41 Chapter 39: The Unfortunate Visi (1/2)
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Luther sat quietly in his room, as he read a book.
He was patiently waiting for an unwelcome visitor, not truly interested in the book he was reading, he'd much rather be spending time with Ivery and helping her through her stay at the Hollow's Castle again.
He sighed as he was eager to have this visit be over with so he could go back to Ivery.
Suddenly...he noticed the lights in his room were flickering..
”Hm?” He looked turned his head and smirked
They flickered until they turned off completely, only leaving the sunlight the only source of light in the room.
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”You're finally here,” A mysterious voice said
”I should be saying that, since it took you a while to come...I was feeling a bit impatient” Luther smiled as he tossed his book on the couch he sat on
”Well, here I am..” A person stepped out of a dark area in the room and into the light that the sun shone inside through the windows
”So it appears that you've become far more hideous than you were before” Luther saw Xia step into the light
”Watch it..” Xia's hands gathered a purplish mist
”Oh, did I touch a nerve?” Luther slightly chuckled
”I don't know why I ever loved you..” Xia laughed to herself
”Neither do I, it was an honestly a pointless infatuation” Luther shrugged
”You're right it was pointless to ever be in love with someone as heartless as you! But it doesn't matter anymore...the girl that loved you before, died, so...right now...I'm what's left of her broken heart” Xia gritted her teeth and her eyes maliciously looked at Luther's smug face
”Should I be scared?” Luther sarcastically asked with a wider smile as he noticed the fierce look in her eyes
”What could possibly scare someone like you?” She asked
”Nothing has able to so far, but for things that possibly could, you surely don't make it on the list” He responded
”I'm not here to scare you or fight..” Xia tried to calm herself down....if his condescending responses continued she would've killed him on the spot before she even realized it...but she wasn't going to kill him just yet..
”Then what are you even here for?” He asked, slowly losing interest in the conversation
”Give up your status as the crown prince of Fresia, and destroy your prowess core..” Xia smirked
”And if I don't?” He smirked back
”You'll do it if you want to keep Inanna alive..” Xia said
”Inanna? She was sent back to the Hollow's castle by her father because she gravely angered him..” Luther fabricated a story to reduce any chances of Xia being suspicious of Ivery's 'predicament' being faked
”You didn't really love her?” Xia asked
”Of course not, I only pretended to be interested in her because the marriage and engagement was beneficial to both of our countries and future family lines, but now that she's going to be executed at the age of eighteen, having such a union would be pointless to each of our countries” Luther stated
”You really had me fooled...” Xia laughed
”I can't believe I thought you actually loved her, how could someone like you ever love anyone else but yourself!” Xia was hysterical
”So overall you've threatened me with a useless person, so I'll ask again, what happens if I don't comply with what you've so rudely demanded?” Luther asked as he stopped listening to her babbling
”Okay, I'll use someone that you definitely hold dear” Xia thought hard
”And that is?” Luther questioned
”Your lovely mother” Xia clapped her hands together and smiled
”You truly believe you could kill my mother?” Luther held back his laughter
”You don't know what I'm capable of doing now” Xia glared at Luther
”I don't have to know what you're capable of doing, you'll never be able to lay a finger on my mother with those playground powers you were given” Luther laughed, not being able to hold it in any longer
”What!?” Xia clutched her hands into fists
”I know all about the dark God that pitied you, the God that favors me told me about the dark God and her connection with you, also, did you not know that implanted powers from dark Gods slowly kills you every time you use the borrowed power?” Luther's lips curved into a sinister smile as he used the information Hades gave him earlier to his advantage
”.....” Xia didn't know how to respond to that....but she already knew that she traded her life in exchange for this power...
”It slowly drains your life force and the dark God feeds on that, dark power comes with a price, but the power you've temporarily obtained from a low ranked dark God isn't nearly enough to kill my mother, your threats are becoming duller and duller” Luther stood up from his chair
”Where do you think you're going!?” Xia shouted
”We're done with this conversation, you've long lost your leverage against me,” Luther said
”Don't come back, I won't be here anyway....” Luther told her
”Where are you going to be?” She asked
”That's none of your concern” Luther raised his hand and threw a black mist ball in Xia's direction
Xia raised her hands and purple mist flowed out of her hands and formed a shield in front of her.
The black mist ball went straight through her mist shield..
She still wasn't strong enough to go against him?!
Xia closed her eyes and was expecting to feel intense pain...