"Something more important. How do we get to the other side?" Atlas asked
They were looking at Blake as they 'discussed'. From the looks of it they had to enter through the space that the water was coming out of. Although they had to be careful to to be swept up by the waters fast currents.
Blake snapped, "Okay! I'll take us over."
"HEY!"
They looked at the source of the voice with frowns. Why were the rats suddenly so brave? According to their patches they were part of the Ruby Faction ranked second after Gold GTE.
"We also wish to cross over." A man smirked clearly the leader of this group
Dax frowned, "Then do it, we won't block your way."
He made space for them to move ahead of them since personally after yesterday's activity, they weren't in any rush. The man bloated with anger, walked over to them and opened his mouth.
"I hope you thought very carefully about what you do next?" Dax interrupted
A force of hostility descended briefly, the man turned to Quill and punched him in the gut. Noah's fist collided with the attacker's skull and he went limp on the ground.
"I think you're under some misconception. Only we get to bully our youngest." Noah growled
A woman shrieked, "We're from Ruby! Any idea of what you've just done?"
"And we are live since we're mentioning the obvious." Atlas frowned
Ethan's daggers dealt with two more people in the group. Some tried to run away but Dax was waiting for them and slashed through them expressionlessly.
[ REDS44: If you're going to tail someone for rewards at least behave accordingly!
Quill's Supporter: From now one I hate RUBY!!]
Blake looked at the shouting woman and closed the distance.
"Avoid us." he warned
The woman looked behind her and found a sea of red with Dax looking directly at her. She tried to scream, to say anything sadly Blake's sphere snuffed out any opportunity.
"Well that soured my mood." Dax spat out
Noah instructed, "Take deep breathes, Quill. Sadly you're the only who know healing magic so get yourself under control and cast it."
Dax shifted the comments into Quill's face and he saw many comments of concern.
"Thank you...I'm okay." he winced
[ Quill's Supported donated High grade Healing Potion with message: PLEASE GET WELL!!]
After Quill confirmed he was healthy, Blake levitated them over to the water until they found dry ground. Xavier was watching the entire seen with a mixture of emotions.
"I should have stayed, they seem like great company and would make good allies." Xavier smiled
Maxwell shook his head, "I won't let you fanboy, they are too dangerous and unpredictable. They may shot us because the sky is cloudy."
"Hmm...isn't that if they don't trust us?" a woman, Fey asked "From what I see, these Crazed Faction is worth the gamble."
Xavier looked ahead at a skeleton dragon roaring at them with anger and several of his members pushed back to receive treatment. The challenges and trials have been becoming harder with each moment and Wonderland couldn't trust Golden Gate or Ruby or the other top ran Factions for help.
He sent a comment on Crazed Fanbase.
[ Hatter: Get better soon, Quill]
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The members let Dax wander and writing something down seriously. He nodded to himself and looked through everything again with his magnifying glass.
"I'm done." He finally said "Don't worry about traps but we'll need to fight, a lot."
Noah smiled, "Sure, let's go!"
The bear ran forward at tremendous speed, took out his shield. and the others followed behind him. They saw goblins up ahead and prepared to attack until
A Faction's disadvantage has been applied to the challenge
All evil-aligned beings receive an increase in attack power
"Where's our increase."
Everyone looked at Dax with confusion and the comments questioned him fiercely but Dax ignored them.
Dax said, "Regardless of the situation...we did something terrible."
"It's true. At least for this challenge, you can't consider us neutral." Blake agreed
After a few moments another screen appeared.
In light of new insight
You qualify to receive an increase in attack by 50%
"This will bite us in the butt later. I have warned you." Dax smiled "So enjoy it"
Noah felt power pumping through his body and needed any form of release. With the buff the Crazed Faction moved quickly and enjoyed the challenge leisurely until the ran into another Faction.
"Daxton Nyx." the man in front frowned
Dax frowned slightly, "Do we know each other."
"He's the leader of Golden Gate, Leonardo." Blake told
Atlas told, "I think he means in a manner that we can offer greetings."
Leonardo ignored everyone else and stared at Dax. His golden eyes looked at Dax as though he was a bag of cash. The teenager was quite familiar with that gaze and disliked Leonardo more.
His aggressive aura slipped out with the souring of his mood and slight lose of reasonable thought. The weaker members of Golden Gate started to crouch down.
"You dislike me?" Leonardo stated
Dax growled, "I hate your eyes."
Leonardo quickly tilted his eyes, blood slipped down from a cut under his left eyes and everyone was silent. The cause was Dax's mist compressed tightly into broad sharpened blade.
"DAX!" Atlas yelled
Dax's jaw hardened and the pressure became more hostile and heavy. More Golden Gate members crouched and others were unconscious.
"DAXTON!" Atlas screamed
The pressure vanished, Dax turned his face away and took a deep breathe.
Blake frowned, "Sorry about the trouble. We're terrible at getting along with people we dislike. May our path not cross"
"Dax, isn't managing a Faction tiring? Golden Gate is more than willing to have you." Leonardo offered
Dax turned his face sideways and his red eye dark. Red mist circled around his members with claw like extensions and the walls started to melt into a ruby liquid.
"You remind of someone...so annoying" Dax snapped