Holy Lord's Palace Ruins
Dust swirled around broken dragon carvings and a shattered throne. James stepped over rubble, his boots crushing cursed tiles. His gaze locked onto a wall-mounted Nija mask, glowing green. "Shadowkhan's master?" He plucked it, fingers tracing its grim patterns.
The mask trembled, a raspy voice in his mind: "Mortal, wear me for power…" James countered with a soul shock. Scream! A twisted face appeared, wailing, "I'm Nija, general under Tara! Destroy me, and the Shadow Realm will—"
"Shut up," James said, casting a blue-green extraction spell. Black mist was torn out, absorbed into his palm, the mask turning gray stone. The energy became pure shadow power. [Ding! Shadow Mastery acquired! Summon Shadowkhan freely!]
His shadow boiled, ninja soldiers rising, red eyes gleaming, kneeling in submission. "Basic templates," James noted, infusing Dragon Talisman's hellfire. Boom! Ten ninjas grew three meters tall, claws wreathed in flame, masks venting sulfur. [Shadowkhan: Dragon Flame Variant]
With Monkey Talisman's power, another batch morphed into hawk-human hybrids with shadow wings. [Shadowkhan: Night Hunter Variant] "Now we're talking," James said, sensing a dimensional link in the mask's remnants—coordinates to the Shadow Realm and Tara.
"Soon, Tara," he smirked, crushing the mask.
Hong Kong, Midnight
Neon reflected on wet streets. James, flipping a bronze compass, sensed magic in a Kowloon pawnshop, Wong's Antiques. He entered, bells jangling. The dozing owner froze at James's glowing red eyes. "The mask," James said, locking onto a safe.
The owner twitched, eyes flashing green. "The general… won't… yield…" James's Sheep Talisman blue light ripped out a samurai-helmed ghost—Razo's soul. Magic chains bound it, the safe opening to reveal a trembling mask. Extraction turned it to stone. [Ding! Claw Shadowkhan control acquired! Claws tear most materials.]
"Tell the other masks I'm coming," James said, tossing the husk to the owner.
New York, Empire State Building
James stood atop, wind whipping his cape, scanning globally for masks. His vision locked onto an Egyptian pyramid's chamber. A golden portal opened.
Giza, Egypt
Archaeologist Dr. Jones trembled before a red-gemmed demon mask. "The Shadow Mask…" As he reached, James appeared. "Don't touch it." Jones's shadow became chains, binding him. James ignited dragon flame. "Come out, or I burn you out."
The mask screamed, its black mist extracted and crushed. James tossed the husk to Jones. "Souvenir." [Ding! Night Bat Shadowkhan control acquired!]
He hit Paris's catacombs (Bat General's mask), Japan's Aokigahara (Manni's troll mask), and the Himalayas' Shambhala (Ika's flying mask), claiming [Night Bat, Giant Shadow, Wing Shadow] control. In R'lyeh, Tara's mask roared defiance, but James stripped its soul. [Ding! Full Shadow Realm authority acquired! Infinite Shadowkhan summoning, all variants.]
Atop a boiling shadow sea, James's eyes glowed red. "I lack nothing now!" Shadows surged around him.
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