Dark Magus Returns

Alba and the rest of the Crimson Crane were able to get the pills from Dame beforehand, the pills which had been made by the Dark Magus. In doing so, the pills had been split among all of the members.

After all, the Clan regularly split apart, because at times, they would be sent out individually to help others in different areas. Who knew when they would need one of these pills to help them in an emergency situation.

This certainly felt like an emergency situation for all of them right now. However, they knew these pills were a last resort. They would restore the Qi fully as if they had never fought for each of them, but it would only last a minute.

It was designed to be used in dangerous dungeons when fighting against beasts because if the pill ever hit and reached the wider market, then this would become knowledge to all, and then Nabi would know exactly what to do.

"That pill's got a time limit, so don't rely on it too much," Raze reminded them.

"You said you have an idea on how to finish this guy, right? Well, don't worry; I don't plan on needing it!" Alba said as she charged forward, both of her swords glowing with Qi energy again.

She struck as hard as she could with the swords, her visual Qi showing a red stream behind her. She was once again attacking in the awkward spots while Nabi was deflecting them all. He then strengthened his sword with a large amount of Qi and swung it forward, pushing her back.

It didn't hurt Alba but had created distance between the two. Nabi then used footwork to charge back, avoiding all of the others coming toward him, finally staying still for a few moments, and the lightning magic was starting to gather around his arm again.

"You are really an annoying one," Nabi said. "Lighting Strike."

Out from his hand, a bolt of lightning came out and struck Forma right on her arm. It scorched her arm badly, causing her to drop her bow and arrow. Her Qi was strong, though, so the injury wasn't too bad, but she was slowly running out of time.

Rayna was just recovering from the last lightning shock, and she was slowly looking at the fight going off again.

'Not even the entire Crimson Crane can take him on? It looks like we hugely underestimated the Light Faction,' Rayna thought. 'But I've noticed, whenever he uses that strange lightning power of his, he has to stay still. He can't use footwork techniques, and unlike that other guy, it seems like he can't even use sword techniques and lightning strikes at the same time.'

Rayna was somewhat right with her observations, but it wasn't that Nabi wasn't able to use his sword or move while using magic; it was while controlling mana, he was unable to utilize Qi at the same time. He could swing his sword while creating a lightning bolt, but he couldn't combine it with a technique, nor could he add Qi to his strikes like the hooded man.

Thinking about this, she started to wonder just what the hooded man was doing. She thought that now the rest of the Crimson Crane were back on their feet, that he would help them out with their fight.

Instead, he seemed to be at the back, and kneeling down on the floor.

'What is he up to?'

Right now, this was all part of Raze's plan. Using the non-ghost blade on his back, he had placed it down on the ground. Then reaching into his robe, he had brought out a piece of chalk.

Quickly, in the middle of the fighting, Raze started to draw on the ground a magic circle. Tilon, with his large shield, along with Reno, were still next to him, and they were wondering if the hooded man had gone mad. He was drawing shapes, strange symbols, and more, but they realized that what they had seen today, what they had seen people were capable of, it would be silly of them to dismiss strange drawings on the floor.

'I had an inkling that someday I would have to fight a mage,' Raze thought. 'But I thought that would be me going up against Alter when I stole all their items from them. However, I didn't expect to go up against one while I was only a 3-star mage!

'Right now, I have to rely on these people to help me, and they will have to rely on me. While I myself may be weak, the only thing I can do is rely on an enchantment!'

Finishing his thought, Raze lifted the chalk off the ground, and then summoned a level 2 power stone. He placed it on the ground and then hesitated for a moment before activating his magic.

He looked up at the fight that was continuing. Due to the Qi being restored, the Crimson Crane actually had the upper hand. Cronker had caused several cuts as he came in and out of the shadows, attacking with his dagger. Kizer with his long sword seemed to be tiring Nabi, as his Qi had to be running out in all of this. Lilly was quick to follow Nabi every time he tried to pull away, as they didn't want to give him time to use his magic.

'These guys aren't just strong middle-stage warriors, but I can tell that they actually work really well together as well, but they won't be able to defeat him in time… if we want to win this fight, then we're just going to have to take risks!'

Raze was debating one of two things, to place the enchantment that he had planned on the sword, using his new ice attribute. The enchantment was one of the new ones he had read from the book that he had received from the dimension. He was a quick learner, and learning a formation to him now was similar to remembering a sentence. However, using the skills would be a different story.

The issue was, using the ice attribute magic, and the enchantment would only be at level 2. Would it be strong enough to take out a high-ranking middle-stage warrior? It was unlikely.

So the only choice he had was to risk it with a Dark magic enchantment. He would still use one of the Ice enchantment formations, but activate it with his Dark magic, giving it a greater effect but at the same time cursing the item. Depending on the curse, it might very well make the item itself useless.

He made his decision as Dark magic swept out of his body, and the sword started to light up. The power stone was used, and soon the sword dropped to the ground.

"There's no time to check; we don't have much time!" Raze said as he picked up the sword. "Strike him with this!"n)/1n

Raze shouted, and the Crimson Crane members turned around; when they did, they could see what looked like a regular sword flying through the air. Before it even went to the ground like a flash appearing next to it, Cronker, the blonde-headed man with the mask over his face, had caught it.

"I will use this well, Dark Magus!" Cronker said, drawing the cursed sword, and heading straight for Nabi.

Hearing the name mentioned again, Nabi's upper eyelid started to twitch.

"He is not the Dark Magus!!"