TRAILING SHADOWS

In the midst of this dust was a tumbling prime. He swiftly drew his blade out and lashed wildly at the ground to gain a footing.

Boom!

A shockwave rocked the ground again. This time, negating the sonic boom that was unleashed. The Prime, grabbed the hilt of his huge curved blade tightly as if his life depended on it.

And for now, his life depended on it.

"Ino Agbara:Temporary Boundary Seal" He chanted

Slamming his hand down to the ground vigorously,cracks appeared that cut across the land for metres. As he did so , violent aura bursted out, negating the continuous impact of the sonic boom attack that had swept him off the ground.

Circles flashed around his hand, giving out bright beams of light. The circles then floated upwards, merging into each other and solidifying into a wall of glowing colors.

"Sunday." Maerius panted. The temporary Boundary seal that he had unleashed had taken a ma.s.sive amount of his energy. Owing to the fact that boundary seals were not meant to be unleashed by one person.

The exaction of the seal was enough to set about soul decline stage. But Maerius was strong.

He heaved, thick b.a.l.l.s of perspiration rolling down his face. He wiped off the dripping sweat on his forehead before glancing around, taking mental notes of his surroundings.

He was safe for now as the Temporary Boundary Seal Impenetrable barrier was on. But he just did not know about the others. "Elder can survive this."

"Ah!" Maerius screamed rent the air. His body shook from exertion as he grabbed his head in both hands, falling on all fours.

"No, no, no… We… we have been attacked. I don"t know where Elder is. I can"t connect to him. I barely have my life as I speak…Its serious but I can handle it… Just said to let you know." He grunted gutturally, panting after each statement.

He forced himself to rise. Staggering, he fell back to his knees.

"What is wrong with me? I just exaggerated everything. Now Anu"s head would go over the top." He tugged at his beard now.

"This is nothing. I"ll be done in a jiffy."

"But where is Elder. I really can"t sense his aura anywhere near." Maerius muttered. He stretched his hand and willed the huge curved blade lying inches away to him.

Holding it now, he drove it into the ground, using it as a support.

"Ino Agbara: healing balm." Maerius hand clasped together now. He muttered the words repeatedly until his the white spirals on his arms and legs that had dulled out began to glow once more.

Closing his eyes, he stretched both hands out. In an instant, his entire body became covered in white bubbles.

He was absorbing Creation Essence-Agbara.

As he did so, his aura became increasingly noticeable. His muscles tensed up as the beads of sweat all over him dried. He seemed to have gotten a bit taller than before.

Maerius" eyelids fluttered open. His body became outlined with bright sharp light as a halo formed over his head. He had activated the blessing of the Orisha.

The blessing of the Orisha flowed all over his flesh, maxing his aura to oppressive levels. As it did, his c.o.c.ky confidence swept in again.

Narrowing his eyes, he tore out with heavy feets pounding into the ground , dragging his blade as he went along.

"Ignorance is bliss." An elderly voice rang out cutting through the air calmly.

He could sense the aura of the owner. The Elder.

"Elder. You are alive." Maerius said excitedly halting his offensive. Already the sonic boom had ceased and the air was just beginning to clear. A little ahead was a beast staring down with a glorified look. Maerius could feel the intense heated dark aura of this wolf dominating his aura harshly.

"Were you expecting me dead, Maerius?" The elder responded, eyeing the wolf coolly, He rested both hands on the top of the staff, unperturbed.

"This wolf, Maerius…" He paused, shooting Maerius a look.

"It attacked us. It attacked you. It wasn"t supposed to. It"s meant to be drawn to what was causing the imbalance in fate. It"s meant not to attack randomly."

Maerius blinked.

How could Elder be so relaxed inspite of all this.

Yes, it was not supposed to attack randomly. But now, it did. An Elder, of all things to do, he was just observing it patiently as if he was amused by the beast.

Maerius wanted to cough out blood.

"Wonders shall never end, Elder." He spoke, surprised at The Elder"s course of action.

"Indeed! " Elder replied, still observing the Wolf.

Maerius turned his focus to the wolf too, rubbing his blade"s hilt.

The wolf was more aggressive now. It grunted, peering down at the ground as if in search of something.

But The wolf could not just see them.

And He knew why this was. Elder had cast an illusionary dimension Agbara about them, masking them from reality. But that cast did not mask their auras too, although it significantly dampened it.

But this Rare cla.s.sed wolf was sensing their aura. Which was why it kept peering down at them.

Yet unable to see them.

"This wolf, it"s strong. Very powerful. For its attack to have disoriented us, especially as both of us are primes, eh. It only means the disturbance in fate is very big. I still can"t believe it"s Combo cleared us off at once"

"Speak for yourself, Maerius. The first attack had taken me by surprise. Not the second."

"Yes, I saw it, but yet you staggered 10 meters backwards."Maerius mocked, the corners of his lips turned up into smile.

"Oh, Maerius. If you were not so disoriented, you would have seen that I had subst.i.tuted myself immediately. "

"Well, whatever." Maerius replied, disappointed as he tugged at his silver white beard. "We still have the wolf around. Had it been it was myth cla.s.sed, this would have been easier. Now, I can"t even soul gaze it at all to know what next to expect. Ah, whoever said Ignorance is bliss is a liar" Maerius complained, casting Elder a side glance.

"Don"t you notice anything about the wolf, Maerius? Even the G.o.ds are refusing to talk back to me .This only means something is really off. And it"s really big. For the G.o.ds to refuse replying me, for the wolf to randomly attack us with a combo attack, for the wolf appearing here in Orun… What about the guard Irunmoles?" Elder suddenly asked, looking Maerius directly in the eyes.

"I…I can"t sense their aura… even Sunday" Maerius looked down.

"Ahhh…No, my son…No, Sunday… Sunday.. Sunday…"

The Elder"s breathing became hurried and panicky. He looked away from Maerius quickly.

But before he did, Maerius was quick enough to note that Elder"s eyes had gone misty.

For minutes, the two of them went silent. Elder gazing away and Maerius gazing at the ground, arms around the hilt of his blade.

After what looked like an eternity, Elder rubbed his temples with one hand.

The first motion since Maerius spoke.

As he did, lightning flashed from his eyes.

"MY SOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNN…" The Elder screamed into the air, flinging his hands open.

Maerius widened his eyes. "No, Elder, you can"t enter transcendency in Orun. It will wip…" He reached out to hold The Elder. As he did, Elders staff moved. Coursing through the air quickly faster than the eyes could see.

Not even a blur was seen.

A split second later, Maerius"s body blasted outward, hurtling through the air and through the dense electric field of Primes aura into the surrounding devastated vegetation. He bashed through several trees, rupturing them into shredded timbers.

By the time, he crashed down, lightning flashed all about. The air was thickening now with the electrified air of the Elder aura

" First Transcendency:Prime"s Wrath" Elder"s voice echoed. His body flashed. An halo appeared right above his head as sounds of metallic plates locking upon each other cut through the air.

Clink

CLINK

CLINK

CLINK…CLINK…CLINK…

Elders face shone with strange energy.

The energy of a G.o.d. Narrowing his eyes now, the elders body was instanteous filled with a covering of golden armor. He had activated the first Transcendency.

begin to become encased in metallic plates of armor. At the places where metal plates connected with the other, Agbara flowed.

Elder"s eyes flashed. The next second, the glory haze of the illusionary dimension cleared off like a rolling carpet.

"Prime, do not advance your transcendency." Maerius thundered. He used his blade to stabilize himself as he got within range of Elder electrifying aura.

Maerius could also exert his aura to withstand the oppressive aura of Elder"s essence. But he didn"t. Elder could take it as insubordination and lash out on him the moment his aura was released

And truth be told, he was only but the 3rd Prime. If he was 2nd , he might have had a fair chance at stopping The Elder"s 2nd transcendency-The Ascension.

But still, he could not leave elder to reach G.o.d status on the borders of this Ilu Emi Ogun. Aftermath of G.o.dlevel battles always and always devastated dimensions.

Ah… If only Anu was here.

Just then, his eyes flickered.

The red eyes of the p.r.i.c.kled bane winged wolf shone now. It bared its teeth seeing that his prey had appeared from out of no where.

The mane ruffled in response, each hair standing as sharp briars as it grew in size. From a whooping 9ft, it grew to 15ft, towering 4 meters high.

It had used the ability "Expand". Where a creature was capable of tapping into Essence of Creation, growing and equaling G.o.ds. A feat similar to Transcedency.

Its form shivered now.

Series of concussion winds erupted from its body, dispelling more of its tingly dark aura. It was pulling on the elements with clouds rumbling in darkened rage.

It opened its mouth, revealing, inches long yellowed fangs as it snorted. The wolf clawed at the ground. In its mouth, an atom like ball was forming already.

The dark red ball of sinister energy shivered, hovering above the lower fangs as it grew on itself. The atom ball had several crisscross of dark energy wisps revolving about as it grew.

It shook tremendously as if it was held by trembling hands, growing steadily, darkening the air about it. The bright atmosphere that was disturbed by the recent exchange of damage rumbled simultaneously as if accompanying the several wisps of dark energy that trailed the sky.

The wolf drew back and then spat the ma.s.sive ball of dark red energy at the primes before him.

The dark red ball of steaming energy ricocheted through the air. It tore through s.p.a.ce itself as it travelled, overpowering and suppressing the aura of the irunmoles before it. Crackling as It moved swiftly.

And dispersing tiny energy bolts that incinerated all within its range as it heated the air to high temperatures.

"First, you defile Orun Emi Ogun, vile beast. Secondly, you defile the G.o.ds. 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 s.p.a.ce 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.

Exhaling, he steeled his eyes.

Doing anything in Elder"s Aura field was extremely difficult due to the G.o.d cla.s.s 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 s.p.a.ce. 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.
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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.

The hair on his skin began to fizzle away to the intense heat of the energy that burnt dangerously close. The sheer closeness was already charring his skin black.

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 G.o.d 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 ma.s.sive 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 Cla.s.sed p.r.i.c.kled 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.

The sheer force of its exertion rammed back into The Alpha Cla.s.sed Irunmoles behind her.

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 p.r.i.c.kled 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.

In a split second, vibrating energy waves had encased her body. She gritted her teeth, willing more and more of the golden glowing.

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.t.s, elbows, waist , knee caps and shin.

From behind her, whitened glowing flesh spurted out. She groaned 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 ma.s.sive 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 G.o.ds 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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(A/N) Thanks for reading once more. PHCN refused to give us electricity. Hence I was unable to type out this chapter earlier. Typical situation in Nigeria. Lol

Anyways, when I had the chance, I found that I experienced a writer block. Took me long enough to piece this together. Hence, I had to post this. You note that there is no translation here today. I will edit that later once my translator is around.

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

I could wait for him but that means I would be posting this tomorrow. And that"s too long a time for me to wait.

Anu, finally "The Nagging Prime" shows her face. LOL. I so much love her. She has that warrior erm… whatever… Lol. And she"s even Pseudo demiG.o.d. Isnt that overpowered?

That"s a higher cla.s.s than The Elder.

Which probably means she can face him off and win effortlessly.

Without Prime"s Transcendency.

Well, that"s what I am looking forward too. The whole Orun Emi Ogun would be wiped clean after their battle- Of course you know Elder would use Transcendency.

And AIIIIIEEEE.. I feel for Maerius, the third prime. I have weakened him so much.

Hahaha… I feel real bad now.

Anyways, vote, rate , comment. And.. views jumped into 1000 plus views. 1300+ to be exact. Honestly didn"t expect that amount of views. After all, I am merely writing down a concept that I don"t want to forget. Arigato.