Perhaps it was because of my absolute show of confidence or perhaps it was because a strange stickman suddenly appeared out of thin air, but either way, that sprite immediately took up a guarded stance the moment he saw the strange shadow flying towards him. His gaze was immediately drawn to the Shadow Demon Guardian, as if he was expecting the shadow to suddenly throw out some kind of special killer move.
Upon receiving my order, the shadow fully extended its wings out with a flourish and began flying towards the sprite like a perfectly straight arrow. Not only was its flight speed quick, it was extremely stable as well; there was absolutely no indication of this being its first flight.
‘Ah…how envious…in fact, why is that fellow so good at flying in the first place? I’m the original here, not it! Why must I fall like a ten tonne hammer whenever I try to fly? Also, also, what’s the idea behind dodging that Fireball with such a flashy twirl? Is it looking down on me or something? Am I really being scorned by my own shadow…’
Regardless of how much tsukkomi I had to offer, it was a fact that the shadow formed from my very own mana was darting towards that sprite, easily covering the span of a 100 meters in merely a second. As for that sprite, it was beginning to feel the pressure of the shadow’s unerring advance so he promptly retreated backwards while tossing out another fire attack at it.
Yet with its absurdly quick speed and absurdly light body that was not bound by physical concerns, it was able to pull off the most impossible of twists and turns imaginable. If this was Earth, this shadow of mine could probably even beat a cobra at Yoga.
The moment my shadow stepped within 20 meters of its enemy, the sprite opened up its non-distinct mouth and spat out a jet of flames at it. The Shadow Demon immediately swerved to the left in order to dodge the attack but the sprite wasn’t so easily foiled. Wherever my shadow went, he would doggedly hound it with that unending stream of fire.
The Shadow Demon tried a multitude of ways to break past the stream of fire. In fact, I had even ordered it to try and face that attack head on as well. It violently rushed right into that roaring column of flames as ordered but just as it did so, its body was instantly engulfed in flames and started to flicker just as that sprite once did.
At the same time as that, I immediately felt a void in my mana pool that quickly ballooned the longer the shadow stood in the way of the flames. Thankfully, my mana pool had increased significantly ever since I became a Fallen Angel. Under normal circumstances, I could probably maintain the Shadow Demon for almost half a day.
According to Ferti’nier, I already had the mana reserves of a Six-stars. Still, it wasn’t easy maintaining the Shadow Demon right now. During times such as this where it was hurt, I had to use my mana to stabilize its elemental body lest it dissipated entirely.
In order to prevent the Shadow Demon from being destroyed, I had no choice but to channel more mana into it. By ,y estimations, it was possible for it to force its way through to the sprite. However, the mana expended would be horrific.
Ignoring every other consideration, I continued with my order to push through that stream of fire by sheer brute force. In truth, while doing so might have ate up a lot of mana, that sprite had to expend a great deal of mana as well. If I wanted to, I could easily turn this battle into a war of attrition. Yet with Nola in a dire situation, I had to rush to her aid as soon as possible. No matter what, I had to resolve this battle quickly!
As a shadowy clone of myself, the Shadow Demon was completely obedient to my commands. Even if I were to command it to jump into a volcano, it would never hesitate. Thus, when that command was given, the Shadow Demon continued pushing forward despite the growing burns on its body. Truly, this was a dangerous situation to be in. If my mana channeling were to stop for even a second, all that mana expenditure would have been for naught.
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