"Gotcha!" Jack shouted, celebrating another kill.
He had felt empty since his visit to the Radiant Ruins, the former home of all Trovians.
He didn't even know why these Radiant Giants attacked him, seeing as he worked here before The Sundering.
Another giant lunged at him from behind. The Archer acted quick, sliding under its legs, then deploying a Sun Snare.
Jack jumped onto it while it was immobile, stabbing it in the head with an arrow.
The giant slowly collapsed onto the ground, creating dust and smoke upon hitting the ground.
"Another kill, another life saved." Jack muttered to himself, saving another Trovian that was being attacked by an enemy.
"Ma'am, what do we do? They completely caught us off guard." A guard spoke to the Goddess.
She did not reply and instead pushed him away. The castle doors were near, and the goddess would soon be in safety.
The Revenant opened the castle doors to them, the Goddess going first.
It was a soul possessing an armor; its origins were still unknown. It just arrived someday, offering the sun goddess protection in exchange for its "freedom."
"Is there anything we can do, Sergeant?" She asked, grabbing a key.
"Unfortunately no, Ma'am. The Shadows are too powerful, unusually strong."
"How is that possible? I don't recall my brother being so bitter before. He always was jealous, but I never thought he would..."
"That doesn't matter now. You gotta get to safety." Jack stepped into the conversation.
"No, there is no such thing as a safety now... He will find me, no matter how many centuries it takes him." She stepped into the throne room.
"Where are you going, Ma'am?"
"My father gave me a key, a pass if I ever got into a life threatening trouble... The moment I unlock this door, a blinding flash of light will take over the whole world, cleansing it from people who want me dead."
"No. You don't say..."
"That moment is now. Jack, take this. Apply it to your arrows. It's a never ending essence of power that is always fueled with power by me, even in my non-living state."
Jack took the light slowly, inspecting it for a few seconds.
"No, Ma'am, there has to be another way, unlocking that door will mean the certain death of you, and many other innocent people as well."
"Didn't you hear what I said? This door is our- My only way to ensure the world can live in peace." She unlocked the door, hesitating for a bit.
"Tell him it's coming to get him."
She opened the door, a universe full of bright lights flowed into their world, destroying the goddess' soul, but doing the same thing to the deserving ones.
Jack was quietly taking a walk on his favorite sky island, enjoying the phenomenal view that invited anything that saw it.
A portal sound reached The Shadow Hunter's ears. He turned his head to the right, spotting an open gateway and a woman coming out of it.
"Where did this take me? Oh, hi." She smiled to Jack, the Archer took a step back, recalling this woman.
"I remember seeing you just before The Sundering." Jack raised his bow.
"So?" She raised an eyebrow.
Jack immediately assumed she was one of The Shadows, but later realized she could be a victim that survived.
"Who are you? What's on the other side of that portal?"
"Fire. Lots of it." She replied back, trying to remember him.
"You realize I'm a highly trained assassin that could easily knock you out, immobilize you, kill you, handicap you, break your bones..."
The woman was not in the least bit scared. This made Jack uncomfortable; ordinary people would be scared by this trick most of the time, if they didn't, they were not his typical enemies.
"I don't even want to know who you are, just tell me where that portal leads to, please.
"Fine, I'll tell you."
"Then do it..." Jack replied, getting a hard blow to the face afterward.
"For those traits you just mentioned, you're not very intelligent." She punched him again, injecting him with a knockout syrup.
"I've grown used to that by now, sorry." Jack jumped and fled to another island with his wings, sending an arrow into her face when he landed.
The arrow landed on his opponent's chest, shadow marking her.
Jack vaulted over to cover, watching as the woman pulled out the arrow from her chest, then hid in cover as well.
"If only she knew." Jack pulled out his special arrow, ready to send it towards her.
"You don't think I don't know about shadow mark? Idiot." She activated a device that disabled his shadow mark, then sending a grenade towards his face.
Jack wanted to dodge, but his reflexes guided him towards pulling out one of his Sun Snares, then throwing it right at the grenade.
"How?!" Jack could make out an barely audible voice from his opponent, probably reacting to her freezing grenade mid-air.
Jack fled towards her island again, making use of the giants that distracted her.
"Augh!" One giant managed to land a hit on this agile woman, sending her flying towards a rock.
"How long was I out for?" The woman asked Jack. Not realizing she was in the same spot as before.
"2 seconds." Jack hit her with his bow, knocking her out for good this time.
"Might cause brain damage, but I don't care." Jack got a hold of his opponent on her leg, deciding to drag her through this portal.
"Actually, no." He changed his mind, deciding to leave her here.
The Archer stopped and prayed before going through the portal.
"Here we go."
Hey, freak! Come over here."
"What?" The spear wielder replied back to one of the citizens of Everdark.
"Me and a few buddies were talking about the future of The Shadows, and uh... Have you seen The Moon yet?"
"Him?" It replied back, telepathically.
"What's he saying?" One of his friends asked.
"Yeah, him. Have you seen what he looks like?"
"No, he doesn't have a form or a particular pattern, he's not a shape, not flesh or robot, he is everything other than what you think isn't you."
"What?"
"What did he say?" One of his friends asked again.
"Some cult or religion related stuff, the Fox says it doesn't have a shape, form blah blah blah... Excellent skills for avoiding a question."
The Fox raised its hand, doing a hand sign without breaking eye contact.
"You know, you sure are stupid for a- Hey why are these guards here?"