Chapter 23
Shadow Magic
- The police force of Koya confronted the criminals roughly 40 minutes ago. Despite the confrontation only lasting for 32 minutes the police force suffered losses that are worth 8.3 billion aether coins. however, despite the financial loss, the police force was able to protect the citizens as the number of casualties was zero, and damage to the city of Seoul was minimal.
- tsk, Look at how they are trying to spin it when it’s clear that the only reason there are no casualties is because Saiko didn’t want to kill anyone –
- Well it’s true that they made her job easy by evacuating the area -
- She is just too soft –
Members of the followers of Vioarr argue among themselves as they watch the news report on their water tank full of octopi and surrounded by Lyrebirds.
As the followers of Vioarr are unable to use any electronics to avoid being detected by the world government, they are forced to use a complex system to spy on the outside world created by their leader.
Their leader created a hive mind between all living animals on the planet with himself at its center making it no exaggeration to call him the embodiment of nature itself.
Although the members are not part of this hive mind, they can use it to spy on the outside world using the eyes and ears of the animals in the outside world.
After an animal sees something of value such as the current news report they are watching, the information gets sent through the hive mind to the octopi and Lyrebirds.
These octopi have a remarkable ability to camouflage, they are able to change the color, shape, and texture of their skin making them able to mimic what the spying animal is seeing in great detail, while the Lyrebirds have the ability to mimic any sound they want making them able to replicate what the spying animal hears.
- Enough arguing I want to watch the fight –
They all look at their leader.
-But the fight is over –
One of the members responds with a questioning tone.
- not that fight, this fight –
The octopi and lyrebirds change to show Saiko creating what has to be 100s of feet tall block of ice and throwing it toward a glowing dot, only for the glowing dot to pierce through the block of ice like a bullet piercing through paper causing the block of ice to crack then shatter into four large chunks of ice.
-WHAT IS THAT ?-
Shouts one of the members.
- that is agent double 0-
The leader responds.
The four chunks of ice break apart into hundreds of ice spikes which fly toward the ball of fire.
The ball of fire doesn’t dodge nor slow down as ice spikes turn into blue fire once they come in contact with the ball of fire.
‘If water won’t work then maybe rocks’
Saiko reaches for a large boulder.
Argus comes out covering her arm and forming a giant arm letting her grab the boulder which she then throws at the ball of fire.
The boulder slams into the ball of fire and turns into white fire.
- Oh! Are we changing up our attacks I can do that –
Claus says mockingly and stops his pursuit then raises his arm.
The four golden blades point their gems at Saiko.
Saiko’s hair stands up and her whiskers scream at her at the impending danger.
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THUNDER
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RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE
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Four bolts of lightning erupt from the golden blades causing the earth to rumble and the sky to cry, blinding all watchers as the wrath of the divine strikes his most beloved.
- Don’t get carried away. You can’t interrogate her if she is dead. –
Sophia reprimands Claus through the aether channel.
- Don’t worry I am sure she is fine-
The blinding light fades to reveal Saiko still standing but with an unsteady posture as though she would fall at any moment.
- Okay, I admit, maybe I overdid it-
Claus admits.
She coughs up blood and then takes a deep breath as she corrects her posture and stands up straight.
INHALE
Her coat and clothes are burning and torn, smoke is rising from her skin as multiple lightning burn marks forcefully itched themselves all over her skin filling her nose with the smell of her own burnt flesh.
Blood drips down her mouth and neck from the internal organ damage she received.
The only reason she is still standing is Argus which was coating her nerves and vital organs, protecting them from the lightning.
Argus begins to come out of Saiko’s mouth, fingertips, and feet, then begins to coat her entire body and what’s left of her clothes to stop them from burning.
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~ OUT OF MY WAY YOU PIECES OF SHIT ~
Ken shouts at the members of the strike team after witnessing Saiko’s state after the lightning strike.
- as if we would let you go just because you asked-
A younger looking member of the strike team with the number “06” written on his chest retorts.
~ I. WAS. NOT. ASKING ~
Ken shouts as he points the demon sword forward.
The demon sword’s skull opens its mouth causing massive heat waves to erupt from it along with a loud shriek.
SHRIEEEEEEEEK
ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR
The demon sword roars loudly as it fires a massive beam of plasma causing three members of the strike team to be sent flying from the shockwave alone but it’s only the shock wave that reached them.
Ken looks puzzled at the beam of plasma that appears to stop right before hitting the oldest member of the strike team, the one with the number “01” written on his chest, Vice Leader Davis.
A wall of darkness stood between Davis and the plasma beam and seemed to swallow the plasma beam.
~shadow magic ~
Ken Says with a surprised tone.
The old dark elf nods at Ken.
- We did our homework properly. I am sure you will enjoy the preparations we made to capture all of you-
- I personally rather you die but the team leader wants you alive for some reason –
Jorden adds as he places his hand on the ground and it begins to turn into mud below Ken and begins to swallow him.
Ken raises the demon sword up making it fly and pull Ken out of the mud but mud tentacles come out of the ground and grab onto Ken to stop him.
Thinking quickly Ken applies a force to Jorden’s head causing it to jerk backwards and cause the mud to lose its grip on Ken.
Davis looks at Jorden who looked like he got punched by an invisible hand.
-hmm was it solid air magic? This wasn’t in the report. you are supposed to have an affinity with lightning magic and I didn’t see you use a grimoire-
~ no, I didn’t but I will now ~
Ken scrolls through his smart grimoire which he is making float with aether magic and picks a spell.
Multiple large rocks manifest above the members of the strike team and fall on them.
Jorden tries to raise a dome of clay to protect his teammates but gets interrupted by another force that pulls on his right foot causing him to fall after forming only the lower half of the dome causing him to trap his teammates under the falling rocks.
Davis raises a wall of darkness to block the rocks but as it only eats away energy and not matter it can only slow the rocks down and the strike team ends up getting buried alive.
-Good job you dealt with them quickly -
Rin congratulates Ken through their aether channel.
~ It’s not over yet ~
A few moments of silence continue before Multiple lava bullets fly at Ken but only barely miss him.
Ken had changed the direction of gravity waves around him in anticipation of an attack which caused the bullets to miss.
~Rin my glasses ~
-on it –
Rin adjusts Ken’s glasses making them sift through different light wavelength filters until it finds a wavelength that reveals the hidden strike team members.
~illusion magic too. You really did your homework well but it’s not good enough ~
-How did you know-
A female elf of the strike team with the number “07” written on her chest asks.
~ Your vice leader is a dark elf yet he used shadow magic instead of water magic to block the rocks even though shadow magic would be useless in that case. I was trying to force him to use water that was his only way to block the rocks at which point I was going to zap all of you with electricity using the water~
- impressive ability to strategize. You didn’t just plan your moves you planned mine and you took into account dark elves’ veneration of water magic into account as well-
Davis praises the young thief before shaking his head.
- It’s a shame that your talent is wasted on criminal activity-
‘I also wonder how he was able to make all the bullets miss him. I don’t think there is any magic I know that can do that’
Davis wonders to himself
~ I don’t need your pity, old man. I just need you to piss off ~
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- NO-
Daxia’s eyes grow wide as she watches lightning strike Saiko not once not twice but four times.
At the edge of her eyes, Daxia sees a blade slashing at her neck which she immediately dodges by taking a step backward moving out of the range of the Katana.
- You shouldn’t get distracted during a fight, evil eyes –
Zeva sneers at Daxia as she draws her Katana preparing for another slash.
A vein bulges out on Daxia’s forehead at the name but she doesn’t have the time to get angry she sees two other members aim their guns at her.
Daxia uses dokkaebi mask to bring the fourth member in front of her using his body to block the barrage of bullets.
-huh? –
The guy with the number “04” written on his chest exclaims in confusion as the bullets impact his back but his biomechanical armor protects him from the bullets.
-tsk I hoped that would reduce your number by 1 –
Daxia Says as she uses wind magic to push Agent 04 at Zeva to block her next slash.
-What was that? That wasn’t in the report-
One of the two members with the guns exclaims the number on his chest is “03”
-doesn’t matter. we already prepared to fight her without magic guess we just have to fight her without guns either which honestly, I prefer. -
Zeva says as she dodges Agent 04 and then rushes towards Daxia slashing at her vertically.
- I don’t have time for you. get out of my way –
Daxia says as she uses her sword to block Zeva's Katana Then her two pupils merge together into one which focuses the radiation to fire the radiation as a laser beam at Zeva.
Invisible to all but Daxia the radiation beam fires out of Daxia’s eyes and disperses once it hits Zeva’s armor.
- That’s useless. Our armor was modified to block your radiation –
Zeva sneers at the bounty hunter.
-tsk how annoying –