Dark Magus Returns

It was time for Sunder to leave the Church, the Rylon religion. He saw Carl step to the side allowing him to walk out of the place. He had already said his goodbyes to everyone, yet now several thoughts were filling his head.

His legs weren't moving because he was worried; why hadn't anyone returned to the Church after leaving? Why did no one know about the Church's good deeds and what about that old man?

The thing was, that wasn't the worst of what they had found out. Through investigating a little more before leaving the city, there had been a case where someone missing had returned to their family, and the entire family had lost their lives.

'If I leave this place, will I lose my life?' Sunder thought.

"What's wrong," Carl said, placing his hand on Sunder's back. All the times before, the smile on Carl's face and his touch felt warm, yet for the first time it felt cold, very, very cold.

"I'll take him to the front, I think he's just going to miss this place," Charlotte said as she grabbed Sunder's hand and led him to the front.

Several of the church members followed so they couldn't say much, but Charlotte gave a nod in Sunder's direction. He gulped and finally he moved forward, walking away from the church and heading down toward the town.

He continued following the path, until he could no longer see the church as he was walking slightly uphill. The village was quite a distance away, maybe three kilometers of walking.

It felt like a short walk yesterday but now it felt so far.

'I don't even have a family to go to, so will they even wait for me to head back, for me to even enjoy a few days before they arrive?'

It was then when looking up on the path, Sunder could see someone dressed in all black in front of him. It was a robe that even covered his face, something that thieves in Pagna would often wear.

Never before, while walking this path, or while the others walked, had they heard of such a thing happening. Yet he tried to ignore it and continue to move forward. Closer and closer, his heart felt like it was ready to jump out of his throat.

Until he was about to cross paths with the man, and then he continued past him, and the man dressed in black had continued past him.

Immediately after, the man turned around, a string of wire in his hands, and immediately Sunder had turned around with a knife in his hands. He swung it, hitting the wire in the center. The strong wire didn't break, but he had stopped it from wrapping around his neck.

"What's this... this is the first time someone has resisted, at least someone so young!" the man said, with a crazed look in his eye.

The thing was, Sunder knew he wouldn't win in a battle of strength, so he eventually let go of the knife and decided to make a run for it.

He ran ahead and continued to run, until traveling right in front of him were two men in yellow-colored robes.

"Sir Klein and Sir Gold! Both of you looked after me, why are you doing this, why!" Sunder shouted.

Knowing how fast they had moved, it was quite clear that they were Pagna warriors, or at least people that knew how to use Qi. Sunder had no chance against these two, and he had no more weapons.

He fell to his knees feeling hopeless at that moment.

"I didn't want to believe it, I didn't want to believe it... I thought you really cared about us."

The two men in yellow robes were moving forward and the man dressed in black was moving from behind.

"Why would you do this, did you do the same to Harper?" Sunder asked.

"Harper... it wasn't his time," Sir Klein answered. "But he saw too much. We truly were looking for a family to adopt him; if they did, it would have sped up our process."

It was then that Sunder rubbed his tears.

"Thank you for answering, because I don't care what happens to you anymore, I hope you and the rest of the Rylon religion burn!" Sunder shouted.

The man dressed in black felt a large gust of wind hit him in the stomach, forcing him to the floor. Right after, two tunnels of flames came out hitting both of the men dressed in yellow.

The twisting flames hit their bodies and using their Qi, they had to deflect the flames, forcing them onto the ground. Part of their clothing and arms were burnt.

And now, appearing by Sunder's side, was Charlotte.

"I told you they were up to no good. But out of respect for you, I decided to do it your way. You found out the truth, I'll do everything I can to protect you."

The original men dived in again, and Charlotte quickly pointed out her hands and small fireballs fired out from them. The yellow men used their Qi to hit the flames, but it burnt the skin on their knuckles and embers hit the rest of their bodies.

Not just that, but the fireballs coming out from Charlotte were continuous, aiming at all three of them. Eventually, the man dressed in black had cleanly been hit, and his clothes lit up in

fire.

The fire started to grow and the man began to scream in pain.

The two members in yellow looked at each other at that moment.

"A mage."

"A strong mage at that. If we capture her, won't that help us out greatly?"

"Right, right, no one would know, even if she is part of Alter."

Charlotte was shocked by the words she was hearing and wondering just what was going on with the whole religion.

At that point, both of the men pulled out a small orange glowing large pill. It was the same length as a finger, and glowing bright with a yellow-like glow to it.

Immediately the two men took the pills and consumed them on the spot.

"What did they just take!" Sunder asked, worried at how confident the two were.

"That's... I've seen those before... in Alterian, they were considered illegal substances... why do they have them, and they're meant for mages, not warriors."