/ Prologue The Spell edited version / Story: A wizard's tale/ by Lord Despair/-/
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The dessert was the only witness of the constants roars of battle which were filling the air as two powerful wizards, one dedicated to the light arts and the other devoted to the darkness, throw spell after spell with no hints of finishing any time soon.
'' Hahahah! Is this the best you can do Alkeyore, if so… how in the seven Hells did you, of all wizards, became a lord of magic?'' sneered the wizard who was dressed in white like the light.
'' Don't play foolish games with me Teigue, I may have fallen for your tricks before, but they shan't aid you in this battle'' Alkeyore shot back with a blast of his Dark magic, impacting on Teigue's shin.
The white wizard cried out in pain as the coldness of dark magic crept unto the rest of his leg, " Give me the key otherwise your end shall be undescriptible for such insult!" He yelled as he released the spell of The Holy fist at his enemy; only for miss by mere inches.
''Never!'' Shouted the lord of magic as he casted the spell to melt into the darkness and reappearing from Teigue's shadow. Using the Shadow Imprisonment he bound the white wizard to the ground with chains made from his own shadow, forcing him down to one knee meanwhile the coldness of the chains burned his body like he had been set ablaze.
''Teigue the white,'' The wizard voice echoed between them as he looked directly to Teigue's eyes ''Former lord of magic, I Alkeyore Blood-raven, the shadow devil, last of the lords of magic, find you guilty under the crimes of murdering your former brothers and aiding the race of Demons."
But for the past times Alkeyore decided to give him the last words before to seal his fate.
"Any last request before justice is made?"
Teigue shoots his foe a death glare before smiling, "Yes… one request… and one only"
The Dark wizard stepped closer to hear him with hopes that Teigue has already admitted defeat; sadly it was met with an delusion.
"Give up, Alke, we both know you can't defeat me.'' he says before laughing and Alkeyore grit his teeth in response ''Oh, now that you are closer be courteous enough and hand over that key while your body is still able to do so''
Alkeyore shook his head in disappointment " No, Teigue you shall never get the key, but I do have one question for you before I do my duty as a lord of magic.''
''And what, pray tell, what knowledge do you seek from me my old friend, after all I have done?'' Said Teigue widening his confident smile only to taunt his enemy.
Taunt that worked when Alkeyore immediately grabs Teigue by the collar and pulled the wizard's face closer to his own. ''Why?'' he spat; while his eyes expressed his hatred ''Why did you do all of this, why betray us… your own brothers, to aid those beasts which call themselves demons?''
Teigue's smile could only grew and let out a insane laugh, " Why? Why you ask… well… why not?" He said, allowing his laugh to wander without restriction. ''You are blind like all the others and those who came before, the demons will have their king back, it will not be stopped. Not by you or me or anyone!"
Teigue the white continued soon after he calmed from his sudden outburst.
"Why should we even try to protect Gaea from his wrath if she shall burn in the end anyways? I figured that by helping him I'll get on his good side, but most of all; killing our weak brothers made me feel…" His eyes lids slowly closed in pleasure as he licked his lips ''Alive''
The Dark wizard didn't hold back and punched the white wizard on the mouth several times until Teigue fell to the ground, '' You sick bastard! They were our brothers; I hope you burn in the seven hells for all the eternity!" The rage kept expressing itself.
The mad wizard of the light received the blows with sadistic joy until he spoke '' I thank you for the painful lessons my old friend, looks like I need to repay you, to say at least, for such acceptable meal.'' He sneered as he casted the Holy Light on himself, melting the chains of darkness which were holding him then Heaven's Light was released trapping his once friend in a sphere of pure light, the dark wizard never knew what hit him until it was too late to counter the attack.
Teigue rises from his prone position and attempted to clean his clothes now stained with blood and dirt and began to do slow circles around the trapped wizard. Alke knew the trouble he was in and rushed to cast a counter spell, only for the magic to melt away by the purifying light. The mad wizard, savoring his soon to be total victory, shoves his palm into the sphere, and cast The Holy Fury sending thousands of blades made of light ripping into Alkeyore's flesh leaving many open wounds around his body causing the trapped wizard to cry out in great pain; cries were the most beautiful musical notes to the ears of Teigue. He was enjoying the moment so much that he stopped his offensive spell only to hear the wails of agony coming from the sphere.
''Now I ask again, give me the key and you shall feel no more pain.'' Offered the mad wizard in a calming tone despite he enjoyed the pain that was inflicting to his foe.
''Go fuck yourself, you self-righteous, divine light worshiping.. ''
"GAH!'' The lord of magic yelled in pain only to be hit by another wave of the Holy Fury, adding more wounds to the thousand which the encaged wizard already had.
Teigue sighs in frustration, ''You dark wizards are all the same, always forsaking the glorious way of light for the vile path of darkness. Once I'm done with your corpse I will visit your order and make sure that your kind existence is only a faint rumor before I free the King of demons.''
''Do-...don't make me laugh Teigue...my guild is safely locked away in the shadow realm, only to those in tune...with the darkness may enter those lands.'' The trapped wizard managed to say while the pain burned through his wounds.
With a smile Teigue grabbed Alke by the throat pulling the still trapped wizard closer, '' I know I can't enter that despicable black realm, but that doesn't mean that the Tahuians can't.''
Alkeyore's face became paler as the remaining blood inside his veins froze ''you're mad…" What Teigue declared was too horrifying to believe him at first "You would enlist the Hunters of all beings to your monstrous quest?! Your soul is more tainted than the king's'. "He croaked.
Teigue's insane grin widened even more, as his grip on the lord of magic loosened ''Why thank you, Alke, but it's too late for flattery. Yet I'll reward you for lasting this long.'' The environment around them became stained with the laugh of an insane wizard. ''Do you even know what kind of reward I have reserved for you?''
Alkeyore took a deep breath rubbing his throat before coughing "…no…*cough*... I have no idea Teigue because I was not taught to read mind of monsters.''
Teigue ignored the insult as he continued his speech of victory ''Oh... but it's a simple spell'' giggled Teigue. ''You see my old friend, believe it or not I have grown tired of killing people using mere tools or spells. So I've come to the conclusion that you deserve another kind of death'' The mad wizard once again began to walk around the dark wizard's cage as he savored each detail from the vulnerable position which Alkeyore was '' Since my eyes were opened to the truth my mind wondered for a long while; what happens when you combine our magic with demon's for a spell"
Despite Alke was weak and broken; his eyes widened at Teigue's intentions
" Today you're giving me the perfect chance to test it out.''
Alkeyore's breath quickened in horror ''N-no Teigue, don't you dare combine those two kind of magic, they were never meant for that!" He knew that his words held no importance to his soon to be executioner but he never gave up.
"Not even the king of demons would dare to combine them!'' The worried wizard said, struggling to break free from his chains that the light sphere created, only for them to tighten with every move he dared to do.
Teigue continued chuckled at the stupid pleads of his prisoners'' I know, and that's what makes it even more interesting!'' his eyes and face hardened becoming serious before he made a last request ''Now give up the key and I assure you that the result of the combination will be painless as possible"
''Never!, I'd rather die a thousand deaths than give up the key to the fiends like you, Teigue now the demon's slave, fallen lord of light'' snared Alkeyore defiantly, barely ignoring the constant pain from his wounds that kept bleeding ceaseless; and each passing second his body felt cold and numb. Signs that were telling him that his end was near; yet he would not die without fighting for what is just.
As confident as Teigue was on his victory; he dared to make a small hole on the light sphere and get closer to the defiant face of the dark wizard'' I would be careful of what you say Alkeyore, because you know better than anybody the fate that wait to the ones who dare to at least pronounce those words, but you will give me the key at the end…" At that point his voice darkened "Even if that means to rip out your black heart and eat it in front of your dying eyes'' threatened Teigue.
Alkeyore without hesitation spat in Teigue's face '' Go fuck yourself!''
Teigue became more and more frustrated of his enemy attitude despite all hope was lost for him, yet he wiped the spit off and sighed in fake disappointment '' I hoped that you would have given in so your death would have been as painless as possible. But time is short after all, I have a job to do and a world to destroy.''
The chains tighten around the body of the doomed wizard nearly crushing all the bones meanwhile Teigue became tired of asking for the key and forced his magic into the robes of the dark wizard. He tried to fight but the chains, the uncountable wounds and the purification light made him impossible to prevent Teigue to retrieve the necklace, which contained the key, from his wrist.
"Now, was that so hard my dear friend?" The white wizard gave a small genuine smile yet filled with pure malevolence.
"Now that I have what I craved for, it's time to begin turn the theory to experimentation .'' Teigue then start to utter in the demon tongue meanwhile his open hand starts to glow with the pure aura, and the other which held the key began to glow a sickly greenish red. A magic circle appeared under Alkeyore position, from him trying to form a spell to interrupt the mad wizard sickening hybrid spell.
"Te su gal tor vero lumis"
The lord of magic tried to cast the simplest of power-up spell, yet good fortune was not with him today. The purifying magic from the chains dispersed what little magic he had before he could form a single spell. 'It was a good attempt while it lasted.' said one part of Alkeyore's mind, which accepted the fate 'What are you saying, we will find a way. We always do' said another which refused to give up, ''Teigue has won ''Alke said to himself. 'So? We've gotten out of much worse situations than this in the past.' argued his mind. ''I was able to rely on my magic back then. This cursed light melts every magical spark before I can form a spell.'' Alke said to his mind 'Yes I understand our problem at this moment. Yet you forget something very important about our magic, darkness is everywhere light is' his mind reminded him. ''Darkness is everywhere light is.'' He echoes, as a small smile full of hope graced his lips. '' I think I get it now. It seems that fate decided that this is not my time yet''
''Lor demos allta tor uma
lomus demos demos
Lor demos allta tor uma
lomus demos demos"
''Damnation it sounds like is about to hit its final verse! I must act quick!'' Alkeyore didn't waste anytime as he began to gather all the remaining magic that still flowed inside his body then using his own body to create a small point of darkness yet it was enough to form a spell. ''Come on! Just a little more, come on sweet darkness just a little more..." The seconds felt like an eternity; but he still had faith in the darkness to save him. Faith that was graced with the prize of a spell ready to be released. "That's it!"
"Attla equ lomis lkmis-"
"Crimson Nightmare!" Shouted Alkeyore, using every bit of magic in his body, destroying the chains binding him at the same time of the sphere; the backlash explosion impacted Teigue causing to the new kind of magic incomplete. Time that the dark wizard didn't waste and as fast as possible he retrieve the key from his enemy grasp, but he was unknow of the consequences of the unfinished spell.
The spell was incomplete resulting to become an uncontrolled cocktail of unstable magic which hits the now free wizard with all its power ripping into his whole being; he flashed one last smile at a furious Teigue, despite the pain was unbearable he couldn't scream. Teigue became the embodiment of rage for underestimate his enemy as his rage expressed in waves of waves of deathly spells which were directed at the inflamed wizard; but it was in vain every single spell was absorbed by the wild spell which increased its size to dangerous measures, yet the wizard of the darkness wasn't doing any better his whole body was glowing a bloody red aura he kept suffering in utter silence as the aura expanded to the point to became unstable and explode in a miniature supernova, Teigue was thrown away from his position several meters yelling curses at his enemy for his cowardice, the supernova then transformed in two different pillars skywards, each pillar represented the type of magic which was combined, the sickening green was for the demon's magic which Teigue used without care but the other pillar was the same tone of bloody red which Alkeyore had around his body. By the time Teigue opened his eyes he found his prize and his prey were replaced by a burning crater. Outraged at the unfair development of events he screamed in anger as his hands released pillars of flames of the Holy light to sky.
"CURSE YOU ALKEYORE!"