A Strange desire to live.

"leave!"Gaby slammed the wooden table as he abruptly stood to his feet.

Dark glared at him like an injured beast.

"How did you manage to retain your memories in this world?"Dark asked no one in particular with a hand placed on his chin.

The only reason he could think of was due to the lad's memory loss in real life.

Perhaps his dream was a mirror image of his reality,an exact opposite of who he was in real life.

But Dark had never heard of such and though he barely knew him,the lad looked no different from the one he saw in real life.

"I need you to come with me!"

"Not in your dreams"Gaby snapped.

"If you don't wake yourself up,I'll kill you!"Dark threatened watching him closely but the lad didn't flinch.

Before the sorceror could blink something struck him in his abdomen inflicting pain as it did.

Dark growled in agony as he held his side, staggering backwards before slightly withdrawing the hand to see his own blood.

He looked up ahead to see the other lad with a crimson red stained knife,running towards him and aiming for his throat.

The sorceror caught Farhat's hand in time before twisting it till the knife fell off.

Gripping the hand firmly,Dark tossed him aside,letting him land with his back to the wall,knocking him unconscious.

Dark quickly spun around as he sensed something behind him.

Fortunately for him he had dodged a fatal impact from Gaby's blade with only managed to graze his neck.

His eyes met Gaby's who had just tossed a knife at him.

Had he missed by a second he would have been a goner.

Dark growled in anger,his brows furrowed as he watched Gaby take out another knife.

The lad must know he would die in real life if he died here and that his time here wasn't up yet... just how much does one brat know.

Dark titled his head to dodge a knife aiming for him.

He watched Gaby take out two knives from his coat,all kitchen knives...To think this lad had been expecting him.

The sorceror fumed in rage as he balled up a fist.

He raced towards Gaby, dodging the knives tossed at him in the process.

Dark's large hand seized both Gaby's arms just in time pinning them to the wall before he could take out another knife and with his free hand he gripped his neck pressing firmly on it.

Gaby found himself gasping for air with futile kicks in attempt to free himself but Dark didn't buldge.

Slowly he was loosing consciousness but he couldn't die yet,not in the hand of this sorcerer in his own dream.

Although he had casted this spell knowing he would be killed if he wasn't useful to them,for he would rather choose death to being used against the empire.

He had wanted that earlier,prayed for death's embrace but right now for some reason he wanted to live.

Gaby didn't know why deep down,the very moment his wishes were about to come true he earned for a saviour.

He felt his face grow wet with his own tears.

Subconsciously,he knew he was crying,felt tears he couldn't control drench his clothes.

Gaby slowly felt the Sorcerer's grip around his neck loosen.

He opened his eyes and the sorceror was fading from sight.

Dark watched through the huge hole in the wall as what he thought to be a hell dog raced on the rooftops of buildings in the distance,carrying the lad in it's fangs.

The distance between them had severed the link even before his time was up and as a result,despite being concious he would be immobilized till his time was up.

Dark grunted angrily in the same position he sat,as he watched the Hell dog disappear from sight.

Eversince he met this brat it had been one suprise after the other.

He marveled at just how much trouble one child could cause.

Without a doubt he was more knowledgeable than Semonios of this age and despite having a memory loss condition he might grow to become one of the most powerful sorcerors of the realm.

He had no idea how the helldog had found him.

A scent covering spell had been put up around the building to prevent anyone from tracking him down.

His spirit guard could have led the beast to their location but helldogs were untamable even by semonios,there was no way it would listen to such creature.

Unless the lad was connected to the beast somehow or had summoned it through his dream but that was impossible and unheard of_right now it didn't matter.

He would be in trouble,only if he let the king know what had transpired but he wasn't intent on doing so.

The king's reality about the lad would become only what he accounted for.

Although the brat would be reported dead and his body disposed,he would find him and end him.

If they can't have the leaner he would make certain no one else can.

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Phye dropped Gaby when it noticed it's fang scratch him.

A tongue much bigger then Gaby's head protruded through it fang filled mouth to lick his face, drooling saliva in the process.

After repeating the same motion continuously with no response it whinned sadly as it slowly moved Gaby's limbs before tapping on them in attempt to wake him.

Seeing he was unresponsive,the hell dog took a quick sniff at him to ascertain if he still lived before securing him in his mouth.

It took off again,faster this time and deeper into the woods towards the mountains.

Since it did not smell a corpse or rot,Phye completely understood the young boy still lived and had somehow called out to him for help.

It had felt his pain,his desire to live and came running his way,being led by the very same scent it was most familiar with.

Phye raced towards the sunset in the direction of the cold mountains of Urah.

A vast area of land located west at the outskirt of Urah and devoid of settlement,a place where Gaby wouldn't be found till he wakes up.

No one would think of looking because no semonio would survive for a long time here due to the extremes of temperature.

Deep in the mountains,Phye crawled into a cave barely large enough to contain it before placing Gaby gently on the cold ground.

It took off to return hours later with large leaves which it piled up together in a corner of the small cave.

Phye curled up in a ball around Gaby before igniting itself in flames to keep them warm.

Unlike Semonios,helldogs were creatures which didn't share in the same fate bestowed upon them by the creator,hence lacked craving for human essence or running out of magic energy.

It's magic would endure as long as it lived.

A purple crescent shaped moon on its forehead glowed brightly as it laid beside it's master,establishing a connection,it's only access into Gaby's dream.