Dark Magus Returns

As soon as Raze had opened the door, he could sense the gazes that were staring right back at him. It was quite clear they saw him as an intruder, and in response to that, each one of them was building up the Qi in their bodies, ready to strike.

Judging by the people he could see in the room and the strength that they all had, he was sure that he was in the right place.

'Most of these guys in here are high stage initial warriors or at the middle stage. It looks like I've come to the right place.'

Raze placed both hands on his Ghost blade above, and Dark magic started to encase the sword, turning it obsidian black.

'While this group of people is distracted and unsure of what is going on, it's the best time to attack!'

"Dark Edge Magic Sword Arts second formation, Eclipse Strike!" Raze swung his sword down and activated his most powerful magic, his Dark magic.

The blow struck down on one half of the room. Some of the warriors tried to gather their Qi to strike back; others tried to move out of the way, but the large attack was powerful. The Qi, added with the magic, engulfed the entirety of one side of the room, even destroying the walls behind it. The attack had continued on beyond the walls, and from the outside, people were able to catch a glimpse of the attack in the air before it dissipated.

Raze placed the sword to his side and looked at the carnage he had caused. One half of the grand room, the floor was completely destroyed, light was being let in now from the destroyed walls. Most of all, though, a large chunk, at least one third of the warriors that were in the room, were no longer present.

"Who is that man!" Niang shouted from the stage, looking down, as he heard the elders, the minister, and the high officials by his side.

Just moments ago, he had received the title as Head of the Clan, and now he was officially the head, but a stranger had come in and attacked on the first day.

"All members of the Lethal Bite Clan, eliminate him!" Niang ordered with every bone in his body shaking in anger.

Raze readied himself as he watched the warriors come right at him; one of his hands was starting to spark, while Qi was being gathered in the other, making the sword turn a bright orange.

"It's good that attack didn't get rid of too many of you, because I need the rest of you!" Raze dashed forward and cast a lightning spell at the men closest.

As it hit the center of their bodies, it shocked two to three by the side. Those coming from another side, Raze swung his sword, performing the Crimson Slash, letting out a flurry of attacks.

The warriors, being more decent than the ones that he had faced so far, were able to block them with their skills and fight back against it.

However, that wasn't what Raze was aiming for in the first place.

The first group that had attacked them, he had placed his hand on their head and while fending off the others with one hand, he was absorbing the Qi and the energies of the others.

Seeing this, some of the warriors had leapt up and started to strike from above. Raze had promptly let go of the drained warrior and jumped backward.

As he did, he had ventured over to the destroyed half of the room, and he felt his foot tap one of the already perished warriors.

"It looks like I need some more help; let's just slow them down a bit."

"Ice Wall!" Raze cast with one of his hands, and as with the spell's name, a wall of ice had appeared between the two.

Raze knew that the ice wouldn't hold them; they were strong enough to break through it, but he needed to do something else.

Leaning down on the one that had perished, Raze's Dark magic surrounded his whole body.

"Recreate!"

The shrouded Dark magic started to form into a human shape, and just as Raze had predicted, using their skills they had smashed the ice apart.

The moment they came through, the Dark magic warrior that had been made, had leapt from his position, diving right into the rest of them.

The sword struck theirs, and it had blasted one of the warriors as if a Dark Pulse had been used on it. However, the rest of the warriors stabbed, hit, and punched the Dark magic with their Qi, easily dealing with it.

The Dark magic was being torn apart, and that's when Raze had made the order.

"Destroy!"

The Dark magic exploded into all directions everywhere, hurting multiple of the warriors that were nearby, and while they were being hurt and trying to take cover, Raze still wasn't letting up.

He got in close to one that had been injured on the leg, grabbed them by the head, and slammed them into the floor. Immediately, he started to use the extraction technique.

"Don't worry; none of your lives will be going to waste; the years you dedicated to training yourselves to getting stronger and stronger, all of that will go to me!" Raze exclaimed.

Niang, Conner, and more of the elders and high-ranking officials were stunned by what was going on. Their warriors weren't even able to make a mark on this single individual.

They were using the Clan's technique that had been honed over centuries, yet this man was using techniques they had never seen before, being able to cast lightning and ice powers.

"Who sent this man? Why is he attacking our clan?" Conner claimed.

"I don't think that matters right now!" Niang said. "If he gets rid of everyone in this room, and nothing is done to him, then there won't be a clan left!"

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After leaving the cell, the group had headed from the side of the building they were in and had now entered the reception.

They had stopped for a moment as they looked at all the defeated clan members that were on the ground.

"What happened here? Is this all that newcomer's doing?" Ivor asked. "It can't be; how can a single person take out so many from our clan?"

"Middle stage warriors are capable of taking out an army of initial stage warriors, especially of this caliber," Bargo explained.

"Does that mean that man is a middle stage warrior?" Ivor asked.

Anna was trying to analyze the room, to try and find out which path Raze had taken, and she had found the way as she pointed out the top of the stairs.

As they continued to follow Anna, Bargo was thinking about what Ivor had said because that was the thing; he was sure Raze wasn't a middle stage warrior, but then how could anyone explain what was happening.

"We have to hurry; although we have gone past a lot of clan people, the real troublesome ones will be in…" Harbour's footsteps started to slow down.

He had seen the room up ahead; one of the doors was left open. He walked in with all the others and could see the light shining from the broken wall down onto the iron mask.

While Raze stood there in the center, with nearly the entire Lethal Bite Clan defeated, the only ones that were still standing were those on the stage.

"He's really going to do it… this man is going to take out the entire clan!" Harbour said to himself.

Raze ignored those who had just entered and instead looked to the stage of warriors.

"No… still not enough, they weren't enough, I need the rest of you," Raze said as he pointed his sword right toward Niang standing in the center.