Markus slowly walked towards Lucian with small emotion written across his face as he listened to Lucian speaking. A small smirk creased his lips when Lucian retorted about the small cut on his forehead as blood trickled down it. Wiping the blood from his brow he nodded silently. "You are right about at least one thing, ya know." he spoke, his voice sounding cold and emotionless as he continued stalking his way towards Lucian. As he closed the distance a small blade formed in his right hand, it has a shadowy aura that seemed to move on its own, as if the blade itself was alive. Markus slowly raised the blade up to the man's throat, gently pressing it against the tender skin of his throat, but not pressing it in hard enough to break any skin. He watched as Lucian clearly struggled to get himself free, another shadowy tendril reached from the ground, and found itself wrapping itself around his other leg, holding it in place.
Markus could tell what Lucian was thinking, from his eyes dodging all around the area, looking for something to either cause a distraction or use as a projectile against Markus. A soft chuckle broke the silence as he stepped away, the shadows disappearing and loosening their grip on Lucian as they slowly disappeared. "Fear tactics aren't the only thing that I use." with simple ease Markus swept his foot out in the direction of one of Lucian's legs, trying to get him to lose his balance and hopefully fall to the ground. "Element of surprise is another." he said with a grin as Markus kept the blade close to Lucian's throat all the while but made sure not to harm either one in the process.