chapter 89: series of events Pt.2
the air is thicker and its harder to breath, what's happening? I smell something foul. . .it's so vile and dark also what's the voice. . .no who's voice is that?
lotus smelled a potent amount of DBM and he heard the voice some girl ranting to herself as she was speaking hestian, so he had no clue on what she was talking about.
but it seemed like she was angry but at the same time it didn't sound like she was. her time was more calm and indiffrent.
as he opened his eyes and sat up he notices his hands are bound and he's been tied up,
he tries to struggle and brake free but they seemed to be made of a strong material which even he couldn't brake.
but then again, normal rope could tie him down too, but this one was just more dense and of a higher quality.
he looked aound to see if he could hit it or rub it on somthing to losen it up, but then he heard that same voice and foot steps followed by it.
"so you're awake huh?" she said indiffrently before she became angry "you have alot of explaining to do mister!!!" she scolded him.
but he ignored her seeing as she was not important, but then suddenly he noticed somthing, someone was gone? and he didn't see any pillars around him.
"¿aunty!¿" he yelled out as he looked around this desolated and grave yard vibes place concerned for her.
she heard his yell out and this made her confused, but either way he wasen't getting out of being punished.
I waited some more and the lady kept saying stuff I couldn't understand, but still, now I'm worried, what if aunty zil got hurt? and why does that beast keep tring to communicate with me.
I took a deep breath in and I could feel that hot stuff burning up from deep withing me,
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it was in my mana pool and it seemed as if my fire core/crystal was converting some core mana into fire mana.
this was perfect for what I was about to do so I focused more and converted more.
as I breath out I felt like a dragon as my flames came out scorching pthe rope, but as it started to burn and losen that lady used water magic and slashed me with water making my flame die out.
"your not escaping your punishment lotus, now tell me what you did wrong and I may lessen your punishment" she said tring to scold him and make him admit what he did.
but as she splashed him with water he was now annoyed with this girl, he didn't mind her at first since she was just another beast around here, but now she's becoming irritating.
(when meant by beast its like saying how humans look at wild animals, well lotus right now is thinking of Chloe as just another wild animal around there, no diffrent from the others )
he shook his head making the water go everywhere and then he growled as steam radiated off of him due to the water evaporating from his rising temperate.
the center of his eyes starteted becoming red and he began building up more fire.
he didn't want to kill this beast, but she was getting to the point were he was thinking about it.
as he looked at her she saw the green and red glow and she took a step back seeing as something wasn't right.
"¿if you don't wish to die, leave me alone¿" he threatened and his nails sharpened into claws and his tail swayed around irritatingly.
"lotus?" she started walking towards his kinda worried seeing as there was somthing diffrent about him and he was acting strangly.
"lotus? what happened to you?" she said thinking now that he might actually of been through somthing in these two days seeing how strange he is right now.
she got too close to him and ignored two more of his threats and he swiftly moved and he kicked the ground jumping at her and using his bound hands he swiped his claws at her.
she dodged but only by a hair, she was surprised and her guard was down, if he was only a little bit faster he could of successfully attacked her.
as he landed he couldn't catch his balance and he hit the ground in a big crash making fist go everywhere as he rolled.
"what the hell's wrong with you!" she said surprised by his attack but then in the mist of the dust she saw a new look, it was a terrifying green glowing eyes and fanged mouth.
see as lotus was centimeters away from her, her DBM tried going inside him to corrupt him again, but that only enraged him,
and now he knew that this beast was his enemy and he needed her dead.
lotus went in his darkness form and easily broke free, but he didn't remember how the darkness worked or flowed so he could create anything by choice.
after seeing that lotus like that, he completely dissapeared and her ancestor warned her that he may have turned farel and needed to be put down immediately seeing as he was now a threat.
it wasn't that he was strong nor fast as a demon, but him as a darkness was complete diffrent, he might of been the weakest one of the ten but he was still tricky and in that form he had full control over himself.
only a few things could bind him and his power in that form was equal to one of someone in the second stage/evolve aka almost level 50.
she was truly paniced as she saw lotus like that, and somthing about seeing him like that made her DBM cry out that it wasn't to challenge lotus.
she had no choice as the DBM took control over her and her eye balls became a pure black and her eyes turned red.
it was almost as if she was a ghoul, but this was actually somthing that happened to all demonic black magic users,
they gain the power to harness a powerful version of black magic, but in return that demonic black magic can possess their body's whenever they feel like.
and right now that thing called a darkness made them weary like they were scard by instinces and that made them upset and angry, they didn't want the darkness around anymore and they were going to dispose of it even if Chloe's body aka their vessel was destroyed.
a red substance started coming out of her and in her hands formed twin daggers which radiated a black and red glimmer.
but as she did this she saw the darkness hold his hand out and then multiple chained of darkness shot out of the ground and bounded her to the ground,
as soon as they wrapped around her and then they got to her arms and legs snapping cuffs there, they suddenly started pulling her to the ground were she was half against the earth.
she started yelling random stuff in an unknown demonic language but it was actually the DBM who was in control, it was inraged and tried doing whatever it could to get free and attack lotus.
it even called the other six magus's to there location by releasing a distress signal/spell.
after saying some incantation she spit something crimson red into the air and after a few seconds, spears made of demonic black magic rained down from the sky.
it started destroyed everything around the area and it teared the trees like butter, and it even destroyed lotus's darkness bubble hurting him in the process.
but he dodged the rest and the entire grave yard area turned into a creapy battle field.
lotus had enough of her and so now it was time to kill this vile creature which belongs in the deepest part of crimson purgatory.
the DBM thought it killed lotus but it couldn't see past the cloud of dust, but the chains were still on her body so it assumed he was still alive somehow.
"¡come out and fight like a man¡" it said in an unknown language.
but then as it did lotus appeared out from the midst and walked forward as the chains got tighter on Chloe,
but then as walked infront of her he sat on her belly and raising his hand up in the air as he readied his claws.
she looked at him and as she did the DBM fadded from possesing her and she was now free and she saw that lotus was about to kill her.
he wanted to call out to him and tell him to stop messing around, but she saw that he looked dead set on killing her.
the darkness faded and he appeared in his demonic body again and his eyes were cold as ice.
but as she closed her eyes ready to accept that her lotus was going to kill her, his hand came down like a dagger and went to kill streaid to tare her throat out.
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but then his hands stoped as his claw touched her neck and a droplet of blood came out onto his claw.
he suddenly froze just as he was about to kill her, and he was so close to ending it for her as well.
but as a few second went bye, she opened her eyes to find herself still alive and lotus looking puzzled.
she wanted to say somthing but lotus used that same hand that almost killed her and covered her mouth as he leaned in.
she was confused and her eyes teared up as she thought lotus was about to eat her flesh as she was alive and tutor her. . .and her ancestor wasn't helping either, he made this situation worst.
"don't worry baby, it will be okay, once you join me on the other side then we can haunt his ass for eternity together" he said trying to not be sad, but he made her want to cry even more.
lotus got down close to her face looking her in the eyes and then down to her neck and then to her shoulder blades as he sniffed her a few times,
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after doing that his cold look vanished and he looked indiffrent.
he then moved to her neck and he licked the part were he cut her and he tasted her blood, after he did that his tail swayed around joyously.
he then sat up and smiled "¿I think I know you¿" he said as he put his hands on her belly for support.
she was terified at this moment due to all of the sudden events but she quickly started gaining her composure.
but as she did tears fled down her face "what are you saying! talk normal!" she scolded as she began weeping.
suddenly the darkness chains dissapeared
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and she was crying as her emotions were jumbled from her just about to be kill especially by her own lover, the DBM that took control of her body and the fact that she was already emotional to begin with after Aurora said that lotus was captured by a sprout and some more stuff.
"Chloe he's speaking in enochian and he said , he thinks he knows you" the ancestor translated.
as she started crying got confused fused and started panicking as he didn't know what was going on.
"¿please don't cry, umm... uhh...I don't know what to do, but as your friend I'll try to figure it out¿" he stated outloud as he started patting his clothing and the ancestor started translating for her.
"your such a big dumb dumb idiot!" she said as she contined to weep.
but then he pulled out some while barrier "¿do you want some barries¿" he asked but then she pouted in a angry and still sad way.
he held one and tried to feed her on seeing if she wanted this "¿say ahhh¿" but she hit his hand making the Barry fall to the ground.
he truly didn't know what she wanted so he just did what he did naturally, even if his power is sealed away he's still lotus.
he got off of her and gestured her to get up, she was still upset and cursed at him a little bit like calling him a dummy and stuff but either way she sat up.
as she did he leaned in and he licked her cheek whiping away a tear and then he smiled brightly as he saw her blush.
she wend in to slap him but as she did a blue mist came from out of his mouth and into hers.
[Dream Walker]
it was stronger than last time but it wasen't strong enough to make Chloe fall asleep.
she suddenly coughed as it went inside her and she looked at him menacingly as he was doing somthing to her.
but then he did a soft laugh as he spoke "¿calm down and rest, you'll feel better once you do my friend¿" the ancestor translated him again and she asked.
"how do you tell him no and go to hell" she said not wanting to play his games, especially when he's not even in his right mind apartly.
he told her and she said "¿sounds like a good idea, but you might have to try better if you want me to, how about you sing to me¿" she said in a arrogent manner not realizing she was tricked by her ancestor.
'sorry Chloe but I know best and you should rest, especially after a possession' he thought to himself.
lotus clapped hands together as he was delighted to know she was willing to rest also she wanted to hear his voice, but he didn't really know anything so he desided to go with what came natural to him.
but befor he could do anything he moved his oversized sleve over to her face and he wiped her tears away, she resisted but then gave up after he kept persisting to wipe them away.
she was Still upset with him but he was making it hard for her to stay mad at him "will you stop pestering me and go away, I need to think" she said as she was getting confuzzled since she was pretty sure she told him off.
"¿I don't really know who you are? but I know for a fact that I marked you, so I'm assuming were friends, so just relax and let lotus sing you a lullaby to sleep¿" he said surprised the ancestor and it made him hesitant to translate it to chloe.
but the ancestor did and her eyes opened in shock as she looked at him, so many mixed emotions flooded her and she was wondering just how, and also why.
but as soon as she was about to say somthing lotus put his finger on her lips and he grabbed her holding her head in his arms kinda like a hug.
and as she resisted and tried to speak with him, he started humming/slightly singing something, it was so too familiar to her.
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but then she immediately remembered, it was the same one that she heard last time.
[demonic lullaby]
this one came as natural as breathing and plus it was calm so it was the one he was gonna use.
she tried to say somthing but then she noticed a blue mist was coming out of him and she was being affected by both the lullaby and [Dream Walker] which was making her eyes heavy.
it was getting to heavy and she tried to hit his chest but it was light taps and she then closed her eyes falling asleep.
he continued the lullaby untill his miasma filled a quarter of the wolfs forest, and he waisted about 600MP on [Dream Walker] which was going a little overboard for just one person but lotus didn't care, after all he helps his friends in need.
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also she could help him search for his aunty after she wakes he...but thats just he thought.
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Aurora killed ten sprouts in the area without any hesitation not mercy, but she felt the rush and urge to kill more . . . but she couldn't.
after all these were Chloe's and the other magus's creations and they needed them for their plans.
after killing the ten sprouts she ran throught the forest to suddenly meet a calming atmosphere.
there was somthing about this area that suddenly calmed her down and made her comfortable.
it was the miasma and luckily it wasn't strong enough to be seen yet but it still could be felt, and right now Aurora walked into the incubus's garden.
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[incubus's garden] an incubus's garden is a nickname for an incubus and or succubus's set territory.
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what that means is anything thats inside the miasma is apart of their territory and will be under their effects and not control.
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unlike domain which is ment for other stuff, like battle, or forming a permanent ground maybe plus etc.
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garden is temporary and its meant for a state of peace and neutral zone, but if disrupted the owner/caster will feel threatened and my turn this into a hellish domain.
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as Aurora was walking through she felt at peace, hut then she immedatly snaped out of it after being under the affects for a few second.
Aurora was stronger that the orgin and its miasma so she gained full control over herself but she still felt that calming Breeze blow at her.
as she moved throught the forest to the center, were a supposed wolf moon bathing ground was she saw lotus sitting as Chloe's head was in his lap and he was stroking her hair.
she walked out of the trees and lotus didn't notice her, he was fixated on the lullaby and keeping his garden intact and all the beast inside in a peacful state, even if a few didn't want to be apart of it...that didn't include Aurora.
but then Aurora walked twards the two "what are you doing little flower" she said startling lotus.
he jumped alittle and beame stiffer for a second before he looked and saw another beast which surprised him.
but then as he saw her he noticed the tail and the ears and unlike how he reacted with Chloe his tail swayed around excited.
"¿it's a dog~¿" he said excitedly as he saw her, thankfully she didn't understand him or he'd be a dead man.
"¿puppy did you want to want to play, is thats why you came here? or were you just curious?¿" he said in a childish and playful manner.
she looked at him confused and it looked as if he was a mocking her so she got irritated quickly.
"you're supposed to greet your master with respect but here I see you've become a disobedient and disrespectful servent" she said annoyed.
"¿dogy you seem irritated. . .what could you be a wolf, hum...sorry about that puppy¿" he said with a chuckle.
this pissed Aurora off "spesk normal when you're around me, also I don't care if Chloe's around after all were allies and we already talked about your place, now listen here shit head you need to be punished for being a disobedient fuck" she said only knowing what the system told her and not what his conditions were.
as soon as she finished that sentence he tilted his head in confusing since he couldn't understand her, but then his collar started to spark up and thunder rained down on him from it.
as it did his whole body was getting constantly electrocuted and since someone was in contact with him. . .yeah they got electrocuted too
as Chloe got hit by the thunder she and lotus shoved her off of him to reduce the casualty for his friend before rolling around and trying to rip the collar off.
"what the fuck was that!" Chloe yelled out loud as she patted herself from feeling what a tine bit of the thunder felt like.
it was extremely painful and she didn't have any resistance due her race being weak against the lightning element (diffrent grade of magic but same thing).
but then as she looked angry at direction of what caused it she saw lotus squirming around and getting hit by yellow thunder ( apart of lightning element just diffrent grade of magic, all will be explained in class next time )
she was surprised and shocked to see this bit then he grabbed the collar which then started making burn markings appear and he physically tried tareing it off himself.
but as that happened the thunder started turning red and it increased in power, this inraged lotus.
a darkness like aura started resonating off of him but the colar was making him unable to turn his body into darkness.
it was surprising himself and only traces of his darkness was getting released.
but that was enough for Chloe to tremble as she had a flashback of what happened before and then Aurora too as she remembered a similar feeling come from that dark creature next to the demon lord.
Aurora couldn't remember much but she remembered her aura was terrifying as she entered the room with demon lord melti who was surprisingly less scary.
lotus kept resisting and he hit it against many things before his eyes lit up and instead of the usual green glow they switched to a sharper and more terrifying green just like when he became a darkness.
he struggled throught the pain as he jumped forward and attacked Aurora.
Aurora was still in her little flashback moment of remembering stuff when lotus appeared infront of her and slashed his claws at her.
as he did 5 slashes came on her chest and blood splattered a little bit ripping her uniform and waking her from out of wherever she was.
once he did that the thunder became purple and it started to form chains in him and it paralyzed him as it continued to increase the pain for this punishment.
but as it did the area around them started turning into a domain. . .but then it all suddenly vanished as the thunder did as well.
[ Name: lotus
level: 25
HP: 100/2500
MP: 1,900/2,500
status: unconscious ]
lotus passed out due to extreme pain and shock.
Chloe was frozen as she couldn't get over that feeling and Aurora was pissed again.
she felt her chest that had 5 semi deep cuts that blood came from, but luckily she had tough flesh and she was strong so it didn't do that much damage.
but it still made her angry to see her own survent be so defiant and even to go and attack her was drawing line.
she gave the "imma beat the shit out of you" look and she started walking towards the unconscious lotus.
but as she did six silhouettes appeared around him.
"what do you think you're doing?" Joshua said in a cold tone as his and all six of their eyeballs were completely black.
she stoped as they appeared and she said "I'm going to punish my servent, get out of my way magus" she said as that anger of hers was taking control.
he shook his head in disapproval "sorry but we saw what happened and that collar already punished him for you" followed by another magus saying.
"so well be taking him to go after all he's one of us girly" he said serious as well.
"what gives you-!" but before Aurora could say anything else Joshua looked over to chloe.
"boss you sent out an distress singnal before but as soon as we got here we only saw you resting with lotus, is the enemy nearby" he said as he picked up lotus.
"no. . ." she froze as she didn't knownbwhat to say, but then the words came out "their gone, lets go back, we've found lotus its a mission succsess" but as she said that Aurora grined her teeth in anger.
"you can't just take my servent" she said but then one of the magus looked over to her "you'll be compensated later, goodbye and also its good doing business with you again" she said as all 7 of them dissapeared as they jumped away by tree to leave the forest.
but Chloe was the only one left there and she looked at Aurora "well return him soon, but until then take care and if you need any "special" servaces contact me like usual" she said she dissapered as well to follow them.
"FUCK! ! !" she was getting so mad that she was needing to transform into a wolf "fuck it as long as I get the quest/mission done it dosen't matter what happens to him, tch like I'd care anyways" she said as her eyes shined a golden light and fur grew and her body began shifting.
. . .no joke she was on her period thats why she was so angry. . .
***back in yuki's/lotus's room***
"wow he really got that waisted, hahaha who would of known he was such a deviant" maria laughed as the others said he got drunk and passed out somewhere in a forest.
"yeah I know right, I guess I'm gonna have to punish him later for being such a bad boy ya know" Chloe said with a chuckle.
"oh have you seen yuki by any chance, I have a few questions for her" Chloe said seeing as her boyfriend's seemingly can't remember who she is.
"she said somthing about spending a night with an elf or somthing a few days ago maybe, I dont remember but she's around, you want me to tell her somthing if I see her" maria asked.
"no, but we'll see you later tomorrow, also make sure lotus doesn't leave the dorm, he's. . .just trust me" she said as she was gonna say somthing to convince Maria, but Mariah stoped her.
"I gotcha, he'll be stuck here with me so don't worry, also I don't like that bitch of a assistant teacher so I was planning on skipping anyways" she said not carring.
"thanks" Chloe said as she and the other six left.
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as they were walking throught the hallways somthing hit Joshua and he turned to all of them.
"did lotus always have a tail! ! !" he said realizing somthing no one payed much attention to even realize.
the six froze as they heard this. . ."wait what!!!" long story short they now know he has a tail and she mentioned somthing about his memory may be disordered.