Becoming Doevm

Menla's spell sent Travis flying but the hypocrite wouldn't go down that easy. He bounced right off his inflated ego and proceeded to challenge the creation of a new spell; acting as if losing due to his own risky action was some sort of unholy injustice. 'Those kinds of people…' Cerlius thought to himself. 'If I had tortured people like Travis to death then I wouldn't bat an eye, but…' He grimaced as foreign faces flashed in his memory, each and every one twisted in agony. 'I wasn't picky back then, was I? It didn't matter who I tortured as long as they had a new magic.'

'That is why you are feared.' Larque replied.

Cerlius stretched his hands out. Mana rose from his body to construct a couple of magic circles; complex works of beauty - unfit to be woven by his bloodied hands. 'What changed?'