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The Guild Of Shadows Vladimir's Uneasy Path
After Grover kills the beast and gets back to the others, They celebrate him.“You have outdone yourself, young lad,” Shambala said as he patted him on the shoulder.“You can now dispose of the head of the beast,” Vladimir added as he laughed."Oh, that is true,” Grover said as he threw the head of the beast away.“Come now, lad.” Shambala called him aside and gave him a tag.“This is for completing your personal beast defeat; well done,” Shambala added.“Well, thank you, sensei,” Grover replied as he collected the badge and put it in his bag.“Let us keep moving; we have so much to learn and discover,” Shambala stated.“Where next are we going, sensei?” Krystal asked as he stood up from where he sat.“That is a path that will reveal itself to us. Be rest assured that every path has its challenges, and as fighters, you must be ready for whatever lies ahead,” Shambala answered.The moment they got out of the beast’s territory, which was so rocky, they discovered a new landscape that wa
The Guild Of Shadows Krystal's Test Of Strength
The next day Everyone else had fought except Krystal. As they were walking in search of a beast for Krystal to fight, the lads asked Vladimir what the guts of the beat looked like.“It was really hot; although I was just at the neck, I think its spit was acidic and could have killed me if I stayed there longer,” Vladimir said.“The good thing now is that you survived. I was scared for a second, especially knowing that you were not acquainted with the nature of the beast,” Grover stated.“Alright now, lads, let us keep moving. Krystal, you are left,” Shambala added."Okay, sensei, we are coming,” the team simultaneously answered as they kept talking to each other. They continued moving but still found nothing. Suddenly they heard a huge rattling sound that was similar to that of a rattlesnake, but it was so huge that it got their attention.Moving closer to the scene, they heard the sound from the team. They took a peek at the beast, and to their surprise, except for Shambala, who ha
The Guild Of Shadows The Beast Tide; A New Discovery
Shambala finally answered them.“There is a beast tide heading towards us lads,” he said as he kept running.“What is a beast tide, sensei?” Vladimir asked out of curiosity, as it was the first time he or any of them had heard of such.“It is when thousands of beasts gallop towards a particular destination and destroy whatever is in the way just to get there,” Shambala replied.“What the heck? Thousands?” Grover gasped.“Why so many? Is it like a tradition, or is there something wrong?" Krystal asked.“Did we kill a beast we should not have? Was it the beast in the hole Vladimir killed?” Grover asked.“It might be true because it was unconquerable,” Vladimir added.“Are they looking for its killer to kill or to make a new ruler?” Krystal questioned.They kept bringing up suggestions and questions to get Shambala to answer them, as they were very curious.Shambala did not reply to them but rather told them to run faster so that they could ask all the questions later if they survived.T
The Guild Of Shadows Reason For The Beast Tide
Just as the rulers dropped to the ground, they felt very light on the ground.“Finally!" Grover exclaimed.“I feel much better,” Vladimir said as he stretched, his bones cracking and making sounds.“You lads are welcome,” Shambala added.Feeling this way, they took up their rulers by hand, and immediately Shambala yelled at them, telling them to run.Immediately, they took to their feet, running as far and fast as they could from the approaching tide. They kept going until they found a safe place, and luckily, they were not spotted by any of the beasts. They started panting as soon as they stopped running. Krystal and Grover sat on a rock on the left side, while Shambala and Vladimir sat on the rock on the right side.After relaxing for some time and drinking water, they heard the beasts run past their hiding place, and they kept quiet so as not to attract attention.They noticed that the beast tide had passed.“Why do you think the beast tide has different species in it and not the
The Guild Of Shadows An Unknown Crypt Effect
“Appearance of a crypt?” Krystal asked."Yes, there are crypts that hold very strong beast artifacts,” Shambala replied.The group was shocked at what Shambala said and was still in disbelief that the appearance of a crypt could cause such havoc. “Crypts are just couriers of artifacts; how can the appearance of one cause so much havoc? How could it even attract such a huge number of beasts?” Vladimir inquired.“You lads have not seen the world yet; despite all your travels, you still need experience on a lot of things outside humans. I noticed that you lads only focus on creating human acquaintances, but that is not really what your journey needs,” Shambala added.“I never understood why my dad used to tell me that was beyond humans; maybe now I do,” Krystal said.“Oh, he told you that?” Shambala asked.“Yes, he did,” Krystal answered.“That saying was the very first thing the oldest Ent told me when I called out to your dad for help when I was surrounded by them. I never knew he hea
The Guild Of Shadows The Challenge
Immediately, they heard this and were surprised.“Do you want to kill us?” Grover asked out of fear, recalling the number of beasts he saw in the beast tide.“If I wanted to do that, I would have done it a long time ago,” Shambala retorted.“But I do not have such intentions, lad. We are going there, and that is final,” Shambala added.“What will happen to our training now?” Vladimir asked.“The training will hold for now; at least you all have fought your beast and are very strong now. So what we encounter there should not be a problem,” Shambala answered."Okay, sensei, if you say so,” Vladimir responded.“I can sense you lads are scared about going to this crypt with me; why is that?” Shambala asked.“It is because we might not be able to conquer the crypt,” Krystal replied soberly.“Oh, I see the problem now,” Shambala added, laughing.“What could that be, sensei?” Vladimir inquired.“You lads do lack experience,” Shambala replied, looking at them while they kept quiet.“So you la
The Guild Of Shadows The Challenge II
On the way, the group started asking Shambala questions about his earlier decisions.While they were still eating, they had to recover their strength as they needed to be ready for what was ahead."Sensei, why did you ask us to fight the beast on an individual level? Although you knew we were better off as a team after all we have done before you in previous trainings,” Grover asked.“Yeah, it was quite shocking at first, but we were not permitted to argue, so I let go of doing so,” Vladimir added as he questioned.“I did so because I wanted you lads to test yourselves beyond your limitations. If you also recall, you lads did the group fighting during the first test in the forest,” Shambala replied."So, sensei, the different stages had different approaches?” Vladimir inquired.“Exactly, that was the aim of the whole training team." Good thing you now know,” Shambala responded."Also, you lads ought to know that you will not always be together in life. Take a look at Stark and me; we
The Guild Of Shadows The Challenge III
When they got close, they discovered that the crypt had already been opened, and they got into the crypt.The crypt was nothing they had ever seen before; they were amazing, except for Shambala.“I have never seen anything like this before!” Grover exclaimed.“It is too amazing and too good to be true,” Vladimir said as he kept looking around and thinking it was a trap due to his military instincts.“I do not trust this place,” he said as he stopped walking.“Why would you trust a crypt in any way?” Shambala asked as he noticed he stopped.“Keep moving, family,” Krystal prompted him.“Okay then, do not say I did not warn you guys,” Vladimir retorted.“Do not worry, there won’t be a need for that,” Shambala sounded so sure. “Okay then,” Vladimir, who was still distrustful, replied.Suddenly a creeping creature jumped out of the walls, going towards Grover, which none of them saw, and as quick as it was, Shambala stabbed it with a dagger he had with him. The rest were shocked, and beca
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Fini
Grover sat meditating in the house of shadows. One of the most unlikeliest places that he thought he would be at this time. Not quite surprisingly, it had been a year since their adventures with the members of the guild and the Ore organization. He smiled gently because, at least, that was something to smile about now—because those were terrible days. Days in which they lived for months on the brink of the end of all humanity, only one step away from one wrong move. Beside him, Shambala was levitating. It seemed as though both of them were communicating through telepathic means without even saying any words. Not too far away from them, Vladimir and Krystal had just finished dueling that morning, and while Vladimir had stopped to clean the perspiration from his face, Krystal, who had won the match, was feeling a bit more excited and was walking away with a smile on his face.On Krystal’s side, it seems like after everything, their lives went back to normal. But, of course, he knows th
In The Enemy's Lair IV
Krystal, in getting out of his stance, quickly lunged at the man, whom he quickly identified as a member of the organization. He remembered the horrible things this particular individual had done to him in the past few hours and was not only going to pay back, but was also going to take the opportunity to punish him for his offenses against mankind.The man quickly realized that he was in a dire situation with three of them facing him, but being a typical member of the organization, it did not even occur to him that there was any other way out of this. He was possessed by the kind of pride that could not ask for mercy. He braced himself for battle and began to fight ceaselessly, even as they attacked him mercilessly on every side.Several times in the short period, they would look at each other’s faces and, without saying a word, deploy the strategy on how to teach this fellow lesson. All he knew was that he bore the brunt of this skill technique, but he did not know how they arrived,
In The Enemy's Lair III
As Grover and Vladimir fought with the guard, Krystal simply looked on without saying anything. Grover realized that, at that point, he was unstable and also very vulnerable. It could easily be tilted in any direction if he stayed in that trance, so even as he fought, he thought of the scheme to get them out of this situation.“Krystal! Krystal, we’re here.” He yelled, but there was no response.Seeing this, they immediately continued to fight with the man once again while they kept trying to use physics on Krystal so he would awaken.Krystal remained where he was standing and didn’t quite pay attention to them, but the man they were fighting with did not like the idea that they were trying to wake Krystal up. The man was annoyed with the way things were going. It was his fault, but there was nothing he was going to be able to do about it. He had caused it. In that moment, he thought of a number of things. The first of which was the reason why he did not call for backup as soon as he
In The Enemy's Lair II
Grover lay on his side, thinking about how he had probably broken a few ribs and how tired he felt. This fight had gone on seemingly forever. He knew they could not give up. But he had to admit that he was getting tired. He looked to Vladimir, who was unmoving with his face in the dust, and did not like the silence, which was only interrupted by the heavy breathing of the guard. If there was any consolation in this situation, it was the fact that the heavy breathing was an indication that the guard himself found them a worthy challenge and was also tired.Just as they finished fighting, as they lay in the dust, they heard a mighty sound as the wall behind them cracked. Grover mustered all his energy in time to see what had made that sound, and he noticed Vladimir also tried to do that, regardless of how tired he was. Not knowing what was beyond the wall, he did not like it that the man behind it had been fighting. He was excited about whoever was coming behind it and looked at it with
In The Enemy's Lair
Grover and Vladimir had been fighting the security person they had seen by the gate to the cave, and it looked like he was getting the better of them. In fact, he had begun gloating, teasing, and making fun of them about how weak they were despite being two and coming against him as a single person.Just as he thought that he had defeated the two, a loud yell came from deep inside the structure. When Grover heard it, it took a minute to sink in, and he then became excited because he would know this voice. Anyway, this was Krystal’s voice. Krystal was yelling that he was not going to agree to be used.“ Arggg!!! Leave me alone! I will win! I have already won! I will always win.“ He kept shouting these over and over again, warding off whatever entity it was that he was fighting, saying that he wouldn’t give up and he'd keep fighting. The more they listened to the exchange, the more they realized that he wasn’t fighting with someone outside of himself but with something on his inside. It
Battle At The Gates Of Doom II
Grover and Vladimir have been deployed by Shambala to go find Krystal and his father, rescue them, and bring them to safety while he and the rest of the guild had a face-off with the members of the organization at the gate. Aside from the unfortunate fellow who had seen them attempting to escape and had paid for it dealing with his life, no other person had seen or been accosted so far because of the chaos they had left at the gate. Grover did not think that they would intentionally make such a stupid decision as to drain the entire facility of its fighting force to only one location to fight an enemy.He thought that the decision to concentrate their entire fighting force in one location was born out of the mindset that they had never been attacked here and, with the exception of the members of the guild, might never have even been discovered at this location. Grover also thought of how it was such a good feeling. Nobody was lunging at him to take his life or were trying to fight wit
Battle At The Gates Of Doom
As soon as Grover noticed that the portal and the gates had started shutting them in, he quickly shouted, “Fight for the freedom of the five continents, oh ye men! This is a fight for the earth!”This charge, as innocuous as it sounded, was just the right encouragement that his comrades needed as they warded off their enemies with physical strength and artifact strength. They fought as though recharged by an invisible force.While he was fighting, Shambala found a way to distance his mind from the fight and then his thoughts. And as he did so, he realized something. That one, when the bell was rung earlier, had a code to it. One strike alone would have been a major indication that the barrier had been reached. Two strikes would have been a call for reinforcement, being that the intruders would be too strong. Three strikes were a summons for every possible fighting person in the structure to come out and join the reinforcement. And if that was the situation, it means that every single
The Gates Of Doom III
Open, open, mother of horror, and let the children come in. Kin or foe, you shall decide. For to kin your cleave and on foe you will feast. These words reverberated in Grover’s mind as he heard the crack of the opening of the Gates of Doom, and indeed, as they opened, he understood why they were known as the gates of hell. The others have been clearly amazed that the poem he heard in the atmosphere turned out to be the key, and as Shambala said the words, the gate opened. However, before they could jubilate, some figures flew out of the building, looking at them angrily; they did not look like they were pleased to see them.Obviously, since no one knew the location of the gates of doom, it was understandable that they had not had guests in a long time. Not like a place called the Gates of Doom would have many visitors at any rate. In Vladimir’s mind, as he looked at these figures, he quickly realized that this was where the battle was to begin. He only hoped that their fate did not e
The Gates Of Doom II
Following the suggestion by one of them, they fired at the barrier until a building started to reveal itself in bits as they hit it. And as they persisted, the whole building was shown to be a gate. At some point, no matter how hard they hit, the building wouldn’t budge but continued to reflect their energy against them. It’s only made him get tired faster.Shambala had come to the front of the company and was able, after some time, to interpret the inscription on the door. He voiced out the words in the old tongue and then translated them into their language as “the gates of doom." As if the literal meaning of the words was not terrifying enough, the horror on his face as he said those words made a chill run down the spines of his men. Some of them, who had invariably been to close the door, moved further away from it.Of course, they knew that they had no choice but to go in knowing that Krystal was in there, and they would not leave without him. Seeing these things only made them he
