Standing by the side, Fiza[Kazz] knew straight away that Archer[Quinn] had done something. As the last time he had fought with Elsa[Cindy] he had done the exact same thing. When Archer[Quinn]'s soul weapon was active, a faint purple glow would appear around all of the shadows Archer[Quinn] used.
One of the main benefits of using the soul weapon 'Shadow Overload' was the fact that Archer[Quinn] could now use the shadow as he wished without the need to worry if it would run out or not. However, this wasn't the reason Archer[Quinn] had decided to use it now.
The Buffan[Boneclaw]'s teleportation speed was far faster than before. But there were more than just one benefit of using the soul weapon. Archer[Quinn]'s soul weapon would also improve his casting speed with the shadow when using skills, and the general movement of his shadows.
'Not that I'm going to need it, Archer[Quinn] thought as he held out both of his hands, and started to create a dome of shadow over the Buffan[Boneclaw]. The Buffan[Boneclaw] would teleport out of it the same as he did last time, but seeing where it was now, Archer[Quinn] would quickly summon another dome over it again, in an instant before it could react.
'It looks like my guess was correct.' Although the Buffan[Boneclaw] was able to teleport out of the shadow dome, it wasn't able to attack at the same time and it didn't seem to know exactly where it was teleporting to. It seemed like it would take a few seconds before it repositioned itself and noticed where Archer[Quinn] was.
While in the dome, the Buffan[Boneclaw] was unable to see, so it couldn't focus where to place its black teleporters. The only thing it could do was look in a certain direction in the dome, and cast a portal to the other side to escape, and soon, when it was busy coming out of one of the shadows, Archer[Quinn] was appearing directly behind it through his own shadow with a large hammer strike of his own.
However, the Buffan[Boneclaw] was fast, as it managed to create a large portal the same size as Archer[Quinn] in front of him, and sinking through it, Archer[Quinn] was redirected to another place, causing his hammer strike to strike one of the buildings in the inner castle area nearby.
A loud bang was heard as his fist went through a building wall, and a couple of the ones behind it crumbled to the floor. Still, Archer[Quinn] wasn't worried. Compared to last time, he had more MC points to play with. What he didn't realise was although Shadow Overload allowed him to use the shadow as much as he wished, he could still only control only slightly more than his MC points allowed at one time.
With his MC points above a thousand, Archer[Quinn] was able to control a larger amount of shadow. Having created several domes, he was still able to protect himself using the shadow.
"So you seem to be quite the quick thinker, but I have a lot of tricks up my sleeve!' Archer[Quinn] shouted as he fired out a blood bullet into one of his shadows in front of him, and it appeared behind the Buffan[Boneclaw], going through its forearm.
This was a skill that was too quick for the Buffan[Boneclaw] to react to, and when it turned around, it could see several circle shadows floating in the entire area. Archer[Quinn] had spread them around, hovering as if they were land mines all over the field.
"I think I've got the hang of how far you can teleport at once. Try teleporting somewhere, and you'll run into any of these, " Archer[Quinn] said, as he activated a disk with a razor edge, covered in the shadow.
'If I throw it into any of these shadows, I can redirect it to try to follow the Buffan[Boneclaw], and I can also throw blood swipes and even escape through them as well.'
In a way, Archer[Quinn] was using the shadows as a better version of the teleporting skill that the Buffan[Boneclaw] could use. Archer[Quinn] was able to go through one shadow, and appear out of any of the shadows hovering about at any time.
Archer[Quinn] was ready to throw the Shadow disk into one of the shadow portals, but stopped himself just seconds before, as he saw the Buffan[Boneclaw] turning into a black mist, and it was soon heading towards Archer[Quinn].
"Did I win the fight?" Archer[Quinn] wondered.
'I don't think you won.' Odom[Vincent] replied. 'I just think the Buffan[Boneclaw] has accepted you again, for now.'
Hearing this, Archer[Quinn] didn't like it one bit. Was Odom[Vincent] saying that he might choose to challenge him again in the future? He already had a headache with William[Arthur] and now had to worry about the Buffan[Boneclaw] as well. It was also safe to say that Archer[Quinn] was beyond annoyed. He had used the Shadow Overload skill, and now he also had to face the backlash of using it.
He didn't even get to use it fully or for a long time. It was as if the Buffan[Boneclaw] said, show me everything you had, and then decided to just go away when Archer[Quinn] did.
[Yout total MC points are now '1150 points']
The amount of points lost wasn't a deal-breaker, but it wasn't like Archer[Quinn] could easily obtain points through using the skill Shadow Eater either. Technically at the moment each time he would use this skill his MC points would lower, so it was best not to use it for now.
The other problem was right after using the soul weapon, all of his MC points would go down to 0. Even though he didn't use much of the shadow in this fight compared to with Elsa[Cindy]. He would now have to wait for a period of time for them to restore. If he had used a skill like this against a demon tier beast and then ran into Justin[Hilston], he would have been a sitting duck not being able to use his shadow skill[ability].
'Just a word of advice to you as a past leader.' Odom[Vincent] said. 'Although I wasn't the best when it came to hand to hand combat, and you are currently better than me when I was your age, for a vampire your skills are quite poor. You only know the basics, something taught to the regular vampires, but you are a leader.
"Since you use gauntlets as your weapons, it would be best for you to try and further develop your fighting skills. So far, you have done well, relying on powers such as Qi, and mixing it with your vampire powers, and also the shadow, but what if you are unable to use both of those things? Just like with the Buffan[Boneclaw] in the future, there may be an opponent that will need these set of skills."
Honestly, Archer[Quinn] couldn't agree more, but it wasn't like he knew any grand martial artist. Simon[Leo] was the closest person to one, but he was a master swordsman.
'I wonder if there's something I can do?'
'The second point.' Odom[Vincent] continued, although we have already discussed this, it's about your blood abilities. It's all well improving your blood control, but just like with the shadow, you need to learn more advanced blood skills. They are currently quite simple."
'Couldn't you teach me, since you used to be a great leader and all.' Archer[Quinn] said.
'I guess I could give it a go, but through words alone, it would be hard. It would be best for you to see the skills yourself. Maybe you should get friendly with one of the leaders at some point.' Odom[Vincent] half jokingly said.
Still, Archer[Quinn] didn't think Odom[Vincent] was giving him enough credit. Archer[Quinn] didn't show the Buffan[Boneclaw] everything he had, and there were even the new shadow skills he had yet to test.
Seeing the Buffan[Boneclaw] disappear like so, Fiza[Kazz] was relieved, but witnessing Archer[Quinn] use his special power again, she truly did feel like she was looking at one of the strongest vampire leaders. Even if he was lacking in certain areas, no one could deny how strong he was.
"Well, let's forget about that little thing, shall we?" Archer[Quinn] said, looking back at Fiza[Kazz]. "Let's get back."
The incident with Archer[Quinn]'s familiar wasn't something that needed to be urgently reported, since it was his own familiar and didn't involve others. No one had even seen the fight, but Fiza[Kazz] still reported the matter to Charles[Bryce]. After all, she was loyal to him as he was her father and even more so her king.
Although, Charles[Bryce] didn't think much of this, and was far more interested in the reports she had made earlier.
"You may leave now Fiza[Kazz], you did a good job. Thank you." Charles[Bryce] said, sitting down on the king's throne.
When Fiza[Kazz] left the room, out from the side as if he was almost invisible, Tempus stood.
"You heard about the wall, right?" Charles[Bryce] asked. "Do you think you will be able to restore it to its former self?"
"Perhaps, we might not get the whole thing, but we should learn something, but I'm wondering what you plan to do with such a wall?" Tempus asked.
"I hate the shadow, but everyone has to admit their power, but the reason why so many people disliked the shadow in the past was because it belonged to the Punishers, a force equal to that of the king. This is something that should have never happened. It's time the king had its set of own shadow users." Charles[Bryce] smiled. "I bet William[Arthur] will be pleasantly surprised to see them when he returns."
"And how do you expect to get past the doors without informing Hulian[Muka]?" Tempus asked.
"Oh don't worry about that, I have more power than you think. Actually you might already know. Otherwise I doubt you would be standing by my side."
To be continued....
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