Dark Magus Returns
Chapter 892: Dark Breakthrough
When the strange Dark Mist passed through the others, an odd feeling was felt. It wasn’t pain, nor was it like the Qi that came from Sha Mo.
Instead, for a moment, they felt empty inside, as if all their senses had disappeared for a fraction of a second. Everything had dulled-their sense of smell, their hearing, and more. It was a strange feeling because the one sense that still existed was their sense of sight. Yet the feeling of everything being gone from them–it was almost like they had died in that moment.
When the Dark energy went past them, they looked down at the crater and could see where Raze stood. Part of the ground beneath his feet had been destroyed.
The ground looked as if a sphere had perfectly carved out the floor from underneath him, but the surprising thing itself was Raze.
“What happened to him?” Rayna asked.
“I… don’t understand either, he looks like an old man,” Liam said. “And not just looks like- it’s almost as if he’s turned into an old man. Is that really Raze, or did something happen again like last time?”
Anna was using the system to analyze the features on Raze’s face, and something strange was happening. Her system itself had come up with an error.
[Unable to Determine if they are the same individuals.]
[Similarities and differences have occurred]
[Here is a list of the following]
Judging by the information, Raze’s posture, stance, and some of his internal features remained the same, but his skin and facial features-they weren’t the same person according to the system.
One thing the system was sure about was that all of the clothes that this old man was wearing were exactly the same.
‘Maybe this is like last time when the Divine being took over, but why does he look different this time?’
The reason for the confusion was because the blazer Raze wore was the same, and the familiar white hair, although slightly longer, was still there.
Still, one couldn’t just suddenly age, and why would it happen to Raze in the middle of a match?
The truth was that even Raze himself was shocked by this.
“What has happened to you?” Sha Mo asked. “Why have you turned into… an old man?”
“An old man?” Raze repeated, as he looked at his hands. They were wrinkled, severely, the veins on the top of his hands stuck out.
He could feel it in just his breathing and the normal aches and pains one got as they grew older. However, there was something else flowing through him.
He lifted his hand and placed it against his chest.
‘Right now, I can tell my mana heart has gone through a breakthrough. The mana has exploded all over my body, but when I look at my mana heart… why is it… can it be?’
It was then that Raze lifted his hand and weaved it in the air. In doing so, a pool of water was created, floating.
Sha Mo was cautious and didn’t go in for the attack just yet.
‘This person managed to beat Murkel somehow. The strength I’ve witnessed so far wouldn’t have been enough to beat him. Is it because of this old figure? I can’t let my guard down.’
When Raze used his magic to create the water, he had done so for one reason only. Now he was able to see his face in the reflection.
Both of his hands slowly lifted as he touched the wrinkles on his face.
‘It can’t be… it can’t be… this face… this face,’ Raze thought, his whole body shaking.
‘This is the face of Raze Cromwell, the real Raze Cromwell from Alterian. The face that everyone knows as the Dark Magus.’
So many theories were going through Raze’s mind because he didn’t understand it. How could something like a breakthrough of one’s Mana Core cause such a thing?
Breakthroughs were usually based on one’s Mana Core and would be related to that. If one had a wind-based Mana Core, maybe their casting speed would double for a short time.
Or they would be able to form some type of weapon that aided their magical powers, but something like this had never happened before.
Even if Raze was the first person to ever have a breakthrough using a Dark Core, a result like this had never occurred.
‘Every breakthrough is unique to the user… is it because of me, the real soul occupying this body?
‘Dark magic affinity is closely linked with death… it’s quite possible that something like this could have happened.’
Right after, Raze waved his hand again, and the pool of water disappeared. He started to wave his hand a few times, and the water reappeared, only to disappear again.
Then he lifted his right hand and clicked his fingers, and a small flame, like that of a lighter, appeared. He flicked it into the air, and it landed on his other hand.
Sparks started to appear, surrounding both of Raze’s arms, swirling around them, and then they suddenly stopped. Everything around Raze had stopped.
He just stood there, looked up at Sha Mo, and started to smile.
“You seem to have a big grin on your face, for someone who was getting beat so badly that they seem to have aged,” Sha Mo exclaimed, getting back into a fighting stance, one hand in front of the other and his legs spread out.
Raze looked off to the side, where Safa’s body lay, and with a finger, she was lifted into the air. She continued to rise until she was brought to the side of the others up above. When placed on the ground, the wind could be seen blowing the dust to the side.
“The person you fought before was Raze Cromwell of Pagna,” Raze answered. “But the person you will be fighting right now is Raze Cromwell from Alterian. I will show you the power of a nine-star mage.”
In this older form, Raze was back to his strength before he had come to Pagna.
Dark Magus Returns
Chapter 893: A 9 Star Mage
With Raze’s breakthrough, although he was back to his old appearance, he wasn’t quite sure what benefits it had brought him.
When looking at his Mana heart, he wasn’t sure if he could believe it, but he could feel it- nine different star points could be located surrounding his heart.
Although it was more accurate to say these were artificial stars, because with every
breakthrough, it was a temporary form, and once the surge in power ended, for a period of time, Raze wouldn’t be able to use any magic at all.
Now that he was a nine-star mage, he began to wonder if everything had reverted back to how it was when he was on Alterian.
The fancy display of magic wasn’t to show Sha Mo what he could do; it was for Raze’s own benefit. He had realized that he now had affinities with elements he hadn’t before.
“If you are just going to mess around, then I will come for you!” Sha Mo shouted, spreading his arms apart. “In the world of warriors, old age is a sign that you are at your end!”
These words spoken by Sha Mo were true, as advancing to each stage would bring a longer lifespan.
Sha Mo could be close to two hundred, yet he didn’t look a day over forty.
The hope was to reach the Divine stage before the end of one’s life, but if one aged, it meant they had been unsuccessful in advancing as a warrior and had pretty much reached the peak of what they could achieve.
With his arms by his side, Sha Mo lifted them both and swung them down. The two large invisible Qi snakes were soon to land on Raze.
Raze gave two simple flicks of his fingers, and two large pillars of earth ascended.
It appeared as though two small mountains had risen. As Sha Mo’s attack landed, the mounds of earth crumbled as if cut, and the giant pieces were seen falling.
They only flew a meter or so before they were blown away, scattering around Raze in the large crater.
“I’ll just have to attack you closer!” Sha Mo claimed, hurling himself forward.
Raze extended his hand, and a tunnel of wind pressure shot forward, hitting Sha Mo square in the stomach.
It pushed against Sha Mo, and even with the might of his Qi, it appeared he was unable to
move.
“You should have just left this business between me and you,” Raze said as he brought his other hand close. “Burn.”
Flames from one hand joined the tunnel of wind. The wind ignited quickly, and a giant whirlwind of fire was created.
It surrounded Sha Mo completely. Those watching weren’t even able to see Sha Mo’s body, but from where they stood, they could feel the intense heat.
The swirling flames continued around Sha Mo, and inside the tunnel of fire, fireballs appeared, striking Sha Mo’s body.
They didn’t burn through his skin, but with each hit, Sha Mo could feel the Qi protecting his body was withering away.
‘If I stay in here any longer, the flames will eventually eat away at my body!’ Sha Mo thought. Gathering both his hands together, Sha Mo drew Qi from his body into his hands and struck forward. When the Qi drained from his body, the flames attached to his skin, and the burning sensation could be felt through all of his nerves.
The burst of Qi created an opening, and Sha Mo leapt through. Some of his skin appeared slightly burnt, but he knew he needed to escape the tornado of fire.
‘Now I just need to-‘
Before Sha Mo could take another step, he felt a stinging pain through his leg, and right after, a jolt shot through his entire body.
Looking down at his leg, he saw a strange blue object glowing, piercing through and pinning him to the ground.
When Sha Mo looked at Raze, he saw several more of these objects coming straight for him.
‘I can’t move my body-it feels just like before, every one of my cells is in shock.’ Several of these strange jagged blue objects pierced through Sha Mo’s leg, arms, and even abdomen.
The shocking pain throughout his body intensified, and he felt like he was no longer in control of his body, no matter how much Qi he used.
For Raze, blue sparks twirled around his fingers slightly.
“There are many ways I could deal with you now,” Raze said. “The power of water added with the pressure of wind is strong enough to cut diamonds and would be strong enough to go through your neck with ease.”
“I could create a giant ball of fire to burn you into ashes. But you see, both of those methods would have been too painless,” Raze said.
Raze lifted both his hands in the air, and magic started to surge out from his body.
Those watching felt a sickening sensation come over them once more.
“You see, I want you to scream, to shout so loud in pain that everyone will know what
happens when they try to deal with the Dark Magus.”
“My name will be feared here just as much as it is in Alterian, and maybe then none of you
fools will try to take anything away from me again!”
In the air, there were small black balls floating-not just one, not just ten or a hundred-there were thousands of them, each the size of a marble.
It looked like black raindrops had frozen over the crater.
Everyone, having seen what Raze had just done, had almost forgotten that he was going against a top warrior in Pagna.
The fight they were witnessing was more like what they imagined it would be if a Divine warrior with full powers stepped onto the land of Pagna.
“I can’t believe it,” Lince said. “He’s toying with Sha Mo… he’s powerful enough to treat him
like this.”
“Right now, I can’t think of a single person more powerful than him…”
Dark Magus Returns
Chapter 894: 9th Mage’s Power
The number of small black balls floating about in the air was like a scene out of a fantasy world for those from Pagna. They had heard of Pagna warriors controlling Qi in strange ways because they could produce projectile Qi out of their bodies.
But something like this? Magic was already confusing to them because, in their eyes, it was creating something out of nothing, as they couldn’t understand Mana.
However, even if they could somewhat compare Mana to another energy source like Qi, for a single person to create something like this, to be in control of something like this—it was a power that only gods should be capable of wielding.
“If all of this Dark Magic entered your body at once, it would mean certain death for you,” Raze stated. “But, I’ve already told you, that’s not what I want.”
Sha Mo was still trying to move, and he could see that the first strange blue spear-like object that had pierced through his leg was starting to disappear.
With it, the effects of its power lessened slightly. Just as he tried to focus his Qi to that point, another stinging pain shot through his leg, and the same object was placed in the same
position once again.
Raze’s finger flickered.
“I’m not done,” Raze said. “Don’t you even dare think of moving. I thought you were an old soul; you should know that patience is a virtue that grows with you as you get older.”
Moving his other hand, one of the small black balls floated forward toward Sha Mo. Seeing it coming, he wanted to try to reach out and grab it, to slap it away with his Qi, but with all the strange attacks Raze had done to him, and the physical lightning bolts created by his magic, Sha Mo was unable to move.
He watched as the small black ball entered through his skin. A searing pain, different from a burning sensation, but of complete annihilation, surged through him.
However, as the ball went in, the pain somewhat disappeared.
“What, do you think that’s it?” Raze asked.
As Sha Mo continued to breathe, he was starting to struggle. Each breath he took felt shorter and shorter, and he tried to inhale harder, but it wasn’t working.
“Dark Magic, out of all forms of magic, is the most destructive. Right now, I have created a small hole in your lung. Slowly, blood is starting to fill in, and you’re struggling to breathe. This is similar to drowning.”
“You know they say one of the worst ways to die is by drowning, but again, this is not enough!”
The taste of iron filled Sha Mo’s mouth, and although he was still partially taking in oxygen, he was trying as hard as he could to conserve himself.
Pagna warriors could hold their breath for a long time compared to regular humans. However, Sha Mo would soon learn that it would have been best if that had been the end of it.
Raze waved his hand again, and the black balls moved through the air. This time there were hundreds of them. When they reached Sha Mo’s body, they lingered, touching the surface of his skin.
They covered it completely, to the point where the real Sha Mo was no longer visible. Eventually, the small black balls started to disappear.
And in their place, Sha Mo could be seen, but it was hard to tell it was even him. All of the clothing on his body, all of the skin-it was gone.
On clear display was the muscular flesh that held the human body together. The senses of Sha Mo’s body were on overdrive as the pieces underneath his skin were exposed to the open air.
“I said from the beginning, it would have been simple to have all this darkness finish you in one go… but then, you wouldn’t learn your lesson, none of you would learn your lesson!” Raze said, anger in his voice.
“Now that your skin has been ripped off, let’s see how you deal with the flames once again!” Raze said as he flicked his hand, and a tornado of flames surrounded Sha Mo.
The flames spun around his body, and the heat intensified. With no skin and all his nerves exposed, the pain caused Sha Mo to scream at the top of his lungs.
Due to the howl that had been made earlier, though, blood filled Sha Mo’s mouth. The pain was so excruciating that Sha Mo was on the verge of passing out. He, a middle-stage warrior who had put himself through the most strenuous situations to grow stronger, was now barely hanging on.
Standing on the crater’s edge, Simyon’s fist was shaking.
“That look in his eyes… I saw it before-it was the same look at the orphanage. I haven’t seen it in a long time, but it looks like it’s back.”
Simyon touched his other arm, trying to stop it from shaking, but there was no denying the fear he felt in the current situation.
Seeing that look on Raze’s face, he thought the Raze he knew had disappeared, at least from his memory.
“What are you saying, are you telling us to stop him?” Liam asked. “Sha Mo deserves this after everything he did. He killed Safa, and he would have killed us and all of those in the town of Flendon, and for what? What good reason did he have? As Raze said, this is the only way to stop people from going after us.”
The loud scream from Sha Mo erupted as the tornado of flames condensed around him, completely enveloping his body. The flames latched on and started to burn him.
Right now, Sha Mo was experiencing the agony of being burned alive while also drowning- something that seemed impossible, but it was more intense than what one would normally
endure.
With a sweeping motion of his hand, Raze sucked the flames away, and the thin, charred body of Sha Mo collapsed to the ground.
“You can’t die yet…” Raze said as he started to walk over. “Your life force still needs to be used for one thing. I’m going to use you to grow even stronger than I am now!”
Dark Magus Returns
Chapter 895: How Do You Stop That?
Blinded by the anger that filled Raze, seeing another precious person taken away from him, he had almost forgotten the reason why he had decided to fight Sha Mo in the first place.
The reason he had decided to defend the town of Flendon. Too many things had happened, especially with the Deleter attacking them in the middle of everything.
The reason was to defeat Sha Mo and extract his Qi using the Demonic Extraction technique. By doing this, Raze was sure he would reach the next stage in the middle stage.
Then he would be only one stage under those like Sha Mo and Belil, and combined with his magic power, there was a good chance he would be able to best anyone in Pagna.
Thankfully, because Raze was focused on inflicting as much pain on Sha Mo as possible, Sha Mo was still alive, barely.
He was lying on the floor, blood pouring from his mouth, his body jerking occasionally. How much longer he had to live was anyone’s guess.
But it was quite clear that in the condition he was in, there was no chance for him to speak. There was nothing left for him to say.
Raze approached Sha Mo’s body, walking over slowly. Then, without even bending down, he lifted Sha Mo by raising his hand.
“This body of mine is exactly like my old body. It doesn’t seem to have the same effects as its Pagna self,” Raze said. “So as an old man, I’m not exactly agile enough to bend down and pick you up, but thankfully, my magic is strong enough to lift your body.”
Reaching out with his old hand, the extraction technique started to work. The only sounds that came out of Sha Mo’s mouth were as the energy drained from his body, slowly being added to Raze’s.
Eventually, Sha Mo’s body was just shriveled up, darkened, and dropped to the ground. One of the greatest in the Demonic Faction was now unrecognizable to all.
“Some might think I should thank you,” Raze said as he looked at the body. “Because of you, I have accomplished what no mage has before me. For a researcher like me, these achievements are what I live for… at least what I used to live for.”
“It’s because of you that I managed to unlock this, but at what cost? If I could, I certainly would rather have them back alive.”
Those watching didn’t fully know what to think. The great enemy they were facing, that they had so much trouble with, had ended.
It was hard for them to believe that such a foe was taken out. Maybe they would have understood it more if it was with techniques, with punches and kicks.
But equally, it was with powers they didn’t understand, and just like that, the threat was gone.
Raze, on the ground, clenched his fist a few times. Ever since he had used his breakthrough, he was unable to feel the Qi inside his dantian.
All he could feel was Mana all over his body. So he wasn’t quite sure if the extraction technique had worked, if it had allowed him to reach the next stage.
He also wasn’t quite sure of the side effects after performing the breakthrough. Usually, one wouldn’t be able to use their Mana for a while, but what about Qi?
Could Raze continue to fight with his Qi? If that was the case, as long as he figured out how to regularly break through, it would be a big bonus to him.
‘Still, fighting with just my Pagna techniques is lacking in strength. The combination of magic and Qi is second to the form I currently have now.’
“I wonder what he’s thinking,” Ricktor said with a smile.
“He just defeated a Demonic Faction leader!” Mantis said. “His name will go down in legends.”
“That’s if his name hasn’t already. His name was being spread well before this, and he has made the first large impact in the world of Pagna as the leader of the Dark Faction.”
“Does this mean it’s over?” Mada asked. “With Sha Mo defeated… the fight, it should have stopped, right?”
When they looked around, though, only a few had stopped. When the fighting had gotten intense, many had moved away.
The pressure of the Qi hitting them was affecting them too much. Maybe some of the others would have moved away as well if they could.
This meant that there were few onlookers of the fight, and none of those watching would have ever believed that Sha Mo could be defeated in the first place, yet it happened.
Because of this, though, very few people were even aware of Sha Mo’s defeat, and the attack on the town of Flendon had continued.
The statue was doing its best to protect, but the Behemoth Clan had started to spread out even wider, making the line of attack stretch out so it wasn’t so concentrated on one part of the wall.
This allowed a few warriors to get in, making it incredibly difficult for those inside to fight them off.
“It’s not over,” Mada said. “Even though we took out the Pillars, even though we took out Sha Mo, the Behemoth Clan still exists!”
They weren’t the only ones that thought this. Raze stood in the center, lifting his old body.
They saw him rising up in the air, and as he spread his hands out, in an instant, all of the rainfall stopped, floating in the air.
Those busy fighting didn’t realize it, and right after, Raze flew over to the wall of the town of Flendon.
“They all need to be stopped,” Raze said to himself.
When he finally reached the wall, he turned around to face the Behemoth Clan Army that was approaching.
“He still has that look on his face,” Simyon said. “This isn’t going to be good. He’s going to kill everyone here!”
“Alright, you might be onto something. Maybe he does need to be stopped,” Liam said.
Dark Magus Returns
Chapter 896: Freeze The Battlefield
An instant display of pure power was being witnessed by many. For one, right in front of the Behemoth Clan’s eyes, they could see a man floating above the wall.
Flight without special weapons was not possible for Pagna warriors, so just seeing this was already breaking their beliefs.
It was when they looked up at the individual that they realized the rain had stopped.
Seeing both the floating man and the fact that the rain had stopped couldn’t have been a coincidence.
“What is going on? Strange things keep happening in this fight, I’m telling you!”
“You’re right-moving statues, strange arrows falling from the sky!”
“I’m starting to wonder if we might have angered the wrong person.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, is this all the Dark Magus’s doing? Shouldn’t we, the Behemoth Clan, have already taken out a small town like Flendon? Yet we’re struggling so much-how do you explain that?”
“I’ve also been wondering about something else. Where is Sha Mo? Where are the Pillars? Surely, with how much we’re struggling, they would have helped us by now.”
“It seems he got caught up in some type of fight.”
“And there’s someone strong enough to fight him for this long? This is what I’m saying- something is up, and I don’t like it.”
While in the air, Raze extended his arms out, and a mist extended from his body, reaching out.
As it touched the raindrops, they started to harden, turning into small drops of ice, similar to hail.
The ice remained still in the air. After that, Raze twisted his hand, and the shape of the hail changed slightly.
The drops sharpened at the end, looking like bullets.
Looking below, there were still those fighting, and some of the warriors had gotten into the town.
One had bashed open the door to one of the nearby shops, and an almighty scream was heard from inside.
Immediately, images in Raze’s head appeared of Sabrina on the floor in a bloody mess. Other images flooded his mind, of more who had lost their lives in front of him.
He wiggled his index finger, and one of the small ice drops moved. It reached the back of the warrior’s head and pierced right through his skull.
Instantly, the warrior fell to the floor, his life lost.
The woman inside the building wore a look of confusion on her face as her attacker suddenly collapsed.
“First, I get rid of the troublesome ones,” Raze said.
Some of the frozen ice in the air began to move, piercing the warriors on the wall and those who had made it into Flendon.
Behemoth Clan members were seen falling to the ground, one after the other.
Some of the warriors, seeing their nearby allies fall, started to be on guard.
“It’s the raindrops!” one of the warriors said, flinging their sword, filled with Qi, at the right time, stopping the ice. But the ones who could do so were few.
There were still plenty of frozen raindrops in the air, but instead, Raze lifted his hand, and the entirety of one of his arms started to spark up. Forming in his hand was a blue thunderbolt, the same one he had used against Sha Mo.
He hurled it at one of the survivors, and it pierced right through the warrior’s heart.
The shock went through his entire body, and unlike Sha Mo, the warrior’s life had already ended, his body only being held up by the shock of the bolt freezing and hardening his muscles.
Unlike the ice rainfall, the warrior wasn’t able to see this attack coming in his direction. Not only that, but right now, in Raze’s hand, another lightning bolt had already appeared. “You made your decision the moment you entered the city-your actions are as clear as day.” Another lightning bolt struck, killing another warrior. Loud bangs and flashes of light were seen all over the place.
The Behemoth Clan members still out on the field, those who had yet to enter and go past the wall, still didn’t know what they were witnessing.
It wasn’t just them. Andy and the rest of the guards were in awe.
“Who is this person who has come to save us? They’re striking down all our enemies!”
“I think that’s Raze,” Fixteen answered. “I think that’s the Dark Magus.”
Andy wasn’t too sure, and neither were the rest of the guards, because this wasn’t the young man they had seen before.
This was an old man. It was quite clear that the level of power this individual held was on a different scale.
“It has to be him, right?” Alba asked, worn out with a few cuts on her arms. “No one else I know can do that and has a reason to fight for this town. But why does he look like that, and why does he have that look in his eyes?”
Raze had swiftly dealt with all of those in the town of Flendon, and then he turned his attention to the large army.
Swinging his hands down, the rainfall resumed as before, only now, it was small drops of ice.
Seeing what had occurred, the warriors braced themselves while others started to focus their attacks on the sky.
A large amount of Qi and skills were hurled above, and as a result, not a single one of them
died.
After the ice fell, the rainfall became heavy, falling on the ground at a fast pace, so much so that water was up to their ankles.
“We stopped his attack!” the clan members shouted. “We can do this-keep pushing!”
But when they tried to move, their legs wouldn’t budge. They tried to pull them a few times until they looked at the ground and saw that the liquid had frozen.
“Now that you are all still, it’s a lot easier to deal with you,” Raze claimed.
Included in those stuck in the ice were Simyon and the rest of the group.
Dark Magus Returns
Chapter 897: Caught in the Fire
Seeing the way Raze was and the way he had been acting, the others wished to stop him, and there were a number of reasons for them doing so.
Some of them had sensed a strange look in Raze’s eyes, believing he had gone somewhat overboard. While others thought that Raze’s power had to be close to its end.
He had already been fighting Sha Mo for quite a long time before all of this had happened. Any moment now, they imagined he would collapse like he did before.
They couldn’t believe that drawing so much power wouldn’t have any type of drawback.
The main issue was, all of them still felt incredibly weak. Still, they pushed themselves beyond what they could, Simyon even carrying Safa on his back.
He stayed behind everyone else because he didn’t want them to see her wound, while the others marched forward, going through the crowd of people.
They hadn’t made it very far; they could still see Raze in the distance, and when he used his powers, they too had been caught in it, their feet frozen and them in the same position.
“Yeah, my balls, he’s getting weak!” Liam said. “This guy just froze the entire battlefield just like that.”
“Do you think he might have forgotten about us?” Mada said. He had activated the power of his boots, but they were the worst thing to use in this situation.
Instantly, his power was freezing up. It went to show that this power of magic was far greater than the artifacts they used.
“What do you mean, forgotten about us?” Mantis said. “Are you saying we’re going to get killed with the rest of these people?”
“Well, if he wanted to, he could have just electrified the water and killed us all in one go,” Anna added. “But it appears that he has avoided that option for a reason.”
“Yeah, because he wants to torture all these people, just like he did Sha Mo. You guys said that before-he’s lost his mind!”
“He wouldn’t do that,” Rayna added. “You also saw what he just did-he carefully picked out and eliminated only those from the Behemoth Clan. He didn’t hurt anyone from the town of Flendon.”
When Rayna spoke, Anna could tell there was slight worry in her voice. Although Raze was able to distinguish people, was it only because there was a clear line?
Among these eight thousand people, was it quite possible that they were just a number to Raze?
While in the air, Raze had created two large fireballs in his hands and hurled them toward the large group of people.
The fireballs crashed into the warriors and engulfed them completely, and even when crashing, parts of the flames broke out and went onto others.
Part of their clothing caught on fire, and the rest of them burned.
“Why is it burning my skin? I’m using my Qi… but it’s still burning, it’s still burning! AHHH!” the man screamed, unable to move his feet.
Due to the intense heat, some of the warriors could move slightly again, and this time, they were turning away from the town of Flendon.
“The pain you are all feeling is only slightly what I have experienced. At least you will die with only physical pain. I will have to be satisfied with this, as I am unable to make you suffer even more!”
The large fireballs continued to be hurled at the front line, exploding and killing many in one go. Screams were heard, and from the back, the other members were seeing the large explosions of fire in front of them.
They stayed there in fear as they watched, waiting for the fireballs to come after them next. ‘This is my power. I don’t need any help. I can get my revenge!’ Raze thought. ‘Really?’ A voice was heard speaking in his head once more-the Bloody woman. ‘You say you were so powerful, so powerful that you were able to defeat that man on your own.’
‘Is that really the case? If you were so strong, then why couldn’t you save her? Why weren’t you able to save that girl?’
The vein on the side of Raze’s head was seen protruding more, and he stopped flying, heading down to the ground. As he walked forward, those who hadn’t been struck by the flames, Raze flicked his hand, and a wind slash appeared, slicing at their throats or tearing their bodies in half.
Raze continued to walk forward, throwing a fireball in another direction and then continuing to use Wind magic to finish off the others.
“You know, if you had just used my power when I let you, she would have lived!” the Bloody woman shouted.
“ARGHH!” Raze shouted as he spun, and fire spit out from both of his hands in a circle, burning everything in sight.
The Blazer was protecting him, and he could cast Wind magic to blow the heat away from hitting him.
As the flames started to die down, Raze could still see there were more, still trapped in the distance.
He had only gone through around a quarter of the army.
“Right, right, but keep telling yourself you’re strong. Just admit it-you’re weak. That’s why you lost her, and that’s why you lost Safa as well!”
The thoughts continued to fill Raze’s head. Images flashed of his memories of the past, everything he had gone through. Everything the Grand Magus had put him through.
The words of the Bloody woman seemed true in that moment. These people-why did they have to attack? Why did they have to get involved?
If they had just left him alone, if they had just left those he cared about alone, they would all be fine.
Fireballs were thrown out in every direction in a fit of rage, and it was at that point that Raze didn’t even realize that he had thrown one heading directly toward Rayna and the others.
“F**k my balls,” Liam said as a small miniature sun was heading right toward their group.
Dark Magus Returns
Chapter 898 Two Miracles
Among Rayna and her group, which were trapped in the ice, there was one individual that could break out, and forcing his Qi into the ice, he already had. Someone who wasn’t quite part of their group but had been observing the fight between Sha Mo and the Dark Magus, Raze.
As the fireball was coming toward the group, shot by Raze himself, Lince had several quick thoughts running through his head.
‘If I cover my body in Qi, most likely the fireball won’t affect me too much,’ Lince thought. ‘I practically still have all my strength, but as for the rest, fighting Sha Mo has depleted most of their strength and Qi. They won’t be able to escape and will be burnt just like the others.’
It was a decision Lince had to make because he knew he had the power to stop the fireball. To at least create a strike to slice it so they all came out unharmed, but what was his relation to these people?
They weren’t part of his clan, they were merely allies of the Dark Magus, and after seeing what the Dark Magus was capable of, Lince hadn’t made up his mind yet if it was good to try and work with him or against him.
‘I also said that I wouldn’t get involved in this fight between the two sides, but with Sha Mo defeated, it’s quite clear that a winner has already been decided. This is just the aftermath of a battle.
‘My involvement would only save lives.’
It was then that Lince made a decision. He reached behind his back, ready to pull out his weapon, but just as he did, he felt two strong forces of Qi moving from the side. They were incredibly strong and aimed right for the fireball.
Rayna was at the front of the group and would be the first to be hit. She went to reach for her weapon, even though she realized it would be useless, and that’s when two tall men stepped in front of her.
One pulled out a flute and blew into it hard. As he did, the fire seemed to split and flick to their sides. Some of the flames from the fireball, after being split, looked to jump and were ready to still hit the group.
But the other man jumped and opened his gourd, and in doing so, the flames looked to enter the gourd completely, disappearing.
The attack had been completely stopped, and it had been done with techniques or artifacts they hadn’t seen before.
“I’m… I’m alive!” Liam claimed. “Or, am I actually dead? Maybe this is what death is like—no pain.”
Anna slapped Liam on the back of the head, resulting in a slight grunt from him. She could move now because the heat getting close to them had melted the ice, which went to show how strong the flames from the fireball were.
“Since you felt that, now you know you’re not dead. But what I want to know is, who are those two?” Anna asked.
That was what most of those were wondering. In the middle of this Behemoth Clan, the only allies they had were those from the town of Flendon and the Crimson Crane, but these two were neither.
However, there were those that did recognize the two of them—Lince and Rayna.
Rayna quickly bowed her head to the two in front of her, clearly as a sign of respect.
“I welcome both of you, my brothers!” Rayna said.
“Brothers!” Mada said. “Rayna is part of the Neverfall Clan. Does that mean these two are those infamous brothers?”
“You’re right,” Mantis claimed. “The two swords of the Neverfall Clan. Belil himself never lifts a finger, but it’s because of these two that the Neverfall Clan has such a large reputation.”
“If they’re here, does that mean they’ve been sent for support?” Ricktor asked.
“I’m not sure. The Demonic Clan doesn’t really work that way. Rayna was married off to Raze, and this is her town. So they’re treated like a separate clan. If the Neverfall Clan was going to get involved, they would have done so from the beginning.”
This was why Rayna was on guard and extremely cautious, because she couldn’t believe Belil, her father, would send her brothers.
“First, thank you both for stopping that attack,” Rayna continued. “May I please know the reason you are here?”
“Well?” Fing, the shorter of the two brothers with the gourd, said, looking at the taller brother. “We were actually given orders by Father, so don’t think this is something we chose to do.”
Rayna looked at Han to explain.
“What Fing says is correct. We were ordered to protect you in this war if anything was to happen. We took those orders to heart, watched your fights, and everything that took place, and only got involved now that it seemed like your life was in danger.”
Rayna was somewhat in disbelief. This was not the father she knew. It was breaking everything she knew about the man, which didn’t seem like much to begin with.
“Honestly, we didn’t think we were going to have to get involved at all,” Fing said. “We were told not to help anyone else, not the Dark Magus or anyone. We assumed Sha Mo would have taken over this place, gotten rid of everyone. Then we would have just stopped them from taking you out.”
Rayna was still in disbelief, but she knew her brothers wouldn’t lie about this situation, and the fact that they hadn’t bothered to even help Dame, who had been at the wall, showed the order was only to protect her.
Besides, her brothers, other than Dame, would never even bother to do such a thing.
In the middle of their conversation, several of the Behemoth Clan members could be seen retreating and running back. They had decided to give up on the fight, and with no Sha Mo to stop them, it appeared to be over.
Right at the very back of the large wasteland, though, the ground started to rumble, and appearing from the very edge, a large wall surrounded the place, further than their eyes could see.
The Behemoth Clan members had been blocked from their escape, and the person responsible was walking their way.
When Rayna looked through the crowd of people, she saw the old Raze’s gaze, and she could almost see no life behind his eyes. It scared her, and for some reason, seeing him look like this was bringing pain to her heart.
It was then that Rayna decided to do something she never thought she would do in her lifetime.
“I have a favor to ask… can you stop him for me? Can you stop Raze—the Dark Magus?” Rayna asked.
Dark Magus Returns
Chapter 899 The Grand Magus Appear?
Maybe to regular family members, asking one’s siblings for a favor wasn’t a big deal.
In fact, Rayna had even seen it occur among the regular citizens during the first attack on Flendon.
Those willing to take up arms for their family, brothers willingly sacrificing their lives for their little or even big sisters.
However, for Rayna, it was different. The Neverfall Clan, sticking true to the Demonic Clan ways, didn’t care for blood ties—everything was about power.
Han and Fing were both second to Belil in terms of power. So Rayna asking them for a favor was like asking a boss in a large company to do something on their behalf.
It was an awkward feeling for Rayna, and in the world of warriors, where she was related by blood, asking was an embarrassment for her.
Yet, she was willing to swallow her pride in this moment to ask for this favor.
Although Pagna warriors were often cruel and could take out entire clans with a flick of their wrist, just like her father had done with one of the Light Faction, Rayna didn’t want this for Raze.
Right now, Raze was just consumed by anger, and it was quite clear why—because he cared for Safa and for the people of Flendon.
These feelings were what made Raze different from her father and the rest of those at the top of the food chain in the world of Pagna.
She felt like Raze was on the cusp of a change, and he was close to tipping over to the other side.
The Behemoth Clan was clearly retreating. Now that they no longer had Sha Mo or the pillars, the members would be fine.
For a long time, the Behemoth Clan members had bullied their way with their size in the Demonic Clan, so the other clans, the towns, and the local people wouldn’t be nice to them after this.
Maybe Rayna did have a bit of her father’s blood in her because she didn’t actually care about the Behemoth Clan members themselves; she just cared about what Raze might become.
After making the request to her brothers, she continued to bow her head.
“Are we even sure that’s your husband out there?” Fing scratched the back of his head and opened up his gourd. He started to drink away.
The others watching raised their eyebrows, as they were sure they saw flames being consumed by the item. Yet where did they go? And just what was Fing drinking from it?
“I mean, he’s an old man right now, and he has a lot of power.”
“Stop teasing her,” Han said as he barged into Fing’s shoulder. “We were watching and witnessed him change into what he is now. We don’t know why he is the way he is.
“But one thing is clear—he was able to take down Sha Mo. Fighting him would be quite the test of our powers.”
Rayna soon raised her head. Her lips opened and closed as she struggled to speak. It seemed her brothers were already accepting the request, but she realized that she needed to make one more thing clear to them.
“Please!” Rayna said. “Can you bring him back alive? I just want you to stop him from doing this.
“I will do whatever you want. I will pull out from the Neverfall Clan, serve you, and do any dirty work that is requested. Please just accept my request,” Rayna asked.
The two of them turned around and could see Raze in the distance, still taking care of the Behemoth members that had turned their backs.
“I will do whatever you want. I will pull out from the Neverfall Clan, serve you, and do any dirty work that is requested. Please just accept my request,” Rayna asked.
The two of them turned around and could see Raze in the distance, still taking care of the Behemoth members that had turned their backs.
“When an enemy is incredibly strong, it’s a hard task to do,” Han said. “And honestly, from what I saw, it might be even hard for us to beat him.”
Regardless of Han’s words, the two of them walked forward, and Rayna had hope that her brothers had accepted her request.
It was twice in one day that she had been surprised by her family’s actions—first her father, and now her brothers.
“Will they be alright?” Mada asked.
“I guess since you guys are from the Dark Faction, you don’t know much about them,” Mantis said. “Right now, it will be like Raze is going up against two Sha Mos.”
“Yeah, and we saw how easily he dealt with him,” Liam added.
Which had put everyone in silence for a moment.
—
Raze was continuing out on the field, mostly fighting those with his wind magic. One of the warriors had bravely decided to charge at him with his sword.
With the movements of his fingers in the air, a wind strike had cut through the sword, making it fall in half.
That was the least of the warrior’s worries, as he had a large cut on his stomach.
“That’s it, that’s it!” the bloody woman shouted in Raze’s head. With each kill, it was almost as if she was getting more excited herself. “It’s because of all of these that the people you care about were taken from you, all of them!”
Names repeated over in Raze’s head—Sabrina, Jake, Safa—on top of that, the names of each of the Grand Magus and what they had done, and what Raze had been put through in his life.
His body was acting on autopilot, just attacking those that came close or in sight.
Even when he attacked, at times he saw the images of the Grand Magus on their faces.
Then when he looked down at the ground, at those who had fallen, he saw the faces of those he had lost.
“Ahh!” Raze screamed, feeling the Dark magic surrounding him.
“Hey, will you calm it down? I mean, it’s kinda cool and all as a brother of ours that you were able to do all of this, but ya know,” Fing said, with the gourd open.
Then Han had his flute held in one of his hands.
“Our sister—or should I say your wife—has requested that you put a stop to this. This is the only time we’re going to speak to you. If you choose to fight, then we can’t be held accountable for what happens next.”
Raze turned to look at the two warriors, and he could feel immense power coming from the two of them.
“Idore! Trubin!!!” Raze yelled at the top of his lungs as he saw two of the Grand Magus right in front of him.
Dark Magus Returns
Chapter 900 This is Dark Magic
The two brothers from the Demonic Faction were infamous. This was because they always got the task done. Of course, they hadn’t always been strong middle-stage warriors.
This was because Belil, the head of the Neverfall Clan, was careful in his selection of tasks. He always picked something that seemed out of reach for the brothers, but not quite impossible.
At least not in the eyes of Belil. Many of the tasks given to the two would have been impossible for many warriors, but it was because the brothers had completed every single mission successfully that they had become infamous.
This was to the point that even when there was a big issue from the larger clans and the Neverfall Clan, the two brothers would be sent in Belil’s place, and if a fight would occur, he trusted them to deal with the situation.
They were the face of the Neverfall Clan, and when dealing with tasks, they would do whatever was necessary. The other clans and citizens could only guess what they had done to achieve their accomplishments.
In order to overcome the impossible, they must have done some underhanded tactics, but was that really the case? If they were from the Dark Faction, perhaps, but the Demonic Faction was all about strength—they had to overcome everything with their own power because that was the Demonic Faction’s way.
“Idore! Trubin!” Raze screamed at the top of his lungs. His mind was so far gone at this point that he was seeing what his anger allowed him to see.
Whether it was due to the influence of the Bloody woman or due to Raze’s Dark magic going rampant while he was in his breakthrough form, he didn’t know, but immediately both of his hands faced the two brothers.
“It looks like he wants a fight!” Fing said, holding onto his gourd. “It appears that we might get to decide the pecking order of who’s best out of all of us after all!”
Out from the palm of Raze’s hands, large jet streams of flames went toward the two brothers. Quickly, slightly flipping his body in the air, Fing pulled out the gourd and landed on the ground.
He was on one knee and held the gourd in front of him. Han looked unfazed as he stayed behind his brother, trusting him in his actions.
When the flames were ready to hit them, they started to be sucked into the gourd. The flames were intense, and Fing could feel his fingers burning.
He had to move his Qi over to his hands to protect them from the flames. In the end, though, all of the flames were consumed.
When Raze stopped his magic attack, he could see the two of them were fine.
Fing then lifted the gourd, and liquid started to fall as he consumed it. The gourd looked as if it was limitless as liquid continued to fall.
Eventually, he stopped himself and wiped the water from his mouth.
“How much energy was even in that attack?” Fing said, and then kicked off from his position. The ground broke beneath his feet as he came toward Raze.
“I should have expected that fire wouldn’t work against you,” Raze said as his arms started to electrify.
When Fing was right next to where Raze was, several sparks came off from Raze’s body. It wasn’t like the single lightning strike attack that he would throw.
This was a constant form of electricity that was hitting Fing. Fing had both of his arms crossed, and he had his arms in a cross shape. Strangely, the attack was pushing his body back.
‘Damn it… what is with this power? I can’t even move my arms.’
Han didn’t seem to be getting hurt by the lightning—it appeared to be something that was meant to just stop him from attacking, and with the other hand, Raze had gathered Dark magic.
Moments later, a large Dark Pulse shot out from Raze’s hand, aiming to hit Fing directly.
Before the attack even reached him, a swift high note was heard, and a strong force hit the Dark magic away.
When Raze turned his head, he could see Han playing a strange flute in his mouth.
“The one-man army. Possibly the strongest mage in existence when it comes to one-on-one battles,” Raze mumbled under his breath. “I still haven’t figured out your power, and you appear to be using a strange tool.”
Han continued to hold the flute in his hand and blew into the device. Each time a note was played, a strange attack was lashed out toward Raze.
When it went to hit him, though, a strong force of wind that surrounded Raze appeared for a moment. It looked like a type of barrier that had stopped the attack.
‘What is that? I shouldn’t pay it too much attention. Right now, I need to keep attacking!’ Han thought.
He continued to blow into his flute, and each time, Qi attacks were aimed at Raze. The wind barrier was seen activating, stopping the attacks.
“Stopping a foolish item like that is quite simple,” Raze said as he stretched out his hand and opened it.
In doing so, the lightning attack had stopped hurting Fing, allowing him to be back in the fight again, and a large gust of wind passed the two of them.
Han tried to continue blowing into his flute, yet no noise was being made. With no noise, it appeared as if no attack was coming out from his weapon.
‘What has he done? Is he controlling the air in this space now?’ Han thought. ‘This opponent not only has strong powers but powers that we don’t understand. This whole thing we are having to learn as we fight… it’s going to be incredibly difficult.’
“There was always one thing that I had the upper hand with you guys on, and that is…” Raze stretched out both of his hands, and two forms of large masses of Dark magic around one meter in diameter appeared in both of Raze’s hands. “That’s Dark magic.”