Dark Magus Returns

After learning everything he knew, Dame had come to a decision: he would help out Amir and the Bonum Society for now. There were too many reasons to work for them. However, he wasn't so sure about their goal; the whole thing sounded too unbelievable for Dame to comprehend or fully understand.

He had seen and even experienced some crazy things while being part of the Bonum Society, but it just wasn't enough for him to align himself. However, helping the others in the tournament was something that Dame wanted to do, so he had come along as asked.

Mixed in the crowd, there were more members of the Bonum Society. There were steps to the plan, with Amir and Dame taking charge. However, with how things played out right now, there were only the two of them from the Bonum Society. Amir didn't look fazed, and Dame just had to follow the lead of what the other was doing.

Seeing how the Dark Magus was here, though, Dame did feel a little more confident in the situation.

'It's just us two, so things are different. You can pull something off here, but you can't do it alone. You summoned the Crimson Crane because you needed their help, and I'm just going to give you a bit more help than you needed.'

Dame took a glance at Mantis, who was on the floor. Someone who had been through the same thing as him quite recently. It was part of his mission to have another Hybrid directly in the event. The target in the first place was never the Dark Faction; it was the Light Faction, but it didn't matter. Right now, he was here to protect Raze.

Spitting out from Dame's mouth was a hard white string-like substance that wrapped around Murkel's leg. Murkel tried to move forward, but the physical power of Dame was far beyond what he thought. Dame went ahead and grabbed part of the substance that came from his mouth and then yanked it hard. In doing so, Murkel was lifted off his feet.

Dame then started to swing the substance in the air and went to slam Murkel on the ground. Just before Murkel hit the ground, with his Qi sharpened around his hand, he cut the substance just before hitting the floor and flipped himself.

"All of you are just a bunch of monsters," Murkel said. "The world of Pagna is done for if there are those that are mixed with the blood of beasts able to roam around."

"Judging by the things you have done, I would say you're much more of a monster!" Alba said, striking several times.

Murkel avoided the strikes and went to counter, but before his fist hit, the strange white substance shot out from Dame's mouth and wrapped around his arms again. Dame then pulled it and cut his own substance from his mouth, throwing it onto the floor. It stuck like glue, holding Murkel in place.

"I still have another hand," Murkel claimed.

Yet, he would have to use that hand quickly, as Amir was to his right, ready to chop him down from above. Since this strike seemed unavoidable this time, Murkel had no choice but to lift his hand and grab the beast axe hand that came slicing down. His knees bent down, and the force was huge even for Murkel. The ground beneath his feet was breaking from the sheer weight of the attack.

However, he had pinched perfectly onto the axe and had stopped it from cutting any part of his hand.

"You certainly are living up to your name, three powerful middle-stage warriors, and I'm even a Hybrid at that, but we still aren't able to best you."

Since both of Murkel's hands were tied up and he could see Alba readying for another strike, he swung his leg out, delivering a kick, not to hit anyone, but instead the momentum spun his body, and a wave of Qi brushed, hitting the others and pushing them back.

For a moment, as both Alba and Amir felt their bodies being hit by the Dark Qi, they felt all of their bodies becoming heavy. It was a major problem in the fight so far. It was hard to go up close against someone who was stronger in combat, faster, had better techniques, and whose Qi affected the feeling of others.

So all they could rely on were attacks from afar. It was then that Murkel charged forward and went straight for Alba.

"If I can't get the one I want, then I need to just get rid of the annoying ones, one by one then, and I'll start with the weakest first!"

Murkel sped up, and his fist was ready to crash right into Alba. Right before he reached her, though, Amir came down from above and swung his leg down to meet Murkel's fist. Murkel pulled back, allowing the foot to drop, missing him completely, and grabbed onto it. Then, with his other fist, he hit Amir right in the face.

The face disfigured, looking slightly warped as the strong Dark Qi was used, and Amir's body crashed into the ground.

"You weren't the only one observing this entire time. I was aiming for you from the beginning. Out of the three of you here, I have determined you are the most troublesome one."

"My right-hand man who betrayed me, now you will experience the death you were courting," Murkel said, lifting his foot.

On the ground, Murkel could see a smile on Amir's face. He had been badly hurt from the single punch. Even with the fast healing factor, with an attack this close, it would be the end of his life. There wasn't anything for him to be smiling about.

"Let me tell you something, you are very wrong about something. I am not the one you have to worry most about... that one from the Demonic Faction is," Amir said.

A shadow could be seen at the corner of Murkel's eye, he could see something approaching him from behind, and based on the shadow it didn't exactly look human.