TRAILING SHADOWS

Bright yellow light explodes suddenly into appearance, stunning Obedi so much that he draws back his face to the side with his hands shielding the rest of it.

Earlier on, Obedi had stumbled upon a soulbond, an arrogant one at that. Especially one who was the son of the Elder.

And as a result, that was something he did not plan to pass by.

He promptly had him captured, although by gruesome methods of stabbing Sunday to death. However, Sunday himself was merely a host; what they needed was the beast within him, the Rare Type Beast that he had just bonded with.

The very reason why he had had to contract Agbawo, the wizened Lord class Agbara Osoosi user, to conduct the beast extraction for him to collect in an essence capturing orb.

Except now, Agbawo had been standing still, in the same stance he was in when he cast his 'python hypnosis' right in front of the suspended body of Sunday.

The light died down now, making Obedi adjust his stance, looking forward in the husky damp and somewhat dark storage room.

"Aaaghhhh.." Agbawo g.r.o.a.n.e.d, holding his head with two hands.

Obedi frowned, his eyes dilating as he noticed that the usual gnarled skin of Agbawo seemed many more years older all of a sudden. 

Agbawo turned to him and he then noticed that even that 'i can do it all' twinkle that resided in Agbawo's eyes were gone, leaving just a frail dejected old man in the loose blue robes and the wizard hat behind.

"I take it that your technique failed?" Obedi asked tentatively, folding his arms on his bosom.

"Obedi, maybe you need to reconsider this. That beast is not willing." 

"What? I'm not paying you for advice, okay? Do your job or are you b.u.t.t hurt that you haven't succeeded yet?" He glared.

Agbawo exhaled, shaking his head. "You don't get..."

"What's there to..."

ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRR...

A loud blood curdling howl erupted into the air as the astral projection of the prickled bane winged wolf's head sprouted above the form of Sunday.

"Impossible!" Agbawo and Obedi gasped.

And just then, the astral projection condensed into itself, morphing into the head of Sunday and the next instant, his head jerked up as his eyes flipped open.

BOOM! 

A concussion blast of energy blasted out in circular pattern, sweeping off Obedi and Agbawo with reckless abandon into the air.

However, the men quickly slammed their hands, chanting out techniques as green light outlined Agbawo's form while Obedi stuck a beam of light into the floor, using it as an anchor until the waves subsided.

Just then, beams of whitish haze sprouted suddenly from Sunday's back, one after the other, giving a hedgehog sort of feel.

"Payback!" Sunday muttered in a voice that was distinctly not his own.

Almost as if the wolf had taken control over his form.

"Wh-what?" Obedi stammered, his face pale with fright. "Boys, get em!"

Thud!

The ground resounded as six men clad in black spandex like attire appeared in one heavy thud on to the ground, wielding their thin blades with the belt pouches glittering with dangerous intent, three at each side of Obedi.

"If I can't have that beast, then no one's going to have it. Finish it off!" Obedi ordered, jumping backwards along with Agbawo when the 3 of the beams of energy that materialized from Sunday's back began to reach for the men, the end of the beams having a paw-like fist.

The black clad men immediately sprang forward, running with synchronized motion towards Sunday, the only visible part of their bodies which were their eyes and the bridge of the nose revealing no fear or panic.

They cut through the distance in a blink, moving for the kill as they each appeared around Sunday in a semi circle. Filled with the murderous intent, they fail to notice, the three beam-paws contract suddenly and then blur.

Skillfully, they maneuvered their way, landing on their feet, the typical superhero pose as they prepared to charge again.

"No, wait... More paws are growing." Agbawo screamed, pointing a finger to the back of Sunday who still is suspended by his hands at opposite angles.

And true to that, two more paws of energy sprouted out.

"N-no... Please tell me that is all." Agbawo panicked, his eyes bulged as he stands, his environs noticeably occupied by big brown storage boxes.

From what he knew and what everyone knew, ranking was everything to the Irunmoles society.

And while a Rare Type Beast could not be easily ranked in terms of it's class growth because of their affinity with Fate, they could still be guessed or assumed by a theory.

And that was by the theory of class related astral projections.

The soul stage of a Rare Type Beast could be determined by the number of projections it made. Whilst this was a hard bargain because not all of these types of beasts did resort to projections of essence or energy at times, it still was efficient in estimating those that did.

And as they were ten soul classes, the highest being DemiGod class, a beast at highest class could only project energy or essence only up to the class level it resided in.

And while Agbawo remembers the theory, two more paws shoot out of Sunday's back.

"No way... At this stage, it is in Alpha Class. I-ijakadi!" Agbawo stammered, recalling the might of the Alpha innate ability, Ijakadi.

Basic, ground, elite, omni, Lord, omega, alpha, prime, ascendancy, demigod

As if that was not enough, two more paws of energy sprouted, bringing the total to nine.

Agbawo choked.

"T-that beast i-is actually Ascendancy Classed?"

However, while the rest waited, staring in horror at the now increased paws, a dread descended on them. But the wolf or rather, Sunday did not have the intention of showing mercy to either of them.

The wind howled as the nine paws suddenly elongated, shooting forward with a dangerous hum of energy that seemed to spread panic into the once resolved and sturdy attackers, causing him to turn heel and run.

"Stand and Fight!" Obedi yelled, jumping into the air, back and front as he evaded each and every of the paws.

Unfortunately, he was not so lucky as two paws gripped him on each leg while two others gripped him at the hands in a spread eagle position and began to pull, with intent of tearing him apart.