Darker than ink

Hello, Cassian.

His voice sounded deep and distant, it was like listening to a dragon speak from the depths of his cave, despite this I could hear the regret in his words.

It took him a moment to stand up and when he did I could see him more clearly, he must have been more than two meters tall, his skin was white as the moon, his eyes were black as the abyss, his robe, like his hair, fell They moved as if under water, reflecting the night sky, nebulae of stars floating in absolute darkness. Without a doubt, he was a god.

He stopped for a moment, his gaze, despite the darkness in his eyes, reflected bewilderment, he discovered his surroundings and finally looked me directly in the eye.

I had no time to lose, if I wanted to save the world, this was the moment.

- Aratel nu asapod cargiot, grateneme nu siorapa nodaso, sangeah sisvileb, nedacad sivanid. Nameless deity who controls destiny, you are now under my command, with your blood I will forge a new path.

It was then that the magic circle became present, its purple light marked a barrier between me and that divine being, chains of light were formed and tied to that him, it was not the first time that I had imprisoned a deity, I knew that while it was inside, his magic was under my control, I had already subdued him to reveal the truth and had invoked him successfully, but I couldn't take any risk, if it escaped, my death was assured.

At first he seemed fearful, but there was something in his gaze… something that kept my fear afloat, despite my advantage.

My first order is...

From one moment to the next, a smile was reflected on his face and his look changed completely.

- Awesome.

- Say...excuse me?

- Sorry, I know you've been through a lot and that this is super important, it's just that... I've only been able to see this place in my dreams, it's beautiful.

The Midnight Forest was many things, but no one had ever called it beautiful, the forest was a wicked place, sunlight never touches the place, so it is in a perpetual midnight, when anyone steps foot in it´s insides, it´s immediately transported to a deeper part of the forest, the creatures born here are wild and violent, the trees, despite appearing dead, upon coming into contact with blood, they catch their victim with their roots, bury their branches on its victim and consume it alive, the mist causes nightmarish illusions that, if not controlled, can come true, and if your mind is not strong enough, the halo of the eclipse drives you completely crazy.

- My first order is...

- Yeah, I really don't think you fully understand what you´re doing.

- I'm going to save the world.

- Oh, yes, of course, I don't question your intentions, I know you, maybe even better than you know yourself, but the question is not if you want to do good, the question is... can you do it?

His voice now reflected mockery and arrogance.

- I have you chained, your power is mine.

I said trying to keep my composure, it wasn't normal for deities to act like that, regardless of their power, the circle always worked.

- I think you still don't understand.

-I am going to save my sister, my kingdom, all the kingdoms and with your power, all this will be possible.

- Always biting off more than you can chew.

- ENOUGH, I don't care if you are an arcane god or a chaos commander, you are now under my control.

Then he began to laugh, the magic circle is supposed to react when it is about to break, but it only took a laugh on his part for the circle to be on the verge of collapse, in less than a second, it went from purple to crimson red , it was a miracle, but it stayed firm.

- You invoked me to use my power, and you don't even know what I am, tell me... this magic circle, you did it to trap gods, right? You thought you were trapping some being of this world, right? Surely you used this forest because magic is stronger here isn't it? to summon me and catch me with ease, but let me tell you something and this is something you already know, you can't use a mousetrap to try to catch a lion, it doesn't matter if it's made of red iron.

With a yank, he broke all the chains that immobilized him.

-STOP, STOP.

He took a couple of steps and reached the edge of the magic circle, I could only watch helplessly as he used his bare hands to part the veil of light as if it were a window curtain.

- I am, the present, the past and the future, I am every existing and unexisting being and object, creation and destruction, life and death, and I am all of that, thanks to you.

At that moment I realized what was disturbing me so much about his gaze, because of it´s divine nature and his skin tone, I could not notice the white halo around his eyes, a shiver ran through my entire body at notice the mark of the midnight forest, the mark of madness.