**Episode 13: [Dark Mage Basic]**
#### **The Ultimate Duel**
Commander Adelaide and Shen clash in a battle so fierce it destroys half the battlefield. Their movements blur—a fight at light speed.
**Adelaide (grinning):** *"Your power is impressive... but not equal to mine!"*
Shen swings his cursed sword, barely parrying her strikes. Suddenly, a soldier's body erupts with godlike light, the energy wrapping around Adelaide.
**Shen (staggered):** *"What kind of power is this?!"*
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#### **The Power Surge**
Kenya senses the energy wave from afar.
**Kenya (wide-eyed):** *"This aura...!"*
**Ruke (clutching his weapon):** *"It's like a god's power!"*
**Shen (gritting teeth):** *"Stay focused!"*
Adelaide and Shen's battle intensifies, their blows creating hurricane-force winds. Shen spots an opening—
**CRACK!** His sword shatters against Adelaide's dark energy.
**Shen (shocked):** *"Impossible...!"*
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#### **The Chase**
Adelaide pursues Shen relentlessly through the burning ruins.
**Adelaide (mocking):** *"Running away? How pathetic!"*
Shen vaults over rubble, his clothes singed.
**Shen (thinking):** *"I need to lure her away from the children—"*
A voice interrupts:
**Eliz (from shadows):** *"Shen! The commander's coming!"*
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#### **The Children's Fate**
A group of terrified children huddle in the wreckage.
**Child (sobbing):** *"Why did you come here? Our parents are already dead!"*
Shen's eyes harden as Adelaide raises her sword toward them.
**Shen (roaring):** *"ADELAIDE! Fight me, not them!"*
A sudden explosion of light—Commander Abelard arrives, his blade radiating energy.
**Abelard:** *"This ends now."*
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#### **The Dark Revelation**
As the dust clears, Shen gasps.
**Shen:** *"This... this is Dark Mage Basic?!"*
Adelaide's body begins mutating, her form twisting with unstable power.
**Kenya (horrified):** *"She's losing control!"*
**Ruke (readying lightning):** *"We have to stop her!"*
**Episode End**