Dark Magus Returns

Chapter 1004: Compelty Trapped

The four were getting themselves ready and prepared to fight for their lives against Mosak. They still felt like he had shown little effort in his attacks and his fighting. Perhaps on guard from the fact that all four of them were attacking him at the same time.

When suddenly, after just delivering a single punch against Zon that seemed ineffective, his whole tune had changed. He stood there on the tree branch, looking at all of them.

”You are free to go ahead,” Mosak said.

Beatrix and Ricar looked at each other.

”Is this some type of trick?” Lince asked. ”It has to be. Why would you suddenly let us pass? Are you going to attack us from behind? Attack us when our guard is down, and we think weʼre safe?”

”I would do no such thing,” Mosak said. ”I have weighed up how much effort it would take to get rid of you four and have decided itʼs best to just let you pass. You can believe me or not, but I will no longer be stopping you.”

Mosak didnʼt stay for conversation, and just like that, he had left. They couldnʼt see which direction he had gone, whether it was back over the bridge in some way or further into the jungle.

Making them even more unsure about what to do.

”I can confirm that he is no longer in the vicinity,” Zon stated, thanks to his system.

”Can you also tell about what he said just now, about letting us go further or not, whether it was the truth?” Lince asked.

”I believe it is the truth,” Ricar answered. ”If Iʼm right, that man was a Divine being, a person who was from the Light Faction at one point. I could tell his techniques were from the Aurora Clan. We from the Light Faction wouldnʼt go back on our word or attack from behind.”

”Yet you are willingly able to destroy the whole of Pagna because of your stubbornness,” Lince commented, saying the words loud and clear.

This was the second time they had met someone who had said the same thing, which was why rather than arguing back, Beatrix and Ricar stayed silent, as they were unsure about all of this that was happening.

”We will continue to travel with you,” Ricar said. ”Our deal was to continue to work together until we found the Golden Globe.”

Lince and Zon didnʼt argue about this. With everything they had run into so far on the island, they thought it might be the best decision for all of them.

Mosak was rushing back through the jungle, and he had gone back instead of forward over the bridge and was just by the area where the jungle started to turn dark yellow. He stopped for a moment before going left and was now running in seemingly a big circle around the area. ʼThose four were a bit too rash rather than thinking things through, but I hope I havenʼt made the wrong decision,ʼ Mosak thought. ʼThe bridges-I noticed before that there is more than one entrance into the central area. Each bridge is protected by a white-furred monkey. If Iʼm right, then all of the bridges will lead to the same area either way.ʼ

Mosak continued to run around until he had eventually come across a bridge, and he was quite surprised to see that there was no white-furred monkey-at least no monkey that was alive. Coming across its body, he could see that there were several holes in it and slashes made across its entire body.

”Is this something a sword could do?” Mosak wondered aloud. ”More importantly, this might mean someone has reached the center before me. The area I went through-there was a large, powerful beast, which would have been painful to beat.”

”Now the others are going to have to deal with it. I thought maybe the beast would be protecting something important, but maybe that was just an unlucky bridge to cross.”

Mosak would find out eventually by exploring, so he decided to cross the bridge. He went further in, exploring the yellow-colored area. Following whatever path felt the most natural and void of plants and large trees.

He saw no other powerful beast like he did on the other path, and eventually, he was led to a large opening. Ruins that were covered with moss were part of a giant mountainscape. Walking forward, he went inside and continued to follow the path.

The path then opened up into a giant hall, and Mosak could see it. Strange tiles on the floors were covered in markings he didnʼt see before, nor did he understand. They were spread out wide in a circular shape on the ground.

Even more important, though, was that there really was another person who had arrived before him.

”Huh?” The man with red hair said. ”Who are you? Youʼre not someone from the Light Faction. Why are you here?”

Mosak sighed.

”Why is it that everyone I meet on this island is rude?”

Paying close attention, he noticed the black tight suit the red-haired man was wearing and could see it was very similar to the last man.

”What, you like what you see? Well, this is my body, man, and you ainʼt touching it with your filthy hands!” Red shouted.

The vein on Mosakʼs head was starting to grow even larger.

ʼMaybe I should just teach this man a lesson or two,ʼ Mosak thought.

He moved in and stepped into the circle to get closer to the red-haired individual. The moment he did, though, a strange sensation was felt throughout his entire body. It was almost the exact same sensation as when one went on the island-only even more forceful and disruptive to oneʼs body.

”This... is even affecting me?” Mosak looked at his hands.

”Haha, haha! Look at that, I tricked you!” Red said. ”Now youʼre in the same situation as me. Youʼre trapped in this place, just like I am.”

”Trapped?” Mosak said, turning around and making a fist. He tried to throw a punch right

where he came in from. His fist didnʼt go past the area where the circle was drawn on the floor and instead had hit some type of barrier, not activating the Qi in his body at all.

”It looks like I really am trapped,” Mosak said.