Fun Fact 2:
Kage was heavily inspired by Dante, Spider-Man, and Deadpool.
Kage (HeroDude) went through many character changes when I was thinking about his personality. (Since Kage is Japanese for shadow, he was originally supposed to be more serious.) But as time flew by, I pulled inspiration from Dante, Spider-Man and Deadpool to make Kage a more goofy and lovable character.
-NTJnovels
Now back to where we left off…
A few miles away from the battle between HeroDude and The Behemoth, we see some reality sorcerers watching through a pile of rubble. One Sorcerer was quite tall. Another seemed filled with knowledge. The third sorcerer seemed cocky. And the fourth looks focused on the battle
Tall Sorcerer: Dawg, you seeing that big boy?
Smart Sorcerer: Yeah…That right there is The Behemoth. Most known as the giant of reality sorcery. No dumba** would even try to test him.
Cocky Sorcerer : I guess that makes the hero a dumba**. I understand he wants to play hero but you don't fight someone big as that and expect to win!
Focused Sorcerer: Well he's holding his own. So he definitely knows what he is doing.
The Reality Sorcerers watch as HeroDude sends The Behemoth to the air.
Cocky Sorcerer: Ayo! Y'all seen that?
Smart Sorcerer: So he's the real deal huh?
The tall sorcerer looks at HeroDude.
Tall Sorcerer: Naw….you mean to tell me what this so called hero can just take on that big boy but we can't That's bulls**t!
The tall sorcerer notices HeroDude is alone.
Tall Sorcerer:But look. The Hero is alone dawg and he gotta be weak….I'mma get my elimination y'all can try to keep up!
As the sorcerer tries to walk to HeroDude, through the pile a sword screeches out and impales the tall sorcerer through the throat…..
Quadeem: Just when I thought I can take a little nap.
The other sorcerers appear shock as the tall sorcerer struggles to speak. Quadeem bursts through the pile and takes a good look at everyone.
Quadeem: Hmph.
With the sword still trapped on the sorcerer's throat, Quadeem starts to loosen his shoulders as the tall sorcerer grabs on to Quadeem's arm and starts scratching it out of desperation.
Quadeem looks down at the sorcerer in disgust. Quadeem grabs the tall sorcerer's forehead and removes his sword from his throat. And so ever so swiftly, before that sorcerer or anyone of the sorcerers could take a full breath—SLICE—Quadeem cuts open the head of the tall sorcerer. His head goes flying to the sky.
Smart Sorcerer: Aye….could y'all sense the man's sorcery?
Cocky Sorcerer: Naw…..he's….just human. You mean to tell me a damn powerless can do all that? YOU GOT ME MESSED UP
The cocky sorcerer's body charges up to the point where you can see a orange glow come out of his body and he dashes to Quadeem!
Cocky Sorcerer : YOU THINK YOU CAN DO SOMETHING TO ME, HUMAN! YOUR KIND CAN'T EVEN ELIMINATE US!
The orange charges forms to the cocky sorcerer's arms. His fist glows orange as he rushes to Quadeem fist first.
Smart Sorcerer: WHY ARE YOU CHARGING IN FIST FIRST?
But without looking. Quadeem catches the tall sorcerer's head when it falls down. And he throws it to the cocky sorcerer's fist. The impact of the fist destroys the tall sorcerer's head. This causes the tall sorcerer to be eliminated as his body slowly fades away.
Quadeem: My kind can't….but as we all know…..your kind can…
As the tall sorcerer's body fades away….Quadeem slices open the tall sorcerer's arm and skewered it on his blade
Quadeem: I always wanted to see if his worked.
The other two sorcerers charges toward Quadeem. But Quadeem tightens his grip on his sword so hard that it awakens the sorcery in the arm.
Cocky Sorcerer: What?
Quadeem: I was never good a baseball….but this is about to be a home run.
As the two sorcerer run in, Quadeem with his great speed, smacks the sorcerers in the head with the arm and it breaks their barrier. The two sorcerers get hurled back…
Quadeem: So it really does work.
….but as they are in the air, Quadeem charges in and smacks them with the arm again and again until they are eliminated and fade away. Only one sorcerer remains.
Cocky Sorcerer: Wait….aye aye hold on now…..we can talk about this.
Quadeem: Ain't nun to talk about, brodie.
Quadeem notices the arm is fading away quicker. So he removes the arm from his sword….and then throws the sword right through the sorcerer's heart. The force of the sword throw sends the sorcerer to a wall.
Quadeem: Should've got good at what you do before it was too late.
But before the cocky sorcerer could even touch the ground, Quadeem throws the fading arm at the head of the sorcerer and it crushed him and eliminates him right before the arm faded away.
Quadeem: "sighs" Four walking skill issues.
Quadeem grabs his sword and looks up and sees The Behemoth in the sky. He reaches for his phone. Lucky, HeroDude was still on the call. He puts his earbuds on and says…..
Quadeem: Kage. Ya doing alright?
Back to where HeroDude is, surprisingly, his earbuds didn't fall off and he heard Quadeem just fine.
HeroDude: Quadeem? That's you?
Quadeem "over the phone": Who else would it be?
HeroDude lets out a sigh of relief
HeroDude: Man, I feel like I should be asking you that! After The Behemoth attacked us, you wasn't no where near sight!
Quadeem: Oh…I was just you know…taking a nap on some falling bricks and stuff.
HeroDude: Man, you sure that was a nap? I don't know if anyone can sleep with some bricks as a blanket.
Quadeem: Well I can.
Quadeem looks up and sees The Behemoth falling.
Quadeem: Well. It looks like big boy is falling down.
HeroDude looks up as well.
HeroDude: Yeah. I see him.
Quadeem Yup. You should you know, do something about that. Cause I don't think a simple sword is doing much to that big guy.
HeroDude: That's code for you don't wanna fight him.
Quadeem: No. That's Code for. I believe in my little brother. Now go handle that!
HeroDude: Right…..
END OF CHAPTER