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XXI. Spell Rage
Dust began to cover the area as Mahad's summoned magic made contact with Diabound. Yami and Dark couldn't see what's going on but they did saw blood pooled out from the ground. Bakura didn't know what's going on but he hoped that his summoned monster would survived the attack. The dust slowly began to clear and unfortunately, the snakelike summoned monster survives and Mahad just wasted all his energy for nothing. He was actually bleeding from here.
Diabound blasted Mahad's body and with the power of its signature move, the summoned spirit died. The guardian got hit really badly. Bakura was already above and this time he can't escape.
"Die!" said the warlock and used the Oblivion Staff's powers to destroy Mahad's entire body. Screams were heard and the two teens wondered what was happening.
The white albino dragged a body and much to Dark and Yami's dismay, it was Mahad, all covered in blood. He dropped the guardian on the ground and wore a satisfied smirk on his face. The spiky haired teen bowed his head, overshadowing his eyes. He has seen death for the third time. Yami on the other and suddenly had some kind of flashbacks. He was clutching his head in pain. As he saw Mahad's body still covered in blood, his eyes shrunk into pencil dots and immediately the Puzzle began to react. Slowly, his eyes turn red but unlike what Dark saw before, it was pure, undisgusted wrath of fury, rage, and revenge.
Bakura suddenly felt a malicious, murderous intent only much worse. Before he knew it, he was hit by Yami's Dark Savior Spell. Unlike the usual sharp spears, this time numerous black sharp spears with shadows dancing around piercing the warlock. Red aura began to emanate from the Prince's body and shadows were dancing around his body. It was the beginning of a torture session.
"Ice Lance!" Yami yelled in fury and icy cold air began to gather above him. The cold air became a very sharp spear and its tip was painted with shadows. He lets the spear take aim at Bakura's chest. Blood was spilling everywhere and screams were echoing the entire forest.
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In the continent of Altech, a man with short black hair was in his office, minding his own business when suddenly he sensed something. Looking at the window behind him, he saw an overview of the Forest of Despair. Birds were flying away from the forest. Could this mean an omen? Or is it something else?
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Yami was till torturing Bakura with his magic. The warlock tried to use Diabound but the Lunar Prince just used another devastating spell. Red flames began to surround the summoned monster and then just like that it's like Hell has risen from the ground itself.
"Fire Storm!" the prince yelled and numerous balls of fire surround Diabound trapping and incinerating it in the process. "Crescent Wave, Fire Ball, Thunderbolt!"
With three spells casted at once, Bakura got hit and with the shadows dancing around him, it was no use of stopping it. More shouts and screams were heard and Dark snapped out of his thoughts. He was shocked on Yami who was just glowing with red aura and shadows that were dancing on his side.
"Helical…Shockwave!" Bakura chanted weakly as blood was dripping from its mouth but Yami simply used Thundercrash and it sent the warlock flying. As for Helical Shockwave Spell, it didn't happen as if it was only a spark. The prince ran after him like a predator chasing its prey.
"Holy god…what the hell happened to Yami?" said Dark who could only gape. "Red aura, shadows dancing, his spells went up, repeated magical attacks…. Wait a minute… His spells went up, repeated magical attacks???? Oh no!!!!"
Realization struck him and decided to go after the prince. While trying to find him, he brandished the Apprentice Rod just in case. Tree after tree, look after look until he heard a familiar voice in fury.
"Crescent Wave, Fireball, Thunderbolt, Dark Savior, Thundercrash, Ice Lance, Fire Storm!" said an angered Yami. It seems he found his prey and like the 'survival of the fittest', 'the strong shall live and the weak shall die'. Bakura used his necromancy powers but Yami countered that with Thunderstorm that struck all of them at once. Just in time, Dark came and saw that Yami had done very severe damage.
"Ack arrgh! I'm out of here," said Bakura and with little energy to spare, he began to do the Warp Teleportation Spell. Yami was about to stop him from escaping but was interrupted when an Ice Spell hit him. The prince turned around and saw Dark who apparently cast his Blizzard Magic.
"That's enough, Yami!" said Dark with a stern look on his face. Bakura smirked at this as his spell was finished and warp himself out safely. The Prince was enraged that his prey escaped so a new prey has appeared instead.
"Thundercrash!" Yami yelled and lightning began to strike. The shadows combined themselves as their target stood still. Dark just simply jumped out of the way.
"I'm so going to regret this," said Dark. "Shell, Reflect!"
With two spells in his arsenal, he knew that any spell Yami would cast would only bounce back to the caster. Little did he know how wrong he is for the Lunar Prince kept casting the same magic over and over. The support spells didn't last much longer and finally Dark got hit and Yami didn't even flinched one bit.
"Thunderstorm!!!" Yami yelled and shadows began to assimilate themselves with the lightning. Dark evaded the attack and cast Reflect again but Yami was still casting his magic regardless on the support spells he has. The spiky haired boy didn't know how much longer he can take.
"Silencia!" Yami shouted and all of a sudden, Dark's Reflect magic began o dissipate much to his dismay. He tried to cast his offensive spells but nothing came out.
"Oh shit, he must have sealed my spells temporarily, I hope." said Dark mentally cursing himself. "I'm stick with special attacks instead."
"Fire Storm!" the Lunar Prince shouted and with the shadows mingling with the flames, Dark got hit all over his body. Valkyria and Mana were now worried as they saw their master… suffered.
"Arrrgh…I don't want to do this but….." said Dark and raised the Apprentice Rod. "Dimension Vortex!"
A transparent vortex appeared behind him and with one step backward, he vanished. Yami has no idea where he is then all of a sudden, another vortex appeared behind him and Dark used Fire Slash at him, throwing the prince backwards.
"Sister, is that what I think it is?" Valkyria asked while Mana nodded. Dark stared at Yami who apparently didn't care if he got hurt. Dark clouds began to gather as the raging prince got up. The two spirits suddenly feel frightened that they retreated back inside. He faced Dark and this time with a nasty smirk on his mouth. The Millennium Puzzle began to glow darkly and the shadows were becoming more active.
"Thunderstorm!" Yami chanted and unlike the previous spells he cast, lightning began to ravage the entire forest. Worst of all, Dark tried to evade it but got stuck with lightning very badly. Since his magic was still sealed, he as only one choice left: run.
Dark ran as fast as he could with Yami on his tail. Lightning was still in strike, hitting the spiky haired boy causing his body to bleed all over. But he didn't care, he has to find a way to stop Yami or else he'll kill him in oblivion.
"Dimension Vortex!" said Dark and the transparent hole appeared in front of him and with one step forward, he vanished leaving Yami with confused eyes.
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Dark panted heavily and the two magicians materialize themselves out of blue. Both of them are heavily worried as their master slumped himself to a nearby tree trunk. He saw his wounds all over his hands, feet, back and chest.
"Gods, I can't believe it! That Spell Rage is powerful than I anticipated. How can I stop it?" said Dark, worried about what might happen.
"Um…. master, I think Mahad did told you how to stop it, right?" asked Mana as lightning continued to strike.
"He did but…judging by the current situation; I think Yami can't control his rage. Mahad's death was too tragic for him and to me as well." replied Dark with a hard frown on his face.
"Then there's only one way left…" said Valkyria and her eyes fell on Dark. The spiky haired boy knew the other option. He knew that the only way to stop Yami is the person who seems to care about but how is he going to do that if he doesn't know what to do first.
"I know what you're thinking but with your magic sealed you probably have no choice but to try to get through him or knocked him out which is entirely impossible." Mana said and Dark began to think. He tried to remember if there's anything to sealed Yami's magic temporarily but unfortunately, he hasn't learned any of that yet then one spell came across his mind.
"There's only one spell I can think of but I need to remove the temporal sealing magic that Yami cast." said Dark and across him is a sharp, pointed stone. He picked it up and stabbed himself. Valkyria and Mana were shocked as blood was dripping from his left hand then he did the same thing to his right hand.
"What are you doing, Master?" asked Valkyria in a panicky voice but the spiky haired boy didn't pay attention and allow the blood to drip.
Dark didn't reply and soon enough he heard the rustling of some of the trees. He jerked himself up and knew that Yami must have found him so he started to run again. With every passing time, he ran and ran like he never ran before.
Sure enough he heard a familiar voice and shadows came after him, Dark eyes widen in fright as the wound he set was still dripping. He didn't want to hurt the prince but there has to be a way to at least distract him for a moment. Suddenly, he felt that his magical energy was beginning to come back.
"Master!!!!" Valkyria leered and Dark nodded. He raised his Apprentice Rod and silent power began to gather his hand.
"Magician Valkyria, Come out!" Dark commanded and the green mage came out with a serious expression on her face.
"You know what to do from here," said Dark and Valkyria nodded. She left him alone to face Yami. Mana was wondering what his Master's plan was.
"Master, what's your plan?" Mana asked and Dark finally stopped for what it seems that they were at the center of the forest.
"Since I don't have any sealing spells yet, I'll use the sealing incantation spell instead." Dark replied. "The Seal of the Ancients Spell"
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Magician Valkyria encountered Yami who apparently still in rage. She readied her staff and Yami prepared his spells. Both of them are charging their energy and not one of them moved an inch then rain began to pour down from the sky then lightning began to strike.
"Wind Blade!" Valkyria said and as the name implies several wind blades appeared, giving Yami a series of invisible blades from air. Yami got hit as the blades came in contact. Magician Valkyria frowned hard for she knew that she didn't want to hurt him.
"Fire Storm!" Yami chanted and like before, the shadows joined in the flames as it trapped the magician and began to fire up. She held on and stared at the prince.
"Thunderbolt!" the prince chanted again but Valkyria just jumped out of the way. Yami became furious and continued his repeated spells aiming at her
"I hope Master hurries it up." said Valkyria as she evaded Yami's Ice Lance and prepares to fight back.
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"So what's Seal of the Ancients, anyway?" asked Mana as Dark used the Apprentice Rod as a drawing stick. Curious eyes filled inside her and the spiky haired boy winced a little as he eases the pain.
"Seal of the Ancients is a very powerful incantation spell. It a good substitute temporal sealing spell because when casted, it renders the body and weakens the magical energy." Dark stated as he drew a very big circle.
"Wow…has anyone used this magic?" Mana asked as her curious eyes began to wonder for she never heard of such spell before
'Apparently, no I think," Dark replied as he started to draw two crescent moons. One is the white moon and the other one is the black moon.
"How does it work, anyway?" asked Mana as Dark was drawing a second layer of a circle and began to write some kind of ancient text.
"It's a bit hard but simple: First, I have to lure the person to the seal I just drew. If he enters, the seal will activate itself automatically, trapping it in the process. Then the one who drew the seal must come in and made a special contact and lastly, as the caster made the special contact, the caster must recite the incantation in mental and mind state." Dark explained as he added the finishing touches for the seal itself.
"Okay, I understand that but what special contact does the caster do?" Mana asked and Dark stand back for himself.
"…Usually, body parts but um um um um ….." Dark blubbered as his cheeks suddenly went red all over his face. Mana giggled at this and knew what's next.
"Oh yeah, because the only way for you to stop Yami's Spell Rage is for someone to care…Oh dear, this is going to be fun." Mana said, feeling giddy all over.
"Shut it, Mana and you better get back inside 'cause I'm going to activate the auto-activation of the seal!" Dark said sternly and Mana went back inside the Apprentice Rod.
"OPEN!" Dark chanted and white and black aura began to enter the seal and lights began to glow. Valkyria saw this and knew what to do now.
"Looks like master's finish. Time to reel the bait," said Valkyria. "I hope this works."
Using her staff, she began to lure Yami and it did. Yami kept casting his spells at Valkyria but evaded it at the same time. Just like the predator chasing her prey, Yami kept using his spells but Valkyria didn't care. Spell after spell he cast and evaded. Finally, she arrived where her master waited to activate his plan.
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