Shadow looked around at all the humongous trees and verdant greenery that surrounded him, in this forest he felt like an ant. This land felt teeming with life and magical energy. Much different than what he felt on Earth. Shadow knew this must be another realm, but from what Jin told him, this couldn’t be the Devil Realm.
He summoned 30 fallen from the Void and sent them off in groups to look for Jin.
But there was no sign of him anywhere.
‘Maybe he ended up somewhere else.’ Shadow then felt an earthquake and 3 of his Fallen disappear. He recalled the others then turned invisible and rushed to the area where he last felt their presence.
‘Oh shit.’
Shadows eyes grew wide as he looked up towards a Giant Warrior the size of a skyscraper. He was bald with a big bushy brown beard and wore pelts for clothing while leaving his chest exposed. The Giants eyes glowed a bright red like the Hydra.
Shadow saw a crater the size of the Giants fists in the ground beneath its feet.
‘Well at least I know what happened to my guys.’
Shadow then sprinted up the side of the Giants body and slit its throat with lightning speed.
The Giant clutched its throat and fell to the ground as a river of blood poured from its neck.
Shadow promptly turned the Giant into another Fallen.
He looked at it with pride. ‘Jin is going to go crazy when he sees this guy.’
The world around him began to tremor, Shadow recalled the Giant Fallen and turned invisible. He saw trees being knocked down in the distance and the tremor had turned into a mighty shake.
Shadow watched and waited for the enemies to appear. From the trees.
Suddenly one of the humongous trees was cut down in a single strike and came falling to the ground.
A group of 8 Giants came out, all were wearing pelts of assorted colors and had different hairstyles. But only 3 of them were armed. Their weapons looked primitive with plain steel and brown leather wrapped handles, but their size made them intimidating.
One wielded a large sword, this Giant had black tribal tattoos covering its arms and was missing an eye. He had a matted brown mohawk, and his beard was braided with gold rings.
The 2nd was covered in scars, Shadow wondered what monster was able to create wounds that big on the Giant. He wielded a battle axe in each hand. This Giant looked wilder, and his face was covered in black tribal tattoos. His brown hair was down to his shoulders and unkempt along with his long bushy beard.
The last Giant looked old and more well-groomed with long silver hair and a great big silver beard. He was wearing a long black robe and the hood covered his head. The weapon of this Giant was a brown wooden staff that had a blue orb at the tip, magical energy was visibly coming from it.
The Giants spoke to each other in a deep grumbling voice, but their language was unknown and nothing like Shadow had ever heard before.
The Giant with a sword shouted something and the other 5 Giants dispersed into the surrounding forest.
Shadow smiled from underneath his cloak of invisibility. ‘So, the hunt begins.’
At an unprecedented speed, Shadow followed the Giants and dispatched them as easily as the first.
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The trio of Giants grew worried as they heard their comrades fall in the distance and shake the world around them. It was like a game of dominos as each Giant fell one by one.
He would have to wait to resurrect them otherwise he would draw the attention of the others and Shadow felt a strong power come from the remaining Giants, so he was taking extra caution before engaging them.
After slaying the last Giant, he returned to the others and prepared to attack using the toxic sword.
The robed Giant held his staff to the sky and spoke in their unknown language.
A blue pulse was emitted and undid Shadows invisibility.
‘That’s not good.’
The Giants immediately spotted him and the one with the sword attacked first as the robed one began chanting.
The speed of the Giants sword was incredible and came crashing down into Shadow. Shadow bounced off the ground and blood spurted from his masked mouth.
His armor prevented it from being a killing blow, but the damage was still significant.
Shadow activated the ability of Draconic speed, and the Giants were unable to see his movements now as he jumped on top of the Giants sword before he could raise it fully. Then he used the momentum to jump from the sword and plunge straight through the Giants throat.
He tried to attack the Giant wielding the axes, but the Giant blocked the attack and flung Shadow into the side of a nearby tree.
The Berserker Giant threw one of his axes at Shadow while he was recovering, it was as if a semi-truck was going 90 miles an hour towards him as the gigantic axe headed in his direction.
But with the activation of Draconic speed, everything seemed to be moving so much slower to him. He got up, dodged the axe, and went to raise the dead Giants.
The ghostly Giants were raised as quickly as Shadow had killed them, managing to even raise the one that wielded the sword. It was now 7 against 2.
The Berserker became enraged at seeing this kind of magic being used on his comrades. He started to seep with red energy and Shadow felt as if a weight was put on his chest.
The robed Giant had finished chanting and that’s when Shadow figured out what happened, he was casting a spell to buff the Berserker.
2 of the Giants grabbed the Berserker and he commanded the others to go for the Mage Giant.
His Fallen Giants were killed as soon as they approached the Berserker, he was now as fast as Shadow but with triple the strength. But his attacks were wide and predictable now.
The Fallen Giant pierced through the chest of the Mage with his steel sword. But before the Mage died, he uttered one last phrase and a glowing red runic symbol appeared over the Berserkers head.
The Berserker shouted and all his veins began to pulse with energy glowing bright red underneath his skin.
The Berserker recovered the axe he threw and jumped into the air then crashed down into 2 of the Giants and sliced them completely in half.
The Fallen with the sword swung at the Berserker, but the Berserker parried the blow and swung wildly. The Fallen barely managed to block the flurry of strikes, with each one he blocked he was being pushed back.
But in the Berserkers focus on that Fallen, he neglected the last Fallen Giant that was behind him that had Shadow on his shoulder. The jumped onto the Berserkers back and put him in a headlock, Shadow jumped onto the Giant and plunged his sword into its head, then the other Fallen stabbed him through the stomach.
The Berserker continued to thrash despite the wounds, Shadow was knocked from its head and back to the ground and the other Fallen was thrown from the Berserkers back.
The last Fallen pushed his sword further into the Berserker and raised him to the sky.
The Berserker vomited blood and dropped its axes, the red glow faded from its veins turned black and its skin pale.
The Fallen dropped the Berserkers body back to the ground and it shook the ground. He then knelt before where Shadow was standing.
It was an odd sight, such a colossal being kneeling before someone that was the size of an ant in comparison.
Shadow gave him a thumbs up then recalled the remaining 2 Giants to the Void.
He approached the corpse of the Berserker and tried to raise it but felt resistance. Shadow closed his eyes and held out his hand then emitted a stronger force from the Void.
It was like a game of Tug of War, but Shadow could feel the Berserker start to give in. Finally, the Fallen emerged with a loud roar and blast of void energy.
This Fallen looked different from the others, it was a being of pure black but its eyes still glowed blue like the others. This Fallen knelt like the others and Shadow still felt awkward, so he just gave it a thumbs up like the last and recalled it to the Void.
He took a few steps but was stopped by the appearance of a portal that appeared in front of him. Lightning bolts cracked out of it and Jin blocked them with his sword, then he saw a dark figure start to emerge from it and readied for another fight.
‘Time to meet the bastard who sent me here.’ Shadow held a dagger in each hand then turned invisible.