Warlock of Sin: Prologue

Darkness, the darkness that ate him, he was apart of it now, so was everyone else, part of the darkness, devoid of light, nothing can bring them out now... nothing.

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He stared into darkness, each direction, was pure darkness, what was there to do, the Witch was furious about him revealing his Return by Death, though she couldn't bring the regular punishment to him, she still brought punishment, her fury enabled her to manifest herself in the plane of existence, and she swallowed everything, the half-elf girl beside Subaru, the blur haired maid that rushed in to check on him, the shield of sanctuary, the court magician, the great spirit that promised to stay by his side, and now, he was swallowed as well.

"I'm... not dead..."

He said it to himself, though he was too terrified open his mouth so no sound came out.

"No... NO NO NO!"

His internal screams echoed through his head, he has failed to kill himself, he thought that if the Witch killed him, he would just Return by Death, but he didn't die, now he was stuck in this world of shadows, forever, with no one else, alone.

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"I'm sorry..."

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A voice boomed through the darkness, it was a very familiar voice, a voice he's heard about four or five times by now, it was a loving and caring voice, though this time, it sounded sad, guilty even. He stood up, he couldn't feel the ground, it was made of shadows so naturally there was no feeling, he walked towards the voice.

The darkness started to clear up, a void of purple and black can now be seen, several, shadows have been intertwined to form several bridges, they all joined in the center, rising up, making it a little bit more noticeable than the other bridges.

Subaru walked up, it was the voice he heard when he nearly died, the voice he heard when he tried to tell them, the voice that told him he loved him, that voice was...

"NO! SUBARU STAY BACK!"

He felt a strong urge to jump and so he did, all of a sudden, the ground that he was on exploded, several black slime-like creatures appeared, he couldn't see it, or rather, they were soo dark that they were completely camouflaged with the ground.

They melted down to the ground, though you couldn't tell if they just melted or flattened themselves up. Subaru picked himself up, he could see the owner of the voice, the moment he saw her he jumped and rushed to her.

"Emil-"

"NOOO!"

Before he took another step, the shadows under him grabbed his legs, effectively stopping him, suddenly, several shadows from behind the girl that seemed to be Emilia sprung out to Subaru, he reflexively put up his arms to block the incoming attack...

It didn't hit him, he removed his arms and saw that he was facing something he couldn't describe, well he couldn't really see it since it was completely black, it slowly retracted behind the girl, waiting for another moment to pounce him.

The shadows grabbing his feet released him, but he knew that they would grab him again if he tried to go near. He looked over at the girl on the other side, she was crying, tears could be seen streaming down her cheeks, she was covered in shadows, though they were slowly moving away from her and more to Subaru.

"Em... no your not Emilia..."

He thought to not jump to conclusions as those kinda things resulted in bad endings, he sat down, and closed his eyes, he thought really hard, 'She's not Emilia, but she looks just like her... she's shrouded in...'

"Oh God Your Satella" He took a few steps back, glaring down at the girl that supposedly engulfed everyone, Subaru had learned to despise her, all she cared about was him, killing everyone for him, that was not what he wanted, but why did she do it, they've never met, they shouldn't know each other at all.

"S-Satella... why did you-"

"I'm sorry... I tried to stop her... but I couldn't, the Witch of Envy has been in control for soo long... none of this was supposed to happen... none of this! Because I couldn't control myself, your stuck here, all your friends, are stuck here, but you'll never see them, It's all my fault..."

She said this in a shaky voice filled with guilt and remorse. She sunk to the ground crying, "What! No, calm down and talk to me, what's this place, is there a way to get out, what can't you control!?"

Seeing her like this... no seeing anyone like this, Subaru couldn't bring it in himself to raise his voice, and so, he decided to calmly approach her.

"NO, Subaru you must stay away! If not, they'll attach to you, who knows what will happen then!"

He was abruptly stopped by an unseen hand, it seemed to protrude from Satella herself, he slowly sat down and sighed, "Fine... but you'll have to explain, my utter confusion has made me calm for now, but who knows how long I can keep this up"

After hearing this, her sobs started to die down and she started to calm down as well, "Ok then... before I explain, you should know this... I am Satella, the one that allows you to Return by Death... the one currently outside... is The Witch of Envy..."

He was a little bit confused by this, "So you two are different?"

she nods "Yes, we are... different personalities to be exact, you see, I was given the witch genes of Envy, sadly I wasn't compatible with it and so, my mind surrendered to the witch genes and thus I lost control, I tried my best to suppress them but they soon the took over completely, the only reason we can talk right now is because she is currently outside..."

"Then, the whole world being engulfed by shadows... was not you?

"Well... that one was kinda... in between, you see, I still had the most control over myself... but there were some issues... I'm not very sure, you see, my memories... have been tampered with and thus evoked some unwanted emotions, since the Witch genes have corrupted a part of me, I wasn't able to control those emotions very well and that resulted in... that..."

"So... that means we're stuck in here right?" he said with a pained expression.

"Not necessarily... You can no longer Return by Death as of now... but... I really don't want to, but I can transfer the witch genes of Envy to you... it may be our only sole chance of survival, you'll be able to Return by Death on your own but..."

"I'll do it! NOW!"

He got up and looks at her with pleading eyes.

"But there would be grave consequences if-"
"I don't give a shit, better than staying here!"

He kept on begging and in the end, she relented, "Fine, but once you gain the Witch genes of Envy, the other eight will follow along, that would be deadly if you aren't compatible, I can help manage them and thus... I must come along with you..." She said the last part rather shyly.

"..."
He thought about it for a while, "Why do you want to help me?"

"I'm sure The Witch of Envy made it clear, we both have the same memories and feelings. If you want I can say it again..."
"No, no, no, no, no, any more and my eardrums will burst ok! But can I ask why you do... this is like, literally the first time we've met"

"Hmm... nope, it's a secret" she gave him a cheeky smile, "just know that I do, ok?"

He sighs and drops his shoulders down in disappointment, 'another girl in the harem, I guess'.

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"Soo... how do we do this?"

"Oh that's simple just run fast enough so that you can touch me and then just kill yourself, done"

"Don't say the last part so casually, trying to kill yourself isn't an easy thing to do you know!"

"Yep, of course, I do, I've seen you do it once, I've seen you die many times, all of them actually, and of course it pains me to see a person I love die, though you could say I've gotten used to the sight?"

He looks at her in astonishment, "Nevermind, let's get out of here, I don't want to stay any longer, this place is giving me the creeps, don't know how you've survived four hundred years of this..."

He stepped up and started walking to her, the next moment, shadows were already shrouding him and in no time he was covered. Satella walked up and staggered towards him, she brought out a dark purple crystal necklace and touched him with it, the next moment the whole world turned completely black again, darkness was everywhere.

Subaru was freed from the shadows and had a rumbling feeling in his stomach region, "Satella?" He called out but there was no answer.

"Damn it, did she ditch me!?"

He kicked the ground and noticed that there was a necklace, lined with a purple gem lying down, it glowed. He picked it up and heard a voice, "Watch where your kicking!"

"S-Satella" He held the crystal up and looked into it, he saw her inside "Yeah, I'll be in this crystal for the rest of the journey, not the comfiest place but great none the less, it should prevent any unwanted attention, but your sweetheart Rem might find out, that is quite troubling..."

"Hey don't talk like you've seen everything!"

"Huh? But I have, I watch you all the time, from the moment you've set foot in the capital till now, there's nothing I haven't see, so there's no use hiding it from me"

"Damn it, so you're telling me I've been stalked this whole time!? Can't a guy have some privacy, I suppose!"

She laughed at his imitation of Beatrice, "Okay put me on and then you do your thing, though if it's too much I can do it for you"

He puts the crystal on "Please do, and make sure to make it painless okay? I've gotten hurt a lot recently and I think I could use a break" Once the crystal was placed on his neck his whole body started shrouding black see-through mist, his eyes had a red glimmer to it and he had an aura of death, but the next thing he knew he was dead.

"UGh... pwahh!"

He spat out the dust on his mouth, and got up from the floor he scanned his surroundings and confirmed it, he's at the tomb, he walked in and found Emilia leaning on the wall, asleep, her face showed a pained expression, she was still taking the trials, he breathed a big sigh of relief, he looked to his neck and saw the purple crystal.

"Satella?"

"Right here, don't worry, I'll control Return by Death for now, you concentrate on breaking through Sanctuary, okay?"

"Right... Alright then, this looks like it's gonna be a fun ride..."

He proceeds to wake up Emilia and do all the normal things he's done in the past loops, though this time, he has a helping hand.


A/N

New fic, it branches off from The Perpetual Promise, though the exact chapter still hasn't released yet.I Kinda short but Prologues are meant to be short so sorry... I'm now updating two fics at the same time, shouldn't be too hard since I've got a whole month of free time, let's see if we can finish this by then, maybe once every four days? maybe that's too fast but who cares...

Big shouts to Christian Red for making up the plot and the whole idea for this fic, he requested me to type it down so here it is.

If anyone has some suggestions for this fic We're open for some, leave some Reviews on what you think about it, Okay?

Here are some things you need to be aware of, Subaru gains one set of Authorities, one authority for each sin he gained, in this case, he gained all of them since Satella gave what she had to him, when he kills the other sin archbishops, along with Pandora and Hector he gets the second set.

Here are the current but not final list of Authorities

Authorities

1. Envy: Return by Death and Shadow Manipulation
2. Sloth: Invisible Providence and Miasma Expulsion
3. Wrath: Emotion Linkage and Infernal Touch
4. Gluttony: Retention and Eclipse
5. Greed: Spatial Rend and Time Stillness
6. Lust: Alteration and Regeneration
7. Pride: Demonic Rage and Epitome of Sin
8. Trisitia: Field Distortion and Life Leech
9. Vainglory: Judgement and Shadow Flame

Umm, this is gonna be a loooong list so of explanations for each okay...

Primary Authorities

Return by Death: The user is able to rewind time upon death to a previously established save point, all memories are kept during the use of the ability.
Invisible Providence: The user is able to create an unseen force that can interfere with their surroundings.
Emotion Linkage: The user is able to sense emotions and pain and share them with the surrounding people, it can be stacked upon for increased effect.
Retention: Upon contact with another person, the user is able to review all their memories and is able to partially interfere and remove bits of it.
Spacial Rend: The user is able to tear space and link two known places together regardless of distance, the user can even link two places from different dimensions, though it would bring a heavy toll on the user's body.
Alteration: The user is able to mutate any organic material at will, be it their own or others.
Demonic Rage: While active, the user's mana generation rate increases, it heightens their strength and increases their defenses. It is similar to an Oni's horn and the user's eyes glows a crimson red when in use.
Feild Distortion: The user is able to create a gravity-like force that can affect both physical things and magic.
Judgment: The user becomes the targets greatest fear when they look at the user, it's movement completely halts, when it hears the users voice it goes insane, it's effectiveness is dependant on the target's guilt.

Secondary Authorities

Shadow Manipulation: The user is able to control and create shadows, these shadows are solid and have is made up of the material the shadow forms on.
Miasma Expulsion: The user is able to shroud their surroundings in Miasma, it attacks the opponent's mind, driving them to madness depending on the intensity of the Miasma.
Infernal Touch: The user is able to set anything ablaze given physical contact, the fire doesn't burn the object but is able to spread out and cause big fires.
Total Eclipse: During usage, the user is able to move at insane speeds, a dark mist shrouds their figure while activated.
Counter: The user is able to send any ranged attack, back to its shooter or caster, though, the counter would cause damage to the weapon or anything else that's used.
Regeneration: When this ability is activated, the user gains accelerated healing, though will still linger for a while.
Leech Life: Everything within a set proximity to the user gets their energy drained slowly.
Shadow Flame: The user is able to manifest purple flames, they don't emit heat but can burn anything when it comes in contact.

Secondary authorities can be activated by using one of the authorities of pride, Epitome of Sin, aka Pride mode, It trades in a chunk of the user's sanity for an extreme power boost.

Most of these were made by Christian Red, I just did some rearranging, renaming and some nerfing too. As of now, he had all the first set, and the second authority for pride, sloth, and envy.

WOOOH, that was a lot of explanation, any question please leave them in a review or just PM me or Christian Red and we'll clear it up for ya K?

Updates will be hopefully good speed, so thanks in advance for waiting.