For once, Raze thought that maybe when using the life and death cultivation technique that things wouldn’t go so strange, but it appeared that was not the case. There was a giant hole in the ground leading to the bottom floor.
The attack was relatively strong, even the bottom floor had been destroyed, and a commotion was already starting. The only thing this time was the fact that Raze hadn’t killed anyone by accident.
“What do you mean he wasn’t trying to kill you!” Tanya shouted, holding up her rifle and pointing it directly at Raze’s head.
“There are only you two in here, and he’s the one with the sword in his hand. There’s no way you’re telling me that you did that.”
Ponyo, the Pagna warrior in the Alter group, was on his knees, looking at the large hole from below. He was quite amazed by the strength of the attack and destructiveness. While looking down, there were quite a few people who were looking up.
They could see the Inn owner getting angry and pointing above them as well.
“Guys,” Ponyo said, but his words fell on deaf ears.
“No, it’s true,” Shing said back. “It’s hard to explain, but I think he just saved my life right now.”
“The key words you used right there is think?” Barlan replied. “Who knows, this young one might know illusion magic as well.”
“Guys!” Ponyo said once more, but no one seemed to listen.
That was when Marcus got involved. He felt like he was having a headache as he pressed his fingers up against his nose and eyebrow.
“Look, why don’t we all just-“
In the middle of his sentence, Marcus moved back fairly quickly. He had fast reflexes and pulled out his gun from underneath his shirt. In that instance, he pulled the trigger, and it went right through the head of the person that had attacked him.
Immediately, the man fell to the floor. The loud bang noise made everyone else now look at what just happened. They could see in the room they were in, a man in Pagna clothes with a gun in his hand, bleeding from his head.
“Did I just… kill a Pagna warrior?” Marcus said.
“I believe you did,” Barlan replied. “And there seems to be more on the way.”
“That’s what I’ve been saying this whole time!” Ponyo shouted.
Pagna warriors that were staying in the establishment were wondering who had made such a mess. They had gathered by the door, and one had jumped through the hole, swinging his sword at Marcus. In the end, the result was what it was.
“Why are they attacking us? We weren’t the ones that caused this mess,” Marcus shook his head.
“He killed him, he killed him with that strange device, get him!” One of the warriors shouted, pulling out their sword, and the rest of the Pagna warriors followed.
“Killing the man that attacked was our fault, and you know how warriors are,” Barlan explained. “Any excuse to flex their skills, and a chance not just to use their powers, but in the Demonic Faction, maybe even steal some coin.”
As the attackers rushed in, Ponyo was the first to enter and struck, trying to slash at them all. His sword was blocked by one, but soon another sword came swinging down; before it hit, another bullet, this time from Tanya, had hit the sword, knocking it out of the person’s hand.
‘That weapon is quite the strong one,’ Raze thought as he continued to watch what was going on.
For once, it felt like the situation was getting out of hand, and it wasn’t particularly his fault, at least partly.
“This situation is going to be a complicated one,” Marcus said as he continued to rub the top of his nose again. “They have seen us use things that we shouldn’t have, and unless we want a Deleter to get rid of us, we need to get rid of all witnesses.”
Marcus immediately lifted up his gun at that point and pointed it at the rest of the warriors; he fired one shot after the other, and with great accuracy, he hit them in the head one by one.
As soon as they were hit, they fell to the ground instantly dead. The warriors that were coming forward had stopped and frozen in place. They had no clue what weapon it was that they held and were worried that they would be next.
When Marcus went to fire again though, one of the warriors was able to stop the attack with his sword. He held it strong, reinforcing it with his Qi.
“Oh, that’s quite a skillful one,” Marcus commented.
However, right after stopping the hit, a large ball of water appeared over the man’s head. It stayed on tight, and when the warrior tried to breathe in, he was unable to, other than just water.
‘This is Barlan’s doing,’ Raze thought. ‘As suspected, he specializes in Water Magic, which is quite annoying to deal with, although it is interesting to see how they deal with this situation.’
Raze continued to watch the group, and surprisingly, the one that was most effective was Marcus. He was the group leader for a reason, but it was mainly due to the weapon in his hand.
Eventually, all of the Pagna warriors had been dealt with in the room, a floor of several dead were in the place.
“This is not what I expected on the last day of all things,” Marcus commented. “Are you some type of bad luck charm or something?”
Marcus was, of course, referring to Raze.
Right after the group dropped down, going to the first floor through the hole, and Raze followed. They could see some people cowering under the tables, while even the Innkeeper was hiding behind the bar as well.
The ones that had attacked them were Pagna warriors that dedicated their life to martial arts and to fighting. They had a sense of risk just being warriors, but the rest that were in here, they were non-warriors.
The regular citizens that just lived in the world of Pagna.
One of the frightened had gotten up off the ground and immediately ran toward the door, as they had done so, another loud bang had occurred. Before the person reached the door, they had fallen to the floor.
The people screamed in the room at the loud noise and the death of one of their own. Now no one was foolish enough to try and go toward the door, but that was the goal all along.
The one that had taken the shot was none other than Tanya.
“I hate that this had to happen,” Marcus claimed. “But we can’t get word that those from Alter were in the Demonic Faction, it will cause large problems for us all.”
Right then, Tanya lifted up her weapon, Ponyo grabbed his sword firmly, Shing bashed his hands together as he had recovered, ready to use his powers, and then Barlan had both of his hands lifted up ready to cast whatever spell that he was about to do.
“What are you doing?” Raze asked from behind. “These people, why are you killing them when they aren’t even trying to fight back at us?”
“What? Do you have a problem with people dying, and killing?” Marcus asked.
“I don’t have a problem with killing,” Raze answered. “Especially if it’s those that deserve it.”
Chapter 466 Another Solution
The tension in the room was palpable. People were extremely frightened, some shaking, others clinging to each other tightly. A few were biting their nails so hard they started to bleed at the tips of their fingers.
These strangers had killed the Pagna warriors inside and weren’t letting any more outside. In that moment, they were praying for anyone, anything to come and save them, and that’s when they could see the unlikely discourse taking place between the very group that they were all frightened of.
“What? Do you have a problem with people dying and killing?” Marcus asked.
“I don’t have a problem with killing,” Raze answered. “Especially if it’s those that deserve it.”
Raze was acutely aware of the feelings in the room; when he looked at them, he imagined how others felt. These people, uninvolved and just enjoying their lives, were getting punished because of their strong actions, even more so, his strong actions.
When he had first come here, Raze was too obsessed with his revenge and this being a new world that he felt detachment from those around, but he was realizing that all of these people were real people.
As he interacted with more of those from Pagna, he realized he had no issue with dealing with those that were already prepared to risk their lives or those that deserved it, but not those that got involved unnecessarily.
This had always been the case for him. At times, there might be a time where he had no choice but to kill those in front of him because they were getting in his way. They themselves might have not been bad, but it was the consequence of his revenge.
What he never did, no matter how far he went, was kill those that didn’t need to be killed. It was never something of joy, and if it could be avoided, he would do so.
“Do I have to explain?” Marcus said as he could feel the energy rising in him. He was a little worried about this strange mage. They had displayed their powers to him clearly a few times, and yet he still was ready to fight them all.
There were only two reasons one would do that: they were overly confident they would win in a fight, or they were a complete idiot, and he hadn’t had enough time to decide which one Raze fell into.
“We are not meant to be here, we were never here, and if there is any trace of us left behind, then it could cause larger trouble. You know the greater goal that Alter has? Because of what we do, the world of Pagna can still exist in the state it is in today.”
“At first, it’s hard to comprehend what we do, but when we realize it, it is just like being in the middle of a war, there are those that you have to take out to make sure everyone else is fine.”
When Marcus spoke, it sounded as if he was speaking from experience, but not of anything that he had ever faced in Pagna, but perhaps something more from his world that he had gone through.
“And what would they report, that they saw you using strange weapons that shot out projectiles. They will hardly be able to describe what they saw, and you already said that you were leaving,” Raze argued. “Their words won’t be enough to stir anything, but do you know what’s even stranger?”
“The fact that everyone in this Inn had suddenly died. People die in Pagna over disputes, that is normal, but not regular citizens. If you want more investigations and trouble, then you are doing the right thing.”
Hearing those words, Marcus gave a little smirk. “You think you’re a smart one, right? With your fancy words, you said it yourself, people from Pagna die any day. They will run an investigation, and there won’t be a trace that we were ever here, and they will never suspect we were here.
“And besides, they have heard too much in this conversation. We have to get rid of them now.”
Marcus lifted his hand again and shot out a bullet, but standing in its way was Raze. When it touched his chest, the bullet fell to the floor. He was confident since it had managed to stop Tanya’s bullet, which seemed more powerful, that it would be able to stop Marcus’s as well. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
“You’re wrong, the people didn’t hear a word of what we were talking about, I cast a silent spell and created a dome around us, only we could hear what we were saying,” Raze explained.
Barlan looked at the outside and reached out his hand; he could feel the wind currents moving through his fingers.
“He’s telling the truth,” Barlan answered.
This had caught Marcus by surprise, a surprise that a person so young was thinking ahead in a situation like this.
“Even if they haven’t heard what we said, my point is still valid. If you really wish to stop us, then you need to come up with a solution. You can very well say what we are doing is wrong, but it is a result of the current problem, so come up with a solution or try to stop us.”
“But if you battle with us, that will be starting a war with the whole of Alter, and you might be stuck in the Demonic Faction.”
It was a battle of intense stares, and they were all wondering what was going on. This white-haired kid, why was he sticking up for them? Moreover, they wanted him to somehow convince the others even though they couldn’t hear what was happening.
“There is a spell I can cast, a spell that will make them all lose their memory. They will fall asleep, and when we leave, if they wake up, they won’t remember what we look like or what happened.
“Either way, this result and your result produce the same outcome.”
“Is it true?” Marcus turned to look at Barlan. “Is there such a spell?”
“There is… I don’t think he’s lying,” Barlan answered.
There was silence for a moment while Marcus was thinking on whether or not to trust Raze. If this didn’t work, then Raze would have to leave these people be, because helping himself out was more important to him.
But at least he could say he tried to stop the others.
“Alright, go ahead and activate your spell. As you say, killing them all could cause larger problems, not just with the clans but the kingdom itself as well,” Marcus then clapped his hands. “Come on, get to work.”
Raze started to draw a large circle on the ground. He called to the people to gather them up in the middle in one area so he didn’t have to draw as large of a circle and began to go ahead with the runes. But while doing all of this, there was still a problem he needed to solve.
‘I understand why Barlan thought I could do this; it’s because of my Blazer and its Light Magic properties he must have sensed, but I still have a problem because this spell requires Light Magic to work and I don’t have Light Magic.
‘So right now, this spell is impossible for me to cast!’
Chapter 467 A Successful Plan
Using his trusty piece of chalk, Raze was gliding it along the floorboards. The people had huddled in the center; there were around fifty of them, all of them a different age, different stages of their life, and different reasons as to why they were there.
Raze was no longer producing his wind spell that would silence words. As he continued to draw with the chalk, he could see a young girl who looked as if she was barely a teenager.
She had been holding onto her mother, and as Raze was drawing some runes, she whispered a few words.
“Thank you, mister,” the young girl said. “I don’t really know what happened, but you’re doing this… to save us, right, from those bad people.”
The mother quickly placed her hand over her daughter’s mouth and turned around for fear that others would be listening.
“Don’t turn your head,” Raze sternly said without lifting his head, looking at them. “If you turn your head, they will know you said something or something is up.”
Thinking about the young girl’s words, he was wondering, are Alter the bad guys? These in Alter certainly didn’t think of themselves that way, but it was clear that the Bonum Society was against them.
Amir had told Raze to enter their base and find out what Alter is really like, but with this going on, he could just describe it as a bad situation with a few rash people. It wasn’t enough to say that these were bad people.
Otherwise, it would mean he was also a bad person as well. ‘Who am I kidding myself, I knew I was no saint for a while now.’
“Also, you shouldn’t be thanking me yet; I don’t know the outcome of what this whole thing is going to be,” Raze said as he continued on.
The rest of the Alter group was sitting over at a table nearby. They had pulled up chairs and even went ahead and got a few drinks from behind the bar. To them, they were treating this as if it was just another day.
“Barlan, I want you to keep an eye on that mage and make sure he doesn’t do any funny stuff,” Marcus explained. “You know how the new guys are like. They are the most likely to switch over to the other side or try to attempt to steal a few things from us.”
“They have no experience or really know the effects of their actions just yet. And this one seems to be a covert one.”
Barlan nodded as he kept a close eye on Raze, who continued to draw on the ground and was finally done.
“Everyone!” Raze said, standing up facing the group of people. “Right now, I am going to cast a spell, one that will make you all fall asleep. Before that, each of you will see a bright flash of light. This will mean that the spell is working.”
“Everything set here has worked, and you will all fall into a slumber. When you wake up, you will have no idea what has happened, from before you entered this establishment.”
“You will be asked questions of what happened, but none of you will know. I hope all of you will not be frightened of having lost your mind and be happy that you can live today and continue to live your lives. Take this experience as if something can happen at any time, and live your life to the fullest.”
With his back turned away from the others, Raze elicited both of his hands, and from his fingers, a flash came out. It lit up the magic circle. It started to light up beneath their feet, and right after, the whole area started to light up.
It was so bright that even those from Alter had to cover themselves. When the light finally died down, they could see the rest of the people still there in the center. A couple of them were lying on the floor, as if passed out.
Then slowly, one after the other, they all started to fall to the ground, closing their eyes, breathing in as if they were all sound asleep. When all of them had gone down to the floor, Raze turned to the rest of the Alter group.
“The spell was a success,” Raze stated.
“I can see that,” Marcus said, getting up to his feet and clapping his hands. “Alright, let’s not waste any more time. It’s time for us to head back to the Dark Faction. You will meet up with Himmy, and we will head to the base from the Dark Faction route.”
All was well, but Raze couldn’t help but look at Barlan, but not a word was said, and eventually, all of them had left the Inn, heading through the streets and en route to the Dark Faction.
Inside the Inn itself, around ten minutes had passed, and that’s when one person finally spoke.
“Do you think it’s okay to open our eyes now?”
“I think it’s been long enough, right? They won’t return?”
“Yeah, and even if they return, we can just pretend everything worked out.”
Slowly, from their state, they started to lift themselves one after the other. As they did, everyone had thankful smiles on their faces, knowing full well what they had just escaped.
“That young man, I nearly missed his wink,” one of them commented.
“I did miss it, but when everyone else was falling down, I just didn’t feel right, or that it would fit in, so I copied everyone else. Otherwise, I was worried I would drop dead like the others.”
“I was wondering why he was explaining everything to us, but he did do something with that bright light.”
The young woman from before hugged her mother tightly.
“That white-haired man, he saved us right, right?” she asked.
“I think that man did, I just hope he doesn’t get in trouble for it himself,” the mother replied.
While in the city, the group had managed to find a cart and a merchant that would head to the border of the Dark Faction. There were some merchants that dealt in more than one territory, and the wanderers could also head to different factions as well.
But there was a process to these things. Either way, they had decided to hire a cart to take them there as it was more relaxing than running on foot, and it would avoid undue attention on them as well.
Outside of the cart though, Raze was sitting away from the others, next to the man who was escorting them and controlling the horses.
Pushing through the curtain that covered the back, Barlan came out.
“Driver, get some rest; I have ridden a few shares of these myself.”
The driver wasn’t going to say no; if someone wanted to do the job for him and he still got paid for it, he was more than happy. As the driver went in the back with the others, he quickly went to shut his eyes, and now at the front of the cart, there was Raze and Barlan, the two mages together.
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“Back there… I know what you did,” Barlan said quietly, but Raze could tell he had activated the silent wind spell as well so the others behind couldn’t hear.
“You do… then tell me, why haven’t you told them about it?” Raze asked.
Chapter 468 Secret Revealed?
While performing his little trick, there was always a worry in the back of Raze’s mind. He knew that it might be seen through by Barlan. From the information he knew, Barlan was a 4-star mage.
Knowing this, Raze had drawn the memory loss formation using a circle that only a 6-star mage would know. On top of that, he hid the real magic circle formation of the light show that was activated by his lightning magic.
Doing so, he wanted to make it seem like it was magic, and using a formation that Barlan might not understand. It was possible that Barlan would have asked questions while he was doing his work, raising the suspicions of Marcus and the rest of the group, yet he did not.
Which was why he thought he had gotten away with it, until this point right now.
In response, Barlan smiled. “You can relax a bit; I’m not expecting to fight you, and if the two of us were to clash, I imagine I would lose. Your Pagna skills are great, and you can use magic. You might not be able to use both at the same time, but it means that you can attack close and far away. On top of that, you have very special clothing.”
A level-headed mage came as somewhat of a surprise after the number of hot-headed people that Raze had come across.
“You should keep up thoughts like this; you will live longer,” Raze replied.
It was a quick remark that caused a smirk to appear on Barlan’s face.
“You know, I knew straight away, as soon as you started to talk about the memory loss spell, that there would be an issue. That is something that can only be done by a 6-star mage, and on top of that, one would have to have the affinity in Light Magic to top it off.”
“It’s not an easy skill to do. You probably thought I wouldn’t know about it or notice because I’m a 4-star mage, just thinking; this is a spell that I haven’t done research in, especially since my specialty is in water.” Raising his hand, Barlan made a swirl of water appear in the air.
He moved his index finger in a swirling motion, and the water swirled around with it. “But did you forget already, I’m part of the Glory Guild. There have been times when I have seen that spell used myself.”
An instant reaction had acted in Raze; as his hand twitched and tightened, he quickly relaxed it and decided to look away from Barlan and instead just concentrate on the dark orange scenery in front of him.
“My point is that I knew that you were going to fail from the beginning, yet I decided not to say anything and was wondering what you were going to pull off. These guys behind us, they understand the basics of magic but not much more than that. Let me show you something.”
Barlan then pulled out a device that looked like a stick from underneath his sleeve. It only took a moment, but Raze noticed the marking of ‘I’ on it, and it was clear it had magical powers.
“This is an item that some of us at Alter have, and have you noticed something?”
Raze was unsure what he meant; he knew it was a magical device but didn’t see anything strange at all.
“This whole time we have been talking to each other in Alterian, not in Pagna.”
For a moment, Raze’s mind was almost blown. He hadn’t realized it himself, since everything flowed so easily. He only noticed it when looking at different markings or writing and such.
“You see, this device allows it, so those from other worlds can understand each other. It’s quite amazing, as someone doesn’t need it for long, it’s something like one’s brain naturally gets used to it after a while and we can all speak Pagna fine.”
“But those who are new here, they have to use this device. Everything they say is in their own language but comes out in Pagna to the rest of us. In terms of spells though, for some reason, these things aren’t translated.”
“When a magic is cast, I don’t know if it disrupts the device just for a moment or what, or maybe it was even designed that way, but those guys would have had no clue what you were doing.”
The device was quite amazing, and Raze assumed that it worked both ways. The mages that had appeared in the dimension, they understood what was being said most likely because they had the same device.
“This is good information,” Raze mumbled.
“Right, I mean, there are some people that try to learn the language themselves rather than rely on magical devices, fearful that these things can control your brain. I mean, letting a speaking magical item’s magic into the inside of you, and allowing it to change your chemistry up there, is not something that everyone is happy about.”
“But everything you said still doesn’t explain why you aren’t helping your squad out. Why didn’t you tell them the truth?” Raze asked again, trying to put more pressure.
Was this man really a spy, working for Bonum, or was Raze just thinking too much into it and he was a mage that wanted to help out a fellow mage.
“Because I’m from the Glory Guild,” Barlan answered. “At that point in time, when I saw what you did for those people, and the arguments you made, I was feeling something inside me.”
“The deaths of those around me for the greater cause are something that one will have to learn to accept. And the tasks we do, we have to understand that we are small pieces in the grand scheme of things.”÷=
“But at the end of the day, I was part of the Glory Guild that worked for the Grand Magus. We are one of the good guys, and back then, I didn’t feel like one of the good guys, you did, so I decided to help you.”
“The Glory Guild, part of the good guys,” Raze repeated to himself as he slightly shook his head. It was an unbelievable concept for him to have, especially with the Grand Magus being at the top.
This was the view though, the view of the general public of Alterian and what those in the guild had thought, and anyone who was against them would become an enemy regardless. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
“Well, thank you,” Raze answered.
Right up ahead, they could see a city; it looked like an outpost that was based on the base of a valley of mountains. If one looked to their left or right, they could just see what looked like a field of mountains, and the only thing that stood out was the city itself.
“It looks like we’re here; I hope all goes well in the city,” Barlan answered. “Otherwise, we might have to climb those mountaintops to head to the Dark Faction, but I’m sure all is well.”
Just then, Raze had his hand open in front of Barlan. When he went to look down, he could see three different colored Qi pills in his hand.
“A gift for keeping it a secret,” Raze stated.
Barlan took them and looked at the Qi pills. “But these are what warriors take.”
“Their effects work on mages as well,” Raze answered. “Just keep them for when you need them.”
As Barlan continued to inspect the pills, he soon saw the small marking of ‘DM’.
“DM?”
Chapter 469 A Path To Trouble
For a short while, Barlan looked at the DM marking. He had seen a few pills but not many since it wasn’t something he bothered with taking himself. From those he had seen, he had never witnessed a marking like this on them. However, that was all he thought it was, just a marking, and he placed them in his inner pocket for safekeeping.
The group had managed to enter the city with ease. There were some Pagna warriors on the outside from one of the Demonic Clans, not one that Raze had seen before. The members of the clan in the city were quite recognizable, since all of them had a band on their shoulder.
The city itself was different from Reptum. The floor was paved with round stones and uneven at parts, and the buildings by the side were close together, a mixture of wood and a different hard rock type of material. The architectural style was also more plain, being more upright and standing. However, the streets were extremely wide, allowing for multiple carriages to go through as well as people, and there seemed to be nearly just as much here as there would be in Reptum. Only the characters were more diverse.
“These places are a wanderer’s Paradise,” Marcus explained. “You know, all of the factions are at each other’s throats, so if you’re from a clan that doesn’t belong, then you need to get permission from the relevant factions to even enter.
“However, for wanderers that belong to no clan, we can stay at cities like these that are on the very border.”
“If it’s on the border, though, doesn’t that mean that it’ll get attacked a lot as well?” Raze asked.
The group continued to pace through the city, and Raze was still taking in the sights. He could even see several warriors looking from above; they were standing on rooftops just observing the situation. It certainly felt more militarized compared to any of the other places that he had been to before.
“You are right, disagreements tend to happen, but very rarely do fights occur in the city. Usually, a clash will happen on the land somewhere before it even reaches the city,” Ponyo, the young warrior, answered.
“However, there is no doubt that there are those that just ignore the norm and start trouble here, which means this place right here is cheap, and warriors just like Marcus are very cheap.”
Marcus went to give the young warrior a stare of death, but the others laughed at the comment, knowing fully well that it’s true.
“This city is perhaps one of the safest points of access to the Dark Faction,” Barlan explained. “Because we’re not actually at the territory border. You see the valley of mountains that go on and on from this point.
“Well, there is a tunnel that goes through the tunnel that takes you all the way to another city, and that city is occupied by the Dark Faction. Fights just don’t occur here because of this issue.
“Although I do hear of deaths occurring in the tunnel from time to time, never has there been an outright war or battle that has occurred.”
Raze thought the whole thing was interesting, to say the least. He knew on Alterian there were several disputes between different nations. There was a large struggle as Mages became an ultimate power.
Yet one thing that the Grand Magus did manage to do was the fact that their existence had stopped the disputes. They weren’t the ultimate government or seen as above them, but working with them nearly all matters were settled.
Yet Raze still didn’t care what happened to the rest of Alterian, regardless of what good their existence did. They needed to be rid of for the wrongdoings they had done.
“The Lethal Bite clan is the one in charge of this city right? Is it someone we should be careful of?” Tanya asked. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
“Yes,” Marcus answered instantly, as the group walked past two men in cloth with the yellow armband around their bicep.
“You have to remember, all the clans that are in charge of the borders have to be strong and have a large say in each faction because at the end of the day, they are the first line of defense.”
After walking around for a while, Raze could see them stopping at a fairly large building, and people who were entering inside were coming out with different packages that were wrapped up.
Marcus had entered on his own, informing the others to wait on the outside. After a short while, he had returned, and he had a circle emblem held in his hand.
It was the size of one’s palm, made of a metallic bronze and had an X in the middle. When Marcus arrived, he handed it over to Raze.
“What is this?” Raze asked.
“That is the marking of a Wanderer. With that, you will be able to enter and go out of different areas, but in some cases, they’re quite tricky to get,” Marcus explained. “If you are a wanderer who was born in the Demonic faction, then you would have to go through the process in the Demonic Faction to get one of those things.
“The process for wanderers is different depending on where they come from, and since you are not originally from the Demonic Faction, it would have been near impossible for you to get one.
“Which is why I contacted Himmy to send one over, and of course just sending it it would have been stopped if there weren’t some other methods involved,” Marcus explained.
Right now, in Raze’s hand, another great tool had been added. Speaking to the others so far, Wanderers could enter any faction including that of the Light Faction. If there was some business there, he could perhaps help.
Or maybe even learn their cultivation technique and teach it to Safa. With that, she should grow her light magic powers.The Dark Factionw orked well for Raze’s magic core so he assumed it would for her as well.
‘Right… Safa and the others,’ Raze thought as he quickly used his magic to place the emblem away.
For a brief moment, the weight of their success hung palpably in the air, unspoken yet deeply felt among them. As Marcus voiced his relief, Raze sensed the tension dissipating from the group. With each step away from the city, their spirits lifted, and laughter and chatter filled the air.
“I suppose your mission was a success,” Raze ventured, breaking the buoyant atmosphere with his question.
“A success, indeed. For me, a mission is successful if we make it out alive,” Marcus replied with a hint of gravity. “I hope you won’t need to return here once you’re with Himmy’s squad. But fate works in mysterious ways.”
Raze pondered Marcus’s words, his thoughts swirling around a particular detail mentioned earlier. With a specific inquiry in mind, he directed his question to the group.
“Do you happen to know which clan oversees the city on the other side of the tunnel?” Raze inquired, his curiosity piqued.
Ponny, without hesitation, provided the answer. “Yes, it’s the Lethal Bite Clan,” he confirmed, adding another layer of intrigue to their journey.
Chapter 470 A Fake Emblem?
There were many times since entering Pagna that Raze didn’t know whether to feel lucky or unlucky. Situations would occur that allowed him to grow and progress, while at the same time there were also situations that felt like they were meant to hinder him.
At times the bad could turn into good situations, but considering how things went so far, and how he was in the Dark Faction right now, he had a streak of bad luck and this felt like one of those times.
‘I should have known,’ Raze thought. ‘After learning that the Factions use strong and some of their best clans to defend them, that the Dark Faction would have one of the five major clans protecting the border.
‘Out of all of them, it had to be the Lethal Bite Clan.’
The group could see a large queue that was filled with hundreds of people. The people themselves varied, some looking like regular citizens, others Wanderers, but there didn’t seem to be many clan members.
At the other end, located at the very back of the city, was a large mountain. The back side of it almost was a part of the city itself, and stationed in front of it, quite a few makeshift and open buildings had been made.
There were a number of clan members that were checking things over. Judging by how fast the queue was moving, they would at least be here for three more hours, but that did give Raze some time to think as well.
‘The Lethal Bite Clan, none of them would recognize me apart from Feebie herself,’ Raze thought. ‘It shouldn’t be a problem. I also wonder what the state of the clan will currently be in. Since Feebie, the head, and vice head of the clan is no more.
‘I doubt the news has spread but it should make things easier to move. It also gives me another idea. With the Clan Head gone and the place in chaos, there might be a chance to take a few items for myself, to help me progress in my journey and get ahead.’
The group waited as they slowly shifted forward, getting closer and closer to the tunnel. Since there were many people around them, they had stopped talking about things such as Alter and just went on to conversations about food and other places they had visited while they were here.
What Raze did notice was that the large weapons that they had been carrying in the open and around the area for a while, they now had them in crates and had tied them to their backs. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
Marcus in particular was the one that was carrying them and had been doing so with ease. Which was strange, since he wasn’t a Pagna warrior; it seemed he had more strength than the usual individual, and his reflex back at the inn was fast enough to dodge a strike from the Pagna warrior.
It was clear that he wasn’t a normal person.
‘Otherworlders are centrally interesting, and the fact that there are more people than just from that of Alterian and Pagna is something I need to keep an eye on.’
After waiting for an hour it seemed like they were now halfway through the queue, but the queue had also equally increased in length behind them, and that was when something could be heard from up ahead.
“What do you think you’re doing!” A loud voice shouted.
Right after a crash was heard, and a man could be seen being kicked to the ground. One of the clan members from the Lost Clan with the colored armband had slammed his foot into the ground right next to the man’s crotch who was on the floor.
“This Tag right here.” The Lost Clan member dangled a piece of Iron with an X mark in the center on a piece of rope. “This is a fake, why would you be carrying a fake, are you a Pagna warrior that is trying to sneak out of the Demonic Faction?”
The man was already nervously sweating and was pushing his hands onto the floor, scooting backward.
“No, I promise, I have always been an adventurer and got a replacement Tag a few days ago. I thought there was no problem with it, it must have been the regulators, they must have given me a fake they had in stock or something.”
“The regulators are handled by the Lost Clan, now you are tainting our name by saying we made a mistake!” The Clan member shouted. “You must be a spy, who has somehow entered from the Dark Faction and now are trying to return, we can’t let you escape!”
Right then, the man on the ground’s expression had completely changed. It was right then that he gave off the ground with his two feet. The Lost Clan member had chased right after him, and jumped with his sword by his side.
When the clan member swung his sword, the other man had drawn a blade from his back and stopped the attack. However, the powerful Qi sent him flying and sliding on the ground close to the group of people.
“Hey hero guy, don’t get involved this time,” Marcus commented. “If we did, this clan as our enemy is definitely not something we want.”
Raze never had any intention of getting involved in the first place with this. He had no idea if this man was really a criminal or not, and he wasn’t directly involved. There was a reason these things were happening to them.
Just as the man got off from the ground, one clan member had appeared from behind and stomped him in the back while the other who had been chasing him, appeared slashing his sword right at his neck.
Some of the people trying to exit out of the city squeezed as they saw this sight, others covered their eyes, while some thought it was just the normal outcome.
After the person was dealt with, two people came to drag the body away. Then there were some cleaners from the city that had arrived to clear the blood up, while the process of moving forward trying to get out of the place continued.
“Are we going to be okay?” Raze asked as he brought out the emblem he had. It looked different to the one the other man had, as his was round in shape but he figured it was because his was given by the Dark Faction.
“Honestly, I have no idea whether or not it’s a real one or a fake one,” Marcus answered. “But we promised we would take you out of here, and we need to get out of here ourselves.”
“Ha!” Tanya laughed. “Why don’t you just tell him the truth.”
Raze was wondering what Tanya meant by this, she then reached in and pulled out an Emblem from her pocket. It was round in size and had an X marking on it. At the same time, Ponyo pulled out his as well, and so did the rest of the group.
“We all have the same Emblem as you, so to put it simply if they don’t let you in, we’re all F*cked.” Tanya laughed, and their turn was soon approaching.