Chapter 991: Raze is not the enemy!
With everything that had happened, Brack felt like the best decision was to leave Belil’s body as it was. He figured it had to have strong Qi left inside it to the point it wouldn’t start decomposing just yet, and at the same time, because of the area they were in, no beasts would come after it.
After when Raze was better, then maybe they could figure out what was best, because he feared bringing Belil’s body back to the Neverfall Clan would incur a bunch of questions which he didn’t really have the answers to.
It turned out that now, that situation was unfolding right in front of him, his worst nightmare.
‘These two don’t like me enough as it is, and now they stumble across this, what can I even say!’ Brack thought.
Fing was stood up, his hands were by his head, it was quite clear he was having some type of meltdown. Loss was difficult for many, but usually in the case of Pagna warriors, death was treated slightly differently as it was expected at any time.
The reaction that Brack was seeing now was worrying, as it was the reaction of those that deeply cared for a person.
Meanwhile, Han was knelt down and seemed to be doing a few checks on Belil’s body.
“He’s dead… he truly is dead. There is no pulse anywhere in his body, it seems it has been this way for quite a while, and even the Qi in his body is incredibly weak, almost everything has been drained out of him.”
Han didn’t say it out loud, but he wondered how that was even possible? Unless there was a fight of some kind that had pushed Belil truly to the edge. If that was to happen though, wasn’t the landscape too clean? More land, more of the area should have been destroyed, and in the first place, was there anyone alive in the whole of Pagna that could even do that to him?
Han then stood up next to his brother.
“It’s true what you said, he’s dead, father really is no longer alive, what does that mean for the clan then, what does that mean for us… and who did this to him, who!” Fing shouted.
Han only looked ahead in a particular direction, and past Brack they could see another individual on the floor, who appeared to be in a weak state. However, unlike their father, they were alive.
“It was the Dark Magus, it had to be right!” Fing said. “Father and the Dark Magus were going out, the two of them were planning to have a fight, it had to be him that was responsible for this.”
“Wait, wait, I think you got it all wrong!” Brack said, raising his hands in a panic.
He could see how the two had come to the conclusion. Anyone would have, and the reality of the situation, which he didn’t understand himself, would be even harder to believe than the thoughts the two brothers had.
“Wait, wait, I think you got it all wrong!” Brack said, raising his hands in a panic.
He could see how the two had come to the conclusion. Anyone would have, and the reality of the situation, which he didn’t understand himself, would be even harder to believe than the thoughts the two brothers had.
“It’s true the two of them fought, but your father and Raze ended up like this after the fight. Your father did something to Raze and then… he… he ended up like that. I went back to the city to try and get supplies to help Raze… but your father, he was already gone.”
“SHUT UP!” Fing said, and a wave of Qi left his body and swept toward Brack. If he wasn’t a middle-stage warrior, he was sure he would have fallen on his backside just from this Qi alone.
“Your friend went too far, and killed our father. Killing the head, he is an enemy of the Neverfall Clan. Stand aside and I will get rid of him!” Fing shouted, his hand on his gourd ready to fight at full force.
Brack needed to think. Raze wasn’t able to fight in this state, and if he was to go up against both of them it would be impossible, even if it was just one of them it would have been impossible.
“You might not believe what I said, but shouldn’t you follow the Demonic Way anyway!” Brack pleaded. “The strong have the right to rule. If you really think Raze was responsible for all of this remember he is part of the Neverfall Clan as well.
“If he defeated Belil, then it shouldn’t matter right, shouldn’t you respect the result of what happened, and not attack Raze while he’s in this state while he’s weak!”
When Brack said these words, he had used his eye contact mostly on Han, who seemed to be more of the sensible one between the two of them. He was pleading with him to make some sense.
“I can’t believe that Belil was rightfully bested. Especially based on the situation. Raze, the Dark Magus, is also a member of the Dark Faction, I cannot rule out that he used some underhanded tactic to defeat our father.” Han’s hand then started to shake.
As Belil said to Raze before, maybe he had made a mistake raising these two boys, but they were more attached to their father than they themselves realized. Always on his order, always trying to do something for their father to be proud.
They didn’t feel like they were members of the Neverfall Clan. Instead, just sons of Belil. Wherever he went, they wanted to go as well. With him gone, and no guidance, what were they supposed to do?
Right now, all of their anger was faced toward one person that was present and on the ground. So much that neither of them could really think straight.
“Therefore, the Demonic way of strength above all is not valid in this situation!” Han stated. “If Raze is truly strong enough to take on our father, then even in the state he is now, he should be able to best the two of us!”
Now it was from Han that a wave of Qi had come out and spread, hitting Brack.
At the same time, Brack made a promise to himself as well, no matter what, he would protect Raze. He would stand here and stop these two from getting close to him.
Chapter 992: I Gave You A Warning
Brack had tried talking to them, to avoid a fight that he knew he had no chance of winning, but it failed, which was as expected. Despite knowing that he was going to lose, he wasn’t going to run away, and he wasn’t going to abandon Raze.
Brack charged forward, and then started to run to the side. He glanced over his shoulder making sure Raze’s body was at least not behind him.
“Making the first move, like you think this is a proper fight?” Fing said as he continued to drink from his gourd, and then wiped his mouth.
Right after, he jumped from his position, and gathered powerful Qi energy in his body.
Like a shooting star he positioned right where Brack was and dived right towards him. Brack had stopped moving and braced himself as Fing crashed in front of him and the ground cracked right through his force. A few chippings from the floor had hit from the side here and there, but he did well to keep his eyes open.
He saw an opening and struck with his fists left and right.
‘I’m a middle stage warrior now, I’m at the same stage as them, so I should be able to do something!’
There was one thing that Brack was good at as well, and that was his foot techniques. He quickly moved from his position and appeared by Fing’s side but just like the additional two punches, all of them were effortlessly avoided by Fing.
His body was relaxed and fluid, which didn’t match the scorn that he had continued on his face, avoiding each of the hits. Until eventually Fing grabbed onto Brack’s hand.
“Did you think because you were a middle stage warrior that you could stop us now? There is a large difference between us and you, that can’t be made up just like this!”
Brack went to throw another hand, which was immediately grabbed by Fing, and then he twisted them down with ease. At the same time though, Brack then kicked his legs into the ground.
It was an odd choice of attack, one that Fing didn’t even understand because the kick wasn’t directed at him but instead was directed to the ground. It was only later that a rise of Qi was felt coming from the ground and felt on Fing’s hands.
It forced him to let go of Brack in that moment as he was left confused by the invisible force. As Fing was wondering what was going on, Brack was seen with his hands holding onto what looked like the air, and swinging it, the next thing Fing knew he felt like a physical punch hit him right across the face.
It swung his head to the side, but he still hadn’t moved from his position.
Fing slowly raised his hand at his cheek.
“What are these cheap tricks of yours?” Fing asked.
Right now, Brack was using the special technique of the Behemoth Clan, taught to the upper members. A constant stream of Qi that could be controlled like that of a snake from one’s body.
He held both hands in the air, and then swung them together and now two giant snake-like Qi objects were coming right at Fing.
‘The element of surprise is all I have in this fight, so I need to do as much as I can before he can get used to it.’
Fing was still standing in place as the Qi was coming to strike him, and at the last moment he stretched out both of his hands. His fingers were curled like claws and he held them up in the air.
Brack could feel it, the sweat running down the side of his face.
‘He’s captured my Qi, even though he couldn’t see it, he figured out its trick already and is holding onto it.’
“I can’t believe I let someone of your caliber toy with me.” Fing said as he closed his curled fingers and balled his hand into a fist. Immediately both of the invisible giant Qi snakes had broken.
Before Brack could do anything else as well, Fing was already upon him, and struck hard right at the back of his head, causing his eyes to roll to the back of his head and his body to slam into the hard ground.
“Come on Han, we have a job to do.” Fing said.
Han jumped over to where Fing was, and now the two of them were looking at Raze who was still on the floor. They had taken two steps toward him before they stopped, feeling a surge of Qi from behind.
“I won’t let you get to him!” Brack shouted.
When they turned around they could see Brack with his hand held out. He had used his special Qi trait again, creating a giant snake that wrapped around their bodies.
Han then pulled out his flute, and started to blow sharply into it. While Brack was standing there now he was on the receiving end of attacks that couldn’t be seen.
His body was getting cut up left and right, was getting hit and pounded, blood came rushing out of his mouth, but he still stood there, standing his ground, despite all of the attacks on him.
“This guy is so annoying!” Fing shouted as he rushed over. Fing then pulled his hands back and held them behind his back.
While Han had placed his flute away and was now standing right in front of him.
“There was no reason for us to take care of you.” Han said. “And in a way, our father already saved your life once, so we wanted to respect him by saving your life again, but I guess you just made us realize that our father is now dead.”
“He no longer has any wishes left for us to follow, so we will make our own choice. Since you are so stubborn we will take your life.”
Han raised his hand, a strike to the heart or head would kill Brack on the spot, and with Fing holding both of his hands there was no way for him to escape.
“What did I say… What did I say… about touching him.” A voice said from behind.
All Han could see was the shocked, wide-eyed look from his brother, along with the sound of his heartbeat.
Chapter 993 A New Raze
A deep voice resounded in both of the brothers’ ears, and not just the brothers but Brack’s as well. When he looked up, he could see that the Dark Magus, Raze, was finally standing on his feet.
No longer did he have the pale complexion he did from before. No longer was sweat dripping down his body. He had recovered, and the strangest thing was, despite him standing there right in front of them, everyone noticed something strange.
Han turned his head around. ‘His Qi, where is his Qi? I can’t feel his Qi at all?’ Han questioned.
“I finally get out of that nightmare of a situation and the first thing I need to deal with is you two troublesome kids.” Raze commented.
“Troublesome kids!” Fing shouted as he let go of Brack and stood by his brother’s side. “Who are you to say that to us? We, and our father, treated you like family, brought you in, and now look at what you did to him!”
Fing shouted as he jumped up in the air. Han wanted to be more cautious, he wanted to warn his brother not to be so rash, but since it was too late, he had no choice but to join in on the attack as well.
If they were both to attack at the same time, it was the only way Han could foresee them winning this.
‘This is not like before, he’s not in the same form as he was before. We can do this… this time!’
Those were the last thoughts Han remembered thinking before they were followed by excruciating pain, and then passing out. His whole vision had gone black, it felt like he had left the world of Pagna, and for how long he had no idea.
When his eyes finally fluttered open, he could feel pain surging through his body. When he looked to the side, he was able to see his brother Fing, in a mangled position, some of the bones in his arms protruding out from his body.
‘Just what happened to us… what happened?’ Han thought.
“You’re finally awake.” Raze said. “It’s a good thing I had some healing pills on me, otherwise this might have taken a long time, and I’m in a bit of a rush.”
Han wanted to say something, he was trying to move his mouth and gather energy, but the look Raze gave him immediately told him that it wasn’t a good idea.
“If it was up to me, both of you would be dead right now. I gave you both too many warnings, yet you still decided to act rashly and in this way.” Raze said.
Judging by the condition they were in, Han knew it, Raze could have killed both of them. Still, he was confused. To be in this state without even knowing what happened… this didn’t even occur when Raze had bested them the last time.
Judging by the condition they were in, Han knew it, Raze could have killed both of them. Still, he was confused. To be in this state without even knowing what happened… this didn’t even occur when Raze had bested them the last time.
How had he obtained so much power? Was this how he was able to best their father as well?
“The reason why you’re both alive, you can thank your father for that. It seems I owe that man a lot now, and I’m starting by saving both of you.” Raze explained.
“I’m sorry about your father’s passing. I never wanted this to happen, it wasn’t my choice. You can choose to believe the words I speak or go against them, but I’m telling you now, if you decide to go after me or those close to me, you will not be spared again.”
“I think even your father would understand that.”
Raze waited a while, and neither Fing nor Han said anything, which was quite a surprise even from Fing, who had to be in utter disbelief.
“The strength I have right now was received from your father. The two of us battled it out, and I lost, I was not able to best your father, he was far too strong. Right after the fight, he decided to give me all of his Qi.”
“His power flows through my veins, and what I just used on you two was part of your father’s power combined with my own. I won’t go into the details of why your father did such a thing… maybe that will be explained another time.”
“But your father wished for me to take over a task for him by giving me his power… and I’m still not sure what to do myself.”
“Still, he had words for you two. With him gone, you two will be in charge of the Neverfall Clan. I have no interest in running a clan and I’m already running the Dark Faction.”
“Our relationship can be a good one together, but you two will have a lot of growing up to do, and quickly. As the entire clan is now your responsibility. Grow strong like your father, and protect your family and protect Pagna… like he did as well.”
Raze then went and grabbed onto Brack, holding him tight and close. It was still an awkward feeling for Raze, but initiating contact was getting easier, he just had to think of it like a fight in his mind.
Right after he stretched his legs, and he exploded off into the air. He had a place he needed to be, he had spent too much time, his body had spent too much time trying to get used to the Qi taken in from the power.
The others would have been on the island already, and he needed to make his way there and make sure the Golden Globe didn’t end up in the hands of others.
While Han and Fing were left there with each other, they felt their bodies slowly getting better, maybe after a couple of hours they would be able to walk again.
“Do you think what he said about father was true, that he gave his powers to that guy!” Fing said. “Why wouldn’t he give it to us, his own sons, it makes no sense.”
“I think right now, it might be the only reasonable explanation.” Han replied. “You remember what father said before he left, he was acting strange, both you and me knew that… things are making more sense if we think of them this way.”
“What we need to decide is… do we help him as well?”
“Help him with what, I have no idea where he’s even gone, and look at us, look at us!” Fing shouted, stuck on the ground.
The next day on the island was starting, as the sun began to rise, and one more person was planning to join.
Chapter 994: The King Of The Jungle (Part 1)
As soon as the sun rose, both Lince and Zon were on the move toward the center of the jungle. They had decided to avoid areas they had already gone through, including the desert-like area that Lince had discovered Red in.
This was at Zon’s suggestion, which was quite surprising for Lince. It was clear from their conversation yesterday that Zon wanted to meet this man, yet now they were avoiding him. Perhaps it wasn’t the right time?
Regardless, the search for the Golden Globe was clearly more important, and Lince was happy about that since it was his only priority. Going through the darkened area of the jungle, thanks to Zon leading the way, they were able to avoid most beasts.
His hearing and senses were even better than Lince’s, who was a highly trained specialist Pagna warrior. It was surprising-at times he could see things that were even hidden, or predict where beasts would be.
Eventually, this led them to a new area of the jungle. They knew this because the color of the jungle had changed once more. Where the outside by the sandy beaches was a light green, and the inner areas were darker, now this section of the jungle was almost a pale yellow. The large trees and leaves looked almost unhealthy in color, dried out by the heat, but the leaves and such were still plenty strong-it was just their coloration that looked this way.
Another key thing they noticed was that some areas of the ground would go from hardened earth and mud to sections of sand. There were also broken ruins in different parts.
Just pillars that didn’t seem to form any type of structure, but were clearly part of one at some point.
“I have hope that the more ruins we see that the closer we are to the artifact,” Lince commented.
“I would agree,” Zon replied. “In other dimensions, the artifacts tend to be in areas of civilization, so it should be the same here, but we do have to keep in mind that this was an item that was purposely hidden.”
“So it’s either heavily protected or not in the most obvious place.”
Lince was thankful that at least now the two of them were traveling together, as it was making the journey much easier for him. But traveling with Zon, he couldn’t help but think about what they had spoken about the night before.
There were no beasts in the nearby area, the dark sky was out, and Lince had just revealed to Zon about his confrontation with the man known as Red.
“How are you even still alive?” Zon asked.
This was Zon’s reaction to meeting the man. Lince had an inkling that the two of them knew each other, after all, they both had the same black suit that was hidden and attached to their skin, but to get this type of reaction?
“Hey, do you think I’m really weak or something?” Lince replied. “Remember I am the leader of one of the top clans in the Demonic Faction. I may not have a ridiculous title like ‘the closest to the Divine realm’ or anything like that, but I do have some strength.” Lince turned his head away; he couldn’t believe it.
Maybe him being lazy in matters had ruined his reputation around the world of Pagna quite a bit. Right now he wanted to go out there and prove to everyone something that only the Lost Clan could do, but the more he thought about it, the more of a drag and effort it sounded.
“I have evaluated your strength, and added a 20 percent modifier in my predictions,” Zon explained. “Even then, based on what I know about Red, he would still win in a fight between you two.”
“I know Red well, because the two of us are from the same world.”
Lince had no frame of reference to how strong Zon thought he was, but to allow a 20 percent discrepancy and still say he would lose made Lince think back to the moments before Red acted.
He had a bad feeling, which was why he decided to abandon the fight, and realized that it might have been a good thing after all.
“If he’s from the same world as you, then why is he here, why isn’t he working with you?” Lince asked.
“I can only assume that he is here because of Alter,” Zon replied. “I doubt he was able to gather information or come here on his own, and we only saw one set of ships on the way here. Alter working with the Light Faction and him being a part of it, it all makes sense.”
“As for working with that man, it’s an impossibility. That is a man who only loves war, he has no intention of going back home. I will just leave it at that.”
A troubled past—as many of those who had lived a long life or held high positions had. Actually, Lince was one of the few who didn’t have any of these things. He had earned his position in the Lost Clan, raised himself to be a strong warrior, and that was it.
The way it was meant to be in these clans: no mysterious past, no revenge plot to get stronger, no family issues to prove one’s strength, and the reason he was helping right now was because he was somewhat friends with Belil and cared for Pagna.
“You don’t need to tell me, but if you ever want to, I have an open ear. The good thing is, I know now that if I see him, he’s an enemy, not a friend.” Lince replied, although he kind of already figured that out.
Traveling deeper into the jungle, more pillars and ruins could be seen up ahead, and instantly, Zon could see the back of a large creature with dark fur. It was faced away from them.
“Why are we here?” Lince asked.
“Because, if you see, there’s a wooden bridge right past that creature. So my guess is there’s something there,” Zon claimed.
After saying those words, the creature turned around and opened its ferocious mouth. They could see it was large in size with white fur on its body. It looked like the white-furred monkeys, only this one was the biggest they had seen so far.
The creature had four tails split on its back. Its eyes were fierce, and on its chest there was a patch of black fur.
“Judging by how strong the three-tailed giant white monkey was… I have no clue how strong this one is going to be,” Lince commented.
The monkey picked up a fairly large black coconut-it was around three times bigger than a regular sized coconut-and hurled it towards the two of them. Both Lince and Zon moved out
of the way.
As the coconut continued, it crashed into a tree, ripping out the center of not just one, but several of the trees further on than the two of them could see with their eyes.
Chapter 995: King Of The Jungle (Part 2)
The other monkeys they had come across had thrown black coconuts before; they were fast and hard when thrown, but never to this degree. Lince was quite shocked by the destruction it caused as he looked at the trees that were now falling due to the middle section being
completely missing.
The four-tailed white-furred monkey then roared out loud, causing the birds in the trees to scatter into the distance.
“The fact that we are seeing stronger beasts might be a sign that we’re heading in the right direction,” Lince said.
He saw that the monkey had a pile of black coconuts next to it. Most of them had been broken into and the insides eaten. Instead of coming towards them and fighting, the monkey picked up the half-eaten coconuts and started to hurl them towards both Lince and Zon with its four
arms.
Lince, thanks to his great footwork, was able to avoid them all, and each time they missed, he could hear the devastating destruction they caused behind him. Zon was fast as well, and thanks to his system, he could predict the path of where they would be thrown even before they were launched.
Both of them were avoiding them non-stop, but the coconuts seemed endless, and not just that, Lince wasn’t sure if it was his imagination, but the speed of the coconuts appeared to be getting faster.
It looked like one pile of the eaten coconuts would soon run out, and then the monkey would switch to the whole, bigger coconuts next to it.
“I have a suggestion: let’s fall back for now and pick another route. There should be different ways to get to where we want to be,” Zon suggested. “Fighting this creature, even with the two of us, might take too much effort.”
Zon was also considering if they ran into more beasts and, more importantly, if they ran into Red.
Lince agreed to the plan, and to show it, he jumped up in the air and slammed his heel into the floor. Several parts of the ground broke off and scattered into the air. When the pieces fell back to the floor, the monkey could no longer see the two small men who were in front of him.
It scratched its head and then its belly with two of its hands, while the other two went ahead to open one of the black coconuts with just its finger strength alone.
Both Zon and Lince had retreated back to the path they had come from. Although they could no longer see the monkey, they could still see the destruction it had caused with its fallen coconuts. Large trees had fallen on top of others, entangled with vines.
Looking at the ground, Lince then picked up one half of the black coconut that had been thrown. It was surprisingly heavier than he imagined, at least over 100kg, and that was just half of the outer shell.
If one wasn’t a warrior, there was no way they could pick up such a thing, and it was nearly the size of his entire chest.
Right after, Lince looked in a direction where there was a row of trees that seemed to be in good condition. Gathering up his Qi, he hurled the black coconut half. It went flying, breaking through several of the trees-around eight or so-before landing on the ground approximately thirty meters away.
“Why did you do that?” Zon asked.
“You have your ways of judging strength, I have mine,” Lince replied. “And I think you’re right, fighting that monkey would have been tough for both of us. Its raw strength is even greater than mine with Qi.”
“So you think you would lose?” Zon asked.
Lince let out a single, loud laugh.
“You really do think little of me. You seem to base things just on plain statistics. Even if its raw strength is greater than mine, what about my battle IQ? What about my techniques and skills that enhance my Qi? I can even sharpen my Qi or place it into a weapon, making it more deadly.”
“Even if that monkey threw a coconut directly at me, I could use my skills and Qi to break it. I’m starting to think your evaluation of me is quite poor.”
Zon didn’t say anything. Instead, he was already trying to figure out different paths to head to the same area. Eventually, after going around quite a bit, they came across another set of ruins.
The ruins scattered in the jungle were placed in different locations, so both Lince and Zon were sure they were in a different area, but it was almost the same layout. When they moved ahead, they could see the same wooden bridge and a pile of coconuts by the side.
The thing was, there was also the same creature, the four-tailed monkey, only this one was on the ground.
“It’s dead,” Lince said as he moved closer. Approaching it, they could see several large marks on its body. Blood had poured from its mouth onto its belly, and there were even broken bones.
What was quite surprising was that the area looked as if there were no signs of a battle at all. “Do you think this was your friend?” Lince asked.
“Not my friend,” Zon replied. “And no, it doesn’t look like his work. Maybe another beast, another type of monkey?”
It was scary for Lince to think there might be a beast even stronger than the monkey they came across, but they both knew this wouldn’t deter them. So they both decided to cross the bridge, and when they did, they could see a man up ahead, sitting by the bridge, looking their way.
“Oh, you’re the first visitors I’ve seen today… well, apart from that monkey,” the man said as he stood up and brushed off his strange blazer.
Both Lince and Zon had no clue who this man was, but they knew one thing: every cell in their bodies, and their instincts, were telling them to run away from this man.
Chapter 996: 1 in 10 Chance
The man in front of them, the way he was dressed, the way he stood, and more, were all telltale signs that the man in front of them wasn’t a regular Pagna warrior, and it was perhaps knowing this fact that made their own bodies react.
If the man in front of them wasn’t a regular Pagna warrior, then what exactly was he? It was clear a normal individual wouldn’t be able to survive such an island, and he was in the darkened yellow section of all places.
Lince, also being the information gatherer of the Demonic Faction, knew the faces of those he needed to be concerned about, especially in the Light Faction. Sure, he didn’t know about Red, but that was an anomaly hidden by Alter.
In this case, to spot another person like this? Were they also a member of Alter as well?
“I have to ask,” Lince said as he cleared his throat. “That beast just over the bridge, that didn’t happen to be your handiwork, did it?”
“Are you talking about that monkey?” the man replied. “Ah yes, I simply wanted to just pass through here, but it was quite determined to not let me go any further. So I guess you could say that it’s my handiwork.”
It wasn’t as if Lince couldn’t have guessed the answer to his question-more so, he needed to confirm it in his mind, just how cautious they needed to be with this person. Would running away even be considered a good idea in this case?
“And why are you here?” Zon asked. While Lince was thinking of the best question to follow up with, Zon had gotten straight to the point.
“Why am I here? That’s a good question,” the man said, placing his hand on his chin. “I guess you could say this island attracted me. I could feel the strong power coming from it, so I decided to pop by.”
“It turns out that this island has attracted quite a few people here, and now seeing these beasts and more heading this way, I have to ask, why are so many people even here?”
Now Lince was trying to figure out whether the question was something to bait them or not, but he supposed if they were an enemy, he would have attacked straight away.
‘Doesn’t Zon have some strange sense of truth-telling?’ Lince started to think. ‘After all, that’s when he realized I was telling the truth and decided to work with me as well.’
“If the two of us aren’t looking for the same thing, then I have to ask, will you let us pass here with no trouble?” Zon asked.
The man smiled as he heard the question.
“You know, you’re the first pair of people that haven’t jumped straight at me and attacked me the moment they saw me. So I appreciate that, but you see, from them, I learned the reason why they were on this island, and now that does interest me.”
Seeing how only Zon and Lince were working together, they could only assume the other people he had run into were the Light Faction warriors.
“Since you haven’t attacked me as soon as you saw me, I will do you a favor. If you turn around and stop your search for the item, then things will be fine, but if you try to proceed, I will have to stop you.”
Lince quickly moved from his position, using one of his techniques to appear right by Zon’s side. His body appeared as if it disappeared, then reappeared. The entire time, Lince was keeping an eye on the man to see what reaction he had from the move he had just performed. It was a high-level footwork technique, and when showing it now, Lince wanted to display the level of his skill to ward off the option of a fight-to show that the two of them weren’t novices either.
When he turned to look at the man, he could just see him lazily yawning away, as if everything was just another day for him.
“You are good at chances, right?” Lince whispered. “So tell me then, what are the chances that the two of us can take him on together?”
Zon was eyeing everything, trying to gauge his strength. He had a good idea of the Four Tails Monkey, and on top of that, how the man in front of them had no wounds, while the wounds on the monkey were severe.
“I think it would be slim…”
“Oh, so there’s a chance,” Lince said.
“I meant a slim chance of him losing. We would be defeated 999 times out of 1,000.”
Just as they heard that, though, they could hear the sound of footsteps approaching on the bridge from behind.
The two of them immediately turned their heads, and both Lince and Zon recognized who the two were who had immediately drawn their swords.
They rushed across the bridge and jumped to the side, both of their swords pointed at Zon. “Ah great, these are the two that you said you met before, right?” Lince asked, as he looked at the Light Faction warriors who had their weapons pointed toward Zon.
Lince knew them well-it was Ricar, the head of the Dawnblade Clan, along with Beatrix, one of the new elders in the group.
‘Having their swords drawn out towards us because of Zon is understandable, but is the other man in front of us really someone that they can side with as well?’ Lince thought.
“You have been kind to answer our questions. What’s your name?” Lince asked.
“My name? You really are polite. My name is Mosak,” the man answered.
“And about the people that you said you came across and met before-were they wearing the same light clothing as these two, and are they still of this world?”
The man then chuckled.
“I told you they attacked me, and anyone who attacks me deserves death,” Mosak answered, still not coming towards anyone. It seemed he was going to stay true to his word.
But Lince had an idea, and he made a suggestion as he leaned in to whisper to Zon.
“If we were to team up with the other two… then what are our chances?” Lince asked. Zon looked at the two of them, thought back to how they fought, and gave his answer. “1 in 10. A 1 in 10 chance that we will win.”
