Dark Magus Returns
Chapter 979: Island Of Terror (Part 2)
The white rabbit’s fur was quickly soaked in red blood as it landed on the ground, the heart still attached to the end of its horn. With a quick shake, the heart fell to the floor, along with part of the blood shaking off.
The warriors on the beach were somewhat spread out, looking to see if they could find anything on the beach area first as clues, and that’s when one of the warriors around ten meters away had spotted and saw everything that happened.
“BEAST!” the warrior shouted. “HIGH-LEVEL BEAST HAS BEEN SPOTTED!”
His cries were powered with Qi, catching the attention of everyone in the area. They turned their heads to look at the commotion; they could see the dead warrior on the ground, one from the Illumination Clan, and a middle-stage warrior at that.
However, where was the ferocious high-level beast that had killed him? It was nowhere in sight.
One of the other warriors nearby drew their sword, heading in the direction of the fallen warrior.
“The rabbit, the rabbit!” the warrior cried out again.
“Are you talking about this thing?” the warrior said.
Just like before, the rabbit had readied its hind legs and snapped forward. The warrior lifted his sword in the way, but the tip of the horn, the moment it touched the sword, broke right through it, and the horn ended up piercing through the warrior.
It hadn’t pierced directly through, but it was a serious wound, and it had sent the warrior onto his back. The rabbit was on the warrior’s chest and quickly lifted its horn out from his body before jumping in the air and hurling down, stabbing right through his chest again with the horn.
This time, it wasn’t just one warrior that had witnessed what had taken place. It was nearly everyone on the beach.
A panic had set in, with several drawing their weapons but with none charging in. The first warrior was a middle-stage warrior; even with all of his Qi, the beast had torn through it.
It was fast and small in size, making it harder to hit. The second warrior that had been killed, although an initial-stage warrior, was one at the peak, and blocking its attack with his sword had yielded no results.
The ones weaker than the two individuals that were killed were now extremely hesitant at what was happening.
It didn’t matter though, because the rabbit was going to be ready to attack either way. It bent its hind legs and then launched itself at a warrior that was far away.
Seeing this, two of the Light Faction warriors from the Aurora Clan dived towards the one being attacked, and three of the swords met at the same point of the horn. Qi was surrounding the area, flowing, and they had managed to stop the attack.
“You’re dead!” one of the Illumination Clan warriors exclaimed and swung for the rabbit, but it quickly fell to the floor, causing his swing to miss completely, and then the rabbit blasted itself, stabbing right through the warrior’s foot.
The warrior almost instantly fell to the floor. The panic was continuing over the warriors as they were trying to get the handle on one rabbit.
“Seriously?” Gelgar sighed. “Is there not one capable warrior in this group to take care of a simple beast?”
From his back, Gelgar had pulled out what looked like a trident. He was aiming carefully, ready to throw it from his position right at the rabbit, but before he released it, another person had caught it right by the scruff of its neck.
“I guess it’s true,” Red said. “These beasts are a lot stronger from this island.”
The rabbit was struggling; it was shaking about and kicking the air. Each time it kicked its legs, the powerful force hit the ground below. They could hear a loud bang, even though it was at least a meter and a half from the floor.
Looking at this sight was only frightening the warriors even more. Quickly, Red lifted his other hand and placed it on the rabbit’s neck. It was done in a smooth motion, and then the hand dropped by his side.
The others didn’t see what happened but were only able to see the outcome of the blood pouring from the beast’s neck.
“The crystal from these things should be quite helpful, right? Maybe a level 5 power stone? No, is it even above that?” Red asked as he dug in with his other hand searching for the power stone.
While this was happening, Gelgar, Krynic, as well as all of the Elders from the Dawnblade Clan, were all paying close attention to Red.
“He didn’t use any Qi, at least not Qi that I could feel,” Beatrix commented.
“I believe you are correct,” Ricar replied. “And judging by the fact the beast was able to best a few middle-stage warriors in combat, it’s quite clear he is above them in leaps and bounds.” This was the thought that was running through many of their heads, but that led Beatrix to think of another question.
“Is it quite possible that this man from Alter is even stronger than you?” Beatrix asked.
Out of all of those present, it was presumed that Ricar was the strongest. He was in the Dawnblade Clan, and the other two middle-stage warriors, although powerful, weren’t strong enough to be considered the top of their clans.
“I hope we don’t have to find an answer to that question,” Ricar responded. “After all, we need to remember that this man is on our side.”
There was a reason why Alter had sent him after all, and this was also a chance for them to see just how powerful the people in the organization they were working with were.
The group cleared up the dead bodies and started to treat the wounded. It was more than they had expected from their run-in with the first beast, and everyone was far more alert now.
They were careful to spot any more bunnies. A few times they had been startled by the rustle of feathers, but it was just their own colleague’s foot.
That’s when one could hear the rustling of leaves again. The warrior’s heart sank as he
retreated.
“What’s wrong, did you see another bunny?” a warrior asked.
The man shook his head and pointed in the direction of the jungle.
That’s when, coming out of the forest this time, was what looked like a white-furred monkey
with two tails and four arms standing there.
It looked at the group of people menacingly.
“Well, if a rabbit was able to cause that much mess, it makes me wonder what this monkey is going to do,” Red smiled.
Dark Magus Returns
980 West Beach Blood Bath
The strange-looking white-furred bunny that had caused a small disaster for the Light Faction was similar to white bunny beasts they had discovered in other portals. It was the reason why so many didn’t make a big deal of it, yet it still managed to cause devastation to them all.
Which was why, now seeing a white-furred monkey that was larger, had four arms and two tails, a deep panic was set in everyone’s hearts. They didn’t dare move close to the monkey, and just like before, it was the monkey that attacked.
It jumped from its position to the closest warrior. Seeing this, the warrior gathered their Qi and struck from above their head with a downward strike. Immediately, the monkey reacted, spinning its body. It hit the sword away with two of its hands, and then when its body spun in the air, with its other two hands it landed a hit square on the warrior’s head and neck.
In an instant, the warrior felt his skull being cracked, despite the Qi that was covering his body. The rest of his body folded after the hit and crashed into the ground, laying there lifeless. In a single move, another warrior had been killed.
“Ah, ah, ah!” the monkey jumped up and down and started to bang its chest with its forearms. Each of the powerful thumps was heard as waves of power were sent through them.
“How can we have gone up against two powerful beasts one after the other? Just what is this island? It’s like we’ve gone through a Divine portal or something!” a warrior screamed.
The monkey looked around; in the warriors’ minds each one of them was begging that it wouldn’t choose them, that it wouldn’t make them its next target. And that’s when its head stopped, eyeing up four warriors standing next to each other—warriors from the Dawnblade Clan.
It jumped from its position and was in the air; the warriors didn’t know whether to get in formation, attack, or run. They were startled, and one clean hit from the beast would kill them.
“Crescent Block!” a voice shouted out.
A sword filled with bright Qi was raised in a crescent shape before the monkey landed. The monkey looked to be swept up in the attack and flipped backwards, landing on the ground, but it was unharmed.
As for the person who had come in blocking the attack at the right time, the Dawnblade Clan could clearly see who it was. It was Impress, one of the female Elders from the clan.
With one of the most skillful warriors on their side, surely she would be enough to take care of the white-furred monkey.
Her sword was still glowing brightly, and she charged in, thrusting the weapon. The monkey beast was agile, dodging it as it flipped in the air at each of the thrusts, and then when flipping backwards it tried to charge forward for an attack.
That was until Impress quickly turned her thrust and struck upward, delivering a large cut on the monkey’s chest. The monkey itself seemed shocked by seeing its own blood, but Impress didn’t stop there.
She quickly slashed at the monkey, who used its hands to block the attacks from hitting its vitals.
She slashed and slashed; the monkey was on the back foot. Although blocking the attacks, the sword still ripped through its skin, drawing blood, and eventually, with the sword lit up, Impress struck down, slicing off two of its hands.
To finish it off, she thrust her sword and pierced the monkey right through the head. The beast was clearly killed, and the moment of fear was over for the warriors.
“That’s the Elder of the Dawnblade Clan for you!”
“With her here we are safe! The Dawnblade Clan are triumphant!”
Even the warriors from the other clans were thankful for the elder’s skills, but there was a strange look on her face as she went to the other elders.
“What’s wrong?” Lyon, another elder, asked.
“I won the fight, and you may say it was with ease, but still someone on my level wasn’t able to kill it in one strike,” Impress explained.
“Which means, if there are more beasts like that on the island, then there are only a few that can actually survive on this island,” Ricar explained. “The rest of the people that we brought with us, even the middle-stage warriors, they will be nothing but fodder.”
“You worry too much,” Lyon added. “Those were strong beasts that we happened to run into. There won’t be many like that.”
Soon Lyon would eat his words as the rustling of the deep jungle in front of them continued. They could hear the cries of the monkeys even more, as they went high to low pitched and started to bang on their chests.
Eventually, several monkeys with white fur started to come out of the jungle, bit by bit, and there were more inside. There were at least ten already on the edge between the jungle and the island sands.
“Everyone, this is an order, we must run deeper into the jungle!” Ricar exclaimed as he raised up his sword. “We will only have a moment. Search for the item, stay close to your allies, and remember all the formations you are taught.”
“Treat every beast you see, no matter how small, as a great enemy that you must take on!”
Beasts were territorial and rarely left the areas they were in. Ricar and the others knew this, and he was gambling that right now they were in the strange white-furred monkeys’ territory. If they entered and got to another area, then perhaps they would be safer.
On top of that, the fighting they had already done, it was a good chance that it had attracted more beasts and the fighting would just continue on wearing them out. The better option right now was to run.
However, there was a risk that entering deeper into the jungle would mean they were running away from one mess to head into an even bigger mess, but it was the only thing they could do right now.
Ricar’s sword shined brightly, and then he jumped from his position and swung it down. When it hit the ground, a bright flash of light had hit in the direction towards the jungle.
“NOW!” Ricar ordered.