[Chapter 54] The Struggle Continues

I stand there shocked, tired, but shocked. 'If I even use half of my strength, I can break someone's mana infused arm?!'

Little did I know, the assassin was also shocked. 'Who is this kid?!'

All of a sudden, I sense a presence behind me. I duck and as I do, an green ethereal fist slams down on my head, causing my vision to temporarily go dark, my life flashes before my eyes, and all of a sudden, I stop moving, my shadow armor disappears.

"How hard did you hit the kid? You seemed to of knocked him out." Says the man as he staggers forward, holding his destroyed arm in his hand. The lady stares down at my limp body.

"He is an impressive fighter, he isn't the best, maybe with a bit of training...." The guy slightly jumps up and down, seemingly unable to contain his excitement, that is, until he winces from the pain, a few tears in his eyes.

"I really want to keep this kid, ooooooooh, maybe we can get him to join our organization!"

The lady glares at him, seemingly annoyed. "No, a job is a job, we have a reputation to uphold."

But Aragon is determined, "This kid was able to crush my arm with one hand! One! Please let me take him as my apprentice, pleeeeeaaaaasssse Elzania?!" He begs, giving puppy eyes to the Elzania. She stares daggers at him before saying in an irritated voice, "Uuuugh, no Aragon! No means no! Besides, there is no guarantee he will join us. Now let's end this." She says as she stands over me, her sword hovering over my head.

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Dragon Morph (Active)

Transforming into full Dragonborn....

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'Maybe my scales aren't able to protect me when they are under my skin. Thank you gamble.'

Scales start protruding from my skin, my mouth grows and my hair recedes and disappears into my skin, being replaced by a crown of horns, the longest ones being a foot long, ethereal smoke flows off my crown as I stand up. Wings grow from my back as claws grow from my hand.

Now stands before the two shocked assassins is a full purple scaled Dragonborn. The two ninjas stand there, eyes wide, staying back from this unknown situation. They seem to not even able to comprehend what just happened. And what breaks their shock, is a dagger falling to the ground.

I extend my wings and launch into the sky, gliding in the sky, trying to save my energy. 'I am barely able to stay awake, but now is the time to risk it all or else I am gonna die.' I glare at Aragon and fold my wings, pencil diving straight down, using gravity to my advantage. I pick up speed almost immediately and I soon enough become a bullet if black. Aragon stands there wide eyed at me as he sees me falling down on his location.

He lunges, hoping to dodge, but is too late. My legs collide with his back, causing his entire body to cave in, and his insides launch from his abdomen, killing him in an instant.

My bones are showing through my legs, scales dangling, fragments of bone in my ankles, my feet seemingly dust, and blood flowing from the holes created by them. I scream in pain as tears fill my eyes.

I see an ethereal smoke floating off of his corpse, among the mass of organs, blood, and flesh, and as my vision fades, I put in a last ditch effort to stay alive.

A window opens, and I black out.

I see an abyss, a pitch black abyss. 'I died again....' I sigh, disappointed at the reality of my situation. Wait....I sigh? I try harder to open my eyes and see a window in front of me.

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"Resurrection of level 2 shadow soldier successful!"

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'Level 2?' I think confused as I open my eyes fully and what I see scares the crap out of me. I see a soldier clad in a black ninja suit with an empty circle on his forehead, seemingly missing something. Another window shows up scaring me from my stupor of staring at my new.....shadow soldier?

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"You have summoned your first shadow soldier! But now you need an emblem to be known by! Design your new emblem!"

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And under the window is an empty box that has a tutorial underneath that says, 'This will create whatever you think, have fun!'

I am shocked but quickly swipe away the box with my mind. I go to get up before screaming in pain, remember that my legs are now dust. I look around at my surroundings to see what's around me.

I see a headless body amongst the remains of the guts, blood, and gore of a horror movie scene. I look as close as possible without killing myself and realize, it's the female ninja! 'What happened.....' I realize what happened as the shadow soldier holds her still masked head towards me, his eyes pleading with pride and acceptance of his gift.

I feel something come up from my throat as I realize I might throw up. 'Nonononono. No.' I swallow it, making sure to keep my stomach's contents safe.

I smile nervously when I suddenly realize, I'm still a full Dragonborn. 'Gotta be normal when I get help with my legs, or should I stay this way? Oh well, might as well try.' I think as I try to transform back to my old form.

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Transformation failed, can only transform into the next form or when the body is 80% undamaged.

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'Dang, so I have the options to become a crippled dragon, or I have to heal up to transform back, so I guess I'm stuck in this form until then.

As I close the window, I see an ethereal smoke floating off her head and decide to try and resurrect another soldier. I open my skills and activate my skill shadow creation.

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"Resurrection of level 2 shadow soldier successful!"

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I look at the shadow the head casts and see a shadow launch into the sky and hover there for a few seconds, as if weightless. Then it lands beside the other soldier soundlessly. She looks exactly the same as the guy, but has a larger chest and more curvaceous body. Many would drool but I am currently more concerned as to how I'm gonna get my legs fixed.

I then look over at the girl and store her, causing her to nod before jumping into my shadow. Then I see a number in a corner of my vision show 1/1,500.

'I forgot I have that much storage.' I think to myself before giggling, which leads to a cry of pain. 'Damn that hurts.' I look over to the first shadow soldier, about to do something stupid.

"Can you carry me?"

"..."

The soldier stares at me quietly for a minute before picking me up, my legs dangling as he holds me. It takes every fiber left in my being to not scream and cry out in pain.

And he just stands there with me in his arms, making me feel pathetic.

I look away before saying, "To the clinic please...." he abruptly turns around and starts jogging to the clinic, making me question two things. How horrendous do I look right now, and how long was I out for? I look up into the sky and see the sun setting along the snowy hills, creating a beautiful scene.