Don't Fear Of Darkness

My heart jumped to throat. Immediately I turned with a gun being measured towards the place where the voice came from. A tall man in a hood stood a few feet away. Strangely, he did not have a weapon, just a stone in his left hand.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"Probably ..." the man squeezed the stone. It shone with a faint glow and went out.

However, then a shudder pierced me, because I heard a familiar sound.

(Oh f.u.c.k, he's-)

"... your executioner."

The man cast a spell in the blink of an eye. That were Stone Spikes and they all shot in my direction. If not for months of tedious training, I would not even react. I used the Windy Step and jumped off to the side, simultaneously scoring a few times in his direction.

Unfortunately, all bullets bounced off his magical shield. The situation was getting worse.

(How did I not notice him ?!)

As if that was not enough, the trouble began to pile up. River's people alarmed by the noise began to run here.

I pointed to the bandits.

"Bast, Xena, kill them!"

Two hovels flew from my shadow with a hounds and they rushed towards them.

"Barghests?" The magician asked with a hint of surprise in his voice. "Does it mean you're a Reaper?"

I did not answer, I only shot in him again.

By the way, Reapers are counterparts of the Hunters, only they work for Tenebris. They are different from the Hunters ... there is almost nothing and this is a problem. If they do not use Soul Magic, it is impossible to distinguish them, because both wear masks and black outfits. In order to avoid mistakes, the Hunters had their own passwords to distinguish themselves.

Among other things that was reason why the Master did not want me to use the magic of darkness if I did not have to.

"I don't remember to do anything what could make Tenebris angry. Can you say who gave the prize for me? Is this the old bastard? " The mage, not caring about the whole uproar, asked in a calm tone.

Seeing that I would do nothing with ordinary weapons, I used the Dark Sickle. Only now did the man react.

"Stone wall."

Suddenly a 3-meter-long wall of earth grew out of the ground. At the moment of the collision, the Dark Sickle lost most of his power, and when he hit the Magician's Magical shield he did nothing to her.

But that was not the worst thing. I clearly understood how strong it is. His control is almost as good as Edmund's, and pure magical power is even slightly greater than his.

The conclusion was simple - if I fight directly with him, I will die.

When I thought so, two bandits fell out from behind around the bend. Instantly I fired at them. One of them managed to avoid it, the other got hit and fell. I wanted to fire again, but the magazine was empty. I swore under my breath and used the Dark Sickle. The man's head flew away a few meters away.

I fired several Fireballs in the direction of a man in the hood. At the same time I used a smoke grenade.

"Do you want flee?"

Stones and earth clung to the magician's body creating something like armor. The Fireballs did nothing to him, and he charged himself to the smoke.

BANG!

A powerful impact carved a deep hole in the ground. However, to the astonishment of the magician, I was not there anymore. There were 3 unsecured grenades.

"Fuc-"

BOOM!

I looked at the explosion site.

(It will not stop him, but he will certainly weaken him.)

I called my familiars back. I had an idea how to settle this guy, but it was risky.

Shit knows why, but I felt a broad smile spread beneath my mask.

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The magician shook off leftovers his armor. He was angry at himself for letting himself be caught up in such a childish trick.

The blast dropped his hood from his head. He was a young man with eastern features, had black long hair combed in a single pony and black eyes.

"No matter, I have more than half the power, this guy will not go far."

(However first, priorities.)

The man raced toward Rivera, wanting to make sure he was okay. There were several jagged or charred bodies on the spot, but the River was okey. He hid in the car. He was all white and shaking like jelly.

"Kenji, what the f.u.c.k was that?" Bob shouted.

"Reaper. In short, a mag-killer on order. These creatures were his familiars. "

"This guy was supposed to kill me?"

Kenji was about to deny it, but a thought came over him.

(Maybe he was not looking for me? And if he came to kill River?)

It calmed him down a bit, because being an enemy of Tenebris or the Chapter meant being dead.

"Leave me your people, take some bodyguards, get in the car and run. The police will be here soon, so you have to get out of here. "

"What about you?"

"With me?"

Kenji smiled predatory.

"I never leave infinite matters."

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I met with the Barghests in place where I used Ent's seeds. To my regret, they were severely wounded. After all, although ordinary weapons doesn't do them big damage, still is able to kill them.

Almost a dozen corpses were already there. Apparently these tentacles were much better than I thought. I put in a few more seeds there. The corpses were completely dry, they looked as they could turn into a dust at one touch.

(Now just lure this guy and the trap will be ready.)

I ordered my familiars to hide and not move until I told them.

I looked after the enemy. Behind the mage there were at least 20 people, all armed.

I smiled sourly.

(If Edmund were here, he would have me get out of ther and not play the daredevil, but ...)

But if I run away now, my chance for publicity will be lost. In addition, since I met a magician here, it is possible that I will meet others. If I had to run away every time ...

I bit my lip so hard that blood flew.

(I'm not weak anymore.)

I reloaded the pistol and fired at the group. I did not even try to shoot the mage, only people around. Behind they managed to react three feel dead .

"Shoot!"

A dozen or so series of machine guns hit the place where I stood moment ago. I changed position, fired blindly several times and escaped.

The magician and his men chased after me. On the way, I got two guys more, but I had to be careful, because the guy with the ponytail didn't . A few stone spikes and boulders tried to crush me, but I avoided them successfully.

After a moment I got to the place. I passed corpses and ran a bit, then hid.

"Bloody hell, what a slaughterhouse." One of River's men summed up. The rifle in his hands began to tremble

"That explains why we did not on anyone from the patrol." The other said. "Only ... do you see their faces? They are all white-

"Everyone shut up!" Said the magician. "Divide up on 5 people in team. You have to find him, surround him and kill him. "

They split into three groups and began to search the area. Two of them pierced around, one directly next to the corpses. At the head of the latter was the magician. I waited until they were far enough away from themselvs. That's when I went to action.

I snapped my fingers.

Of the dried bodies fireda 7 tentacle-stalks in total . According to the plan, the magician survived unscathed, but his companions were unlucky enough. All of them die.

At the same time, I got to the second group. Before they knew it, two fell dead, and the other three were hit by Fireballs.

My mana was already running out. I had to end this with one attack. I ran to the place where the magician was. He had just finished destroying Ent's tentacles, only two left. As soon as he saw me, he was preparing to use spells.

"Now!" I shouted.

Two huge balls of fire hit the magician who used the cover at the last moment. After the Barghests used their skills, they rushed towards the last group.

Then the other tentacles also shot in his direction.

(Chance!)

I used the Windy Step and rushed towards the magician.

When I was within 5 meters of him, I gathered almost all my remaining power in my hands and used the Dark Sickle.

Everything or nothing.

But when I saw the expression on his face, my heart sank. He was neither scared nor upset. He was ... smiling?!? "

"Fire!" He shouted.

Over 10 people fell out of nowhere and started firing

(F.u.c.k!) I cursed in my mind and at the last moment I used the Energetic Shield, but one bullet hit me in my right side. Before I could counter this, the magician again made a stone armor and charged in my direction. I did not have time to avoid, so I just put in the last remaining power in the defend spell, but that was not enough.

The shield cracked with a loud crack and the mage's fist almost lost its momentum and hit me.

I heard the sound of broken bones and felt unimaginable pain. The impact force threw me high into the air and I flew a few dozen meters further.

I used the last remaining power to soften the fall with the help of air magic.

"Gahh!"

For a moment I was dazed, but the pain don't allowed me to remain unconscious.

After hitting the lands I barely crawled before a free-standing container. I have already heard the approaching steps.

I spat out a large bite of blood. I had at least a few broken ribs and probably damaged internal organs.

Barghests, feeling my condition, ran to me. To be honest, they did not look better than me. Blood seeped from a few of the wounds on his torso,

They were breathless and barely stood on their feet.

It was hard for me to breathe so I took off my mask.

"Bast ... Xena ... get away ... from here. I'll be alright."

They only whimpered in answer and cuddled up in me. It was both a painful but pleasant feeling. In view of their strong opposition, I could only stroke them helplessly.

I grunted and corrected my position and checked what was left.

Spare P-99 and two magazines, because the rest I lost in flight, knife and ... speaker?

(I was looking for him all the time.) I smiled crookedly.

I had my favorite pieces on it. It's strange that after all this he was still whole.

"Excuse me Edmund ... everything .... I screwed up. Forgive me friends ... it's probably our ... end. "

In the end, I will die here. My eyelids were getting very heavy. Unable to fight it anymore, I closed my eyes.

I felt just like in a dream. Everywhere around me, impenetrable blackness, and in front of me there was an indistinct human figure that again was moving away from me.

But this time I heard exactly what she said.

[Break... the seal.]