Chapter 17.The clash 2

Kailen moved purposefully this time. His attacks would not be random anymore.

He knew exactly where to aim for. The exchange had dragged on for too long.

Propelled by the tenebrous whirlwind of shadows, he evaded an attack with which the opponent's legs had almost turned his head into smithereens.

Kailen however, left behind a trail of bright back blood, accompanied by a deafening roar.

The creature did not know how and when it happened. All it recalled was that a second earlier it had attempted to impale it's adversary, only to deeply feel one bout of pain after another in it's chest, a second later on.

Kailen however felt the power coursing through his being reduce drastically. Using shadow manipulation, he had transformed his shadow creatures into shadow arrows right after evading the deadly attack of the wyvern, using them to fatally impale the creature's chest as much as he could.

Aided by the tenebrous shadows that danced beneath his feet, he distanced himself from the creature as much as he could.

However his shadow arrows did not cease their assault. The wyvern's destructive lightning would flow through them and impale them, only for more to reappear incessantly, further impaling it's chest.

It's blood dripped endlessly from the skies, showering the now charred barren surroundings further in black.

The wyvern, angered by it's opponent's unflinching tenacity, flapped it's wings in a strange manner accompanied with a primal roar of defiance. Not only had it not managed to kill the human that had killed it's kin, the human had managed to not only face it head on, but wound it.

Worst of all, the human was trying to escape, just like the last time.

There was no way the creature would tolerate this sickening situation. 

Large balls of lightning that immolated the atmosphere formed. Accompanied with sizzling intensity, they fell like meteors, plunging the surroundings into ruins.

The wyvern had gone mad. Any iota of cautiousness it had earlier had been replaced by sickening rage to destroy the vermin that had killed it's kin.

Kailen now reduced to the state of a B ranked awakened, without the enhancement of his shadow creatures, called upon the nearby shadows in the vicinity, forming a shadow armor to protect himself from the lethal lightning strikes that fell from the skies.

Shadow manipulation aided him to narrowly determine the course of the attacks, avoiding them with a hair's breath.

He glided further away from the opponent, eating lightning strikes that caused him to cough mouthfuls of blood at some point due to their lethality.

''Damnation, it's like I'm a cultivation novel protagonist having my heavenly tribulation. These lightning attacks are not easy to handle". He cursed, yet gritted his teeth and held on.

''Just a little bit more, and the bastard will fall''

His shadow creatures, turned obsidian arrows were at work.

They impaled the opponent's chest further, causing a spray of bright black to paint the charred , barren environs further..

However, the wyvern held on despite the fact that it was growing extremely weak and chased it's opponent, further launching one meteor of lighting after another. It's sickening tenacity infuriated Kailen further.

''Die , you bastard'' Kailen cursed angrily, having succumbed to the lethality of a lightning strike.

He gritted his teeth after coughing a mouthful of blood, then reinforced his body with shadows.

As if some sovereign power had decided to answer his prayer, the last arrow, having pierced the creature's chest, caused it to roar weakly. It's vision plummeted, it's flight assumed a compromising demeanor, then, it plummeted from the skies like a comet.

The fall shook the scorched environs sprayed in it's bright black blood.

The creature stopped breathing. It's regret was apparent even in death. Not only had the human vermin that killed it's kin managed to kill it, it's remaining child would also have no guardian. The shadow creatures returned to their original forms, having fulfilled the desire of their master.

The 5 shadow creatures stood before the dead body of their master's opponent, awaiting Kailen's arrival

[You have slain the A ranked terror wyvern]

Having confirmed the creature's death with the help of the system, Kailen wasted no time, quickly arriving before the ginormous dead body of the most troublesome opponent he had ever met. "You guys did well, return to the shadow expanse''

The shadow creatures paid heed to their master's words, then disappeared.

''Agglomerate'' 

Shadow necromancy begun, and soon, a towering 6 meter tall wyvern boasting eyes as dark as an abyss, with an obsidian form stood before Kailen, radiating the aura of an A ranked shadow creature.

It flapped it's shadowy wings,it's long arrowtip tail scratching the ground. It performed a prostrating gesture to Kailen with it's head, gesturing it's master to hand it a name.

However Kailen had only one thought it mind '' Take me to the location of your egg. I will think of a name for you after that''

The shadow creature flapped it's wings, then with Kailen seated at it's thick scaled shadowy, obsidian back, it traversed the sky for a few seconds, then landed afront a cave deep in the forest.

It gestured Kailen to enter the cave, to which he obliged.

A few seconds later, he returned from the cave, and nestled in his hand was a deep reddish egg the size of two human heads.

[You have completed the quest by accomplishing a tremendeous feat. Not only have you managed to claim the wyvern's egg, you managed to kill the wyvern.

Rewards have been recalculated. Your time limit in the time dilation artifact has been increased to ten days.

It's a sad thing though that you did not become an unawakened.. tsk]

Kailen felt extremely relieved, having finally completed the mission. He felt like an extremely heavy weight had been lifted from off his shoulders. To be honest he was not even in the frame of mind to pay attention to the system's notification and it's usual snide remarks.

''At this point, I just want to sleep..'' Awakened at his level could go weeks without sleep, however the mental strain the dramatic encounters of visiting the wilderness had put him through required that he got some needed rest for his mind.

The shadow wyvern glanced at Kailen with a weird gesture in it's abyss like eyes that hinted at Kailen that it was still pestering him for a name...

" Ah.. right... What should we call you... Alright , I've decided , from now on, your name will be Vengeful ... That's a name that suits your personality very well... Now return to the shadow expanse "

The creature performed a bowing gesture to her master for giving her a name, then disappeared.

" Now system what do I do with this egg?"