TRAILING SHADOWS

"First, you defile Orun Emi Ogun, vile beast. Secondly, you defile the gods. Thirdly, you defile me, Prime of the First Order, The Elder of all Ilu Orisha. Now, YOU DEFILE THE IRUNMOLES BY USING THAT ATTACK HERE." Elder thundered, fumes of white energy billowing metres wide. 

He weaved the staff in the air, forming a complete circle. The circle shone brightly, reflecting against the metallic armor of The Elder. The already dense air began to solidify even more as electrified tension rattled off. 

The space infront of Elder had already began compressing on itself, building into a huge ball of energy.

A ball of steaming white energy that crackled with ferocious intensity. "I shall have your head."

"Elder NO! We are still in Emi Ogun. The backlash of that counter is enough to wipe out this ilu Orisha." Maerius yelled. He dragged the blade forward as he pushed through the dense tingling aura field of The Elder.

Never had he felt useless before. Maerius sighed realizing that so far he had been unable to do anything.

Unable to save Sunday.

Perhaps, if he had not just acted prior to Elder command, he would have prevented something on a large scale.

Now, Prime was In Transcendency. It was a known fact that Transcendence Primes were always proud and arrogant, refusing to listen to the suggestion of others. 

He grunted, smashing into his open palm.

Now, this Ilu was going to be destroyed because Elder wanted revenge.

'I will not let that happen.' He concluded. Drawing one leg backwards,Maerius pulled his sword forward with one hand.

Doing anything in Elder's Aura field was extremely difficult due to the god class he had plummeted to. 

If it were other Irunmoles, they would have not even been able to do anything.

"Grand Impact series" He muttered, casting Elder a glance before tearing through space. Maerius pulled on every energy he could, exerting powerful momentum to boost his accent. He blurred, with great effort, bursting through Elders Aura field

As a result, a less powerful aura exploded, spurting shockwaves that collided with the incoming Beast bomb. The white halo hovering over his head, flared up, adding more dread to his appearance.

Pulling his sword forward, Maerius  shifted to the left, holding out the flat of his sword.

Lights flashed brilliantly as steel impacted against solidified energy. His Sword clashed into the ball of energy.Immediately, shockwaves erupted across destabilizing Maerius in mid motion. He tumbled for some time, his heavy steel blade pulling him down faster.

"Ino agbara: Stepping winds" 

Concussion winds erupted at his feet, blasting him upwards.

Into the red ball of dark swirling energy. The Impetus rocked him furiously him as the steel still rung out in vibrations from the sheer impact. 

But that did not mean he was going to allow himself fail.

He twisted and turned, just merely avoiding the tail of the bomb by inches. He had less than seconds to prevent Elder's Hyperion Beam from  colliding with this bomb. Hurriedly, he stabilized himself, clasping the hilt of his blade tightly as he unleashed another agbara technique.

"Ino agbara:Maximize" He yelled thunderously. His aura fired out again this time greater than before. White light sparked out all over his body. Rejuvenating his already charred skin. 

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH…" Clenching his fist around the hilt of the blade, he rushed out again

Maerius placed his shoulder against the flat of the steel blade as he bursted forward with renewed vigor, bashing directly into the beast bomb.  

BOOM

BOOOOOOM

A mighty shockwave rocked the sky, instantly, sweeping off the dark clouds away. Maerius was knocked clean. He fell back unable to control his momentum. 

Just then, a field of dense electrified aura fired into the sky, vanishing with Maerius.

"Ino agbara: Heavens Gate Boundary Seal." "AAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGGGHHHH…" The blur screamed. Its voice tingling with a god level aura.

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"Ah… What rubbish! Using a beast bomb in Orun Emi Ogun. Ewo ni." Anu voice rang out. 

Her form began too shiver into existence as trails of energy wafted through the air. The energy trails suddenly became chaotic, cutting through the densely darkened atmosphere. 

BOOOOM

BOOOOOOOOM

Infront of her was an explosion that shook the land furiously. 

In that same instant, a glowing wall of bluish light swept around the explosion, containing every bit of it within its impenetrable barrier.

As the explosion blasted against the walls of its containment, shockaves erupted. 

Clearing off everything  for length of 25metres.

Anu squeezed her face. She jammed her fists together, willing her aura to solidify into a massive orb of energy around her. 'Elder, is that you?' She looked from side to side, shaking her head pitifully. All about her was wasteland. 

Wasteland created by this Rare Classed Prickled Bane Winged Wolf. 

"Ahhhh… The essence of my brothers. The essence of my sisters. I feel it. Fading off into non existence."

Her eyebrows knitted together as she slammed her hand, the aftermath resulting in mini shockwaves.

She closed her eyes in silence. 

In the distance, blobs of light were ascending quickly into the sky. The essence of Irunmoles that had been within the range of 25 meters shockwave boom.

Just behind Anu, the air shimmered as other forms phased into existence creating more chaotic energy trails..

Anu tilted her head slightly with hands on her slender waists. She began rubbing the gold beads that sat there. Setting them tingling with energy. 

"This day will be your last."

She leaned forward, drawing back her right leg. Her aura viciously exploded into atmosphere.

Immediately, her form shimmered, vanishing as she leapt forward, bursting through the air at breakneck speed. Pressurized air gathered at her feet boosting her jump while she tore off the golden beads from her waists. 

As she did, concussion winds violently burst out, erupting across the darkened sky. She lunged forward now, pushing her weight to the right. Simultaneously, the golden beads suddenly went transparent, giving an incredible unsettling aura as it lengthened into meters. 

Anu was oozing pure righteous strength. With a blur through the air, she lashed though the wind from right to left against the back of the prickled bane winged wolf.

"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…."

The wolf arched in response, howling.Its eyes darkened  further as it took on a dangerous glint of wine 

Growling dangerously, the wolf shot out  burst after burst of concussion aura winds.

A Concussion wind lashed at  Anu  mercilessly in mid motion. She was ricocheted off course as her aura flickered for a split second, indicating that she had taken a significant amount of damage. Quickly, her hands jammed together, erupting concussion winds. 

"You Vile Creature."  

"Ino Agbara: Heavens Armor."  Anu yelled, weaving Agbara symbols into being, her voice barely audible above the backlash of explosions. 

Anu relished the inflow, her already oppressive aura thickening with impetus. 

Her long gown suddenly shortened  at the front, revealing long strong legs that seemed to possess a s.e.xy appeal. As it shortened, golden stripes began to lace her gown edges.

At her shoulder, Studs of armor pads fizzled into existence. A golden bracelet positioned itself at her neck, following the instantaneous  appearance of metallic encasings at her b.r.e.a.s.ts, elbows, waist , knee caps and shin. 

From behind her, whitened glowing flesh spurted out. She g.r.o.a.n.e.d as the flesh softened, splitting into feathers. The wings spread out immediately and then flapped, shooting Anu 70fts into the darkened clouds.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Anu screamed in excitement, her eyes solidifying into glowing beads. She tore through the air violently, tugging at the golden translucent beads in her right hand. In a flash, the beads ripped apart. 

Now, she formed fists as the ripped beads crawled about her fists.

"Ino Agbara: Heavens Might" Anu voice trailed off as she blasted downwards in tremendous velocity. Fire burned fervently in front of her in a semi circle as she blasted. The heat burnt through the air, filling her with a bright orange haze of energy that covered up for several meters in length. Her armoured feet also ejected extreme concussion winds, adding more dread to her aura. She trailed down, like a massive meteor, readying to obliterate everything in her part.

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Immediately, the  bomb exploded, erupting burst after burst of fierce heated energy waves, obliterating everything around it for 100meter range. 

Elder stood still with calm eyes. Beside him was Maerius lying down, knocked out clean. 

Elder had quickly reacted. He had used 'Creation Essence' to replicate himself earlier. It was this replica of his that had bursted in to save Maerius. He bit his lips now, narrowing his eyes.

The hyperion beam was full and ready for discharge. Hyperion beam was virtually on same scale as the beast bomb. 

And he had been planning at finishing this abomination infront of him. 

He would have, had it been this arrogant Maerius had not jumped in the way. 

'He's lucky that I am in Transcendency. Otherwise, there is no way I would have been able to use Creation Essence directly to divide myself.' Elder thought, grimacing. 

Using Creation Essence directly without transforming it into AGBARA was a feat Gods alone could boast of. For him to do that, while also holding onto two high level ability skill- Heavens Gate Boundary Seal and Hyperion Beam, despite transcendency, meant he had pushed too far. 

Three infact, considering Creation Essence he had tapped into to recreate another of himself. 

He frowned now, thinking that if he had been more powerful, he would have been able to perform more feats to minimize the backlash from Maerius' collision.

Yes, his collision had stopped the bomb from getting close to land. It even gave Anu enough time to whip the wolf with her golden bead sneak attack.

But it was definitely a foolish move.

'Who did he think he was, putting himself onto the path of an advancing beast bomb?' Elder thought.

His Hyperion Beam would have latched on the wolf and destroyed it faster than the Bomb could have advanced.  

Maybe he had thought that he was going to throw the Hyperion Beam to the wolf from where he stood. 

When he had actually planned to hold the beam still and ram it directly into the 15ft wolf.

But as always, Maerius was never thoughtful. 

He had always acted out of aggression. Aggressive Arrogance! 

Elder spat out in disgust. 

Had he waited a little more.

Had it been he didn't think he was been sidelined. 

But Maerius never did think. 

No...

Not for once...

Flinging his hands wide open,he willed forcefully, exerting his agbara into dispersing the Hyperion beam into energy waves. 

Quickly, Elder spun his staff round and round as he tried to contain the dense concentration of the dispersed beam.  Energy could not just be dispersed just like that. 

Especially, Hyperion Beam.

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**Please MOST of the Yoruba terms here have actually been repeated. Check the previous chapters translations**

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