Black Tide On The Street

The arrow that was already covered in light fell among the living shadows. A hissing sound accompanies it as quickly as it falls. It was as if the shadow was boiling after being hit by that arrow.

Not only that. The part of the shadow that was hit by the arrow seemed to disappear, leaving a one-meter diameter hole in the sea of ​​darkness.

Barry, who saw it, turned to Danny and nodded. Looks like the arrow worked. It's just that… the range of destruction is not that great.

Even so, this is the best they have. So they have to make good use of it.

Now that Barry had seen how the arrow hidden with Gleaming Aura worked, he tried his Gravity Manipulation on the shadow.

He stretched his arms forward and then sent a gravitational push towards the shadow. It was pushed back by the gravity Barry exerted as if he were hitting a solid object.

He didn't know the true nature of the shadow. But he doesn't need to understand it. He just wanted to destroy them and knowing that his Gravity Manipulation worked well against them, he was satisfied with that.

Barry nodded to himself. After that, he floated back to his place by pulling several objects such as poles or buildings with his Gravity Manipulation.

"My Gravity Manipulation worked well against them. It seemed like the shadows had the characteristics of solid objects so that normal attacks could hit them. However, it seems that attacks with the light attribute are still the best."

Barry explains what he found to Danny. The 45-year-old man nodded. He seemed satisfied with what he heard.

"Sounds good. I thought we would be fighting literal shadows but it turns out we were only attacking monsters in the form of shadows," commented Danny.

They return to their groups and explain what they found. Hearing that, Elaine, Anna, and Victoria looked a little calmer than before.

Elaine's eyes lit up at that. With his lightning, of course, he could create enough light to defeat the shadow. Plus the destructive nature of her lightning attacks.

"Let's go kill more shadows!" Elaine said, looking excited.

Barry of course also understands the basis of her excitement. He nodded. So far their chances of winning look good.

The group of five went towards the shadows. The black troops consisting of zombies and mutated animals trapped in the shadows immediately charged at them.

What was quite strange about the troops was the absence of any groans or sounds when their feet touched the ground. They are just charged with the ferocity of disturbing silence.

"Let's go!" Barry took the lead first.

Elaine walks behind him and Danny pulls his bowstring, creating a silver arrow and shooting in the next second.

The arrow hit one of the zombies which then immediately evaporated into black smoke accompanied by a hissing sound.

Danny got a notification that he had killed a Level 6 Normal Shadow Zombie. He smiled with satisfaction then pulled his bowstring again.

Elaine also continues to shoot her lightning bolt. With the level of destruction that the lightning bolt has, Elaine can kill 3 monsters at once.

"In a little while I will reach Level 9," Elaine told Barry with a smug smile on her face.

Barry didn't see that as a challenge at all. He smiled back. "Good."

They killed several more shadow creatures. It almost looked like a one-sided slaughter where the human survivors could easily kill the shadow creatures that the shadows threw at them.

Barry looked at his window.

[ 101 ]

He grinned, realizing that the numbers in the window continued to increase.

However, this situation did not last long. The shadows seem to be starting to get annoyed with their attitude of killing its minions with ease.

Suddenly, the ground around them shook and rumbled. The living shadows rising like a black tide in front of them, ready to prey.

"Oh, shit!"

Barry moved quickly, grabbing Elaine then kicked the ground to float.

A second later the black tide launched at them with incredible speed. If Barry had been even a little late they would have been consumed by the shadows.

The shadows kept moving, much faster than they thought to catch up with Barry and Elaine.

Elaine shoots her lightning. But her lightning seemed insignificant amidst the sea of ​​fierce shadows. She managed to push away some of the shadows but couldn't stop the wave.

This situation was beyond Barry and Danny's expectations. He didn't think that the shadows could turn into a huge tide that filled a whole street like this.

Barry gritted his teeth. Then, concentrate while stretching the hand that is not holding Elaine towards the wave.

Using the most of his Magic Power, he unleashed a huge gravity push toward the wave.

*WOONGGG!*

The black wave was pushed back drastically and rolled backward.

Barry falls down and lets go of Elaine. He didn't have time to see a text that appeared right after that attack landed.

He then chugged a bottle of Magic potion that he was carrying, restoring his depleted Magic Power.

But a second later the black wave surged toward them again.

At that moment an arrow covered in light shot like a meteor towards the shadow and hit it.

Due to that attack, the black wave of shadows is actually stopped and a hissing sound comes out of it. Black smoke also comes out in large volumes.

Barry and Elaine who were in front of it realized that the size of the shadows had actually been reduced.

'As I thought, the best attack is light.'

Barry turned to Danny and shouted. "Keep shooting!"

Danny nodded with a pale face at him. Then he chugged a Magic potion.

It turns out that issuing such an attack consumes a lot of his Magic Power. Barry figures that much.

He then saw the black tide surging again. At that moment, he heard a scream from Danny from behind.

"Hey! This text said I have killed 20 Normal grade shadows!"

Barry frowned. 'Does that mean…'

He hurriedly looked at his window. And realized that that number had increased. Another text also appears below it.

[ 150 ]

[The conditions have been met. Do you want to upgrade the Gravity Manipulation skill to Level 2? ]

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