Merlin Asmodai
Dark corpse-like limbs holding me tight. My head, my legs, my hands, my torso unable of any movement like I am paralysed. My eyes could only see darkness. How long has it been?
Did I hear something? Am I hallucinating? My past...
𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼
Purple flames covered the land, screeching of thousands of children could be heard. But they were not children. Corpses of goblin-like creatures mutilated; spread across the land. Above them, a man in his early twenties is floating in mid-air. Wearing a cloak, Rib length white hair, his hands covered in flames, his eyes glowing with violet light. That's me, Merlin Asmodai.
Dark Shadows surrounded me in the form of Orcs. The growled at me.
"A mere human..."
"Who are you?"
"Grrrrrrr..."
This is fun. I smiled and introduced myself. "Heard of Dark Magician of Camelot, that's me; Merlin."
"How dare you stand in our way?" The leader, the biggest one of them shouted.
"Here I have killed thousands of soldiers, you try to invade my kingdom. You are asking me, why?"
A wave of purple flames came of me, turning them into ashes. Smoke rose up to the sky, the scenario was all smoke. No blood, no bone, no ash.
"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩, 𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣."
A loud voice filled the area, space ripped apart and a giant eye appeared in front of me. I know exactly what it was, A GOD.
"𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙬𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙤𝙨." The voice came from the eye.
"I never borrowed from the gods nor have I prayed to them."
"𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙬, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙."
"Laws and Order? Don't make laugh. You parasite are just pissed because a human can gain this power without begging to any of you."
"𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣."
"AAAAAA!!!" I screamed as black rocky hands captured me. A big one grabbed my whole lower body while smaller ones grabbed my hands and head completely immobilized me.
'I can't gather mana.'
"𝘼 𝘿𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙇𝙔 𝙎𝙄𝙉."
I can't breathe.
"𝘼𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙗𝙮𝙨𝙨, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙡𝙮."
I was pulled into a hole in the void.
"𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙, 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜."
The darkness covering me.
"𝘿𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝘿𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚."
"𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚."
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𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆
An alleyway, few boys dressed in the same type of clothing surrounded a black-haired boy around their age. Two boys were grabbing his limbs while the biggest brown-haired boy was delivering kicks to his abdomen.
"Do you think we are beggars? We wanted more." The big one kicked again.
"The reputable Strife family's son with empty pockets. What a waste of time?" The one grabbing him spoke.
The beaten-up boy was coughing blood.
The brown-haired boy look at him and said, "If I were you, I would have kicked the bucket a long time ago."
They left the boy in the alley, coughing blood with all of his money.
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𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱
What is this? I haven't heard anything for a long time. Have I finally started losing my mind?
A Hundred Years? Thousand years?
I need more power.
Was it my subconscious mind? Or hallucination?
I have no idea.
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𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
Haven't received any letter from my father. He is true to his word, he doesn't consider me his son anymore. To be weak is a sin?
I am here in my room, surrounded by these four walls. They mock me, just everyone else. My shirt wet with tears, blood flowing from my wounds, pills in my hand.
𝙐𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨
𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙝.
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙤.
𝙄𝙛 𝙄 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙤.
Don't laugh! Who are you judge me?! Death is better than this.
Let's just die then.
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗱
The seal is being released. How did this happen? A soul has entered my subconscious.
An orb of light. For me, it's the light of hope in the darkest night.
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𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵
I opened my eyes. Where am I? I looked at the ground to see some pills. Sleeping pills! The boy committed suicide. I am in his body.
AAAA!!!! What is this? The boy's memories. The boy's entire played right before my eyes, my head flooded with his memories. It's been two millennia.
Two fucking millennia.
I looked outside the window, city lights flashing before my eyes. The world has changed a lot, but gods. They are still here.
Don't wait for long. I'll get back at you. God.
I am back, I am the strongest mage in the world, Merlin Asmodai.
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All my wounds are healed, the mana is air is weak. Gaia is restricting it. Why? She has an unlimited amount of power. Who knows?
This place where I am is not human. It's a hidden realm. For the sake of keeping the normal world safe from supernatural threats, they decided to Magic Academies into secret realms. The City I am in; is in a secret realm, it's owned by one of such academies.
*UAAAAA*
I vomited blood. The mana is here is weak but my soul is top class, it's purifying my body. The first step, purifying my body.
*UAAAA*
I vomited more blood on the ground.
Eight hours, I have eight hours. Building a strong foundation is a must, take all the impurities out of my body.