Terror

As soon as Leus pushed the gate open, he realized that he had made a horrible, terrible, disastrous mistake.

Just now, something linked to his mind.

He didn't know how it linked or what it meant to be linked, but he instinctively knew it. He was certain of it!

Something built a connection to his mind.

He was connected to something.

And that something was standing in front of him right now.

Leus felt that he was standing in front of a giant.

No, he knew that he was standing in front of a giant

'It's colossal ...'

Leus felt only terror

Absolute terror

He was certain that if he wasn't an imaginary body he'd be shaking right now.

Whatever was in front of him was so big, it was so big that he felt like an ant standing in front of an elephant, no, a dragon.

He couldn't see a body, he knew that there was a body in front of him, but he couldn't see it.

'Look up' Leus heard a Stygian, somber voice in his head.

For a moment, the voice made him flinch, but still, he slowly raised his head up.

Two magnificent red eyes appeared in the middle of the darkness

The red eyes were looking at Leus with interest

'Oh my god ...'

Leus was speechless

That thing was so big!

It was like a living column was standing in front of Leus

'What's that? A spire? A pillar? That thing is not a human for sure!'

The eyes only looked at Leus with interest, and Leus just looked back.

Time passed like that.

The more Leus looked into the eyes, the more he felt like he was getting absorbed in them.

Leus was frozen in his place.

He couldn't look away from the eyes.

He couldn't move away from his place.

Well, he technically could if he really wanted to, but he didn't want that.

The eyes were engrossing

The eyes were enthralling

The eyes were captivating

They were charming

They were fascinating

They were riveting

Beguiling

Enchanting

Dazzling

Enticing

The eyes were ... irresistible

'ENOUGH'

Leus shouted at his mind

'Enough nonsense'

It was like his mind was getting hypnotized by the eyes.

It was scary.

When Leus did that, the eyes glowed brighter.

Leus felt that whatever was in front of him right now became even more interested in him.

And how did Leus know that?

'Because of the stupid mind link'

Somehow, since that connection was built in Leus' mind, he became able to instinctively feel whatever that thing in front of him felt.

Luckily, Leus felt no hostility coming from it, which eased his tension a bit.

Leus could feel that the thing wanted to know more about him, not only that, but It also wanted to

'Encompass my mind ...'

But not in a bad way, it didn't want to dominate Leus or take control of his mind.

It only wanted to encompass it.

It wanted to be a part of Leus' mind

It wanted to be a part of Leus' nature

It wanted to bond with Leus

It wanted to be one with Leus

It wanted Leus!

'ENOUGH, I got it'

Leus understood what it wanted, but he rejected it.

Through the mind link, Leus stopped whatever that was from entering his mind and encompassing it.

He knew what would happen if he did that

'The nature of this thing would consume me. It's so ominous and dark, I can't let something like that be in my mind, it'd definitely change me'

The thing felt what Leus decided, and it didn't like it

However, it didn't force itself on Leus

It didn't try to brute force its way through the mind link

It only expressed its displeasure to Leus, but that's it

'This thing definitely has a consciousness, it's not a thing, it's a being'

Because of the way it treated Leus, Leus began to feel comfortable around it.

His terror lessened. He was still afraid, but he wasn't terrified.

Regardless of that, he didn't trust the being in front of him at all

'This thing is surely evil ...'

Once again, Leus felt that evil wasn't the proper word to describe it

'Well, even if it's not evil, it's not good either'

After a couple of minutes of just staring at each other, Leus mustered up the courage to speak

"What ... Are you?"

Leus felt as if the being smiled.

It didn't have a mouth, or maybe it did but Leus wasn't able to see it, yet, Leus was certain that the being in front of him was grinning.

For some reason, that smile made Leus very nervous.

The somber voice echoed in his head again

'How about I show you'

The instant Leus heard that he felt his mind get assailed by a strong wave of that Element's Mana.

Immediately, his mind sank into a pit of darkness, then everything became gloomy

Memories of the fateful night flashed in front of Leus' eyes, and he couldn't stop them.

'It's like I'm trapped in my own mind'

First, Leus saw Kenton's dead and mutilated body, which brought back feelings of hatred, disgust, and anger.

Then he saw Kyle's tortured body.

After that, there was a time skip and Leus directly saw himself in front of the gang.

Then the fun began.

It was like being trapped in a box and forced to watch a movie.

Leus watched every kill again.

The more people died, the more satisfied he became.

He enjoyed watching them evaporate, get slashed, sliced, and minced.

He was happy to see them die.

This is how things are supposed to be.

This is what's supposed to happen.

This is how everyone should end up!

Enemies should die.

People should die.

EVERYONE SHOULD DIE.

EVERY THIN-

'Wait what?'

EVERYONE SHOULD DIE!

'Stop'

EVERYONE SHOULD DIE!

'STOP'

EVERYONE SHOULD DIE!!!

'GET ME OUT'

BOOOOOOOOOOOM

Leus shattered the dimension he was stuck in and forced his perception out.

His eyes shot open.

His body was sweating profusely, and his chest was heaving.

But before he could feel relieved, his eyes opened wide in terror again.