They were at the highest building, next to the sea. Finn had a weird fantasy to have an engagement ceremony next to it and the place had already long been buzzing with life. People came and went away, carrying stuff or anything that beautified the space.The stage was already presented, and the round tables and numerous chairs had been arranged.The engagement ceremony would start as early as eight with the sea view at the back. Much to Shadow's liking.Shadow had camouflaged their presence while watching the arrangement with interest.“Brother!”“Yes?” Three different voices answered her.She inevitably looked in the voices’ direction. Albert, Firash, and Maxim enthusiastically stared at her, asking which one.“Err… Maxim brother.” She corrected herself.“Tsk.”“Hmph.”Two of them snorted and clicked their tongues in annoyance.“Yes, sister?” And Maxim didn’t care because he was the real winner.“Have you asked Ignat's brother to plant the bombs that I created?”“Yes, I did.”She the
Finn couldn’t ignore the nagging feeling inside him. Deep down, his instinct seemed to notice the abnormality that occurred around him. It started ever since Shadow suddenly visited him. Her image from last night was too strong in his head. Her eyes were colored with redness, the color of madness. And if he didn’t know better, he would rather gloss it over as usual. However, he was talking about Shadow. Every action had its own purpose. Shadow was also a tricky bitch.“What are you trying to do?” His brain had to link everything to last night.“Crown prince?” His beautiful cousin tilted her head, her long hair waved to the side. He ignored her but focused all his senses on his surroundings. Still, he found nothing suspicious except for the missing future bride. The people were already murmuring between them, assuming all they wanted.Yet, he focused – it was an omnipresent-aware kind of type. It was hard to describe this foreboding feeling where all he could hear was his own breath
Shadow stared for far too long at him as if time had frozen.Lily could only look alternated at him and Shadow, couldn’t find the right time to interject, and didn’t dare to do so afterward.Albert pressed his lips hard against his teeth, fist clenched tighter to the point it was trembling aggressively. Fear engulfed him.“Aha!” A first laughter resonated. “Ahahahahahahahaha. Ahahahahahaha.” The uncontrolled laughter kept on coming from the small lady. She recoiled her body while pressing her hand over her stomach. “Sis… ter…” Lily extended her hand toward Shadow, weirded by the sudden burst, but Albert stopped her and shook his head. Lily had no choice but to withdraw. Something was clearly wrong but she didn’t know what it was. Her reaction was positively random, it was hard for her to read her.Albert had already overseen this reaction somehow. He was with Shadow for a few years. Naturally, a few of her responses were already in his pocket. “Don’t be stupid, brother.” Sharp!And
Sauntered down to the war zone, Shadow skillfully evaded the chaos she unapologetically inflicted. Everything was burning. The coal, sand, dust, and sweat permeated into the air. Shadow listened to the conversation between her brothers. A small giggle accompanied, passing the enemy without batting an eye. “Who are you?”“Enemy!”“Die!”A few wolf beasts dashed toward her with killing intent. She only gave them a brief glance and snapped her fingers. Her steps didn’t even falter one bit. The beasts stopped midway. Their trembling hands wrapped around their faces before they twisted it themselves.Prak!The necks were snapped as they unalive themselves. Plop!Those bodies fell on the ground with wide lifeless eyes.“La~ la~ la~” She hummed happily.BOM!The ground was breaking and violently vibrating, yet, Shadow was skipping through her destination. Her nose led the way, her legs carried her in the intended direction. She had locked one person, currently heading toward her target.
The king was stagnant in one place, his body frozen by the invisible thread that seemed to bind his body. His claws were out but his entire body felt heavy. Except for his head, everything seemed frozen.Even if he wanted to ambush this dirty kid, he couldn’t. There was invisible power that was holding him back. His best guess was receiving The Unknown’s help or else, it would be impossible.“So, where are we?” She refocused her attention back on the wolf kingAgain, his body involuntarily jolted, and his ears twitched a few more times. The red eyes akin to blood licked across his body as if she was weighing the consequences. Whatever it was, he felt like he was already trapped inside the nightmare loop.She played with the two daggers she had in hand as the king slowly was released from Shadow’s shackle.The king clenched and unclenched his fists, pondering his next action. This little girl was too little but so vicious. Not only was she hella smart, but she also received the protect
Snow blanketed the mountain of East Softier at the edge in between the wolf kingdom and the wingsman kingdom. The equator climate greatly impacted the kingdoms within it. Dragon kingdom, wolf kingdom, lion kingdom, feather kingdom, and hyena kingdom were in it.These kingdoms and a few others were hot and humid all year round.Therefore, the sudden blizzard that swept through the west coast ever since a week ago and dropped fifteen inches of powder turned once pristine cover into a sterilized trend and shook them to the core. The whiteness reflected brightly, not only from the ground but also from the snow-laden limbs of already skeletal trees and evergreens.It was contradictory to what it used to be and no one seemed to get over it easily.“Did the world climate change? Or are we in a doomsday? Our kingdom is still in the equator line, right?” The prime minister, who had a bulky body, tanned skin, brusque face, and bush of beard narrowed his head at the chancellor.The chancellor, w
(Ho ho ho.)Every ear that picked that bitter laughter perked up, fluttering their eyes in bewilderment. The voice belonged to someone who was extremely quiet and only stuck to his teammate. (Ha ha ha.)Again, the voice filled in their earpiece. No one dared to say anything, including Hisoka, Smiley, and Black. This particular individual was hard to approach and highly secretive. His cat-like face was a cherry on top because as he was famous for being similar to a cat, his behavior was similar to a cat.Some said that if they put this man and the cat next to each other, they would never see any differences. (Ha ha ha. Lock on!)Again, the voice filled in the earpiece.(Are you done, Sweetie?)Captain interjected the moment the voice spoke another aside of their never-ending laughter.(Yes, Captain. Waiting for your command.)The husky voice – contradicting his code name – shifted to serious. A small sound of scrap metal ghostly echoed in the background. Seemed like he was adjusting
“That is not – by any means – a complaint, My Holiness.” Immediately, Farizad defended himself and the two boys. (Hah! Whatever. Thanks for the hard work, though. Take a rest for a while.) Thankfully, Shadow didn’t reprimand them. (Petal and Psycho, you too. Thank you for your hard work. Without you, my plan will be in jeopardy.) But, Petal, Psycho, and Farizad knew enough. Even without them, the plan would be in motion with different execution. After all, Shadow was a genius. (What should I do without your power, Shepherd?) It was extremely sincere coming from Shadow. But, Farizad swallowed his snort and hummed. To be fair, Farizad’s power wasn’t as exceptional as Shadow made it to be. It only worked once he had direct contact with the target, unlike Shadow who could command them even from afar. Hence why he had to go down personally and cultivated the relationship between them to make it as natural as possible, unlike Shadow. She didn’t have to personally be buddy-buddy with
Black and Teal landed at the training ground where Shadow was. Their clean attire fluttered around, eyes focused on Shadoe who was harassing her sparring partners which consisted of Albert, Firash, Aidan, Dhia, and also Musa. Watching those people's haggard faces and tattered clothes, Teal covered her mouth as a nostalgic feeling crept under her skin. It was not a great experience. Although, it increased her prowess, power, ability to wield her GIFT, and strength. Still, it wasn’t a pleasant experience knowing how brutal Shadow could be. “I think we need to rescue them.” “Should we?”Black mumbled while stroking her chin while Teal shivered at the thought alone. Then, both of them wavered their hands as those people took notice of them and pleaded with their eyes.“Should we?”“... we should, should we?”Black asked cunningly and Teal sighed in resignation. If they don't save them, they might hit their limit soon. In normal circumstances, it would be ideal, however, not right now.
“Hmmm… are those the ships that we need to destroy?” “Apparently so, Blue.”“Seriously?”“Yup, yup.”“... that thing is gigantic. What the…” “Fu fu fu. Believe me, I thought so too, Blue.”Blue and Pink were standing right in front of the naval ship. Blue was standing on top of the ice he created while Pink was flying, fluttering her flower’s wings behind her back.They were in the middle of the sea with nothing in it. They were sure that the mermen would be ambushing. They expected it to a certain extent, however… what they didn’t expect was the oblivious approach.The naval ships filled with countless beastmen, no. hundreds of confused beastmen. Both Pink and Blue didn’t smell particularly strong.Blue seemed delighted but Pink was quite vexed. “Did we get the weakest link?” She flipped open her paper fan and fanned it harder.“I don’t know. Feels like I am in heaven.”Pink gnashed her teeth and glared at her partner.“What?” Blue acted innocent.“You and your stupid attitude.” S
“Look. there’s an ass picture of the supposed dragon lord.” Green mumbled next to White.“I can see that, Green.” White tried to control her lips from vomiting.“Just alerting you.”“Thank you.”Green and White were disguising themselves as a wizard and a witch. Wands at each hand.“Young man,” a soft touch was placed on Green.Green reflexly turned his head at the old lady next to him. His green eyes dilated a mere second before a sweet smile emerged. “Yes, beautiful lady?” “Ho ho ho,” the old lady that looked not more than 70 years old radiantly chuckled. “How sweet you are.” White looked away, acting like Green and she wasn’t related. The old lady might appear 70, but she knew better, that the old lady was centuries old.“Do you know what is the meaning behind this painting?”Green stroked his chin, pondering at the ass painting – again, the supposed dragon lord. He wasn’t sure what to say. It was literally the buttcrack of Ferdinand. How’d he know? The description was literall
Bzzzzzzt~The sharp sound of electricity traveled across the metal factory.Unlike Grey and Brown, their destination was a metal factory. Thanks to kind-hearted Grey, they changed their destination. It was the closest and it was on the ground.Everyone knew Orange didn’t do well underground due to old trauma. Hence why Grey decided to give in. As always. Also, they all knew that Orange was Grey’s favorite. Of course, Grey denied the claim and the issue died there. As usual.They strolled inside as if they were visiting the factory, not invading. Meanwhile, the enemies were panicking.“Abad’s been hit. There’s someone out here–” The voice that was shouting through the radio before cutting out. Huh? The fuck? Abad’s hurt?“Captain Ayham, the left side is clear,” Barqi said right after that. “We’re moving, heading to the main pathway.” Ayham gritted his teeth.He was in the controller room. CCTV captured the activities inside the factory. However, the place where the enemies were situ
Tap! Both of them landed right in the middle of the nothingness. It was barren. Sand, rock, and cactus. That’s all.It was a freaking desert.“This is the right place.” Brown adjusted his mask.Grey raised his arm into the air and pulled out his middle finger and felt the air.“Why must that one?” Brown was tired of his antics.“As long as I can do my work,” retorted Grey nonchalantly. “What about your situation?” Slightly turned his head at Brown.“I have a clear vision.” Brown closed his eyes, feeling the movement underneath. “How many?” He tilted his head. Something was wrong. The weather felt wrong for some reason. The density of air was different than usual.“Approximately 50 beastmen on each floor. I could be wrong.”“And how many floors do they have?” He opened his eyes and stared at the sky.“Approximately… three.” Grey counted the clouds in the air. “Three? Are you sure?” Brown tilted his head and set his jaw, feeling the vibration even the smallest one. “Wait a minute!
“Wild Bunny, gather!” Black clapped her hands, calling the rest of the restless members.“What are we? Fucking school kids?” Orange murmured silently, his steps still trudging toward Black.“Shut your stinky mouth.” Brown clicked his tongue.“What a fool.” White shook her head.“You’re the last thing I want to hear.” Teal groaned.“We ain’t fighting.” Pink pushed both their heads at once while walking past them.The rest of them were laughing inwardly.Once they gathered, Black placed a transparent bowl with numerous folded papers in it. Her black eyes latched on each one of them, wriggled her brows petulantly.“As usual, we’ll choose our area the Old Way.”“Ugh! I hate it.” Blue murmured amongst them. The voice filled with annoyance.“We must use this method to ensure fairness, Blue Bunny.” Blue rolled his eyes shut and slumped his head on Pink’s shoulder.“I’ll pick the paper for us.” Pink raised her hand.“Me… will do.” White raised her hand as well.Gold nodded at Black.“Alright
Flashback! “Hey! Do you want to hear a secret?” Shadow asked right after her wedding took place.All the Underworld family gathered around. A secret? Just you, and the rest of us? Ehe., hehehe. Oops. sorry that had to come out. Go on.” Brown and Orange clasped their hands in full happiness.“What is it?” Black swallowed hard. “Don’t tell me…”“Something is wrong.” Captain from Mandrill Monkey arched his brow in anticipation.“I also can feel it in my dick.” Daddy from Mandrill Monkey stroked his chin.“God damn it, Daddy.” “I am only telling the truth. My dick can feel it.” He had no remorse, no shame.“Please don’t talk about that in the open, I guess?”“About what? Dick? Why? Because we have ladies here?”“Yes, and it is inappropriate.”“Why? They can talk about their vajayjay if they want to.”“Damn it, Daddy! Stop it!” Captain clasped his mouth and dragged him away.The rest of the Mandrill Monkeys were cackling as if there was no tomorrow. “After analyzing the movement of the
“Sniff… really?” Phantom rubbed his nose against Shadow’s neck.“Yes. I can’t live without you. I swear.” She tried to appear convincing.“But will you die?” He was adamant about Shadow’s life.Why wouldn’t he? He was there when Shadow was at the bottom. He was there when she was suffering. He was there when she died hundreds of times. He could do nothing but watch her from afar. He had no physical body nor the capability to protect her. He was a mere artificial intelligence living in the system. “Phantom… I will cease to exist following the promise of the previous lord. Abah. I can’t die before that. My body has been programmed to do so.”It was her sad life. Cease to exist. She would never experience death like others. She would cease to exist when the time was calling. Her death would be a mysterious death. A sudden death. Abah had promised her up to 1000 years old. She knew her body couldn’t hold that long. According to her calculation, she had 800 years more to go. Plus and min
“Have you improvised their ID card or something?”Shadow turned her head at her desk. Phantom was seen sitting on top of his folders, crossed legs, and caned his chin with his hand. He was grinning wide.“You’re here?” Shadow rested her head on the visitor chair in front of her desk.Phantom’s foot was wagging back and forth, right in front of Shadow. Yet, the girl said nothing to reprimand him. She was just extremely.Phantom waved his hand, some sort of greeting or whatever.“No, the upgraded version. As soon as the card seeped into him, his whole existence was inside the system.” She answered.“When did you develop the new version?” It piqued Phantom’s interest.Shadow merely scoffed and shut her eyes. “Mind checking how well the information settles in?” She meant all the information regarding Amari’s body.It felt like time stopped momentarily. Phantom lost his smile. The usual playful vibe was killed. Phantom killed it. Anger gradually flamed inside his eyes.“Whatever you mean