⛩ Chapter 17: The Shadow Beyond The Smoke ⛩
⛩ The Legend Continues…
The Land of LUNC was once ruled by the Red Candle Clan. Their authority stretched across the market for generations, and their power was feared by traders, sorcerers, and kingdoms alike. Every chart bent to their will, and every battle ended beneath their crimson banners.
But power creates enemies.
The Green Candle Alliance united every rank of trader and sorcerer, from Grade 4 to Special Grade, to challenge the empire. The war that followed shattered the market itself. Strategies were leaked, betrayals spread through the clan, and the mighty Red Candle Empire eventually collapsed beneath the pressure.
Only one survivor remained.
Malvros.
The final heir of the Red Candle Clan.
Now hunted by the Green Alliance, he walks a road filled with vengeance. And somewhere in the shadows, the Green Clan Leader prepares stronger hunters to stop him before his revenge becomes reality.
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Special Note:
Life is not very different from this story.
You will fall. You will make mistakes. You will lose battles that you thought you should have won. But every time you stand back up, you become stronger than before.
Just like the characters in this story, you are the main character of your own journey.
Never forget that.
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The battlefield vanished beneath an ocean of emerald light.
Moments earlier, Luncius had unleashed everything he possessed. His eyes burned with green cursed energy while his spear radiated enough power to shake the sky itself. The ground cracked beneath his feet as the energy continued building.
“+5%.”
Then he released it.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
A colossal beam of green candle energy exploded forward. Mountains shattered instantly while the earth split apart like fragile glass. The battlefield disappeared beneath a tidal wave of emerald destruction, and a storm of dust swallowed everything in sight.
Silence followed.
Luncius lowered his spear and stared into the smoke. The attack had erased entire sections of the battlefield. For a brief moment, he believed the fight might finally be over.
Then he saw them.
Two glowing red eyes.
His entire body froze.
Slowly, a figure emerged from the dust.
FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH…
Malvros stepped forward with the same calm expression he always carried. His cloak moved gently with the wind while red cursed energy flowed around him like burning candle flames. There wasn’t a single sign of injury on his body.
Luncius blinked.
Then blinked again.
“Again?”
His face immediately twisted into annoyance.
“Seriously? How many times are you going to walk out of smoke looking cool?😑”
Malvros didn’t answer.
He simply kept walking.
That somehow made it worse.
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…
Green cursed energy ignited around Luncius’s eyes as he activated his enhanced senses. His gaze sharpened, scanning every inch of Malvros’s body in search of weakness. He searched for damaged cursed energy, hidden injuries, anything.
What he found instead made his blood run cold.
Behind Malvros stood a gigantic shadow.
Ten crimson eyes slowly opened inside the darkness. Black smoke poured endlessly from its body while red cursed energy pulsed through it like blood. The creature looked ancient, cursed, and impossibly hungry.
Its presence alone made the battlefield feel colder.
The air became heavier.
The sky itself seemed darker.
It felt less like a shikigami and more like a nightmare given form.
Luncius tightened his grip around his spear.
“…Ten Shadows.”
Cold sweat rolled down his face.
“If he learns to fully control all of them…”
“We’re dead.”
BOOOOOOOOOM!!!
Green energy exploded beneath his feet.
Luncius launched forward like a missile, his spear glowing with concentrated +5% cursed energy. The battlefield blurred around him as he closed the distance in an instant.
But Malvros disappeared.
PHANTOM HUSK.
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!
Luncius’s eyes widened.
Too fast.
Before he could react, Malvros appeared directly in front of him. His crimson eyes remained emotionless as he raised his fist.
BAMMMMMM!!!
A red candle punch smashed directly into Luncius’s face.
“-5%.”
The impact snapped his head backward while blood scattered through the air. Before Luncius could recover, another fist crashed into his ribs with enough force to crack the ground beneath them.
THUDDDDDD!!!
“-2%.”
Malvros didn’t stop.
He stepped forward and unleashed a barrage of attacks. Every punch was perfectly timed. Every movement prevented Luncius from properly gathering cursed energy.
BAM!!
CRACK!!
THUD!!
BOOM!!
The attacks rained down like a storm.
Luncius was blasted backward through the air, blood trailing behind him as his body spun uncontrollably toward the shattered battlefield below.
Yet despite the pain, his eyes remained focused. Every strike Malvros landed carried cursed energy, and every fragment of that energy was being absorbed. The wounds covering his body began glowing faintly green as he converted the damage into power.
The process was agonizing.
His muscles screamed.
His bones felt ready to break.
But Luncius endured.
Green cursed energy surged across his arms and flooded into his spear.
“+5%.”
The weapon trembled beneath the overwhelming power.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
A massive beam of emerald energy erupted from the spear and raced toward Malvros. The attack tore through the battlefield, dragging shattered stone and ash into its wake as it closed the distance in an instant.
For the first time, Malvros raised his hand.
His expression didn’t change.
His eyes remained empty.
“Hash Blast.”
KAAAAAAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOM!!!
A crimson beam exploded from his palm.
The two attacks collided.
The battlefield shook.
The sky cracked.
Shockwaves rolled across the horizon like a tidal wave.
For a brief moment, the attacks remained equal.
Then the impossible happened.
The crimson beam pushed forward.
Cracks spread across Luncius’s attack.
BOOM!!
The green beam shattered completely.
Luncius’s eyes widened.
“No way…”
FWWWWWWWWWWSSSSSHHHH!!!
The remaining energy raced toward him.
He twisted his body at the last possible second.
The beam missed his chest.
But not completely.
AAAAAAASHHHHH!!!
His thigh was burned instantly.
The smell of scorched flesh filled the air.
“-3%.”
Luncius crashed to the ground and slid across the battlefield.
SKRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!!!
Dust exploded around him.
His burned leg trembled.
Pain surged through every nerve.
Then he looked toward the horizon.
A gigantic trench stretched across the battlefield.
Miles long.
Created by a single attack.
Luncius felt a chill run through his body.
Then he noticed something else.
Something far worse.
The Hash Dragon wasn’t there.
His eyes widened.
“No…”
His heartbeat accelerated.
“He didn’t summon it.”
Luncius slowly looked back at Malvros.
Realization struck him like lightning.
“He’s using the abilities of the shikigami without even bringing them out.”
Silence filled the battlefield.
That wasn’t normal.
That wasn’t possible.
Malvros had already started mastering the Ten Shadows.
Far faster than anyone expected.
Far faster than anyone feared.
And that terrified him.
“Hash Blast.”
The cold voice echoed once more.
Luncius looked up.
A crimson beam was already coming.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
The ground exploded where he had been standing.
He barely dodged.
His burned leg screamed in protest as he forced himself to move.
Chunks of the battlefield vanished behind him.
But Malvros wasn’t finished.
PHANTOM HUSK.
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!
Luncius’s instincts screamed.
He spun instantly.
Just in time.
Malvros appeared directly behind him.
Their eyes met.
For a fraction of a second.
Then Luncius attacked.
“+1%.”
His spear shot forward like lightning.
The air split apart from the force.
But Malvros calmly redirected the weapon with the back of his wrist.
The attack missed completely.
Luncius’s eyes widened.
Again.
BAMMMMM!!!
A fist slammed directly into his jaw.
“-1%.”
His vision blurred.
HOOK!!!
A left hook crashed into the side of his face.
“-1%.”
Blood flew through the air.
Then Malvros stepped forward.
THUD!!!
A body shot.
CRACK!!!
Another punch.
BAM!!!
Another.
THUD!!!
Another.
Every strike was clean.
Every strike was efficient.
No wasted movement.
No wasted energy.
Malvros wasn’t fighting.
He was dismantling him.
Luncius crossed his arms and blocked as much as possible.
His body trembled under the barrage.
But his mind focused on one thing.
Absorb.
Convert.
Gather.
Again and again.
More green energy flowed into the spear.
The weapon began glowing brighter than ever before.
The surrounding battlefield turned emerald.
The power continued growing.
Stronger.
Stronger.
Stronger.
Then suddenly—
Malvros grabbed him.
One hand.
Like grabbing a child.
Luncius froze.
“What?”
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!
Malvros spun.
Then he released him.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
Luncius became a living projectile.
The earth shattered when he crashed.
Entire sections of the battlefield collapsed beneath the impact.
Yet somehow…
He recovered.
His body rose back into the air.
Green energy still gathering around the spear.
One final attack.
One final chance.
Then he looked upward.
And everything stopped.
The sky was gone.
In its place stretched a gigantic crimson web.
Countless cursed threads covered the heavens.
Each strand pulsed with red candle energy.
Each strand carried enough power to destroy whatever touched it.
The entire battlefield had become a trap.
A hunting ground.
A prison.
Luncius stared upward in horror.as the -10% glowing red curse energy web is falling from the sky with high speed
The web stretched farther than he could see.
Then his gaze moved toward its center.
And there stood Malvros.
Motionless.
Watching.
Every thing turn white in his vision…….
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⛩️ To Be Continued….
__JJK Mangaka ✍️
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☠️ MALVROS’S MARKET ANALYSIS ☠️
The battlefield faded into darkness.
Only the glow of crimson eyes remained.
Malvros stood beneath the giant spider web, his expression cold and unreadable. The wind carried ashes across the battlefield as he slowly looked toward the traders watching from the shadows.
“So…”
“You’ve survived another chapter.”
His voice was calm.
Almost emotionless.
Yet somehow more threatening because of it.
“The market currently stands around 0.00007091.”
“Down roughly 2% today.”
“Many see weakness.”
“Many see fear.”
Malvros slowly closed his eyes.
“They are blind.”
“Fear creates opportunity.”
“And opportunity creates profit.”
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⚔️ LONG SETUP
The Green Candle Alliance still defends this territory.
As long as buyers protect the support zone, a counterattack remains possible.
📍 Entry Zone:
0.00006950 - 0.00007020
🎯 TP1:
0.00007350
🎯 TP2:
0.00007650
🎯 TP3:
0.00008000
🛑 Stop Loss:
0.00006750
“If the bulls successfully defend this position…”
“The Green Alliance may launch another assault.”
“And when they do…”
“The battlefield will turn green once again.”
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☠️ SHORT SETUP
But weakness still exists.
The Red Candle Clan never disappears completely.
Every hesitation.
Every failed breakout.
Every moment of fear.
Creates another opening.
📍 Entry Zone:
0.00007180 - 0.00007350
🎯 TP1:
0.00006900
🎯 TP2:
0.00006600
🎯 TP3:
0.00006200
🛑 Stop Loss:
0.00007550
“If buyers lose control…”
“The Red Clan will return.”
“And mercy will not be shown.”
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Malvros slowly turns away.
His black cloak disappears into the darkness.
The crimson spider web above the battlefield continues glowing.
Waiting.
Watching.
Hunting.
“I have shown you the battlefield.”
“What happens next…”
“Depends on your decisions.”
He stops walking.
Just for a moment.
One crimson eye glances back.
“And remember.”
“The next chapter is approaching.”
“If you fail to return…”
A faint smile appears.
“You already know what happens.”
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Not Financial Advice.
This chapter is for entertainment and educational purposes only.
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