Shadow noises!
Several Shadows slowly transverse through the fissure, slowly marching towards the Bubble Universe and with it, towards Miranda. Their numbers are no joking matter as one has stated before and to make it worse, they seem to be increasing rapidly by the simple passage of time. Their numbers first round the twenties, but that changes the next very second, increasing to the thirties. Just like before, they are not lacking diversity at all and that includes both in appearance and strength however in the latter, they have reached the A rank realm, in fact, there are a few “familiar” faces. A Shadow Wolf, Shadow Chariot and a Shadow Bear, three types of shadows whose strength rounds the A rank realm but in the case of both the Shadow Bear and Shadow Wolf, they should disappear after a few long and slow hours. However, the other Shadows their strength varies far too much, from the lower realm of C rank towards the higher realm of B rank. While none of them compares to the strength of the girl, if this was the real world, they more that are spelling by themselves the doom of whoever or whatever they are about to invade. They are fiercely looking, horrifying and terrifying, their chaotic shapes not only in some scenarios don’t make sense at all but also seem to defy logic itself. The sheer appearance of them is enough to send down horror to those that are far too unfortunate enough to stare at such Defects of this world, ones that shouldn’t exist whatsoever.
Three digits have been reached.
It was in the time spam of fifteen seconds but exactly one hundred Shadows have crossed through the fissure and into the Bubble Universe. To make this an even a worse situation than initially thought is the fact that they simply keep on marching towards the universe with no end in sight whatsoever. Indeed, in this situation she needs to act fast as otherwise, the safety of this universe is at stake, something that none wishes to happen after all, the safety of his “lovely” protagonist is at stake. Luckily for the protagonist, the girl whose weapon is bigger than her size, she quickly notices that she can’t simply stand still and wait for all the Shadows to appear so that she could end all of them with a single but powerful swoop. No, their numbers are far too big and the fact that they seem to have no end, it makes this situation even trickier as if she wanted to end the miserable lives of all of these Defects with a single swoop, this entire area would be affected by the monstrosity of the action she would need to do or in other words, the terrifying spell or attack she would use.
But even if their numbers have now reached the two hundred, amidst all of them, appears the culprit for this invasion.
“A Shadow Lord… That explains why their numbers are so great and how they were able to invade this secluded Bubble Universe. While we are expecting them to appear, this is far too quick but with him, everything is explained.”
Shadows can and will appear everywhere and anywhere, it does not matter if its reality itself or in a Bubble Universe, they will find a way to appear and cause chaos with their undesired appearance. No one is safe from the cancer that is called “Shadows” however, in this case it’s nowhere near to the same extent as in the “real world”. Indeed, cancer is most noticeable and dangerous in the real world but somehow, it still was and is able to spread itself towards the Sea of The Universe and consequently, the endless Bubble Universes on it. But, unless they have some sort of help, a mere Shadow is unable to traverse the universes by itself, let alone forcefully enter one. This is where the Shadow Lords come in, an evolution of the Shadow, one that has a tremendous amount of strength and power to it but what makes it a being that should be feared by even S rank adventurers is the massive increase in intelligence. Ah yes, an evolution of the cancer but one that makes it even more deadly than normal because of it. These Shadow Lords not only can “fight” in a much more “human” manner, they can also command the Shadows beneath it, but in such a way that will make an average commander get down on his knees and bow to this Lord. It’s illogical how it happens but, they are that good after all, they are commanding troupes that should round the realm of ten thousand all by themselves and mind you, beings that have only one goal in their miserable lives. The girl has to eliminate this threat as otherwise, there is the possibility that thousands of Shadows will storm the Bubble Universe and if that happens, severe damage will be done to the universe itself as the only way to end such a threat is to use drastic matters.
Their numbers have reached three hundred.
She’s carefully inspecting a way to remove the fissure in the universe; however, it’s proving to be difficult. One of the conclusions that she was able to get was to simply eliminate the Shadow Lord after all, there is a massive chance he’s the culprit for such crime. However, she quickly sensed that he’s not the one that caused the crack in reality, let alone the one that is currently sustaining it. What can she do on this occasion? The answer is simple, either eliminate the fissure itself or find a way to close it. The plan is made up then, she has ways to accomplish both of them but the first one will require a massive usage of magic energy, nothing that she can’t do but with it, it can damage this area. She will have to close the fissure instead and afterwards, contact her Empress as unfortunately, this is a situation where she simply can’t resolve by herself. After all, if the culprit for this fissure is not here then that means she cannot dispose of him and with it, if she wants to accomplish her role as the reaper, she will have to traverse between the universes. But as one said, if something happens to the “path” while she’s traversing it, she might as well be suiciding herself. It’s that dangerous even for someone of her strength in fact, I doubt that my Hero could survive for long in the Sea of The Universe at least, without my help.
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“Argh!!!”
The Shadow Lord screams at the top of his lungs with a terrifying and ruptured eardrums shout. The shout easily propagated itself through the area, almost as if it’s a closed space from how it seemed to echo not only that, the entire place shook with it showing off the tremendous power but also weight behind his “shout”. It wasn’t a shout but instead his way of giving orders to more than a thousand Shadows and while they might not be all of them in the Bubble Universe, the shout is powerful enough to traverse through the “path” and into the other side. The order was simple: dispose of the fool that is far too ignorant to dare to stand in front of their crusade or more so that dares to be an objector of their goal. This Shadow Lord is something that should only belong to imagination, stories, tales told by the bards. The shape of that Defect is similar to a humanoid, a chaotic one as it’s only a resemblance of such. It’s far taller than a normal human, reaching the 2 meters and 50 centimetres mark and the same can be said about the general width and length of him. His hands are large and chaotic, with an ever-changing shape to it but with enough consistency to resemble the “hands” of a reptile, all thanks to the massive claws it has, ones that mind you, could tear apart the torso of a human with ease, causing a gruesome scene with it as not even an A rank adventurer could withstand such tear. Indeed, he would be divided in roughly five parts being that, two of them are the majority of the body while the other three are only a slice of such, one that resembles a slice of meat that was perfectly butchered by the masters of the butcher world.
The same can be said about his body, a chaotic ever-changing form that is, if we exclude the “armour” he has. Ah yes, once the evolution was completed, the Shadow body has gained a material form and, in this occasion, it is roughly 70% of the body. The colours of them have also changed slightly, with a few shades of a dark blue throughout the entire body, exactly where the chaotic nature of the Defect happens. In a sense, it’s comparable to the Crystal Royal Knights but, without looking royal at all in this case, it might as well be called as the Fallen Shadow Knight. Its entire head is covered by a helmet, one that has the shape of a beast, akin to a “Dragon” but that it’s only a mere resemblance of course. Underneath the helmet his head is ever chaotic, it’s clearly visible the magical body underneath it however, his eyes even though it follows the same pattern, the dark blue shade of it is something that will captivate those that dare to stare at him. Not in the same way as my Hero likes to say about the girl’s golden eyes instead on this case, the captivation comes from the sheer dread it will make those that look at it feel, hypnotizing them in such a way that fear itself takes control of the whole body, forcing them to stay still in awe but more so as a mechanism of defence. If I don’t move, maybe he won’t see me. The thought from a weakling but in this case, it’s understandable so.
The complete and utterly opposite of the normal Shadows, this Shadow Lord as a weapon within the grasp of one of his hands. If before thanks to his tremendous power he could send a kingdom into chaos by itself, with said weapon then, only a pure and utterly bloodbath would result as it would even consume all the destruction he would cause. Indeed, the difference would be so grave that anyone wouldn’t be able to miss the path of blood he left behind. The entire walls of the intact buildings would be painted anew, with a coat of red, a dark red colour. A small lake would be formed in the kingdom plaza, one that is contaminated by debris, dirt and of course the corpses however the latter one, it’s the exact reason for why such a dark shade of red colours the lake. A waterfall would descend down the set stairs that are present through the entire kingdom after all, the higher class and the king themselves need to live in higher grounds so that they can not only be a top of those beneath them but also closer to the gods. A charade with no evidence of such, it’s merely a way for humans to be despicable with each other but thanks to this, a red waterfall gently descends down those stairs. Yes, a gentle one as its consistency is much “thicker” than water itself. All thanks to the simple fact that this Shadow Lord has a weapon with him. But what type of weapon would allow for such a scene to be created?
It’s quite simple but in the hands of such a Defect, even a small knife could achieve this gruesome scene.
