"Huff. Huff." "Hey! big chunk of meat. Look what you did to Coby!"A vein popped on Rex's head."What's wrong, little runt?"Grover sneered. "Oh, don't tell me you actually thought your friend over there would win just because he could read minds." Rex widened his eyes as he gently laid Coby on the ground."Stay put." He said this to the unconscious mind reader as he looked at his other clanmate. "Deen! Look after him." Deen nodded as Rex turned his attention to Grover. He points at him. "Sit tight and wait for me; you're next just as soon as I put your oversized friend here in his place." "How are they so strong?"Rex had underestimated the Shadow Guild. That had always been his issue in the first place.He lacks the intuition to scale a person's power. Even when he witnessed them take out a hundred artifact beasts, he merely saw that as a team effort."Nonetheless, he beat up my clanmate, and I intend to make him pay!"Rex walked into the ring to stand face-to-face against
Blue was a color that represented calmness and gentleness. But from what Rex saw, there was nothing calm about it. "As captain, you're strong enough to take a few of my best shots, aren't you?" Rex tried punching Krystal, but the latter instantly merged with his shadow once again as he moved to his back. "Your disappearing tricks won't help you!" "Blaze on!" He exclaimed as an explosive aura enveloped him. "This runt... is strong, really strong." "Sir Krystal did commend his strengths just now." "It's hopeless, although," Vladimir said to the two as they all nodded their heads. They each had a single thought as Rex's hair became longer and covered in flames. "He can move mountains or run on water... He won't land a hand on him when he's this serious." "Ohh." Krystal emerged from his shadow, having witnessed Rex's new form. "You condensed your emotional aura to such a point that the very air around you is burning up." "It's getting hot in here, and rapidly too." Riley sa
In a separate chamber within the tower, an individual observed the entirety of the battle unfold on a monitor. He casually took sips from his coffee cup before reaching for his phone and dialing a number. "Greetings. They have arrived..."With that, he uttered the incantation, "Shadow Arts: Black Guillotine!" The resulting impact between his X-shaped slash wave and the fireball caused an immense explosion that engulfed not only the ring but also portions of the stadium, sending Krystal and Rex flying out of bounds in its wake. Chaos ensued as various voices rang out in alarm: "Krystal!" "Sir Krystal!" "Captain!" and even insults such as "Demon spawn!" However, to everyone's surprise, Krystal emerged from beneath the debris completely unscathed, though regrettably for him, his coat had suffered severe burns throughout.Krystal emerged from the debris completely unscathed, although the same could not be said of his coat as it was burned all over. "My coat!" Krystal wailed as he brushed
On the break of a new day, Krystal and Grover wake up first. Gover goes ahead to wake the others.“Come on guys, it's morning already,” he said as he shook Justin and Vladimir to wake up.“We will be doing hard-core training today. You guys saw what happened at the ring. We won, but we're not strong enough.” Krystal added with a smirk on his face.“Alright, let's get to it already,” Vladimir responded, as he is always eager for some violence, even if it is a training session like this.“You beast of war of a man,” added Justin, shifting away from him.“Hahahaha… that is what keeps me going, boy,” Vladimir replied. “That's enough, guys. So, Krystal, how will we go about this? What style should we use in training?” Grover asked.“Finally, some true readiness,” Krystal answered with a broad smile on his face.“This smile is not a good one," Grover added, laughing too. "Oh, you shouldn't worry; you are a great Grover who saved us from doom,” Krystal mockingly added.Krystal continued by
“Gosh, Grover, are you okay?” Krystal said as he rushed over to where Grover was kneeling. As soon as he got hold of Grover, Grover fainted in his arms. “This looks bad, really bad,” Krystal said to himself. “Why did he make me do it? Why did I even listen to him? Wish I didn't charge up so much,” Krystal kept thinking to himself. Krystal suddenly realized that Grover was losing more consciousness. He used his shadow power to cover and carry him to keep him alive until they could find a healer for him.Vladimir and Justin are approaching from the other side of the bush, where they are training. “Krystal! Grover!” Justin kept calling until they saw Krystal with an activated shadow power. “Are they still training?” Justin paused as he asked. “That is not his shadow power for fight or defense,” Vladimir quickly added as he ran towards Krystal.Justin joined him too. Getting close to Krystal.“What is the matter, Krystal?” Vladimir asked.Before Krystal could utter a word,. Justin
Krystal checks up on Grover who was severely injured. He sees that Grover is sustained by his shadow, where his dark aura prevents Grover's condition from getting worse.“We need to set sail soonest, my dark aura is only preventing Grover's injuries from getting worse, but does not make it any better. Hope we find a healer at Haven of Bir,” Krystal said to Justin who was with him.“We will get him the help he wants very soon,” Justin replied. “I wish I did not charge at him that way,” Krystal said soberly to Justin.“Stop blaming yourself, it won't change anything. I remember when I would blame myself a lot when I served under Irene in her district. She told me never to let the past influence or affect my decisions by dragging me backward, but I should only take the lessons of the past to guide myself from such mess in the future,” Justin cautioned Krystal since he was their leader, and he would not want him making a decision that would affect everyone.“Thank you so much, Justin.
While at sea, Justin and Vladimir are on the deck chatting.Justin is munching food as usual, but Vladimir is sipping wine from his can.The can is one of the spoils of battle he took back then as a commander of a district. The captain signaled to them that three ships were approaching them: one big one in the middle and two little ones by its sides.Krystal took a telescope to view the approaching ships. He saw a flag with a Sea Bonnie with an eye patch on it and a red scarf on its head.“Those are the Sea Bonnies; they are the most dreaded pirates on the sea,” the captain told Krystal.“Are they also raiders of ships?” Krystal asked. “They leave nothing on their path the same way they met it; they claim the sea is their inheritance,” the captain replied, trembling.Krystal called on Justin and Vladimir and drew their attention to the ships ahead. “They chose the wrong location to attack the possessor of Mjolnir,” Vladimir said with a smirk on his face. As the ark and the ships g
Barnacle notices another bigger ark on the sea; he takes his telescope and looks at it.“Oh, they are the partying type. No one parties on my sea and does not invite me,” he said, prompting his Sea Bonnies to go after it.“I'm so not done with you guys,” he added, looking at the guild of shadows as he left with most of the Sea Bonnies.“Get everything from them and join us; I mean, everything, not even the hammer, should be forgotten,” Barnacle said to the remaining Sea Bonnies, smirking at Vladimir, who was fuming at him.“Aye Captain!” They all chorused.“You know what to do after that,” Barnacle added with a dreadful smirk on his face as they sailed away towards the other ark."Guys, we can take these left,” Justin said with a low tone while getting on his feet.“Hey, you on your knees!” One of the Sea Bonnies shouted at him while approaching him. “Come and die, you bastard!” Vladimir shouts as he hammers the Sea Bonnie's head off its shoulders.The others exclaimed, rushing to wh