In a small alley, Marco stopped and turned to look back.
Three figures were frantically trying to find cover to hide.
"Come out. You call that sneaking around and stalking? Were you afraid I wouldn't notice? Please be more serious when doing things."
Looking at those three people, Marco couldn't help but mock them.
"I said there was no need to hide!"
"We should have just gone up and taken this guy out directly!"
"It's all Karaka's fault! He insisted on doing it this way!"
After being mocked by Marco, the three started blaming each other.
But as they spoke, they also surrounded Marco.
Among the three, a thin young man with black hair and white clothes, whose hairstyle looked like a pineapple, stepped forward and spoke arrogantly to Marco.
"Kid, if you're smart, hand over your stuff. Save the trouble of us teaching you a lesson."
The young man didn't look much older than Marco, appearing to be only about 15 or 16 years old.
He gave off a comical sense of deliberately trying to act mature.
The other two were around the same age.
Marco couldn't be bothered to waste more words with these guys.
He had already seen that they were members of a Dark Guild.
Judging by their emblem, they should belong to "Eisenwald".
[Note : This is AU, Eisenwald at this point in time in canon still a light guild, they will become a dark guild next year at X778 and erigor will assume the position as guild master of Eisenwald]
Among the three, a man wearing a yellow and black striped sweater and holding a black whip make the first move.
The whip in his hand lashed out, extending directly towards Marco to strike him.
"Snap!"
On Marco's hand, a blue gauntlet instantly materialized.
He directly grabbed the black rope, then violently yanked it back.
Caught off guard, the young man holding the black rope was directly pulled down to the ground.
He slid on his belly across the ground, forcefully dragged right in front of Marco.
"BOOM!"
Marco's leg armor also quickly materialized.
He directly kicked out, fiercely kicking the young man in the abdomen.
The young man holding the black rope flew out, but he stubbornly refused to let go of the rope in his hand.
So after he flew out, Marco yanked the rope again, pulling his body back.
"BOOM!"
The young man slammed heavily onto the ground, his body constantly trembling.
His eyes were wide open, his body curled up like a cooked shrimp.
"Reiyor!"
This happened in an instant, catching the remaining two completely off guard.
Although Reiyor always acted impulsively, his Black Rope Magic was good at striking first, catching people off guard.
It often allowed them to gain an initial advantage in battle and everyone had almost gotten used to this situation.
But this time, they had a bad luck and encountered a tough opponent.
Marco wasn't going easy on these guys at all.
"Is this all you've got? Then you two come at me together, I'm in a hurry."
Marco stepped on the head of Reiyor who was lying on the ground, then beckoned with his finger towards the two opposite him, his expression disdainful.
At this point, the Equuleus Bronze Cloth on Marco's body was fully equipped.
This function of automatically equipping the Cloth at any time was really nice, indeed it was as convenient as Requip Magic.
"Bastard!" The pineapple-headed youth gritted his teeth.
He slammed the ground fiercely and the shadows on the ground surged, then quickly rushed towards Marco.
Two fists formed from shadows attacked ferociously.
"Shadow Magic, huh?"
Marco jumped back a step, easily dodging this attack.
The two shadow fists swung through empty air.
Marco was quick-witted, immediately using the rope in his hand to tie up the extended shadows, binding the two shadow fists together.
This startled the pineapple-headed youth.
However, after he dispelled the magic, the shadows lost their physical form and were immediately unbound, quickly returning to beneath the pineapple-headed youth's feet.
"Kagayama! This guy is not normal!" Piado spoke up with a serious expression.
Even if he was stupid, he could already see that the strength of the young man before them was very strong, extremely strong!
Completely different from what they had initially imagined!
Their attacks couldn't even touch this guy.
How were they supposed to fight?!
"Let's retreat!"
Piado looked towards the pineapple-headed Kagayama, who had an angry expression on his face, clearly he doesnt want to just leave like this.
"If we leave, what about Reiyor?" Kagayama asked with a gloomy face, looking towards their companion still lying motionless on the ground.
"Who cares about him?! If we don't leave now, I'm afraid we'll all be trapped!"
Piado looked at Kagayama with a baffled expression.
They were a Dark Guild, since when did they learn about not abandoning comrades?
Wasn't this the time to sell out teammates?
If Kagayama didn't leave now, Piado was going to sell him out too.
Anyway, he had already decided to give up on this mission.
The reason they had been staking out the station, specifically targeting Marco, was naturally not because they had nothing better to do and were just looking for trouble.
They had accepted a mission with the goal of sabotaging Deno's request, intercepting all the "Magic Horns" he wanted.
That's why they had been waiting here for Marco to return.
This was what Dark Guilds were like.
The mission requests posted in their guild halls were mostly like this - sabotaging others' missions, kidnapping, assassination and the like.
Anyway, nothing good.
"Let's go!" Although Kagayama was reluctant, he didn't insist further.
The two turned to retreat, decisively abandoning their companion.
"Want to run? That's only if I allow it."
Seeing the two trying to escape, Marco sneered.
You want to fight when you want to fight, and run when you want to run?
Don't I get a say in this?
Marco had zero goodwill towards these bastards who didn't care at all about their companion's life or death.
He absolutely would not let them escape today.
"Whoosh!"
Magic power surged as Marco actively launched an attack.
Actually, he was a bit excited.
This was his first time encountering members of a Dark Guild and his first time truly fighting others in a life-or-death battle.
In the past when sparring with others in the guild, he always had to hold back to some extent, afraid of really injuring someone.
But now, there was no need to consider holding back at all.
These Dark Guild members could be beaten to death without consequences.
In the laws of the Kingdom of Fiore, in the laws of the entire continent of Ishgar, they were treated as the most vicious criminals.
Capturing them alive was of course better, but killing them carried no crime.
In fact, killing them would even be considered meritorious.
"Die! Pegasus Meteor Fist!"
Marco stepped forward in a flash, appearing in front of Kagayama.
His fists whistled through the air, punching Kagayama one after another.
"BOOM!"
Kageyama was sent flying backwards, his eyes wide open.
He still had trump cards he hadn't used, he felt he still had a chance to fight back!
But the pain spreading through his body had already completely crushed him.
He slammed heavily onto the ground, his vision blurry, his mind no longer clear, his consciousness gradually sinking.
'So this is a mage from a major guild? How unfair...'
In the end, Kageyama lamented resentfully in his heart.
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