plate, catching it barely more than an inch from the ground.
Cheers and applause followed, and with a sigh of relief Adrian used his shadow arms to neatly stack the plates while bowing to his audience, as if that had all gone according to plan.
“Thank you! Thank you!”
A small crowd has gathered around Adrian, who was entertaining them by using several arms of shadow to juggle plates in the air.
A gasp rang out when one plate flew a little too far and started to fall!
At the last moment, a new shadow arm lashed out and snatched the falling -
@WeaponsAPlenty the bandit and lifting him into the air. It leaned back, then flung the trapped bandit back the way he came, crashing right into the archer before he could launch his arrow!
That left the swordsman alone as he bravely, or foolishly, closed in and attempted to duel with Chloe.
@WeaponsAPlenty Chloe while the other took aim.
The third tried to take advantage of the distraction to run around Chloe.
“Not happening! Shadow God’s Grasp!” he yelled while raising a hand out toward the man.
A single arm of shadow lashed out from the Adrian’s own shadow, quickly ensnaring -
@WeaponsAPlenty portion of the smoke clouds around Chloe, revealing four more bandits who had been trying to sneak toward her but were now in plain view!
@WeaponsAPlenty mouth.
“Shadow God’s… BELLOW!”
The shadow magic he’d gathered was all blasted forth in a violent vortex that threw all three men back, each slamming into a different tree before collapsing unconscious to the ground.
The force of the Shadow God’s Bellow also blew away a -
@WeaponsAPlenty more power, and struck the would-be bandit with enough force to hurl him backward into a tree with a harsh impact!
As the man fell unconscious, Adrian slipped out to the floor behind the wagon again.
“Chloe! You alright?!” he called out, unable to tell where she was or how -
@WeaponsAPlenty@ShadowbornHero effort, it was clear he wouldn’t be able to hold it for long.
With a shout he twisted to the side, forcing the shadows to tilt to the side and dropping the tree beside them along the road.
Adrian fell to a sitting position on the ground, needing to catch his breath after -