TRULY ARROGANT!.

***In the Continent 'Eclipse of the Oceans'..

***In the territory of of the arms of the Imperial Court(Silver Wing Clan)..

***Saccurrus(Home of the Wild)..

***Quashonãßing..

***In the second floor of a building at the corner of the streets..

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There is no denying it.. Gevâ is dead.

Each of the remaining four members of the squad are hit differently by this sudden realization. They all look towards the dark-robed warrior whose robes has been licked by flames as a deep urge to kill surfaces in their minds.

Coldly spinning the bloody mace in his right hand, the dark-robed warrior is indifferent about his kill as icy mana flows through his hands then into his weapon.

As a warrior, he doesn't have as much mana reserves as a mage and right now, his already low reserves are hitting dangerously low levels.

'I have to end this quick.', The dark-robed man thinks to himself as he immediately powers with superhuman speed at Vetøn who is yet to recover from shock of Gevâ's death.

Catching the dark-robed man's movements, the female boss knows that she wouldn't be able to stop him before he gets to Vetøn and so.. she directly throws her sword at the racing man!.

Releasing dual pure bursts of mana has almost completely drained the lady-boss mana reserves and at this point, it is already undeniable that fighting against the dark-robed warrior is a losing fight.

*CLANG!*..

Pausing his speed burst, the dark-robed man defends himself from the lady-boss's thrown sword with a rough swing of his mace.

"Run!.", The lady boss suddenly orders to her squad with a grave tone as her thrown sword slowly reappears in her grasp. For the first time since a long time, the squad hesitates to follow the lady-boss's orders as they all look towards her in confusion.

"I would hold him back.", The lady boss orders as she draws desperately into her bloodline powers. The female leader's mana reserves are almost completely finished and there is a build-up of ice affinity in her body from the dark-robed warrior's previous direct hits.

Even at full power, the lady-boss would definitely die in a clash against the dark-robed warrior and so, telling her squad that she would hold the blood-hungry dark-robed man back is as good as submitting her own suicide note!.

"Arrogant.", The dark-robed man lowly comments with a scoff as he looks at the 'touching' scene being displayed.

"Run!.", The female-boss orders coldly once more as she steps towards the dark-robed cultivator though her squad refuses to follow up with action.

"We die together..", Hatu says coldly as he clenches his gauntlets while drawing into his deepest manna reserves though he hasn't even finished his words when..

*BOOMG!*.. →•°

Like an arrow, the head on the dark-robed warrior's mace tears powerful through the air before colliding heavily into Hatu's chest while violently pushing him back with so much force that he breaks a hole through the wall and falls outside!.

"Truly arrogant.",The dark-robed warrior calmly comments as his thrown mace slowly reappears in his grasp.

"Aarrrgghhh!.", The lady-boss eyes widens as she withnesses the fatal and instantaneous impact against Hatu's chest. With wide eyes, she screams emotionally as she taps dangerously into her bloodline!.

The faint scale lines on the lady-boss's pale-grey skin begins to visibly burn as she does something that the cultivation world sees as insanity.. the lady-boss begins to burn her bloodline as fuel!.

Seeing this, the dark-robed warrior's pupils squints in panic and then suddenly, the lady-boss zooms at him with a beastial speed and ferocity as her blades charges up with destructive mana!.

*₱ANG!.. BANG!.*..

The dark-robed warrior barely reacts as he phrases though due to his low mana reserves, the man can only phrases into two figures that blocks the dual sword strikes from the lady boss. Despite blocking her strikes, the dark-robed warrior is immediately thrown backwards as his arms trembles from the intensity of the lady-boss's new strenght.

'Insanity!.', The dark-robed man thinks to himself with his heart racing from danger at the lady's new strength. The lady-boss is almost literally killing herself and burning her potential for a temporary leap in strenght!.

Flushing mana into his mace, the dark-robed man remembers his mission as well as the fact that he doesn't necessarily have to kill the lady-boss though he doesn't even get a second of thought as the lady-boss desends on him once more with her blades coming along. Like a woman possessed, she delivers swing after swing while making deep battle noises.

The think scale lines of the lady-boss's body are burning off at a visible rate so she would most likely run out of batteries in a minute though.. considering the boss-lady's newfound strenght and the dark-robed warrior's moments weakness, she might have her blade in his heart before even half a minute passes!.

Barely dodging another swing of the woman's blade, the dark-robed warrior steps back as he deflects another swing of her blade though he gets thrown to the side by her immerse strength. Using the force, the dark-robed man shows experience as he immediately rolls back to his feet while panting with his right arm trembling though he is forced to defend immediately after.

*!!!!!!!BBÅAÑNGG!!!!!!*..

"Uuuurrgh!.", With another deep battle groan, the lady-boss shoots a cannon of raw mana at the dark-robed warrior while sending him crashing across the floor with a splatter of blood coming out of his mouth alongside a pained cough!.

*!!!!!!!BBÅAÑNGG!!!!!!.*..

Like a beast, the lady-boss seems to know no exhaustion as she sends the dark-robed warrior flying again with another powerful burst of mana!.

Clawing powerfully into the floor, a thin layer of ice builds between the dark-robed man's fingers and the floor thus putting an halt on his rough momentum despite his shaking organs.

"Enough!", The dark robed man yells deeply with a tremble in his deep tone. Uncaring, the lady-boss zooms at him with superhuman speed with her blades pointed for the kill though..

*BÅNG!.. #STUMBLE #.. CRASH!.*. The lady boss is impacted by a brutal wave of mana!.

A new force enters into the play while sending the lady-boss flying though a wall with the force delivering an impact that's ten times more devastating and powerful that anything that has been exchanged duing the battle.

"He said enough didn't he?.", a deep male voice asks powerfully from seemingly everywhere.

Crashing outside, the lady-boss continues rolling on the ground for more than five meters before she is able to stop her momentum as she stabs her dual swords into the floor while leaving a deep trail.

Breathing a deep sigh of relief, the dark robed cultivator slowly stand up with shaky legs as he re-summons his mace before walking towards the most recent hole in the buildings wall.

Taking a leap outside, the dark-robed man effortlessly lands outside as he looks at the lady boss quietly before giving a glace to the surroundings.

The ongoing battle have grabbed quite the attention on the streets though everybody around scrambles to keep their distance as they look at the dark-robed man and the lady-boss who has gotten thrown out through the wall.

"You are a great fighter. Your loyalty has moved me so I would give you a chance.", A deep masculine voice says slowly and it is obvious that the dark-robed man is not the one speaking as his lips are firmed shut.

A set of footsteps rings out as a young looking man in dark robes slowly steps out from the main doors of the half-destroyed building.

Standing up, the lady boss coldly wipes off the trail of dark blood pouring from her nose with the back of her palm as she stares at this obviously powerful new-comer with cold vertical pupils.

"Are you the person we had offended?.", The lady-boss asks coldly as her face twitches lightly in rage.

"No. I'm just another messager.", The young looking man responds calmly as he shrugs his shoulders with his wrists crossed behind his back.

"Your men are dead.", The young looking man calmly informs the lady boss of what he has done and although the lady-boss expression doesn't change, one can tell the amount of grief and rage has just rocked through her soul.

"I will give you a chance to choose a different path from them. Come with me and become an elite disciples to the truth or.. die.", The young looking man says casually and he almost sounds like he is preaching despite his cold words and casual posture.

"Aaaarrgghhhh!.", Tapping deeply into her burning bloodline, the lady-boss explodes with earth shaking speed as she launches herself forward though she trips powerfully the next instant as the ground rises against her feet.

Rolling forward, the lady boss is deeply injured from the powerful trip lthough her devastating rolling momentum stops when she is about one meters away from the feet of the young looking cultivator.

'Truly an arrogant fool.', The dark-robed warrior thinks internally as he looks at the pathetic state of the lady-boss.

Although young looking, the person that the lady boss has just tried to attack is a MID-LEVEL RANK THREE EARTH MAGE!!.

The difference between the man's might and their own PEAK LEVEL RANK TWO might is like the difference between summer and winter. Although the man is a mage, he is more powerful physically than them who are warriors!. He has greater mana reserves, finer controls and an attribute associated with Rank three mages called.. Influence.

Against him, with their strength there is no such thing as standing a chance!.

Wacthing on, nine pointed earth spikes slowly rises from the ground at distinct angles around the badly injured lady-boss.

The first spike stabs lightly behind her left knee, the second spike stabs lightly into her right chest while forcing the lady boss into an awkward standing position as more spikes stab into her body.

A spike lightly stabs into the lady-boss's right palm with an angle that raises her hand up and three spikes stabs lightly at three different points on her back. Two more spikes stab lightly into the lady-boss's left and right torso and the last spike pins her left hand upwards as she breaths heavily in pain while refusing to scream from the instant torture.

The spikes do not stab too deeply into the lady-boss's skin though they stab deep enough to draw crimison blood that slowly flows over the earth spikes.

Taking two slow steps towards the lady boss, the young looking Rank three mage is very calm as he speaks.

"One last chance.. choose wisely.", He says while lightly clenching his fist as the spikes visibly twists a bit deeper into the lady's body while drawing out a deep groan of pain.

Breathing heavily, the lady-boss looks at the earth mage with a choice in her mind. She has tried her best for her squad and the man's offer actually sounds like a grand opportunity.

Slightly hating her own words, the lady boss speaks.

"I.. I will follow you.", she says with gritted teeth though she seems to lose emotional strenght after those words as her body immediately becomes weak with her bloodline features slowly receding.

"Good.", The mage comments as the spikes holding the lady-boss turns to sand while sending her tumbling to the floor.

"The guards are on their way.. bring her.", The mage orders to the dark robed warrior who immediately walks up to the exhausted lady-boss.

Almost emotionless, the dark-robed warrior knocks the lady out cold with a punch before sweeping her up as he carries her over his shoulders.

This fight is over.

"You almost lost though you fought really well.", The mage casually complements the dark-robed warrior.

"Only those who fight with their all are worthy to fight for the truth.", The dark-robed warrior answers calmly while earning a nod from the earth-mage.

"Let's go quick.", The mage says with clap of his hands that causes a noiseless explosion of heavy dust and mana to stir an spread while clouding all visions.

By the time the heavy dust settles, the mage and the dark-robed man are already long gone.

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