Chapter 17 – The Shadow Army
The inside of the Abyss Rift was different.
No stone corridors.
No dungeon walls.
Just endless darkness and floating platforms.
Monsters crawled out of cracks in reality.
Winged fiends.
Blade-limbed creatures.
Shadow beasts.
Arjun summoned everything he had.
Six shadows materialized behind him.
But it wasn't enough.
[New Skill Available: Mass Extraction]
Arjun sliced down a monster.
"Extract."
Its shadow rose instantly.
Then another.
And another.
His army grew rapidly.
Ten.
Fifteen.
Twenty.
Each one linked to his will.
He wasn't fighting alone anymore.
He was commanding.
But then—
The air distorted.
A familiar voice echoed.
"You return, little heir."
The Demon Commander stepped forward from the void.
This time—
It wasn't smiling.