Child of Destiny

Wail~!

The massive shadow whale released an intense cry in the air before its colossal body slowly descended on the legion underneath it that was still maintaining its earlier formation.

Boom!

As the shadow whale dived into the shadow, it sent the surrounding skeleton soldiers, mages, and archers flying along with the ‘splashes’ of shadow.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Legion of Chaotic Sun was immediately thrown into chaos right after their master was swallowed by the shadow whale. Without Chaotic Luck commanding them, they could only act on their instincts and follow their battle AI.

Boom!

Bang! Bang!

Amid the chaos that the legion was in, the savage and cunning shadow creatures surrounding them immediately pounced on them once again, springing into action.

Roar! Roar!

The eerie roars of the shadow creatures reverberate in the entire place along with the war cries of the Legion of the Chaotic Sun.

The audience was quite surprised at the sudden development. In one moment, Chaotic Luck was winning before suddenly being swallowed by a massive shadow creature immediately after.

The rollercoaster of emotion caught everyone stuck in a strange state, unable to respond properly to the situation. He did not know how to react or what to feel about what they had just witnessed.

Some held their breath, frozen in place, while the others were still in the middle of processing everything that had just taken place.

But before they could even regain themselves, another development suddenly occurred on the battlefield.

Boom!

A massive explosion suddenly erupted within the shadows, producing a blinding light that illuminated the entire place.

Wail!

Then everyone saw the colossal body of the shadow whale jump out of the shadows once again, crying and grimacing in pain. This forced the massive shadow creature to open its mouth and ‘breathe’ fire.

…-or more specifically, it had spat out or vomited something from its stomach, seemingly eating something that it should not have.

Boom!

Amid the blazing ‘breath’, Chaotic Luck suddenly flew out and revealed himself before everyone once again.

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

Upon closer inspection, everyone could see black vapors coming out from the surface of Chaotic Luck’s body, repeatedly releasing a series of sizzling sounds.

It was also quite noticeable that Chaotic Luck’s current health bar had fallen to half, signifying the dangerous situation he was in earlier.

“That was close!” mumbled Chaotic Luck as he extended his hand in the air, letting a flying skeletal beast grab onto his arms and take him into a safe location.

It was still vivid in his memory how scary it was inside the stomach of the shadow whale. Aside from the boiling acid made of shadow, there were also scary creatures lurking and swimming in such an acid ‘pool’.

He swiftly gathered himself and recovered as much health as he could while also reorganizing his forces.

He summoned another batch of blazing skeletons and reformed his battle formations.

Keir, who was still hiding in the dark, was slightly taken aback by what had just happened. He did not know how Chaotic Luck managed to escape the miniature shadow world within the stomach of the Devouring Whale, but he had to quickly reorganize himself and plan for another attack.

He pretty much figured out how Chaotic Luck works with his legion, so he only needed to create another opportunity just like now before finally catching the latter.

But he had to also make some adjustments with his tactics since he knew that such tricks would only work once, even against a ‘rookie’ like Chaotic Luck.

At least, he still had quite a lot of tricks up his sleeve to produce similar situations.

By taking advantage of the map and the power filling it, Keir could do quite a lot of things, particularly when his class and race resonate well with these two factors.

Unfortunately, there were still some consequences for initiating such moves.

His Mana Pool was being much faster than it used to be. Even if he could slow it down by ‘cheating’ the rules of this map and absorbing some of its powers and replenishing some of his mana during certain occasions, it was still far from enough to fight under such conditions for an extended period.

Boom!

While Keir was organizing his thoughts and plotting up a plan, a massive explosion erupted in the sky once again due to the collision between the Hell Pilgrim and the other Colossal Shadow.

Frowning his brows quite tightly, Keir felt like he needed to deal with this other factor as well. “This version of Death Knight is a bit troublesome. I need to somehow deal with it before the Darkness Beast devours me later instead.”

“Aside from other blazing skeletons, this is the only one that poses the greatest threat. So long as I deal with it properly, the rest should be quite easy,” he mumbled, trying to formulate a plan.

He was still in the middle of thinking about how to deal with the Hell Pilgrim when he suddenly noticed something odd.

Swoosh!

During the earlier collision with the Darkness Beast, the Hell Pilgrim was suddenly sent flying, unable to withstand the powerful force behind the strike.

There was nothing strange for the Hell Pilgrim to lose in a frontal confrontation between the two, especially since the Darkness Beast was supposed to be a manifestation of the combination of absolute strength and eerie darkness.

It was a special species of an elemental beast that was born from pure darkness.

Unlike the Devouring Whale that slowly evolved after devouring everything in the Shadow Realm and Dark World, the Darkness Beast was born with everything, including its talent and innate traits.

Even though Chaotic Luck’s Hell Pilgrim was strong, it was still a lot inferior to Darkness Beast when it came to raw strength and power.

What made Keir wear a strange look on his face was the direction in which the Hell Pilgrim was sent flying.

It was sent flying toward the place where he was hiding.

“F*ck!” he could only curse his luck when he saw this.

He then swiftly responded and immediately tried to get away from this place as far as possible. Unfortunately, it was already too late at that time.

Swoosh!

The Hell Pilgrim was already about to land on the tombstone near him before he could even activate his ‘Shadow Travel’ spell to escape.

Boom! Thе rеfеrеnсе vеrsiоn оf this сhаptеr is оn М*V*LЕМРYR.

The shockwave upon impact suddenly shook the place, sending huge rock fragments in every direction while creating a huge crater.

“Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t!” Keir could only repeatedly curse while doing his best to escape the epicenter of the explosion.

His greatest advantage over Chaotic Luck was his great familiarity with the map, along with the powers that he was ‘borrowing’ from it.

Unfortunately, these advantages required quite a few things before he could realize their full potential. Among them, he needed to hide himself in the darkness so that he could manipulate everything without any problem. This included his manipulation of the shadow beast horde, which needed his constant input to make the entire force work.

Now that he would most likely be discovered by the Hell Pilgrim, Keir needed to do a few more modifications to his plan, planning to drop his absolute control over his shadow forces and letting them fight freely for now.

The other problem that came with this was the risk of them losing control due to the influence of the map. Once it happened, things would become even more chaotic, absolute chaos.

“But I can take advantage of it as well,” he mumbled as he tried his best to distance himself from the Hell Pilgrim as much as he could.

He had even employed the powers filling the map to hide his presence and erase his tracks as much as he could.

Unfortunately, his actions only made it worse. Due to him erasing his tracks, a ‘void’ was suddenly formed from the senses of the Hell Pilgrim, making it notice the strangeness almost instantly.

Whoosh!

A dangerous glint suddenly flashed in the eyes of the Hell Pilgrim as it instantly locked its gaze on the ‘gap’ in its perception.

Boom!

Without any hesitation, the Hell Pilgrim kicked the ground and propelled itself forward, trying to catch this moving ‘gap’.

Shing!

Midair, the Hell Pilgrim swung its molten great sword, sending a huge crescent wave that expanded rapidly and burned everything on its path.

Swoosh!

Seeing the rapidly approaching flames, Keir had no choice but to finally reveal himself, casting a dark wall to block the incoming attack.

Boom!

He then swiftly teleported himself away from that spot, attempting to create as much distance from the Hell Pilgrim as possible.

During this exchange, Chaotic Luck, who was still in the middle of reorganizing his forces, immediately received the message from the Hell Pilgrim that told telling the location of the dark mage.

Without any hesitation, Chaotic Luck swiftly ordered his forces, particularly scouts, to converge on the place where the Hell Pilgrim was located and locked on Keir.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The first to arrive at that location were the flying skeletons with blazing wings, immediately bombarding Keir with a rain of fireballs from the sky.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Then the skeleton crawlers and assassins also arrived one after another, trapping Keir in an encirclement.

“Tsk!” Keir frowned deeply as he skillfully dodged all the attacks while ordering his forces to save him.

Boom!

The first to arrive was naturally the colossal Darkness Beast, which grabbed the flying skeletons and crushed them with a squeeze of its palms.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Then the Devouring Whale also pounced out of the shadows, opening its mouth and swallowing everything on its path.

Wail~!

This then led to serious clashes between the two sides, propelling the pace of the match sharply.

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