Maniacal laughter filled the darkness with a strong sense of hostility
"My king, what a surprise it is to see you again..."
The environment was the familiar darkness, and the voice, the familiar taunting voice of the mystery figure
"Where am I"
"King of all, why do you waste time asking these obvious questions? What we have here is your torment for all eternity as my entertainment...."
I wasn't going to play these games while Alexa laid next to me dying
"No!... I have someone to save. What are your options I'll fight you till death"
*Ching*
The sound of chains echoed through the infinite space, quickly latching on to me with an extremely tight grip
*Laughter*
"A fight to the death huh? As you are now what makes you think you can stand a chance against me...."
The space was tense and filled with the scent of my blood
The more i resisted the chains the more it tightened up, I resisted so much to the point that it had moved a few inches into my skin
"Why torture me? Just let me pass in peace"
"Pass in peace? So, you seek the easy way out? Even if I were to leave you here death wouldn't come... I'm afraid you conquered death itself. It's just so much fun seeing you flail and struggle in vain... How could you let someone so weak kill you? What kind of king are you?"
"Weak? It took all I got to take on the full force of that attack"
The mystery figure was always behind me whispering or whatever it did, and every time I turned to meet its gaze it was always at my back so i could never gaze upon the face of who it was that tortured me
"Fern Lun... The name these weak Conduits gave you, why do I have to feel the rage and disrespect for you? You once ruled them all and yet you settled to be a lowly slave after my warnings to you!"
There was a hint of urgency in its voice, but it didn't raise it at me
"So that's what this is all about? You fight for my pride but watch me die and still you choose to imprison me here? WHAT IS IT YOU WANT FROM ME?"
The grip the chains had on me weakened
"Imprison you here? This is your home... you chose to come here; you could choose to leave what's stopping you?"
My home?
I did wake up here when my memory was gone, but every time I left it was never me with the key to this place
"Tell me king, with all the power you wield what is it I could do to make you rise back to your position?"
"Break the mental blockade..."
"You put that blockade there, no one can undo it but you, but..."
"But what?"
"I could grant you your signature back..."
"My signature? What does that mean?"
"You were once known to have a specific technique in your arsenal that could stand as an offensive, defensive, or even an evasive measure in combat... I can grant you that power back but you must promise me something...."
"Promise you something?"
"Yes, I am a person that was once intertwined with you, rather who you once were..."
"Okay? So, you want to be free of this place too?"
"No never this is my home... our home... I wish for you to conquer all in your path to regain what you lost. INCINERATE ALL THAT STAND IN YOUR PATH"
*Laughter*
It was so hard to really tell what this figure really wanted, and if it was honest, it was insane
Really insane
"I have a few other requests for you..."
"You want me to save the girl..."
"Yes I do... but how did you..."
"Who did you think created the seed of mental intrusion... If it is your will to heal her you must be in close proximity with her for ten days and constantly pour your CFO Element into her"
"I don't have my Element yet..."
"Sure, you do My king, you just haven't had time to express it yet, but when I give you this power you will feel the presence of your element. I ask for you to show no one..."
"You made the seed of mental intrusion?"
No response from the Mystery Figure
"Fine, I accept to your terms..."
"Then break free..."
"How..."
[Oooh]
I tugged with all my might
*Crack*
The chains broke from my hands freeing me from my captivity
I did the same for my legs
*Crack*
The cracking sound was an assurance of my freedom, there was no denying that
*Whispers*
I could hear loud whispers across the void I stood in, the whispers came out of nowhere disorienting me for a moment
A cold touch from withering yet powerful fingers touched upon my forehead filling me with a sense of power I never felt before this moment.
"Repeat after me my King..."
"Uhhmm Okay..."
"I free myself from the darkness inflicted from hate, fear, and betrayal. Because of whom I am, I command this power return to me."
"I free myself from the darkness inflicted from hate, fear, and betrayal. Because of whom I am, I command this power return to me..."
The power I sought felt almost at hand, I felt the presence of my Element deep within me
"It is done..."
"I feel powerful... I this my true power?"
"Not even a fraction of it..."
"Regarding Alexa..."
"There is a side effect of this procedure..."
"She won't be able to use her power, will she?"
"You catch on quick... and you know why that is right?"
"My power was a catalyst to some parasitic taint in her soul..."
"Yes, yes, it is"
"Would there be a solution in the future?'
"Your questions are becoming quite bountiful, if there is a solution only you can find it... If...there... is...."
*Laughter*
"Turn around and gaze upon my figure
I slowly turned around...
There stood the Figure, turns out the Mystery Figure was a Mystery Man clad in darkness, it was hard to say it the figure possessed a tangible body because of how fluid his body looked.
He did not even possess a face it was just darkness
"Walk through me"
"What?", even if I had questions I did not hesitate
I managed to walk through the Mystery Man and just as I had previously thought, the body of this figure was intangible
As soon as I passed through the figure, I felt a cold presence, almost like it was mine before the feeling vanished.
I blinked for a second, when my eyes upon I felt the familiar presence of the Lantara estate.
...