The dark shadow humanoids in their multitudes all lunged at Iode at the same time, leaving him little space for escape, however, amidst this, Iode remained calm.
He held his glowing sword tightly, ready to defend himself.
'igor was able to cast magic with celestial energy, though am still new at this, I can still try. Let's try casting a low level spell as a trial. Wind magic: whirlwind '.
From different directions, wind starts to rotate at Iode's feet. The wind rotates to form a large whirlwind that obscure Iode from the shadows.
Rotating with the wind, he held his sword tightly and released the mixed power of celestial energy and mana. The whirlwind turned purple and enlarged in size.
In an unexpected surprise, the whirlwind grew more bigger due to the mix of aura from the sword that Iode released and exploded with a very loud wind howl.
The shadows who were coming at him at all sides were hit by the combined power of the wind, the celestial energy and mana, they dissipates upon impact.
"That's some ingenuity there my successor, however your fight ain't over yet". Igor said from the dark expanse.
Truly, the battle was yet to be over, new dark shadow humanoids appeared and they did the same as the former troop, ganging up on Iode.
This time rather than use magic and swordsmanship together, he battled the new adversaries slashing and gashing as many times as he could.
He defeated the second troop but before he could catch his breath, another troop arose, this time not just shadow humanoids clad in dark Knight's armor, troublesome beasts were with them.
Mega faunas like the Triognathobuccus, a fifty meters tall beast that resembles a theropod dinosaur. It long jaws were filled with many serrated teeth, its forelimbs were short but long relative to body size, each ending in razor sharp claws of three fingers. At its feet, the third toes that are directly below the body have large sickle claws.
Another mega fauna is the Great fang snake, an overly sized reptilian serpent with over twenty meters in length. Its striking feature that led to its name is the large fangs that droops from its upper jaw and surpasses it lower jaw.
Pterolophus, a gigantic flying reptile with membranous wings and a very long toothless beak. It arms were equipped with long fingers ending in considerate claws.
With these mega fauna added to the mix, things would get a bit hard.
' how is your spell going Igor, I'm seeing terrible foes placed before me '. Iode asked Igor.
"Well for one, I've abandon that idea, beating her should not be our priority, getting out of here is what we should focus on. I've almost completed the formula, just wait for five seconds". Igor replied.
"Five seconds? I hope I'm not done for by then ". Iode monologued.
The dark shadow humanoids lunged at him like the rest did, the mega fauna backup followed suit. Holding his trusted weapon like his life depends on it, Iode wasted no time to go on the offensive.
Slashing and gashing into the air, he skillfully maneuvered himself. However, it seems that the shadow humanoids have learned, they avoided his range attacks and closed the distance.
Iode crossed his sword with one of the shadows, both of them have a tug to overpower the other, however, Iode was not given the luxury of playing tug with just one shadow out of the multitudes. He was attacked from different sides, all raising their weapons above his head.
Out of instinct, he casts "Mana shield!". A plasma membrane enveloped him and bounced off the weapon directed to him.
"Has this boy forgotten that only a person with celestial energy can hurt him in the Saiyan mode?". Igor asked rhetorically.
Iode parried the sword of the shadow that crossed with him, without wasting time, he casts an earth magic and trapped most of his adversaries, then he used the power in the sword to finish the job.
However, the mega faunas were a different story, especially the pterolophus which was a flying giant. It swooped down from the sky with an amazing speed and hit Iode like a javelin, almost impaling him, but he was protected.
The great fang snake sprayed a mouthful of venom from its fangs towards Iode. Surprisingly, it was potent enough to have some seep into the mana shield but it failed to do any significant damage. Iode was once again spared.
However Iode was not given time to rest, the Triognathobuccus rushed out of nowhere and crushed a decisive bite out of him. He was tossed up and bashed into the ground, tossed up again and snatched by the flying beast and dropped down, only to be hit by a freaking javelin at his back at the moment of release.
While no significant damage appeared on his body it's annoying to be tossed around like a ragdoll and not able to do anything. While used as a plaything by the mega faunas, the dark shadow humanoids were starting to respawn, it just couldn't get any worse.
"Igor, hasn't it been five seconds already". Iode asked.
"It's done, now let...". As Igor was saying, a lightening bolt struck Iode. While he wasn't harmed, the Saiyan mode began to recede.
Without warning, Iode's body began to move uncontrollably, like he was convulsing.
"Gah! Ah! What is happening". Iode groaned.
"Shit, we are late, the ritual has commenced..."