Dark Magus Returns

The others had been watching the entire time, leaving everything that was going on to Raze. He had a handle on the matter, and these were intruders that were after his sword.

So they thought he had every right to handle the situation, and thankfully Raze was stronger than those attacking him, so much so that if he wanted to, he could subdue every single one of them.

One had to be incredibly skillful or more powerful than their opponent to be able to do such a thing. Which was why, inside them, they were all a little shocked when they had witnessed what Raze had just done.

Immediately, Harbour slapped his forehead as he shook his head.

"He took out… the Crimson Crane member, this can't be good." Harbour mumbled to himself.

"Right." Anna replied, looking at the head on the ground, she was analyzing, making sure it really was the Crimson Crane member and everything was telling her it was.

"The current state of the clan has enough trouble as it is. If the Crimson Crane tracks down their member's last location, that will lead them to here and they will start to ask questions." Anna explained.

"Won't this be really bad for Raze then as well!" Charlotte said, holding onto the rail, gripping it tighter. "They might now be after him as well, giving us more enemies."

"That might not be the case." Anna said as she began to walk down the staircase. The rest decided to follow now that all the intruders were dealt with.

"After all, no one knows who was responsible for this apart from us. So they might never learn of who had done such a thing, but I think the clan will certainly chase after the individual." Anna explained.

"Which is why I thought he would at least spare the Crimson Crane member to make it easier on himself." Harbour added.

They had finally reached the bottom floor and were having a look at the rest of the Wanderers that had been part of the attack.

There was nothing noticeable on them, apart from Charlotte and Harbour finding quite a few pouches filled with gold coins.

Harbour took them and placed them right in his back pocket.

"It's because of you that this place was destroyed, so I only have some right to use these to finance the repairs." Harbour said, looking at the dead.

"You need to stop doing this." Anna said as she approached Raze, who had oddly been standing in the center.

He was still in the same place and position as he was when he had struck Elvlin, not moving or saying a word yet.

"Doing what?" Raze lifted his head and looked over.

"Killing everyone that is involved, even I'm not that reckless because it could help us with the mission or task." Anna explained. "If you had left one of them alive, we could have asked them why they were after you, or more importantly, who had sent them to attack in the first place."

"Now all we know is they are after the sword in your possession and most likely will keep paying people to take it from you."

"And the Crimson Crane might be after you now as well." Harbour said. He was currently looking over Ivor who was explaining the state of the barracks that he was in.

How the other applicants had all been killed and he was forced to guide them here.

Charlotte went to look at Raze who was still standing in the same place. He had his head back down, staring into the ground, and she couldn't help but wonder, what was he thinking.

'I killed a member of the Crimson Crane, I killed a member of the clan that I was in.' Raze thought and had repeated in his head a few times.

'However, this person tried to target me, tried to take something from me, even though the two of us were in the same clan, they were the ones that betrayed me. Who knows how far they would go.'

'It's good I got rid of a problem while it's small. It makes me wonder though, now with this happening, how will the Crimson Crane react.'

'If I was to meet them, I would admit to them what had occurred. I will tell them everything, and from there they can decide how to act, whether to attack me, or continue on with our relationship.'

'Either way, I will need to be ready in strength to go up against them. I was able to fight against five middle stage warriors just now, and didn't use my full strength.'

'However, the Crimson Crane are far more talented than this bunch.'

A part of Raze wondered if he had made an enemy that he didn't need to make, but only time would tell with that.

"I'm going to call some people to clear the area." Harbour mentioned. "I'll just say some people attacked, but for now, I think we should be a little careful."

With that said, while the room was being cleared, Charlotte and Anna had gathered once again in one of the reception rooms.

It was a library of sorts with seating areas and more all around them. Raze looked to be just sitting down, lost in his mind.

While Anna was picking up books, flicking through them before placing them back then. She was continually doing this with one book after the other.

"It is important to ask," Anna said as she picked up another book. "The fact that a member of the Crimson Crane was dealt with, is this something that I should mention to Himmy, or keep quiet about."

When asking this question it was directed to the current leader of the group, Charlotte.

"So many things have happened while he was away." Charlotte said, shaking her head and covering her eyes. "I thought so much had already occurred."

"Honestly, let's just keep it between us and not make this a big deal. Like Harbour said, no one knows about it, and no one knows that Raze has the special sword either."

"If Alter were to find out about the sword they would want to keep it for themselves as well… so it's best we don't link these things to Alter."

"Which means Raze, while you are a member of Alter, it would be best if you hide that sword. Otherwise, you might get other agents coming after you."

Raze understood that, and after learning of the effects of the Lux Sword, he certainly didn't want to give it away.

Just as the group were resting and were calm once again, Raze could pick up the sound of running. Just like before, bursting through the door, Harbour was there with his hands on his knees, out of breath almost.

Some wouldn't believe he was a middle stage warrior himself with how often he was out of breath when he came to see them, but that was just how desperate he was to deliver this message.

"Everyone, it might be best you get out of here… it's the Demonic Faction, they're attacking." Harbour said.

The group just couldn't get a break.