only one representing the Blood clan.

Since there will be more rounds in the future, everyone also became calmer and took their time instead of rushing forward in a hurry.