OP System The Hero Backup

Chapter 1.14: Shadow Against Clones

Goddess Loki cast a Skill on me that made me instantly move from the edge of the lake. I am in the air now. Free fall. Is correct. The goddamn goddess moved me in the high sky.

"Eeehhhhhh!!!! You fucking Goddess!!!"

Even though I am in free fall. But I could see below me clearly, the broad-span wings that were being folded and the super-large creatures that were sound asleep. He was the sleeping Legendary Dragon Gaia.

"What does this mean?!"

"Alright, please do whatever it takes to cheer me up. Oh yes one more, you are forbidden to die, you know."

"Fuck that thing! I did say that I wanted to kill him, but not all of a sudden like this!"

"Ara, ara, you complain a lot, huh? But there's nothing you can do to escape here. Because you've entered the Dragon's dimension."

"Dimensions?"

"I won't explain further, we'll meet again after you defeat him. See you~"

"Oi! Waita minute!"

But he really is gone. I can't listen to her annoying voice anymore right now. God fucking. What should I do to fight a monster of this size?! My skills are also nothing can impact a large area.

In other words, this is so bad!

I who still fall from the sky will soon reach the ground. Then I quickly cast the [Shadow Construct] Skill to make my fall not make a loud noise, and I knew what I had to make.

"[Shadow Construct : Pond]"

A small pond was then created under my falling direction and I fell into it and the splashing water did not make a sound so loud that it could wake up the Gaia Dragon.

It also proves that my theory works. It turned out that [Shadow Construct] could also mimic the properties of non-dense water. That means I can create even more things with this Skill.

Alright, alright. I came out of my small pond and instantly deactivated the shadow pool earlier. Now I was standing in front of the sleeping Legendary Dragon. Ahaha .. I don't know if anyone else in the world has the opportunity I have right now. But if there is, then he is a fool.

Yep. Like me now.

Now I don't even know where to attack him. Wearing [Rot] might hurt him, but it had a long time to spread. I might have died before [Rot] spread.

But the attack skills I have right now are [Dark Marble], [Dark Wave], and [Rot] only. I'm still very lacking in attack Skills. Most of what I have is Skill support and defending.

Starting in the future, I need more to obtain attack Skills. I could only rely on those three Skills, but the more Skills I can have the better.

"Hn?!"

Lothawat! Dragon Gaia started making movements, it seemed like she was about to finish her nap soon. I have to hide, I have to hide.

Dragon Gaia opened her eyes and raised her head to look right and left like someone just woke up. Wah ... it turns out that the legendary animals nan sacred also need to cuddle life after waking up.

And now I'm hiding. Hiding far enough— no, not too far either, anyway. If at a safe distance so as not to be immediately caught by the Gaia Dragon after he woke up.

By the way I hid behind a rock that was the size of my body, so I hope this can work to hide my whereabouts. And this place is also strange, the Goddess said that this is a Dimension, huh?

This place is in the form of a vast meadow. The grass was also along my waist and slapped as far as the eye could see. There were only rare trees and some stones, one of which I made a hiding place.

Maybe it's not strange enough for you guys, but what makes it strange is that this meadow is dominated by a dark purple color, like lavender. And the sky was pale blue, not like the usual clear blue sky. That's what makes me so sure I'm in another dimension.

Dragon Gaia woke up and started moving but fortunately, she did not move towards me. Hah .. pretty good luck. I realized that the place she had fallen asleep before was also a purple meadow and it was broken after being bedded by her.

But after he got up and walked away, the purple grass came back alive and fresh as if nothing had happened to him. He-great. As one could expect from an earth dragon.

Can he revive a plant only by its existence? Wait for. Does that mean I can't kill him? Is he also able to bring life to living beings including himself? Doesn't mean it's so bad!

Eeehhh! Will my wishful thinking all this time for revenge be in vain?!

Calm down, Arka. Can't panic. We still don't know if it's true or not. The most important thing right now is to strategize. Aye! Developing strategy!

But ....

"What should I put together?!"

Lothawat! I closed my mouth with my hands. But it's too late. It's too late, you stupid Ark! I wanted to scream, but I just wanted to do it in my heart! In the heart! Why can my mind always come out at the wrong time, anyway!

As I kept my mouth shut, I peeked out from behind the stone and my eyes with the dragon looked back at me for the second time. But this time it's different, I'm in the dimension! And I'm trespassing!

"Damn ...."

He roared very loudly for quite a while and in the end intended to attack me. But due to his oversized body, he created small dragon clones again just like he used to. And now there are a hundred— no, I'm sure that the number is much more than that.

"Ehhh?!!! It's almost a thousand, woi!"

Crazy one! This Gaia Dragon is crazy! Wait, whoa. There is no time to complain. The exit! Where's the way out?! I gotta get out of here. I looked to the right and left. There's no way out! I also came in here because of the goddamn Goddess, so getting out of here is not easy!

"You don't want to ...."

I knew fighting him would only make him angry, but I didn't want to die either. There is still a human country that sounds wonderful I should visit after this! I can't just die!

I plucked the scythe from my back and coated it with the element of darkness. A dark aura enveloped the scythe and myself while sparks of dark elements danced freely on the sickle blade.

"Let's go ahead all of you! [Appraisal] !!"

Then I have a plan!

Some of them started to approach me. I directly slashed at him with a horizontal slash and decapitated them simultaneously. But I could not let my guard down at all, for the rest of the group also came without pause.

"[Shadow] !!"

I produced ten [Shadow] with more or less the same power as my original self. And they also began to slaughter the Gaia Dragon clones.

Well .. I can't say slaughter either, anyway. Me and my shadow need a pretty hard effort to kill them, but so far I can still control the situation.

While fighting, my eyes were also not separated from the body of the real Gaia Dragon. He still remained calm and watched the course of the fight. Hoho .... You think you'll win that easily, Legendary Dragon? It's not that easy, Fergus!

The clones of the dead dragons did not disappear. That means the body will still be there even though I don't know the time limit, but that's more than enough. I took one of the corpses of the dragon clones and directly ate it greedily.

"...."

Dragon Gaia seemed to be confused by what I was doing. Huh! You're confused what am I doing?! Look at how your clones are going to make me stronger!

"[Shadow] !!"

I kept eating and creating shadows again. Even my shadow is no longer similar to me in terms of face— only in its humanoid proportions and anatomy, while the outside is black with an aura of darkness around it.

Maybe I can say that this is the most boring fight in the world. But I don't care. Because this is how I fight! Do something over and over again until I reach my goal and win!

Every time my shadow defeated the clone of Dragon Gaia, I ate it voraciously and greedily. After that, I created one shadow each time I finished eating one clone.

The longer the course of the fight, the more it sided with me and the dragon clones also grew fewer and fewer. Because my shadow killed him and I ate him.

"...?"

Ho ...? Looks like Dragon Gaia is starting to realize that there is something wrong with this fight? He also looks nervous. Ahaha! Hows it? Are you surprised because the circumstances do not match what you predicted?! Even if you're a legendary animal or something, I'm not afraid to fight you!

Or at least that's what I think.

"Huh .. hah .. hah ...."

[Your Level Increases From Lv. 48 Towards Lv. 52]

The fight lasted for about half an hour. And in that fight, my mouth never stopped chewing. My lips and around his mouth were filled with blood from the Gaia Dragon clone

Thanks to that as well, my level increased quite a lot. It seems like every shadow of mine defeats the clone of Dragon Gaia, the EXP they gain will be instantly transferred to me.

But I'm exhausted. Sure oes. Although my SP and MP did not show that— because it still showed more than half a bar, but the one tired from me at the moment was my mentality. Chewing without rest and with a thumping chest beware of what the Gaia Dragon will do.

But now I won this little fight. Is correct. The last clone had been killed and I ate, it meant that the shadows I had created right now also numbered over a thousand.

With a breath of breath I looked back at the sea of humanoid black shadows, then focused again on the Gaia Dragon in front of me. What are you going to do next, Legendary Dragon Gaia?

He looked me in the eyes with a look I could hardly read. She mad? It doesn't seem like it. Lizard eyes are harder to predict than human eyes.

"??!!"

Dragon Gaia then roared loudly once again. He finally moved and wanted to do something. Alright ... What are you going to do next? Do you have any other great plans?

"Eh?"

He re-formed the clones with the scales of his body. Although the number is more, but is not this plan still the same? Was he desperate and just doing the same plan?

We're about one in three. But it's hard to imagine me losing. Because in terms of level and ability we are superior to him. I pointed my hand forward and ordered my shadows to attack.

And you can imagine the soldiers who attacked against their enemies colliding and attacking each other. But as I said before, my shadow army is superior to Gaia's Dragon clone.

It also made me level up. So whatever Dragon Gaia wants to do, it will still benefit me.

"Eh?"

When I thought that this would be an easy win, I just realized one difference between the clones from the previous one. "But ...." Is correct. The difference was in their corpses after being defeated and dying.

"They're yawning?" Vaporizing may not be the right word. But that's the only word I can think of in this moment of confusion.

Unlike before, the corpses of the clones were not fixed but turned into particles that flew into the air and disappeared. Just like in the game.

"??!!!"

In addition to feeling confused, I also felt another feeling. This time it has to do with my physicality. My body suddenly felt hot and from above was a very bright light. Naga Gaia ..., wanted to launch a fireball from her mouth. What's more, it's huge!

It's grim! "[Shadow Construct : Wall] !!" I created a wall of shadows that covered the front, top, right, and left.

I couldn't see anything after that. But what I felt at that moment was a very, very, very, very hot fire shooting towards me for a while.

Even my artificial shadow wall could not hold it for too long and was eroded. With the strength I had, I shouted out loud to defend the wall so that my body would not be hit directly. But after all that, it still even created a crack that burned my arms, body, and face.

But luckily the fire stopped a few seconds later. My shadow wall instantly disappeared and I was knee limp. With remaining strength I raised my head to look forward, and my eyes widened to see the effect of the fire shot of Dragon Gaia.

The grassland that was supposed to be purple now no longer showed its color and was only full of black. Meanwhile, I also could not feel a single shadow that still remained. Everything has vanished. Including the left hand I made from the [Shadow Construct] Skill.

"What is this cheating skill?"