[380] Empires end, worlds beginning.

And It had taken the bait. Although it may not have looked like it, I was paying close attention to my shadow and the traces of Shadow energy that spanned the entire city. Every shadow was connected here, whether it belonged to a building or a person. The moment I felt the Shadow energy moving I prepared myself.

I could see the Shadowborn move through the threads of shadow connected to each like blood flowing through a vein.

In an instant, it had reached my location, I had almost failed to capture it.

Thankfully…I had done it with the help of Dragon eyes.

"Peekaboo!"

I grabbed its throat and rammed it into the walls of the imperial castle.

"KIEEEK!"

'Argh!'

The sound it released messed with my balance…it was affecting my entire body. Nevertheless, I stabbed the Bastard with the Ame-No-Sakahoko swiftly as we both catapulted towards the ground.

[HEAVENLY SKY SPEAR]

-|FIRST MOVEMENT|-

/HEAVENLY THRUST\