One member of Shadow Veil might be down, but it was tough fight. Sasha barely made it out of that fight. The rest of Shadow Veil will be just as tough to beat. At the moment, Nova continued to run through the hall and it didn't seem like there was an end in sight.
"This is nuts." Nova said. "Where is the end of this hall?" Nova kept her eye out for anything, but it happened where she wasn't looking. The floor opened up and Nova fell through into someone's trap.
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Gale
While Gale was on his own, he came across Benith. Benith was another member of Shadow Veil and has shown he can use Cloning Magic.
"You've got to be kidding me. You can make copies of yourself?" Gale said.
"That's right, but it has a little drawback." Benith said while the other clone was spinning around acting all silly.
"The problem is that each clone has one emotion or personality that truly stands out above all. Take me for example, I'm Silly Benith."
"Huh?" Gale said as he thought that was so weird.
"Strange, but effective. You can just call me Serious Benith because I'm taking this fight serious."
"I don't know what kind of freaky magic this is, but that's not going to stop me." Gale said. "Iron Dragon Club!" Gale stretched out his club and slammed it against Silly Benith and knocked him down.
"Woo! That was fun!" Silly Benith said.
"You can try to attack all the clones you want, but it won't help." Serious Benith said. "Even if you take one clone down, it has no effect on the others. Now it's my turn." Benith slammed his hand against the ground and unleashed a blue shockwave as it traveled through the ground and slammed it against Gale. However, Gale stayed strong and didn't fall over. Benith jumped over Gale and split in two again as the two stood on both his sides.
"RRAAAA! I'm Angry Benith! I'm filled with so much rage that I need to beat it out of someone!"
"This guy is so weird." Gale said. Both the copies of Benith unleashed shockwaves through the ground and hit Gale on both sides. It felt like Gale was in a crusher, but he was doing his best to resist it. "Keep trying. I'm not going to fall that easily."
"You dare not fall! That makes me so mad!" Angry Benith said as he charged right at him. He tried to hit him, but Gale grabbed his arm and tossed him over his shoulder. Serious Benith jumped up and tried to kick him, but Gale crossed his arms and blocked the attack. All three of the clones lined up. All three of them held out their hands and shot out magic blasts and all three of them hit with Gale getting knocked off his feet this time.
"My cloning magic might not seem like much, but as you can see, I am more than able to make up for it." Serious Benith said.
"This is fun!" Silly Benith said.
"That's what you get." Angry Benith said. Gale tried to get back on his feet and he was able to, but those attacks had some power behind them.
'Looks like splitting himself like that doesn't have any effect on his power.' Gale thought. "I don't care. I'm still taking that bastard down no matter how many copies he made."
"Is that so?" Serious Benith said. Benith made even more copies of himself and soon had Gale completely surrounded with a bunch of clones having a different emotion and personality.
"What do you think now?" All the Benith's said.
"How annoying can this guy get?" Gale said. All the Benith's held out their hands and each one shot of blast of magic and Gale got hit from all directions. Benith ceased his fire and waited to see the damage he was done. Gale dropped down to one knee, but he did his best to block the attack.
"Nice try." Gale said as he showed he was covered in metal scales. "You're going to need a lot more power than that if you want to break my scales. Iron Dragon Club!" Gale stretched out both of his arms as clubs and slammed them against two Beniths. Then, Gale spun around and was able to knock all of them down.
"We're not finished yet!" Gale looked up and saw more copies of Benith coming down from above and each one had a dagger. All of them came down and piled on Gale.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Gale said. He unleashed a mighty shout and sent them all flying. "It's going to take a whole lot more than that if you want to bring me down!" Gale looked around and saw there were a ton of copies. "How many of him are there?"
"Many factors play a part in fights."
"Numbers is one of them."
"You might be able to fight each one of us here, but that doesn't matter?"
"We can easily make more copies and you'll be overwhelmed eventually."
"Keep dreaming. I don't care how many of you I have to plow through." Gale said as he had his scales fade away. "I'm taking each one of you down." Surrounded by multiple enemies, but they're all really just one. He just needs to figure out how to take down this one.
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Storrm
Storm came across Anith while he was searching through Shadow Veil. Storm tried to fight him off, but he ended up getting caught instead. Anith used his torture magic to have chains made out of sealing stone to restrain Storm. Without the use of his magic, Storm had no choice, but to take all the punishment Anith was dishing out.
"Take this and this and some of that!" Anith said as he continued to lash around with Storm with a pair of whips. Anith quit lashing around and took some deep breaths as if he just got done with the time of his life. "Not bad." Storm was in pretty bad shape as part of his clothes were ripped. "He's a tough one, but I am getting bored using just these. Are you ready to talk, junior, or do you want more pain?" He was waiting for a response, but Storm wasn't saying anything. Anith found it strange. He walked over to Storm and placed his ear against his chest and was having trouble hearing his heart. "Oh boy. Don't tell me the kid is already dead." He snapped his fingers and removed the chains with Storm dropping to the ground. Has Storm already kicked the bucket?
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Gale
Gale was doing his best to fight off the multiple copies. Gale pounded one copy across the face and kicked another one in the gut. Some of them fired off some magical blasts, but Gale was doing his best to dodge the attacks.
"Keep trying, but I'm not going down." Gale said. "Iron Dragon Roar!" Gale used his roar and knocked some of them down. Gale was about to attack another, but he was crying. "The hell? What are you crying for?"
"I'm Crying Benith. I can't help it!"
"Are you kidding me?! This one is a wuss?! How can I fight a wuss?" Gale said.
"The same way I can fight you!" Angry Benith said as he was about to attack Gale from behind, but Gale smacked him in the gut. He grabbed him and tossed him against Crying Benith. Benith looked around and saw there were still so many.
"This freak is like a cockroach. No matter how many I take down, more of him just keep coming." Gale said.
"I don't see why you continue to fight."
"You're outnumbered and outmatched."
"You think just because you hold the number advantage, you can beat me?" Gale said. "You've got a lot to learn."
"Why don't you just surrender?"
"You're not a Fairy Tail wizard if you're not willing to fight all the way." Gale said. "I was practically born and raised in the guild. Everything my parents learned from there they passed onto me."
"In other words, they put foolish ideals in your head."
"Hahahah. Your guild is so silly."
"Dummy! It makes me so mad when the enemy doesn't know when they're beaten."
"Oh just shut up!" Gale said. "You can't possibly understand. It's because we look after for each other. In Fairy Tail, we put our friends first. We don't care about the enemy's numbers or their strength. We have each other's backs. That's why we never give up the fight."
"But your friends aren't even here." Benith said. "You chose to come and face me alone. How they can help you now?"
"They don't need to physically be here." Gale said and pounded the spot over his heart. "They're right here and that's enough."
"It's so sad. You think your friends are with you in your heart."
"What if they are? That's scary."
"No you idiot. He's just fooling himself. It just sounds like these fairies are delusional."
"It's like I said. You can't understand." Gale said. "I think you're one lonely dude!" Gale charged in and kept fighting each one of them off as he kept talking. "All you do is clone yourself. I think you're trying to fill the void of being lonely, but just copying yourself will never take the place that real friends are suppose to."
"You're wrong! I'm not lonely! This isn't some comfort talk?" Benith said.
"You're right. It's a fight." Gale said as he turned to all of them. "I might feel a little sorry for you, but you're still an enemy and look at that." In all the fighting, Gale managed to get all of them to gather. "If I can't take you out one by one, I'll have to take you all out in just one shot!" Gale took a deep breath for this one. "Iron Dragon Roar!" Gale unleashed the biggest roar he could create and all the clones got caught in it. All of them were blown against the wall and the clones started disappearing with the real Benith was revealed with him pressed against the crater in the wall.
"Damnit." Benith said as he tried to get free. "I'm not beaten yet."
"You want some more? I'll be happy to give it to you." Gale said as he charged right at him. "One more thing I learned from being in Fairy Tail. It's that friends is what gives you the strength needed to beat guys like you!" He leaped over and formed a drill out of his leg and iron. "Dragon Slayer Secret Art! Karma Demon Iron Spiral!" Gale had the drill run right through the wall. Gale drilled right through the wall and made it outside.
"YYYYEEEAAAAA!" Benith was shot out from the wall. Benith crashed on the ground with Gale landing down across from him. Gale got back on his feet and looked that the sun was already out.
"Oh man. When did the sun come out? You guys need to put in some windows in that place." Gale said.
"Damn." Benith said.
"Oh! You're still conscious." Gale said as he walked over to him.
"I'm conscious, but I can't move." Benith said. "If you're going to finish me off, go right ahead. I don't have the strength to fight back anymore."
"I'm not going to do that." Gale said. "I don't kick a man while he's down. I was also told that even our enemies deserve to live. Personally, I didn't understand that when there is someone that threatens our guild, but I think I just did thanks to this fight."
"Excuse me?" Benith said.
"I think you did what you did because you were one lonely dude." Gale said. "You don't deserve to die because of that. So I'm letting you stay alive so you can learn what friendship is all about. See ya. I've got to find a way to get back inside." Gale walked away and left Benith there to ponder what he just said.
'Is he right? Am I just using my clones to fill some sort of void in me?' Benith wondered as he stared at the sky. 'Perhaps there might be some truth to what he said.' Benith thought about what Gale has told him. However, he stopped when he saw a shadow come over him. Someone was standing over him. He saw who it was and he thought this meant trouble. "Run!"
"Huh?" Gale turned back around, but he was surprised to see someone else was there now. The person that just arrived was Jared and he had black bladed sword with an extra curved grip in his hand and a sneaky grin on his face.
"Well, well. Look who's acting like such a big shot." Jared said.
"Who's this guy?" Gale questioned.
"Quick, get out of here." Benith said. One enemy down, but another one appears. One such enemy warning Gale to run. What power could the vicious Jared possess?
