They were back into the crimson-red sky and dry plain that they were familiar with, the difference that this place was more of a plateau than a plain. The terrains were high and low with different variations. It was a magnificent sight to behold the darkish-red glow that fell on the whole place was like a malevolent bliss to the environment.
From being in a forest to being in a dry land plateau.
It really was an illusion.
"Uhh? Where did they break from?" Raith tilted his head. He was standing alone on the plateau after making it this far to lay an end to a certain boss monster.
Raith was shocked because, from his point of view, it was as if Mok Jae-Hwa and his team just broke out of the space.
"Huh? Hunter Raven?" Mok Jae-Hwa's eyes widened with tears as he saw who was in front of him. "HUNTER RAVEN!!" He screamed and ran for a hug but was blocked by the hilt of Raith's sheathed katana pointing to his head which Raith used to keep him at arm's length away from hugging him.
He pushed and pushed but the Katana did not bulge not even a bit. Mok Jae-Hwa did not pay rapt attention to the sudden change but someone else did, watching Raith keep Mok Jae-Hwa and pay by just using his katana to push his head back.
'...the guild president is strong... he might not be as strong as Sung Min but this should be impossible' Yeon-Woo's gaze narrowed and shifted to Raith, '...did he grow stronger while we are away'
"It is a great thing to see you all merry together but haven't you come to challenge me." The thick vibrating voice sounded again making them remember that it did a while ago as they broke out of the illusion and saw Raith standing amidst this vast and empty plateau. On the high contour in front of them stood a man with fluttering clothes, he seemed to be the one talking.
"Huh? How is this possible? How is a human here?" Mok Jae-Hwa questioned.
"Don't be deceived. He's not human." Raith answered and spun his sword then held it with one hand on the sheath and another on the hilt.
Mok Jae-Hwa looked to the front, "Huh? He's not human?" Mok Jae-Hwa asked again, scrunching his eyes to take in the sight of the man that was far off.
"Yes, he is not. He is the wyvern boss monster." Raith replied.
It took his reply for them to realize how ridden his body was with purple-colored blood and the trails of blood that was behind him, and bodies... bodies of wyverns he had killed.
The whole team was bewildered.
And to think they were worried about him.
Raith studied their expression for a bit and looked back, trying to figure out what it was they were gawking at with awe. He looked back and saw the bodies that pile up like mountains. Immediately he slapped his face.
'Those bastards, they must have gathered the bodies so that it will be easy for me to turn them into soldiers.' He shook his head. His soldiers acted extremely and it was all in the thought of him so it was understandable and cute.
He didn't feel like he owed them any explanation as to why that was there– he preferred to let them think whatever. That was okay to him now.
"Let me deal with this monster. I have to have him for myself." He said swinging out his sword from its sheath.
Mok Jae-Hwa gulped. The aura that swiveled around Raith was so horrifying that he thought twice before daring to oppose.
"Hunter Raven, it will be unfair for us to let you take care of everything. Give us a chance to prove our strength to you too." Mok Jae-Hwa said taking steps forward.
Raith stopped and looked back at him, "..." He opened his mouth but paused again before finally speaking.
"I don't care what happens to you people. Don't just get in my way." Je replied with a frown and faced his front.
"Tch, what is with the sudden grumpy attitude," Ga-Yun mumbled, darting a feminine ridiculous gaze at him.
"Kortopi, Jarvis, and you too... Crimson."
With the next step, he took the three of them wriggled out of the dark shadow beneath his feet as smoke materialized behind him, walking with every step he took.
Behind them, the team was yet stricken with another bewilderment. They had not truly seen the extent of Raith's power, except Mok Jae-Hwa... this forte was new to them too.
'...this is the reason.' Shin-Hye wondered with widened eyes. She hadn't been able to get why she could sense a different kind of death aura from Raith but suddenly everything clicked. The presence of death was vividly visible to her in the body of the three dark humanoid things that walked behind Raith.
'...it's as if they are wearing death as a cloak.' She could feel it from every inch of them.
And it was terrifying.
WHAM
From gentle steps, they transitioned into super-fast steps that disturbed the peace of the air as they treaded forward and arrived at the base of the upper ground where the wyvern boss perched atop its peak. The wyvern, in its human form, sneered down at them with a rigid face, its face was stiff neither a smile nor a frown could be found on it.
With a raise of its hand without an aforementioned warning–
A large blue magic ball formed above its head, it began to swirl and swell and in an instant, burst into something much larger, it was as if the sun was in its hand. Blocking the whole view with its massive body and surrounding with a troubling wind that gathered the dust of the plateau with a torrent that was strong enough to swing a 10-year-old around as it deems fit.
"Ah... shit, what the hell is that?" Mok Jae-Hwa's eyes were circle widened and he tried to find saliva to swallow but his throat was dry. What was before them was massive, nothing like they had ever seen or faced.
A monster, capable of using magic.
