Clifford's bloodshot and menacing eyes, the sharp and deadly claws and the frightening aura emanating from him sent chills down the spine of Casper and others. Even though Clifford hadn't attack them, they had lost all confidence. One of Max's boys made a dash for the exit, he was about to exit the room when he collided with a figure, he was shocked when he saw that the figure was Clifford. Not only him, the rest were dumbfounded too, Clifford had moved from his position to the exit in a flash, it happened so fast that Casper and his boys only saw a blur.
Clifford did not waste time, he swung his arm at the face of the Max's boy that was in front of him, three of the claws slashed the face and blood spurted unto the face of Casper. The scream of agony from the injured guy filled the whole place, the scream even sent deeper chills down the spine of the rest, they knew they'd suffer the same fate if they could not escape.
Casper was more frightened than the rest, he was the one that had a feud with Clifford, so he'd probably suffer the most. He had only wanted to revenge the humiliation Clifford had done to him and the humiliation Dora had done to his girlfriend, he wanted Clifford to suffer his wrath. He was already having his way but the tables have suddenly turned, he was helpless.
Although they were all scared of Clifford, they had no choice but to engage in a fight with him, he was already blocking the only exit path, they had to fight their way out, lest they suffer a terrible fate. The light mage made the first move, he unsheathed the sword in his waist and he casted a spell on it, the sword immediately started to glow brightly, a burning sensation emitted from it, he lunged the sword at Clifford. Clifford repelled the attack by swinging his gauntlet at the sword, the two weapons clashed, the clashing of the two weapons sent a shock wave to the surrounding. The wave pushed Clifford a few steps back, as for the light mage, he was sent flying backwards by the wave, he couldn't handle it. He crashed heavily into a wall and fainted instantly.
The others were also sent flying by the shock wave, only Clifford was standing. Max quickly stood up, he casted a spell and vines with thorns rose up and broke through the hard concrete floor, he maneuvered the vines to attack Clifford. The vines lunged at Clifford at a shocking speed, but to Clifford, the vines were moving slowly, the adrenaline rushing through his body and the energy from the gauntlets had greatly increased his speed and physical strength. He swung his arms towards the vines and in a few moments, he had shredded all the vines to small pieces. Max suddenly felt helpless, the plant element was his strongest element and it had been shredded by Clifford like it was thread.
"You fools! Don't just stand there and cower in fear like a pussy, bind him with your vines." Max screamed at his boys, he was scared shitless himself, he said that so he wouldn't looked weak to his boys. As their leader, he had to encourage them. If they could manage to bind Clifford for a few minutes, they would have enough time to escape. Even though they felt hopeless, the boys summoned the little courage they had left and casted spells, a swarm of vines rose from the ground and swarmed towards Clifford.
Clifford didn't stand and watch, he finally left his position and ran towards the swarm of vines, he brought his arms together and formed an X shape, he then slashed the arms toward the incoming swarm of vines. An X shaped aura from the gauntlets struck the vines, the seemingly formidable vines were cut immediately, the vines were cut through by the aura like it was tofu, the momentum of the vines were reduced and there was an X shaped void space in the centre of the vines before they crumbled at Clifford's feet.
Unwilling to accept that their attacks could be stopped like that, each of them started to cast different plant spells but they couldn't manage to hit Clifford, he kept evading the vines while he would cut some in the process. The little courage left in the boys was eventually diminished, they didn't know when they crashed to their knees and started to beg Clifford to spare them.
Clifford wasn't going to forgive them just like that. When Casper was torturing him, they had been laughing at him and enjoying it. He grabbed the closest one to him and slashed the claws of the gauntlet at his face, blood spurted out from the cuts, he then threw him out of the exit mercilessly, he grabbed another one and did the same. He did this for the all of them, the scar would always remind them to stop their evil deeds.
The only people left in the room are Clifford, Casper, Max and the fainted light mage. Casper and Max couldn't stand properly, their legs were shaking due to the fear of what Clifford might do to them. Clifford approached Max, he grabbed him by the throat and pushed him against the wall, Casper used this opportunity to make a dash for the exit but Clifford wouldn't give him a chance to do so, he flung the gauntlet in his left arm at Casper, the gauntlet left his arm and pierced Casper at the back of his left shoulder, he was pinned to the wall near the exit.
Casper was stunned, he had not expected Clifford to be able to do that with the gauntlet, he had a very painful expression plastered on his face, he was near the exit but he couldn't escape, the claws of the gauntlet had dug in to his shoulder and the wall. Not only was the pain too much for him, he could feel his energy leaving his body, the gauntlet was absorbing every bit of energy in him. Clifford could feel his own energy increasing, he immediately realized that the gauntlets could absorb the energy of another mage and transfer it in to his own.
He took a cold look at Max before he mercilessly pierced him with the other gauntlet, he then started to feel a significant rise in his energy. Max screamed painfully, his scream gradually reduce as more energy left his body. When Clifford was sure that the two didn't have much energy left, he removed the gauntlets and left them on the floor.
Daisy entered the room, she looked at Max and Casper with a cold expression mixed with pain, she finally had the chance to revenge on the two. She was still weak from the torture she had suffered, Casper had tortured her when he realized that she was the reason why Dora had humiliated his girlfriend. He inflicted injuries on her and forced her to lure Clifford into the trap.
She lingered in pain towards Clifford, the latter rushed to her and helped her to sit on the floor. "What are we going to do to them?" She asked Clifford with an icy tone.
"Do not worry, I have wicked plans for them," Clifford replied in a merciless tone, Casper and Max shivered with fear when they heard Clifford, they dreaded the plan that Clifford had for them.