1940: Dark and Shadow

Dark and Shadow

"Aaaaahhhh!" The fox screamed in pain. Although most injuries were shallow due to his strong fur and skin, some of them still penetrated quite deeply into his body. Judging from its look, it seemed that there were three deep wounds, two on his tail and one on his right arm.1

The Dark King knew which one was strong, so he actually concentrated his attack on that area. He wanted to challenge his best abilities head-on.

However, the Dark King also had one worry. The chameleon had been hiding by using his mimicry, so he had to be wary of his existence.

Like Rea, the chameleon might sneak up on him and deliver a powerful blow that would overturn the situation.

Of course, this would only happen if the Dark King was alone. He was actually accompanied by his wife, the ruler of the shadow.

The Shadow King's eyebrows suddenly twitched and turned to the right. A single wave of her hand controlled the shadow of all objects in that area.

There were a total of seventeen shadows that emerged from the ground and turned into a thread that seemed to be capturing something.

"There!" The Shadow King smiled. Her ability was Shadow, so she could easily follow the shadow's movement.

Still, the chameleon was a King Class Monster as well. He managed to completely cover his shadow while using his mimicry. So, the Shadow King shouldn't be able to find him.

However, the chameleon's Order wasn't related to the mimicry ability. So, he completely forgot that his mimicry had one big weakness. This weakness didn't really matter if his opponents were any other people.

But as the ruler of the shadow, the Shadow King could feel the weight on her shadow. Even if he could reflect the light, the chameleon still had to step on the ground.

So, the Shadow King easily found him and captured him.

Using this chance, the Dark King formed a sword in his hand. He didn't use his big form since Theo had told him that there would be a bigger chance for him to become an Authority Level Figure if he helped them while using this form.

Although he didn't have the giant figure and explosive power, the Magic Power contained in this body was far more massive since he didn't need to use some of them to maintain the giant body.

The moment the Dark King waved his sword toward the captured chameleon, a huge sword strike ran through the ground.

The sword strike was forty feet tall and it razed everything to the ground.

The humanoid stone suddenly appeared between the sword strike and the chameleon. He raised both hands and used the soil to reinforce his entire body.

"Haaa!" The humanoid rock roared as he received the sword strike with his body.

The black sword strike turned the sky dark for a moment. The clash even produced a shock wave that blasted all the trees, dust, and rocks around him, turning the woods into a complete wasteland.

*Boom!*

Unfortunately, the sword strike ended up losing too much energy and used the rest to explode to cause more damage. But it didn't manage to slice through the humanoid monster.

When the dust settled down, they could see the humanoid rock managed to stand without any injury. It was clear that his body was strong enough to handle this strike.

"…" The Dark King furrowed his eyebrows before turning around, seeing the spider release his thread.

The Shadow King was the one to make her move. She summoned more shadows and used them to receive the thread, so they were the ones captured instead of him. But the spider seemed to be more special than she thought.

All her shadow somehow melted to the ground. When she took another look at the shadow, she realized the thread contained a powerful poison that could even melt her shadow. Even the ground that the shadow touched wasn't spared.

The Shadow King looked at this ability and said, "I'll take care of the spider and the chameleon. You handle the other two."

"Oi, oi. The fox is already injured here, I want to fight the fresh one." The Dark King smirked. "I'll handle the rock and the spider."

"So, you want to let the fox cut my shadow?"

"Is that a problem?" The Dark King smirked.

"Suit yourself. If I defeat them first, you're sleeping outside for ten years. Is that a problem?" The Shadow King returned his question right back at him.

The Dark King wanted to chuckle, but he only smiled since people were watching. "Remind me of the past. Gotta kill these two quicker then."

The Dark King and the Shadow King smiled.

Rea was completely speechless when she heard their conversation. They truly had a world of their own. Even the enemies couldn't interrupt them since they were feeling some pain after receiving their attacks.

More importantly, Rea recognized their relationship and their synchronized action.

'Dark and Shadow. Two similar powers that complement each other…' Rea narrowed her eyes. She realized that the Dark King and the Shadow King used their elemental advantage and the enemy's confusion to injure that fox.

And by using that ability, they could see the enemies' capabilities, which allowed them to pick their own opponents. The shadow worked on the chameleon, so the Shadow King picked the chameleon and the spider. But since the Dark King was strong, he took on the spider instead, allowing his wife to have an easier time.

"Aba!" Syk suddenly tugged Rea's arm.

"Huh?" Rea turned to him, confused. She truly didn't understand what Syk wanted to say.

But Syk pointed at his father with his right hand and his mother with his left hand. He then clapped his hands as if trying to merge them together. "Aba!"

Somehow Rea could understand him. It might be a coincidence, but Syk seemed to be telling her that her abilities were like his parents.

But instead of two embodiments that kept clashing, they should be in harmony. And the harmony was like Syk.

No, Rea should be Syk, the one that harmonized the two embodiments.

"Is that possible?"

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