The Arks 189 The Ark Of Two Shadows

"For how long?" she asked, shakily.

"Pardon?"

"How long were you inside of Minwoo?"

"Ever since he had met you."

"No..."

She backed away with fear from her twin. Her head shook, her mind unable to comprehend the information bombarding her.

"That's right," said Benjamin as he extended a hand out to Mavislin.

"I've been by your side all this time!"

"Shut up!" screamed Mavislin as she covered her ears and squatted down.

"My, my. This won't do..."

Benjamin shook his head in disappointment. His eyes then flew open, filled with raw power and the desire to kill. Mavislin could feel the shift of Aura and backed away as far as she could at that state.

"I can't have you screaming like that, you might give our position away!" shouted Benjamin.

He then gripped his weapons and aimed it at the sobbing Valkyrie.

"Abyss of the Horizon, Eclipse!"

A black hole appeared behind Mavislin, sucking all that was at a close radius. The Valkyrie was nearly hurled into the black hole, but a familiar shadow shot out from the windows. The shadow then caught Mavislin just in time and tumbled to the corner of the hall.

"You... You are that shadow..."

"Says the Corrupted One."

"How dare you interfere with our family reunion?!" growled Benjamin as he closed the Eclipse.

"It ain't a reunion if one side doesn't want to see you. Those were some nasty things you did to my precious lil' Valkyrie."

"She doesn't belong to you!"

"She doesn't belong to anyone!"

Baldwin composed himself from his rage and turned towards the sobbing Valkyrie in his arms.

"It's alright, I'll take charge from here. Here's your little bunny, he missed you," cooed Baldwin as he took out Mavislin's eyepatch bunny.

The Valkyrie's eyes lit up as she quickly took hold of her bunny. After receiving her precious bunny, Mavislin squeezed it and nodded. She then sat back up while hugging the bunny tightly. Baldwin gave a warm smile as he stood up.

"I never thought I'd fight you so soon," said Baldwin, raising his eyebrow at the Corrupted One.

He then whipped out his Pentagram Staff. His Ancient Relic was now in half activation as he pointed it at Benjamin.

"Corrupt the aura, surround me with it. Absorb all sadness, let me have my home once more. Good shall be bad… Fade to Black!" yelled Baldwin as he smiled at Benjamin.

"Hah! Did you think that would work on me?"

"Nope, but it did drain half of your friend's power out there," said Baldwin with a cheeky grin.

The area around had started to decay, walls were starting to rot. Mixing it with Benjamin's Aura, the entire place was dreadful. He twirled the staff around and stabbed it into the ground. A large amount of the Dark Element in the area was sucked into that one Ancient Relic.

Baldwin smiled as he closed his eyes. Snow Cap, better brace yourself, thought the Angry Man.

"Accusations of the Betrayed!" chanted the Angry Man.

The Pentagram on top of the staff started spinning rapidly, absorbing more Dark Elements. Mavislin's body started to burn but she maintained a focus on the fuel in front of her.

"Never thought you could do this. I've always hated the way you entered into battle. All those years..."

"You haven't changed a bit!" chimed the two shadows.

The two beings launched towards each other, bringing a huge shockwave that affected the arena outside. They were on par with each other in terms of Elements. Dark against Dark is a deadly combo as the Element used could start draining others' lives.

Despite being an expert in the Dark Element, Baldwin found himself beginning to falter. Benjamin was dead and a dead Mage was harder to kill than a living one. He was the creator of the Husks, after all, the one race of beings in the Universe that cannot die.

As the two shadows clashed, Mavislin took a moment to rest. She glanced outside with what little strength she had left. Tiamat was still running rampant. She then felt the surge of Elemental Energy coming from Z.

"I hate this feeling..." murmured the Valkyrie as she lay down.

Her finger glowed slightly as she drew the symbol of Valokia on the ground. When she was done, she murmured a small incantation. The symbol of Valokia glowed slightly. Benjamin noticed the spell and sent another form of attack towards his twin.

"Abyss Of The Horizon..." said Benjamin, collecting his Elemental Energy with one hand.

His other hand was busy fending off Baldwin. The Angry Man slammed the staff at him but Benjamin caught it without effort.