Filled With Darkness

Arriving behind Zilan he wasn't noticed right away by him as Xilo put his hand on his back. If he wanted to strengthen someone he could forcefully inject it into someone except they would most likely expel it as fast as possible since it was typically seen as dangerous. Feeling a hand touch his back Zilan panicked a bit as he ripped two spears out of his arm while an Earth barrier appeared in front of him protecting him shortly. He didn't have time to see who it was so he questioned the air as the barrier started to shake.

"What are you doing."

"Are you willing to accept me injecting you with Astral Energy, It will help you."

Hearing Xilo's voice he paused as he tried to think about it for a second before he gave up as the wall in front of him broke.

"What....fine."

He didn't have the time to think about it any deeper plus he doubted Xilo would do anything to get him killed as of this moment. "I'm trusting you Xilo." Feeling energy that wasn't his entering his body he almost instinctively got rid of it before stopping himself. Feeling it spread along his body he didn't have time to see what it was doing as the king stabbed at him again. With a broken sword he brought up what was left of it as he defended himself. Feeling Xilo's hand leave his back he wondered what he did as he faced the brunt of the impact.

"Keep stalling for now and good luck."

Leaving it at that Xilo ran to the others in the room. "Easier than I thought it'd be." It had taken him a couple seconds to figure it out however after that it was fairly easy. He just had to make sure he didn't clash too much against their Astral Energy and make it blend together and strengthen it similar to the way he did it to himself. Blocking, Zilan wondered what Xilo had just done as he noticed the ease this time around in taking one of the King's attacks.

"Huh? was it this easy before?"

Questioning himself he pushed forward as he felt the King being pushed back from him. "Is he getting tired or did Xilo do this?" Seeing the king's eyes flash in surprise Zilan put away his questions for now as he pushed harder. Given this kind of opportunity he couldn't pass it up no matter how weird it was. Pushing more he eventually made the King stagger backwards as Zilan rushed forwards not given up that chance and slashed across his chest.

*Shhrk*

In seconds he created a long scratch mark that he couldn't before with a broken blade. Surprised he quickly lit his blade on fire and burned the cut area to see if anything would happen. "He isn't absorbing it either anymore." Seeing so many different things happening from the normal Zilan could only think Xilo had done something, he just didn't know what that something was. "hmmmm." Arriving beside the twins Xilo didn't explain it much as he put a hand on both of their shoulders after getting their agreement rather easily and did the same thing to them before moving on to the girls.

"That should keep the king busy now I just need to see how well this works on them."

Arriving next to Marie who was crouched beside Tearia and Felli he slowed down a bit as he crouched beside her. Looking the two of them over he felt a little bit of pain before he quickly pushed it away and put his hand on Marie's shoulder startling her. Seeing her jump at his touch he wasn't surprised by it as she turned his way. "Jumpy girl." Ignoring her slightly irritated look she gave him, he repeated the words he said to the others. He didn't have time to explain things to her unfortunately, he needed to help the others.

"Are you willing to let me inject you with some Astral Energy?"

"What no of course not."

"It will help you and the girls a lot. I know you think I might be trying to hurt you but I'm not. The other three have already agreed to it."

He had guessed she would be pretty stubborn about it but he hoped she would agree. Looking into Xilo's eyes Marie tried to find any hint of lies however nothing was there. Looking over to the battlefield at her friends her distrust became a little smaller. She had always been a wary person that took precautions in the things she and her friends did. "If it can really help me though then I shouldn't decline it." Tossing the idea back and forth in her mind for a couple seconds she sighed before she looked at Xilo.

"Fine, however if you do anything bad I'll kill you."

"I won't."

With that he injected some darkness into her body before he quickly moved on to Felli and Tearia. Hunching over them he looked at the cuts and gnashes that lined their bodies as he put a hand on both of their shoulders and did the same thing once more. He was a lot more careful with these two compared to the others though for many reasons. Feeling it intertwine with their energy he let out a sigh of relief as he noticed some of their cuts healing faster.

"Good, that's done. Now It's time to fight."

"What did you do?"

Ignoring Marie's question he got up and turned around to face the King. Watching the three of them attack him and actually pushing him back slightly he was impressed by the changes this had caused as he started to use more darkness on himself then before as he stealthed himself completely. "It's time I play a little surprise on the King." Feeling his body grow stronger, he lurked in the shadows of his darkness waiting for the right time to attack. This was working and now it was time to see how far it would take him.

"It's time you got taken down a notch."