Darius

|•Chapter 18:- Darius•|

After Lydo fight with the unknown man, everyone had seems to calm down and Lydo fame began to rise. Many had start forgetting Lorcán and began talking about the wonder warrior boy. He gave some a glimer of hope, they believed he also could defeat the dark elf. Even Apollyon and Dorian searched for this boy but they had no luck locating him. He was always on a mission somewhere or off training.

The wave of destructive sound passes and leaves a rather conspicuous scar upon Gaea's face. After it's dissipation, the two men and their dead counterpart were nowhere to be found for they had been completely annihilated without trace. At the exact same moment, in the cave wherein Darius and the other two acolytes were, Darius would smile and point at Adonis.

"Your comrades have been wiped out, I felt their energy disappear. but I also felt something else. The one they were fighting is unconscious, alive but barely. Retrieve him."

Adonis bows and replied "yes master". He opens a portal and walks in. A few seconds later, he returns through that same portal holding in his hands the comatose body of Lorcán Kincaid. "Here he is master." Darius uses gravity magic to attract the unconscious fellow toward him and drags him by the neck "Yes. I feel it, the last piece of Orobarion's power." Hector looking at Kincaid "But master, what about the blade?" He asked. "That one was destroyed too and the power flowed into this planet. It can be retrieved but I won't do that yet. The picture just got a lot bigger my friend." Dorian looks at Lorcán and smiles.

"A LOT bigger!"

Half a minute later, Lorcán could feel life rushing back Into him. Before he opens his eyes, the first thing he notices is the insane amount of energy around him. Confused, he tries to recollect what happened. With a gasp, he remembers the fight and immediately realizes that he had been captured. His body was still too weak to muster up much magical energy enough to attack but his fighter instincts were still as sharp as ever. With a firm decisive tone, he asks aloud.

"What do you want? "

Darius casts a cold glance at Lorcán. Against all his primal urges, he refrains from gutting the insolent human on the spot. "You're awake warrior?" Lorcán slowly opens his eyes and looks around. Immediately, he takes in his surroundings. "Seems so." He gradually sits up. "What do you want with me?" Lorcán asked. What I want is not important in the grand scheme of things. Darius crouches begore Lorcán and stares him in the eye. "What's important is what you want." Lorcán stares at him quietly for a while. "Well, are you gonna explain that or are we about to kiss?" Darius chuckles and gets up "no. No we're not. I see you have a rather Interesting sense of humor. just like him". Lorcán glared at Darius "You're creeping me out. "By now he was rejuvenated enough to stand on his feet. "You've got 30 seconds to state what u want before u start losing body parts". In a flash, Adonis was behind Lorcán and an elongated and pointed bone was just a few inches away from entering the lad's neck.

"Know your place fool! "

"Adonis, son of Abaddon, calm yourself." Darius spoke with authority. Adonis let's down his blade in response. " The human vessel isn't developed enough to house the power of more than one of the 7 great elven beasts. This you were told, yes?" Dorian spoke again this time to Lorcán. Lorcán looks at Adonis and mutters "I didn't even sense him coming. I'm really weakened. It'll take a miracle to come out of this alive." He turns to Darius "Yes. Why?" Darius smiled "Ever heard of Dark alchemy?" Lorcán still glaring replied relaunctly not knowing where this dark elf is going with this "Yeah. Probably. Why?" Darius smiled "what if I tell you that with Dark alchemy I can widen your vessel. Make it so that it can house all 7 different powers. Make you a god amongst Humans." That picked Lorcán interest a bit, but he was still very wary of this elf "What's thé catch?" Darius glared this time "The catch is you get to live." His expression changes and bloodlust seeps out of his skin pores. With a stare intense enough to frighten a crying toddler into silence, he peers Into Lorcán's soul. "Do not be mistaken human." His voice could be likened to the low rumbling of thunder before a storm. "This is not a negotiation. What I bring before u isn't a deal. It's a mandate." At this point, an aura as black as midnight could be seen stemming from his body. "You will take this power into your body, or die!"

Lorcán was at a loss. The dark elf was pushing him way beyond the edge. Normally he would have put him in his place but this time he could barely muster up enough power to keep himself standing so he couldn't do anything stupid. "Fine"

Darius almost instantaneously, cheer returns to his face and he smiles happily. It was impossible to guess that just a second ago, he had enough bloodlust to lay waste to an entire civilization. "Good boy, First I shall have to bind you. Hector!" He ordered.

A dark mass arises from thin air and wounds itself around lorcan's neck. "This is the ferryman's chain. As long as it's on your neck, it shall keep your magic level constant. Any ounce of magic that u regain will be absorbed. That way you'll be in your weakened state for a while longer."

"We can't have you trying anything stupid and forcing me to kill you can we? " Darius smirked. This bounty Hunter wasn't enjoying any bit of this. His nerves were boiling. But alas his calm wasn't lost. He knew that there exists no bindings he cannot escape.

"So what now?"

Oton who had previously sensed the arrival of the second dark elf had already sent his human subordinate, Bell Helmont, to locate him. He also told Psion to also send his, Kai. But Psion declined saying Kai wasn't strong enough. Bell who was cocky at first was a bit freightened when he felt a sinister aura near a cave who he suspected it was the dark elf. He hid and stood around for a while observing the scenery.

A few minutes later, Adonis and Hector who had left earlier, return with the former holding a glowing jewel in his hand. "Now... " Darius suddenly stops what he was saying "someone's here." He spoke in a horrific tone. Bell had seemed to walk into the cave trying to get a glimpse of what was happening at the moment. Darius seemed to have sensed this human presence.

"Come out human." He voice vibrated through the cave. Bell sighed and mutters to himself "seems I can't hide from this guy." He wasn't scared, he was cautious. In a flash, Darius seems to disappear and appear levitating 3ft above this human's head.

"State your purpose here or be immediately crushed". Lorcán magic was basically at zero, but his physical energy was almost normalized. He keeps his eyes on this new entrant at all times.

On seeing Darius, Bell knew he was no where there, no where powerful enough to defeat him. He briefly glanced at Lorcán and spoke to himself "what type of a monster is he to defeat a dark elf?".

Bell scratches the back of his neck, he hasn't had a full grip of how powerful the enemy is and that bothered him. He was brave when he met Oton because then he was prepared to die, but now he has found what to live for and if he dies there's no telling if he would truly rest in peace since Oton is around. So he had to be extremely cautious.

" I've traveled a long way to meet you. Darius, I heard tales of your greatness" he smiled widely.

A sinister aura was beginning to build up around Darius. He was only a tick away from crushing the intruder with a thousand Newtons of gravitational Force. "Flattery won't get you anywhere. State your purpose"

Bell didn't feel pressured or scared, he has felt something more sinister, more scarier and that of Darius didn't bother him much. "Whoaw let's chill a Little, I can be of you use to you." Bell said still retaining his smile. "You claim to be of use to me? How insolent. I am the great Darius of Alfheim. I can use whoever I choose. You don't choose whether you're of use to me. And I'm I clear?" Dorian stated firmly. Bell who was now getting bored and irritated from how high and mighty the dark elf was acting, couldn't help but burst out. "I come here showing my respects to you. And this is the thanks I get? He points at Darius. "I'm gonna be your student weather you like it or not"

"Is that so?" Darius hands were held akimbo and as he lifts one finger, the Earth's gravitational pull in that area almost instantly tripples, thus giving it enough force to force any standing human to his knees.

"Whether I like it or not? Are u giving me some kind of Ultimatum?"

Bell had only one goal to get stronger and strong enough to rule the world through fear. He was willing to work with this dark elf for his goal atleast for the meantime then go back to his Master. Oton.