60 Prison or Trap? (2/2)
”You see, if it wasn't that incident provoking some much ruckus, he wouldn't have fled and we wouldn't have been able to find not just one but two traitors. Don't worry, neither Oscar Moo or Ella Romba is even remotely suspected, their behavior all too weird for a spy. No, what we looked for was some perfect or near perfect records, something impossible to accomplish for a normal human. Everyone makes mistakes, and those that don't are then a mistake themselves. But you are not here to listen to my regrets, you are here to train. Or perhaps, something else …”
Without any warning, multiple ice shards were thrown at Leilade, all deadlier than the others. Effortlessly, she dodged them all, using the least amount of movement to do it. What followed was a blizzard, surrounding her, trying to cut her entire body. To that, she didn't even move, allowing the normally deadly spell to just do its work. But contrarily to what Alexander hoped, the girl wasn't even reacting at all to the terrible treatment she was experiencing. Like, it was not even hurting her.
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After the snow and the ice fell on the ground, the magus couldn't believe his eyes. The blue eyes he was staring into were slowly turning darker and darker, to a point where no light could hope to even escape. Seeing the eyes forming an ocean of darkness, he remarked that the morphology of the face was also changing. The previously quite cheerful face was now without any expression, as cold as a block of ice. Her brown hair was suffering the same fate, and finally, the illusion was dispelled. To be truthful, she hadn't expected to be found out so quickly since she didn't make any obvious mistake. But after hearing the small tale, she figured out that she was far too abnormal in the first place.
”You … so it was true. It was just a simple test; you were capable of even maintaining an illusion in the most protected bastion of the Academy. Why did you drop the mask?” Alexander wasn't even questioning her purpose or what she was, he was only focusing on her actions. He was not wrong to say that she could have just keep going and hide even more, but now that she had to suffer the company of that blockhead Istuienn, she was not enjoying her rest as much as she wanted.
”Why, good question. What do you think of this?” Leaking from her arms, drops of shadows were merging into a tentacle. The dark creature was shaking like it enjoyed to be reborn again. Even if she was five meters away from those renegade mages, the monstrous being had no problem reaching the unfortunate souls and eat them both alive. The process took merely a few seconds, and two shiny blue orbs were levitating near the right hand of Leilade.
”Dark Gods … dark gods … you were one of the dark gods!” Only at that time did he realized that fact and matched the strange encounter of Muirnë with the current form of Leilade. A strange child, extremely small, with a cold voice and mastering a shadow monster. All his hopes of being wrong were shattered in pieces and for the first time, he felt an intense fear when he looked at Leilade. But he still made the right choice when he brought her here, and now, she will not escape the full force of the two 6th Cir…
”And if you think that two old worms behind that door can prevent me from leaving, you are wrong.” She laconically crushed the plan in the mind of the magus, turning his initial fear into terror. It was impossible, even for the Archmage, to sense anything beyond the door. Centuries of researchers worked on this very place, and even if the entire building fell to the ground, this place would still be unharmed. But what he was hearing was the fact that it meant nothing for her? Looking blankly at the alien, he had no words to say.
”But let's see, who is really stronger me, or them?” She was calmly walking to destroy the protections on the door, but the mind of Alexander was in turmoil. Should he stop her by any means? Should he trust the elders and the other magicians to imprison that demonical being? He was still conflicted, but the sight of Leilade working on the seals quickly convinced him. They had no chances at all.
”STOP! PLEASE!” He ran toward her and even stumbled on the ground in the process. Not daring to stand up, he awkwardly walked on his knees, pressing the dark god to not destroy the Academy. Since she hadn't done it previously, they probably had something she wanted. ”Please, tell us what you want?”
”Want?” An evil smile was spreading while she repeated that word. ”I already have what I wanted. Everything else was just me fooling around. But now that my mask has been dropped and that you did tried to kill me, why should I bother myself with ants? Don't worry, I will let the buildings intact.”
The final seal was finally absorbed by the tentacle, and soon, two appendices appeared on it. A rupture was spreading between the two and in no time, Leilade controlled two of her creations once again. The vision of the door crumbling on itself shocked the humans on the other side, and until now, they still had no idea about what was happening inside.
The room was a sealed space, where nothing could enter or exit when the seals were activated. The two elders that reached the 6th Circle came back the day before, but they reported with more details what Muirnë experienced. Because of this, they tested Leilade, that arrived with too many secrets on herself. But it was known that the dark god was really injured, so they still had a chance to take her down before she recovered too much. Everyone already evacuated, and only a small team of experts were present. Every magus, everyone above the 5th Circle, was preparing for the worst. And from what they were seeing, it did happen.