"..." No one noticed him. Then again, he was used to that. Walking out of the cell, Shade walked towards the sounds of fighting. It was pointless though, wasn't it..? Whatever was powerful enough to do this had already somehow incapacitated the entire lot. Honestly, death was the only optio-
"Knowing the consequences....."
"..."
"Would you do it again?"
The Black Mage. The most evil force in all of Maple World. ...Back then, he had allies.
"Really Shade, ya gotta eat!"
"Hey, Shade, you mind helping me prank Luminous?"
"Shade, you're the only one who can seal him with no loss."
"Ghh...sorry...guess I was too weak...."
"SHADE NO!!!"
"..." But.....after they sealed the Black Mage.....he seemed to have disappeared.
"Who the hell are you?!"
"I'm giving you five seconds to tell me how you get here before I rip you apart!"
"I have no idea who you are, get out of my house!"
"...Who are you?"
"Get away from me."
Every single time. Every single time he had crossed dimensions, the inhabitants of the previous dimension forgot him completely. .....He didn't have anything to lose, did he? A green aura started surrounding him as he walked up to the other 'heroes'. Did he have anything to lose?
"God, you're so weak! That's why I have to protect you! In exchange, you have to do the same for me!"
".....I...I don't know who you are, why are you following me!?"
The answer was no. The green aura took the shape of a fox, and the Forgotten Hero charged into the fray of battle, with the green fox looming over him and slashing at the Reapers.. "Spirit Claw!" Shade started engaging the Reapers, but at the same time made no move of retreating. Even if I die, it doesn't matter. Even if I die, no one will remember when they pass through another world. "BLACK MAGE!" The Spirit Claw allowed him to strike eight times per second, but it was obvious he was getting overwhelmed by the Reapers, even with the aid of Spirits darting in and trying to aid him. As he slashed and got slashed, his wounds seemed to heal each time he inflicted a blow, yet even that was starting to get overwhelmed. "I'll hold them off, the rest of you should get out of here!" He didn't really want to explain anything. Especially since he was trying to hold off these abominations. "I'll be fine, if you can all find an exit I'll be right behind you." The lie was as blatant as the many cuts he was suffering, too fast to regenerate. It was clear that this was his suicide mission, and that he didn't care about life or death.