Irregular

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A COUNTDOWN?

"Only five more minutes here, huh?" Quinn sighed.

ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME WHAT YOU MEANT BACK THERE?

"Yes, I suppose"

THEN GO ON

"You see, there were two types of SHADOWS that existed... the regular ones and a few irregularities, the irregulars were more stronger and terrifying than normal shadows in Nowhere... most of the Kings were irregulars, as I am.

"Your parents are mostly humans rather than Shadow... I don't even know how hybrids exist... but YOU are mostly Shadow, unlike your parents" Void said before finally taking a moment to breathe in.

"It is rumored that hybrids that are mostly Shadow, have a mask when they awaken as a true irregularity"

"So my parents were also irregulars?" Quinn asked, "Yes. But surprisingly weak ones".

"What did you mean by suppressing?"

"They put a seal on you when you were born... but now the seal has been weakened to such a state that you can awaken at any second now," he said, "I don't even know what mask you will awaken..."

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"When we get out of here, use the unique skill: Summon... I can help you greatly but only for a minute or so"

WHY JUST A MINUTE?

"Isn't it obvious? The skill level is just 1 and you don't have nearly enough mana to last for even a second more"

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[Random item box has been opened]

[Protection talisman×2 has been obtained]

"Protection talismans?"

———

Protection talisman

Item rank: -

Type: Magical talisman

-This magical talisman is used to invoke a divine blessing upon the user. This blessing can neutralize a certain amount of damage received. Pour mana into the talisman to activate it-

———

The talisman looked like an ordinary piece of paper but with a slight golden glow to it and a cubicle pattern on the paper.

"That'll come in handy while fighting that guy..." Quinn said.

"A talisman, huh? it's said that Dwarves make the best magical talismans but they don't usually sell them because talismans help them a lot in battle and they don't want their enemies to have the same advantages as themselves"

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Quinn's vision began to fade and his eyelids became heavy. As soon as he closed his eyes, he was back to where all the students were summoned.

The exact place where he failed to protect everyone near him.

Most of the people near Quinn were dead. Luna was passed out, one of the two students that came to help Quinn was dead.

"You... how the hell are you still alive...? Are you some kinda zombie?!" Viktor shouted, "how can a normal ability user be alive with an arrow in their damn head?!"

'Arrow... in the head...?'

ME?

'He's right... you should pull that arrow out first and then summon me' Void said.

Quinn did as Void said, although hesitating at first.

...

[-1680 HP]

Still screaming in agony, Quinn garbed two potions to help recover his HP and chugged them.

[+ 1100 HP]

[+ 70 Mana]

The wound at the side of his head was slowly being closed.

'Is it normal for hybrids like me to survive a shot to the head...?'

IT IS NOW

'But if you take too much damage, you will die just like any other human'

"I doubt the arrow was deep enough to kill you... so you just passed out for a brief moment, yes... that has to be it!"

'Quinn summon me, NOW!'

'Unique skill: Summon'

Dark clouds began to gather in the sky and black lightning struck in front of Quinn with immense strength. A black wolf twice the size of Quinn, was facing Viktor.

"What... is this? Ha! An oracle from Father! A mighty beast to assist me in fighting the scum mercenary that the military has hired...!" Viktor had an ear-to-ear smile as he knelt before the wolf.

WRONG

"Huh?"

***

"Sen, Gen... you both alright?"

"Yes... thanks to Sen's ability"

"That drained all of my mana though..."

All three of them noticed that the three elementals they were facing had all died.

'Now we can reach Quinn and help him out but... that large shadow that rose a while ago, looked similar to Quinn's ability... even at the fight with Zayne, they were saying things I couldn't understand' Sen thought as he slowly walked towards were Quinn was.

"Sen... this QUINN friend of yours seems to be quite strong to be able to face the Earth leader... it must be very intresting and exciting to fight besides him" Ryu said as he put his sword which was stuck in the ground, back in its sheath.

"Yeah, it's like he keeps getting stronger... before we came here, he was on par with me and now... he's way stronger" he said, "even his darkness ability is unique".

"We'd better hurry... I saw some black lightning fall by the place where you mentioned Quinn was"

BLACK LIGHTNING?

***

"I said that you're wrong" Void's materialized body said, "I'm not some pet of those foolish gods you speak of... I'm of a much greater existence that you are not aware of".

'You didn't have to add that...'

'It matters not, do you think that he would know what I am talking about?'

...

"So who are you?! How can a normal beast just travel around with black lightning and be able to speak?!" Viktor stood up and hid his hand behind his back.

"You need not know" Void replied as a hand appeared out of Viktor's shadow and crushed his head into the ground.

'As expected, even though he is the weakest among the leaders, he is very intellectual...' the body of Viktor turned into mud and formed long spikes headed towards the giant wolf.

"I can keep doing this all day and you wouldn't catch me...!" Viktor's voice echoed everywhere.

NO, YOU CAN'T

'No, you can't...'

"No you can't... every human has a limited amount of mana"

'Quinn, my time here is up... I'm sorry for not being of help' Void apologized, 'I'm not used to this body yet, being in spiritual form is way different from this... I could barely move'.

'It's fine, they're already here... and I didn't even get to use the talisman'

A dark green energy blade pierced Viktor's heart