22. Awakening XVII
Mazel held up his dual blades as his amethyst eyes glowed with wrath, never in his life had he ever felt so much hate for a person, even Hozier with all that he did hadn't reached this level and they were trying to kill each other.
It all started after he tamed the two tailed cat he found during his trial, the cub had an affinity towards darkness that rivalled his own, he also had another much rarer element that even shocked the youth.
The twin tail Panther cub, was a rare type of beast, in the outside world it may even be extinct mostly due to two reasons.
Firstly their species isn't all that active reproductive wise, they're late bloomers who love solitude so them meeting with their kind let alone the opposite gender that isn't related to them is hard.
Secondly they are highly hunted, Mazel remembered reading his family records and encountering the Twin tail Panther almost a dozen times.
Their bodies were treasure troves, their blood was used to make potent darkness elixirs and array ink, their bones were used in forging spatial artifact due to the already existing spatial affinity.
Yes, the twin tail panthers had a rare dual affinity of darkness and space, they were a rare type of beast.
When Mazel affirmed the cubs identity he was elated, he quickly initiated the contract between them and made the beast his bond.
Forming contracts with beasts was an expensive endeavour, it was also a one time thing after all a person can only accommodate a single beast soul wisp within their own and they could only sever a wisp of theirs, any more and they'll be harming themselves.
He doted upon the Beast, he had always wanted a pet but the rules of house Azazel forbid the existence of pets, only bonds better known as familiar could live within the house.
He fes it beast cores, spared several vials of ichor, ambrosia and any other resource that was useful for the beast he availed.
He had skimmed through the trials which weren't so hard, until he reached the final room, at least that's what the overseer whispered to him.
As be was waiting, he had found another two tailed panther, this one fully grown and at the peak of one star, since there were no other contestants the beasts were tame so he approached the beast and showed his bond to it.
The beast was ecstatic and earnestly begun to train Noir, his bond. He left the two together and chose to explore the realm hoping to be lucky to find any natural treasure more so one tied to darkness.
Hours deep into the lush forest he could feel his bond in pain, not the pain of harsh training but the pain of being wounded on nearing it's last breaths.
Mazel was livid as he dashed through the forest, he activated his
He barely made it through as the shadows angry with his usurping lashed out and attacked him, he grit his teeth as he made the jump and appeared near the closest shadow of his bond.
It was then that he saw it, a boy hus age standing on top of one of the twin tail panthers corpses.
The former had brought his bond to it's nest where its own family was, it had wanted its own cubs to find their pairs faster than they had but alas he fell protecting his family.
The female panther growled at the boy, it was heavily injured but was actively protecting the little ones, it had hoped that the children of nature might take pity and help them but no aid came.
Mazel dashed towards the boy and drew his dual blades, his eyes saw red as he craved for blood, his bond was bleeding its back paw was broken and its left shoulder pierced, to do this to a cub...
Mazel didn't talk to the boy he attacked, his moves were fast silent and ferocious, for as long as he could remember his father had insisted that he take the path of an assassin due to his efficiency in masking his presence but he refused, he wanted to be a warrior to fight head on to feel the thrill of battle.
He drove the blades towards the boys head, but was slow, with ghastly reactions the boy dodged but not fully, his shoulder was pierced.
Mazel unrelenting twisted the blade while still lodged into the boys should before yanking it out.
He then backed up to gain momentum before attacking once more, his opponent was a spear user, with one of his arms injured he would surely be on...
Mazel's eyes widened as he visibly saw the boys shoulder patch up and heal at absurd speeds, this wasn't something humanely possible, even demons didn't have that kind of regeneration!
His mind churned until he finally found a matching ancestry said to have ridiculous regenerative abilities, his eyes became fiercer as he stared at the youth before him and muttered, "troll."
The youth hard a head full of dirt green hair, with with brown eyes, he looked human though and through as nothing could make you feel otherwise.
"Oh, you recognized me quite quickly. The healing always gives it away." The youth clicked in displeasure.
He was tall, taller than Mazel who was five foot nine, the troll-kin was about six feet tall and wore a loose pair of green jeans with a black jacket which now had a hole in it.
"Bastard, I'll kill you." Mazel roared as he charged at the youth, he had already made sure the panther, her cubs and his bond were a distance away.
"So much hate and we've just met, aren't you too spiteful?" The youth couldn't help but state.
"Spiteful, you nearly killed my bond and are asking me why I'm spiteful!" Mazel screamed, the more he talked to the youth the angrier he seemed to get.
"Ah, is that so. No wonder, how about I just finish the job, I've always wanted to see want a severed bonds backlash looks like." The youth grinned in sadistic delight.
"If I don't kill you today, then my name isn't Mazel Azazel." Mazel vowed, ever since he entered this trial he had been vowing too many times.