Dark Magus Returns

For the second time, Raze had held onto Fing's hand, stopping his attack before it reached his face. The first time Raze had simply grabbed onto the hand, because what he said was true.

Due to there being no Qi, he believed there was no real intention behind the attack, and he took Fixteen's words to heart, to not cause trouble, not on a big day like this.

Now though, Raze holding onto his arm for a second time, knew what would be coming if he didn't do anything. A special person would always say he had no backbone, and after losing her he had changed that day.

Making a fist with his hand, Raze gathered his Qi, and threw it out in a singular hit. He didn't know any fist techniques, but he was skilled in using his Qi and was now a middle stage warrior.

The blow had hit Fing right in the stomach, the flow of power and impact resounded in the whole room, shaking parts of the rubble. Yet Fing, wasn't lifted off his feet, nor had he moved from his position still letting his wrist be held.

"Argh, Shit!" Fing let out, lifting his head. "That freaking hurt, that really hurt. How the heck did you do that?"

Fing was smiling, his words weren't really matching up with what he was saying, but he really meant it. The blow delivered by Raze had pierced him, hitting him hard in one point of his body.

You see, Fing's body was special, being reinforced with his Qi, even when fighting against some middle stage warriors, he would feel next to no pain at all. Many of the Neverfall Clan were like this, due to the intense heat that would require them to constantly use their Qi on their body to survive.

They had some of the strongest bodies in the world of Pagna. Which was what left Fing to wonder, why did the blow hurt so much? The answer, it was because Raze was incredibly skilled at condensing his Qi to one point, after his troubles he had with his damaged throat and breathing.

"Oh, I'm starting to like you, I'm really starting to like you! Let's see how you handle this!" Fing quickly shifted his feet and hit Raze's hand away.

Raze was keeping an eye on Fing, ready to fight back, he went to stomp on his foot to keep him still, but Fing lifted it up avoiding it and ducked his whole body then with both of his hands, he had hit Raze in the stomach again sending him flying in the same direction as before.

Right after it looked like Fing was ready to chase after him, but that was when Anna stood in his way instead.

She could see the movements of his fist, and readied with her own movements, fancy footwork, caused her to spin her body a couple of times, and as she did, she performed a back fist, aiming to hit Fing perfectly on the side of his face.

However, this had failed, because Han had grabbed onto Anna's hand this time, and with a forceful push, he moved her hand away.

'That woman, she came up with the perfect counter against Fing's attack.' Han thought, and then he looked towards the area where Raze was.

Raze had appeared out from the rubble again, and this time drew the ghost blade that was glowing with orange energy. Seeing this, Han believed that Raze wasn't much of a fist fighter but more so a swordsman, and the confident look on his face, despite feeling Fing's strength twice, Han could tell it still looked like he felt like he could win.

"Both of you are very interesting." Han said. "How could warriors that we didn't know about before, be so strong and skilled. Are you really from the Demonic Faction? Or are you some talented individuals that the other factions have been hiding."

"Don't be so foolish!" Fixteen said, interrupting the situation, he had enough of the fighting, and was a little annoyed they were doing such things on such a day. "Are you saying that Belil, the head of our Clan couldn't even tell if these people were spies. That he would allow a member of his own family to marry someone from the other side."

"Fing, you should be able to tell through his attack, that the Qi he used was Demonic Qi."

Fing shrugged his shoulders, still a smile on his face.

"Yep, it was Demonic Qi alright, that's for sure. Anyway brother, I like the guy, I like the guy a lot, he didn't seem to care who we were and still decided to fight us, even now it looks like he's ready to fight us."

Han also nodded as if he was giving his approval as well.

"Seeing his face is not important, but what is important is the character you have. If you are a part of the Neverfall Clan, we can't just have anyone join us, even if it is our father's or sister's wish. Who knows when that man might be going senile."

In a lot of cases, other members of the clan spoke about the head like so, they would be executed immediately. Even family members didn't get the privilege to talk about the leader like so. It just went to show how valued these two's positions were in the clan.

This wasn't something Rayna, or Dame could get away with if it was them.

"You." Han said, directing his gaze in the direction of Anna. "Are you part of this man's clan, are you in the same group?"

The conversation was slightly amiss, and a misunderstanding was occurring but that was because both Han and Fing had no clue who Raze was. They didn't know he was the Dark Magus because they never would attend the meetings set by the Clan Head and Elders.

They just knew what they needed to do today, to bring Rayna's husband to Repton, and they were to protect him if anything occurred.

"We are part of the same group." Anna answered.

"I guess that means we will be welcoming a new sister into our ranks as well." Han commented. "In the future I would love the chance to compare our abilities."

That chance was unlikely to come, because both Raze and Anna had other plans. Once this wedding was done with, they would be off back to the Dark Faction, how or what they would be doing there they hadn't thought that far once, Raze just wanted more allies and shields to hide behind if things went wrong with Alter and more.

"You can put down your weapon." Fing said. "I won't pry into why you're wearing that ridiculous mask. I'm just happy that the person joining us isn't a complete nobody that's all. In this clan we do as we feel, and we have to have the power to back it up."

"I act as I want, and whatever happens is my responsibility to deal with not the Clan's. No one is going to come save you if you get into a tough situation. So just because you will be a part of our family don't expect us to come running to help you."

A tough environment no doubt, Raze thought. Now he understood perhaps why Dame wanted to leave the place. Sure it was okay for clans to have these types of rules, but when family was involved as well, it was likely that Dame and Rayna had grown up in the clan with no love at all, and only the clan rules to follow.

"Alright enough chatter, now that it's all sorted, we need to head to Repton, we're going to be late." Fixteen ordered.

Nodding along, Fixteen and Anna stood either side by Raze, while the two brothers walked out in front. Exiting out of the Neverfall Clan, and heading for the city of Repton where the big event would occur.