Chapter 1020: Shadow Demons (2/2)

But catching it was next to impossible. The first problem is the height.

Sam cannot use the harbinger or the beasts while he is going on these journeys. That is one of the conditions he has to follow unless he faced life and death situations which is almost impossible considering the places he is visiting.

So, he planned something else.

He went to the highest and steepest cliff in the region and waited there.

The Shadow Eagle always stands there looking down at the land that was under its control.

Sam hid there and that night the shadow eagle stood there just like every other day.

He lunged out as he swung the scythe which created a large crescent in the night sky.

But the shadow eagle was vigilant and used its shadow form as it moved into the sky. The crescent slash missed the bird. Sam didn't stop though, as the shadow eagle looked at Sam with glaring eyes while hovering, Sam leaped towards it and slashed the neck with its scythe.

The bird was caught off guard as it didn't think, Sam who cannot fly would be stupid enough to come to jump off the cliff just to kill the bird.

Sam caught hold of the bird and fell down, but in the middle of the descent, he stabbed the lower end of the staff of the scythe into the cliff wall as he tried to slow down the fall.

But normal stabbing didn't do anything, so he has to inject the spiritual energy and put in a lot more force.

This caused the staff to go deep enough to create resistance as it destroyed the cliff wall as they moved downwards.

But the downside is, the eye-catching crescent slashes in the sky and the loud and jarring descent beside the cliff wall, attracted the shadow demons that are active in night times.

All of them ran towards the cliff and by the time they reached there, Sam is standing on the ground with the scythe over his shoulders. Nali started removing the feathers off of the bird to start cooking. But more than that what made the shadow demons stand in a daze is the long clean vertical cleave that appeared on the cliff wall because of Sam's descent using the scythe.

The shadow demons are the guards in charge of patrolling.

They don't know how to proceed as they understood Sam's strength might be beyond them.

Sam who noticed them said.

”Are you the guards?”

They nodded hesitantly.

”Wait for a while, I will come with you after I finish my meal.”

And the guards did exactly that while they contacted their supervisor.

Soon the supervisor of the guards came and he also had to wait.

Sam finished the meal and both him and Nali entered the city along with guards.

He was taken to one of the elders of the shadow demons directly and said.

”So, who are you, and why are you here?”

”My name is Sam and I am here to spar with your strongest fighter in the same realm as me. I don't mind someone in the Middle stage of Pre-transcendence too.”

The elder was surprised, but not shocked.

”Then what is the commotion at the cliff.”

”Oh, I was hunting the shadow eagle. As you know it is hard to catch, so I had to jump off the cliff and the commotion is due to me trying to reduce the force of the fall.”

”Why should we spar with you? What is in it for us?”

”What do you want?”

”What can you offer?”

”A wager? A two hundred million spirit stone wager. Is that enough of an attraction for your fighters?”

”It is not a small number. But it is not too large either.”

”Five hundred million, then.”

”What is your background? Which organization do you belong to?”

”You might not have heard of it, it is called the dusk. Are you in for the wager?”

”Yes.”

”Thanks, that saved a lot of trouble for me.”