Chapter 496 - What is the Shadow? (1/2)

Ray had never met the person behind the shadow before. They didn't even know who was behind the beasts being infected or who was controlling the Dark guild. There were many theories wondering if it was even a human.

What surprised Ray more than anything though, was the fact that this person knew his real name. They referred to him as Sen. He had recently told many people who he really was, but they were all those belonging to the Redwings.

Technically, no one should know his real name or his real form other than them.

”How do you know who I am?” Ray asked.

”Don't worry, I know you can't see the real me, so I'm not expecting you to remember. What I am surprised about, is why there is so much resistance from you?” The shadowy human said. ”Wasn't your goal to destroy all humans? I am simply doing that.”

It was true, at one point Ray did feel like all the humans deserved to die, but not now.

”The humans are corrupt, but they can change.”

”Change?” The shadow figure said. ”Even if they change their ways, that doesn't forgive what they did in the past!' The voice shouted.

When the shadowy figure got angry, it seemed to flicker and the human form was changing into something else. It was as if he had chosen to appear in front of Ray looking like this, it wasn't his true form.

”Sen, I was hoping that maybe me and you could work together, but I'm warning you now. You continue to get in my way and I will have to kill you too.”

The shadow figure started to blow away, as if a strange wind was getting rid of it, and the dark room started to collapse. Breaking as if it was made of glass. When it finally shattered, Ray had come back inside the room.

”Ray, Ray!” Kyle shouted, shaking him about.

'I'm okay..” Ray said softly, his head still not in the right place.

”Okay? Your whole body was frozen stiff. We thought we had lost you to the shadow.” Kyle said.

Clenching his fist a few times, Ray looked at the Dragon bones in front of him. He then lifted his hand and slammed it down on the skull, shattering it into pieces.

”That damn shadow, it took over my mind!” Ray complained, noticing his body was still shaking.

He thought after evolving twice, and unlocking a quarter of his skills, that there was now no one that was a match for him. Yet, a shadow from some fake dragon bones had managed to enter his body. It had frustrated him greatly.

However, what was frustrating him even more than any of that, was this person seemed to know him, while Ray didn't know anything about the enemy.

”I'm sorry Ray,” Harry said. ”I looked over these bones by myself constantly, but never did the shadow ever rise from them. I thought it would be safe.”

”It's not your fault,” Ray said. ”It was a message only meant for me in the first place.”

”As I said we should get rid of the bones,” Lenny repeated. ”Before anymore of this happens.”

”I will deal with it,” Harry repelled.

Kyle and Lenny gave each other a quick look, wondering if they could trust Harry at the moment. He looked to be his normal self now, but he was certainly acting strange before.

There was no reason for Ray to return to the surface as there wasn't much of anything there, instead he returned to the centre of the large cavern. Here several areas had been turned into living quarters. A lot of tents were pitched up to allow the soldiers to have their own private area.

And in this case, there was also one for the Redwing leaders who had come to the lion's mouth. Entering, Ray decided to inform Slyvia. He would update her every day of what was happening, part of the rules of him coming here.

He didn't know why, but he complied to them, and stuck to his schedule updating her every day around this time.

”Harry is a strong person, but so was Gary, so you have every right to keep an eye on him. I'm sure Lenny will be able to spot any signs of the shadow before anyone else. You have good people by your side..Sen” Slyvia said, struggling to say the last part.

In her messages rather than calling him Ray, she had opted to call him Sen. Something no one else did, this was her proof to him that she didn't care about his past and she wanted to show that she was closer to him compared to anyone else. At the moment though, no one knew about this fact.

”You were once infected by the shadow, do you have any guesses to what it could be?” Ray asked.

”Not any new guesses that the Divine being, nor the common folk have talked about. A strong god, a group of god's. A demon, or a highly strong beast like a….”

”Like a dragon?” Ray replied.