Becoming a Shadow in the New World

The bluish-purple magic that covered the surroundings instantly contracted, revealing the original darkness of the dimensional rift.

With a sonic boom, Sid soared into the sky along the path cleared by the Great Red's body, catching up with the Great Red ahead of him, turning to the right and kicking down hard with his right leg.

Seeing Sid appear in front of him, Great Red disregarded his pain and swung his dragon tail to clash with Sid's kick. However, compared to the first time he clashed with Sid, this time Great Red focused more of his magic on maintaining his balance.

The same scene unfolded once again. Great Red flew backward at an even faster speed, but quickly managed to brake in mid-air, stabilizing his body and widening the distance between himself and Sid.

He wondered why the touch had been so light, but seeing that he had distanced himself from the Great Red, he didn't have time to care. His purplish-blue magic transformed into jet-black flames, and Sid charged toward the Great Red once more.

Seeing Sid charging towards him, the Great Red roared, and the dreamlike red mist reappeared.

At this moment, Great Red was dripping blood from his mouth, and the wounds from the bite of the Corrupted Dragon were still there. The two parts that collided with Sid were faintly purple through the crystal dragon scales, making him look extremely disheveled.

A dreamlike red mist enveloped the Great Red, crimson flames soared into the sky, and blurry magical fluctuations spread out, indicating the astonishing magical power gathered within the red mist.

Seeing this scene, Sid stopped rushing towards the Great Red.

"Do you want to win in one fell swoop and finish the battle quickly? Good, that's exactly what I'm thinking."

A hand reached towards the sky, and purple magic emanated from Sid's body, continuously covering the dark space.

Within the covered area, the density of magic continued to increase, and space began to distort.

“I…”

A phantom purple magic ball appeared in the sky, its faint outline gradually solidifying.

“am…”

As this magical energy converged, a wave of magical energy surged towards the dreamlike red mist, revealing the magic within the mist.

"a...huh?"

The red mist dissipated, revealing only a mass of crimson magic stuck together before Sid. As for the master of the magic—the Great Red—it had vanished without a trace.

His crimson eyes emitted a purple aura, and Sid activated his full senses, heading in a certain direction.

In the illusory world, the trail of the Great Red, which flew along the path of someone's dream, was revealed to Sid. At the end of his sight, the Great Red's dragon tail disappeared into the depths of the dimensional rift.

That's too strong, what's the point of fighting? I'm outta here...

Deep, resonant dragon roars emanated from the depths, perhaps from within the spiritual realm. Sid could now understand the meaning of the Great Red Dragon's roar.

Am I being tricked again?

Holding aloft a magical weapon powerful enough to destroy the world, Sid suddenly had an impulse to throw this nuclear bomb into the depths of the dimensional rift and blast out the Great Red.

"Breathe...breathe..."

He took several deep breaths and recalled dozens of times the magical impact that had erupted from the dimensional rift and swept across the world before finally suppressing the thought.

Unlike his battle with the three dragon gods earlier, where he could limit the impact to the edge of the battlefield and throw it into the depths of the dimensional rift, he wouldn't be able to control the power that would erupt then.

After calming down, Sid began to think about what to do with the nuclear bomb in his hands. Removing the magic now felt like a defeat.

Use your brain! How do we deal with this nuclear bomb...? What was I supposed to do?

While deep in thought, Sid suddenly had a flash of inspiration and remembered something.

If I remember correctly, my purpose in coming here was to take advantage of the big incident caused by Cao Cao and his group to eliminate the demonic pawn that might expose my identity as a Shadow Power user. So why did I end up fighting those three dragons?

After blinking a few times, Sid recalled his mental journey when he saw the three dragons.

Cao Cao has made his move, I can start dealing with the Demon Piece now >>> Such a strong aura, my hands are itching >>> I have a grudge against these three fighting dragons, forget about the Demon Piece, I'll beat these three dragons up first.

After realizing that the fatal wound he had inflicted had become a real one due to the delay and that he might not be able to keep up with the battle, he chose to stab himself again to give his body a final burst of energy and push it beyond its limits. He then put on the slime suit and ran to the top of the arena.

After scanning the area, they quickly found the underworld venue, which was floating in the dimensional gap, dilapidated and on the verge of falling apart.

A smile played on his lips as he began to consider how to deal with the nuclear bomb.

He dispersed some of the magic power in the magic bullet, estimated its power in his mind, and aimed it at the Underworld venue before throwing it.

He has resolved the major incident caused by Cao Cao, and now that he has returned, he will have no chance to deal with the Demon Piece.

Sigh, in the end, he still had to carry out the backup plan. He personally launched the attack, turning the venue into a mess, looking for an opportunity to recover... No need to look, that fatal wound hasn't healed yet, he'll just have to put on a bit of a show later.

After feeling the wound beneath his black coat, Sid smiled with relief.

Oh, right, the lines…

"Wanted criminal Shadow greets everyone."

A mocking voice, tinged with laughter, drifted into the floating Netherworld arena. As the purple magic bullet flew toward them, the faces of the powerful figures in the arena twisted in disgust.

"Which idiot was it who confidently claimed that Shadow wouldn't care, and then went so far as to issue a warrant for Shadow's arrest just to save face?"

No one answered the question posed by someone, but a glint of light could be seen in the eyes of the powerful individuals who were currently working together to block the attack; they seemed to have remembered something.

Go back and beat Loki up, then drop the warrant. Why bother giving the Shadows a reason to start a war when you have nothing better to do?

Chapter 111 The MVP of the Losing Side Was Actually Me; Cao Cao and Li Zeweim's Rebuttal After the Battle

Feeling the life force within his body waning, Sid revealed a cunning smile.

After two consecutive bursts of magical energy emanating from his body, his internal organs are now riddled with holes, perfectly meeting his expectations.

We have Cao Cao to thank for this. If Cao Cao hadn't destroyed the elimination spell in the arena, he would have been rendered unable to fight and teleported away halfway through his fight with Lysa.

Although he also had a backup plan to "smash the venue to pieces if Cao Cao doesn't show up," this would diminish the mystique of a Shadow-level powerhouse.

Now, he has not only achieved his strategic goals, but also avenged his past grievances, making a huge profit!

He lay on the ground, pretending that his injuries had completely flared up after being blasted away by the spatial transfer wave, and that he was about to faint. He then released the demonic chess piece that he had been suppressing inside his body.

With Sid no longer suppressing it, the demon chess piece began scanning Sid's body, following the pre-programmed racial conversion steps within its body.

If nothing unexpected happens, this demon chess piece, after detecting Sid's continuously draining life force, will begin to execute another internal ritual, releasing the life force originally used to reincarnate a demon to heal his body. And he will then use this released life force... But something unexpected happened.

Sid was stunned as he felt the emerald green life force that suddenly emerged from his body and healed him before the demon chess piece could.

With difficulty, he turned his head to look in the direction from which the life force was coming. Sid's powerful eyesight allowed him to see the truce token Rias had given him emitting a faint green light.

Before he unleashed a magical burst to enter a state of final resurgence and rushed to the battlefield, he worried that the truce token might expose his identity as a Shadow Power user, so he threw away the truce token that was secretly transmitting life force to Rias and Claire at the time.

Even when he wasn't feeling well, his powerful hearing still allowed Sid to hear Rias's constantly dodging footsteps once he focused his mind.

So... now it's because he released the Demon Piece, which entered the truce token's sensing range, and was thus included in the truce token's list of cheaters?

I don't need it!!!

He subconsciously tried to unleash his magic power to deplete the life force provided by the peace token, but he only felt an emptiness within his body.

Ah... because he was annoyed that the Great Red had escaped, and because he needed to expel all his magic power in order to deceive everyone in his later plans, he made good use of the magic power that was going to be expelled. Following the method for creating anti-dragon attacks mentioned in the library, he blew the magic power that carried the aura of anti-dragon attacks into the depths of the dimensional gap.

If he used a "nuclear bomb" before, it would have caused a major disaster to the human world if it had been thrown into the depths of the dimensional rift.

The magic imbued with the aura of anti-dragon attacks would have a negligible impact on the human world. However, for the human world, and for the Great Red, it was like a space of less than ten cubic meters exploding into dozens of "stink bombs," making him wish he could die immediately.

It felt great at the time, but the consequence was that all the stored magic power was gone, and I couldn't even unleash a magic explosion on myself to consume my life force.

Extracting magic is impossible now. To extract magic, one needs a body without fatal injuries, but what use would it be if his fatal injuries were healed? This match is his last chance to openly and legitimately destroy the demon pieces.

Oh, and there's another way to obtain magic power.

Suddenly remembering his physical characteristics, Sid's eyes lit up. He opened his mouth with difficulty and sucked a stone from the side of his mouth into it.

There was no time to chew slowly; with a quick movement of the Adam's apple, it was swallowed directly.

What a shoddy construction project! It has so little magic!

Feeling the tiny, almost nonexistent amount of magic power suddenly surging within him, Sid was on the verge of despair.

Sid estimated that if the magic conversion ratio of soil and stone in the alternate dimension was the same, then even if he didn't choose the magic explosion and instead used it to cancel out his life force, he would have to eat at least one building.

Let's just abandon Plan B and execute Plan C: "Release the demon pieces to perform a race conversion, causing Rias to suffer a backlash and die." Anyway, we can't suppress it anymore, and demons don't have the habit of dying alongside their enemies.

As drowsiness grew stronger, and just as Sid was about to faint with this thought, he saw a purple magic bullet, much smaller than the one he had thrown, break through the barrier at the edge of the alternate dimension and streak across the sky in a purple light.

Well, Rias, you might not be destined to die.

Trying to use the little strength restored by the life force flowing into her body to prop herself up, she only felt a wave of dizziness and her body, which was halfway up, stumbled and fell to the ground.

I'm so sleepy. Maybe I should just ignore Rias's life or death. Anyway, no one will ever think that Rias died because of my reincarnation. At most, they'll think that Rias was cursed to death by someone.

Extensive blood loss made Sid feel cold in his hands and feet, and the body's healing process intensified his drowsiness, causing his eyelids to droop.

Just kidding. Although Plan C is good, admitting defeat like this doesn't reflect our strength at all.

He raised a sharp stone with his right hand and plunged it hard into the wound. Blood spurted out, and the pain dispelled his drowsiness, making Sid open his eyes and perk up.

It was truly a weak and feeble attack. Using that little stamina to commit suicide would mean losing health faster than one could recover. They might even fall asleep while fighting.

I complained about my current state for a bit, then stood up to determine my direction.

The effort she made to survive for a red-haired upperclassman she had only known for three days... was so cool.

Casually spitting out the slime liquid to lighten his load, Sid roared inwardly and ran towards the spot where the purple light was falling from the sky.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Helping her brother and Rias to their feet, Levi dodged the falling boulders and, after leaving the densely built-up area amidst the earthquake-like ground, looked at the inexplicably darkening sky with a worried expression and sighed.

From the tablet in his hand, which was a magical device similar to a monitor carried by Lessa and his retinue, he saw Lessa being brutally beaten by a madwoman for attacking Sid, who was also a member of the truce party.

Levi swallowed hard, recalling her interactions with Sid, and, confirming that she was only a bit sharp-tongued and hadn't actually hit him, continued watching with unease.