The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 705 Dream World 43
Dani stamped her feet in frustration, her pale face turning bright red: "I won't do it again! Sister, give it back to me! Without this shadow, my skirt will always be drafty!"

Moran chuckled softly, flicked her fingertips, and the flowing shadow flew towards Dani like a night bird returning to its nest.

The little girl immediately reached out her hands to catch it, as if she were holding some precious treasure, and carefully pressed the shadow against the gap in her skirt.

The darkness writhed as if alive, its edges rippling with subtle waves, and soon it blended perfectly with the shadow of the dress, leaving no trace of damage.

Dani twirled around, her black skirt billowing in a graceful arc. She tilted her head back and said happily, "Thank you, sister! Your ability to manipulate shadows is even better than Grandma Martina's when she was young!"

"Nonsense!" Martina's stone cane suddenly shot out, striking Dani precisely on the head. "When I was young, I could hang up ten novices like her and beat them up!"

However, her shadow shifted unnaturally.

Moran wisely refrained from pointing it out, and simply bowed respectfully, saying, "It's all thanks to the teacher's excellent teaching."

Martina snorted and slammed her stone cane heavily on the ground: "Stop flattering me! Now that you know the basics of shadow walking and grabbing other people's shadows, leave Shadowless Stone Plaza and go explore the real world of shadows!"

She quickly darted toward the edge of the square.

Just as Moran was about to follow, she heard a chorus of childish exclamations from all around her.

The Shadow Clan children in the square peeked out from beside her, and even though they were completely shrouded in shadow, their worry was still evident.

Dani anxiously grabbed Moran's sleeve, "Sister, you just came out of the altar, it's too dangerous to go outside the square now!"

"Yeah, yeah! There's no Shadowless Stone protecting us outside, and we could easily fall out of the Shadow World!" Another child made an exaggerated falling motion, then covered his eyes and peeked at Moran's reaction through his fingers.

However, his fingers and eyes were completely black, making it impossible to discern anything.

The tallest child stood directly in front of Moran and explained seriously with gestures, "Where there are no Shadowless Stones, shadows will be scratched by light!"

She revealed several faint dents on her arm. "Last time, I accidentally fell out of the shadow world, and my shadow was scratched by the light. It took a whole month to heal using the power of shadow!"

Moran felt a warmth in her heart, and knelt down to pat the children's heads: "Thanks for the reminder, but I'll take good care of myself! And..."

She turned to look at Martina, who was already standing at the edge of the square. The old woman was impatiently tapping the ground with her stone cane. "With the teacher here, there shouldn't be any problems!"

"Yeah, right!" the children shouted in unison. Dani even made a face. "Grandma Martina loves seeing newbies make fools of themselves! Last time, a boy fell off and got stuck on the rock face. Grandma Martina happened to be passing by, and guess what happened?"

Another child chimed in, "She only glanced at it and left, but we all heard her shadow laugh, laugh really loudly!"

Martina's furious roar boomed from afar: "You little brats! If you dare to say another word, I'll stuff all your shadows into a teapot and boil them into soup tonight!"

"Help! Grandma Martina is going to eat the children!" The children immediately cried out, but they had sly smiles on their faces. They scattered like frightened little animals and disappeared into the shadows of the omnipresent Shadowless Stone in the blink of an eye.

However, Moran noticed that the shadows would occasionally bulge out suspicious little bumps, clearly indicating that these mischievous kids weren't afraid at all and were just pretending.

When Moran reached the edge of the square, the group of little ones quietly followed him again.

They stood in a row at a safe distance, watching Moran's every move.

Dani had even pulled out a handful of small snacks formed from shadows and was "eating" them with relish, as if watching a good show. "Ignore those little bastards." Martina pointed with her stone cane to the edge of the square, where there were no large areas of shadow created by the Shadowless Stone, but instead, a white area of ​​light like an abyss interspersed with small, fragmented shadows:

"See those white areas? Those are where light occupies them. Shadows have nowhere to hide there. If the power of shadows can't keep up or their will isn't clear enough, they'll be violently pulled back into reality. Only those black areas are the world of shadows."

She grinned: "Ready, little monster? This time you have to jump over to get to the real shadow world. If you don't jump over, you'll fall out!"

Moran took a deep breath and nodded.

Behind me, I heard the children whispering nervously:

"It's going to fall out...it's going to fall out..."

"I bet three Shadow Balls she won't last a second!"

I bet three seconds!

……

Moran turned back and winked at the children: "I bet I can succeed!"

She suddenly activated the power of shadow and used the Shadow Armor according to the method she had seen in the "Professional Skills Book - Shadow Armor".

The power of shadow gathered on the shadow that enveloped her body, forming a thick layer of black armor.

Dani's shadow ball fell to the ground with a "thud": "Wow! She added armor to her shadow!"

"And it's not the template-like skill armor that other adventurers have!"

……

Ignoring the gasps behind her, Moran, after estimating the direction and distance, focused intently on giving the shadow a clear "jump" command.

In the "Profession Skill Book - Shadow Jump", the mana cost for jumping is fixed, and you can only jump a maximum of about ten meters. There is also a light spot to help locate the landing point. There is a three-second delay when using it, but you will basically not make a mistake.

Bypassing the skill book, when performing "Shadow Jump" yourself, you must control how much shadow power you use, how far you jump, the direction, and the distance. If you don't control it accurately, you will fail.

Moran has a good sense of direction and calculation ability, and she doesn't hesitate to make her own estimations. As soon as the command was issued, her figure suddenly blurred, like a pencil drawing erased by an eraser, and the next second—

A dark arc swept across the edge of the square, and Moran's figure re-emerged in the shadow of the grotto ten meters away.

This time, she didn't rely on her legs at all; she was carried by her shadow.

During the jump, she clearly felt the white light in the light zone brushing across the surface of her shadow like a comb, scraping away a trace of the shadow's power and weakening her shadow armor.

"That's impossible!" the child who made the bet screamed. "How could it be the first time..."

Martina's stone cane suddenly struck him precisely on the head: "Shut up and watch carefully! This is a true genius!"

“Again.” Martina suddenly appeared beside Moran, pointing to a distant, dappled expanse of light and shadow. “Try a jump from an even greater distance!”