TRAILING SHADOWS

"A-ha! Ho! I made it just in time!!" A burly bearded Irunmole changed as he barged through the horizon border into Thunder.

He had a thick face, a large blunt face and his jaw, chin and cheeks had thick growth of black, kinky beard. His neck was thick as well, having rings of fat there before being covered by the upright collars of his sleeveless, body length jacket, a Blue Moon Mercenary Alliance House mask dangling from his neck by a string around his neck.

His t.h.i.g.hs were b.a.r.e, or seemed b.a.r.e but had a short white knickers there while his feet were shod in tennis like boots.

"Ha!" He cracked his knuckles to the front, before stretching left and right as his bones cracked and adjusted themselves.

"Ho! Long time, no combat!" He c.o.c.ked his neck, before looking to the left of him where Elisa and Elias stared at him in surprise.

Seeing them, he flinched, quickly wearing the mask and throwing a salute while standing straight and taut.

Kalagar laughed at this sight. 

"What are you doing here?" Elisa exploded, walking to him in as powerwalk. 

"Well, I came for the bountues since you two decided to decommission the guys I sent earlier." The man spoke quickly,walking backwards as fast he could only to stumble forward as he walked into a small treee's trunk.

He danced around a few shrubs after, putting some distance between himself and the snarling Elisa.

"So, you were the ones who hijacked the bounty from being filled officially?" Elisa snarled. "I warned you that if I found out you had an involvement in all of this, then..."

"Wait..." The Irunmole chanted, putting his two hands in surrender. "You can't get rid of me. You don't even know if the Lightning Sage has their backs?"

"Me?" Kalagar frowned, twisting his lips. "I don't have any affiliations. As you can see from the destroyed tent and this campsite, I only came here to get some calm and quiet from the bustling environment around."

Kalagar added, just as the sky rumbled and distant lightning blazed down into a lightning rod on a building.

"Look, how about we team up? If we work together, The Lightning Sage may not be able to stop us from claiming the bounties. Then, after, we can then battle for who had the bounties..." The man bargained desperately.

"What?" Elisa snarled, jamming her open hands together as her ara fired out like a beam of light diverging from one point, which was her.

"No, no... I m-mean..." The burly bearded Irunmole stammered, waving his hands before his face. "I mean, you can then take me into custody and punish me for my crime."

"Elisa, let's take it. We didn't come here expecting to see the Lightning Sage." Elias said, looking at the Prime Classed Irunmole.

"I told you people." Kalagar facepalmed. "I am not a part of this." 

"Ha! There will be no fighting here, in Thunder. Any one who dares to make a nuisance in Thunder would be promptly dealt with." One out of the six male guards with lightning crackling leather armor pointed out.

"Heh! If you do not want that, then, step aside. Allow us kill Sunday and we will be gone." The Assassin with the shield said, walking closer to the cl.u.s.ter, Tayo trailing behind them.

"What are you saying? We said no fighting here." The same Irunmole who spoke earlier spoke again. 

He had a flat top hairstyle, pointed nose, chocolate brown skin with a sleeveless leather armor, having accents of blue lines at the sides, just as the others were dressed similarly.

Meanwhile, as words were exchanged, Bane whispered to Sunday.

'Hey, boy...'

'Dont call me boy.'

'Okay, fool!' Bane scoffed. 'You like fool better?'

'Get off!' Sunday bared his teeth physically.

'Listen to me, Sunday. I am sending more life essences headed this way. Things may get really dicey. But once you have the chance, I need you to hit the streets. Or you'll never get another chance.' Bane warned.

Sunday frowned. More Irunmoles were coming? 

'Bane... Give me, power.'

'Stop being dramatic. You are already in Partial Sage Mode.' The Wolf scoffed at him.

"Listen up, guys..." Niniola said. "I have a plan. We don't need to engage them. We only need to stall them long enough to get out of here. By now, more guard presence from the Council House would be headed here so, if we can quickly hit out of here, we'll make it. But to do that,we need to stand together." Niniola said.

"So, look out for everyone. I will handle those Assassins. No need to engage any one from Thunder, because as you heard, their only purpose here is to dispel any chaos through any means possible. But if you stay away from them, you would have sufficient time to deal with the others." Niniola strategized as she slammed her right leg down.

"Niniola out. My champion, stay alive for me." She smirked, looking back at Sunday.

"I am not in this skirmish, you all. So please, no one attacks me, okay?" Kalagar warned with a smile on as he raised both hands into the air.

Just then, dust exploded into the air as a heat wave washed across everything. Niniola dashed forward, speeding like a rocket ok the horizon towards the Assassins. 

"Boy, lend a hand!" The Assassins called out as they formed an arrow head formation, the shield guy in front with his elbows closed in together.

It took her only few seconds to get there. And the moment she got there, she raised her left arm backwards for a punch. 

"Law of War: Furious Fire!" Tayo chanted, his own aura of cutting bursting out as the air began to tingle with intense prickly sharpnes