(Self Notes)

[Shadow]

\Mirror/

"speaking"

'thinking'

*action*

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The canine's head lowered, hair standing up on end and growled, I cringed jumping back and calling open my Storage Void, I was soon armed with a long mithril awl in one hand and a small crossbow in the other. The wolf seemed to smile, amused. I began using -- and -- drawing power from the area boosting my stats, a dark brown aura emitted from my body.

I shot a crossbow bolt at the wolf and it casually stepped aside, [Um, you need any help?] "Fuck no, I can do this!" [Whatever you say man]. I thrust with my spear, scoring it's hide, only it didn't seem to injure it. I glared, annoyed. Seeing me helpless, the wolf grew complacent, circling me in a blur, I could tell it wasn't even using it's full power. 'Ugh this is bad' I put my weapons back in the Storage Void and knelt, pressing my palms into the earth. "Hey, Mirror, can I have some assistance?" I felt her return to my body \Yuuuup, take thiiiis/ power pulsed through me, my aura thickening, thankfully the wolf was still underestimating me. I began using -- and started adapting it to my needs.

-Acquired ---

'Alright almost ready' I used --, my eyes burning with flames of green and red. My skin took an earth like hue, my hair turning to leaves and my nails lengthening into claws. -- is a very special ability, it was originally used by Dark Gods in Dreamspaces, but Shadow managed to replicated it in reality. -- and -- give you temporary control and awareness of your surroundings, the skill is heavily reliant on Aethaerics Talent, and the Will stat. -- is more permanent giving skills, traits, and stat gains though it is somewhat of a gamble as it can have a negative effect. Using -- literally assimilates you with your environment triggering a transformation.

'Alright, done!' \Hooboy, clobber him, boss!/ I charged the wolf, the trees seemingly bending out of the way for me, my body is much faster now, and I managed to catch the wolf unprepared. I duck underneath it and rake my claws along its underbelly, it lets out a cry of pain, but amazingly it doesn't even seem to be badly wounded. \Well shit/, the wolf seems to be pretty angry with me, it shoots past me, curling its huge tail around my leg and running forward. It was moving fast enough that I didn't have to worry about hitting the floor. It suddenly turned, and it's tail let go of me. I was swung with the strength and speed of an A-rank monster. Fatal. [Damn, you suck. Pass me the wheel] "Not yet!" I grumbled.

I harden my aura to the limits, my aura momentarily turning black, I Willed the forest to cushion my fall. *oof* I landed on my back knocking the breath out of me and quickly stand, thankfully I broke no bones, I still had some strength in me. The great wolf stared down at me contemptuously. Rushing me it brought it's left paw crushing down for my legs, the other paw pinning my shoulder. It opened it's maw ready to chew my face off and I blasted it with all my concentrated aura, rocking it's head back. It growled again biting for my face with renewed ferocity. {Now. I'll not ask again] I sighed, while pushing the wolf's head back. "Fine." I relinquished control.

I could still feel and see through my body only now, Shadow was in control. He kicked the wolf off with supernaturally strong kick, sending it flying into the air, it dragged it's claws along the trees slowing it's fall and landed gracefully, it stared at Shadow-Me with baleful eyes. Pain assaulted my back and eyes, Shadow-Me showed no reaction. Eight slender black spider legs shot from Shadow-Me's back and His eyes turned black. He walked forwards slowly, eyes locked with the wolf and hands in pockets. Suddenly lunging with four of the spider legs faster than the wolf can see the four legs drew blood and long jagged cuts opened along the wolf's flanks. It howled in pain and called it's pack. "Well shit, this got a whole lot harder" spoke Shadow-Me. His right foot braced backwards and his left foot lashed out, heel smashing into the wolfs throat, silencing it. "Shut. Up." He growled. We soon heard the sounds of answering howls. Shadow-Me leaned forward facing the approaching Pack. "Meh, this is gonna be fun." he laughed, 'Seriously, are you insane?' \Oh don't worry about him, little bro, if he does anything stupid we'll take over/ (Yeah!) I groan 'Be careful, my body's in a bad way' "Sure thing asshole, fresh tenderized wolf chops coming up!" 13 more wolves are suddenly surrounding us.

He darted forwards activating his -- shadows clumping together around him, forming a cyclone of black, 13 whips of Dark blasted through each individual wolf killing them all instantly in an explosion of gore. "Boooring!" Shadow-Me drawled. \You're the one who finished them off so fast dumbass!/.

Shadow-Me frowned feeling a strong presence, one capable of matching him, he rushed towards the strange presence using his many spider legs to travel at his maximum speed. A huge egg shaped amber ball pulsating with red light was hovering at the very center of the forest. 'This isn't what I think it is, is it?' (Ummm, I'm pretty sure it is) \Yeah, to think the source of this was a Princess/ 'Hey Shadow, is she alone?' "Yeah, no Maids. Odd." he stood at the edge of the red light, curious. The glowing egg was an active Hiveportal.

Rotten Princesses are Upper S-rank monsters, they usually stay within the borders of their Queen's territory maintaining the outer Hives. Princesses however do sometimes travel elsewhere, but they are usually guarded by Maids who are Mid S-rank monsters, meaning we are way out of our league. Or should be. "Yeah only a Princess, and she's feels... Weaker?" said Shadow-Me, uncertainly 'Okay if we can chance it, that would be for the best, we can't just leave Bio-Demons around so close to civilization, especially not near my home' "Yeah but I'm more worried about who put her in this condition." (Hmm, I doubt there are many people in these parts capable of taking on an Upper S-rank and especially not a Princess!) 'And Shadow?' "Yes?" 'Don't wear yourself out, I need you guys strong' \Yup yup, if you get badly injured it will slow our progress, we need to be able to protect Chris, and we won't be able to if you get tuckered out/ (Yeah! Chris, you need to start taking this stuff seriously before you get yourself killed!)

Shadow-Me releases his Will, channeling --, sucking the life from the Hiveportal and surrounding area, the plants and trees shriveling in the area. He would need to be cautious. "Hey Princess! I just broke your Hiveportal! You mad?" Shadow-Me shouted smiling, exuding an aura of confidence. "Well... I guess I'll just be on my way." he muttered sarcastically, when a humanoid insect appeared before the broken remains of the Hiveportal, it's chitin a bright blue with a body like the horrific lovechild of a centipede, preying mantis and an ant. Large fly like green eyes bore hatefully at Shadow-Me. It had a vicious wound along it's back, with it's wings out of commission lowering it's threat level considerably.

Making Shadow-Me sigh in relief. The creature crouched, then explosively jumped ahead and a long poisonous tail extending out swung over at Him and he sidestepped. The Princess screeched, using the Sound Controller, rending our ears with painful sounds, blood dripped from our ears but Shadow-Me kept our body still, aura whirling he formed a fist of darkness, bringing it swinging down towards the Princess. Her own aura hardened and she endured the strike easily. He huffed frustrated, her defense would be very hard to get through. He knew exactly how to deal with her, he only need to slow her down for a moment.

He opened my Storage Void, withdrawing an arsenal of weapons, sheathing them all in Darkness, he struck, figure flickering, firing multiple crossbow bolts, she dodged each by a hairs breadth wasting no movements. His spider legs struck out leaving small indentations on her hard carapace. A barrage of melee weapons wrapped in Darkness closed with her, dodging or blocking she weathered through, waiting for his killing strike. Shadow-Me abruptly stilled, spider legs piercing the ground, he braced himself. It took almost all his concentration, sustaining the furious attack on her.

With one deep breath he activated -- a, huge beam of black pulsing light is fired forth, arcing up into the air in a sonic boom and slamming down into the Princess. The surrounding trees were blasted back, crushed or mangled, leaving deep gashes and furrows in the earth, marking crisscrossed patterns and trenches in the clearing. A small crater smoked at the center of the carnage. I doubted the Princess survived. '*whistles* Dayuuum' "This isn't over." he said, voice hoarse 'What the hell are talking about! Did you even see-' a small figure jumped out of the one of the trenches, tail and arm missing, the Princess stood unsteadily. 'Oh' "Yup." Shadow-Me's face was contorted into an ear to ear smile "You want more you fucking bitch!?" he roared, spider legs fanning out he got into position. \Oh my, what a fucking WASTE! Why does he always do this!?/ 'Waste?' \Yup, he wasted almost ALL his energy in that single attack!/ "You two, shut up. Let me concentrate." he ran at the Princess, both much slower than before. Her body was missing pieces of chitin, and dark green blood welled from her wounds, she used the Boost Controller, now moving even faster than her former speed "Two can play that game!" said Shadow-Me, doing the same. His bottom most spider legs shot out, hooking around her legs, his fists punching over and over, chitin cracking. Her body was rocked bag and forth. Eyes filled with a mad gleam, her arm grabbed at the spider legs holding her legs and tore. Shadow-Me shouted in pain, harassed, though his smile never wavered.

With two spider legs down, he jumped, spinning in midair smacking her out of the sky with six simultaneous sweeping kicks from his remaining spider legs. She was sent crashing through several trees before landing at the foot of the crater. She stood back up, but she was in critical condition, half her body completely caved in and her skull cracked. Shadow glowered "Real hardy bastard aren't you?" she screeched in response. Laughing he ran at her again, keeping his limbs out of her range, he shot whips of Dark, scoring jagged wounds on her already broken frame. He then jumped with his spider legs and bringing his human ones down in a drop kick, he heard the snap of her neck. "Now that was pretty anti-climatic." he said grinning as the his Dark Controller deactivated, the spider legs on his back likewise disappearing. My body soon returned to normal, and the weight of my exhaustion hit me like a truck. I fell forwards over the corpse of the Princess, and with the last of my strength I stored her corpse in my Storage Void before falling unconscious.

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