At the same time, outside. In the real [Greenfield Village].
The huge gigantic shadow that sunk the whole village and land around it with it's body suddenly frowned.
It seems to notice something which made it's whole body to silently withdraw unto the ground under the pitter patter of the rainstorm and flashes of lightning.
In just half a minute, the gigantic shadow monster disappeared. Letting the sunken village and land be seen by the flashes and thunder in the sky once again.
...
On Juan's side.
The fire blaze and has already turn from a friar into a sea of flames, burning and spreading more outward.
Scorching heat bend the air and the clouds in the sky has turn purplish-pink in reflection of the brightness beneath.
At this time, Juan was holding two big men on his shoulder. Both has fainted from pressure and shock.
"Man, I thought I was just the lone unlucky man to get dragged down here. Didn't expect for others to also got pulled in."
Using his fingers to feel their breath, his body to hear their beating hearts. Juan finally focus back on the road.
"Still alive. If I saved an already dead man, that would surely be funny, well that's for me. My main personality will surely not like it."
Back then, when Juan found the two men lying passed out on the ground.
He didn't have enough time to check their status because of the spread of fire was about to reach them.
So he could only pulled them up and lift them to his shoulder as he ran.
"Aye, I can't always have you two in my shoulders. It's too tiring and I'm not obligated you see. So..."
Juan ran back to the center where the fire began. It's the only place where he stands and the fire hasn't burned.
"Even I'm afraid of the flames I conjured. I don't want to experience that feeling of being burned once again."
After leaving the two men on the fire free area, Juan imma left and started searching around for other villagers.
"Since there is two, that means there are more villagers that got pulled here. Although I was the cause of this flame, if you die. Please don't blame me, I did it to survive."
In order to speed up his searching, Juan turn into a streak of shadow that passed through mid air just a few meters away from the fire burning on the ground.
Everywhere he see, there was sea of fire as well as the shadow monsters rushing out from the sea of shadows out to the land outside in panic.
This made sea of fire that should have grown more wider and bigger to have limit.
In no time, it will stalled and will not spread anymore since the sea of shadows that fueled it also stopped spreading.
At the same time, shadow monsters numbers were also grounded by a few thousands.
"The sea of fire will keep the shadow monsters at bay. Nice strategy, from the 'Great Me!' ha ha ha."
Along the way, Juan has already realized something.
"The flames only burns the objects of shadows and the shadow monsters. But it's not enough to burn the ground and spread unto the land."
"If there's no such restrictions, this world would have already turn into a sun in this dark sky. This is also good, I don't want to die again being burn. Ha ha ha!"
A while later, Juan found another villagers huddled together in one of the burning house. It seems like few of them has already sustained some burned skin.
If this goes on and they do nothing, they will surely get roasted into crisp meat like the previous Juan.
Juan has no time to listen to their talk. So he directly kick the burning door frame with his feet.
Just to be safe, Juan II didn't let the fire touched his smokey shadow coat. Who knew if it would get caugth in fire, at that time, it would be too late for regret.
So his shadow cover on his right feet receded to his knees and then he kicked the door opened.
Bang!
After doing that, Juan immediately left into a stream of shadow disappearing towards the village outskirts.
"I already open the door. Don't tell me you also want me to personally escort you all? Keep dreaming!"
Seeing the door was blasted opened, the people inside gritted their teeth and started running outside one by one.
"Go! Go! Go! Don't pushed! Just stay in line! We will be safe outside!"
"There's some space outside we can walked outside with no fire! Come on!"
"We're safe! We're safe! Thank goodness I won't have to die!"
Seeing this, Juan who was not far away nodded slightly. Looking around, the sea of fire has already started to dry out of fuels to burn.
Leaving many roads and paths to be deprived of flames and heat. Only residual fire can be seen from time to time which made this rescue easier and hassle free.
Turning around, Juan doesn't care about them anymore. He knew no one among them so this help of his is more than enough to them.
"If I can truly kill the real shadow or the main body of this monster. Then at that time, we can truly say we survive. Only at that time can we find the way to go out!"
Muttering this, Juan conjured more shadow balls and then lit them bright into fire balls. His targets, are the gathering shadow outside the village.
Outside the scope of the sea of fire. Juan could see countless shadow monsters in this land gathering around a mountain like shadow monster.
"I was just talking to you and you immediately appeared before me! Save me from time scouring this land to search you! Die for me!"
Two fireballs flew out, their destined target was the thousand meter tall shadow monster.
"There's long distance before us but with your huge body. I wonder if you can move fast as a shadow like before?"
Then as thought answering his stupid question, the mountainous shadow suddenly made a hole on itself, letting the two fireballs passed it.
Instead of getting restless, Juan's smile instead. And his smile is getting wider and wider.
"Ha ha ha, indeed a cunning monster you are! You don't need to move, because there's no need to. Tsk, tsk, tsk."
"Actually, I just want to see if with your size, you can still move as fast as before. A shadow has no weight after all, looks can be deceiving."
"But from what I see, things are getting more and more interesting. Let me see it for myself instead! Don't you die with this one!"
Swooof!
In the next moment, Juan raised both hands and let the two palm face the sky. Some of the smokey shadows in Juans body immediately moved and follow his palm.
A few seconds after, a small shadow ball appeared. In the next moment, that shadow ball size increased and then turn into a basin size shadow ball.
"Not enough! I need more!"
The basin size shadow ball immediately grown the size of a house.
Juan still want to increase the size and power it could pour in but his pair of red circled eyes suddenly frowned.
"I see, so this is my limit huh. If I poured more, I wont be able to handle and control it. This size alone is already taking a toll on my body and mind."
Juan's pair of red circle eyes eased up after that. In the next instant, the shadow ball the size of a house imma burn from the bottom till it spread to the top.
A huge fireball almost the like a sun, scorching and glaring to the eyes floated above Juan's palm.
Because of the close proximity, it inadvertently causes continuous damage even for him as the conjurer.
"Ugh, I forgot about this. It's too hot, I feel like I'm going to get burn again alive! No time to waste, shadow monster, you've grow too big. You need to lose weight so take this pill for me!"
Ha!
With a throw, the house size glaring and scorching purple-pink fireball flew out towards the now double in size mountain shadow monster.
The shadow monster despite it's size, was still gathering the seemingly endless numbers of shadows around the land.
"Damn! So courageous?! The land and sky behind and below it has already vanished! Just how much shadow monster does this place contain?!!"
It didn't moved, nor has any intention to dodge.
While Juan feeling weak all over after conjuring such huge fire ball size softly landed on the ground breathing somewhat heavily.
"Didn't expect this to cause too much strength from me. I need to keep this in mind since my shadow seems to have limited reserve to use."
"Although I can feel I'm slowly recovering, it's not fast enough to keep up with my expenditures. Now, now, let me see why this monster doesn't want to dodge my attack."
Before the house size fire ball arrived, because it wad targeted on the two thousand meter huge shadow monster's lower part.
'This time, you can't make a hole on your self and let my fireball passed through.'
'Because I specially targeted the land your standing just in case you want to dodge by manipulating your shadow body again and make a hole.'