The fight was still ongoing as Raze heard the voice, and he immediately needed to act. In that moment, it was no longer about conserving his strength but instead about taking action.
He used his Qi to quickly push himself back a sufficient distance away from Bargo. Seeing this, Bargo blinked a couple of times.
He wasn’t expecting such fast movement, so he was unable to properly discern what had occurred, but when he looked at Raze, he was in for the biggest shock of all.
“What are you doing!” Bargo shouted out, his voice slightly shaky.
He could see that the person taking the assessment had their own sword held up against their own neck, as if they were going to take their own life.
‘Did I push this one too far!’ Bargo thought. ‘But to resort to this, does he have anxiety about losing? Does he think he has failed the assessment and decided to go this far?’
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“Just don’t move closer!” Raze shouted out.
Knowing what the blooded woman had done before, he couldn’t just take her words as words. He needed to treat them as fact.
He knew she had the ability to kill outside of his body, which was why he had decided to resort to this.
‘Why did she act now? She hasn’t done this before. Is it because of what I did with Shing? Was that a mistake? Communicating with her, has the connection between the two of us grown to the point that she is freely acting right now?’ Raze thought.
In the end, it was the only option he could see to try and stop her from acting.
‘I’m sure you can hear my thoughts, since the two of us are sharing the same space,’ Raze said inwardly. ‘If you dare try and do something, then I will take my own life.’
‘You wouldn’t dare… I know you… you would never give up, not at your own blade,’ the woman replied.
It was quite true. Raze had done everything he could to get a second chance, and to ruin it here, he would rather take his chances trying to eliminate everyone in the city than take his own life.
‘You can’t act rashly!’ Raze echoed in his own mind. ‘If you kill this man in front of you, then the whole city comes after us, the whole clan.
‘There is a good chance that me and you won’t be able to survive this. I am doing everything for the sake of my survival, and you said that you would be doing the same, so don’t do stupid things!’
Raze was waiting for an answer, to hear her say it was okay, and while waiting for the answer, the others that were on the field were getting a little impatient.
“What is this?” The head assessor from before said. “A damned no-name is threatening their own life just to pass; this is ridiculous.”
The head assessor started to walk forward, and fear could be seen in Raze’s eyes. There was one person there that knew this was true fear.
The head assessor suddenly felt the back of his shirt being grabbed, and before he knew it, he was looking at the sky.
“Did you not hear him? He said to stay still!” Anna ordered as she slammed him to the ground and pinned him down.
The hit was fairly strong to the point where the head assessor feared that his back might have been broken.
Immediately, seeing that Anna had attacked the head assessor, the other clan members came forward trying to surround her.
“Don’t attack her; she is merely looking out for her comrade!” Bargo shouted. The others instantly stopped, and at the same time, straight ahead, Raze had placed his sword down with relief.
He had been given an answer, one that satisfied him enough to let down his guard.
Seeing this, it appeared as if Bargo was satisfied as well, to the point that he soon let out a loud bellyful of laughter.
“What an interesting group of people, I must say!” Bargo claimed. “You all pass, and I believe we should all get some rest.”
“Let’s not dwell on what happened, at least for now. Let’s welcome our fellow members into the Lethal Bite Clan and have them complete their duties.”
Anna, hearing this, had let go of the head assessor, who was beyond annoyed, but the other clan members also took a step back.
It was then that Raze noticed something: they seemed to be following the small pot-bellied man’s orders, rather than the rest.
‘I should keep note of him; he seems to be more important… and I guess I’m on his good side for now.’
“Come on, bring them into the barracks and let’s get everyone ready! Welcome to the Lethal Bite Clan.” These were words Bargo never expected to say, but he could tell there was distaste in the head assessor’s mouth.
Hopefully, if things went well for Bargo, this would be in his favor. If he could dissuade these talented individuals from joining the Lethal Bite Clan and instead joining his Moon Shield Clan, it would be a big win for him.
Himmy and Charlotte wasted no time running an investigation. They had gone to the border to make note of those that had entered and left.
According to the clan members, they checked all the supplies that came in and out due to it being on the border of the Demonic Faction.
So they were sure that the person in question they were looking for, a young man by the name of Barred Clarton, hadn’t left.
It was one step forward; at least they knew the name of the person who was presumably still alive, but they still didn’t have any more leads other than that.
“The person who’s still alive, it seems that they are a mage,” Charlotte commented. “I checked the list just to make sure.”
“You’re right, but why are you mentioning this to me now?” Himmy asked.
In his hand, Himmy was playing with the Alter communication device. He was hoping that it would activate if they were within the area, narrowing down their search.
The issue was whether or not their targets knew they were from Alter as well or just removed all items from him. There was also another option: the person was already dead.
“Well, if he’s a mage and he knows he’s in a serious situation, do you think he might try and leave a clue behind to let others know where he is? He should know that Alter will be investigating this,” Charlotte explained.
“Are you suggesting that he would use magic, even though it’s forbidden?” Himmy asked.
Charlotte couldn’t help but smile. “You know hardly anyone follows that rule. It’s more of a guideline; just don’t use a crazy amount of magic. I believe in this situation, whether Alter deals with him or his kidnappers do, he would rather take a chance.”
“Go ahead and do what you need to do to find him,” Himmy answered. “Rules are meant to be broken; otherwise, I would have never invited him onto the team.”
Chapter 502 The Dark Faction’s Plan
The news had been passed on from the Pagna Academy that Feebie, as well as Royo, were dead. Not only had the head of the Clan, the one that was well-known throughout the land, but also the one that would replace her if anything happened.
It was a bigger hit than most would realize, especially those not part of the Clan. That was because Royo was the main power force.
He was the ace that the other clans didn’t know too much about because he was considered even stronger than Feebie.
It was more so due to her connections with the rest of the Elders within the clans that she had obtained her position and her decision-making.
So how did it come to be that the great Lethal Bite Clan was now in this situation, Elder Conner thought, shaking his head.
Elder Conner was an old man with a beard so long that it hit the table that he was sitting at. He had been in the clan longer than most of those that were at the table.
Being a middle-stage warrior, he had lived a long life and was able to witness the growth of strength to the current strength of the clan.
Never did he believe that something like this would occur.
“We have been trying to come up with a solution for weeks now, and yet we have still selected no one to lead us!” One of the Elders spoke up, with anger in his voice.
Right after saying those words, several of the others started to speak up.
Looking around the room, there were many that thought they were deserving of the position. Feebie’s uncle Harbour, for one, who was minister of the Current city they were in.
He had been in charge of running things in the city, making sure the clan grew and had a good inflow of cash.
“If you wish to put yourself forward, I will tell you all again, you must have a plan of what needs to be done with the clan!” One of the elders stated. “We can’t just have anyone taking over.”
“Right now, our power has diminished, with the state that we are in, we can’t just select a new leader with no plan.”
The Elders like Conner were too old to lead the Clan. They had reached the peak of their strength. They wouldn’t grow any stronger, which was why they wanted a brighter future, helping guide the clan with their choices.
That’s when Harbour stood up, and the rest went silent as they listened to what he had to say.
“Due to the incident occurring in the academy, it is clear that the other clans are aware of our situation. It is not something that we can hide and try to raise our strength in secret.”
“I fear if we do not come up with a solution, that we might even be replaced. More than anything you should know that Murkel from the Erupting Fist Clan is afraid that if the Dark Faction shows their weakness, then the Demonic Faction will attack.”
Some in the room broke out in a sweat as they imagined a visit from Murkel himself. It was the last thing that they wanted.
There were times when the Erupting Fist Clan head had acted a bit rash.
“Which is why my suggestion is to take in a large number of talented wanderers. We are close to the border of the Demonic Faction, because of that wanderers frequently pass through our city to head over to the other side.”
“Many of them are strong; we can’t keep underestimating wanderers like we did in the past. We only have to take a look at the Crimson Crane to see that example is true.”
“We have enough funds to offer them a lucrative offer compared to what they would regularly get. We shall become a large force with strong warriors.”
Some were nodding in agreement at the table at Harbour’s idea. He hadn’t been left in charge of the city for nothing. He was one that fixed multiple issues when things had occurred.
They thought it was a good plan, and with him being the older brother of Feebie, he wasn’t exactly untalented when it came to fighting, it was just when he was compared to Feebie.
“Isn’t there a big problem with that?” A slim man said, raising his hand. The man in question was known as Niang; he was in charge as the Head of Clan Unification.
It was a fancy title, but what it meant was he was in charge of all the clans that were directly owned by the Lethal Bite Clan.
Large clans often had sub-branches that were based in other cities. Ones that had claimed loyalty to the larger clans or had a family connection as members left to start up their own Pagna clans.
Still, due to these ties, they were linked to the Lethal Bite Clan who would monitor them. At times, extremely talented individuals from these lesser clans would be scouted and sent to join the Lethal Bite Clan.
Niang was good at his job, as he was known for having a sly tongue. Being able to quell anger and rebellions within the families when times were looking tough.
No one knew how he really did it, but often he would do such things without a massive amount of chaos or deaths.
At times, because of his skill, even when the clan had other problems that needed to be dealt with, they would come to him.
Often even within the clan, many would be fighting for Niang’s favor. Because they feared that if they didn’t gain his skills, they would be used against them.
However, there was one person Niang was never able to persuade or work with, and that was Royo with his overwhelming strength.
For some reason, he seemed to be loyal to Feebie. And because of it, Niang’s influence was more feared on the lower levels, that was until now.
“I believe that you have already started implementing your plan across the city,” Niang claimed. “I have read the reports; they haven’t been doing very well at all.”
“Each day you have been running recruitment, but at most one or two warriors get added. Yet none of them that have been added have made it into the main clan’s power.”
“My guess is you wanted results and then when you came to this meeting, we could see how your planning is working out, but it doesn’t seem to be the case.”
At this point, it felt like Harbour needed to back down because it was true. Although there were talented Wanderers like the Crimson Crane out there, none would join the Lethal Bite Clan.
Especially since they had to work their way up. Harbour recognized himself that it would be a difficult task, since their own members within the clan would be too stubborn to see their strength and try to nurture them to the top.
If anything, the official members of the Lethal Bite Clan might even try to get rid of them if they showed too much talent, but it was the only plan Harbour could come up with.
“Thank you for bringing this to light, Niang,” Conner said. “However, Harbour has come up with a solution. What we need now is to work on where solutions can be improved upon.”
“We can’t just shoot down every option; otherwise, we will be stuck in limbo like we are now. I want solutions, not just for people to shoot down everything that is put on the table.”
As if waiting for those words, Niang stood up with a large grin on his face.
“I do have a solution, one I think is the best one for the clan yet.” Niang answered.
The displeased elders, as well as the high officials within the clan, were keen to listen once again as they stopped their murmuring.
Maybe now they would see his genius in how he managed to solve several matters before.
“I didn’t want to speak of this because before the Vice Head of the Moon Shield Clan was here, but now that he is not present, I will speak freely.”
“I suggest we make contact with one of the Divine Realm warriors.”
Gasps were heard, and heads spun among each other once they heard this.
“If we summon a Divine being down to the clan to aid us, that will give us the strength that we need and will put us back on equal footing with the others.”
Chapter 503 The Planner Plans
Niang’s suggestion was causing great ruckus in the Lethal Bite Clan’s headquarters. The Elders were looking at each other, wondering if his suggestion was genuine. It was something none of them had come up with before nor thought it was something even possible.
“Someone, a Divine being, if we could make contact with them and really do that, then all the clans would do such a thing; there is no reason for them to even listen to us in the first place,” one of the Elders complained.
He was a bit disappointed in the great Niang’s plan after everything he had heard.
“Do you really think that I would come up with a solution that I was unable to complete?” Niang replied. “I would not want to look like a fool; I would never speak up in front of everyone.”
“I have my ways; of course, I can contact those from the Divine realm, and I have a way they can help us.”
There was a whisper among them as they discussed the options. Even if this was viable in some ways, it seemed dangerous. A Divine being coming down would have the strength of a top-tier middle-stage warrior at best, due to the world restrictions.
It was still enough to eliminate the clan if they were to anger them, and just because they might have once been from the Clan didn’t mean they would be obliged to help.
They were more concerned about the affairs in the realm that they actually lived in.
“I know you might not be open to discussing your methods out in the open since this is your plan, but please expand on a few of the queries we have,” Conner said. “Why would a Divine being even help us?”
“Right, this is the greatest difficulty, correct?” Niang replied. “Other clans have had successful attempts at contacting the Divine realm, but why would they help us? Well, let’s just say I have a way that whoever comes down, they are able to utilize their full power here.”
“I’m sure this offer for them would be more than rewarding. Many of those in the Divine realm would accept this deal. I hear that for some, it is a difficult life for them in the other realm.”
“However, if they had the full strength of their power in a place like this, then they would easily be able to have free rein in this world. I’m sure they will feel indebted to us and help us when the time comes; this will not only let us compete with the other factions but help us in the overall conquest of the entire continent.”
There were quite a few people in the room that had worked with Niang before, and they took his words as truth. If he said that this was something he would do, then certainly it was something that he could do.
However, there were risks in his plans, and it was the same with Harbour as well.
“We have two solutions on the table; both of them have their flaws at the moment. Harbour needs to bring more proof that his recruitment is strengthening the clan.
“Meanwhile, Niang’s plan is mostly theory. We need you to make sure that this is an option. I would like to ask those in favor of Niang’s plan to raise their hand, and those in favor of Harbour’s plan to raise theirs.”
For most at the table, it wasn’t whose plan they thought was better, but who they had already made alliances with.
If they were to stick with a certain individual, what positions they would get in return within the clan and the powers.
There were few that were impartial. At that point though, the sides were equally split.
“Very well, both of you, bring results of your plans to the table next week. We can’t delay any longer; after that, we will select the new leader of the Lethal Bite Clan and go ahead with their idea,” Conner announced.
——
With Charlotte using her magic, she was able to detect lingering pieces of magic through the city. She continued to move through the districts as she could feel her magic growing stronger in certain areas.
Until it had eventually led to a large manor. There was an iron gate in front, which blocked them just outside of the front garden full of weeds.
Then on the other side of the garden, was the manor in question. Right now, they were standing on the stone pavement and realized something.
“There’s no one in this area of the city. It seems like it’s run down or something,” Charlotte commented.
“I’m sure Anna would tell us the history, like this was the old part of the city before they built the new part. Perhaps a part of the city before the clan took over. We are quite far from the mountains as well, as far as we can be,” Himmy commented. “So you’re sure that you can sense there magic being in there, right?”
“I’m positive. So what do you want to do? Should we head in and try to save the mage ourselves?” Charlotte asked.
“No,” Himmy replied. “We will do as the clan asked us to. We will report back to them, saying that we have confirmed the member of Alter to be here.
“It’s been a few days since he’s disappeared, so an hour or so won’t hurt; he will still be here.”
“But what if they kill him in that time? Shouldn’t we focus on saving them now that we know they’re here?”
“This could be our only chance at finding out the truth of the whole matter,” Himmy explained. “For one, just because you can feel magic doesn’t mean he is still alive.”
“As for the second matter, if we find him, we won’t confirm finding out who is behind this whole thing. If we inform the Clan, I want to see how they react, and we can try to find out why the clan was behind this whole matter.”
Charlotte didn’t like this part of Himmy, willing to sacrifice lives to complete the case. She didn’t agree with him but knew he wouldn’t be convinced, and he was her leader.
Heading back to where they had come from, they had entered the main base of the Lethal Bite Clan and informed the same man as before.
“I promise we will get our best people on it,” the man said.
In response to this, Charlotte and Himmy decided to head to the manor before the Lethal Bite Clan team would get there, to see just who it was that they would be sending.
At the barracks, the new recruits had joined and had been given their uniforms. They went through a presentation of sorts that explained the duties of the clan, as well as the chain of command of who they would follow.
Also, where they needed to be at each time, every day, for their orders. Right now, all of them were getting changed into the Lethal Bite Clan uniform inside the barracks buildings.
Meanwhile, Bargo, as well as the head assessor Ivor, had just finished the paperwork when he had received an odd call.
“Are you sure… you want us to do this?” Ivor replied. “No sir… we will get it done for you.”
Hanging up the receiver, Niang turned to Bargo at his side.
“What’s wrong?” Bargo asked.
“They just asked us to take the new recruits on a mission… telling us to rescue someone trapped in the old Stone Estate. It’s a bit odd, as we don’t tend to get these types of missions,” Ivor explained.
Bargo stretched out his hands.
“I guess it was right to have a look at these barracks in the first place; it seems interesting things are occurring.”
“Yes, what is even odder is the fact that they want us to take the new recruits, the wanderers of all things… but I guess if the two of us were to go with them, there would be no problems,” Ivor replied.
Just as he was about to get up, the receiver went off again. Picking it up, his tone of voice was a lot more stern, and his body shot straight up.
“Sir Harbour, of course, I am happy to answer you,” Ivor said.
“I have no doubt that you must have just received a request right now. I need you to do me a favor; you have to make sure,no matter what, that you complete this mission with the new recruits.”
“Certainly, sir!” Ivor replied, and the call shortly hung up after that.
Strange things were occurring one after the other, and Ivor had no idea why.
“That was a call from the base?” Bargo asked.
“Yes, they wanted us to complete this mission no matter what, but if they wanted to, it makes no sense that they are also forcing us to use those useless no-name recruits.”
“Don’t worry, those recruits are talented; you should know. Is your back feeling any better?” Bargo winked.
Little did Ivor know, Niang, back at the main base, had received information about everything.
“At first, I was a little startled to get a report that someone was looking for an individual, and it led them to the Stone Estate,” Niang commented. “But it does not matter. Harbour will send in the new wanderers that have been recruited to complete the task.
“However, they will certainly fail, and all of them will be eliminated. He is just doing my job for me. This is killing two birds with one stone.”
“My task will be complete, and Harbour’s wanderers will all be eliminated.”
Chapter 504 A New Look
Ivor was nervous because this task seemed to have a lot of pressure on him from the higher-ups. They were watching this case carefully.
The first call he had received was odd, and the second one was even stranger. Truth be told, he was already walking on a tightrope.
Since they had been doing this recruitment, Ivor had been strict in his assessment, only letting a few people pass. He had been asked to be more lenient, but he had just lost it when he saw the no-names in front of him, disrespecting the name of the Lethal Bite Clan.
Currently, Ivor was outside, weapon strapped to his side. Next to him was Bargo, who was standing in a relaxed manner, always smiling as the sun hit his face.
Then there were three new clan member guards in front of him. Two females and a single male wearing the Lethal Bite Clan uniform.
These were those that had been selected as part of the guards the other day. Eventually, out from the barracks, those whom he had been waiting for had walked out.
Two of the wanderers today that had passed the assessment walked towards the center, after that, there was the one known as man.
His long hair was tied up, and with a change of clothes, he looked relatively nice, but his sunken face from malnutrition was still visible.
Right behind him was none other than Anna. The clothes she was wearing now were more revealing compared to the heavy garments she had on before.
However, there wasn’t the same glow that Raze had seen initially when first meeting her. Apparently, this was only active when she was using her powers, so she could cover herself up and look like just any other person from Pagna relatively easily if she wanted.
The last person to exit out of the room was Raze, and there was quite a big noticeable change when he had come out.
“Oh!” Ivor placed his hand under his chin and was analyzing the persons in front of him up and down. “I have to say, you cleaned up quite well.
“No longer do you have that strange ridiculous outfit on you, and your hair, it suits you more.”
Raze didn’t say anything as he went to line up with the others, but the Wanderers who had seen him couldn’t stop staring.
Now Raze was wearing the Pagna uniform instead of his protective Blazer; he still had his regular sword by his side, but the biggest change was Raze’s hair color.
It wasn’t a particularly hard spell to make small changes. Creating a circle and stepping into it and activating it with magic.
It had changed his hair color now to black. However, it wasn’t a strong spell either. Meaning if Raze himself used a mass amount of magic around him, or was hit with a large spell, it would reveal his hair color anyway.
He would then need to cast the spell over and over to change it back to black. A magic spell that had next to no use for combat. Simply changing his hair color wouldn’t make it so no one knew what his face looked like either.
However, in this situation, where the name the White Dragon had spread, he thought it was best to change it for now.
“Alright everyone, we are a team of ten, and we have been tasked with an important mission!” Ivor explained. “Apparently, a guest of sorts has been kidnapped, and they have located them at the Stone estate.”
“I know you have just recently joined, and this type of task might not be something you are used to, which is why I will be joining you on this task.”
“I will be observing as well,” Bargo added.
A quick glance was given by Ivor for Bargo interrupting him. It was a pain to have someone from another clan so close in this situation.
Raze, standing, was a little annoyed; after joining up, he thought maybe they would be heading to the main base of the clan. There he could find out some information about these deaths, but nothing had occurred.
“What is Himmy doing?” Raze asked.
“Don’t worry, he has a clear head on him that focuses on the goal; he is a stubborn person.” Anna answered. “Let’s just continue on as we are at the moment.
“If we make some big achievements, then maybe we can make it to the top,” Anna replied.
Although Raze did want to get this whole thing over and done with, he was worried that those at the top might potentially know him.
——
Himmy and Charlotte had quickly made it back to the Stone estate. They were waiting at another abandoned building that was stationed opposite the manor.
From the look of things, the building used to be a type of drinking establishment. Pulling up a couple of chairs, Himmy sat down and stared out of the broken window.
“Did you sense that they were still inside the building?” Himmy asked.
“I could still sense a trail of magic that is lingering from the building,” Charlotte answered.
Reaching into his coat pocket, Himmy had pulled out the Alter device; he had pressed the button one more time, but only Charlotte’s had activated, and it didn’t seem like it was connecting with anything else.
“Let’s turn these off for now. We don’t know how much information these kidnappers know; it would be best we don’t out ourselves as those from Alter,” Himmy suggested.
Charlotte did as she was asked, turning her device off, and now it was a waiting game. How the Lethal Bite Clan would react to all of this was.
It was going to tell a lot to Himmy.
“You’re trying harder than before on this case,” Charlotte commented.
“Of course I am,” Himmy replied. “Alter took us off this case thinking we were doing an incompetent job. They then send in another Alter team, and look what happens to them.”
“After that, they come asking us to reopen and investigate the case again. I’m going to complete this task and show them what’s what!”
Himmy got up from his seat, as he took a look out the window; he could see a group of those in Pagna uniform, not just any uniform but the Lethal Bite Clan approaching the gate, ten of them in total.
“Hey, isn’t that… Anna and… I think that’s Raze, he changed his hair color!” Charlotte gasped. Quickly, she was trying to wonder which hair color she preferred on him, white or black.
“Well, now we know, it’s quite clear that the Lethal Bite Clan is trying to hide something,” Himmy stated. “Anna and Raze should have just joined the clan.
“If that is the case, then why would they send them on a mission straight away? It’s clear that they don’t care about the ones that have been sent.”
“And if anything, they would more likely want to use people that they don’t mind disappearing.”
That wasn’t the only thing that was worrying Himmy; he was surprised to see the clan just walk up to the front gate. Were they trying to announce to everyone that they were there?
Shortly after that, they had already jumped over the gate and were going inside the building.
“Come on, let’s follow them, and find out just what’s in store inside.”
Chapter 505 A Black Heart
Ivor had led the group to the suspected location. When coming to the area, there were some questions by the Wanderers as they noticed the place looking run down.
“Before the Lethal Bite Clan had made this city their base of operations, there was another clan that was here. A battle had occurred on the border, and the whole city was destroyed.”
“What you are looking at now is what’s left of the city. This is the old part. People aren’t really allowed to live or stay here, but those that are unable to find a place to live, or have funds to pay for an inn, might come here from time to time.”
For Raze, it sounded like the perfect place for people to escape to, or commit crimes if needed. He would frequently try to visit and find places like this.
“We are here!” Ivor raised his hand, and the group had stopped just outside the front gate.
“Are you stating that this is the manor in front of us?” Anna asked. “If that is the case, then shouldn’t we have approached it from a more hidden angle?”
“Right now, we are standing in front of it. We have no idea how large the enemy is, their strength, or anything about them, yet we are approaching them head-on.”
It was a clear complaint from Anna, which infuriated Ivor even more. He already didn’t like the fact that he needed to do this and that she had passed.
“Yeah, shouldn’t we do some scouting in this situation, maybe we could send someone who’s light on their feet in first to get an idea of the situation,” one of the Wanderers said.
The Wanderers were already starting to formulate a plan as they talked and discussed among each other. Although they had never done a task like this.
“Enough!” Ivor shouted as if there wasn’t a care in the world who heard him. “This is why I thought it was best I came on this task with you.
“All of you know nothing about the Lethal Bite Clan. We are one of the top clans in the Dark Faction. We have great strength compared to the other clans.”
“Just by mentioning you’re a part of us, there will be those that will do your bidding just not to anger you, and you want our clan to do something like scouting, trying to attack the enemy from behind! How weak do you want to make us look!”
Frustrated would be too weak of a word to describe the look on Ivor’s face, but Raze was ignoring it because what he could sense now that he was this close, was magic.
Why in all places would there be magic lingering out from the building? Things weren’t looking good, and he feared that another situation similar to the Light Faction Elder might occur.
“But they have someone kidnapped, do they not?” Anna asked. “It’s possible that they could use the hostage against us, making it difficult to fight.”
“Not just that,” Raze finally chimed in. “Aren’t we the Dark Faction? I thought the Dark Faction’s principles were to do whatever it takes to complete the task.”
“We are not the Light Faction; it doesn’t matter if we stab them from behind or throw sand in their eyes.”
Listening to it all, Ivor just couldn’t stop shaking his head before he finally answered.
“First, you’re right; in the end, only the winner of this thing has say, but there are times as one of the top clans that we have to show our power. Show how we’re different from the rest of the other factions that we don’t need to resort to actions like those.”
“As for the second point, whether the hostage dies or not does not matter. We are not here to save them, but to teach those that have done this a lesson so something like this can never happen again.”
Ivor then jumped over the gate and asked for the rest to follow. The group was now making their way down the cobbled path straight to the large front door.
Bargo had been listening to things and kept his mouth shut because in this situation, he agreed with Ivor a lot. The clan wouldn’t care about the hostage.
If the hostage was killed but so were all the kidnappers, he knew that they would claim it as a successful mission as well.
Walking up to the large manor, Ivor was standing at the front proud and confident. Thinking that anything that came at him he could defeat with the flick of his hand.
‘I wonder what makes him so confident when he had just lost to Anna here?’ Raze thought. ‘Still, I should be careful if there is another mage.’
Reaching in, Raze then pressed his Alter scanner, turning it off. Not wanting any surprises if they were to occur.
Anna seemed to have caught wind as well and had done the same. When they had reached the large door, there wasn’t even a stop in Ivor’s footsteps as he continued forward and pushed the door open.
It swung with ease, making a creaking sound into the main reception. Upon entering, two large winding staircases could be seen heading up to the second floor.
Several doors on either side leading to different rooms, but most importantly, the inside of the place was relatively dark.
With few lights hitting from the windows that were on the sides.
When Raze took a step onto the marble floor, he could feel something hitting him, almost suffocating, tightening around his chest.
‘Now, this is a new feeling,’ Raze thought as he looked at his ring. His magic core, and his specially crafted ring that now helped him to wield the strength of all of his elements, it was reacting.
‘The Dark Magic that reacts to death, this place reeks of it.’
Once everyone was inside, they took a quick look around, until Bargo turned to look at the door.
“It appears that we have been followed,” Bargo mentioned