Nox easily killing an elder struck fear into everyone's hearts. Even the rest of the elders stayed mum.Just as Nox was going to continue his massacre, black energy came galloping from the depths of the manor. Then, an ear-splitting screech came from the darkness. "How dare you, lad? You will die for this!"The air itself seemed to take on an icy, eerie note. An old git came like the wind—Darius.He was a Top Origin Realm, and his energy seeped into everything around him."It's the clan head!""The clan head's here!"The Flame clan whooped and cheered. Nox looked at Darius coldly. "You're the leader of this clan?"Darius was holding a black cane. When he saw the manor littered with the corpses of his clansmen, he roared, "Yes, I am! Who are you? How dare you barge into my clan's manor? You have killed innocents!"Nox laughed. "Innocents? You're accusing me, you old git? When the Curseland Five committed far worse crimes than this?"Darius roared, "You have no right accusing us
The sky was covered with a blanket of black snakes, but Nox didn't even look. He stomped his foot down, and the plaza shivered. Everything in a thirty-yard radius around him shattered.At the same time, golden light sprang forth from Nox, undulating across the plaza. The moment it touched the black snakes, they screeched and turned into dust. That was Nox's Ultimate Sun Dragon Manual's power.The sight of his snakes being defeated made Darius' face fall. He knew his power. He thought that was enough to take down Nox, or at least seriously injure him. He wasn't expecting Nox to take the snakes out with a single stomp.'And what is that golden light? Nothing can be that powerful,' he mused."Who are you?" asked Darius again."You're not good enough to know my name, but I'll give you a chance to live. If you can survive three blows, I'll spare your clan. If you can't, I'll wipe it out," Nox declared.That did not sit well with Darius at all. "If that's a challenge, then I accept! Do
The snake wasn't the only casualty; Nox had left a deep gash on the plaza.Darius stared at the empty air with wide eyes. "Goddammit. What is he?" His face was contorted, and his eyes twitched. "He destroyed the snake's avatar with a single blow?"Darius was strong enough to fight a Rank Nine Greater Grandmaster, but before Nox, he was powerless. "No. No. He's a Legend Realm?"Nox's icy voice broke Darius out of his reverie. "That's one blow."Though shocked by Nox's power, Darius was still the head of a clan and an Origin Realm. He let out a bellow and smacked his forehead. Rivulets of black blood trickled out of his mouth.It was something he called curse essence. Darius had been cultivating it for a hundred years. It could power him up for a while at the cost of his lifespan. It was a cost he was willing to pay to take Nox down.Darius made more hand seals, and curse energy swirled around him like whirlpools. The darkness of his energy blotted out the sky."Supreme Curse! Wit
As Nox had promised, if Darius could survive three blows, his clan could live. Otherwise, it would die.Not a moment after Nox said that, he zoomed at Darius like a golden comet. That sight scared the soul out of Darius. He flailed his arms, and black energy formed a big, circular shield before him.At the same time, Darius swung his cane, weaving a web of snakes to stop Nox. Alas, it was of no use.Nox shoved his hand ahead, and the air rumbled. Magick slammed down on Darius' shields like lightning. Something exploded, and Darius' shield shattered. Even his cane shattered in two.Right away, Darius pleaded, "Spare m—"Too late," Nox snapped. He shoved his palm ahead and crashed into Darius' chest.The air rumbled, and the impact of Nox's attack ruptured Darius' innards. He crashed into the ground like a comet and died."Clan head!" The Flame family members looked at the crater, screeching together like a strangled chorus. They couldn't believe their leader just died. Nox killed
The rain of lightning came to an end, and so did the battle. Nox was the only one left standing. The manor had been leveled as well.…While Nox was massacring the Flame clan, a silhouette stood beyond the manor, still struggling with a decision she had to make. It was Sofia.She didn't leave despite Nox's orders as she was worried about him. This trip could cost him his life. He had just barged into the Flames' turf, and there were a lot of people inside.When the explosions and screams started ringing out, Sofia couldn't hold it anymore. She pulled out her dagger, staring at the manor with resolve in her eyes. "I can't stand by anymore. He saved me. I can't just let him die."The girl charged into the manor, but the sight stopped her. The entrance was covered in blood, with broken corpses strewn everywhere. The door itself was sliced open, but Sofia had no idea how. The walls had fallen, and debris littered the ground.She knew the corpses—members of the Flame clan, and Sofia w
The night would be a bloody one. The southwest was plunged into chaos, and the Flames were wiped out.The people sent to attack Blathanna Sect had no idea that Nox had killed the Flame clan's elder and wiped out their clan. They were still focused on their mission.However, when Nox killed Darius and the guards, the rest of the attackers felt their hearts throb as if reminding them that something terrible had happened back home.The Flames were attacking one of Blathanna Sect's clubs, but the commander, an old man and an elder, swung his arm. "Everyone, stop!"The Flame clan stopped attacking. "What's wrong, Mr. Moran?" A blood-covered man came over.Mr. Moran looked in the direction of the Flame clan manor darkly. "I have a feeling something's not right.""What are your orders?" the man asked.Mr. Moran looked at the almost-leveled club coldly. "We're falling back. This is it for tonight.""Yes, Mr. Moran."The Flame clan members retreated and tonight's battle came to an end.
Even now, the Flame clan members sent to attack Blathanna Sect had no idea their base had been destroyed. Until they came back, that is. What they saw shocked them."What happened here, Mr. Moran? The entrance is ruined!" one of the members exclaimed, seeing the gash left in the center of the broken entrance.Everyone else was staring at the ruined door with wide eyes. The manor felt dead and quiet, far from what it used to be. There were only corpses and blood left for the returnees."Damn it!" Mr. Moran roared, "Get inside, quickly!" He led his team into the manor, but along the way there, all they saw were corpses. Or parts of them, to be exact. All were mangled and broken.In the plaza was even a mountain of charred corpses. Everyone was petrified to see this."Oh my God…""What happened here?""Who did this? The clan… it's destroyed!"The returnees' voices were hoarse, and their hearts were broken. Everyone was dumbfounded. No one knew what really happened or how their cla
Everyone around Quincy couldn't believe what they were hearing."Nonsense! We've been part of Curseland's rulers for centuries! W-We can't be wiped out!" roared Mr. Moran, and he kicked Quincy.Quincy fell to the ground, still crying. "But it's true!" He told Mr. Moran everything that had happened.Quincy was part of the team that handled the clan's treasury, and he escaped death because he was out on an errand, though he came back to a dead clan. Scared, he ran inside only to come face to face with the devil who wiped his clan out."That devil killed us all alone. He even took out the clan head."In disbelief, Mr. Moran denied, "That's nonsense! No one can wipe us out alone!""He did! He killed them all with lightning!" Quincy answered."Lightning, you say?""Yes. It's like he's the god of lightning. The bolts fell like rain, and then… and then when I realized it, everyone was charred." Quincy pointed at the blackened bodies. "See these? The devil's lightning did it. And it wa