Osias, Cacula, and Granger appear in a forest walking in the night. Cacula is carrying Granger on his shoulders while he is tied with rope around his wrists and ankles, making him unable to move. The forest is freezing from the snow it has, but the blizzard has come to a stop. Osias walks in front of Cacula looking where they should go.
Osias: And you say your castle is not far from here?
Granger: We should reach it in a few moments. Say, would you loosen the knots on my hands? They are kind of tight.
Osias: No can do.
Granger: *Grunts*
Cacula: You do have what we are looking for, right?
Granger: I don't even know what you are in search for.
Osias: Oh please, I am a blood mage, what else could I possibly be in search of?
Granger: You don't say...
Osias: Aye, I am looking for the grimoire of your house.
Granger stays silent for a moment.
Granger: I do not possess such thing.
Osias: Give it up, you most certainly have one. I did not stumble upon you for mere coincidence. I have done my research on you and on several other houses. I know the dark past your family was.
Granger: You dare insult my bloodline!
Osias: I am not insulting it. On the contrary, I am idolizing it. The great name of House Granger was once recognized by the dark mages, but now it drags itself on the dirt like a filthy snake after their 'enlightenment'.
Granger: I do not know what you speak-
Osias: The Grangers were a dark mage house that ruled this lands centuries ago along side other dark mage houses. You all brought terror and violence to those who opposed you. It was then when the white mages came and made you 'see the light' on their ways. The truth is that the other houses had been defeated and only your house stood. Generations have passed since then and you have now proclaimed yourselves as the good guys, but the past will always come back to haunt you. Your house may have converted into white magic, but I am sure that you still hold your past in hidden places.
Granger does not speak.
Osias: No need to speak, your silence says enough.
Cacula: Master, up ahead.
The forest finishes and the men now walk a out of it. They see an enormous hill and on top sits a castle, House Granger. The castle was colossal with four towers sticking from each corner all spiking the clouds. The night made it stand it with its lights, making it spectacular view. Who would have known that a former dark mage house would like so...decent?
Osias: I am guessing this is the place.
Granger: Aye.
Osias: Pretty nice.
Cacula: Say, master, how will we enter the area. The entrance is heavily guarded and it would be a hassle to take them up front.
Osias: No worries, I got an idea.
Osias stretches both his hands with the palms open. He then slides them down to his waist and cuts himself with them. The blood dripped from his hands, he then stretches them out again and utters some words. He then raises his right hand up into the sky and black smoke appears from his hand and the ground begins to rupture. Corpse begin to rise from underneath them. The bodies are putrefied and look like they could break down with a single strike.
Granger: This is taboo...this is madness
Osias: Eh? I am pretty sure your bloodstained family did it back in their times. Now, we have to put the uniforms.
Osias raises his hand and black smoke appears once again. The dead bodies begin to be enveloped in clothes and armor just like the one that Granger's men wore. Osias also binds himself with the clothes.
Cacula: Master, what about me?
Osias: Yeah, I could give you clothes, but no men of Granger stood 2 meters tall.
Cacula: So what is there to do?
Osias: Hmm....I got it!
A few moments laterCacula is covered in a robe and with chains tied around his wrists and ankles.
Cacula: This is so diminishing...
Osias: No worries, it will only be while we try to get inside. Very well then, I think we are done.
Osias approaches Granger and cuts off his restrains.
Osias: We will walk that hill in a calm manner and say that my fellow servant is a prisoner. We will then enter and everything will be alright.
Granger: And what makes you think I won't inform my men about what I am in?
Osias: Oh, that is a simple answer.
Osias leans towards Granger ear and whispers:
Osias: I will kill you.
Granger becomes silent.
Osias: Alright, on forth! Lord, lead the way. Men, restrain the beast!
Cacula: You are getting too much fun out of this...
They begin to march up the hill. The corpses are walking slowly, but steady. They all wear helmets that cover their faces so the guards won't find out about them. Half stand on one side and the other side on the other. Granger is in front of everybody and Cacula is in the middle wrapped in chains. They reach the top of the hill and stop at the gate. Two guards stand in front of the gate and several others are on the watch towers. Granger's men approach him.
Soldier #1: Lord Granger, I am glad you have returned. How was the night out?
Granger: It was...quite the surprising event.
Soldier #1: I am glad to hear. Say, may I ask who he is?
The soldier stares at Cacula and admires his size.
Granger: He wanted to have it with us in the tavern, but as you can see we managed to restrain him. *laughs*
Soldier #2: That is Lord Granger for you. Open the gates!
The gates open and begin to walk inside. The corpses are still moving slowly, but in synch. The guards stare at Cacula as he walks, intimidating in every footstep. The corpses continue to walk along and they finally reach the front door of the house. The group goes in and closes the door behind them.
Osias: *Sigh* That went better than expected.
Osias extends his arms and makes a fist on both of them. The corpses begin to collapse to the ground and the bodies begin to disintegrate as well as the clothes they were, leaving no trace behind.
Granger: This atrocious magic...
Osias: Yea yea, keep walking and give me the damn grimoires.
Granger: Follow me.
Osias and Cacula walk behind Granger. As they walk they see the house closely. It was humongous and the roof seemed endless. The place was decorated with statues of angels, dragons, fairies, and other creatures.
Osias: I see you like to fancy yourself with the finest items in the land, uh?
Granger: I have earned all of this fair and square, unlike you, that you probably gain your earnings from killing, kidnapping, extortions, experiments-
Osias: It is a bad income, but it is still money.
Granger: If you know it is so bad then why do you do it?
Osias: How about you shut the f**k up and show me the way.
The men continue to walk when they come in front of a bookshelf and stop.
Osias: Let me guess, one of these books opens slides the shelf aside and we enter it. Cliche much?
Granger: It is illusionary magic. I have to dispel it.
Granger gets his hand on the bookshelf and murmurs a few words and the bookshelf begins to disappear.
Osias: Still, it is behind a bookshelf.
Granger, Osias, and Cacula enter the dark passageway and torches begin to light up the way.
Osias: Do not try anything funny now.
They continue to walk down the passageway and eventually end up in a small room. The room was dirty and dusty as if no one has ever been in it for a while now. A stone table was seated in the middle of the room and on it were some scrolls, books, notes, and other written items on it. On the walls there were desks and shelves hanging with jars of mysterious substances and with several papers and other books. Cacula begins to read the documents.
Osias: Now this is a place I can call home.
Granger: It was my great grandfather's room in where he would do his "experiments".
Osias: How do you know this?
Granger: My father once brought me here when I was a young boy. He would tell me the past our family had and it made me feel impure, stained. I never imagined our house came from malignant magic, but now we have been cleansed by the kingdom and we are now a respectable house.
Osias:
Cleansed you say. The malignant magic is one that no ordinary person performs. They must be of the highest rank and I know your house was once up there. You were feared by all the others in the land, but now have fallen to such a low degree that it brings no honor to your name. Maybe if you were still bad we could have been good friends.
Granger: Aye, but we are not and now you have me in a tight spot.
Osias: I beg your pardon. We will be out of here as soon as we find what we came for.
Granger: There is hundreds of research documents in here. It will take you several days to go through them all.
Osias: We have the time.
Granger: Ah, but I don't...
Granger rushes to one of the shelves and knocks it down. He catches a jar and in the jar was a black murky liquid. He then then throws the jar against the table on the middle and it shatters, spilling the liquid all over the table.
Osias: Eh, what was that for?
Suddenly the stone table begins to glow red. It catches Osias and Cacula's attention. Granger bursts out a roaring laugh and holds himself from exploding.
Granger: You really think I would let you get the grimoires just like that? Well, you are wrong!
The room begins to shake and as well as the whole buildings. Bits of rock start to fall from the ceiling and the books and jars fall from their place.
Granger: When my father brought me here he explained to me that we have a powerful weapon against anyone. He told me to use it in case of an emergency and this is the right opportunity to use it. The liquid I threw was my great grandfather's blood. I know that you know the blood of a blood mage is still of use even after their death. Even though the person who uses the blood isn't a blood mage they can still cast spells with the blood of the mage.
Osias looks closer into the table and notices there is a magic circle printed on it.
Granger: I call forth the Black Dragon of the Night. Ferocious claws and abominable fire. Scorch thy enemies with vicious wrath!
Granger then places his hand on the table and a black smoke appears. Osias and Cacula are unable to see Granger and decide to run outside out the room. The house still shakes violently and run towards the doors they came in. The open the doors and see the men running around senselessly. The men do not acknowledge Osias and Cacula for they are worried for their own lives.
Soldier #1: Captain, what is happening?!
Soldier #2: I do not know, we need to get in battle position. Rally up the men!
Soldier #1: Yes sir!
The soldiers begin to organize themselves to attack, but attack what exactly? Osias and Cacula walk outside and see up into the sky. Black clouds begin to surround the top of the house. It seems that a storm is about to begin, but Osias and Cacula know what there is to come. Osias gives a giant smile to the sky.
Osias: Cacula, it's coming.
Cacula: Aye, a formidable enemy is coming.
Osias: I haven't had this much thrill since a long time ago.
Cacula: A dragon is the opponent after all.
Osias: Cacula, cover me while I prepare myself.
Osias extends his arms from side to side with open palms. Black smoke begins to surround his body. The smoke covers him whole and it now begins to be absorbed by him. The smoke goes inside his chest and Osias looks up into the sky with a grin. His hair begins to turn black and along with it his skin. It turns into an obsidian color and he kneels with one leg. The white of his eyes turn red and the middle of it goes purple. His skin then begins to pop out small scales. As if those of a dragon. His chest is the first one to go followed by his arms and legs and finally all of his body is covered.
Osias: Yes, I feel so alive!
Osias' hands begin to grow an object from his palms. The objects begins to get longer and bigger, they were swords. The tips come out all the way onto the handle. The swords were made of a black metal and the whole sword was black as well. He then holds the swords with his hands and takes a stance.
Cacula: Master, the sky.
The sky begins to get darker and darker with the clouds and roars of thunder begin to be heard. The men of the house have still not noticed Osias and Cacula, for they are too busy looking after themselves.
Soldier #3: The sky, something is coming.
Soldiers #4: Brace yourselves!
Osias: Yes!
Osias' begins to make his body small and dark wings appear. Veiny and thin they looked, like those of a bat. The sky then expulses lightning and the thunder gets louder. Suddenly, a bolt of light strikes the house and creates a bright flash. The flash is over and an enormous monster stood on top. The claws of the dragon gripped tightly around the roof causing it to crack. The heavy breathing gave a lingering shake on the ground. It looked down on them and back to the sky. It opened its big snot and blazing fire emerges from its mouth. It is furious and out for blood.
Osias: Entertain me!
Osias flies towards the dragon with his two swords by his side. The dragon sees him and spits fire at him. Osias puts his arms in front of him and with the swords he slices through the fire. He then approaches the dragon's mouth and cuts him in the nose. He passes by him in a fast speed that the dragon has no time to counter. The dragon is infuriated and gives out a mighty roar and spits fire on the ground. The men on the floor run away from the path of the fire, but Cacula stands there and lets the flames hit him.
Soldier #5: Someone has been struck!
Soldier #6: But it is not one of ours...
The flames disperse and Cacula stands upright looking up to the sky. His clothes has burned off, revealing his body. The skin is pitch black with blazes of fire on his body, but he is not bothered.
Soldier: #7: Is he...is he still alive?!
Soldier #8: Impossible!
Cacula's body begins to shed and the pieces of skin fall off.
Cacula:
Waiting for your commands, my master.The battle now moves to the sky in where Osias and the dragon are flying around. The dragon spitting fire all over the place trying to get Osias. He maneuvers and dodges the flames with simplicity. The dragon becomes annoyed by this and decides to charge him. The beast moves at a rapid speed towards Osias and with its front leg it knocks him off the air, sending him to the ground. The floor cracks and a cloud of dust surrounds him.
Osias: That sure was a b***h smack.
Cacula approaches him.
Cacula: Master, do you need assistance?
Osias: I am perfectly fine, Cacula. The beast just took me by surprise. Besides, i already did some damage.
The dragon is missing one of its claws. It was cut out the moment it hit him down.
Osias: The bad news is that the blades broke.
Shows the broken blades.
Osias: But I got to match his strength.
He looks at his hands and both start to grow longer and narrower. The tip of the fingers turn to brown claws and he clenches his fist several times.
Osias: This will do. No worries, Cacula, you worry yourself about the men down here. I am off!
He stands up and makes a ground shaking jump. In a matter of seconds he is with the beast again. He flies towards the dragon's abdomen to strike with his claws, but the dragon spits fire. The fire hits him, but he is not stopped. He gets to the dragon's chest and makes a deep cut and the dragons roars in pain. With one of its legs it removes him from its chest and looks at Osias with deadly eyes.
Osias: You sure are one ugly motherf-
The dragon spits fire directly into Osias as the beast grips to him tightly in a fist. Cacula sees this and becomes worried.
Cacula: Master!
Cacula grows wings similar to those of Osias. As he is about to fly towards the dragon he stops and sees something. The dragon continues to spit fire non stop until they are deflected upwards. Osias holds the flames with one hand and with the other he makes a fist.
Osias: Alright, playtime is over.
He extends his fist towards the dragon and he opens it. A beam of black light appears from his palm and directs itself towards the dragon's chest. The light hits the dragon, causing the beast to flinch. The light continues to strike it until it comes to a stop. There is a massive hole left on the dragon and it also passes through him. The dragon's eyes slowly close and its wings slowly stop flapping. The gigantic beast begins to fall with edon still on its grip. Osias' body vanishes and black smoke replaces him. The dragon hits the ground with a mighty force and causes it to shake violently. A big cloud of dust rises and the visibility is low. Osias quickly goes to the ground and grabs Cacula by his arms and lifts him. They both fly off.
Moments laterOsias and Cacula are located near a river with a bit of vegetation around them.
Osias: *Cough* *Cough*
Osias violently coughs out blood.
Cacula: Master, if you know how that transformation gets you in this state then why do you continue to use it?
Osias stands up and looks speaks without looking at Cacula.
Osias: I couldn't help it. I the adrenaline surged my body and I used it. Besides, it is one of the strongest spells I know.
Cacula: But your health...
Osias: I am as bad as it gets and you know that.
Cacula: I sure do.
Osias looks around the area.
Osias: Why is it that we came here in the first place?
Cacula: Well, as we were flying you began to lose altitude and suddenly collapsed. I managed to get us both down safely by landing in the river.
Osias: I see. Well, thank you. *sigh* We didn't get to read those documents.
Cacula: I did manage to get some on my hands-
Osias: Oh really?! May I see them?
Cacula: But when the dragon burned me they disintegrated.
Osias: Oh...
Cacula: I am sorry, Master.
Osias puts his hand on Cacula's shoulder.
Osias: It is okay, Cacula. You always think ahead of me.
Cacula: Thank you, Master.
Osias looks up to the sky and sees the sun setting in.
Osias: I guess we are going to have to sleep here tonight.
Cacula: I guess so.
Osias extends his arm and points it at the floor. A slab of rises from the ground and two others holding it in place.
Osias: Well, shall we rest now?
Cacula: Aye, get some rest.
~-End of chapter-~
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