Chapter 423 Run Out Of Time
The Crimson Crane had been a group that had been going on for a long time. Although they didn’t look particularly old due to their cultivation and their Qi, they had a youthful radiance about them.
They were a group unlike others that didn’t have a history, which was what was so impressive about them in this day and age.
They had to build up their clan’s reputation and their name from scratch. It was one of the reasons why they fought so well together.
Going through the hard trials they had also achieved this together. During this time, they had run into those known as Hybrids.
They were people who got trapped in other worlds, the other dimensions that were just full of beasts. Once in a while, a partial portal would open. People got sucked in, or they wandered in with the portal closing on the other side. When the dimension fully opened, there would be warriors that would come across them.
This situation was a rare one, and no one really knew if there were more hybrids. Because after all, if a portal door did close, after a dimension opened, how would one venture inside and find out.
However, there was one thing that was known about Hybrids, and that was their vast strength. The powers of the beasts they hunted.
A strong essence of the beast crystals inside their bodies, along with the Pagna warriors who cultivated.
Everything about Hybrids was improved. If a cultivator had a strong body, then their body would be improved further.
The super strength of beasts would be added to the already strong cultivator, and their already strong Qi would be further enhanced.
The thing was, there was another trait that was passed on with hybrids, and that was their bloodthirstiness. Beasts attacked each other on sight.
They attacked humans and anything they could see. It was why portal breaks were so dangerous, and it was why Hybrids were even more dangerous.
“He turned into a Hybrid, everyone be careful!” Alba shouted.
After finishing his transformation, Amir moved from his position, and with the large cleaved hand, he whacked it right against Kizer.
The sword had been lifted up, and protected him, but his whole body went flying back in the air. Tilon tried his best to grab him, but he too was pushed back, and the two of them tumbled across the ground.
Froma pulled several of her arrows and fired them toward Amir. When the arrows came close, the hard outer skin moved over Amir’s body.
It was as if it had a mind of its own. When it moved, it went to block each of the arrows. They didn’t pierce the skin and just fell onto the floor.
Seeing what had happened to Kizer, Alba moved towards him in frustration. She placed both of her swords in the X formation, and when getting close, unleashed her strike.
Lifting his clawed hand, Amir stopped it, the blades moving in between his fingers; he held her there still as if it was nothing.
“You might not know a lot about hybrids considering there aren’t so many that are out there,” Amir commented. “There are a number of factors that make one hybrid even stronger.”
“One of them is the level of the Pagna warrior. No matter what stage, if a warrior is made into a hybrid, both parts of the body will support each other.”
“A second-stage warrior would even be able to best a fourth-stage warrior. But you see, there are other factors as well.”
“The beast that has merged with the body, how strong is it? And what about the mind and skills of the user is part of the question,” Amir explained.
Alba’s eyes were opening so wide she thought that they were going to pop out of her head. She couldn’t believe it. All of the information she had heard about Hybrids, all of them had lost their minds, yet here Amir was able to speak.
“You’re shocked, aren’t you? This is just a small part of the world that you know nothing about!” Amir stated as he pushed her away with his strength.
When Alba skidded across the ground, she could see Elvlin going in with her glaive.
“Elvlin!” Alba called out. After witnessing a small part of his strength, she could already tell this wasn’t like the time they had gone up against the Light Faction Elder.
It was as clear as day; they weren’t able to win this.
The glaive was swung from above, but Amir used his leg, and he kicked it hard to the point where it had gone out of her hands. It went flying out into the distance and lost in the sand somewhere.
“I still have my warrior techniques as well; don’t you forget. Me, who perfected attacking with my foot techniques, was blessed with strong Hybrid upper body parts, the perfect combo.”
The giant cleaved hand went striking down. It was ready to go right across Elvlin’s chest. At this point, it felt like it was the end, and no one could reach her.
However, the cleaved hand started to change, breaking down into tentacles, and had formed around her, grabbing onto different parts of her body, attaching, sticking like glue to her throat and hands.
“I told you all before that we didn’t have to fight,” Amir said. “All of you were the ones that brought it on yourselves.”
“If you are working for coin, for Alter, then it is not worth risking your life. Just tell me where the boy is. I promise him I will do Directly support the authors on WebNovel!
him no harm, I just have to ask some questions.”
Alba was wondering what to do; she didn’t want her clan members to die, especially now one of them was held in the enemy’s hands.
But how much could she trust this stranger? She didn’t want to do anything without Raze, but was it worth losing someone?
In the middle of her thoughts, a large arrow came out striking the substance between Amir and Elvlin.
At the same time, Kizer had come back, fiercer than ever, his sword glowing. This time, he thrust it forward as his two feet shifted.
The visual Qi made it look like there was fire in the air. At the same time, Tilon had smashed the ground, bringing up dust everywhere in the area.
From the other side, Lilly also relentlessly stabbed at the arm bit by bit, until all parts connected to Elvlin were let go.
Immediately, Alba snapped out of her daze, dashed forward, and grabbed Elvlin.
“Crimson Crane, everyone, this is not a fight we can win; disband and regroup!” Alba shouted.
Everyone knew what to do; it was their last hurrah because they had all come to the same conclusion as well, that they weren’t able to win this fight.
Running off, they had split up into different directions, and Amir could see this. He looked at the back of them all but didn’t do anything.
“Well, I at least was able to confirm one thing,” Amir stated. “That Raze is here somewhere.”
Slowly his body started to revert back to the way it was. The hard black skin was shrinking, the color in his eye was reverting to the way it is.
When he was finally back to his normal human state, instead of chasing after the others, he looked at the sky.
“We’ve all run out of time.”
Chapter 424 Trapped In Another World
?When Alba and the Crimson Crane had split up, they had gone in different directions. This was to give them time. For one, they were hoping Amir would be hesitant in who he would pick to chase, and then finally when he had made a decision, it would be too late.
The thing was, from what Alba could see, Amir didn’t decide to give chase at all; he just stood where he was while he went out of sight of them all.
‘It’s just like Tilon said back then, he didn’t give chase to the other two as well. What is he thinking, or is it because he knows we have to come back?’ Alba thought.
Without saying much, she knew the others would come back to the place where they had left. The place where Raze currently was.
When she arrived in the small village-like structure, it didn’t take long until she had seen the rest arrive as well, one after the other.
“Did he chase you?” Lilly asked.
“No, I didn’t see him go after me,” Tilon replied.
“I don’t think he chased anyone,” Alba suggested as the group were in the middle of discussing it.
“He might have not chased anyone, but I lost my weapon,” Elvlin looked at her empty palms. The glaive that she would use had completely disappeared, lost in the sand somewhere and too close to where they were fighting to try and get it back.
A few of her teammates patted her on the back, and when Tilon finally arrived, he let out a big sigh.
“Look, I really didn’t want to do this, but if it will cheer you up. The Dark Magus was meant to make me a shield next, but you can have my slot since you lost your weapon.”
“Wait, who said the Dark Magus was going to make you a shield, wasn’t that just your delusional big head of yours?” Lilly replied back.
The lighthearted atmosphere where they would joke with one another, Alba was happy it was still there after what they had been through, a clear loss on their end.
Heading inside the room, Alba was hoping that maybe Raze would be awake. In doing so, she could get some answers to just what was going on, or a direction, but she could just see Reno still sitting by his side on the floor.
“Judging from the faces of you all, it looks like the enemy was quite difficult,” Reno asked.
“Yes,” Alba answered.
“Was it because we didn’t have me and Cronker?”
“No, even if we had everyone, I doubt we could have bested him. He was a high middle stage warrior, I don’t think he was high 9 stage or anything like that, but he was a hybrid.”
Reno’s eyes widened, and that’s when Elvlin clicked her fingers.
“Right, that’s the same reaction we had, but imagine you actually seeing the man transform in person, and then having to face him, that wasn’t good at all,” Kizer commented.
“Yeah, my arrows wouldn’t even pierce his skin,” Froma said.
“And he stopped Alba’s attack with one hand, and I lost my glaive,” Elvlin joined in.
Reno could only imagine the strength of the person they had faced when hearing their stories. It did make him wonder, as a question had popped into his mind.
“Wait, if he was able to overpower you all like you said he did, then how are you all still alive?” Reno asked.
A shudder went through some of the members’ bodies. They thought back to the fight when they had gotten closer, when they had made eye contact.
At times, it felt like the hybrid could have done more; he could have followed up with attacks, but it was almost like he was trying to show them the difference in strength.
“This wasn’t like the hybrids we know of,” Alba explained. “He was completely sane, aware of his actions. Usually, a hybrid would go into a frenzy attacking everything.”
“Part of what makes them so difficult to fight is their relentlessness as they just push and push forward, trying to kill everything and anything they see, but he wasn’t like that at all.”
“Like you said, he let us live for some reason, and I don’t know why.”
Alba was looking at Raze, just laying there. He was certainly someone who attracted the attention of weird people.
“Maybe, I’m thinking that if Raze was handled by him, he would be in good hands, he would be safe from the Academy, but I don’t know and that’s the issue,” Alba explained.
The others knew how they were feeling. Why would someone let them go just like that? Even for Pagna warriors, not even hybrids, usually they would be chased down and forced to spit out the location of another.
“Have you ever heard of a group known as the Bonum Society, in the years you have been a warrior? It was something he had mentioned.”
The group looked at each other, but nearly all of them just shrugged their shoulders.
“It’s strange, right? I mean, the whole thing, and a group we’ve never heard of, even the fact that Raze can do these things. It makes me wonder if so many strange things have been happening in our world this whole time.
“We thought we were at the top, knew everything, but it’s starting to feel like we know less and less about our world, that the top is further away than we thought.”
The top, reaching the pinnacle, had always been Alba’s goal. Very few of the group knew the reasons why, but because she had helped them in their time of need, they were happy to help her progress with her goal.
“What I’m wondering is if the portal closes, will we be made into hybrids as well?” Lilly asked.
“Can that even happen? Hybrids are meant to be a form of beast and warrior,” Reno explained. “With the dimension boss dead, new beasts don’t seem to appear.
“Although we have no data, so we can’t be sure that can happen.”
In the middle of their talking, Kizer had been noticing something, an odd cracking noise. He had looked up a few times, trying to see what it was, but was unable to tell, but the noise continued and continued.
Then when he looked up again at the noise, he could see that part of the top bricks had been lifted up and appeared to be floating slightly.
“Hey!” Kizer punched Tilon who was next to him and pointed up. “You’re seeing this too, right?”
Tilon looked up, and could confirm that Kizer wasn’t imagining things, and soon everyone was looking above.
Immediately, Alba and a few others rushed outside. Froma wasn’t standing guard like she usually was since everyone was talking.
They thought this might be some type of power, but it was nothing like it at all. When looking up, they could see that the sky had changed.
It was still blue, but now it looked slightly warped, as if the clouds in the air were going towards a single point, and the buildings next to them, all of them, everything including the sand was being dragged upward.
It was happening at an incredibly slow rate though, one would have to pay close attention to even see that it was moving.
“What is happening?” Froma asked.
There was only one thing that Alba could think of.
“I think, the portal… it must have closed.”
Chapter 425 Breaking Through The Barrier
?Looking around, they could see it was mostly the area they were in that was affected. The strange warp in the air, filled with a light blue color, was centered right above them.
As they looked further out of the village, they could also witness that the top of the sandstone had yet to be pulled from its structure. So the strongest force of pull was directly from underneath them.
“The portal’s closed, did you just say the portal’s closed!” Froma shouted. “Then how are we meant to get out of this place, and how would you even know the portal’s closed?”
“It’s just a guess,” Alba answered. “We’ve never been inside a dimension when it’s closed, so no one knows what really happens.”
“One thing is clear though, no one from Pagna is able to get into this place. Maybe this is the reason why, because the whole dimension collapses in on itself.”
Alba’s words weren’t calming her clan members down one bit. Instead, there was a series of gulps coming from them all.
“She’s right, we’re stuck in here then, and if it collapses does that mean we will collapse with them,” Tilon expressed his worry, which was shown on all of the team members’ faces.
“We still have Raze, remember, and look carefully at everything,” Reno said coming out of the room. He had used some extra cloth that was wrapped around the sword to attach it to Raze.
Then he wrapped it around his own waist and was carrying him on his back. Meanwhile, he had the weapon that was meant for Raze held in one of his hands.
“He got us in here, remember his fight with Feebie. It was clear that the two had faced each other before, so he has to have a way at least to get back to the Demonic Faction, I wouldn’t worry about things too much.”
“Worry about things when there’s a giant hole, and a hybrid stuck here trying to kill us, I think we have the right to worry!” Tilon exclaimed.
“Look at the structures, they’re breaking at an incredibly slow rate, and the outer area isn’t even affected. It might take months before the whole thing collapses, I would think Raze would at least wake up by then,” Reno claimed.
There was another issue though; they couldn’t stay here for months. Although their main priority was to look after Raze until he woke up, they were meant to head back to the academy and help the others.
They could be in danger right now, and they had no clue because their informant, Cronker, was on the other side.
“Wait, are we sure that the hybrid is still in here with us?” Lilly asked. “If you think about it, he was defending the portal, right, he was standing right next to it.”
“Maybe it was because he knew this was going to happen. If the portal has closed, then wouldn’t he just go right through it before it happened.”
The words did make sense, but Alba feared that the hybrid was adamant on getting Raze for one reason or another. Possibly he had a way out of the place as well.
Not just that, but if the portal was closed, how long had it been since it had closed? They had been running away, and were inside the housing structure talking for a while.
The sky above could have changed slowly; maybe the portal had closed right after they had escaped.
“There’s only one thing we can really do. I think right now, we have to at least check if the portal really has been closed or not.”
“I know the other man is after Raze, but I think we should all travel together and stick close. If he catches us on our own, we could be killed on sight,” Alba ordered.
Even though he had let them go once, who knew why or what the reason was. It was better to be cautious, and she didn’t want to lose anyone right now, while strange things were happening in the place.
—
When the fight between Amir and the Crimson Crane had ended, he had thought about whether to chase the others or not.
The issue was, he knew that the portal would soon be closing. His mind was muddled; should he try to find Raze?
He was confident that Raze was a member of Alter, due to Charlotte and Himmy coming to meet him. He had seen them before.
At first, Raze didn’t interest Amir much; he was most likely just a low-ranking member attending the academy, as time went on though, Raze’s strength as a Pagna warrior was growing.
A growth he had never seen before, and strange happenings that defied what would happen to a warrior were taking place.
All of this led to Amir having more of an interest in Raze. It led him to believe that he might be more helpful to the Bonum Society.
In the middle of his thoughts, with his calm demeanor, he heard a little zap noise, and turning around after his transformation had ended he could see that the portal had closed.
Right after, he looked up at the sky, and could see a change was happening.
“This isn’t good. I don’t have a way out of this place myself,” Amir said. “While in this dimension, I don’t have a way to contact the others as well.”
Now Amir was even more perplexed with what he needed to do.
“I was also warned about this by the society. The most dangerous position for any Pagna warrior to be in was to be in another dimension once the portal closed.”
“I might have just condemned myself. It’s best to try and find a place to lay low for a while.”
Amir finally left his position, in search of another building structure or more to keep himself hidden, waiting for what the outcome was to be.
—
Eventually, the Crimson Crane, when getting closer, slowed down their stride. They were scouting the area, trying to see if the hybrid man was hiding anywhere, waiting for them to come out.
“I can’t see him; the place is pretty open, unless he’s buried himself in the sand or something,” Tilon commented.
“I don’t think that’s the reason,” Kizer rubbed his foot across the sand and could feel heavy sandstone underneath.
“The village areas have sandstone underneath; there’s just a layer of sand on top from the wind.”
“But this is where the portal was right, and I’m not sure about you guys, but from the looks of it, the portal is no longer there,” Froma pointed out to where the portal once was, where her arrow had gone through, and they could see nothing.
It was what they had feared; now they were stuck here. How long until their hunger struck them? How long until the dimension was destroyed, and how long until Raze woke up again?
“Come on guys, let’s go back; it’s dangerous being out here in the open. Who knows if that guy is hiding here or not,” Alba said.
The moment the whole group turned around, they all could see something strange occurring in front of them.
Sparks were going off in the air. They continued to grow in size until a large beam of energy had occurred, and right in front of them, they could see a circle portal opening up.
When it did though, immediately a person stepped through the portal, wearing a white-colored robe with gold clothing, and on the top of his hooded head was the large letter I.
Chapter 426 The Dark Mage weak?
The moment the portal started to open, Alba’s instincts had kicked in. Rather than seeing this as an opportunity for them to get out of here, or to possibly see if those from the academy had found some way to help them, she had decided to run back and get the others to come with her.
Due to the fighting between Amir and the Crimson Crane before, a lot of the rubble that was on the floor had been pushed back by the shockwaves. Because of this, they had piled up, creating high hill-like structures, mixtures of sandstone trees and sand.
When she moved, the rest moved with her. They weren’t quite as quick on the ball as she was, but they just decided to follow their leader.
Peering through the gaps in the structure they hid behind, they saw a portal open up.
“Hey, what are we doing back here, shouldn’t we run through the portal?” Tilon asked.
“And what, just take it to some magical land filled with snow? We have no idea where those portals will take us,” Lilly replied.
“Not just that, we know that no one has figured out how to get back into dimensions once the portal has closed,” Reno commented. “Remember, we were all surprised that Raze could do such a thing in the first place, which means we can’t just trust who comes out of that portal.”
They first saw a single man step through, or at least the shape of a man with his broad shoulders. It was hard to tell due to the hood that was covering his face.
Immediately though, the clothing they had on their body looked strange to them. All of it, white with a gold trim, and on the top of their hooded head, a large I.
They were coming in one after the other and had some type of structure and order. As they came in through the portal, they were lining up and waiting for the others to come into the world.
In the end, there looked to be around fifty people. Once in a while, there was one that came in that looked slightly different compared to the others.
Rather than a rounded hood, his hood would have a sharp point. These ones seemed to be giving the orders to the others, telling them to move and stand back.
Then there was the last person who entered through the portal. Wearing a well-fitted blazer covering his body. It was in the same fashion as the others but no hood.
His light-haired face and neatly shaven beard could be seen by all. On the pocket of his blazer just above, he had the same symbol as the rest of them.
“Their clothes,” Kizer whispered. “Doesn’t it kind of remind you of what the Dark Magus looked like when we first saw him as well?”
The others had to agree, and there was something else that was similar to the Dark Magus. After everyone had entered through the portal, it had closed up behind them.
“These people, they’re different from us,” Alba commented. “We should be careful; we have no clue what it is that these people can do or why they are here.”
“I don’t know if they’re related to the Dark Faction or what, and if they can do the same thing as the Dark Magus, I don’t think we stand a chance against them.”
The members, in their heads, were already imagining a battle with multiple Razes. The strange powers they had seen him use, and the weapons he had created.
It would be near impossible with how many of them were present.
“Alright, everyone!” The man in the blazer spoke. He wasn’t shouting, but his voice was being projected loudly to the point that everyone could hear him, including the Crimson Crane.
“I don’t want to spend longer than a week on this project. Do as you usually do, split up into groups and search the area.
“Any artifacts that are above the unique level are to be reported to your team leaders, and the team leaders are reported to me. You know the rest of the rules!”
“I know I am not usually out on these expeditions with you, but due to a certain incident we had in the past, I have been called out, but please just get on with your task as you usually would.”
After the man had finished his words, he then placed both of his palms towards the floor. Right after that, a strong gust of wind blew out of them, and his body was lifted into the air.
The wind had stopped blowing out of his hands, but he was still in the air; he was practically flying.
“What in the heavens is this!” Elvlin’s mouth was left wide open.
They had heard of Divine beings able to fly on weapons and such. Or travel hitting the air to give it the image as if they were flying, but there was an important fact in both of those.
When in the air, they had to be constantly moving; if they were just to stay still, then gravity would affect them and pull them down to the ground.
Right after, the palm of his hands he used to propel himself, and the man in the blazer was off in a particular direction.
“Isn’t he heading to where the Dimension boss was defeated, I think that’s where we spotted it,” Tilon mentioned.
“I think you’re right,” Lilly agreed.
“Well, that’s good, he seemed to be the head of these guys, and most likely the strongest, and he’s able to do things that we haven’t even seen Raze do,” Alba mentioned.
The group continued to watch, and groups of ten mages with their captains, were heading to different areas.
They had all split heading off into another direction one by one; that was until there was one group of ten mages left in the current area they were in.
“Alright team, fan out, don’t let any stone be left unturned! You heard what Eston said; we need to be done with this dimension in an entire week.”
“It makes no sense,” one of the other mages replied. “If we look at the sky, this dimension will still be open for at least two months. Why do we have to rush this search?”
“Didn’t you hear, the last team that got sent out, they were wiped out and killed by someone.”
“Wait, are you serious? Isn’t that impossible? I mean, unless another guild has figured out how to enter these types of dimensions.”
“That’s why Eston is here; you know he works under Idore; he’s a 6-star mage, so we should just listen unless we too want to be killed.”
Listening to everything that was being said and what was going on, Alba eventually let out a relatively large sigh.
“You’re worried, right?” Reno said. “I can tell what you’re thinking. From the look of things, these people can use powers that are similar to that of the Dark Mage.”
As Reno was saying these words using their powers, the groups were moving rubble without even touching them. While others were using a mixture of other powers, doing the same.
“You’re worried, what if the Dark Mage is just one of these people that had shifted over to our side of Pagna? What if he was on the run because he was far weaker compared to the rest of these guys?”
Chapter 427 Warriors Vs Mages
“Hey, hey, hey!” Kizer said, shocked to hear Alba’s words. “Are you really thinking that? I mean, you did so much to get someone like that on our side, and now you’re thinking he’s nothing special.”
Her stomach sank when Kizer had said those words out loud, but after seeing what she had seen today, she couldn’t help but think that way.
“Everything we knew about the Dark Magus, the strange powers he had, his ability to open portals, and his ability to craft special items, these were the things that made him special,” Alba explained.
“There was no one like that in the world of Pagna that could do it. Now that I think about it more, it would make sense. These dimensions are linked to other worlds in the first place.
“Just because we have never heard reports of people being found in these other dimensions doesn’t mean they didn’t exist. More so than likely, the reason why Raze can do different things to us is because he is from these other dimensions and is like them.”
“The powers that we have seen these guys do are the same as the Dark Magus’. He helped us defeat the Light Faction Elder, but if it was just him on his own, he would have failed as well.”
“Then we meet the Dark Faction Academy Vice-principal, who is an incredibly strong Hybrid. And the Dark Magus even fell to the Lethal Bite Clan head.”
“I can’t help but think, what if someone who was extraordinary to us might just be someone ordinary from the other world, someone who we happened to come across.”
With these thoughts, she was doubting her decision-making. She had agreed to all of the favors of Raze because she thought he was special and worth keeping.
“I understand how you’re feeling,” Reno replied. “It’s normal to have doubts, especially when we’ve been pushed into a situation like this, but we aren’t ones to break our promises, so for now, let’s keep it.”
Shaking her head, she knew that they had to get out of the current situation they were in. It was only a matter of time until the mages started to search the area they were in as well.
There were seven of them, and eleven doing the search. They could take them out one by one, surprise attack them.
Or they could try to sneak out of the area. If they did, they might run into others as well. Similarly, if they fought back, then they could end up going against around fifty of them.
“There looks to be nothing in this area. Honestly, I think a village used to be here, and it just got completely destroyed,” the mage said. “All we’re doing is moving rocks from one area to the next.”
The leader with the pointed hood moved towards the center and placed his hand on the ground.
“If a village really was here, then sometimes artifacts are underground. Tombs that might even have lingering beasts protecting them. Let me see if I can catch any movement,” the man stated.
The sand gently moved around him as his eyes were closed.
Seeing this, the Crimson Crane members were wondering what their best move was.
“I think we should get out of here and hide, unless we want to face an army of those guys, hide as long as possible until Raze is awake,” Alba ordered.
Right then, all of them felt something strange, a slight shifting underneath their feet. It was subtle. Not a large amount of movement and was only for a few seconds.
All of them looked at each other at that moment. To which immediately Alba started to gather the Qi around her swords.
“There are people here, quickly send the signal!” The squad leader ordered.
“Ignite, twirl of fire!” He shouted. Immediately, from the palm of his hands, a large flame erupted and was spinning out like a vortex going straight for where the others were.
It was large in size and crashed into the debris and sandstone, causing an explosion.
The Crimson Crane members covered themselves as they jumped to the side, and the debris went off in all different directions.
When the dust settled, they finally could see the mages, having turned around and looked at them, and all of them in plain view as well.
Right then, before they could stop anything, one of the mages had shot into the sky a large light beam. It continued going up, and then when it reached the sky, it exploded looking like fireworks.
“This isn’t good, this isn’t good at all!” Alba said.
She had turned around, thinking of running, but the moment she did, a large wall had interrupted in front of her.
Meanwhile, several beams of energy were shot the group’s way. She swung her swords, hitting the beams of energy which exploded on impact.
The attacks were strong, like powerful shots of energy, but they didn’t quite harm the Crimson Crane members.
The shots of energy went to each of the members, but Reno somewhat had his hands full holding onto the sword, and with Raze on his back. Coming in the way and blocking the attacks that were sent was none other than Tilon.
“Don’t worry, I’ve got your back,” Tilon mentioned.
“They’re warriors, and they seem to be strong ones, be careful!” The squad leader ordered.
Ice started to form from the side, as one mage had his hands on the floor. It had encased Elvlin’s feet, holding her still.
But Kizer, slamming his foot on top of the ice with Qi, managed to shatter it.
“Thanks for that one.”
Lilly with her spear, she had tried to make an exit for the group, stabbing the large wall behind them. She had obliterated and shattered it, but the moment she had destroyed it, it started to rise again blocking their way.
The Crimson Crane were still under fire by a large number of different spells. They weren’t powerful like that of when fighting a middle stage warrior; it was more difficult for them.
They had no idea what these spells could do. How much they would hurt, or the nature of them. It was tricky for them to deal with.
It was like fighting against the Light Faction Elder, different versions of them, and although they were all weaker than the Light Elder even in terms of magic, it was annoying.
“What do we do!” Tilon asked.
Alba stood in front of them, all the beams of energy coming towards her. She swung her blade, hitting them one after the other, and then jumped from where she was.
They continued to attack her in the air, as she pounded all of the beams away with her Qi-infused swords. She landed right on top of a mage, swinging her blade.
The strange clothing almost rebounded her swords, but she pushed forward with even more Qi, stabbing right through the chest of the mage.
It was bloody; the mage’s mouth was filled with blood before he passed out moments later.
Without hesitation though, the other mages nearby continued to use spells attacking them.
Alba spun her body with her blades, creating a tornado of Qi of her own. It deflected the spells used against her, as she had rushed back with her group.
“If they want to keep us here, then there is only one thing we can do; we have to fight back. Let’s show them the strength of us warriors!”
