Shzekcl got up more confused than hurt. His heart was beat so fast in his chest and he was feeling all sort of different feelings.
Joy, Happiness, Lust, Hate—a lot of hate, Hurt, the list goes on and on. Not to mention the ones he couldn't even describe.
A delirious smile grew on his face.
And he shot back towards Itekan who raised up his shadow tentacles and did something wild.
"
And then he tainted it with his shadow energy. The formerly massive reddish yellow fire sun lost its reddish-yellow lustre and started turning dark-grayish like a whisp of Shadow flames.
Shzekcl continued forward nonetheless.
What was this feelings he felt. He needed to know. He was so close to finding out. Only him who brought them to the surface could tell him what they were.
So he continued.
"Fall." Itekan said without a trace of empathy. His face blackened by his Shadow form showed an indiscribable hatred.
The shadow tainted sun descended on Shzekcl who stopped and plunged his shadow whip arms deep into the ground.
Sprouting up like flowers, large cannon like shadows grew out.
"Open Barge
The two attacks caught each other right in the middle ground between the skies and the earth.
The explosion ensued was—
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Back in the stadium...
Keel Kun appeared besides Kime in a flash then deactivated his technique, his golden halo fading.
The three other high dignitaries seated here were shocked think first, that they were about to assasinated by Kime.
The short stocky prime Minister of Taltaba Federation, Gruddal nearly jumped out of his seat in fear.
The king of Falmouth, Alexander Alroind frowned again. It seemed to him, that the Legend Kime really thought them below him.
But it made him wonder, what really were the kings of Brandish and the Prime Minister of Taltaba Federation planning for Kime to constantly make a show of power to dissuade them.
The king of Brandish, Quinnson Guel growled and made his displeasure known.
"You invite us merely to insult us is that what this is?" King Quinnson Guel asked his displeasure evident.
"Is that what it seems to be. I must say it is rather careless of me to attempt such. Afterall I need not make a show of it."
The short Prime Minister, Gruddal choked on whatever edible he had just stuffed himself with. The threat was very scary.
Even the King Alexander Alroind's face went grim as he heard that.
"No excuse me, Gentlemen. I have some matters to attend to. Do enjoy the rest of the tournament." Kime said with a smile standing up from his throne in between the kings and walking out of the Royalty Section with Keel Kun right behind him.
"What is it?"
"The ace from Rangers Academy is also one of Lord Carpathia's."
"A shadow? Yes he is but he is not one of Carpathia's. Pwain was just here too. There is another shadow being with Corinth Ransthrol down in the VIP section. He also is not one of Carpathia's."
"But isn't he the king of all—"
"This is not the place for such utterances. It seems Carpathia has been away from the shadow realm for far too long. There is rebellion growing amongst their ranks." Kime mused silently.
"They're here for him aren't they? They seek to kill him before he becomes too powerful, and take the empty throne."
"I believe so. Nevertheless we will do nothing. He must be acknowledged by his father as the Heir before all bow before him. This must be Carpathia's way of testing his son. Let them be"
Keel Kun frowned, he wanted to help him but it made sense what Master Kime had said. Besides if it all went to shits, Master Kime was still here.
"Alright master. I shall return to my post."
"No. I have somewhere else I want you to be. It seems we have visitors back at school. Hold the grounds till I arrive." Kime said and Keel Kun nodded. He understood what Master Kime was telling him.
Activating his technique once again, he vanished.
Kime turned and returned to the Royalty Section.
It seemed King Quinnson Guel was beyond redemption.
'He has begun moving.'
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Itoyea and Bukanami met up rights where they had split up to fight Arizel and Whitney.
"You good?" Bukanami asked as Itoyea arrived.
"Y—Yeah. I'm just a bit exhausted. My SE's pretty much bottomed out 'cause of that fight" Itoyea said squatting.
"Alright, take two minutes. Once you feel you're ready let's move on" Bukanami said.
"Right." Itoyea nodded and sat in the lotus position, taking a deep breath he started gathering SE from his surroundings.
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A couple minutes later they were on the move again.
"Based on the fact that we encounter both Arizel and Whitney means we're headed towards the Hero Academy base" Bukanami reasoned as they moved on.
How wrong they were.
Unbeknown to them Arizel and Whitney had not moved in any single straight path for long after they left their base. After all he was searching frantically for Itekan. In fact they had veered far from it.
The path Itoyea and Bukanami followed now led them closer to Rangers Academy base than the Hero Academy.
Itoyea figured out first when he realized they'd lost Arizel and Whitney's tracks.
"Senior Bukanami hold up." Itoyea said stopping Bukanami who had just leaped through a tree.
"What's wrong?" Bukanami asked all his senses on alert.
"Their tracks. They ended a long way back. I don't think they came this way." Itoyea said looking around. Bukanami caught hiseaning and scanned his surroundings as well.
There were two sets of tracks coming from the path they were currently on but Itoyea was right. These weren't Arizel and Whitney's.
"You're right. These tracks don't belong to either of them—"
"Could be a trap to lure us in" Itoyea supplied.
"Even if that's true we're already too far in now. God! How did I miss this! We can't possibly show them our backs"
"Then we continue onward" Itoyea said his face resolute.
"Yes. But remain vigilant. We might really be walking into a trap. Bukanami sounded and Itoyea agreed.
The two continued onward.
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