Dark Magus Returns
chapter-930

Returning to the Dark Faction, for once the group thought they might be able to relax a little. They had, after all, been thrown from one situation to the next, one after the other.

The Academy was somewhat a safe haven for a few reasons. One, it wasn't part of a clan and wasn't centered on the border of any of the other factions' territory.

Because of this, there was no reason other than to get to the Dark Magus for someone to attack it. On top of that, the Academy itself was filled with students.

Most of them wouldn't be in the middle stage, and mostly other warriors would ignore them completely.

Which was why none of them would have ever imagined the situation they had actually returned to in the end. It was devastating, and it was cruel at the same time.

In one of the smaller libraries and reading rooms, Safa, Simyon, and Liam were taking a break. There was tea on the table with snacks, but they had remained untouched as all three of them were slouched in their seats.

"It just doesn't end," Liam said. "Do you know what I've been doing? I had to go out and send messages to the other clans, to the other families, and tell them what happened to their children."

"The look on their faces. Some would just stare at me, not saying anything. Others would break out into a devastating scream... and you know what the worst reaction was of them all?"

"The ones that did nothing. The ones that didn't care and didn't even bother to reply or turn up to the funeral. Everything is making me feel so sick."

For once, Simyon didn't say anything, but just rubbed his friend's back. He could tell he was truly distraught by all of this. All of them were; too many deaths at once, too close to them, too close to the same age as them.

They had been on one end before, but this time, as part of the heads of the Dark Faction, they felt responsible.

"Maybe if some of us stayed back, we could have..."

"You can't think like that," Safa replied. "If we stayed back, then the same thing could have happened to the people of Flendon. It was just bad timing with everything, and who knows, it might have been the best result in all of this."

Simyon clenched his fist. He had improved by leaps and bounds. He was a middle-stage warrior with an incredibly tough body now.

He was even able to take several hits from Sha Mo. There wouldn't be many out there who could take him on. He wanted to protect people, protect people who would be in a bad situation like his sister.

Yet, even with how strong he was, how much of a shield he had become, he still had things taken away from him.

"What about you, Safa? How are you holding up? You must have been using your magic a lot, right?" Simyon asked.

"It's exhausting but bearable. The Lux Spear increases my magic, and due to the cultivating technique I learned to be used at all times, I can switch it to gathering mana, which allows me to restore mana even now."

"So I'm always replenishing my body with mana, and the spear helps it build up quicker." Safa practically could use her magic constantly at the moment with no consequences, it was just the amount in one go. If she used a large amount, it would take time to recover.

She wanted to ask Raze if there was anything she could do to increase her star level as well, but there just wasn't the right time for that either.

'If only there was someone else from Alterian? I don't want to bother Raze all the time with all of these things,' Safa thought.

"It's sorted now, so you don't have to worry. Everyone that can be seen has been seen already. So I can rest a bit, just like the rest of you guys."

There was silence for a moment between all three of them until Liam spoke out.

"But it's not over, right? Like, I don't even understand. Even if they are enemies of Raze, they went after the students. We were students just a year ago."

"If we were there, we would have been killed, and we wouldn't have even known the reason why," Liam said. "Honestly, I don't know what this goal of theirs is to eliminate Raze, but it can't be good if they're willing to go this far."

A knock was heard by the door, and a moment later, it opened, and Ricktor was seen coming through the door. Simyon made eye contact for a few moments before he turned his head away.

It was still awkward to look at each other, and whenever Simyon did make eye contact, Ricktor would give a wink his way and even lick his lips at times.

"Sorry to bother you while you're resting, but Rayna has called for all of us to enter the main hall."

The three entered the main hall and realized it wasn't just them but everyone. Mantis, Mada, the rest of the Crimson Crane as well.

There was even Amir present, standing next to Rayna.

"I wanted to thank you all for helping out with the situation that unfolded at the Academy," Amir said. "Honestly, it's a devastating event, and I wish for it never to happen again."

The others nodded their heads, and that's when Rayna took out her spear and stabbed it into the ground, holding the very top.

"We can't just keep waiting for Raze to do his own thing while we support him," Rayna said. "Them attacking the Dark Faction, attacking the students-it's a step too far."

"This goes beyond Raze. What has happened is beyond cruel, and I want to punish all of those that did this, the people behind this. At the same time, we can't let Raze take on all the hatred himself."

"We can't let him be the only person to get his hands dirty. Which is why I'm proposing we get rid of every single member of Alter in the Dark Faction!" Rayna said, twisting her spear into the ground and splitting the wood, her eyes fierce.