Dark Magus Returns

Chapter 974: A Divine Power

Inside the underground basement, Simyon, Liam, and Anna were unsure what was happening, but judging by the creepy smile and the smug look on Carl's face, it wasn't good news for them.

"He has so much power," Simyon said, holding onto his chest. "How are we going to take him out without being able to use our own powers?"

"Right, and the guy can just keep healing because of his magic and the weapon," Liam added.

Anna was beat as well, but could she give up? Would Harvey give up if he was here? Harvey was practically a normal human being, but she never realized how much of a presence he had. With his limited powers and relying on equipment, he was able to do so much.

"I have to... I have to try it!" Anna said as she charged forward.

"Do you think she has a plan? Should we follow her?" Simyon asked.

"I have no idea, I don't have the system currently!" Liam shouted.

"Useless," Simyon said as he followed after Anna. "You didn't have the system before, and you were still one of the most skilled students. I'm starting to think that system is actually holding you back."

All three charged forward, and Carl, seeing this, lifted his spear in the air. Instead of the magic energy swirling around it like a spiral, now the whole thing was lighting up. The light glow made it look twice the size compared to before.

Carl then swung it, and the energy came out as a large slash aiming to hit all of them. The attack looked far larger than any of the others and even shook the room when it was unleashed. Being hit by this wasn't going to be so easy for everyone to get up again.

They stopped in their tracks, ready to brace themselves, until a person landed right in front of their eyes. They swung their hand down and crashed right through the energy. Usually, a strike at only one point of such a large attack would only stop one area.

Instead, though, the attack had spread out, breaking all of the light magic, making it turn into nothing but particles.

"Who was that... is it Raze?" Liam asked. "Did he somehow manage to find us and come at the last moment like he always does? I mean, where even is that guy?"

"It's not Raze," Simyon answered.

Although the figure in front of them looked slightly bigger, with an arm that seemed to be fortified by a strange type of stone, Simyon recognized the black hair dangling on the back. There wasn't a doubt in his mind.

"That's Safa," Anna added. "I told you, she would have some type of plan."

Safa stood up, and the transformation covering her hand had come to an end. Standing there looking ahead at Carl, her eyes were glowing just like his, but rather than having a yellow tint, hers looked like pure white energy.

"So you managed to break out of the formation then?" Carl said. "But you seem different. I guess I have an idea what happened. Are you one of the Divine beings? Have you taken over her body? Usually, you guys aren't so strong like this, as the two of you fight for control over one another, but it doesn't matter."

Carl pulled out the silver marble ball from his hand.

"That is precisely the reason why we have this in the first place to take your power away!"

The ball lit up and shined brightly, before flashing and blinding everyone once more. When the flash faded, though, Safa was already charging right ahead toward Carl, and it was fast, just like that of a warrior.

Carl, in a panic, then thrusted his spear, but it was quickly grabbed by Safa, who held it just by the pointed end.

"But how? All of your Qi should be drained from your body, even if you're a Divine being! How are you still able to move? What Divine being are you?"

"I'm not a Divine being," Safa answered. "But I do have one to thank in this situation." Where Safa was standing not too long ago, there was rubble on the ground. Just as the item was used, Safa had been able to cover herself in the stone statue. Now it was linked to her body, and she was oddly able to call its power at will.

When the statue was covering her, she felt an immense strength-the power of all of the abilities of the statue added to her own-and her own power had even increased because of the Divine being.

However, she knew what was to come with the orb having been used several times. If the statue's power was with her and increased her power when using it, then was it a separate power? What if she covered her body?

She wasn't sure how it would fully work, and she didn't really have time for testing, but she used it anyway, and this was the current result.

"Just because you are able to hold your hand on this spear again and are unaffected by my items, you think you can best me? You have no idea about the power that we hold!" Out from the palm of Carl's hand, a bright light shined and hit directly into Safa's stomach.

She wasn't using the power of the spear, nor did she have the power of the statue in use, yet despite the powerful energy that was hitting her, it was doing no harm to her body at all. The energy continued to brush against her skin, having next to no effect.

'I don't even really know what's going on with my own body. If I have reached multiple stages or there is a new power inside me, but right now I have the power to deal with the situation.'

Before Carl knew it, the spear had been yanked from his hands, and straight after, in a smooth motion, the spear had pierced through his chest and through his heart. The healing power that was in him—the light magic-all of it was being drained away, and he knew now that his life was coming to an end.

"You have no idea what powers you are dealing with," Carl said. "Soon the Sun God will come to this world and deal punishment to everyone on this land!"