Chapter 5:Loki and the Great Forest

John had fallen a sleep as twilight fell upon the land, and darkness consumed the great forest. The rift had opened up and a huge hell hound walked through, his name Fenrir. Fenrir is apart of the hell hound race a race that is consisted of dogs that are born in the underworld and use its power, they look like dogs that got consumed by flames and harnessed the power of flames and darkness.

Fenrir is of the elite of that race right under the king of that race Cerberus Hade's personal guard dog. Fenrir started to rampage through the forest and then he came upon a crack in the earth, he jumped down the dark abyss. When he landed he came upon a land filled with magical mushrooms that glowed like diamonds in the light, plants peeking out of everywhere the trees long and thin with huge leaves drooping down. A man came out of the mystical forest. He was the king of the demi-humans, Armis.

Armis was a man with a tall stature standing 6.9ft tall, he was also toned with only a pare of ripped pants to cover his legs. He was of the wolf-man race, he had sharp black ears with deep blue tips and a tail with deep blue tips. He had sharp fangs and his nails were as sharp as knives and he grunted his teeth, his eyes turning a deep blue as he grew in size to protect his people.

Armis: 'That dog is of the hell hound race from the under world.' he wispered "What business do you have here?!"

Fenrir:"I wish n-not... to fight but to... make pi-iece... M-my lord Loki has... s-sent me on a... m-miss-sion fro-om his... lord Hades so gi-ive you t-this not-te."

Hell hounds of the elite can talk but are known to stutter a lot and talk in a distorted way, but above all that they have the intelligence of a human and can use advanced forms of fire magic and small amounts of shadow magic.

Magic is what people used for warfare. Only the human race of the fifth realm were given attributes, the rest of the cosmoses uses magic, magical weapons and weapon made from the gods or a advanced forging method.

Fenrir then stretched out his paw revealing a box that Armis grabbed. The box was made of dark hellish wood with blood shot diamond encrusted on the sapphire stripes surrounding the chest it also had a crest the Crest of Hades. Armis opened the box and what greeted him was a fine pillow with blood runes implanted in it on top of it a scroll resides. The scroll had a fine red and black shell and the paper was black with a red fine print it read.

"Greetings I am Hades the ruler of the under world, I have sent this messenger here because I have a request. I want you and your kingdom to help me rid the gods and goddesses from this mortal plan. The gods are the ones that granted this world 'attributes'. What they didn't know was that the saying 'Absolute power absolutely corrupts' is true. They attempted to remove attributes but they have already synchronized with all of your DNA and they forever altered humans as a species with no return. The gods now seek to destroy this realm, but I disagreed. They didn't pay me any mind and they started sending there troops through a portal known as a 'rift'. I opened my own and sent ambassadors from my realm here with the goal to form a great alliance to isolate this great realm from all the other realms. Will you help me on my conquest or will you die to the hands of my ambassador?"

At that moment the ambassador stepped forward, his name Loki. Loki was a demigod from the underworld. He lived in another real before arriving in the underworld after he was exiled. He has long sleek black hair, a smooth face with sharp crimson eyes, he had a black cape that surrounds his entire body it seems to be made out of darkness, he also has boots made of the same material. His aura is of those who kill for fun and also of great respect and honor.

Armis:"Do I even have a choice?"

Loki:"You have three, join us, fight against us or die right here and now."

Armis:"Then my kingdom will join you on your conquest."

Loki:"Then extend your arm."

Armis extended his arm and Loki grabbed his knife and stabbed himself he poured the blood into a goblet. He then grabbed a crystal from the heavens and a fragment of darkness, he combines them in the goblet.

Loki:"Grab this." He says giving the goblet to Armis and taking out a piece of paper, a contract paper. "Sign here." he says as he points to the bottom of the paper. Armis attempts to give back the paper but it floats in the air giving off a black and crimson aura. Loki grabs the goblet and stirs the materials until they completely fuse into one drinkable liquid. Loki pours the liquid into two cup and the goblet falls to the ground as it dissipates into nothingness.

Armis:"Now what?"

Loki:"I have signed the contract so all we need to do is drink this elixir."

They did as Loki said and Armis begins to glow along with his citizens. They all begin to groan in agony as there flesh twists and turns, they begin to get consumed by the darkness and faint as they fall to the ground with a lout thud.

After a phew hours they begin to wake, they wake up with a huge tattoo on there back, it has the castle of Hades with a large L under it, the L looks to be burning is a black flame, they have also grown more demonic with demonic markings, demonic tails and or horns. The pact was successful.

A pact is when a god or goddess makes a elixir from there blood and two things from two different realms, if they are not a god or goddess then they will need a contract paper. Contract paper are made from gods and goddesses they are blessed by them for five days and five nights, they are made with the material from within a higher plain of existence, ether the underworld or the heavens. This can be harvested from the unending tree of death in Hades lowest garden or the tree of all giving life from the Zuse's highest garden. They have to be written from a ink made from the gods of where they harvested the material for the paper, the ink of the death or the life giving ink you also must be someone extremely close to the gods that reside in that domain.

Armis:"W-what happened?"

Loki:"It was successful, you are now apart of the Loki pact."

Armis:"What does that mean?"

Loki:"You can not break the contract signed if you do you will be killed in the most unspeakable way possible, on the flip side you will grow stronger and stronger, you will also be recognized as a part of the underworld and you will be able to tame monsters from there. You will also have to obey my command and lord Hade's commands."

Armis:"And if I don't?"

Loki:"If you defy me you will fall asleep for five days and you will have a unthinkable nightmare. If you defy Hades that's a different story... you will be killed by the person you hold most dear to you."

Armis:"Why is the punishment so different?"

Loki:"Because Hades made the contract paper and he is the one that I hold a contract with. He is also held of higher importance then me."

Armis:"Wait, I didn't read the contract and niter did my people how are we supposed to know what to do and not do!?"

Loki:"Every contractor and contract master will have a copy of the contract they can see in there minds, your body will also stop listening to you if your are going to break the contract without knowing it. The contract master being me in this situation also has the job of keeping his subjects alive."

Armis:"Then you will not kill us?"

Loki:"If you don't break the contract and don't form another contract then no because it will also send me into a slumber for seven hundred years. I have other places to be so take care, see you next time and if someone tries to harm you all you have to do is scream my name or Fenrir's name."

Armis:"Why what would that do?"

Loki:"It will summon ether me or Fenrir to your side. Try not to call me to much."

Armis:"Understood."

Loki and Fenrir left through the rift once again and appeared in the underworld.

-In another part of the fort-

???:"The demi-humans are close!"

???:"Ya, they sell for a high price because they are more resistant and stronger than most humans but they keep to themselves, all we need to do is find them and cash in."

TO BE CONTINUED