Dark Magus Returns

At one end of the arena, the sword was shining brightly and beaming with power. It was clear that it wasn't just an ordinary sword but a special one.

"Is that something he created himself?" Alba wondered. She had seen him use it before when the Behemoth Clan had struck, but it was the first time she was paying attention and seeing such strong healing powers.

"I always wondered when he created such special powerful weapons, why he had handed them out to the other members, and he still hadn't created something for himself. But I guess he does have special weapons of his own after all."

At times, Raze was even conflicted, especially when he had created the legendary shield. However, the cursed effect was too high-risk for it to be something he wanted to utilize, and most of the weapons he created for others weren't suitable for his fighting style in the first place.

As for the Lux Sword, it wasn't even his creation but something he had received before, and a particular person was excited the moment he saw the sword.

"Right, he took that from the Lethal Bite Clan leader," Bargo said. "I forgot he even had that thing. That leader was almost impossible to kill because of that sword. With that in Raze's hand, this fight might actually turn around."

The Lux Sword was meant to be held with a single hand. With his strength, he could have held even a large sword in a single hand anyway.

But the Ghost blade and the Lux Sword could both be held in a single hand, though Raze preferred to have one hand free to cast his magic.

Now he held both swords by his side in his hand.

"Is that mage a dual swordsman?" Zon asked.

"Not that I've ever seen," Liam replied. Maybe if Raze had something like the system, he could copy Alba's skills and be quite useful, but what could Raze do with both swords in his hands?

Raze stood there as he looked at Murkel and waited for him to make the first move. With the Lux Sword in his hand, his Dark magic was weakened, but he still had many uses of other types of magic.

"Alright, I'll take the bait. Let's see what your sword can do!" Murkel raised his hand, and the entirety of it crystallized in a red transparent-like crystal. When it covered his hand, it looked more like that of a giant sword.

Right after, Murkel started to run forward, and putting his hand out, several large shards of red crystal shot toward him.

Seeing this, Raze charged forward as well. He didn't falter as he swung the Ghost blade along with his Wind magic, sending strikes towards the red crystal. As it hit the red crystal, it didn't do much other than deflect its path slightly.

The red crystal came towards him, and before it touched him, his special barrier activated. A ball appeared around Raze, hitting the crystals and causing them to fall to the floor.

"Very interesting, that didn't happen before!" Murkel said as he swung his weapon right at Raze, who lifted his sword and blocked the attack straight ahead with the Lux Sword.

Immediately, as the two of them made contact, Raze could feel his feet and his whole body under great strain.

"You took my hit straight on, what did you forget about the properties of my Qi?" Murkel smiled.

The barrier had activated and was seen slightly around the Lux Sword, but the red crystal then grew from the red crystal sword itself. It spidered out, and several smaller lines of red crystal were going to pierce Raze.

It broke through the barrier and stabbed right through his Blazer, piercing his skin.

Yet Raze didn't falter as he had the Ghost blade ready by his side.

"The Fourth Formation, Void Pulse Formation!" Lightning was gathering at the back of the sword as Raze thrust it forward.

Seeing this just in time, Murkel, with his other hand, created dark energy, and his visual Qi lingered to the side. The Void Pulse attack was then dragged right toward the dark energy, completely missing Murkel.

However, Raze had somewhat expected that, which was why he had used the lightning magic. The strike lingered to his side and went to hit Murkel.

As the blue sparks went toward him, red substance crystallized on the outside of his body. The lightning just bounced off it, and Murkel was unaffected as he delivered a punch right to Raze's stomach.

As he did, the red crystal from the fist pierced through his stomach, ripping the clothing and sending Raze flying off in the distance. Raze had a bad wound, but the Lux Sword was doing its job as it was trying to heal him.

Using his Wind magic, he stopped himself from being flung too far from the fight, and he could see Murkel coming at him again.

Raze swung his sword out in succession as he went ahead and used another of the Dark Edge Sword Arts.

'Third Formation, Nightmare Veil Formation.'

Each time Raze swung his sword, beasts came out, illusions that would have been created with Dark magic, but it was significantly in a weakened state.

As the beasts came out, from Murkel's body, the red crystal just sprouted out in every direction, destroying them. The Dark magic that was used flickered on Murkel but seemed like it did nothing at all.

Murkel was still charging ahead, and Raze had no choice but to swing his sword again.

"Shadow Bind Formation!"

The Dark magic swirled around his sword and went out, winding around Murkel's body, restricting him to where he was. Rather than taking this chance to attack while Murkel was restricted, Raze quickly broke the distance between the two of them.

The Shadow Bind Formation had ended, and Murkel just turned to Raze at that point. "That sword, it may be healing you, but it's nothing special other than that. You are nothing special. You are relying on skills written by a man that has long been gone from this world."

"Not only that, you can't even fully utilize all of his skills! When I saw you use the Noctis Clan's techniques, I had to admit, I thought about keeping you alive, but right now all I see is a poor imitation of Bofan. You will never be him!" Murkel exclaimed, stretching out both of his arms, and now his right and left were crystallized.

While his Dark magic was lingering behind his back, floating in the air like a flame. "I am not trying to be like him!" Raze said, as he placed away the Lux Sword and started to gather his Dark magic around his arm once more. "I am the Dark Magus!"