The Shadowx-Chapter 24 -:The Awaited Arrival!!

A dark silhouette was seen striking the skyline, his speed increased with every passing second and his diagonal descent from behind the clouds. Passing them with lightning speed made a huge gap in the enormous clouds that covered nearly the entire battlefield. A dark red trail left in his way out of the transformed parts of his body, making a huge trail-like beam in the middle of the sky. The special case eventually, struck the ground like a meteor, causing a huge explosion at the point of the impact. Dust and wind rushed everywhere around him and yet he didn't stop.

He kept trembling on the ground like a dodgeball, flying and hitting the ground again with each hit. In the end, he stopped moving by striking at a medium-sized rock which made him spit some blood out of his mouth.

"Ugh, that was not expected." The special case got on his feet, standing like nothing happened to him a second ago. He spat on the ground some blood intentionally and cleared it with his right hand afterwards in a swift, confident motion. Glancing around him, he noticed the warrior who was behind that attack that sent him flying, only because of that huge gap in the clouds.

"So it's you, interesting! Who are you exactly?"

Of course, he was talking to that warrior but clearly, he didn't hear him because the distance was quite decent. He kept staring at him until that warrior decided to descend to the other masters.

Shooting shockwaves from his leg, stopped in the process, letting him descend gradually. His speed kept rising higher and higher, before he hit the ground he bent his body in a horizontal flying pose and shot another shockwave to spiral to the masters who were waiting for him.

Getting on the ground, he rested both Tarra and Ceros on the ground.

(Fiaras)"What a relief, Shadow. I thought you meant what you said earlier."

(Shadowx)"Don't get me wrong."

Fiaras looked at Shadow who was checking Tarra and Ceros's state after being humiliated by the special case... Confused! Strokash smiled as his rival finally arrived while String was the complete opposite... he was shocked!

Trosar and Inferno stood motionless without even a word being said, staring at him as well. Shadow stood straight and gave them his back, walking slowly forward to face the special case.

(Shadowx)"I came here to fight that special case..."

(Fiaras)'yea, that's him. What was I expecting from him.' Fiaras thought within himself in despair and disappointment but he knew, he was the Shadow he knew.

(Shadow)"Not only that..." Shadow's words echoed in their ears especially Fiaras who didn't expect this in any possibility. "I will defeat that special case as an apology for you, Fiaras." Fiaras's eyes widened in shock, why is Shadow going that far for someone he knew a while ago? Fiaras didn't even do anything to him and the most important... he didn't give him the fight he wanted.

Shadow kept walking and dashed to a certain point away from them, closing the distance between him and the special case who was waiting to face that mysterious warrior.

(Inferno)'who is that warrior?! He looked like an experienced and powerful foe. Yet, I didn't sense any elemental power out of him. Either he is so good at restraining his elemental power or...'

Suddenly, The inflammable, Inferno's face widened and became pale not accepting the other possibility at all.

(Inferno)"Fiaras... what is his element?!" Fiaras glanced at him and noticed his condition, Fiaras smiled and said in a secret-revealing tone:

(Fiaras)"I know why you asked, Inferno..."

His smile grew bigger and resembled a grin.

(Fiaras)"but... he doesn't have... ANY!"

Inferno clenched his fists, thinking he finally found a strong non-elemental warrior. This was one of his goals that he set his eyes on. Although, it was really hard for him to accept it, being that strong and still being a non!!!

(Inferno)'you hold a great secret within you, Shadow. And I shall set my eyes on it.'

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<2 minutes ago>

"You are not the only one who passed the master levels, Magma Fly."

(Tarra)"That bastard is still alive! We need to back up Ceros as fast as possible" Tarra raised her power level to at least be able to dash to the special case, pushing harder on herself as she reached 50% of her elemental power. Tarra immediately rushed to the special case at the top speed of her current elemental force, tracking the elemental pressure of the special case.

Only a second had passed and the special case shifted his location in an instant. Tarra kept dashing while looking around her as she lost track of him, glancing at every corner of the battlefield to spot him again. Looking for him on the surface was her fault, she realized how naive she was after she saw the wind and dust rushing everywhere, hinting at his state of being airborne in the sky. She glanced at the clouds above and sensed his elemental pressure and on top of that in front of Ceros who lowered his guard after unleashing his third form of his Vulcan technique.

Wasting not even a second, Tarra launched herself flying into the sky, passing the barrier of the clouds... Shocked! Ceros was pierced in his right shoulder as the special case used it as a grip and both of Ceros's legs were left with three holes each. Out of fury and pure anger, She raised her power level again reaching 60% of her maximum power, dashing with a powerful punch ready to strike the special case with all of her fury.

Eventually, she became in Ceros's place... Pierced! The other masters on the ground couldn't even move, that was smart as what would they even do to that dark silhouette? Except... For Inferno.

(Inferno)'Enough, Tempest. I won't hold back this ti...' Inferno's true power started to appear, turning from a cold and confident warrior to a true monster, his elemental flame power raised tremendously. And from absolutely nowhere, someone grabbed him by his left shoulder, pushing him slightly backwards. Inferno's elemental power seemed to fade as that warrior who showed from nowhere dashed with a horrifying speed, shooting shockwaves from his legs.

(Inferno)"Huh?!! Who... is that?!!" At the same time, Fiaras and Strokash smiled.

(Fiaras)' Your performance in the flame competition never left my thoughts, I had a feeling you would come but you surprised me, Shadow!' Fiaras, although he was smiling, his eyes widened in surprise! He didn't know that Shadow would actually come especially after their conversation with each other before they came here. However, he still had a feeling in his heart that he would surely come.

On the other hand, Strokash smiled that of a grin more than a normal one, as his rival came and about to humble the special case. This seems not logical at all, how could a non-elemental warrior beat a special case who humbled all of those experienced masters? A Great Secret lies beyond Shadow and only time can uncover it on its own.

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Shadow kept shooting shockwaves from his legs till he reached a certain point and shifted his direction to ascend into the vast skies of the battlefield. He saw Ceros fall from that height and Tarra who was now under the control of that dark silhouette, the only way to save both of them rang in Shadow's mind. Shadow immediately followed his instincts and rushed to Ceros, grabbed him by his left arm and turned his gaze to the special case.

"Hahahahahahahaha... Huh?!" That's when Shadow shot his right leg, saving Tarra from the fate that the special case had made for her, pointing at the special case's head, as he was getting pushed back little by little, Shadow stared at him with his right eye and said:

(Shadowx)"You seem familiar to me, Did I fight you before?"