Chapter 5 The Sealing (1/2)

Rassa had never heard of the Chaos, not in his tiny corner of the world where all that existed was farmland and peaceful trade. He had heard talk from the merchants of grand cities, and grander dynasties, but they did not exist in Rassa's reality, only in his dreams.

”Why...why do you want me?” asked Rassa hesitantly, he did not want to anger them, but in order to get out he had to know.

”Do not fear us, Rassa, you are the most suitable candidate we have ever come across, we will never hurt you...in fact, we can only make you strong, strong enough to compare to a god,” red eyes insisted as he appeared once more in Rassa's vision, the red eyes the only thing Rassa could see amongst the blackness.

”I...I do not need a god's strength,” Rassa insisted.

”That is exactly why you are who we have selected,” Red eyes insisted, ”After all, we cannot entrust power to someone who could not control it or themselves”.

”But...”

”Enough, you are who we have selected, Rassa, so you have two options. Either consent to the pact, and hence allow us to bestow our Seal upon you, or you will be trapped in this darkness with us for eternity,” red eyes stated.

It wasn't exactly a choice. One would allow him to leave the cave, the other would not.

”What...what must I do?” asked Rassa.

”Just repeat the words after me,” red eyes replied, ”And then you are free to leave”.

Rassa let his final tear drop, then nodded.

Red eyes chuckled, clearly pleased with Rassa's resolve, ”I hereby consent to allow my being to be changed wholly”.

Rassa frowned, not liking the sound of those words. But with no other choice, he repeated the words.

”I hereby consent to allow my being to be changed wholly”.

Rassa didn't know how he felt it, but somehow the air became still, everything around him seemed to pause in anticipation.

”My body, my mind, my soul, all shall be rewritten”.

”I submit to the grace of Chaos, and in turn shall relish in its darkness”.

”Marr my body, mind and soul with your Seal, and from the time of my acceptance, let its power fill me”.

”So shall it be, so shall I never regret”.

Rassa finished repeating the words, and the world filled with silence and darkness. Then Rassa threw his head back and screamed as felt an immense pain cover his back. He imagined it to be similar to a fire poker stabbing threw his skin and into his muscles, then dragging across and through his back as if drawing something. But it was not only on his skin, Rassa also felt it deep within himself and within his head as well.