Engaging back with the beast, the team were a bit weary of dancing around with the beast.Krystal who wanted to proof a point suddenly created a huge shadow blade and took off the head of the beast and the body of the beast thudded on the ground as it dropped dead.The rest of the team looked at each other, at least they have killed the beast for now.“Do not relax lads that beast Krystal just killed will revive even stronger,” Shambala informed them as he noticed they were feeling relaxed after the beast dropped dead.A minute later just as Shambala had just said, the beast revived and they had to fight it again, this time the beast had new features and discover that Shambala was serious about it coming back stronger. The beast was not holding back as it used its tentacles to wrap Krystal tossing him away time after time causing him more injuries than the others because he was the weakest. Vladimir crossed over to where his hammer was and grabbed it immediately, summoning a wave of
The injuries were becoming worse as they kept on fighting with each revival of the beast. Krystal was the first to get injured and it was serious that he had to stop fighting the beast.Vladimir and Shambala were the ones now left to face the beast.Seeing Krystal limp away from the fight, Grover got distracted from calling the Raven spirit and wanted to help, but Shambala yelled at him telling him to focus or they were all going to die. “Do you want us to die? Go back to concentrating on getting that Raven to come to our aid,” Shambala yelled.“Okay Sensei,” Grover replied as he went back on the flat rock and crossed his legs to keep meditating.The group were scared seeing the expression on Shambala's face, they had never seen him so serious even when battling very strong enemies.Grover had no other choice but to concentrate on calling the Raven. Grover was focusing his energy on getting a connection with the Raven spirit at least when the spirit of the Heart of Malcoda appeared be
Krystal and Vladimir were now injured, so the only person who was able to fight the beast now was Shambala who was looking very serious.The beast was now able to channel all its strength on one target being Shambala, it pounce on the ground severally trying to smash Shambala but he was too quick for him.Plus the others were also helping by telling him that the beast was about to do this or that in circumstances he could not see what the beast was up to.The beast could not even land a blow on Shambala and neither could he as he was more of evading than attacking.Shambala was trying to wear out the beast as he was dancing around it still making sure the beast could not reach him either grabbing him or hitting him, so he does not sustain any injury.“Come on you foul beast!” Shambala shouted as he got angrier at the beast.“That is the spirit Sensei. Do not let that abomination of a creature get you," Vladimir said under his breathe as he was weak and could barely stand.Shambala gave
Grover was very annoyed with how the fight was turning out and felt that his uselessness was at its peak. All his attempts to summon the Raven had fallen on deaf ears as though water off a ducks back. It was as good as a power that could not be accessed.What use was he if he couldn’t harness the power of his artifact to rescue his team and complete their arduous journey? He couldn’t even begin to imagine the implications of being defeated by this beast. A lot depended on him and Krystal.The angrier he got, the more he lost focus. He tried yelling at the Raven Spirit to emerge, but it wouldn’t budge. He tried harnessing his inner mind and its strength, and even tried a harnessing technique he learned growing up, but nothing yielded any result.""I cannot fail, he thought. I cannot. My team depends on me. The work depends on me. And my self-worth depends on me! Ah!!!It seemed Shambala was already giving up on Grover and his ability to summon the Raven. But determined to give his life
Looking at the back, Shambala saw Krystal walking forward with determination in her eyes. He seemed almost oblivious to his injuries and the pain he had previously experienced. His steps, as he marched forward, seemed abnormal. Even for him. “Krystal!” …. He yelled at the top of his voice as he approached him. “Krystal, hold on. We need to sit back and strategize. Figure out a long-term plan for the beast’s seeming invincibility. We need…”He suddenly halted because he was not even stopping to listen to what he was saying. He didn’t even appear to see him. Only likely to see through him.All his efforts to dissuade Krystal, saying that what he was about to do was dangerous as he was already gravely injured and vulnerable, went unanswered.Vladimir, seeing the attempts made by Shambala, realized that something else was up. He had never even seen Shambala speak so many words all at once in quick succession.Shambala was really a man of few words. Vladimir decided he would pitch in to h
Valdimir turned to see Grover back on his feet: He was desperate in his movements; sitting, standing, squatting and even jumping. Anything that might work.Grover had gotten up in shock seeing how fiercely Krystal was fighting. He was suffering several injuries, but pressed on regardless. He fought like a man at the edge of a crevice; fighting hard to stand strong. But weren’t they all?Grover and Vladimir shared a glance at each other and then in unison they looked at Shambala, as though pleading with him to intervene. Their silent looks pleading with the powerful man to intervene.“Is there anything that can be done to stop him while I try to master my artifact?” “None”, he replied grimly. “He has to either successfully stop himself, or die trying to kill the beast who will only rise stronger and smarter.”Grover noted the grim look on Shambala’s face as answered them that there was nothing he could do. That was very unlike him. But then again these were very strange circumstance
Krystal heard himself talk as though out of his body. It sounded like someone else had spoken near him. However, his consciousness was returning so he knew for sure that it had been him who had yelled.He had lost energy and crashed to his knees, but now he felt a sudden surge of energy flood every part of his being. His mind, and his soul were strengthened.And he couldn’t quite place his finger on it just yet, but then it occurred to him. He felt this strong because he had finally become all that he could be at this current level of power.He had faced the battle that has in the past brought several other comrades to their knees, and yet he had won. Everyone watched as Krystal mustered himself to stand up. His knees had felt like he had shattered every single bone in them when he fell and yet here he was being able to stand and staunchly support his frame. His eyes which had first developed a keen glint and then eventually turned a bright shade of red once again got altered. They
The fight between Krystal and the beast started and for the first time since they encountered the creature, it was at a position of disadvantage. Blow for blow, power for power and raw energy at the highest possible peak. The speed they fought with was so unreal it was difficult to catch their movements at times. This phase of fighting made the earlier confrontations seem like nothing more than a joke. The ability was unfathomable. It would have been impossible to tell that this battle had been going on for several hours.Even the beast seemed to sense that something had changed with Krystal, but since it wasn’t the sort to give up, it continued to fight. Krystal came at the beast with so much force that it tumbled to the ground and Donna back the hole that had been created earlier in the fight by Shambala and Vladimir.The beast gave a swipe at Krystal which would ordinarily have knocked him off his feet and drain his strength, but Krystal simply got out of the range of the animal