Hello again ! I hope that you are all fine ! This 19th chapter is going to begin quickly but before, I would like to warn you. My rhythm of publication shouldn't change but I'm going to begin writing another fic, a new version of my Kamen Rider x Fairy Tail crossover. If you're interested you, go on my profile to see it hen it will be published. The first chapter will arrive shortly. In the meantime, let's go back to our business and let us start this 19th chapter.
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Chapter 19: shadows and lights
The tension was thick. This piece of seaside, usually a place of relaxation and enjoyment for the tourists and the locals had lost its usual atmosphere, the air now so heavy that it was almost difficult to stand up. The now 6 mages still faced Esteban, Strizer of the darkness, the track of blood dried crossing its lips, who showed a bad smile in spite of the fact that he was in disadvantage, thing which did not seem to hamper him more than that. The mages, conscious that the Strizer was not an opponent like the others, didn't made the error of underestimating him. Wally and Shô, being in better shape than their friends, threw a first offensive.
DIMENSION CARD RELEASE : EXPLOSION !
GUNS MAGIC : POLYGON SHOT !
Shô threw a card on which was drawn an image, hyper realistic, of an explosion whereas Wally, his arm transformed in a cubic cannon shaped like a pistol, shot a polygonal bullet which gave the impression that it was pixelated towards the Strizer. The latter just shrugged and lift both arms toward the mages.
REDIRECCIÓN DE LA SOMBRA !
Two shadows got loose from the ground and stood on the trajectory of the projectiles which disappeared in the dark masses and reappeared immediately the mages own shadows, Shô and Wally were struck quite hard by the attack of their partner, throwing them on the ground whereas Esteban, estimating that it was still not enough, prepared an attack which the other mages knew well.
HOYO NEGRO : ESFERA ATRACTIVA !
The same black sphere appeared in the hand of the Strizer before being thrown like a grenade in front of him, the sphere beginning to attract both mages who found themselves prisoners once they came in contact with the sphere. It did not dealt them any damages, but it render them vulnerable to another attack that Esteban already prepared. From their part, Jellal, Erza, Kagura and Miliana observed the situation, as if they had discovered something and tried to verify if they were right.
INVOCACIÓN OSCURA : HACHA DEMONÍACA !
Calling on to all the shadows he could gather, Esteban summoned a gigantic ax with a toothed, jagged and irregular blade which raised up behind him, brandished by what seemed to be a devil's arm made of shadows. Shô and Wally was unable to go out of their prison, at least this is what Esteban thought. Suddenly, without warning, his black hole had disappeared, Wally and Shô throwing themselves on the sides to barely avoid the ax, the latter coming down on the sand with so much violence that the air pressure generated by the blow sent them even farther. Esteban did not understand how his trap could have disappeared like that but he had no time to think about it because he was cut by Erza.
- " I see. I think I understood how it works. " She exclaimed mysteriously, Kagura nodding her head in approval.
- " Indeed. I think that this fight is going to become more and more simple as time pass by. " Added the swordswoman, a victorious smile on her face.
- " What is that ? I don't understand. " Admitted Miliana who had nevertheless observed the Strizer as closely as the others, obtaining an explanation thanks to Jellal.
- " He controls the shadows generated by the light of the moon, but the closer we are to midnight, the more the moon is upright and consequently, the generated shadows are smaller. As time pass by, he have even less tools to fight. " Explained the mage, although he remained worried. From his part, Esteban made a small grimace.
- " You are smart, I have to admit it. But don't go thinking that it's going to be a problem for me. And you don't know everything neither. " The threat seemed hard to believe, especially as Jellal was not going to give him the time to prove it.
METEOR !
The mage threw himself as fast as he could on the Strizer as the latter didn't have the time to get ready to dodge and took the fist of Jellal right in the face. But he also took the opportunity to catch the mage and punch him back, which took the mage by surprise, going away from the young shadow man to stand next of his friends, a hand massaging the cheek that the Strizer had struck, feeling like he was disappointed.
- " But … It is weak. " Declared Jellal which made Esteban growl, looking away whereas Erza seemed to realize something.
- " One minute. When Lucy returned after she faced the Strizer of the sun, she told me that he was a great very short-range and hand to hand fighter. If both of them are perfects opposite when it comes to their fighting style, then … "
- " Hand-to-hand fight is his weakness! " Deduced Miliana, ending the explanation of Erza with big eyes. Esteban was not delighted that such a thing had been revealed like that. From their part, the mages, decided to exploit this newfound weakness recently bare, all rushed and attacked the Strizer, weapons and magic ready to burst out but Esteban was decided to keep them away from him.
GRAVEDAD CERO !
A wave of invisible and untouchable energy propagated around the Strizer and extended to cover the whole beach, the mages interrupted in their running while their body had immediately begun floating in the air as if they were swimming in the ocean's depth. They struggled as they could but they were incapable to move suitably because of the total absence of footings. Esteban, delighted to see his opponents trapped in his zone of zero gravity, spent several minutes just having 'fun' with the mages, sending them to crash ones against the others by playing with their own gravity, crushing them on the ground and any other shape of beating he could found. After a while, he began floating too, approaching a panting Erza which tried to cut her opponent in pieces but regrettably, her swings couldn't even reach him.
- " Well then ? We have a hard time attacking correctly, aren't we ? " Provoked the Strizer by kicking Erza in the ribs which made her fly dangerously high, the knight struggling to try to find a way to go back down but without succeeding. Esteban got ready to do the same to the others when he noticed Kagura, hand stretched towards him and feeling his body growing heavy, which made him smile.
- " You REALLY plan to crush me with that ? I am not of the kind of guy to be crushed down that easily."
- " You shouldn't be such an egocentric person. When you are, you tend to forget whatever happen around you. " An advice full of wisdom but that Esteban did not understand. At least not before feeling an overwhelming presence approaching him dangerously from above.
REQUIP : PURGATORY ARMOR !
Like a black and thorny meteor, Erza, propelled by the Kagura's gravitational magic was falling dangerously fast towards the Strizer, her spikes covered mace aimed at him. Raising his arms, he caught the mace, the ground collapsing under his feet, digging a wide crater under the weight of the assault which Esteban couldn't bear as much as he wanted. So, he called his own shadow which, like a battering ram, violently collided with Erza to send her far away, but not as much as he would have believed which was easily explained by the fact that the gravity seemed to have returned to its normal state. Taking a look at Kagura, he understood that she managed to "cancel" his zero gravity by applying her own gravity to the beach. He, however, had no time to rest because Shô, Miliana and Wally had launched their own assault. However, Jellal, who observed his friends fighting against the Strizer, noticed something strange.
- " I don't understand. " His remark caught the attention of Kagura and Erza. " The punch he gave me later was weak, but just now he stopped, even if it was only for a brief moment, an attack as violent as that. There is less and less shadow but it's as if he became stronger at the same time. There is something strange. Maybe we're missing something. "
ORBE OF GRAVEDAD !
The 3 mages had gone out of their wonderings by hearing the Strizer resort to this technique that they had already had the opportunity to see. While they were thinking, their friend tried to keep Esteban busy, the mages and the Strizer exchanging blows but the shadow user was stronger and he quickly got the upper hand, pummeling the 3 mages. Back to the present, the gravitational cannonball was thrown in the direction of Miliana, who was too shaken by the blows which she had received to defend herself. But Shô appeared in front of her, protecting the young woman.
CARD MAGIC : DIMENSION STORAGE !
Shô took one of his cards in his hand, which began shining, then he placed the card on the trajectory of the orb which, when it came in contact with the card, disappeared. When the card stopped shining, the other persons present, with the exception of Wally, saw with bewilderment that an image representing the orb had just appeared on the card.
- " What the fuck is that trick ? " the Strizer wondered loudly whereas the card shone once again.
CARD MAGIC : DIMENSION RELEASE - GRAVITY ORB !
With a swing of his arm, he threw the card at the Strizer, what had the effect of releasing the same orb of gravity that Esteban had casted a few seconds ago.
- " These cards can store much more than just people now apparently. " Noticed Esteban, a hand raised to stop the missile. " It's not bad, but this thing belongs to me. I am going to take it back. "
Except that the orb did not stop. Esteban was shocked to notice that this orb did not obeyed him anymore. As a result, he tasted his own medicine and was throw backwards, taken by his own attack. Without the Strizer realizing it, Wally had teleported behind him, his arm up.
POLYGON MAGIC: BLOCK PUNCH !
Wally's hand became enormous and took the form of an enormous fist constituted of purple blocks that he used to swing at the Strizer, hitting him on his back. A rough shock which also provoked the explosion of the orb which crushed Esteban in between two explosion before being sent back towards the mages, more precisely meeting Miliana, all claws ready.
NEKO SLASHER !
Filling her claws with magic, she slashed at the Strizer, touching her target which gave a cry of pain before going to collapse on the sand a little farther, his face and upper part of his body covered with scratches, blood staining his body while he got up with great difficulty. For the mages, the fight had finished, considering the visible physical weakness of their opponent, combined with his propensity to favor remote fighting. But nevertheless, he got up, clearly bashed up, but apparently not annoyed by the situation.
- " Sorry to disappoint you, but my magic soaks what goes out of my cards to avoid inconvenience of the kind 'return to sender'. " Explained Shô, a derisive smile on his lips.
- " Tch. I wasn't expecting that. " Admitted the Strizer while wiping messily the blood which flowed in front of his eyes. " I guess that it might be a good time to switch up to another level. "
PUÑETAZO OSCURA !
He ran and caught Miliana and send a fist covered with darkness in her stomach, making her spit some bile in an impressive sheaf whereas her body was thrown far off, caught mid-flight by Shô. But regrettably, in a flash, he was in front of him, taking him by surprise. He was going to strike the cards mage when an outside intervention prevented him from doing so.
GUNS MAGIC: 32 FPS SHOT !
A cubic cannon appeared suddenly between the Strizer and the mages, opening the fire at point-blank range, riddling the body of the Strizer with 32 squared bullets by seconds, a good part of which were dodged, but allowing Miliana and Shô to go away while giving Jellal the possibility to counterattack.
PLEAIDES !
Taking his usual stance, Jellal revealed 6 rays of light which crossed the sky, going straight ahead to the Strizer which did not move, but he didn't need to. He stretched then folded up an arm, as if he had just pulled on something and indeed, Sho was suddenly attracted towards him as if he had been pulled by the collar of his jacket. Esteban caught him and placed him over him, in front of PLEIADES, acting as a human shield, which paralyzed the mages, their bodies frozen on the spot.
- " NO, SHO ! "
Regrettably, their shouts changed nothing and the rays of light exploded when they came in contact with Sho which let out a tearing roar of pain before falling heavily on the ground, totally motionless.
- " SHO ! "
POLYGON MAGIC: CUBE RAM !
Wally changed into many blocks and charged brutally the Strizer in his stomach making him move back, breathless but still standing, leaving however enough time to Wally to get Shô back and return him to his friend, Kagura and Erza observing him in shock, Wally seemed to fight against his own tears and Miliana, remembering her nightmare, wept buckets by taking Shô by his shoulders, begging him to wake up between two sobs. Jellal, as for him, observed the motionless body of the young man and the sadness of his friends, himself froze by the horror of what had just taken place, Esteban not missing the opportunity to point it to him.
- " Well, it looks like it's a habit of yours to kill your friends. First Simon and now him. My word, you're a devil. "
Jellal saw himself once again on the Tower of Heaven, laughing at Simon's sacrifice and saw again the look of Erza, full of hatred towards him at this moment. His knees gave up and he fall to the ground on his butt, shaken and incapable to think about something else than his past acts. Especially as he would have widely had time to save Shô with Meteor but his body had refused to move. It was, by the way, an observation he was not the only one to have made, Kagura and Wally turning to the Strizer, eyes full of hatred.
- " What did you do to us ? Why couldn't we move ? " Asked the swordswoman by brandishing her sword, threatening to unsheathe it.
- " You bastard ! You are going to pay, I promise you ! " Threatened Wally, pointing his cannon shaped arm towards the Strizer, ready to fire.
GUNS MAGIC : POLYGON SHOT !
DISTORSIÓN DE LA SOMBRA !
Wally opened fire but his cannon went astray at the last second, the bullet hitting Kagura in her back, tearing away a small cry from her, mixing pain and surprise.
- " Wally ! What are you doing ? Why would you shoot on me ? " Exclaimed Kagura, always beside Shô.
- " I, I don't know. My arm moved by himself. " The explanation was light but Wally didn't know how he could explain what happened. Erza did not wait for the situation to explain itself and rushed at the Strizer, in her RABBIT ARMOR, a sword in each hand. When she came in contact, Esteban welcomed her with two daggers made of shadows.
- " I'm not going to let you torment Jellal anymore. He had already enough things to feel guilty about because of his past and I won't let you add another layer to it !"
But as she was getting the upper hand, being better with blades than Esteban, she was suddenly thrown once again to the side, as if her body had moved alone.
- " Well, I'm fed up, what is that ?! "
- " DISTORSIÓN DE LA SOMBRA. I modify the position and even the shape of the shadows I infected or which are created by the moon. And since a shadow is inseparable of an object or a person, the other one is obliged to comply with the changes, like staying in one place if the shadow choose to stop moving. It had been a moment since I had used this technique, I missed it to be honest. " Esteban ended his small monologue with a slightly sadistic laughter before advancing on Jellal and Miliana, who had not still moved, while pushing away constantly the assaults of Kagura, Erza or Wally, by repelling their own shadows or by twisting that of their weapons and attacks to make them miss their target. Erza, which began to seriously be afraid of the safety of 3 mages who were on the ground, covered herself with her GIANT ARMOR and threw with all she had the De-Malevo-Lance on the Strizer but once again, his shadow manipulation turned out to be a problem. He stopped the spear dead in its track, still air-borne, before making it rise up to the sky, and relaunched it with all its original speed towards Shô, Miliana and Jellal, Erza, Kagura and Wally kept at a distance to prevent them from intervening.
- " NO ! THAT IS ENOUGH ! JELLAL, DO SOMETHING ! JELLAL!? "
The shouts of Erza had reached the ears of Jellal, but he did not move, was it because his shadow was locked too, or maybe it was the doubts due to what Esteban had reminded him with his nightmare and the attack on Shô. He was the only one to be able to stop the spear and he made nothing, his brain totally disconnected from the reality.
- " JELLAL, NO ! "
CARD MAGIC : DIMENSION STORAGE !
While everything seemed lost, the spear had suddenly disappeared, a playing card falling slowly while oscillating from right to left under the dumbfounded looks of the 5 mages and the Strizer.
- " Are you going to stop complaining or not ? "
A broken voice had pronounced these words, a voice coming from Miliana's lap, on which rested Shô, now awakened.
- " Shô ! You are alive ! " Exclaimed Miliana by squeezing him in her arms before going away a little, her cheeks red. Redness which could also be found on Shô.
- " A little shaken but I'm okay. " he then turned to Jellal, his face heavy with seriousness. "Don't let yourself get shaken like that, man. We forgave you a long time ago, Wally and I. You were not yourself and to hate yourself for that will not brought Simon back, and punish yourself for it won't fix anything either. "
- " He is right. " continued Wally, who was standing besides Shô, a hand on his hat, cigar between his lips. " If you want be forgiven about Simon, if you really want it, kept on living and fight for what he wanted to protect by giving away his life. That's what we do, when we're real dandy. "
The last comment of Wally made a small smile appear on Jellal's face who disappeared when they heard Erza and Kagura shout with pain before landing with them.
- " Kagura, Erza! Are you okay ? " Worried Miliana, her face having found its usual colors back.
- " We're doing what we can, but this guy, he became really strong all of a sudden. " Following the look of both friends, they saw that indeed, Esteban seemed suddenly more powerful. And they also remembered themselves that he had won in power with every minutes which passed since the beginning of the fight. If there was a logical explanation for this phenomenon, they had not found it yet.
- " We are approximately one and a half minute away from the final. You gave me one hell of a fight but I'm going to send you all to this Simon very soon. "
This comment looked more like a provocation than anything else, but Erza realized something there. Glancing at her watch, she saw that it was 11:59 pm. She search in her memory, trying to find something similar in her memories. Then she understood.
- " THE HOUR ! " Her exclamation, brought out of nowhere, took by surprise the other mages and made Esteban smile. "It's as Xun. According to Lucy, the Strizer of the sun power grew every minute as the sun approached its zenith, which was for him synonym of maximum power ! And if this guy is the night … "
- " Ding-ding-ding! We have a winner! Felicitación! " Esteban exclaimed with a derisive laughter. " Indeed, just like him, my power increases with every passing seconds as we got closer to midnight. And when we finally reach midnight, my power reach its peak ! "
And just as he finishes his sentence, Erza's watch passed from 11h59 to 00:00 am.
Suddenly, the full moon began shining even more, bathing the Strizer in a silvery light which formed some kind of bright halo on his body, swearing with his usual blackness. Raising his arms to the sky, the lunar light gathered in his palms, forming wide whitish spheres which were crossed by black stripes, sign that shadow power where involved in the spheres. Feeling the power of what was going to come at them, Erza made the only thing which, according to her, would be enough to stop it.
REQUIP : ADAMANTINE ARMOR !
Wearing her white and navy armor, she took a stand in front of her friends, her shields raised and ready to take the attack which felt like it will be something far more powerful than anything they had seen him use up to now. The others watched her, not intervening but it didn't meant they felt comfortable with it. Jellal in particular was looking at Erza's back with a worried look before he suddenly began shining like a spark, having made a decision. From his part, Esteban gathered the power of his spheres into one, forming a big silvery orb who looked like a miniature version of the moon.
LUZ DE MEDIANOCHE : CANON PLATEADO !
The big mass of light was thrown with the speed and the strength of a cannonball towards the mages, enlarging for each meters it traveled, fed by the moon which bathed the beach in an unreal aura, which could have given the impression that the scene had been taken out of a dream. The missile got in touch with the mages and exploded, a wave of white light illuminating the night as if a second moon was just born in the white sand. When the light had finally fade away, the result of the explosion was still hidden by a cloud of sand lifted by the explosion but for the mages, there was at least one person who was perplexed regarding what just happened.
- " Wow. Erza, you did it. " Complimented Miliana, helping Sho to get up. But the armored mage was not sure if she deserved the compliment.
- " No, I did nothing. My barrier almost didn't take any damage. " This revelation took the mages, but also Esteban who had heard the conversation, by surprise. But there was a simple explanation to that and the veil of sand which was falling down was soon going to reveal it to them. And indeed, there was a very good reason why Erza had taken nothing from the attack which had nevertheless made her slide a good meter back. Jellal was standing in front of them, arms outspread and head lowered, his body smoking and clothes torn by the discharge of energy.
- " Jellal ! But why did you do that ? " Asked Erza, not understanding why he had intervened while she had the situation under control. Esteban from his part especially wondered how he could still stand, a fact that began to annoy him.
- " Sho, Wally. You are right. " These simple words gained the attention of the mages who looked at the back of Jellal with curiosity, in particular the both aforementioned guys. " I punished myself for what I did in the past without realizing that by staying prisoner of my past, it prevented me from living in the present. As from this day, I promise to make amends of my past faults by protecting everything Simon believed in. My friends. "
These words touched the mages who went to testify of their friendship to Jellal, but Esteban, not being a big fan of this kind of show, was going to have to cut it short. Especially as it was now 00:01 am, meaning that his power was going to decrease with time.
ABSORCIÓN DE LA SOMBRA : CAPA NEGRA !
The mages turned their head to the Strizer and were faced with a show which they had not planned. Well decided to finish this as quickly as possible, Esteban had covered his whole body with his own shadow, being transformed into a man completely made of shadow with a long black cape and some sort of mask which covered his eyes, replaced by a multitude of white eyes, as brilliant as quartz crystals. With a swing of his arm, he called upon a real tidal wave of shadows which broke out towards the mages, like a wall coming to crush them.
- "Erza, I have an idea." Began Kagura turning to the mage with the blood colored hair. "You're with me ?" She asked with a confident smile on her lips, smile which Erza returned to her immediately.
- "Always".
Esteban looked at his black wave who was about to beat down on the mages when suddenly, two white lines similar to notches made by knife appeared on the wave who was cut in two like the Red Sea by Moise. Out of the opening came Kagura and Erza, the latter carrying the MORNING STAR ARMOR, holding two swords in her hands, Esteban gauging his opponents. Knowing that he could not face the two at the same time, he threw a mass of shadows which forced Erza to jump high in the air to dodge, leaving only Kagura on the ground. Kagura attacked, swinging her weapon down on Esteban who intercepted Archenemy with both hands. Or rather, what he thought was Archenemy. Indeed, he saw that he had no katana in his hands, but a guard less sword. Before understanding what happened, a second sword, identical to the first one and that she held in her other hand, cutting his stomach. He wanted to take advantage of the grip that he had on the sword he held to hurl a fatal blow at Kagura, but an intense light coming from just above him dispelled most of his defense, allowing Kagura to neutralize him even more by sending a violent kick in his family jewels, making him bend with pain. Kagura took advantage of it and got away to let Erza attack, the latter quickly coming down, thanks to Kagura gravity, and Esteban raised his head just in time to see where was Archenemy.
In the hands of Erza, ready to came down on him.
With a jump which was only due to a reflex born from his survival instinct, he dodged the fatal blow, although the sword had left a notch on his face.
TRUE HEAVENLY BODY MAGIC : SEMA !
Esteban raised his head just in time to see Jellal taking his stance and a mini sun began appear in the sky. Having no other options, he turned to his shade.
- "Sorry, but that's not part of my projects. See you later. Adiós !"
- "You're going nowhere, man !"
While he got ready to run away thanks to his shadow, Esteban was interrupted by Wally, who had just teleported the top of his body in front of him, raising a disproportionate arm and got ready to strike him.
POLYGON MAGIC : BLOCK CANNON FIST !
Wally's arm got loose from his body, catapulting the Strizer right towards Miliana, whom claws were all out. She welcomed Esteban with a series of slashes on his body, her claws penetrating into the flesh of the Strizer repeatedly, before leaving it to Sho, who threw a card at the foot of the shadow man.
CARD MAGIC : DIMENSION RELEASE - DE-MALEVO-LANCE !
Erza's spear, whom Shô had stored earlier, got out of the card suddenly, piercing the Strizer in his right shoulder, tearing him away from the ground and sending him straight ahead towards the miniature sun upon which Jellal had called earlier. Not being able to escape, Esteban hit the small star which exploded, creating an explosion which dissipated the darkness of the night, making the beach shine as in broad daylight for a few seconds. After a few seconds, a carbonized body fell heavily on the ground. The mages thought they had finished it, but the calcined body began grumbling while getting up, staggering under the weight of the wounds he accumulated, covered with blood from head to toe, a hateful and mentally ill look fixing the mages who were amazed.
- "Wow. For a sickly thin looking dude, he knows how to take blows." Commented Shô, whereas Erza, feeling something strange, had changed armor, now equipped with the CLEAR HEART CLOTHING, Crimson Sakura in a hand and Kagura's Archenemy in the other one.
- "I … won't… GIVE UP !"
TERIÁNTROPIA OSCURA : DEMONIO ARAÑA !
Esteban, having clearly let his refusal to give up known despite of his state, had gathered what power was left in him and transformed into a monster, which looked like a black anthropomorphic spider and covered with shadows, that grew up more and more, under the dumbfounded looks of the mages.
- "Yes, that's it!" Declared Esteban with a hollow voice which had nothing human anymore. "Contemplate my power ! You are nothing against m …"
SLASHING FORM !
CRIMSON SAKURA !
*SLASH* Esteban was interrupted by Kagura and Erza which, swords in hands, had just crossed in an instant the distance which separated them from the Strizer, being now some meters behind him, raised swords and closed eyes, whereas, without the even the slightest shout, he took back his previous form, two wide gashes forming a cross taking shape on his stomach and torso while he fall on the sand, finally defeated. The mages gathered, satisfied with the result, even if all was not that nice. Jellal for example, had just collapsed, the damages that he had undergone by taking for the others the lunar attack returning to him suddenly, now that the adrenalin had fallen down.
- " Well, hum, I didn't expected such a fight. I still have a headache because of his nightmares. " Admitted Miliana by sitting down next to Shô, Wally sitting down next to the cat girl.
- " Yeah, it was rough. But there is now only 4 left, isn't it? It is a good thing. " Kagura said positively while cleaning Archenemy, but Jellal, who sat against Erza who kept him straight, did not share her enthusiasm.
- " There might be only 4 remaining, but we can't let ourselves go. They are certainly going to be even more dangerous from now on. "
- " Let's forget it. It doesn't matter for now. " Said Erza, not wanting to stay on this subject for now. " Nevertheless this fight did taught us something. "
- " Yeah. That you should not let the past prevent us from living. " Completed Jellal, stand up a little more to face Erza. " From now on, I focused on the present. " And he the kissed Erza who, after some short seconds of surprises, returned it under the cheers of the other mages. Soon, the laughter of the mages resounded in the night, forgetting the complicated evening which they had just lived whereas a little farther, over a grave decorated with multicolored skulls and garlands, floated the transparent silhouette of a tall and muscular man, wearing a white turban, looking at them with a smile, more appeased than he ever was.
And here we are. I feel that it was a little bit fast in the end maybe, but I am rather proud of this chapter. I hope that you liked it too. We will soon be back for the next chapter. Goodbye !
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