The Pact
All the shadows disappeared from the Room.
Testa looks at Sual and says, "Looks like Avesh prepared Shadow Sayog for us and is waiting for us."
Saul replies, "Do you know how he gets that much full control over shadows. It's like Sumal after winning the Shadow World. He got that much after the full war, before coming to the Mortal Realm."
"I am not sure, my lord. He is way too powerful after merging, like he is one of them"
"Good point, like he is one of them. I think I understand. He may have made some pact or agreement with Shadow Nobles. I do know a few who ran from Sumal and hid in different realms"
"Is this mandatory to have a pact for the Sayog?" questions Testa
"Can a simple contract do that?" questions Testa again
"A contract will share your powers of the being you made a contract with and vice versa, but when you made a pact, and whatever the pact type, they are linked to inner spirit realms one way or another."
"Can I have multiple pacts and contracts?"Testa questions
"Why are you interested in the pacts?" questions Saul
"I would like to make one with the boy, so I can give my everything to save him," answered Testa
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The Shadow King
"Shadow Commanders are lost. They are more powerful than we expected," says Kosr
"I know the time we spent upgrading them is useless", replies Avesh with disappointment
"No, we kept them through the same process we used in the Shadow Realm to create Shadow Knights."
"Why did it fail here?"
"In Shadow Realm, the whole realm is filled with shadow power. Shadow beings cultivate and increase their inner shadow realms. On every red moon, more than 10 thousand shadow creatures enter Nitti-Shadow Dungeon"
"Dungeons?"
"Yes, Shadow Realm has multiple dungeons. And we use them to advance ourselves to the next level."
"We had those in the demon realm also, but we only go in and hunt the monsters to avoid monsters coming from that realm."
"I think those dungeons are available in all realms. And no one knows how they are linked to our realm. We use those to kill all monsters and fight with each other and merge with each other until only 10 beings are alive and return. Gates will be closed until only 10 are alive"
"10 thousand beings?"
"Yes, and we only get 10 powerful Knights come out of it. Here we tried with fewer than 500 beings and got 10 commanders."
"How is a Shadow King made?"
"Every 50 moons, a new dungeon opens, and all Knights, nobles and other beings who ever want to be a king will enter it. And also, the current king will enter from a different door. King's door directly takes him to the centre, and the others fight each other, and finally one will reach the king and fight him there, and the winner comes out as the King."
"That's barbaric"
"That's the shadow realm way, and it is said that this makes the next king more powerful than the current"
"How did you lose to Sumal, if you are that powerful?"
"It's not time for that, the enemy is entering."
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Kosr's Anger
Avesh shouts, "Shadow Realm: Shadow Sayog Endless"
"This is it, we can't be separated anymore", shouts Kosr
The whole room is filled with shadows, as it is a shadow realm, and all the shadows go underfoot and merge together.
This time, his horns grow longer, and a darker mask and a full-body black shadow-armour suit form. He transformed, as if he were a shadow creature himself. This time, it's different. He can feel the Kosr's thoughts and anger.
Avesh began absorbing all of Kosr's anger and hatred toward Sumal.
"I don't think that's a good idea, just before the attack", Kosr tries to stop Avesh
"I can handle myself. Please focus on gathering shadow energy from the shadow realm."
"What are you trying to do?"
Avesh completes observing all the hatred, which increases inner shadow power. However, memories related to all the hatred flooded in without any order. His head started to pain as it's gonna be blasted into multiple pieces.
"I can help you to box in the memories flooding and can re-arrange."Kosr offer help
Avesh just sat on the floor and started meditating.
Kosr worries that all the shadow power and hatred Avesh observed are going to affect him more than expected. He can feel that Avesh is more powerful than he can even block Kosr's memory-reading ability.
"I don't think it's time for meditation, our enemy can enter the room at any time."
"Shut Up" shouts Avesh
Kosr uses "Shadow Realm Summon", which summons a black ball of black shadow. It works as a barrier and also summons a shadow realm within the black ball. It's known that very few in the world can break the Shadow Realm Summon. Only Shadow nobles and above can use this power, and it is not possible for every noble.
Kosr can feel that Avesh's shadow core grows exponentially, and it's getting hard to manage Shadow Realm Summon. Avesh's core observes all the power.
"I didn't expect you could observe shadow power into the core."
Kosr gets no reply from Avesh.
Kosr knows Avesh is in the inner realm and is trying to control the hatred and memories.
Sual touches the door and tries to push it open.
Avesh shouts,
"Shadow Realm Summon"
The whole room is filled with the shadow realm, and the door that Sual is trying to open is closed.
Sual and Testa were shocked, looked at each other, and blasted the door open. Only to find the black door shield is covering the entry.
Sual tries to cut through the shield, only to find the room filled with the shadow realm. And the shield heals itself in 2 seconds.
"Entering the shadow realm without proper spell or tools is waiting to be slain." Sual looks at Testa and says this.
"I am not powerful enough to be a guide in the shadow realm." replied Testa
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Avesh's Inner Spirit Realm
Avesh stays at the core, and he can feel that the door is broken, and the inner realm is corrupting with shadow memories. He uses leaking shadow power and creates small boxes and tries to box memories one by one.
He can box a few memories and uses power from the spirit core and the inner demon core to create more boxes to block them in parallel. After a few minutes, he can block all the memories with an infinite number of boxes.
He sees one box glowing red with hatred. Avesh touches the box, and suddenly, he is in the real shadow realm.
He can see multiple dead shadow creatures and can see multiple demon corpses, and Sumal stands with a sword on Kosr's neck, asking to transfer the shadow king title to him.
"You are not a shadow born, you can't be a king, and you can't assume the title. I allowed you to travel beyond the boundaries I created. You should be grateful for that."
Sumal pushed the sword a little closer to the Kosr's neck and cut a little, he bled white.
"How can you bleed?" questioned Sumal, "I didn't see any of the shadow beasts bleeding."
"That's not your business", roars Kosr.
"You lost to the god, you can't show that anger here, you were emperor of the demon realm. You should go there, you shouldn't invade the Shadow Realm."
"You too lost the war, and there is no going back. Just because I lost to gods doesn't mean I lost overall. I have a plan, and I need Shadow Realm for that."
"Get lost, there is no way a demon can control the shadow realm as a shadow king."
"I know the way, we know the time where the shadow god ruled over the shadow realm as a king before he became god and transcended. I know the fact that one of your kings transferred his king title to a hybrid shadow-human king for a war with the Furies."
Kosr was shocked and looked at Sumal.
"I know about the Fury realm and the shadow realm war. It was clearly recorded in the demon realm. I will destroy everything in the shadow realm if you don't transfer the title"
"I will give you the title and stop this war and give me warrior death."
Kosr agrees to transfer the power. Kosr offers his right hand for a shake, and Sumal holds Kosr's hand with his left hand. And initiates the transfer of the title, small symbols on Kosr's neck glow and travel to Sumal's neck, creating a small tattoo of a black creature with two horns.
"Even though I shared the title, the realm still recognises me as the shadow king. You were just an outsider."
Sumal pushed Kosr and said, "Go run away, I am not in the mood to kill."
"Are you not standing on your word?"
"I don't need to make any promises. You lost to me. Whatever you say doesn't matter. Go away."
Kosr starts walking with shame and anger and decides to take revenge one day. The memory ends, and the inner shadow core grows larger.
"Looks like you managed to control the choas" says Kosr
Avesh opens his eyes and observes the whole shadow realm in the inner shadow core.
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