I'm here to present to you another chapter of Mask From Beyond The Void, but before I do, I want to inform the readers of what Louise has learned so far
Void Bolt; Louise shoots out a condensed sphere of void energy that upon impact cause everything within a 5 foot radius to implode, spirit consumption low
Blink; allows the user to rapidly move medium distances in an instant silently, the technique is more similar to high speed movement, so the user can only blink to a place that the user sees, spirit consumption low
Void Gaze, allows Louise to see in the dark and sense out magical objects, as well as roughly gaging opponent's disposition to Louise, such as deceit, spirit consumption low
Devouring Swarm; allows Louise to summon Giant Pandyssian rats, these rats are infected with plague and will infect victims with the near incurable disease if they are not quickly eaten alive by the monstrous rodents, spirit consumption medium
Murder of Crows; summons a flock of blood thirsty crows from the void that will tear at the flesh of opponents until death, spirit consumption medium
Wind Blast; Louise summons a dark gale from the void, it can blow opponents or objects to their doom or can be compressed and used to cut objects in half, spirit consumption low
These are the abilities Louise knows so far, Corvo has all of his techniques, maxed out; these are the abilities Louise will eventually know
Bend Time; allows the user to temporarily stop time, as the user practices more, the longer the time stop applies, spirit consumption high
Possession; allows the user to possesses a living creatures body for a limited period of time. As the user's experience increases it will allow them to possess larger creatures and humans, spirit consumption high
Mind Warp, allows the user to alter the memories of a target, animal of human, spirit consumption medium
Agility; allows the user supernatural flexibility, strength, and reflexes and greater running speed, spirit consumption low
Hell Fire: allows the user to summon a supernatural fire from the void that can melt steel and stone, spirit consumption high
Dispel; allows the user to negate all magic directed at the user, as well as destroying magical constructs with ease, spirit consumption medium
Mist; allows the user to become mist, becoming invulnerable and able to move great distances quickly, spirit consumption medium
Darkness Visions; allows the user brief glimpses of the future, spirit consumption extreme
Fear; allows the user to instill terrifying fear in an enemy, causing them to flee, spirit consumption low
Grip; allows the user to grab distant objects, also allows them to paralyze victims, spirit consumption low
Regenerate; allows the user to heal health and lost limbs, spirit consumption high
Soul steal; allows a user to steal an enemy's vitality, restoring your own health and spirit level, spirit consumption, medium
As usual i dont own Dishonored or Familiar of Zero
That's all I have to add for notes, so I present to you audience the fight you've been waiting for
Mask From Beyond The Void
Chapter 4 A lesson taught and a choice further questioned
It hides behind stars and under hills, and in empty holes it fills, it comes first and follows after, silences life and ends laughter J.R.R Tolkien
Life had gotten much better for Louise ever sense her Void training with Corvo, filled with newfound confidence, she had become much happier. No longer were the days which she dreaded the mornings, the jeers of her classmates, or the pity of her teachers.
No one knew of her or Corvo's power, she practiced her mark deep in the forest with him and wanted to keep it that way, she didn't want the attention of people knowing her dark skills, which would most definitely be considered blasphemous by the followers of Brimir.
Louise also noticed that Corvo not only taught her, but also kept watch over her, protected her, ever silent until something had to said, keeping by her side always. She had never found the courage to ask him of his life before giving her the Mark of the Outsider.
She had guessed he might have been a noble; his faded attire once spoke of wealth and a position of power. Yet he never acted like one, he was never greedy, demanding, or any of the other traits she observed from the nobility of her land.
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It was the second year student's day off, so Louise, with Corvo following, decided to go to the nobles dining area to eat, ignoring the whispering and pointing of her fellow students, with Corvo standing behind her, watching.
"Look at Louise, bringing her filthy commoner familiar with her to eat, the nerve!"
"It looks like the contract between them has corrupted Louise, look at her hair! And her sickly eyes!"
"I think her familiar is a murderer, look at his mask! I bet he's killed people!"
"She probably paid him to be her familiar, because zero can't do magic"
Louise ignored these insults, privately amused at their jeering; they would be in silence of her and Corvo's presence if they even saw a fraction of his power.
After finishing her meal Louise got up, with her companion following, left the building, intending to go straight to the forest when her rival Kirche stopped her.
"Why isn't it Louise the Zero? It's a shame you had to summon a commoner instead of a real familiar like Flame" Kirche said while motioning to her fire Salamander.
The old Louise would have normally been upset, now she just didn't care, wishing she could blow her cover and summon a burst of wind to send the wretched girl half way to the moons, but she held her tongue.
"What Louise? No retort? I bet you paid a mercenary to pretend to be your familiar since you fail so spectacularly at magic" With these final words Kirche walked off, laughing a Louise.
Louise only glared at Kirche before turning to her teacher "Come on Corvo, let's go".
As Louise and Corvo were on their way to the gate they happened to cross near Guiche and his 'girlfriend' Montmorency, who just so happened to be whispering sweet nothings to her. Guiche happened to notice Corvo, and in his overly flamboyant fashion said.
"Look Montmorency my love, its Louise the Zero and her plebian familiar, why don't you be a good familiar and get us some tea"
At this sentence Corvo turned to the insolent youth, and spoke "Watch your tone with me insolent brat, or you WILL lose it".
With these words Corvo returned to Louise's side, and was about to leave when Guiche decided to press his luck further.
"It seems this ignorant commoner doesn't know his place, it seems I have to teach him his place, I Guiche de Gramont challenge thee foolish commoner to a duel"+
At these words Louise rolled her eyes, this foolish bravado was no doubt an attempt to win Montmorency's favor again, and look good in the eyes of the other students, she was about to answer the little fool when Corvo beat her to it.
"I accept"
Louise was speechless and terrified, she wasn't scared for Corvo, and rather she was worried that they wouldn't be able to recognize the pieces when Corvo was done with Guiche.
Guiche continued, with a victorious look on his face" You will meet me 30 minutes from now in the Vestri Court commoner trash, and make sure you bring a casket" with that last boast Guiche walked off, leaving an amused Corvo and a worrying Louise.
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20 minutes later, Vestri Court
A large group of students had gathered to watch the duel between Guiche and Louise's mysterious commoner familiar, with Guiche standing in the center of the court making loud boasts, and Corvo, silently standing at the very edge, looking much more menacing than the boy across from him.
Louise worriedly stood by Corvo's side, frantically asking him to not kill Guiche.
Guiche finally seemed to notice his opponent and began to proclaim loudly "It seems you aren't the coward I took you for, but if you ask for my forgiveness, I'll let you go unscathed"
Corvo's silently responded by unfolding his wicked looking sword and pointing it Guiche.
Guiche only laughed" You think your little pocket knife will harm me? You will soon find out why my runic name is Guiche the bronze"
With these words Guiche waived his rose-wand, and a single petal came off, touched the ground and formed a single bronze statue, heavily armored and armed with a wicked looking spear. The metal creation rushed towards Corvo, only to stop 10 feet away from him, and promptly fell into several pieces, it looked like it was cut cleanly at extreme speeds.
The students and Guiche were astounded, no one had even seen the mysterious familiar move, and not even Louise could see his movements.
Corvo turned to Louise "This fight will be pointless for me, but you need the experience girl, take care of it him", with these words Corvo turned and left the court.
But Guiche was not done "I'm not done here you vagrant! Come back at once!" with these words he summoned another bronze Valkyrie that rushed to Corvo while his back was turned.
Before the golem could even half the distance Louise raised her marked hand and released a void bolt, which imploded the metal construct and sent melted metal flying everywhere.
Everyone was speechless.
Louis the Zero had used magic.
Wand-less.
With no incantation
Guiche started to panic, not only had the commoner humiliated him, but Louise as well? He hastily summoned 5 more Valkyries, hoping to somehow win this now hopeless fight.
All the creations rushed towards Louise, who only raised her glowing hand, and made a slashing motion towards the oncoming enemies.
All five of the Valkyries were cut in half from what appeared to be high pressure blast of wind, and toppled over, Guiche nearly soiled himself; this amount of magical prowess was ungodly. The cowardly boy was about to flee for his life when suddenly Louise flickered into existence in front of him, and promptly slashed his face open with another wind blast.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHH!"
Guiche's pitiful cries of distress could be heard from across the school, as blood poured from the large cut marring his face inflicted on him by none other than Louise, who stood over him, preparing to end his life.
As Louise was about to launch a void bolt into his center, she stopped, and looked at the Mark on her hand. She was horrified, she quickly blinked to her room, locked the doors, and collapsed on her bed, sobbing. She came very close to killing Guiche, sure she didn't like him, but he never truly intended to hurt her, so why did she almost end his life?
Louise looked down on her still glowing mark, and promptly fell asleep, tears still coming down and staining her pillow.
Louise woke up in the middle of the night, seeing a disturbingly familiar sight, a shrine to the Outsider.
She walked up to the shrine, and the Outsider materialized before her, his eyes filled with their same cold amusement.
"What interesting choices you make Louise, you dealt Guiche a wound that will never heal, in mind and body, for you did kill him, that would be the easy way out, nor did you let him go free. You have become very entertaining as the days go by….I expect this entertainment to continue.
But before I depart I will leave a gift for you, a name, Oreip, seek him out, his knowledge will prove to be useful to you as you continue to grow stronger.
With these final words the Outsider departed, leaving young Louise with nightmares for the rest of her sleep.