The sounds of the bugs stopped, and it suddenly became silent. It was midnight, so no one paid much attention to the sudden change. The humanoid creatures with reptile features were guarding their camp. It was then unknown to them that multiple shadows approached them from below.
These shadows slowly crawled behind them before turning into strange creatures. They used their sharp claws and pecked the heads of the lizardman soldiers at the same time. The lizardman soldiers cried in Agony before falling, their bodies shaking.
The little life inside them was still struggling, but it all became calm soon. The larger, seven-foot-tall creature with Dark green skin noticed it. The shutters of his reptilian eyes opened, and he woke up, releasing a roar. His yellow eyes with black pupils shifted at the corpses of his soldiers.
There he saw strange creatures that looked similar to his friends, with the only difference being that they were entirely made up of Shadows. He charged at them and started attacking them. The fifteen shadows started facing him themselves. For a moment, they were able to match him, but the moment the Beast shone yellow and released its Dragon Aura, they started getting hit by him.
The Commander was confused; how could these weaklings dodge his attacks? He was about to release his zone, but at that moment, A hand made up of chains appeared behind him and held him. Multiple similar hands appeared and didn't give him a single moment to focus and bring out their zone.
Shadow creatures also started attacking him. The Commander was caught off guard and didn't know what to do. He was about to release his Earth Body when a Giant spear with Ice Energy gathered at its tip appeared and pierced his body. The next moment, the body of the Commander started freezing.
His tight body loosened, and one more of its elite-level powerhouses, Rishi, had learned an important lesson when he was beaten to a pulp by Rajan due to not showing his full strength from the beginning. Even a stronger opponent can be defeated if he is not given a chance to call out his full power."
While fighting the first Epic Stage lizardman, he gave him so much time because he wanted to know everything about them. After watching it, he knew they summoned their power according to the opponent. First, they used Dragon Aura while summoning Bloodline Power and Zone when needed.
He then looked at the Shadow creatures standing there and said, "At least they are good enough to be used as bait." His eyes then shifted to the corpse of the giant creature. A strange thought appeared in his eyes. He called out a dagger and threw it at the corpse.
Then he created strange hand signs and chanted some words: The Rune on the Dagger shone bright red before the whole dagger started shining red. The Shadow of the Commander shook before it suddenly stood up. From its presence, Rishi could guess it was an Epic Stage creature.
"No way," he said as he looked at it. He knew about his own spell, so he knew it should not be possible. Again, this reminded him that something in this place made it possible. The Shadow soldiers kneeled and bowed to the new Shadow.
This Shadow creature was taller and stronger than others. It appeared to be more natural looking. Its eyes shone with Violet fire. It looked at itself before its eyes fell onto the corpse. It then sat on its knees and bowed; the strange part was that it was bowing in the other direction instead of bowing toward Rishi.
At first, Rishi's eyebrow flinched. He clenched his hands in anger, but soon he calmed himself down before following the direction to where this creature was bowing. It was bowing towards the Deeper Swamp Area. What is hidden there? Is the being that is responsible for all of this there?
After some moments, the Shadow creature turned from there and stood up, facing Rishi with his head down, Showing that it would listen to him. Rishi sighed and reminded himself, "There is no need to be angry; it should not be possible for me to turn him into a Shadow Soldier in the first place."
He summoned multiple daggers, stuck them in all the corpses, and again created a similar hand sign. The daggers again shone, and more Shadow creatures were formed. He looked at his mini-army, which had 26 soldiers, and trained the newer ones.
Once they understood their roles, he started attacking the remaining Lizardman in the area. He extracted their dragonblood and eyes and turned them into shadow creatures. As he moved to the deeper area, he had an army of fifty shadow creatures behind him.
He looked at the sky and said, "I don't have a lot of time left," He ordered some shadow creatures to eliminate the remaining ones while the others followed him to attack the Epic Stage Raptor Rider. He had learned that these strange Shadow creatures had a unique ability: they could absorb Shadow energy from their opponent and even turn him into a shadow creature.
Rishi became wary of them and always tried to turn the creatures into shadow soldiers by using his own skills, but now that he didn't have much time, he would need to rely on them. He looked around using his shadow Sense' and soon found the location of his target.
This was a Raptor Rider sitting on his Beast; around him were five more Raptor Riders, but that was not all. Ten female Archers followed him; one was sitting in front of him. Rishi looked at him and didn't know what to say; even in such a situation, this guy was fooling around.
He cast the 'silence' spell again. The silence spell cast in a large area had a different effect. It only suppressed the sounds inside the area and trapped them; It could not stop anyone from commuting inside the area. He approached slowly, with twenty Shadows following behind him.
He looked at the strongest Shadow Creature behind him and said, "You attack the Elite Stage Raptor Rider with the four strong Raptor Rider Shadows, while the others attack the remaining ones."
"Start now" The shadows followed his command and surrounded the opponents. Rishi again used his semi-zone and turned into a Bat. After learning from him, the Shadows have become good at ambushing; they slowly approach their target from below without making a single sound.
They then used shadows to approach their targets and waited for others to do the same. As everyone had reached their targets, they appeared behind their backs simultaneously as ghosts and launched an attack. Their ambush was so perfect that only two other Lizardmen survived except the Commander.
Multiple screams appeared together, and when the Commander looked again, he saw that a claw had beheaded the woman before him. He released an angry roar. His raptor followed him and headbutted the Shadow, pushing it back. In these two seconds, only the Raptor Rider commander was left; the rest had been eliminated.
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