A shadow loomed around the empty kitchen area after a long day, feeling extremely dehydrated. With tiny shuffles, that shadow pulled open the refrigerator and delved inside it. A tiny hand pulled out the cold bottle and twisted open the cap and at the same time kicked the refrigerator close. Haggardly, the shadow’s feet brisked toward the counter and stools. As soon as the butt sat on the stool, the kitchen lamp was switched on from the other side of the room and the familiar face peered not far from the shadow.“Af?” “Shadow?” Af as in Malikul Afdal blinked a few times at her. Shadow gave a simple nod and took a sip. The first sip was miraculous, outrageous, pure, cold, incredible, unbelievable, spectacular, magical, supernatural, breathtaking, and unnatural. Her body reenergized dramatically.She felt a presence stalking behind her, and she ignored it, taking a second sip.The second sip was mediocre at best but she didn’t want to waste the water, so she drank it, anyway.From
The late-night talk didn’t end with what she was hoping for. Malikul disappeared at early dawn, leaving the topic behind with his crew. Even if she wanted to discuss it, she had no opportunity to do so as she was also swarmed with work.Lots of them.Her people came and left with mountains of paperwork and haggard faces. None of them complained, though, as the pay was exceeding the average rate. Working with Shadow was hellish but the pay was worth it.Furthermore, Shadow was easier to work with. She wasn’t a difficult boss.However, she valued efficiency. Luckily, everyone was worth every penny. They were extremely good at it. Therefore, when Shadow called Priscilla and Midas to talk about the technology and satellites - their frowns deepened. A hint of scowl could be traced on their faces and their eyes were staring at her as if she was crazy.“What do you mean by satellites, My Lord?”Midas, the red-haired guy with a lanky body and slim torso leaned in while sitting on her desk. H
Three days later, Priscilla and Midas escorted her to one of the caves that were purchased by Shadow. It took them countless blank checks that exceeded the usual amount of a normal noble.Again, they couldn’t judge Shadow by the normal standard.In the Underworld, she was the pioneer of the weaponry business and a lot of other businesses. Even though she might not be actively involved with them anymore, the countless royalties were still under her belt. Not only that, she had countless investments.As SO and SQE operated differently, five percent of all businesses under SO would be religiously donated to SQE. The numbers of SO and SQE were like the group of ants and the family of elephants. SO or Shadow Organization consisted of countless factions which involved hundreds of people under it.However, SQE members were not more than 50 people. Still, their strengths were vast like an ocean. Except for Shadow and a group named Hyena – which was also under SQE – each one of them was st
A couple of days later, Shadow dragged Daud toward the sketchiest place that she managed to find at the earliest morning. The day had just barely begun and Daud was still pretty much sleepy.They sauntered into one of the dangerous forests called Darkest Woodland and they went deeper which was near the blue river.Blue river.Blue river referred to the plants that were located along the river. It didn't refer to the color of the river, nevertheless. The river was deemed to be the deadliest river not because of the water flow, but simply because of the plants near it. The blue plants and grass that were buried along the river carried the higher toxin that could kill the dragon. And the plants were only located inside the Darkest Woodland, along with the river.Therefore, the Darkest Woodland was named to be one of the most dangerous forests in The Unknown.However, for someone immune to all types of poisons, Shadow had no problem breathing in the river direction. She was also the only
“Vampires? And this… this is not from the Feather clan nor the Wingsman clan.” She traced the pad of her fingers on the feathers. The feathers were slightly unique. It was pointy and rough around the edge. It was somewhat larger than either clan.The Feather clan consisted of numerous bird feathers and the Wingsman clan’s feathers were limited only to their wings. There were striking differences between the Feather clan's and the Wingsman clan’s feathers. The differences were also prominent. But, they also had another hidden tribe that had similar feathers.“Dragons,” Daud mumbled, craning his neck long enough to see the feathers.“It seems so,” Shadow said under her breath, unintentionally holding his breath.“Wait? What?” Mad ruffled his crew-cut red hair. Crazy leaned in and whispered his sentence carefully. “Do you have dragons here?” Those sentences drowned with his uncertain tone.Shadow thoughtfully nodded her head. “Yes.”“We also have dinosaurs, in the other part of the
“Do they now?” Daud thought.“Thank fuck our dispatch team was faster. We saved them in just a nick of time.” Crazy yet again massaged his head, growling low.“Oh really?”“Our member named Vampire had collided with them, and we had personally fought them. It was a short battle with an ironic amount of curse till we barely won the fight.” Mad didn’t want to remember the moment.Thankfully, someone from Mandrill Monkey – named Psycho or TaeTae – was smart enough to pull it off and made them the final winner.“This will be troublesome.” “Yes, it will. They have bluntly disregarded the peace code that The Unknown created.” Smart groaned.That… Daud had to agree. Even though he was once breaking the code, it was for the greater good. But, those specimens did it for the sake of their own greed. Oh Wait God Damn minute!“Don’t tell me…” Some ideas rammed inside his brain.“Yes, war. They want a war.” Shadow said nonchalantly.“Yet another war. Aren't they tired enough?” Daud scratched his
Several days later, she brisked toward the promised place, wearing her formal attire. Climbing the mountain wasn’t hard especially when you have two faithful male lions who liked to carry you around, two wolves – female and male – showed the way, one male monkey – the leader of the herd – and also two flying falcons on top of her head.Her little fury family was completed, for the very last. “Hey,” she looked next to her, where the usual King who did the honor of carrying her suddenly gave up his only joy to his partner.“Snort~” King snorted as an answer.“Where did you go and what are you investigating? Mind telling me?”Double’s ears twitched, watching the leader from his peripheral view. The monkey flinched and immediately took off from behind her.Seemed both of them didn’t want to answer her question. The two wolves acted as if they didn’t hear anything.Shadow arched his brow watching their reactions. These animals weren’t your typical animals. They were intelligent enough
“Those bastards are planning to corrupt innocent children, turn their back on their families, and bring chaos to the world,” Malikul added a few more.He stated further that T-Vir conquered The Unknown with maximum effort. Conspiring with other clans or tribes greatly benefits them. “Bull community, feather clan… I also can see a few deers in the colony.” Ya’acub mumbled.“What an unusual colony.” She mumbled under her breath. But then, Shadow’s brow arched at an impossible level, starting to feel weird. Her tongue inside the mouth moved awkwardly around, as she listened further without interfering until she was satisfied.Ya’acub brought out the captured pictures and tossed them to the table. “This is the evidence of my claim.”Shadow and Malikul craned their necks and picked them unhurriedly. Their eyes stared long enough at each other's photos.Suddenly, their minds started to think about other stuff. The advantage of working with Ya’acub was the ease of collecting a little more