Dark Magus Returns

The Crimson Crane had followed the order to charge, and the bulk of them ran in without a second thought. This included Reno, Kizer, and Lily.

Both Reno and Kizer had obtained items made by the Dark Magus. Reno was able to progress his poison powers to another level, becoming a stronger middle-stage warrior.

At the same time, his poison Qi had grown far stronger. When fighting middle-stage warriors at the same level as him, even if not being hit directly, slowly they would be worn down.

A drawn-out battle was not one anyone would want against Reno.

Then, with Kizer's weapon, the Crimson Crane member had the strongest attack; he carried the large orange-colored greatsword.

A sword which grew in power depending on how many people were in the area. Unfortunately, this wasn't an all-out war, or a large-scale battle like when they had gone against the Behemoth Clan, so its effects were diminished, but it was still incredibly strong in other ways. He just had to keep in mind the curse attached to the weapon.

Then there was Lily, whose main weapon was a spear. She hadn't had any gifts given by Raze, the Dark Magus, and was patiently waiting for her turn, like a few of the others.

These three charged in and looked at the opponents on the ground. Many of them had quickly gotten into battles, but out of a large bulk of them, there were two that concerned Reno.

"Can you feel it?" Reno asked. Staring into the group of Dark Pagna warriors.

"Yeah!" Kizer replied as he continued to charge forward and looked straight ahead. "There are two really strong ones here, and if Tilon is dealing with that one, then we need to deal with this one!"

Kizer jumped in the air, both of his hands on the handle, holding the large sword behind his back, and flung it forward, ready to smash it down on the woman in front of him.

As the sword came down, though, the woman quickly moved to the side, and the sword, with all of its power, looked like it was ready to strike the floor. Part of it was breaking before the sword had even made contact.

Before it even did, though, the woman had lifted her leg, and visual Qi of flowing water appeared. It went through the air and hit Kizer right on the side of his head, sending him flying to the side.

Immediately, Lily came rushing forward, but the woman then kicked the ground, sweeping it. The visual Qi suddenly made Lily feel as if her feet were unstable. When she went to thrust her spear, it was off target.

To her surprise, the woman had grabbed the spear and went to pull Lily forward, ready to throw a punch right at her head.

That was until her fist was blocked by Reno. He had grabbed it, and his poisonous Qi was seeping onto the surface of her skin.

She didn't hesitate, as a large amount of Qi came out from her body. Both Lily and Reno felt spits of light rain on their faces, and they soon saw both of their bodies crashing into one another.

As they banged heads, Lily quickly stomped her foot on the ground, unleashing her own Qi, and then stabbed her spear into the floor, breaking a large part of the flooring in front of them.

It allowed for space between the three of them and the woman they had decided to take on.

"That woman, she's so strong," Lily said. "It looks like your instinct was right. If we want to help out those students, we need to make sure she doesn't join the fight."

"Who even is she?" Kizer said.

"That doesn't matter. It would be an embarrassment if we weren't able to beat her, even with two items made by the Dark Magus," Reno said as he readied himself. "And although there were two obviously showing off their power… I'm worried that there might be those among their group hiding theirs."

The woman they were going against was called Suzan. She was a member of the Flowing Force Clan and was one of the strongest members of the clan.

She had fought with Crine for his position and ultimately lost. After her loss, she had secluded herself, trying to grow stronger.

She had agreed after her loss that she would do whatever it was Crine asked of her. That was why she was at the event and why she was unknown among them all.

A person who was strong enough to be a clan head of one of the five major clans.

Elsewhere in the arena, Rayna, who had also appeared to help Raze out, was now facing a middle-aged man called Wendart.

"What is this, Rayna? You are only a little older than the children that I teach. You must have only reached the middle stage not too long ago, no?" Wendart asked as he pulled out his thin long sword and circled the area.

"You shouldn't talk to me on a first-name basis. I know that I am quite well known, but that gives you no right, especially when I have no clue what your name is," Rayna replied.

When learning of the plan that Raze had come up with, she, of course, asked to join, and with Raze knowing he would need all the help he could get to go up against the Dark Faction, he didn't deny her coming either.

She knew that things would turn out this way as well, with her fighting on her own. She wasn't a true member of the Crimson Crane, so she had to accept that they would be doing their own thing.

"Me? I am Wendart, the head teacher at the Dark Pagna Academy," Wendart replied. "My skills are not lacking, especially for someone like you. You should go home."

Wendart charged in and thrusted his sword while Rayna pulled the spear from her back and swung it, hitting the sword to the side. Explosive Qi bonded between the two of them.

"I'll have you know that right now I'm married, and I'm fighting for my husband!" Rayna declared.

With all of the Dark Faction warriors held up, there was only one left and not engaged in combat: Crine, the head of the Flowing Force Clan.

All he could do as he looked at the person standing in front of him was shake his head.

"I'm surprised you can even stand in front of me right now," Crine said. "After you almost lost your life before, do you really want to lose it again? Do you really think you can do this alone?"

Crine started to walk toward Mada. With each step, ripples were seen on the ground. Mada took a fighting stance and a big gulp along with it.

'It's finally happening, I'm finally going to fight against my father… but there's no way I can win… there's just no way.'

With each step, the ripples in the ground were growing even larger. Seeing this, thick beads of sweat were running down Mada's face, and before he knew it, Crine was right there in front of him.

"As easy as that, you are just a child after all." Crine reached out his hand, going toward Mada's head. Until a sword swung in between the two.

A powerful strike like erupting flames caused Crine to pull back for just a moment.

"Nearly chopped off your arm there, that would have been fun," Ricktor claimed.

Mada was surprised to see Ricktor. He was sure that he would have gone off to fight his father, that was his wish after all, and this was his chance to do it.

So why was Ricktor here?

"It looks like both of us have severe father issues. It seems it's not just limited to women," Ricktor smiled. "Let's deal with your daddy issues first, and after that, we can deal with mine."

"I've grown attached to having you around, so I wouldn't want you to go missing," Ricktor claimed.

With that, all members of the Dark Faction were engaged in deep battle, against a mixed group of people. Some of the most powerful members were battling against each other.

The Light Faction was witnessing all, and in their minds, they could only think one thing: Who was going to be the first to fall?