It's Hell(4)

"Oh fu*k!!!", Aryan shouted

"What happened?... Don't tell me you were the one who..?", Vulcan asked in a worried tone

"Yes... but no one saw me do it, I cleared the witnesses", Aryan stated with nervousness on his face

"You dumb kid, there are expensive artifacts that can tell the murderer!!", Vulcan exclaimed

"For now come with me, I will keep you safe", Vulcan stated while keeping his hand on his forehead

Vulcan takes Aryan to a room in the smithy where old equipments were stored and told him to not come out for at least a year and that he would give him the necessities every day.

Aryan sighed but he had to do it or else he would surely end up dead. He started living in that tiny room, he organised his room as he couldn't live where insects would call around and swords would be hanging above him while he was sleeping.

After a few days, Aryan was bored as he couldn't do anything new, he couldn't kill, practice or anything. So he decided to make a second circle. The day after he told Vulcan to not visit anymore as his visit could hamper his concentration.

The first circle he made was a basic one which would make the functions faster and simpler but with this one, he had to make it stronger, bigger and more complex. Normally it would take 2-3 months to make the 2nd circle.

The time depended on many factors such as the person's abilities, understanding, the complexity of the circle etc. The most it would take would be around 5 months but for Aryan, it took way more than that.

It had been 9 months since he had started making the 2nd circle but his body instead of getting weaker was becoming stronger. It's because when making a new circle, the mana starts to heal the body to make it comfortable for itself.

After all the hard work for 9 months, he did it, he had finally completed the 2nd perfect mana circle. Just as he was about to open his eyes, he was transported to a black pitch void.

[Congratulations!! you have gained the interest of a Legendary grade Spirit!]

"What the fu*k!, where am I, shouldn't the spirit be summoned to me instead of me", Aryan shouted.

He was right but it happened when the spirit's ranking was low but the spirit which took interest in Aryan was not normal.

"Why is nothing happening?!", Aryan looked around and stated

"Why? did you want something special?", The spirit appeared. It was Nekroth. One of the few royal spirits of Hell.

Nekroth is a humanoid spirit covered in black armour that radiates an aura of darkness. It leaves behind a trail of pitch-black fog and shadows as it moves, and its piercing red eyes glow with malevolent energy.

A tattered black cape hangs from its shoulders, appearing as if it were made of the same shadowy substance as the fog. Its presence induces an overwhelming sense of fear and foreboding in those who encounter it, as Nekroth's power is immense and capable of reducing even the bravest of warriors to trembling with terror.

Aryan was nervous as he was in front of such a powerful presence but he remembered that willpower is the most demanding in facing a high-ranking spirit. He uses the mental fortifying spell and goes to Nekroth puts his hand on Nekroths shoulder and said, "You can't talk to me like this you know".

"Ho... seems like you think I can't do anything to you, let's check if you can survive this..", Nekroth recited a mind-controlling spell

Aryan was trapped inside, making him feel all his past misery and sadness with amplified effect. Nekroth thought it would break Aryan from the inside and would be a great test to decide whether he is worthy of being his master.

Aryan started to scream... but it was just a few seconds, he soon started laughing and then grabbed Nekroth by his neck and shouted, "This petty trick won't save you again, you Di*kHead!!".

"HA..HA..HA..HA", Aryan laughed menacingly

Aryan activated a spirit bond formation spell. It gave the position to both parties according to their powers. The majority of times it was 50-50 but the one Aryan activated was different.

"Ahhhh", Nekroth shouted in pain.

"Don't be out just yet, It's just the start!", Aryan stated with a horrifying look on his face

After 20-30 minutes it finally ended and Nekhroth accepted to be his familiar. The bond was formed, Aryan had 99 and Nekroth 1 as commanding power.

"It's done, now let me out of this spell!", Nekhroth shouted

"Ok.. ok.. now let's get back!", Aryan said with the face of scamming someone

[Congratulations!! You have attained a Familiar!]

"Nice, it was a big gain!", Aryan stated

Aryan opened the door and saw Vulcan sleeping on the couch. "He really is a hard-working person", Aryan thought.

Aryan was about to wake up Vulcan but then he sensed something.

"How is this here, Yes!!!, Aryan shouted with a surprised face and ran off from the house.

"Hey! where are you going?!", Nekroth shouted as now he was now his familiar and could see what Aryan saw.

"It's something that can help me return to earth!, I just sensed a return stone", Aryan stated while running towards the city centre.

Return stone can be used to abort any missions or challenges given by the tower or in dungeons.

Aryan reached the centre of the city and could sense the return stone near him. He looked at the statue standing straight in front of him. The stone was inscribed inside the hammer of the statue.

It was the statue of the first dwarven of the city. Aryan jumped to the return stone and touched it.

[You have activated the return stone!]

[Would you like to return to Earth?]

"Yessssss", Aryan shouted

A red light engulfed him all around and system sound was heard...

[Teleporting...]

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note: The ranking of familiars is the same as Items