Iya Continent: Card God

The knight known as "Flame Fox," Mok Besson, came into view.

Linta was greatly surprised. Strange, this was too strange! He was all alone, without any soldiers accompanying him. And why was he in the dungeon at this time?

Is it to prevent too many people from seeing it? Why not? What are you trying to hide?

"What's that guy doing here?" Kim Gondo couldn't help but say in a gruff voice.

The thief Marlen was even more puzzled; it was all too inexplicable.

"Oh no!" Linta's eyes widened as she immediately thought of Shia, who was still in the dungeon.

Shia might be able to fool the jailers and prisoners, but this high-ranking Silver Knight could be exposed. Unable to use magic, she was completely helpless in the confined space of the dungeon. If discovered, she would most likely be captured.

Jin Gong said impatiently, "I'll go stop him!"

“No.” Linta immediately grabbed the dwarf Jingon’s shoulder and said solemnly, “How do you plan to explain this? Do you dislike him? Or is it because he arrested your friend and you want to retaliate? He is a guard knight of Sandel City, and he has the duty to maintain the peace of the city. If you make a move, he will have every reason to arrest you as well, not to mention that the dungeon is nearby.”

Gingon, looking indignant, said with his beard bristling, "Then what do we do? Shia is even more dangerous."

Linta's gaze turned serious as he looked at the Flame Fox Moke, who was gradually approaching the dungeon.

He exhaled slowly and said, "I have a way to stall him. I'll try to delay until Shia leaves."

As he spoke, his consciousness stirred, and his spiritual power was depleted.

The shadow beneath my feet, blending into the darkness, began to move consciously.

Card Power, Three of Clubs, Shadow!

This power was obtained from mineral veins. As its master, it allows the user to control a shadow that leaves its body, and the shadow possesses the corresponding physical strength of its master. It's a pity it can't use magic or the power of other cards. However, it cannot die; after being destroyed, it will return to its master's side.

Why not use such a useful shadow to infiltrate dungeons?

It's unusable. The shadow has no sight, no hearing. What its master sees is what it sees. Linta can let the shadow slip through the cracks in the dungeon. But once inside, it's completely uncontrollable. Because Linta has no idea what's inside the dungeon, it can't control the shadow's movements. It certainly can't make it find the goblin stone to question or listen to its movements.

With a "whoosh!" sound.

The shadow moved with incredible speed in the darkness, rushing towards Flame Fox Moke like the wind.

Kim Gong paused for a moment, then asked, "Just now? Did something escape?"

Knight Flame Fox Moke Besson stopped in his tracks, sensing something amiss.

His gauntlet-clad hand rested on the hilt of the sword at his waist, and his eyes revealed a fighting spirit ready to face the enemy.

"Who?"

"Swoosh!" A cold glint of sword light flashed as it slashed behind him.

"call out!"

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a dark figure rush into the darkness.

Flame Fox Moke sensed something strange; the figure seemed to be human, yet it didn't seem to be.

Confused, I quickly ran into the darkness.

Beneath his furrowed brows, his eyes burned with a fierce intensity, searching for anything.

"strangeness……"

Flame Fox Moke sensed something was wrong. He could clearly feel the enemy's presence, but he couldn't see them. What was going on?

His eyes scanned the darkness, where enemies seemed to lurk.

A master of stealth assassination? Or a mage proficient in dark magic?

"Who are you? Why did you attack me?" Flame Fox Moke asked directly.

Although Linta, who was quite far away, couldn't hear what the other person was saying, he could roughly guess what the other person meant and what their current state was.

One's own shadow cannot speak or answer. Even if it could, it wouldn't. It needs to delay, delay long enough.

Flame Fox Moke gritted his teeth slightly, but the other party did not respond. This greatly displeased him; he was not an ordinary knight, but a knight under Duke Vasquez.

"You are disrespectful! Leave at once!" Flame Fox Moke said helplessly and angrily, sheathing his longsword and turning to leave.

Seeing the Flame Fox Moke about to leave, Linta immediately manipulated his shadow to attack.

Before Yanhu Moke could stop, he swiftly drew his sword and attacked.

"You've been tricked!" Flame Fox Moke smirked and unleashed a half-circle counter-slash with his sword.

The sword flashed sharply, and the attack was swift.

However, Linta had already seen through this. The other party was deliberately luring him. The shadow was merely feigning an attack, then swiftly blending into the darkness. In the darkness, the shadow moved with the speed of the wind.

The proud knight, realizing he had been tricked, gradually turned ferocious.

"Damn it! You're asking for it, aren't you?!"

At this moment, magic flowed and emanated, especially on the blade, where a dense concentration of magic energy was gathered.

With a "whoosh!", the blade was engulfed in blazing flames.

Linta stared in astonishment, "No wonder he's called Flame Fox."

The flames on the sword illuminated the darkness. In an instant, the space where shadows could hide gradually shrank.

Flame Fox Moke coldly looked in one direction, clearly sensing that the enemy was there.

"Boom!"

The iron-clad boots lifted with the rear foot, and he charged forward, his flaming sword flashing as he closed in on the shadow.

Lin Ta's expression gradually turned serious, and sweat dripped from his forehead.

Knowing he couldn't win, Linta did his best to control his shadow and dodge.

In any dark place, a shadow can quickly hide and stealth, and by doing so, it can hold off the opponent for a long enough time.

This was also discovered by Yanhu Moke.

"Trying to take advantage of darkness, huh?"

With a flick of his wrist, he swung the flaming longsword, "Whoosh!"

When met with a fierce slash, sparks flew and rained down on every dark patch of land within a foot of the ground. Like lamps, they burned brilliantly.

The result of this move was, naturally, that there was nowhere to hide, and the true form was revealed.

"This is...?" Thief Malen's eyes widened, seeing such a creature for the first time.

Jingon was also stunned, pursing his lips. He had heard Linta mention before that he had used shadows to help Shia defeat the Namagi family's Dorn. But this was the first time he had witnessed it firsthand. He really did possess such a strange skill!

"What is that? It's all black." Flame Fox Moke looked at Linta's shadow exposed in the firelight with disdain.

Linta looked grave, knowing the outcome was imminent. However, she didn't want it to end there.

Shia, Shia hasn't escaped yet.

"Who are you? State your name!" Flame Fox Moke pointed his longsword at Linta and questioned him.

Shadow Tower remained unmoved.

Seeing that his opponent was like this, Yanhu Moke said no more and directly slashed out with his sword.

Just as the sword was about to strike, the shadow moved—strangely, it moved.

"Huh?" Flame Fox Moke looked at the shadow that was moving its body and limbs with confusion and bewilderment.

What do you mean? Do you want to tell me something?

GimGoon and Maren were also confused and asked, "What... does this mean?"

“Dancing, it’s just dancing,” Linta said solemnly.

"What...what exactly do you want to say!" Flame Fox Moke finally lost his patience and slashed down with his sword.

"Fuck!"

The shadow was instantly cleaved in two by the Silver Knight's sword.

The entire shadow body began to shatter and disappear.

But! A thought conveyed to it, no! I cannot end this yet!

The shadows that should have been eliminated have reunited.

Then, they continued dancing.

Kim Gong exclaimed with delight, "Great! This is wonderful!"

He looked at Lin Ta with a smile, but his smile froze. Lin Ta's forehead was covered in sweat, and his condition had visibly deteriorated.

"Brother Linta, you..."

Linta said, "I...I'm fine, just a little mental toll..."