With a light tap of a finger, the gate to the Shadowfell opened. A colossal beast thrust out its head, spewing shadow energy like a flood and tearing apart the black hand holding Mysty. A Shadow Dragon!
Aaron rose into the air. Shadowflame swept through the temple halls behind him as a fifteen-meter-long Shadow Dragon spread its wings behind Shar.
"Interesting." Aaron studied the Shadow Dragon behind Shar.
Normally, no creature unable to retain its attained power across all time could fight inside the Temple of Time.
Then the Shadow Dragon behind Shar... That meant it was drawing on the Shadowfell's power.
I see. Charlotte's blood!
The young lady had accepted Shar's trial and offered her blood. Shar had used that blood to enter the Temple of Time and establish a connection with the Shadowfell, allowing a Shadow Dragon steeped in its power to wield its strength inside the temple.
Just what one would expect of Shar, the Lady of the Night!
Aaron wondered whether Shar had prepared all this long ago.
Heh, of course. The Goddess of the Night is a woman worthy of becoming my sister and Goddess-Queen, after all!
With the Hand of Darkness torn apart, Mysty broke free of Aaron's control. Shar motioned for her to retreat. "Mysty, stand back. This battle is between Aaron and me."
She spread her arms, and the Shadow Dragon reappeared amid the Shadowflame, roaring straight into Aaron's face!
Light Magic, Armitok's Web.
A hundred strands of light bound the Shadow Dragon. Its fangs stopped less than a meter from Aaron, unable to advance another inch. Aaron then cast Metal Magic-Transmute Stone to Gold-on his own web. The strands turned metallic, slicing the Shadow Dragon into hundreds of pieces on the spot.
Dragon blood and Shadowfell energy sprayed outward, only to