It was too late for Fixteen to do anything, for Forma had already shot a mass amount of power in the air.
A giant red circle ball filled the sky but due to the fighting not everyone had noticed it. Already before things had even started Forma’s body was shaking.
Just the thought of what was about to come frightened her greatly.
“This is all for the legacy of the Crimson Crane.” She said.
Arrows started to fall from the large ball aimed at the victims it wished to take out. The arrows were linked to Forma’s will.
She had seen from before the type of clothing that was being worn by those in the Light Faction and the soldiers from the Empire and now all of the attacks were directed toward them.
As arrows started to fall it pierced through many soldiers’ defenses. A lot of them were too preoccupied with the fight that was in front of them to see the arrows.
It had pierced right through their backs, their arms and the back of their heads.
Some had caught on to what was happening. It was hard not to when there were hundred thousand arrows falling from the sky.
They used their defensive artifacts, some got into defensive formations and used their Qi to fight back against the arrows.
They were doing well to protect what was coming at them and a large fraction of the arrows never managed to hit anyone.
But out of the hundred thousand arrows that had fallen, around fifteen thousand warriors and soldiers still ended up losing their lives and many were injured.
It was part of the big advantage that was needed for them to start turning back the tables in their favor.
“They are not the only ones with fancy weapons and armor!” A Demonic faction member shouted out. “The Crimson Crane are with us!”
The will and actions that Forma had performed had put the fight back into action in the warriors despite everything that happened.
However those on the battlefield were unaware just how much of a tough decision that was for Forma.
All of the arrows that were fired started to form up, crawl out from the bodies that they had pierced and it began to gather.
It gathered into a red mass ball the same as before it was shot. The ball started to shrink down in size, condensing into a dark red colour and then moved right to where Forma was.
She stayed still as she watched the ball reach her and turned to look at Fixteen.
“Remember what I said.” Her eyes filled with tears as the ball entered through her head.
“ARGHHH!” A loud scream escaped her mouth but only for a second as she had fainted, falling to the floor being caught by Fixteen before she had hit the ground.
Forma had no idea what type of chain reaction she had set within the war but it was a bigger one than she expected that was for sure.
Seeing this opportunity, with a large amount of injured, the Bonum Society decided to act. They started to transform into their Hybrid forms in the middle of it all.
What appeared to be beasts and monsters were now attacking left and right, and the hybrid creatures had an array of different powers at their disposal.
Some were able to spit acid from their mouths, others were able to heal. Some could produce thorns from their bodies and fire them out at the enemy.
It was one of the hidden cards that the group had.
“They have Hybrids amongst their group? How is that even possible?” A Light Faction warrior shouted. “I thought Hybrids were insane, and couldn’t distinguish between friend and foe.”
Some of the Demonic and Dark warriors were worried at first, but after seeing clearly they were attacking their enemy and protecting them, they knew they were on their side.
“This is a good turn of events and good timing on their part.” Reno said as he observed a particular area.
It was covered in mist and the warriors were struggling to hurt the general. Even Qi-filled attacks seemingly went through the general’s body.
“I need to play my part in this fight as well. Forma has done a lot for us.”
Rushing over, Reno had dived straight first into the mist. As soon as he arrived he had grabbed some of the other warriors and flung them out of the area close to them.
“Stay out of the area for a while.” Reno said as he stretched out both of his hands and Qi started to emit out from his body.
The entire area was starting to turn green and began to mix in with the mist. It covered the entire area and the mist started to get smaller until a human figure had appeared out of it, collapsing onto the ground.
His face was red and out from his mouth blood had started to spew out.
“What is this? Have I been poisoned?” The general assumed.
“It appears that you do not have a warrior’s body. The smallest amount of poison inhaled has affected you despite your body being made of mist. Perhaps I was the only one that could have gone against you here. You are quite unfortunate.”
One of the generals that was giving them a large amount of trouble was taken out just like that.
Elsewhere on the battlefield, a large group of soldiers were making a great push back against warriors.
This was all due to the general who held onto a powerful artifact in the shape of a flag. They were pushing back against the warriors and after a short while would move to another area with the flag in hand and no one could get close.
Or at least they thought. Appearing from behind as if invisible, Crocker had used his special cursed item, but rather than attack, he had something else in mind as he had placed a special headband right on top of the man’s head.
“That was a gift from Anna, and with it you will now do our bidding. We will clear the files so the rest can take you all down. That is the job of the Dark Hand!”
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With the main battle and two large forces constantly switching in terms of who had the momentum, the major battle itself seemed like it would be determined by key battles.
Rayna, Fing and Dame continued to push through with momentum but they made clear to not push too deep into enemy territory, Rayna wanted to stay close to her people so she could continue to shout words of encouragement.
A large warrior from the Light Faction had gathered their Qi into what appeared to be a giant warhammer, it had a large flat end and swung right toward her.
Holding out her weapon she blocked the strike and the powerful blow vibrated through her entire body, however she hadn’t moved from her position in the slightest.
“Rayna blocked that large attack for us, she is an unmovable force on our side!” the Demonic Faction members shouted.
The truth was the reason why she hadn’t moved was due to her boots, making her immovable.
Right after the Light Faction warrior had struck he was wide open and Dame and Fing had struck him at the side of his head.
The force knocked the large warrior straight to the ground, finishing him off. It was one of the stronger warriors in the Light Faction causing everyone to cheer in victory.
The moment both of them landed on the ground both Fing and Dame noticed something from their side.
“Move!” Dame shouted at the top of his lungs and both Fing and Dame jumped separate ways allowing for a large strike of what looked like dark Qi to split the two up, but the attack to Dame seemed familiar when seeing it.
“It seems I have been granted the task to get rid of you,” a voice said as they walked over, a strange sword with two large circles combined.
The man had broad shoulders and was wearing a clear white robe. When the others saw him they recognized him straight away.
“Cicle!” Rayna said. “The leader of the Illumination Clan.”
It was one of the Light Faction warriors the group had to worry about but even more so now because of the special weapon held in his hand.
“That attack just now, it was the same one from your friend the Dark Magus, right?” Fing asked.
“Yeah, remember what Raze said about the weapon. We need to be careful,” Dame claimed.
Although based on the information they had, there was a good chance that this was the best situation for them. Because the sword was one that copied sword techniques and they weren’t using sword techniques, it did make Dame wonder though, where did the other Light Faction leaders go to?
Beatrix had been careful in her fighting. When she was attacking, she was doing her best not to kill.
It was hard for her to see the soldiers or the Light Faction as her enemy, but the same couldn’t be said for the other side.
As she travelled through, she was cautious about using the item Ricar had given to her, careful about her Qi.
As she struck a few warriors on their legs, making it so they could no longer chase after her, she could see someone through the crowd.
“There is no need for you to fight against the others. This is who you want, right?” Impress asked as she walked forward. She took her sword out of her sheath and it was almost golden in colour.
‘That’s not any sword that belongs to the Dawnblade Clan,’ Beatrix thought. ‘It’s just as Raze said. She’s using a weapon from Alter. I don’t know what it can do, but she doesn’t know what I can do either.’
Beatrix held her almost translucent blue sword in her hand.
“You’re pretty confident in winning this fight but you’re not the only one that’s received something special. You are not a person who follows the Light Faction’s values and I will punish you for that regardless of what happens to me!” Beatrix shouted.
Oddly, there were a few people who had decided to leave the main fighting area, away from where the rest of the fighting was taking place.
It could still be seen in the distance, but almost as if they knew they had their own score to settle.
“Red, this has been a long time coming,” Zon claimed.
“It has indeed. I’ve had to face it, that you’ve fallen so deeply in love with me that even though I’ve gone to a whole other planet, you have somehow found me,” Red claimed.
“Always with the stupid jokes!” Anna shouted. “We all know what you did. Everyone in the Red Fortis army, the two of us will finally deliver your punishment!”
A battle that had started in another world was to end in Pagna.
In another area where Liam and Safa were continuing to fight side by side, they were meeting next to no resistance.
It was strange and worrying for Safa as she was sure Heino would see the impact that she was making.
Because not a single person had yet to die that was around her. Eventually, her worst thought came true as a man in white cloth was approaching them.
With his sword, he swung it at one of the Dark Faction warriors and immediately they were slain.
There wasn’t even a chance for Safa to heal him.
“He’s Kawak, right?” Liam asked. “Leader of the Aurora Clan and with the sword that can cut through anything.”
Safa had seen its skill as well. She had shrouded the man in light magic to try heal him before he had attacked, but the sword had cut right through it.
Elsewhere, Shay had decided to move through the group. She was only attacking those that were coming towards her. When she felt a strike from a spear coming at her side, she had swiped the spear, deflecting the attack and could see it was from a member of the Dark Faction.
“I’m surprised you blocked that?” the man said.
“Really? You are? You should know already that stuff doesn’t work on me because I don’t trust anyone, Heino.”
The deciding battles were being set out on the battlefield for the fate of Pagna.
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With everything unfolding, there was still one situation that desperately needed to be solved, and that was what was occurring with the Dark Magus and the rest.
The Dark Magus and one of the Grand Magus—if they were still able to use their powers at full force—could change the tide of the whole fight.
Both Amir and Lince were standing right next to Raze, ready to defend him against the trio of Enaxx’s that were set to fight against them.
“It’s only a matter of time!” Enaxx said as he threw a lightning bolt towards Lince, who had quickly blocked the attack. Right after, he pushed his body and managed to strike the line of wind attack that had come right at them.
For Amir, he firmly stood with both feet planted in the ground. Strangely, the black substance coming out from his body began to extend further and further, almost turning into a giant hand that now could be used as a shield.
The fire attacks were coming in his direction, so he was constantly stopping them with the use of his own body parts.
“I’m dealing with two of them here, do you really think that’s fair?” Lince asked.
“Do what you can, otherwise none of us will get out of this alive,” Amir replied.
It was easier for the two of them to defend and not try to attack. Which was why they could manage against three of them. The major issue in all of this, though, was they weren’t sure how much longer they could last.
If they attacked, they would be open, and they would leave Raze exposed.
“There’s another issue!” Raze said, as he finally stood up.
He could see that one of the Enaxx’s was gearing up. He combined both of his hands and spun his body, and the flames were growing around him. Right after, he threw the flames that swirled through the air like a dragon.
Amir wasn’t so sure he could just block this one, so instead he used the power of his own Qi. He drove it into his body and his giant arm and swung it.
At the same time, he noticed another Qi strike—a crimson slash—coming through the air and crashing into the giant flames, exploding them.
Amir turned to his side and could see that Raze was huffing and puffing, having used a large amount of his energy to stop the attack.
“You should be resting, or trying to find a way out of this situation,” Amir said.
“That attack would have hurt you. They can cast large spells if you give them time, especially fire magic, since that’s his magic core,” Raze explained.
It was going in one ear and out the other for Amir, as he didn’t fully understand the concept of magic, but he could tell with his own eyes—the flames were stronger than the other spells, and he appeared proficient in them.
“What we have to worry about is this guy can make more than three of himself!” Raze said.
Right now, all three of them were doing what they could to stop the countless different spells that were coming at them. Raze was waiting for the stronger attacks as he came in and defended a larger attack here and there.
“We’re already struggling with three of him as it is, and you’re saying that there could be more of him? So tell us, how many times can this guy clone himself?”
“Five times,” Raze answered. “At most. When fighting him, I went against five of him. I’m pretty sure that’s his limit.”
Raze thought back to his powers, but he didn’t completely understand it. As the fight went on, Enaxx would clone more of himself—but never more than five times.
He had fought for long periods of time, so he believed that this was his limit in the end. But there was a good chance that it wasn’t, as there would always be one more that would come after them.
There were more things than that which Raze had noticed about Enaxx. When Enaxx fought alone, he was just like any other mage, being able to use all elements but being proficient in one.
When he fought alongside the clones though, it was almost as if each one could only use a part of the element, but that didn’t make any sense to him.
‘Even if a clone of his body is taking one element, what about the others that are left? Since these three here are only using one element each, then I can guess that there is one more Enaxx somewhere out there that can use the other elements.’
“Even if we take out these bodies, I’m not sure it will do anything. There are two situations to winning this fight,” Raze said. “Either we have to take out all of the clones at the same time… or we have to take out the real body. But if there is a real body, I don’t think he would leave it here.”
The situation was daunting on them. There was only Raze that was perhaps strong enough to deal with the situation, but they had already reached a point where they were having trouble doing anything else but defending attacks.
As time went on, if Enaxx could clone himself, then it meant the opponent would only get stronger.
“Should we attack then, use whatever we can to try and take out these three?” Amir asked.
Raze was hesitant to give an answer. There was one more thing he could do, but he wasn’t sure it was the right time.
‘Bloody woman!’ Raze shouted in his mind. ‘At times when I’m in great trouble, when people are targeting my life, you had helped. You had helped with the Dark Faction leader. Can’t you help in this situation now!’ Raze sounded as if he was almost begging.
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The bloody woman had only interfered once in Raze’s fights, and that was when he was going up against Murkel. He had used so much of his power, used everything he had, that his life was on the line.
Her power was unmatched going against Murkel, and it was what had pretty much saved his life. He wasn’t so sure if she would be strong enough to go against Enaxx, but maybe it would help them out in the situation they were in.
“No.” The bloody woman’s voice resounded in Raze’s head.
Unlike before, it was no longer like fog, covered in a thick voice. Raze could hear it clearly for once, and he didn’t like the answer it had given him.
“Why are you saying no?” Raze asked. “At a time like this right now, it’s a serious situation. I’ve said this before—if I die, then you die as well, right?”
“Right.” The woman replied back. “But do you really think that you’re in a situation where you are close to death? Your body is in this situation because you placed it in it. You are not on your last legs yet, nowhere near, and until you are, I won’t do a thing to step in.
“Besides, the weaker you are, the better chance I have of taking over your body completely.”
Raze didn’t even know why he had asked the bloody woman—it was her expected response. Asking was a sign of weakness, but that was what it truly was at a time like this.
“We do the only thing we can do!” Lince shouted, as he had his weapons wrapped up around the wrapping on his body. He started to fling them about, shooting powerful strikes of Qi across the field.
It was disrupting in multiple ways. For one, Enaxx had to move out of the way of the attacks, and it was slicing through the magical attacks as well.
“We will just have to move you back, and keep on protecting you!” Lince claimed.
As those words were spoken though, the footing underneath from Lince was shaky. He quickly jumped up, flipping in the air, and saw a large earth-like pillar.
In the middle of him falling, the pillar swung down and crashed onto his body. The pillar had broken and Lince appeared just fine, but the attack had hit him relatively clean.
“Earth magic… that means…” Raze turned around to have a look, and it was as he expected.
Now walking toward all of them, they could see there was a fifth Enaxx, and based on what he had just done, he was using Earth-type magic.
“I’ve recovered somewhat. Get behind me, and let’s go back to back!” Raze ordered.
The other two were quick to move, and now with their backs against each other, they were looking at the Enaxxes in all different directions.
“Haha, look at this, look at this!” Enaxx laughed. “Is this really the Dark Magus that struck fear into people’s hearts? I know you now look like a child, but I didn’t expect you to become weak like one as well.
“Your time here—did you lose all of your powers? You have nothing to show what you are right now?” Enaxx said with laughter.
“It seems that there is still something that you can do, correct?” Lince asked.
“If you can, I think it might be the best time for you to use it.”
Raze thought about it. Even though he said he had recovered, the truth was he had far from recovered. He would struggle to defeat any of the tough opponents he had before, and this was the toughest—but there was a good chance that Enaxx could split himself for the fifth time.
“Just protect yourself, use whatever Qi you can!”
All of the Enaxxes were preparing. They were ready with the biggest spells in their arsenal. A lightning bolt was growing bigger and bigger in Enaxx’s hands, with strands floating all over the air.
A large tornado of condensed wind strikes that were incredibly sharp were building up in both of Enaxx’s hands.
Flames were twirling and gathering, as they wreathed up and down Enaxx’s arms.
And then the earth being used—the ground was shaking. At the same time, all four of the Enaxxes threw their hands together and the attacks went toward the center.
Everyone else was ready to defend from the attacks, using all of their Qi in their body. They waited till the right time to just strike the magic that was in front of them, hoping to disrupt as much of the magic as possible.
The magic was breaking and breaking, but it was too much, as it made a massive implosion out on the field. There was next to nothing that could be seen, until the area had cleared up.
Raze, Lince, and Amir—they were all standing, but their bodies filled with cuts, deep bruises, blood dripping out of their mouths, and more. They had been heavily hurt from the attack and appeared incredibly weak.
“I’m not sure… I don’t think I can go on anymore. I guess this might be the end of the leader of the Lost Clan… I did a lot… I just wish I could have seen the outcome of this fight.”
“The Bonum Society are proud that we got close to getting our grand treasure back. Just because we will perish does not mean that the others won’t be able to complete the task, and in the future, that the task will be completed.”
Raze didn’t say anything. He wasn’t done yet. He couldn’t be done. This wouldn’t be the end of the fight. He had a lot more to show, a lot more to do. There was so much in for his plans.
As he looked up at the sky, Raze started to see several sparks connecting, until eventually the sparks stayed consistent and started to form a ring in the sky, and an array of colors had joined the center.
“A portal….”
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Of all the things that could happen, Raze never expected this. When he looked up at the sky, it was without a doubt—a portal. Something he had seen appear a few times before.
It wasn’t just him that recognised it, but those on the battlefield did as well—and it struck fear in all of their hearts. Even if they hadn’t seen one, they had at least heard of what a portal was able to do. One appearing here right now meant there was a portal break occurring.
In the middle of the battlefield? Raze thought. Did it come because of all the magic being used? It’s been so long since I’ve seen one—or even seen a reaction of sorts—which is why I started using magic on Pagna without any consequences.
I assumed it was due to whatever Alter was doing with Alterian that caused the portals… so why did one appear now? Was the level of magic just too much?
Regardless of the portal, the matter was that Enaxx was still alive—and they weren’t strong enough to best him. A few beasts coming out of such a thing wouldn’t be enough to beat him. It might be enough to affect the battlefield, but that was all.
“A portal—did you do this?” Enaxx asked. “Have you called for help?”
With Enaxx not having been in Pagna for long, he didn’t know much of the rules that had been set or for what reason. So he assumed all of this was done by Raze or at least one of those by his side.
As they all stared at the portal together, the first thing they could see was a muscular arm stretching out. It was bare—pink skin could be seen—but there was quite a bit of dirt that covered it.
Followed by the bare arm, the rest of the body came through. The upper half appeared naked, while the bottom half still wore a pair of worn-out pants that were ripped and ruffled.
“It’s a man, not a beast?” Lince commented.
Right after that, the rest of the man’s body broke through and he fell right to the floor—landing in front of everyone. Soon after he entered, the portal closed immediately.
“Wait—it wasn’t a portal break?” Lince said, confusion written all over his face. “Why has this man just come out of there, though? Where did he come from—and what’s with his feet?”
The man was barefoot, his black hair dangling past his waist—but his figure was extremely muscular, next to no fat on him. From just looking from behind, both Raze and Amir had an idea of who this person was.
“Is it… who I think it is?” Raze asked.
“I spent a lot of time with this man, so I’m pretty confident in my analysis,” Amir stated. “That right there is exactly who you think it is.”
“Can you two not keep it a secret between yourselves and just tell me who that man is!” Lince said.
Right then, the man turned his head—he looked at one of the Enaxx clones—and then turned to face Raze and the rest of the group.
“Haha… hahah!” the man shouted. “I’m here! I’m finally here after all this time—and look at it, look at what I managed to drop right into the middle of. I never thought I’d see my enemies right here.”
Lince, after seeing his face, was starting to piece together who this man might be. He was the information gatherer of the Demonic Faction, after all—but this man was not from their faction.
“The old leader of the Dark Faction—that’s Murkel!” Lince claimed, his eyes widening as the weight of the revelation hit him like a thunderclap. “I thought… he was dead.” “I thought… he was dead.”
Raze and Amir both knew that Murkel was far from dead. He had managed to escape in his last moments—heading back to the world wherever he came from. Most likely that of the beast that dwelled within his body.
Whether he could come back or not was a different thing. Whether he wanted to was another.
In the back of Raze’s mind, he did think that maybe one day he might have to deal with this particular man—but why did it have to be today of all days? Why did he have to appear when they were at their weakest—and in the most crucial fight of their lives?
“Our luck can’t get any worse. We have enough trouble dealing with one person as it is,” Lince said. “Or five.”
Since the old leader was present and the new leader was there as well—there was no question that Murkel would attempt to get his clans and factions back.
Which was why Lince was upset and wondering what they could even do.
That was until Enaxx started to prepare a spell. Oddly, all of the other Enaxx clones—rather than surrounding Raze—had moved from their positions and quickly gathered up.
“You again!” Enaxx shouted at the top of his lungs.
An array of spells shot out from the five Enaxx’s—just like those that were used on Raze and his group. Each one of them crashing into where Murkel stood.
Did he just attack Murkel? But why? Why would Enaxx attack Murkel? It was as if he knew who he was… but how is that even possible? Raze thought.
When the dust started to settle, what they could see was a giant red crystallisation that had appeared from Murkel’s arm. It had expanded into a towering, jagged barrier of blood-red crystal, intercepting the full brunt of the devastating spells. Not a single crack, burn, or mark could be seen—it was as if the barrage had never even touched it.
The red crystal started to shrink until it disappeared into what looked like Murkel’s own arm.
“I was thinking, out of the two of you, which one I should take out first. I think you just made up my mind,” Murkel claimed.
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