136 It Has Begun (2/2)
Ferrise's movements slowly down significantly and strangely enough he found that his vision had become split. Ferrise turned his only good eye to look at the cause of his demise and saw Desmond wrapped in a cloak of soul fire. It took him a minute but Desmond eventually figure out that the weakness curse could also be dispelled by using his soul fire making Ferrise's crows completely useless against him in all regards.
”What's with that look forgot about me already? That's alright i'm sure you'll remember me after this”.
Ferrise's eyes widened as Desmond snapped his fingers which lit the spark the engulfed Ferrise in flames. Desmond soul fire made Ferrise experience a hell far worse then what Maverick had ever done to him. Ferrise tried extinguishing the flames but he couldn't the flames now raged within the depths of his soul and he had no way to put it out.
As Ferrise was the face of death Maverick saw opportunity. To seize it Maverick hardened his resolve and revealed a long hidden blade hidden inside his right arm. The blade shimmered as it glowed a soft light blue. Maverick without hesitation used the blade to cut off both his legs (below his ankles). Once he did the 4 sonic orbs surrounding Maverick launched him forward allowing the arms that sprung out of the pool of blood to claim Maverick's legs. Maverick's body flew in the acidic air which corroded him further. As he barreled towards Ferrise who was shouting loudly Maverick swung his blade one final time. A blood fountain sprayed into the air after Ferrise's head was severed from his shoulders.
That unbelievable scene of his decapitate body set aflame by his most hated enemy and some random old man was engraved inside Ferrise mind and in his final movements time slowed. So many confusing and conflicting emotions swelled up inside. There where to many thoughts and ideas of what could be, what could have been, and what will happen. All those things made Ferrise panic so much he fealt as though he would die from that alone.
So, he made all those confusing thoughts simple and turned it all into rage an intense rage born under so much pressure it rippled outward. Ferrise was unwilling to go silently into the night his hatred was to strong for that. In the final act before all life left Ferrise's body and his eyes no longer burned with the same hatred as before. A strong mental wave undulated forward in all directions striking both Desmond and Maverick.
Maverick attempted to resist it but his mind still cracked under the extreme pressure it received. Desmond fared even worse then Maverick he may have a strong will and an unquestionable resolve to pursue his dream of magic but he had only just begun strengthenin his sea of consciousness. Large cracks reminiscent of the grand canyon appeared everywhere inside of Desmond's mind. If it wasn't for Desmond's sheer grit alone in resisting Ferrise's mental shock wave he could have died from it or ended up brain dead.
Maverick was trying to catch his breath on the floor after enduring the sudden mental attack. Maverick after taking a second to rest crawled to Ferrise head and a red jem off of Ferrise's forehead. The key stone that he sought to take from Ferrise for so long was finally in his hands. Though he took a few losses to do it, it was all worth it in Maverick's eyes. After storing the item away Maverick gazed up at the old man who had been watching him the hole time. Their partnership has ended so anything can happen now.
Maverick even though that Desmond would betray him half way threw yet he didn't. But that didn't mean much in Maverick's eyes anyway. To him Desmond could have partnered up with him for any number of reasons the two most likely ones being he thought Ferrise was more of a treat or that he himself was to dangerous of an opponent in Desmond's eyes, so he decided to ally with him. But now that he appears weak and injured what would Desmond do?.
Desmond stood upright and appeared completely unfazed by all the fights he endured in Maverick eyes which worried him. But Desmond had no thoughts of fighting in the slightest he just didn't want to show weakness in front of Maverick. Since he only had less then 10% of his magic left, his spiritual energy was practically almost gone, his body was heavily injured. plus he was still not stupid enough to pick a fight with someone like Maverick.
After looking around Desmond saw how much his soul fire had altered the terrain and didn't like it. It clearly displayed were he was lacking so he waved his hand and grasped the air to get ride of it. Desmond didn't know how to change an item back after he altered it. but he did know after he altered something he establishes a small connection with it and can destabilize that object breaking it down until it became like sand. After Desmond destabilized everything all the objects he affected turned to sand.
Desmond gazed at Maverick suddenly sprouted metal spikes out of his stubs and used them for legs. After spending a little time with Maverick Desmond could clearly see how cold and cruel he was just by how brutally he treated even himself.
”Maverick is your name correct?”
”Its actually my last name but I prefer it when people call me by it rather then my first name. The value of a name holds a lot of significance to a person I'm sure you can understand why Mr. Desmond Gillies”.
”Oh, so you know my name that's, so terrifying. Tell me did you figure that all out by using the implant in your right eye or am I simply just that famous”.
”You can spot my implants that's quite impressive your quite the man of mystery Mr.Gillies”.
”Yes and your waisting my time so why don't you take what you want of that corps and go where done here”.
Desmond and Maverick gazed at each other for a moment sizing the other up one last time before another person joined in on the conversation
”Go, and were will that be I wonder shouldn't you two explain yourself before you try to leave?”.
The battle between everyone destroyed an entire block. The DCPD had long since arrived to evacuate people and handle the situation but the person standing before Desmond and Maverick wasn't apart of the DCPD it was an official grade 1 magus of Delmar City.
Seeing who was both Desmond and Maverick respectively bowed. In front of a real mage that's all they could do.
”Explain now”.
Maverick stopped bowing and respectively explained what had transpired.
”Your lordship this is what has happened you see in their desperation to prepare for the coming war my fellow students resorted to robbing innocent civilians. They targeted this old man at first who fought back hard to resist. I happened to be in the area when I heard the commotion. Seeing how my comrades where smearing the good name of our academy I felt that I had to do something that when the battle intensified”.
Maverick didn't stutter once when he spoke, he was eloquent through to the very end. Only a seasoned lier could utter that much shit from there mouths and do it with a smile.
”Your trying to tell me a simple robbery turned into this mess. Why in the world would they be willing to die for a handful of magic crystals”.
”They weren't sir the reason this escalated to such a degree was because of my presence. When I came to inspect the commotion I had no clue what to expecte. It never once crossed my mind that I would run into three old enemies. You see since the beginning they have always been jealous of my talent. This drew a wedge between us especially between me and Ferrise over there. For years their anger for me grew until they let it all out on this day when they believed they had the opportunity to finally put an end to me since I was out numbered. If it wasn't for courageous old man risking life and limb it would be me dead on the ground right now”.
As Maverick pointed down at Ferrise's body and gave an invigorating speach the word shameless popped up in Desmond's mind because that's all he could come up with to describe Maverick's actions absolutely shameless.
There was no real way for the mage to easily prove Maverick's story since there where no camera's in the area courtesy of the underworld elites making deals with the higher ups. Mind reading was also against the rules for legal reasons, and after the mage inspected all the bodies he was surprised to find not even a trace of anyone's soul because of Desmond's soul fire.
”Who killed these apprentices?”
”It was my your grace”.
”How did you do it?”.
Desmond didn't hesitate to show the mage his soul fire because it would lead to unnecessary trouble if he did.
A look of surprise appeared on the mage's face, ”A soul fire how in the would did you acquire something, so valuable”. If Maverick told the mage they fought for Desmond's soul fire he would believe it in an instant because not even official mages can acquire something like that without risk or a steep price.
”It was gifted to me by my master”.
”And who is your master?”. The mage asked that not only because he had to but because he wanted to know if his master was someone who he could personally offend. If so he could take away Desmond's soul fire for himself.
”He is a rank 3 magus I don't know his full name but he prefers to go by the name Zane”.
Maverick and the official magus both sucked in a breath of cold are after that statement because it was a bold claim that could spell doom for the both of them if it was real and his master decided to act.
”I'm gonna need to verify that, stay still”.
The mage took out a piece of glass and cast a spell while looking through it the results of which were disheartening.
”its true you are a mages apprentice which makes you an official apprentice unlike other apprentice level civilians and depending on your masters status you actions will be deemed insignificant but your master will still receive a fine for the damages that you caused”.
”That's fine my master loves to take care of me and will deal with this joyfully”.
After Desmond said that he began coughing up blood. The insects Zane left inside Desmond gave Desmond's internal organsa few love bites.
”Ok then, so you both know Twilight Academy shall be noticed of this incident and it will be up to them if they want to persue the matter any further. One of you is apart of Twilight Academy so your safe but you're not so they may take action against you”.
The mage was was about to say more when suddenly the entire place shook. The sound of a terrible explosion travelled all throughout the city. The time had come, that explosion signaled the call to armes for the best and the brightest because it was time for war.