Evolving Infinitely From An E-Class Hero-Chapter 48: Shadow Girl

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Three blast, three canons destroyed.

I saw Sherman head draw back in disbelief to my sheer speed and intellect.

I immediately descended in front of the heroes to act as their shield and sword, no one in this strike team was dying tonight.

"Ahem..."

I adjusted my throat to speak up, it seemed at the moment that Sherman wasn’t planning on letting out another attack so I decided I’d share a word with him.

"Stay where you are Sherman... I will eliminate you..."

I said firmly as I spread out my palm with my outstretched arm pointing towards his throne.

Just then, Sherman began to chuckle softly. His innate voice was deep so even something as small as a chuckle felt like the roar of a lion.

"Ha ha ha..."

"Since my decend to this planet, I haven’t come across anyone who was worthy of my attention — until now."

He said as he rested his head on his knuckles.

"You intrigue me, you were a puny, weakling a second ago and now you exhume the aura of a million soldiers... How did you do it?"

I remained quiet.

Shriing.

The Destructive Domain released and the Forever Pikes found their way back into my armor.

"Tell me... Hero... "

"What is your name so that I remember it after I have killed you?..."

Killed me, didn’t he just say I was the strongest he’d ever seen since he came to earth. If arrogance was a person.

I took a commanding step forward.

"I am Reno Renly, E-Class hero."

I said firmly.

"Tch! I don’t consine myself with your punny ranking systems human!"

"I am Sherman... General and Grand Commander of the High Orc army and I have come to take this planet for my species!"

Shhhhhrr.

I dragged my feet across the ground as I dropped into a fighting stance.

"I suppose you’ll die now."

"Idiot, that’s my line..."

My gauntlet fired up and a blast of golden pulse erupted and tore through the air making its way to Sherman’s throne.

Boom!

Just before it could hit him, an explosion erupted just before his eyes. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

My attack had hit something else.

"Incinerate..."

"Ohhh! Your attacks can never make it to me... As long as I have this invisible electrical shield. Nothing is touching me."

He said with triumph etched in his voice.

I understood it now, he controlled everything from that throne of his so he had no need to get up and fight me physically. A long distance fighter with his abilities is lethal on every front.

"Tch! Coward..." I blurted out.

"Why don’t you come here and we both can see who’ll die first... You hiding behind that electric shield, I will tear it down and come for you" I squeezed my wrist and gritted my teeth as I glared at him.

Sherman leaned forward and with a flick of his wrist, his Orcs yelled out with a battle cry which insinuated that they were about to attack.

They were lots of them, a hundred maybe more. But, they were all coming towards us like a tsunami.

Bam!

Grit.

"Tch!"

I smashed my arms together and a series of cannons manifested from my gautlet. They charged up with golden lint in their mouths.

"Ultra- Canon Incinerate!"

"50%"

Tti-ring

[Ultra-Canon Incinerate active]

[Power output: 50%]

Shuuu!

An incredible, overwhelming surge of golden energy erupted from my contraption and destroyed half of Sherman’s Orcs in a matter of seconds.

I swung my arms to the opposite side and directed my attack towards the army and just like that, they were erased from the surface of the earth.

A couple more of them were approaching from behind, and if I was being honest with my self I hadn’t noticed them if not for the cry of one of the members of the strike team.

My cannons were unleashing energy at full throttle and can’t just turn towards them like that to avoid accidentally killing them.

From the corner of my eyes, I saw it.

Or rather her.

A certain darkness came upon my heart immediately I sensed the presence.

A wave of shadow moved unnaturally on the ground and from its dark depths I could see her hair sping up out of nowhere.

She manifested fully, live I the flesh. Right behind all of us, even the herd of High Orcs charging towards were unaware of her entry.

She controlled the shadows— no, she was the shadows.

With a single, effortless motion of her hand, the cripping darkness exploded upwards like an angry tidal wave.

Giant, ghostly ravens burst forth from the shadows, screeching with haunting echoes as they tore through the air.

The High Orcs barely had time to react.

Swiiiissssshhhhhhh!!!

Dozens of deadly, shadowy talons sliced through their ranks.

The first line of ocrs were lifted into the air, screaming as they were crushed midflight and flung into the distance like discarded trash they were.

"What the hell is that?" One of the heroes behind me gasped in terror as he saw the dead Orcs flying through the air.

I didn’t answer.

I watched as my cannons died down.

She was levitating now, her hair billowing unnaturally. The tips of her boots not even grading the ground. Her violet eyes glowed and with a slow, deliberate motion—

"Skill: Shadow Force — Destruction"

The wave of dark shadows responded immediately.

The shadows erupted from beneath the charging Orcs like a giant spear, impaling several of the them in one successful swing before slicing them into shattered jaggs.

Others were trapped in spheres of black energy that compressed like closing jaws, folding the orcs out of existence.

One of the larger High Orcs, an elite by the looks of his appearance lunged at her from the side, swinging a hot light weapon at her.

Big mistake, she doesn’t look like she was joking around.

Without even turning to face him, she raised her hand and the Orc froze in mid air.

A dark raven of pure energy shot out from her palm and entered his chest. The beasts mouth opened to scream, but only a wimper came out as he convulsed violently.

His body began to disintegrate into particules of shadow, consuming it from the inside out.

The everywhere went silent—

The few remaining Orcs screeched and turned to flee but the shadows didn’t let them go.

Black chains, dozens of them shot up from the pool of shadows and dragged the survivors back, wrapping around their limbs like hungry serpents.

She floated forward, a calm storm of power and eerie darkness — I too could fell her ominousity.

She pointed her finger.

"Be still..."