370 Seal (1/2)
'By the gods.' The old man swore, 'His Majesty told me to act like I am desperate but now that this thing's awake, I really am desperate.'
The old man was sitting on top of the Plane's Core as multiple orbs representing every elements. Red for fire, blue for water, brown for earth, green for wood, pale blue for lightning, white for yang and black for yang. Each orb formed an natural formation that served as protection for the core. The old man also weaved in some offensive attacks from time to time but due to the Bloodline Pact, he could only injure Vit'hum and not kill it.
It had been two months since this pest woke up from its slumber. Against all expectations, the earlier estimations of the old man was wrong, he didn't account the possibility of this beast being able to force its slumber to end.
And because of its early awakening, the struggle of the between two entities happened earlier than it's supposed to be. One desired to feast while the other desired to protect.
If things went according to their expectations, then the old man would've still be fairly relaxed but since it didn't, things turned hectic for him.
Ever since Vit'hum rose up from its slumber, it immediately began to siphon the plane's vitality with even more ardor. The old man could even see the excitement and impatience on the beast's eyes as it raised the maximum output of its siphoning.
The old man could only passively defend and casually attack Vit'hum. He repeatedly cursed the Bloodline Pact and constantly blamed himself for being careless. Now he could only hope that Raven would arrive in time.
”Give up, old man.” Vit'hum's gruff and raspy voice could be heard echoing everywhere in the Center. ”You can't stop me. You're just delaying the inevitable. Just let me eat this thing and I'll be on my way.”
”Ridiculous!” The old man yelled in fury, ”You damnable pest! All you know is to eat! If I let you do as you please, then this whole plane will be destroyed! If there's anyone that should give up here, that should be you!”
”Me? Giving up? Don't make me laugh here old man.” Vit'hum replied sarcastically, ”Why would I give up when I already won? Like I said earlier, you're just delaying the inevitable. I am telling you to give up out of consideration, why waste effort on defending something that's already meant to be eaten by me?”
”This thing is not meant to be eaten by you, not everything you see is yours to devour. You forced pathetic existence here and forced the Bloodline Pact on the Plane's Core!”
”What good is the world if they aren't my meals?” Vit'hum replied with a mad gleam on his eyes, ”I am the hunter and they are my prey. Everything that exist here is my game, it doesn't matter how I do it, all will be consumed by me!”
The old man felt that the plane's vitality was plummeting at an alarming pace. He clicked his tongue in annoyance and pushed the formations power to the maximum degree as well. He had been regretting his choice on wasting his breath towards this pest, had he stayed silent maybe this thing won't increase its siphoning.
With the rate of this suction, he could hold out for a week at most before the Plane's Vitality is completely sucked dry by this pest and the plane starts crumbling on its own.
”Hmm? So the Pale Bastard's awake already? That's early.”
A foreign voice reached their ears, completely taking them by surprise. Both of their eyes darted to where the voice came from and saw that it came from a young man casually walking on the empty space at the Center of the Plane, acting as if he's walking around his yard.
Seeing him caused Vit'hum to be so confused. It wasn't expecting another being to be able to enter this place. Vit'hum himself arrived here by accident but it wasn't dumb enough to not know that this place is hidden explicitly by the plane itself. If it didn't have an unreasonable strength and durability, Vit'hum would've been completely crushed by the strange forces that are inhibiting this place.
What's even more surprising is that, the visitor is a human. A very young one at that. Judging by his looks, he's not even a fully-fledged adult just yet. Even if he was, he's still too young compared to him and the old consciousness' age.
Contrary to Vit'hum's confusion, the Old Man almost jumped in joy seeing Raven arrive.
The old man was already at his wits end, any longer and he might've already give in to the pressure and cause the ultimate demise of the Plane. The old man's relief and joy was of course caught by Vit'hum, who became even more confused and curious about the identity of this youngster.
'This old coot's guard is completely down, and it's all because of this human. Who is he? How come he's here? And what's his purpose.'
Vit'hum didn't get any answers to his questions since it didn't ask any of them. Instead, it continued to observe the young man and found out that the young man was doing the same.