Working With Phantoms

Defying Royalty

Madran began to scan and waited for the aura to snap off of Shadow Kamoshida's new form.

"Ok, everyone, ready yourselves!"

The aura snapped off, and Madran was forced to look away for a second. Shadow Kamoshida had become a massive, pink-skinned demon with four arms, with them holding a knife, fork, wine glass, and a whip. His face held a massive, toothy maw with a massive tongue that went down to his legs and two eyes that were red and seemed to act of their own accord. He retained his black hair, but had pointy ears and horns as well as that.

"I am the shadow, the true self! You dumbasses! The moment you dared to defy me, your fate was set in stone! I'm the ruler of this place, so I can do whatever I want to you!"

Philemon shook his head.

"You've been in a delusion for the entire time. Team, let us show this twisted man the error of his ways."

"Hey, Joker, ya ready?"

"Yep."

"Hey, it's the treasure!"

Morgana pointed at a massive crown on Shadow Kamoshida's head.

"Ooh, you're right. And, my scan's done!"

Madran cleared her throat.

"Ok, here's Suguru 'Asmodeus' Kamoshida! He's... wait..."

Madran looked rather shocked.

"Hey, he has two ways of taking damage! Um, if you guys defeat him, then we have to defeat him too!"

"What?"

"It appears that Asmodeus has two health thingies; one for us and one for you. Once both of our teams take that health out, he's finished! He has differences for both teams, though. For you guys, he has no weaknesses of resistances, but for us, he blocks Hama, Mudo, and guns. Well, chop chop!"

Madran looked to Morgana.

"Hey, Mona, I'm going to have to focus on us. Please, take care of them, ok?"

"Sure thing, Fwoosh. Alright, team, let's do this!"

Akira's team began their offensive while Madran's readied theirs. Madran, Chicory, and Suga directed a Hell-Butcher at him, and Sheila utilized a Megido. Maya and Philemon then swapped to Atropos and Power respectively and nodded at each other.

"Ok, Divine Shock!"

Maya combined her Mazionga with Philemon's Hamaon, which hit Kamoshida for rather impressive damage. Shadow Kamoshida then raised his knife.

"Take this!"

Shadow Kamoshida hit the ground with his knife, which caused a blast of energy to hit Madran's team. He then took a drink of his wine glass, which caused Madran to scan again.

"Um, he's increasing his attack with that wine. Hey, Butterfly, we need to counteract that, fast!"

Madran, Chicory, Suga, and Sheila used the same attacks. However, Maya recalled Atropos.

"Come, Matador!"

Maya summoned Matador, who hit Shadow Kamoshida with a Psiodyne. Philemon then utilized a Debilitate, which lowered Shadow Kamoshida's attack.

"You think you're so smart, huh?"

Shadow Kamoshida somehow licked his lips when Madran saw a trophy that she hadn't noticed before. In it was a bunch of legs, which disgusted her. Shadow Kamoshida picked one up with his fork and ate it, which both shocked Madran and caused her to scan.