B-Banished!?& Will to Live & Under the Night

Isaac almost had a heart attack.

When he woke up he tried his best to see the extent of the soul damage he had sustained.

Yet no matter was he did he could not enter his soul sea nor could he gain access to his ruins.

Fear gripped his heart.

Had he been banished from the spell?

Yet for that to happen he had to be corrupted.

Had he turned into a Nightmare Creature?

Many questions filled his mind flooding it with dread.

There was only one thing that gave him solace.

He still had his memories on.

Though he could not summon the one that were in his soul.

The ones that were already manifested were still there.

Yet even after a long time the runes still had not come back.

'Damnation'.

Isaac was in a torrent of fear.

Not knowing whether the Spell was still with him made his mind tremble.

All his plans would have went up in smokes if his connection to it was severed.

Yet no matter how long he waited the runes never arrived.

'S-so I really have been banished'.

As the realization hit him like a boat.

A large tentacle rouse from the icky black water as it longed at the boat.

The boat toppled over as the cohort all fell into the black waters.

Isaac was consumed by the black water.

He was in a very disadvantaged state as he was hit directly by the tentacle.

His mind was switching from conscious to unconsciousness.

The pain that stemmed from the hit didn't help either.

Isaac was terrified.

He had never felt so afraid ever since he had come to Shadow Slave.

Yet for some inexplicable reason his fear was to much.

No matter how much he tried the fear washed away all other emotions like a wave.

Then a tentacle wrapped around his body as it began to slowly pull him down.

Trying to resist he felt despair slowly devour him.

Bit by bit Isaac lost the will to live.

Why should he suffer?

Why should he keep pushing?

He was fateless.

His death would not be felt by the world.

Sunny, Nephis, Cassia and even Electra would not give him another thought.

As the realization hit him...

he let go...

"Is-".

A voice that stemmed from a far place was heard under water.

"Isa-".

The voice grew louder.

The voice more clear.

"Isaac"!!!

In the deep darkness white like burst forth.

The darkness seemed to run as if scared.

Then Isaac felt a pull.

Opening his eyes he saw something.

A pale hand grabbed him.

At first he thought it was Sunny but when he remembered the white light he deduced that it was Nephis.

But why would she save him?

He was only a stepping stone for her.

She would gain a large amount of followers why bother saving him.

But then a deep and strange feeling bloomed within his heart.

I-I...

The feeling grew stronger.

I w-want...

Then the feeling began to burn his insides.

I WANT TO LIVE!!!

As if something deep within him heard his call a wave of heat spread through his soul and from his soul the heat flooded his body.

Isaac's body was suddenly filled with power.

His muscles bulged his veins marking his skin.

He grabbed Nephis in a tight embrace.

Using the strength in his legs I pushed forward.

The water around him parted from his powerful movements.

He shot through the water Nephis still within his embrace.

Then he felt something grab at his leg.

Looking back fear gripped his soul as a tentacle wrapped around him as more approached.

'I can't fight while I hold her'.

Without a second thought using all the strength within his upper body he throw Nephis through the water pushing her to the surface near land.

With Nephis out of the way, Isaac turned his gaze toward the tentacle wrapped around his leg.

Without a second thought, he threw a punch at the tentacle.

Normally an attack underwater would slow down considerably but with Isaac's enhanced state his fist tore through the water landing on the tentacle.

Yet it was not enough.

Isaac felt his strength slowly slip away.

'Think damn it think'.

Then a thought struck him.

Within his soul sea sphere hung suspended in the air.

The golden words that were once engraved upon it oath had begun to slip away and change.

They read...

[I grow stronger during the night and weaken during the day]

With this new oath, the entire soul sea began to violently tremble waves of heat and power flowed from the words through the soul and into the physical body.