Within the grasp of his despicable right hand is a spear of some sort, one that has the same appearance as its holder. The shape of it is ever chaotic as it’s made purely of magic, one that seems sturdy enough to defy logic itself. Indeed, sturdy enough that allows for such a foul beast to hit something without destroying it but also without bending it or changing the already chaotic nature of it. Somehow, it’s taller than the user itself, with roughly 3 metres of length being that, a massive 1 meter is the blade itself. Illogical for such a blade to be so long however, this is a Defect of the world, no wonder such barbaric and illogical weapon belongs to him. However, this spear is the very reason for why such a gruesome, cruel and crude scene would happen and since the world is far too weak for such a monstrosity of a beast, this scene would repeat itself until either a brave group of adventurers were able to stop him or if my Hero stood against such foul beast. In the latter, the Defect has no chance against him. But in the current situation, while the Shadow Lord is far weaker than the girl, the fact that she cannot use powerful spells or attacks, it provides her with an added challenge that she has to quickly overcome.
Indeed, in this short time spam four hundred Shadows have swarmed the area.
“I will have to ignore everyone and focus on closing the fissure. Otherwise, I might as well fight the entire “division” by myself but also here.”
Something that she does not want at all. Not only is it a massive waste of time, she will have to use powerful spells to be able to decimate ten thousand and in such a case, she will end up destroying this entire area and most potentially damage the rest of the other areas. Indeed, ten thousand Shadows is not a small number at all in fact, they couldn’t fit in here. Then, what’s the best course of action for her? She can dash directly towards the fissure but with close to five hundred Shadows in front of her, not only she will put herself in reach for some despicable foul being to grasp her, it won’t be easy at all for her to “dodge” all of them and reach the fissure in the process. Instead, she could slice any Defect that is in front of her but in this case, it will take her some time as she simply has no means to safely decimate all of them with a single swoop. No, there is another option and one that she quickly decided to go through.
Step!
It will be much faster and easier for her to simply go around all of them. They still are grouped together. Not much time has passed and because of it, while their numbers are still growing, it hasn’t allowed them to disperse and consequently occupy a large area. Though, this is not the only reason for such as the Shadows are only appearing from one side of the fissure meaning that, behind said fissure there isn’t a single Defect present and that simple fact will allow for her to temporarily close the fissure. The Shadows the moment they see their prey, they quickly change their attitudes. However, if the Shadow Lord didn’t order them to devour the one that dares to stand in their way, they would simply stay put, eagerly waiting for orders from their master. Since the order was aggressively issued into the Defects, none dares to defy it or in other words, the hundreds of Shadows quickly run up towards the girl, desperate to consume her magic energy. They are vicious as they are doing so and thanks to the sheer number, the entire area is shaking with the “footsteps” of the Defects. This scene would easily intimidate even the strongest army out there in the real world but to this girl, to this lone individual, such a horrifying scene seems to not bother her at all.
Groar!
They are loud to the point it could be heard kilometres from where they are but thanks to how this Bubble Universe is divided in “areas”, said mortifying sound is contained within the area they are in. And the same can be said about the “shaking”. With a simple dash she gets moving however, she goes roughly towards the edge of the fissure. There is a reason for this after all, if she goes far too wide, it will allow for the Shadows to disperse, hindering her job because of it. Instead, since the fissure has roughly 30 meters of width, roughly half of that is what she needs to “walk” towards either side as she’s close to the middle point. A coincidence but one that ended up working to her favour. Rather than slicing through the Shadows that might be in her path, it’s faster for her to simply dodge them and that’s something she does and mind you, quite easily. She’s elegant as she does so, not a single sound can be heard from her, indicating a degree of elegance with it but more so a mastery of movement. She’s not slow by any means as in five seconds she was able to get behind the fissure and it would’ve taken her less time if she hadn’t to dodge any Defects while doing so. Indeed, they are vicious as they see their prey walking towards its death, making their lives easier in the process. Or so they thought but since it’s known that they don’t think whatsoever, the reason for why they smile with such a despicable smile on their faces is simply because their feeble instincts believe their meal is about to be consumed by them. With their magical claws they try to slice through her slender arm. With their sharp magical teeth, they try to take a bit out of her tender body. With their magical legs they try to stomp on her. With any possible means they have, they try their luck but they all fail miserably almost as if she could see their own movements before they even made them. She’s able to do so thanks to Magic Sense as by using that simple but extremely effective skill, she can instantly know what those Defects might do. The reason is quite easy to grasp, each time they attack their magic usage shots upwards for the time spam of the attack however, it’s quite noticeable what “body part” they will be using as said part will have the most magic. There was no need for her to decimate any of them as somehow, it seems the goddess of luck is on her side. For whatever reason that can explain their uncoordinated actions, somehow, they ended up opening a path for her, one that is basically straight, or close to it.
Magic noises!
She’s right behind the fissure and that’s known to every one of those Defects, including the Defect Lords. However, he’s underestimating her and that’s why he allows her to do what she needs to do. An imbecile, a complete and utterly fool that even though it has gained some intelligence, he still is far too ignorant to know how to use it. The reason is simple as the girl’s current magic level is roughly at A- rank, far, far below his S rank. “What can someone as weak as her do to the fissure? Nothing of course.”. The thought of a fool. She extends her slender left arm towards the fissure, gently touching it with only the tips of her fingers, more so her index, middle and ring finger. From there, she runs along the fissure, always with those fingers touching it, removing only once she reaches the end. At the tip of those fingers magic can be sensed but not seen by the naked eye. Indeed, it’s her speciality, her personal magic that is within the realm of Black Magic. From those fingers something akin to a needle and thread is created, a needle that “stabs” the top of the fissure followed by the bottom and of course, the thread follows said movement of the needle. This is done throughout the entirety of the fissure not only that, the spaces between each “stabbing” are roughly 50 or so centimetres meaning that, this action of hers happens a few times.
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They are all oblivious to what she did but the moment she grasps her hand, they are forced to witness the consequences of their inactivity.
Magic noises!
It was a simple movement of hers but one that accomplished what she desired. She brought her left hand towards herself, gently doing so but it’s noticeable even to the naked eye that there was some resistance to that simple movement. Indeed, she’s slowly putting pressure on the thread by slowly pulling it towards herself and once her hand was at around chest level, by closing it in a swift action, the fissure was closed in that instant. The thread is not small by any means however, thanks to the material of which it’s made of, it seems to be invisible to the naked eye. It’s something akin to glass, one that seems to be as transparent as the cleanest water, one that allows anyone to see whatever might be underneath it. But even though glass is fragile, in this scenario, it seems to be able to withstand forces that are far above the tons. This is thanks to the magic present on it but more so the quantity of magic used when it was created. A simple fact to explain but its usage is nowhere near simple, quite the opposite. The fissure has been closed and with it, no more of those Defects have traversed to this universe nor they can do so. It would be good for everyone in the world for those that were between the universes to be left drifting in the Sea of The Universe but since the “door” was closed instead of “disappearing” what can and most probably will happen is that those foul beasts will hit a “wall”. A shame, but with this perfectly executed plan of hers, “only” five hundred Shadows were able to enter this area. Not a small number and with the simple passage of time, they will overpopulate this entire area as it’s far too small for that many despicable beings to be in one place or in other terms-
It’s time to battle.
“Let’s see how you will act, Shadow Lord.”
Her voice is cold but calm and stoic, in fact, I doubt any of these Defects were able to listen to her because of it, let alone understand what the words that came out of her mouth means. However, while the Defect Lord was not able to hear nor understand what she said, what she just did on the other hand, it’s something that he can understand quite well. Indeed, he underestimated her to no end, all because her magic energy was in the A rank realm but after what she did, it increased to the lower realm of S- rank. Still weaker than him but, in the span of a few mere seconds she has become a visible threat, enough that he simply can’t ignore her. Though, the same cannot be said about the lesser foul beasts as those are still eager to devour her by entirety and now that her magic energy has reached the S rank realm, their desire for consumption has only increased almost to the point they might ignore the orders of their master.
“What are you all doing!? Devour her!”
An incomprehensible sound from the Shadow Lord, one that is so despicable that would force a poor soul to cover its nonexistent ears so that it couldn’t listen to the sound. An atrocity to any musician that is far too unfortunate enough to listen to such trash as said sound destroys any logic that music has whatsoever. A sin that even reaches the realm of the gods from how loud it was. The Defect Lord shouts towards the girl, at least that is what it seems to her and to everyone that would be there but, reality is often deceptive meaning that, to the Shadows he actually did enforce an order with said shout. He screams at all of those five hundred Shadow to get moving, to destroy the girl that is intervening with their crusade. It didn’t take too long for them to react upon such orders and in fact, they do so eagerly and “happily”. I can’t say if they truly are happy for doing what was asked of them to do or if they are happy to be able to consume such a nice meal. Whatever the reason might be, they quickly act upon such orders.
Shadow noises!
The fissure is closed, not destroyed or removed but closed. Though because of this, it’s no longer physical meaning that anyone and anything can go through it without actually entering it. It’s somewhat visible, more so thanks to the glass threads but also thanks to how it’s disturbing reality itself in that area. It’s something akin to a broken mirror, one where the reflection of the light behaves differently compared to the rest of the area around it, making it somewhat perceptible to those that have the perception “skill” a level higher than normal. The Shadows march-no, they run towards the girl, quickly closing the small distance that they have with her. Yet, she simply stays still, carefully watching those that are far too much of a fool to defy her, too much of an ignorant that dares to oppose her and of course, far too much of a brain-dead to actually challenge her Empress. She’s ready for battle, her pose says so but more so how she tightly grasps the scythe on her right hand, ready to enforce its laws upon the ones that dare to challenge it. Indeed, the reaper is about to “get” to work. The Shadows run towards her however, thanks to the noticeable differences between them, appearance and strength, the difference in speed at which they do so is quite evident. Only a couple of Shadows, ones that are similar to a canine but also a few that have humanoid characteristics are the first ones to reach the girl while the vast majority of the rest have yet to catch them. In this case, the Shadow Wolf is one of the Shadows that closes the distance quickly.
Slash!
While their numbers don’t compare to the “army”, they still are a comfortable twenty or so of them. Their strengths vary from the low C- rank up to the A rank realm and yet again because of this massive difference, those of higher strength are the first ones to attack, leaping at her with intentions of biting her, slicing her into several parts by using their sharp and far too long claws, ready to rip apart her limbs and of course, ready to bite her head off in a gruesome and cruel way. Although, surprisingly enough, the Shadow Wolf, the strongest one, stays still, carefully watching what will unfold. Five of them leap at her in union, almost as if they work together flawlessly but in reality, their desires simply acted roughly at the same time. Their chaotic mouths are wide open ready to bite her, their chaotic sharp teeth are ready to tear apart her and for last, their chaotic and long claws are ready to help them out achieve their dreams. Indeed, they are only dreams as with a simple but quick movement of hers, she slices all of them in union, one that is so perfect that these defects could only wish to be able to achieve it. Nothing was left behind, she was so accurate that she perfectly sliced through their cores and since the blade of her scythe is beyond sharp, it was able to achieve this easily. But while these five Shadows have suffered their eminent demise, fifteen of them are still breathing, ready to indulge in their desires to consume her by whole. However, their teamwork is even worse somehow to the point that the majority leap at her at once, hitting each other mid-air and consequently, destabilizing themselves while doing so. Because of this display, she was “only” able to eradicate ten of them and she had to do three actions to do so. It would’ve been much easier for her if she could stay in one place and simply wait for them to attack her so that with a powerful swop, she could strike them but since they don’t work well together, it has forced her to not only move, but also do several actions so that she could end their miserable lives.
