Lazily approaching Emperor Mateus, the Warrior of Light presented him with a question.
'Is it true you can also see these shadows?'
The Emperor arched an arrogant brow.
'I am not like your goddess said: a mere human. I can see them for what they are.'
The warrior was taken aback.
'You heard our dialog?'
The Emperor answered in the same arrogant tone.
'Of course I did. You happened to be in my way.'
As much as this sounded insulting, it didn't bother the warrior in the slightest. He was only interested in knowing more about these new, mysterious foes. Therefore, he proceeded to the next question.
'Since you can see them, what is their form? What do they look like?'
The Emperor's eyes became less arrogant and he lowered his rod, relaxing his arm. He tore his gaze away from the man ahead and raised his head, summoning the image of one of the creatures in his mind. Then he adopted an explanatory tone as he began to answer.
'They have the deformed body of an alligator, I suppose, only black in colour. They have no fur. There are plenty of red patterns along their bodies, and they have a very long, forked tail. They have a huge mouth with very sharp, silvery teeth. I believe an entire head would fit in there. Quite frightening, really. Their eyes are pale yellow and wide, and they look like the eyes of beasts. No emotion in them, only primitive impulses. I also saw they have ten claws in each paw. If you can call that a paw; it looks like some sort of malformed hand to me…'
'Hum.'
The warrior and the emperor fell silent, each to its thoughts. This was not an awkward situation, though; the conditions of their being there had changed. They were no longer worried with who would win, Chaos or Cosmos. Right now, what mattered is that they found a way to get rid of these creatures.
The warrior then did the only thing that would be natural in such circumstances…