Volume V - Chapter 45: All-Consuming Darkness

The darkness just came over me. No... it enveloped the whole street, trapped it in itself.

But I didn't stand still while it was happening. Yes, I might have been stiff. I might have been too strong to fight back. But that didn't mean that I would gladly give my life to someone.

I quickly took out my spear from my bracelet. Before it had even finished materializing, I grabbed it with my right hand and swung it at the figure in front of me. But... something happened that I had never seen or encountered before.

The darkness literally materialized. It stretched like a dough, then hardened and formed a shield, protecting the person in front of me from my spear.

The masked man tilted his head slightly to the side again. Then he simply raised his hand in the air, pulling it gently to the side.

Suddenly, all the darkness that covered the street rippled. It churned as if... enraged.