Manor Black (4)
Somewhere near the coast of Moonlit city, a man is seen smoking a cigar down by the beach. A massive corpse of a abnormalities was behind him where it had been split in half, and where its guts were out on the ground as it slowly vanished into dust.
"Boss, the Moby Dick would like to see you," a silver woman spoke breaking the meditative silence. Looking over his shoulder man, raised his eyebrows before speaking.
"Why's that brat here?" asked the man before turning his head back to the calming sight of the ocean.
"Apparently, he needs help getting permission to enter Manor Black," the woman replied.
Hearing this, he stood up grabbed a white coat and wore it around his shirtless body. The coat waved and flowed around from the calm breeze. The silver short hair of the man shined with a golden glow from the sun.
"Tell him, he can enter but first let test his combat skill." he said.
The woman walked away, entering the enormouse beach house behind him. The man roared out loud like an angered beast before grabbing a nearby cherry blossom and throwing it to the ocean.
"Finally something interesting!" he exclaimed with a wide grin shining with pride.
Back at the sentient manor in the dreamlike abyss. The dining room was destroyed from the thorns and the crimson aura of Edward who currently is holding on to No One's throat.
"Round two ends here!" he stated before aiming his index and middle fingers to the voidless eyes of No One.
Yet even after all the destruction No One laughs it off before stabbing Edward with both of they're tentacles, but to his annoyance they were burnt from getting to close to Edward.
His fiery crimson aura was now getting hotter to the point that the wood around them was burning and slowly melting. Even thorny vines wrapped around the walls of the manor where it also had the same burning aura.
"You truly live up to your title as king." No One commended while getting strangled.
From annoyed and angered look of Edward to the now slow and indifferent but still angry. He tossed No One to the living room, crashing through the coffee table.
"You know a lot about me, so tell me how you got that information?" he asked. His voice not allowing for stupid answers or a no.
Chuckling, No One grabbed Edward's arm pushing him away as they set themselves free from his arm.
"Well, I know a lot such as the 7 Mythical Tales." he added. "The Hanged King, Black Sheep, Moby Dick, Blood Emperor, False Deity, Dreadful Beast, and Desiring Mother Tree."
Hearing those names caused Edward to slightly tremble, but not of fear but regret and anger. Those names were of the strongest and oldest humans that were born with an Echo, and each of the 7 of course represented the Deadliest Sins known to man.
"You know I'm very honored to meet you Edward. Why? Because you're the Hanged King one of the most scorned beings, and who's life had been filled with despair." No One added to the fire of rage within Edward's soul.
And with that the crackling of the fires and the burning thorny vines vanished into dust and smoke all returning into Edward.
Raising his hand, palm outward aiming towards No One
"Tale of the Hanged King: Infernal Desire."
A burst of crimson flames forming the shape of a large cherry blossom hits No One point black slowly disintegrating they're body.
"Well I guess this is goodbye." They said before laughing maniacally.
Edward simply stared at them with no more emotion as the fires consumed them. Edward released all the anger and hate he had in his soul and turning once more to the same expressionless detective.
But he wasn't done yet he was still stuck in the sentient manor and needed to find a way out of the dreamlike abyss.
Out of nowhere the sentient manor roared in guttural pain as the roof showed cracks and water started leaking from it.
"Water? Wait, spiritual water?" he pondered.
Soon after the water was now surrounded in blue electricity and finally Kieran crashed through it.
"Alright traitor, follow me!" he demanded.
Not surprised that of all people Kieran went to save him. Edward simply nodded and followed him out of the sentient house and into the dreamlike abyss.
Getting out of the sentient house caused it shake in fury, it's exterior shifted as four large black tendrils shot out of its side aiming towards us. To counter the attack, Edward sent five thorny vines with the burning aura surrounding it.
The manor started shrieking in pain as Kieran raised both his hands, throwing down sharp spears made of water at the mansion. The rift above them slowly started closing which allowed the manor to grab on to Edward, but he burned the tendril to ash.
With little time left, both swam up the dreamlike abyss and into the rift all while the manor roared at them. Both of the managed to escape just in time, and into the entrance of the manor back at the real world.
Panting, Kieran looked at Edward before grunting in annoyance and walking away.
Edward simply replied to that grunt with a small thorn to Kieran's left leg which he grunted in pain, but paid no mind as he left.
Edward took his time breathing the fresh air once more as he thought of hid time at the manor. Glancing over his shoulder he only saw the same manor, but it wasn't alive nor was it inside a dreamlike abyss.
In the corner of his eyes, he saw the faded shadow of No One before blinking twice to see nothing there.
"That thing is still alive, somehow." he thought before placing his hands in his coat's pockets and walking away from the manor.
Even after all the hours of hell he went through. Edward still failed to find any evidence of the Wyrm Howl Cult being in the manor.
Back with Kieran he got inside his hotel room and grabbed a badge with the emblem of a silver wolf with blood dripping from its jaw.
"Hopefully this deal was worth it," he muttered as he layed on his back on the bed.
Back at the coast of Moonlit city, the silver haired man sat on a hill as he stared at the setting sun.
"That brat messed me up real good, he deserves that tale for sure," he thought.
His left arm was completely gone, and his whole body covered in scars and bruises with his whole left leg also gone.
"Boss, the Wyrm Howl Cult is here." the silver haired woman walked towards him.
He glanced over his shoulder and spoke with a prideful grin.
"Kathy, tell them to go fuck themselves,"
2 weeks later
At the hotel room, Kieran was seen sat down in a row of chairs with other executive members of the Golden Tooth Mafia. As a very muscular bulky man went on to the podium to start explaining why they were all there.
Explosions were heard outside, causing everyone in that room to look at the door and everyone immediately activated their Echo.
"The Wyrm Howl Cult has invaded," the muscular man said before transforming into smoke.