Once again, as soon as one of the big three had seen Quinn’s ability, the mention of the Blade family was raised. No longer could Quinn keep this as a simple coincidence, but his search so far had resulted in no solution.
If the Blade family was well known, when Quinn had announced he was being protected by them, the whole world should have known about them. Yet neither the Crow faction leader nor the Eagles had ever heard of the Blade family before.
It seemed like the only ones that knew anything, were those from the Graylash family and those that worked for the Sunshields.
"You probably think we’re going to let you go, let you retreat now we know who has your back, huh?" The squad leader said. "But the orders have changed. Even if you were a Blade yourself, we will be going against you. This is war!"
With that, the ten of them charged in. There were thirty or so men on Quinn’s side, but the opponents were confident in their fighting abilities.
[Inspect]
Using inspect on the leader didn’t give Quinn the instant level up quest, which would have suggested that the leader he met last time might have been the head squad leader. Still, the red bar was slowly filling up, and it looked like five percent of the Sunshield forces had already been defeated with Quinn having contributed so little.
Quinn had spread his shadow either side of him as the Sunshields charged towards them. Whenever they would make a fatal attack towards one of his men, the shadow would rise up and block the attacks.
Splitting his concentration and working on his shadow was something that he had learnt to do from Arthur.
"Your shadow is certainly useful, and I can see why so many people are after it, but if you’re protecting them, then you can’t protect yourself!"
One of the Sunshields ran towards him. Quinn threw out a phantom punch, causing the man to flinch, soon after he felt a sudden grab. A few seconds and the man was shocked as his whole body was being electrified by Quinn’s gauntlets. Quickly stomping his foot on the ground, Quinn gave out a hammer hook, knocking the person down so hard onto the floor that his head had cracked on the ground.
The enemy wasn’t simply knocked out, they were dead.
Quinn wasn’t able to be his usual self in a fight like this where he would normally control the amount of strength he used. If he cared about whether or not his opponent lived, then the men behind him would die.
"I don’t have time for this."
[Shadow void skill activated]
Somewhere in the Shelter, a large dome made of shadow could be seen encasing not only the Sunshields, but members of the Crows as well. They were frightened by the sight of a dark shadow engulfing them, and had no clue what was going on.
[Shadow hop]
Sinking into the ground, Quinn hopped from one location to another, able to appear by the squad leaders men’s side.
[Hammer strike]
He had hit one of the men in the chest, sending him flying across to the dome wall where shadow hands had grabbed him, holding him in place. The man had survived. Their armour was strong, even if Quinn did use his full strength, he wouldn’t be able to finish them in one blow if hitting the armour without adding his blood attacks.
It was expected of one of the big three, but they were clearly outmatched. A few moments of shadowing around the place and using the shadow in the dome to protect his allies from the fire, the only one left was the leader.
The bar had now filled 4 percent green while 8 percent of it was filled red. The only problem with the bar, it allowed Quinn to know how many people, or at least the strength left of the Sunshields, but said nothing about the Crows.
Therefore it was hard to tell if they were really winning this fight or not.
Quinn wanted to ask this man about the Blades, but now was not the time. Explosions and fire were ripping through the Shelter.
The squad leader, having seen all his men defeated and with no one else to back him up, wasn’t stupid. He decided to run and had entered the alleyway from which they had come from.
Firing fire form the palm of his hands he could travel faster and wasn’t worried about his escape.
’This guy, I have to warn the others, we need to get rid of him fast. No wonder the Blades are protecting him.’
"Everyone, this is squad leader 6, listen up, we have to get rid of the- "
His speech interrupted as Quinn was suddenly stood in front of him. He felt like it was impossible. The speed for someone to catch up to him would have had to have been that of a speed user.
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