Frontiers Unexplored

37) Dark Clash

Beowolfmon hated this. 

The fight had barely begun, but he already knew that the outcome was going to be far from pretty. Lowemon and Duskmon were slowly making their way in the direction opposite the train station, and this was most likely thanks to a conscious effort on Lowemon's part to keep the Burgemon out of harm's way. Still, that didn't stop the sinking feeling from manifesting in Beowolfmon's stomach. He knew that this was going to end poorly, and there wasn't much of anything he could do to stop it. He was starting to understand the previous frustration of the rest of the team. 

Beowolfmon had been able to tell that they were frustrated when there was nothing they could do to keep him from being hurt in the previous duel against Malkakomon. He didn't need to be able to look at them to be able know without a shadow of a doubt that this annoyed them. However, he didn't understand it fully until after Lowemon started to clash against the echo of Duskmon that stood before them. 

Duskmon's crimson blades were flashing dangerously, and Lowemon's pronged staff was all that was keeping the swords from making contact with the obsidian armor the true Warrior covered his body with. They were moving too quickly for anyone to tell their attacks apart, leaving them as a melting blend of black and crimson with streaks of yellow. Beowolfmon clutched tighter at his sword, wishing that he could use those two blades to shove Duskmon as far away as possible but knowing that it simply wasn't an option. It was frustrating, but he couldn't bring himself to lash out in case he wound up hurting Lowemon in the process. 

"What's going on?" 

Cybelemon's voice caught Beowolfmon by surprise, and he glanced around in confusion to see what they could have been referring to. He let out a yelp as soon as he realized it, and his eyes went wide. There were many Beast Digimon closing in on the area, all of them glaring dangerously at the Legendary Warriors. Beowolfmon took a step back out of instinct, wondering what was going on. 

However, it didn't take him long to pull the pieces together so that he could look at the whole picture. They were getting closer to Rose Morning Star, and if not for Duskmon's intrusion, the team likely would have been on their way to Cherubimon's lair in that very moment. Of course the Celestial Digimon would want to keep them away. Chances were that Cherubimon had more than enough confidence that he would be able to defeat the Legendary Warriors, but it would still be more efficient at the end of the day for him to get rid of them before they could arrive at Rose Morning Star. 

"They're trying to keep us from advancing," Onyxmon frowned, having caught onto the same clues that Beowolfmon had. Their claws dug into the dust of the ground below. "If that's what they want to try and do, then fine. They aren't going to be ready to deal with the consequences though."

"There are too many for us to even count," Calanthemon gasped. "I bet that they're intentionally taking advantage of the chaos caused by Duskmon's reappearance. There's no way that we'll be able to deal with both Duskmon and all of these soldiers at the same time."

"We'll just have to find a way then," Sheyumon announced confidently. "First, how about we get the Burgemon as far away from here as possible? We wouldn't want them to get hurt in the process."

"I'm on it," Cybelemon responded. They ran back into the building soon afterwards, disappearing through the door. Beowolfmon watched as they vanished from sight before turning his attention back to the matter at hand. 

He could barely tell the individual Digimon apart. It was as if they moved as one giant mass with individual limbs that acted as the specified monsters. They were there solely because of Cherubimon, and they weren't going to be backing down until they found success. Beowolfmon knew what they were going to have to do, and he already hated it. Up until then, the Legendary Warriors had primarily been forced to contend with the Fallen Warriors, but with all of them purified, that meant that Cherubimon had to turn to other methods of fighting back.