Raze honestly didn’t know whether to feel better or worse at the fact that all of the other squad members had the same emblem as the rest of them. It was quite clear that they didn’t regularly come in and out of the Demonic Faction.
If anything, it sounded like they had entered fine, but now it was their first time trying to head back, and after what they had just witnessed, everyone felt a little nervous.
It was strange though, Raze wasn’t used to this. He liked to plan things out, make sure things worked a particular way, and know what he was doing. Not just leave things up to fate.
As the group were drawing closer and closer, Raze was going through a number of scenarios in his head for what they could do.
‘There’s a large number of members here, it appears they’re working in two groups, there are those sitting down in their seats, around 12 in number, and then the guards in total are about another twelve, six and six, next to the entrance of the mountain.
‘I can run through and perhaps use my Ice Magic on the floor making it harder for them to reach us. The entrance looks dark so I doubt they will be able to see what we can do.’
Attacking them and escaping to the other side could cause problems. Although they were of different factions, if a report came through in order to avoid trouble or a war, Raze was sure the Lethal Bite Clan would try and do their best to stop them and offer their heads as a type of peace offering.
‘We could try and lie our way through and avoid a fight altogether. They didn’t buy that man’s lie, but the best lies are the ones with a hint of truth to them… I could use their name. If I was to use the Neverfall Clan’s name would they be hesitant and let us through? But then, will it cause the others to ask questions, they believe I’ve only been in the Demonic Faction for so long.
‘And if I need to have some way to confirm it, it might lead to that coming out.’
For a moment, Raze’s face felt a little hot.
‘Come on!’ Raze shouted at his own head. ‘This young body sometimes affects my mind more than I can imagine.’
In the middle of all of his thoughts, it was finally their group’s turn.
“Next!” The man shouted.
The group walked ahead together and had arrived at the desk. There was one man sitting down who had two armbands around him. And the others stood fairly close to the rest of the members.
“State your reason for traveling to the Dark Faction!” The man at the desk shouted.
Marcus gathered everyone’s emblems since they were the same anyway and placed them on the table.
“We are a group of wanderers that are traveling together. We originally met in the Dark Faction and have been staying in the Demonic Faction, mainly in the city of Repton. We wish to return to the Dark Faction,” Marcus explained.
The man picked up one of the emblems on the table and started to inspect it. He then lifted it in the air, the light sparkled off the emblem for a few moments. Raze was sure that the released demeanor that the others had was starting to fade.
It felt as if he could hear their hearts trying to jump out of their chests.
The man then placed another one of the medals down on the table and went to pick up another.
“Inspect their belongings while I check these.”
Marcus was more than happy to, as he unstrapped the wooden crate on his back, and Shing who was carrying the others’ belongings had done the same. The Pagna warrior came over taking a peek at the guns that were on the inside.
“They are some special ornaments that we have gathered from the Demonic Faction, but they hold no power, you can check it out,” Marcus explained.
The man seemed to do just that as he picked up the gun and the bullets, while holding them they just seemed to be oddly shaped pieces of metal in his eyes.
“Everything is fine on my end,” the warrior reported.
“Yeah, all is good on my end as well.”
Now that was sorted they just needed the okay from the head warrior that was still checking each and every one of the emblems, and as he got another one in his hand he was checking them out for longer each time.
Tanya was starting to tap her foot rapidly on the ground and had folded her arms. Ponyo could feel his lips starting to dry.
In the middle of his inspection, another warrior had come over from the side, jumping from an unknown location. They were all too focused to see where he had come from.
When he landed he took a look at the group, and then leaned in and started to whisper to the leader.
At that moment, they all thought they were done for, something had happened that made it so they had figured everything out. Raze felt the same way as well and took a step forward.
“Close the tunnel!” The head warrior shouted.
Immediately the twelve men who were next to the tunnel, they all started to pull the levers that were positioned behind them. They were pulling them one after the other and the levers would rise back up.
Each time they pulled them using their Qi the levers were heavy and from the top of the large whole entrance a metal door was coming down.
‘Crap, did they really find something out!’ Raze thought. ‘We have to act now, I have to do something before the door closes, otherwise I will have to resort to the other option.’
Just as Raze was going to mark his move, it was as if a mechanism had activated in the wall, and halfway through the door shutting down it slammed on the ground. Raze’s hand was reached out pointed toward the door, and for a moment he thought about using his Dark Pulse to try and blow a hole through the door, but decided against it.
Marcus’s eyes himself were lingering on the weapons in the boxes. He knew that their life might be over now. Things happened to Alter’s like this all the time, but he might as well try and live a little longer.
The man stood up, and looked at the group.
“I’m afraid a serious matter has occurred, and we have locked down the path to the Dark Faction!” The main leader shouted. “We, the Lost Clan, have the responsibility to do whatever it is we can to protect you all, everyone please head indoors to the closest buildings possible and stay put until we say so.”
The words and thought of the group, they weren’t matching up. They weren’t being suspected of fake emblems, so what had exactly happened? Or what was happening.
Listening in, the noises from behind, in the distance they sounded like terrifying screams, and it wasn’t just one or two people, the sound was coming from hundreds.
“Everyone, until the situation is over, I repeat, stay indoors!” The leader shouted.
Chapter 472 Trapped in the City
After the order was given by the Lost Clan, everyone at the scene started to run inside, including those that were queued up and trying to leave. Through the thick iron door lock, there seemed to be no hope in them getting through, and there was something else at large here.
Seeing how everything was going, the group had decided to follow some of the others and had entered inside one of the closest buildings to the right. When entering, they noticed that it was a clothing shop.
At the front of the shop, there were racks of Panga-styled clothing on the right, left, and even center of the place. While at the back, there was machinery and tables where workers could focus on making more clothing.
And then at the very back of the room, there were two large wooden containers that had a large amount of heat coming from them. In the ceiling, there was an open area to allow the heat to escape.
One of the cloths had been dipped in and pulled out, and the color of the clothing had changed.
When the people scattered inside, many of them hid behind the clothing or the items, while Marcus and his group as well as a few curious others had stayed close to the large open windows at the front, staring at the stone-cobbled street.
“When that gate closed, I thought it was because we did something,” Tanya commented.
“Why would they close the gate because of some wanderers trying to get through,” another man commented, who was in the queue at the time. “If you are found to be doing something bad, they will just deal with you.”
“The fact that they closed the entrance to the Dark Faction means that they don’t want anything getting to the other side. This is something bigger than that.”
As they continued to watch the outside, they could see the Pagna warriors running through the street and jumping on rooftops. Many of them already had their weapons drawn in their hands.
The sound of screaming could still be heard, and just so everyone could try to have an idea of what was going on, everyone had gone silent. Afraid that if they made a sound, they would be the next ones to get attacked.
‘This feeling, I’ve felt it before.’ Raze thought as there was a slight tingle in the tip of his fingers.
Staring through the glass, that’s when they saw it, a creature with a round-shaped head the size of an elephant, but with no eyes, had leapt on one of the warriors. The head itself appeared to have no eyes, but it did have one thing that was far more deadly.
It opened its mouth revealing sharp razor-like teeth. Its saliva dripped on the warrior on the ground and started to melt his clothes and burn his skin away. They could hear the scream of the warrior.
As the mouth opened up wide, with a struggle, the warrior grabbed his sword. He gathered his Qi and spun it in his hand pushing it through its head. The sword went through the beast and could be seen appearing on the other side covered in its juices.
The sword appeared to be melting but at the same time, it had done its job, the creature was lifeless, its head fell down lying open for the man, causing him to grunt in pain for a few moments more before completely losing his life.
Everyone looking through the window had witnessed it, and one person in question had a foul stench coming from him. Looking at where the smell was coming from, they could see that a young man had a pool of yellow water from where he stood.
“What is wrong with you, what did you do!” A woman shouted. “How could you do that in a place like this, the entire shop can smell what’s happening.” She covered her nose, and was worried a moment later that she was going to throw up. frёewebηovel.cѳm
However, those next to the window didn’t blame the man for reacting the way he did. A normal citizen had just seen a nightmare come to life, someone who would normally never experience such a thing, those that thought it would never happen to them, they could see it.
Another person, so shocked by what had just happened had decided to come by the window and immediately as she saw the body she raised her hands to her mouth. She could see its large head, its thick brown skin-colored body with its sharp bones and muscular structure along with its thin and hairless tail.
It was an animal that didn’t exist in this world, in the world of Pagna. It was clearly a beast.
“If there are beasts here, and the screaming is still going out there, that means that this is a portal break,” Marcus mumbled to himself.
Now he understood why the exit was closed, because if they failed to stop the portal break, they at least wanted to stop the beasts from going over to the Dark Faction.
Otherwise, it would lead to the deaths of many, but more importantly for the faction, would make them appear weak as they couldn’t deal with a portal break.
Now Raze understood why the feeling was so similar. The only real portal break he had come across was the one that he had summoned himself in the academy, using his magic powers.
“Get that man out of here!” The woman shouted from earlier, still covering her nose. “I’m going to be sick, he shouldn’t have done such a thing in such a place.”
“Hey!” One of the others snapped back at her. “Be quiet or we can be in serious trouble.”
“What! The only trouble we are going to get in is for stinking so bad because of this man!” She pointed at him and lifted her foot up.
The man was still frozen, crouching by the window looking outward. When lifting her foot up, she was ready to kick him herself until just as she went to kick the man, a loud crash was heard through the window.
A beast the size of a dog could be seen flying through the air and had landed right on top of the woman. It opened its mouth up and took a clean bite, ripping off a large part of her face.
Chapter 473 Think Fast!
Marcus’s guess was correct; this was indeed a portal break, and it was a particularly rampant one as well. A large number of beasts had stormed the city, and it had happened all too fast.
Warriors of the Lost Clan were fighting at the entrance against the beasts, as the portal hadn’t opened within the city itself. The beasts, strange creatures with large heads, had overwhelmed the city.
They were strong, powerful, fast, and their saliva seemed to have a melting property in it, allowing them to stop most weapons. If weapons were coated in strong Qi, they could resist the saliva, but this wasn’t something that could be done against many.
With the beasts having entered the city, they were reacting to any signs of life, taking them out. Another thing to note of the beasts themselves, it was almost as if they had no eyes.
No eyes could be seen on the top of their round heads, leaving them attracted to sound. The warriors had figured this out, but it was hard for them to spread the news around to the rest of the city quickly.
In one of the city’s shops, a particular woman was making a large amount of noise due to a stench of a specific person who was hiding in the same place. As she continued to make noise, one of the small beasts that were nearby had leapt through the window and had entered, biting off the woman’s face, killing her in an instant.
“Arghhh!” A loud number of screams in the shop had occurred.
The people were unable to help themselves as they could see the blood; quickly, many had reacted. Inside the shop, there were also other wanderers, those that were warriors but not part of a clan.
They quickly reacted, drawing their weapons, and started to hit the beasts, stopping them one after the other. When stabbing the beasts as they opened their mouths, some of the saliva exploded out and hit a few of those that had attacked.
The saliva quickly burnt part of their clothing, reaching their skin and continuing to burn through. The warriors quickly used more of their Qi, and it seemed to stop the saliva from reacting more. It made it clear, though, that they needed to be careful even when attacking such a creature.
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The small creature that had entered was now dead.
“There are more of them heading for the shop!” A man shouted and went to run toward the back of the shop. The rest of the people inside had done the same, turning their backs. freeωebnovēl.c૦m
Meanwhile, the wanderers that were inside had no choice but to fight, and it was the same for Marcus and his group. As the creatures burst through the windows, Marcus rolled to the side and dropped the crate from his back.
The creatures burst inside the room, and some of them turned around to face the group.
Shing, the large man, gathered a fist and punched one at the side of its body. It flew in the air, crashing into a clothing rack and dropped to the ground.
With his fist, Marcus punched the crate open and pulled out the large rifle and threw it over to Tanya, who caught it in her hand. Right after, he threw small packets towards her to catch as well.
Marcus himself quickly opened up another pack and rolled again as one of the beasts came at him. Pointing the gun toward the creature, he started to fire away, aiming at its head.
Loud bangs were heard in the room, vibrating, but they couldn’t quite understand what was happening. All they could see was darkened blood splattering out from the beast, but along with the blood were its juices that came out from its mouth.
It went toward the group, but quickly Barlan flicked his hand, using Wind Magic, he managed to force the spit to fall to the ground. Wind Magic was easiest to use in front of people since it was hard for them to see or notice that something was amiss.
Right after, Ponyo rolled with his sword, slashing one under its neck, and then leaped, avoiding getting covered in its juices. At the same time, another loud bang was heard by Tanya as she had shot one in the head.
It had exploded, but Shing was confident in his body as he moved in the way of its blood, blocking it from hitting some of the other people.
“With the situation as it is now, and with all these people, are we going to have to use the memory wipe trick again to make them forget?” Tanya asked.
The people were still stunned as the dead beasts were on the floor. They had been saved by this group of mysterious people but were still frightened that they would get up at any moment.
“I don’t think that’s a situation we should be worrying about right now,” Marcus replied. “We will deal with that later.”
Looking out of the window, the loud sound of the guns had attracted multiple beasts to their area, and now they were outside heading toward the one particular shop.
“I have another question to ask,” Shing said, wiping the blood off his body. “Where is Raze?”
Looking around the place, they couldn’t see him, nor did they even witness him fighting against the creatures. The only conclusion they could come to was that he had left in the middle of the fight.
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Raze had exited from the back of the shop and quickly went to the highest building in the city. It was a bell tower. As he climbed it using the small edges and his Pagna skills, he reached the top and was hanging out, holding onto part of the bell tower with one arm, looking at the rest of the city.
‘Those beasts will just keep coming, I could sense it. There’s something much more dangerous that needs to be dealt with here.’
Chapter 474 The Power Of A Water Mage
The Alter group could see a large number of creatures coming toward the building they were in. The street was already filled, and there was no sign of warriors coming to help them.
Outside on the street and in the nearby buildings, many people watched the situation unfold. They could see a number of beasts circling around, almost fixating on one building in particular.
“Alright, for some reason it looks like they’ve selected us as their targets,” Marcus said, setting up a station by the window. He held his gun out and knelt, gaining more stability.
“Everyone assume positions. Tanya and I will attack them from the windows. If they come in through the door or any other opening, both Ponyo and Shing will fight them. As for all of the rest of you that can fight, you will have to protect yourselves if they come in!”
The other wanderers heard these words and prepared themselves. Although Marcus wasn’t their leader, his demeanor, his orders, and his confidence made them believe that his orders were the best chance they had at survival.
“Barlan, you know what you need to do. You’re our last line, so be careful… maybe you should try to work out of sight. In fact, maybe you should try to find the other one and see what they are doing,” Marcus ordered.
Seeing how Marcus was quite calm about everything, Barlan decided to head out. He moved toward the back, and when he reached the area where the dyeing equipment was placed, he looked up.
“I think it will be best if you guys move from here,” Barlan suggested. “You never know what might fall or come from above.”
He moved his hands slightly, causing part of the water in the dye to bubble up and explode. A small scream came from the group nearby. They cowered and started to shiver but soon saw that there was nothing there. On top of that, the man that was talking to them was no longer there.
Everyone had set up their positions in the shops, and the beasts started to charge forward. Marcus carefully aimed along with Tanya, and the two of them started to fire away.
Marcus was accurate with his hits, but the gun needed at least three bullets to take down one of the beasts. Its head would fall and skid across the floor, but right after that, another beast would jump up in the air. freewebnoveℓ.com
Tanya pulled the trigger, blasting the creature in a single shot, and started to quickly reload her weapon, while Marcus did the same. His weapon was quicker to reload, and he started firing again, but the sheer number of beasts that had entered the place was too much for them.
Marcus quickly took cover behind the door, and the beasts charged right in. After Ponyo thrust his sword and stabbed one right in the center, when he pulled it out, he quickly moved to the side to avoid the juices from the beast from hitting him.
Right after, many more beasts started to flood into the area, and now all everyone could do was try and fight as many of them as possible inside the shop. The warriors had resorted to attacking beasts inside the place.
“What is going on? Why are so many beasts coming over here? Are they being attracted to the scent of their own dead, or is it something else?” Marcus was getting a little worried about the situation.
Because if the Clan couldn’t deal with this in time, then what could they do to get out of this as well?
On the rooftop, Barlan had arrived. He had used the water to cause a distraction and then flew himself up to the top so no one could see. Now he could get a view from the street below.
“There’s the sound of fighting going on all over the city,” Barlan observed. “The Clans are in full force fighting back, but many of the beasts are gathering in this area. It looks like we’re going to need some help from up here.”
Moving to the edge of the rooftop, Barlan lifted his hands, and large balls of water started to appear. He then threw them onto the ground, crashing into the beasts. At certain speeds, water had great strength and was heavy, so it would be like one was being hit with the force of concrete.
Lifting up the large ball of water, Barlan then swung his arms down, and the water slammed on more of the beasts, defeating them before they would even enter.
“The path of water!” Barlan shouted, and a swirl of water came out from his hands, sweeping up the beasts and taking them from their legs up, and then lifting the beasts in the air.
Waves of water continued to lift the beasts into the air, dropping them to the ground.
“Those inside can deal with them, and I will make it as easy as possible for them,” Barlan thought, but as he continued to use spell after spell, he was starting to weaken. His mana was running low due to the sheer amount he was going against.
“I’m getting tired… but more beasts keep coming… I need to do something. At this rate, I won’t even have the strength to find Raze.”
Thinking about the other mage, a thought had popped into his head. In his inner pocket, he had three pills.
“He said that these things would work on mages, right? If I used them now, how much would they help me?”
Seeing more beasts coming from the left and right of the street, he thought that it couldn’t hurt to at least test the pills out. He opened his mouth wide and gulped all three of them in one go.
It didn’t take long for them to take effect as his body broke them down, and energy was rising inside of him.
“What is this? All of my mana is returning, and it feels like I’ve taken a few buff potions as well!” Barlan was swirling more water in his hand. “That mage, how did he get his hands on such things!”
Chapter 475 Dealing With The Biggest Problem
The captain had arrived at the front gate of the city. It was already a mess when he had arrived; the wall and gate had been crushed. The gate itself was half dissolved and lying there on the floor.
Buildings left and right had been partially destroyed, and a number of beasts were circling in on those from the Lost Clan.
Around thirty of them had gathered at the front gate. Most of them had swords held in their hands and were forming a formation shaped like a star. Points guided toward the beasts.
A large number of beasts were already dead on the ground in front of them, but there were still more to come. After fighting for a while now, they were tiring out. Some of them had suffered a few injuries that felt like burn marks on their bodies as their clothing had melted away.
“Stay in formation, stay strong. If they break us, then everything will fall apart!” one of the men shouted.
Several of the beasts came towards them, and skillfully, the man at the front of the point slashed the beast and moved to the side, cutting up another. Like a well-organized train, those that were behind the initial attacker swung their swords, and skillfully, sword after sword was going through the beasts’ bodies.
They were able to kill a large number of beasts this way and suffered minimal injuries. At the same time, it didn’t expend much Qi because of the way they were fighting in this special formation.
Because they were in a star shape, it allowed each area to do the same and to cover them from all sides.
This was the specialty of the Lost Clan, and it was what made them so special and trusted with the task of defending one of the borders of the Demonic Faction. Although it wasn’t where their main base was, they were still a considerably strong group.
Not too far from the group, there was the squad leader and head of the clan base here, the man known as Neil Watt. He was recognizable by the two bands he would wear, and not too long ago, he was checking on those trying to enter and leave the city.
He had rushed here as soon as he could to see the trouble because right at the front of the gate, there was a beast that was bigger than all of the others, and it was slightly different as well.
Its head looked similar in design to what the rest were fighting, but it had two large fighting wings that were covered in feathers unlike the rest of its body, which was just flesh.
On its shoulder, there were also two large round bulging shapes sticking out with sharp teeth. They looked somewhat like heads but had no neck and didn’t seem to loose either.
Then there was just the general size of the beast. Compared to the others, that was similar to that of a tiger; this one was three times the size, close to that of an elephant.
Neil had two swords in his hand and had a few teeth marks on his shoulder. He had blocked a direct attack, but the top of its sharp fangs had entered part of him. Now, there were two fist-sized shaped holes from which he was bleeding.
The beast swung its wings a couple of times and floated in the air, but it stayed in its place. When it did, the gust of wind had hit Neil. He covered his face, and then he heard the cries of the beast as it moved toward him.
Although he couldn’t see because of the dust, he knew the dangerous attack that was coming and kicked off with his foot with Qi to the side. He swung the sword in his hand down, hitting the wing, but it appeared to just simply bounce off its body like it was steel.
‘What is this thing? Is it the dimension boss? Has one arrived through the Portal so soon, or is it just a strong beast?’ Neil thought.
Regardless, there was a problem, and that problem was that he had no way to hurt the beast in front of him, but there were many ways for him to get hurt. As the beast was turning around, Neil soon noticed something.
Some of the beasts were moving away and heading deeper into the city. Seeing this, he lifted his foot on the ground and took a deep breath. His foot slammed into the floor with Qi, and a large explosion occurred.
“Stay here!” Neil shouted at the top of his lungs, using the Qi to extend his voice wider.
The beasts, hearing this in the distance, turned around and started to move back towards the group that was fighting and towards Neil himself.
‘These creatures, they don’t seem to have great eyesight, so they’re relying on their hearing. We have to make a lot of noise to get them to stay here. We can continue protecting the people, and hopefully, we can make it until the clan sends more support.’
Readying his swords again, Neil was ready to take on the larger beast by himself. He knew the wings were hard but was sure that there had to be a weak spot somewhere in the beast that was easy to hit.
“If I want to find it, I just have to face it head-on.” Neil held his swords in a cross, and when the beast charged in, he did the same, running straight forward.
He kicked off his feet and started to spin his body, aiming for the mouth. The beast had opened its mouth wide as well.
The swords of Neil clanged against the teeth of the beast, but it appeared to do nothing even as shockwaves of energy were sent out. The beast continued to try and bite down, its head shaking, and so was Neil’s own body as he was fighting back. freēReadNovelFull.com
“The last thing I want to do is get eaten right here!” Neil shouted, trying to push with all his strength, but it wasn’t working at all, and that’s when he could see a person through the gaps, from above, for just a moment.
Right on top of its head, a large force of Qi was felt. Neil’s sword broke, and his body flung out from the teeth as they were crushed together. The head of the beast crashed into the ground.
Neil was on the floor, having been chucked away from the force that he felt, and when looking at what happened, he could see a man standing there with white hair.
“That young man… wasn’t he here with that other group?”