NOVEL NEXT Chapter 4: a small light
Zero was in deep thought after making sure his surroundings were..safer than before.
'Dormant devils, Void Spawn, complete darkness and i can't feel my body..it's weird no matter how much I think about it!!! This isn't how my nightmare was supposed to go! Or so I think..I never heard about such an occurrence from anyone..I.. not even from my father.' He thought as his mood turned very gloomy.
He started moving around to see if he could find anything, now knowing that his [Void Spawn] Attribute helped him see more than he was supposed to he inched forwards to every outline he could see..to his surprise he didn't meet any other Void Spawn anymore.. He was truly troubled.
'So only conclusion I can come to is that I just murdered my own siblings? I'm pretty sure im one of them looking at my Attribute , thinking back to it I could see silhouettes of horns and wings..I wonder what they looked like, do I also look like that?'
He thought it was disturbing knowing that he might've ended up looking or even turning into a nightmare creature right as his trial began.
As he again started to worsen his own mood he saw something, IT,
He saw light. All though miniscule in height or width.
'What..is that?' He thought to himself before he ran without much thought afterwards.
Only one thought kept resurfacing in his mind.
'My way out my way out my way out my way out' he didn't know how long he has been here it felt like only several moments but in this darkness it couldve been several months or years, he wasn't sure how fast time moved in the nightmare comparing it to the waking world, so he tried to get out as fast as he could.
As he hadn't even registered the 3 new memories shining in his runes.
As he got closer to the small glimmer of light it started getting bigger and wider, it wasn't as small as it used to.
It..looked white, very white, as far as the eye could see.
'Just what is this place? The other half is covered in eerie darkness and now this other half, I'm not sure what to make of it..' as he glanced to the ground seeing his reflection on a muddy,stoney and wet road.
"+<×>×<×'Is..is that me? Gods I look terrible, haven't I showered in weeks?' He thought to himself in a sarcastic way to undermine his growing suspicion of having turned into a nightmare creature.
He could finally see himself, he moved his what would be fingers and looked at his ribs.
Feeling over them making a very nasty sounds of bones clacking over each over.
'I really don't like this. It feels too real..' putting aside his ever growing existential crisis, he moved forward.
He could see many more Fragments on the ground, he could see..war waged between people, stone warrior trying to take down huge abominations where he felt like his mind could shatter if he looked at them too much.
Then another Fragement where they were burning down what seemed to be temples made of darkness and moving also what seemed to be slaves around, on another fragment he saw the huge mountain like beings which were felled, now laying there as some bled gold and one bled darkness.
They seem to cursing out the dark bleeding one before it looked at Zero's way.
He immediately shut his eyes scared of what the consequences would've been watching such a great being laying there waiting for it's death.
It seemed to have noticed him but how? Weren't these Fragments of the past? Were they in reality a segment of the current doom war that he was in? Did that mean ..or what he assumed to be..the gods? Were alive in his nightmare? What could be the consequences of such a thing he could only wistfully think about before distracting himself with another fragment..this one much more different, it showed utter darkness nothing ever moving.
Then he saw something move and touch another being of dark and it falling apart.
'Is..that me? Is there a fragment of me inside my own nightmare? Ahhhh so many questions why are there no anwsers' he scratched his skull with his long and sharp fingers.
Stopping abruptly hearing the noise that it made.
Aspect: [Wretched spawn]
Aspect description: [you are a long forgotten existence born of Divinity from inside the void, as time passed you have gained consciousness but your fate is sealed to be used as canon fodder in the doom war.]
'Canon fodder...is that what I need to escape? How do I do that?' He thought to himself
He had already killed his brethren before they could do so.
He turned to another fragment to see something staring at him.
It was the one who bled black, his only thought was 'could that be the shadow God?'
'W-what?' He thought out loud
"+×÷×÷÷?"
The creature looked at him in amusement as if not expecting him to respond to his stare.
It closed its eyes as if it never meant to look into the fragment.
Zero just stood there in silence,
'What did this mean?' He wondered, he knew this had to be something of utmost importance to finish his nightmare.
Luckily he was able to have a somewhat calm mind to remember that nightmares have a goal that needed to be cleared to be released from it's call.
This however reminded him of the trio of awakened which were probably transporting him to the Siege capital right now..
And he mood turned absolutely dark as if he could see through the spell looking at the trio trying to murder them with his stare.
'Those Bastards!..they weren't actually from the clan..or were they? They seemed to have been bought..bought by who? Valor?,Song? The house of night? I'm pretty sure the Immortal flame clan wouldn't be free enough to plan an attack on me long ago before their fall.'
'This is worrying, I could be handed over to the enemy on a silver tablet if I don't hurry!'
He looked at his runes again to see if there would be any difference..just to see for his shock that he had gained 3 Memories.
'I..wha.. how? When?' He thought to himself before investigating them but then realised one important piece of information which seemed to have slipped his mind..
'WHERE ARE MY MEMORIES OF THE CLAN?'
He closed and opened his runes several times just to see there was nothing.
'They lied to me..but they probably have something similar hopefully.
Our camps..our camps were around eastern Europe, of what would've been past ..Scandinavia? I think? Or am I wrong? It should be above a country called Bulgaria that existed about a hundred years ago.'
With that in mind, the young man went to look at his runes.
Memories: [Void Mantle]
'Hm a mantle' he thought
As he focused on the runes.
[Void Mantle:a cape from long forgotten times, it once was a Void Spawn killed by its sibling, it's heart broken from understanding could only transform into a mantle to help its treacherous sibling survive the doom war.]
'....this serves only for more confusion what does it mean with treacherous? It clearly tried to kill me first with his death poke.' I tried to pout but I could feel my bone..cheeks unmoving as I then gave up with a sigh.
'Understanding..so it knew that it could die if I poked it back, then why did it poke me in the first place? Is there something I'm missing?' He thought
Begrudgingly moving his now red pupils to the next memory.
Memories:[Void Mantle],[Void Bag]
'Now we are talking!' He thought with a more focused mind now.
[Void Bag: from long forgotten times, a Void Spawn raised its finger to consume its brethren only to get eaten itself, It used its last thoughts to turn into a bag to carry its treacherous siblings heavy burden.]
'Hah slowly it's getting old! Once again it's self defence!' He thought but summoned the void bag into his hands.
And then a dark bag formed in his hand so dark even that it looked like a drop of oil in this white field.
He then willed the void mantle into existence.
Surely soon enough it came around his shoulders, blending through his wings and sitting almost perfect even.
He..felt a bit more calm he couldn't deny it.
Was that a part from it's abilities? He could only guess.
He then willed it into his Void bag and it disappeared like it never existed.
Looking at his runes it was still there and tried to summon it from his runes and it once again laid down onto his shoulders.
'So I can put memories in but can will them back out from my runes if I own them..very neat.' He genuinely thought that was a good way to surprise attack other people as he was pretty sure they would be the biggest obstacle on his journey to view this new world.
He had plans to destroy all 3 major clans and try to revive his own.
All but a wish he thought.
'First things first survive my own nightmare and awaken later after the solstice. " He thought with new determination.
And looked into his last memory.
Memories:[Void Mantle],[Void bag],[Void ring.]
Huh.
'Void ring? I wonder what it can do..' he thought a bit disappointed not getting a weapon.
[Void Ring: from long forgotten times, a Void Spawn tried to escape the slaughter from it's brethren just to fall like many other of its siblings did.
It used it's last thoughts to protect its treacherous siblings mind and soul.]
'Again with the treachery!!I don't understand what it means... or wants.
But it seems..like a charm? Or is it a tool? I can't be sure but it protects me.'
He thought as he summoned it and saw a black ring with a face on it resembling the void spawns that he saw and killed.
'I do feel..fulfilled? Safe?..almost.. but not quite there yet. With the mantle it should help me with keeping my mind at least in this accursed nightmare.'
With that in mind, he started walking closer to where the white and darkness formed what seemed to be a perfect unison.