1428 Divide
Flashes of blinding red lights shot up into the atmosphere creating U-shaped tears in the already-segmented sky.
"What's wrong?" Lord Yami questioned upon seeing Hao Xuan come to a full stop mid-stride.
He pointed at the ongoing battle, "They're fighting! Is that one of yours??"
Lord Yami followed his line of sight but could see no one and nothing, just an empty battlefield littered with countless corpses. His expression turned grave, "What do you see, tell me exactly what it looks like!"
"Two people fighting....they look like humans and are both using the same kind of abilities...if I can get a little closer I could see what-" Hao Xuan inched closer but was stopped by Baba Jezda's cane.
She exchanged a knowing glance with Lord Yami before turning around in silence.
"What? What is that?"
But neither of them seemed to be in an answering mood.
"Nothing, let us focus on the road ahead," Lord Yami hesitantly replied before going silent. novElb1n
The scenes continued to shift one after the other while the group made good progress on the bridge, but that brief period of good luck only lasted until the seventh zone.
Not soon after entering the Eighth Realm which was made up of floating mountains on either side, the atmosphere shifted and things took a swift turn for the worse.
In the 60 seconds that the spell was not working at full power, they ran into an entire group of faceless beings.
"We need to separate," she muttered while replacing some of the jewels on her unsealed cane, not much different from loading new bullets in a revolver.
She turned towards Lord Yami, "Can you handle those two and reach the shrine from the outside?"
He gave a somber nod, "I should be able to. My master has permitted me to do whatever is necessary to accomplish our goals."
"Good, go. Take them and head straight for the temple."
Lord Yami gestured for Claudia and Max to come closer, "You two, with me!"
Claudia turned to Hao Xuan for permission but he couldn't give it so easily.
"Is this really necessary? Won't it be better to stay together?" Hao Xuan questioned Baba Jezda's motives at this crucial juncture.
"No, they are too many. We must divide their forces so the bulk follows one of us while the other can escape."
"So one is bound to get caught, are they not?" Hao Xuan's brow began to furrow.
Was she planning to use Lord Yami and Claudia as a distraction? But before she could answer Lord Yami stepped in.
"There is no need to be concerned," he said smilingly, "I have the full range of my master's abilities at my disposal. I promise you they will not catch us!"
The full power of one of the Nine, and the King in Yellow in particular who was born from the river of time itself should not be underestimated...especially in a place where time did not exist.