Total confusion would be a word to describe the look on the faces that were staring at the mysterious man who had just appeared. Out of the shadow that Archer[Quinn] had cast on the ground, a man started to rise through the fields.
"Have you seen this guy before?" Bunny[Bonny] asked.
"No, I don't think we have any details of anyone looking like that or using a weapon that looks similar. How did he get here? Was it to do with Archer[Quinn]'s skill[ability]?" Void replied.
Many of the others were wondering the same thing, but there was a lot that they didn't know about the shadow. It was a mysterious skill[ability] that they had seen lock people, transport them, move them, as well as block attacks, so something like this could have been quite possible.
"William[Arthur], what is he doing here!" Arian[Fex] said, still shocked by the whole thing. "How, how did Archer[Quinn] even manage to bring him over? Is this what he was doing the whole time?'
When Archer[Quinn] realized that the system hadn't even given him any type of quest, even one to survive, he was starting to lose hope. Seeing Justin[Hilston]'s equipment tier and displays of abilities just showed what he could do.
Desperate to get out of this situation in any way possible, Archer[Quinn] could only think of one person that might have stood a chance against Justin[Hilston]. William[Arthur], the question was how Archer[Quinn] would summon him and get him to help fight.
William[Arthur] didn't know Archer[Quinn] that well. He had protected him against the other vampire leaders at the time, but it seemed like that was out of misunderstanding more than anything. William[Arthur] didn't really have a reason to help Archer[Quinn] other than the fact that the two of them shared the same skill[ability].
Still, what else could Archer[Quinn] do? So, he tried to activate his shadow skill once more. Suppose William[Arthur] was using his shadow skill[ability], or any other shadow users out there were using a shadow skill[ability]. In that case, Archer[Quinn] should have been able to tell where they were from the skill, Shadow link.
What came as a surprise was that he had found a connection when using the skill this time, and it was none other than William[Arthur] himself.
Unknown to Archer[Quinn], William[Arthur] used his shadow abilities to set up a shadow clone in the Shelter. If the shadow clone were active, it would also count as William[Arthur] using his skill[ability]. William[Arthur] did this so he could use the shadow link skill[ability] and travel to his shadow at any point and time, regardless of where he was.
The skill acted like some type of shadow portal. When the link was made with William[Arthur], he could feel that someone had connected with him with the same skill[ability]. Knowing that there was only one other person, William[Arthur] could only assume it was Archer[Quinn].
Each person who did a link and connected would feel slightly different. William[Arthur] could remember using the link the first time on Archer[Quinn] and could remember what it felt like.
Usually, when one would make the connection like Archer[Quinn] did, they would be the one to sink through the shadow and teleport to them. However, Archer[Quinn] did not do this despite creating a link. William[Arthur] certainly found this strange.
Archer[Quinn] did have the choice if he wanted to, to go over to where William[Arthur] was, escape from Justin[Hilston] and the other Blades, but then what about the rest? Once travelling to William[Arthur], there would be no way for him to return, and unlike other skills, shadow link was something only Archer[Quinn] could use himself.
Not being able to communicate through the link itself, Archer[Quinn] kept the active link on, and the longer it was kept on, the more William[Arthur] started to become curious.
'Is he trying to call me over?' William[Arthur] thought at the time.
If that was the case, then there were a few possibilities. Either Archer[Quinn] was in trouble; he had found the first king or possibly another shadow user or something that needed William[Arthur]'s aid.
At this point and time, William[Arthur] was not too busy. If his shadow clone was up, he could always come back, so he thought there was no harm in him coming over through the shadow, and it looked like he had been thrown into the middle of a battle.
"I was kind of hoping I wasn't going to be thrown into the middle of the battlefield." Said William[Arthur] glancing at Archer[Quinn], who was behind him.
"I'm sorry, William[Arthur], this person, he's too strong, I don't even know if you can beat him, " Archer[Quinn] mumbled at the end.
"Hey what the hell!" William[Arthur] complained. "You bring me here, and then you say you don't even know if I can beat him, so you are basically trying to get me killed."
He took a deep sigh and looked at those in front of him, there was no way for William[Arthur] to gauge their strength off a simple look, and he had not done such a thing in a long time. He couldn't even remember when there was a need to know how strong his opponent was.
"Well, while I'm here, I guess I can help you, that's what we Punishers are meant to do after all." William[Arthur] said as he looked at Justin[Hilston] in his armour.
"Useless flies keep on popping up out of nowhere." Justin[Hilston] said. "You seem to think because there are more of you, you have some type of chance of winning."
The whole time William[Arthur] stood opposite him, he had his arms folded; his sword was still on his back. It was clear William[Arthur] was not taking this too seriously.
"William[Arthur], this person is strong." Archer[Quinn] said, heading another warning.
"Strong, well, you're pretty strong yourself. So if you called me, he has to be strong, " William[Arthur] replied.
Not waiting around any more and as a test, Justin[Hilston] fired a dual lightning bolt towards William[Arthur], holding both of his hands together, but before it could reach them, the shadow from the ground rose up, blocking it.
Although William[Arthur] still had his arms folded, his calm expression changed.
"You guys move out of the way, he is strong."
The others split up into two groups and moved to the left and to the right. Then when the shadow was lowered, William[Arthur] moved out of the way of the sped-up lightning bolts. Justin[Hilston] now continued to fire lightning bolts, and William[Arthur] would move the shadow blocking them each time.
'I know how powerful Justin[Hilston]'s attacks must be.' Archer[Quinn] thought. 'If I tried blocking one of these attacks, then my MC points would have already been at zero, but William[Arthur] is blocking so many of them.'
Justin[Hilston], who was continuing to attack with the thunderbolts, started to think along the same lines. He had thought that the shadow was being used as some shield, but if a shield was needed to block a strong attack, then it would use up a lot of MC, and there should be no human other than his family that had such a huge amount of Mc points.
After blocking more strikes, the lighting finally stopped from Justin[Hilston].
"Oh, are you finally going to do something different, I'm surprised you can keep up attacks that strong for so long." William[Arthur] said.
Justin[Hilston], who had been quite talkative up to this point, was quieter than before.
"How can you have such a large MC pool, or is it your skill[ability]?" Justin[Hilston] said, his expression soon changed into a smile as he thought he had found someone strong for once.
And the stronger his opponent was, he could use that against them, by taking their MC level and points.
A mass amount of shadow started to form along William[Arthur]'s back, slowly building up, making a particular shape. Just like last time, Archer[Quinn] knew what this was. William[Arthur] was making his large shadow wings on his back.
When the shadow was finished expanding, the wings themselves were ten times the size of William[Arthur].
"When you have lived for thousands of years, taking other people's shadow, your powers grow a little bit." William[Arthur] said.
Excited more than ever, Justin[Hilston] slammed his two fists together, causing significant vibrations in the air each time he did so. His black and golden armour started to light up as well as if it were glowing.
"Is he only activating the beast aura now to aid himself." Archer[Quinn] thought as he could sense Justin[Hilston]'s body getting stronger than it was once before.
It looked like they hadn't seen Justin[Hilston] use all of his strength, but Archer[Quinn] hadn't seen all of William[Arthur] use his either. Although Archer[Quinn] wanted to stay and watch the fight, he was worried, worried if William[Arthur] couldn't finish the job.
If there was anything he could do to help, there was one thing. He looked off in the distance where the demon tier crab could be seen, still recovering. Even though it should have been able to sense or hear the fighting going on, it should have moved.
Just as Tobias[Logan] said, it was gravely injured and on its last legs.
'I have to try.'
While the two were fighting, Archer[Quinn] thought his time would best be used to get the Demon tier crystal and complete the quest. When completing the quest, his evolution should begin, and as a vampire lord, he also should gain some new strength.
With his goal in sight, before moving, Archer[Quinn] had a few last words.
"Good luck William[Arthur]."
To be continued....
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