End of the long battle
After Rowena left the area to search for her mother, Michael, and Gaya was left with the shadow monster alone. Michael wasn't afraid of being alone. On the contrary, he felt relieved to fight the monster alone. Granted, freezing the monster with the Doom bringer would take way longer than with the Cold flames, but he could comfortably land the last strike on the monster in the end. Suppose Rowena or Noah was here, and their strikes took down the monster. All of his experience points would go down the drain. Michael needed those points to reach the Half Celestial stage.
"Keep those beasts off my back," Michael said, looking at Gaya in the air. As he prepared for the battle, the shadow monster dashed at him. This time, the shadow monster seemed really pissed off at him. The monster's eyes glowed brighter than before with intense hatred and rage. Two fists materialized over the monster's head and moved at high speed toward Michael.