Without even giving him time to clear up. The self-identified Loki said "look human, I don't have much time most of the time was used for the entry performance. So, I will cut to chase"."
he gave a short pause as if he was collecting his thoughts but he was giving Marcus time to get his things together after the shocks he made him go through.
"My children are locked up in this cursed world. So, I brought you from that godforsaken world to Anantra to do my bidding. It is quite simple actually. My son Fenrir is imprisoned somewhere in the desolate forest. You have to free him, that's it. He can not last more than a decade in that place from now on. So, you must hurry. After you free him show him this imprint so he will believe your words."
the moment those words came out, a type of energy accumulated around Marcus's mental body. All of them contorted into a single point, on his back a weird green tattoo of two snakes entangling each other and biting their tails formed, weirdly they looked like an 'S' when looked closely.
Marcus felt as if he was being branded like a slave as in ancient times. But the branding did not end there, it started to pain almost as if it was a beeping alarm. A type of energy entered his body it was wreaking havoc in there. It felt like he was a shopping mall and some truck came in and ran all over the place causing a lot of ruckus and destruction. Or maybe like his body was a pinball machine and thousands if not millions of pinballs were colliding all over the place. He screamed, shrieked unconsciously and he was on brink of losing his sanity.
Loki was looking at him. A hint of anxiety can be observed in the eyes of the trickster god.
If his brother thor was here he would have not believed his eyes in all the thousands of years he lived with Loki. Anxiety was not something he saw in those eyes.
After what felt like a hell of a lot of time and pain. Marcus's body stabilized both physically and mentally in the void as well as in his bedroom in the keep. Marcus had the urge to paint like a dog after going through what seemed like endless torture in the 9th hell Also known as Amborgia that people in this world talk about. He started feeling the presence of Loki. Unlike previously this time felt something familiar with him as if they were similar in something that he does not know of yet.
" Okay, kiddo any questions?"
Marcus felt agitated 'what is this? A doubt clearing session after class.'
but he gulped his anger as he is not at all anywhere near the position of confronting a god.
The mischievous smile came back into Loki's face.
"what have you done to me? What was that energy that nearly destroyed my body?".
"ohh! That, it was the chaos energy. I was tweaking your body to make it compatible to chaos energy, as for what is chaos energy learn on your own I am not a textbook".
Marcus felt his nonexistent face turned red with anger. But he continued asking questions.
"you said I have to save your son, what if I don't oblige with your words and choose my way out?".
Loki smirked. "are you sure you are foolish enough to ask this question? what else?, I will obliterate your soul."
a sigh came out of Marcus's spirit form.
"Okay so what was that mark is it only just a slave brand or does it have any uses?".
This time Loki looked pleased "that is what I am waiting for. that is a rune i created so that you can cultivate the chaos energy directly using your soul instead of your magic core. although gods are apprehensive of Chaos energy"
he gave a cunning and a prideful smile and carried on " But, I Loki am different from those idiots I concocted a method of using chaos and cultivating it. Although only those with an astounding amount of soul energy can ever truly make use of it it and survive. You along with 2 others are the successful products from my experiments conducted over millennia. Who knew the compatible souls for my experiments would not be found in godly worlds like Asgard, or a conquered world like Anantra or any god damned hell like Amborgia but a puny godforsaken land of earth. It was a surprise indeed."
Marcus was confused over the rambling of Loki "why don't you use the strong souls directly for your experiments. Why bother bringing souls from all over the world?".
Loki was getting annoyed by this stupid boy's stupid questions "idiot just do what I say. I already said I don't have much time. if you stay in this place for a few more minutes your soul might attract some void beings. Their favourite appetizer is a strong soul like yours and their choice of the main course is a godly soul like mine."
Marcus was appalled by the revelation. But a question arose in him. 'Doesn't that mean this space is different from the one I was after I died?'.
Loki is the god he is sensed Marcus's thoughts. So he snapped his fingers. Suddenly the darkness vanished as if a veil was lifted. A sea of stars nebulas, whatever astronomical entities were all over the view. Loki raised his voice gravely "this here is the true void, our secret meeting space. There are entities in here that can even make the so-called gods in the universe piss their pants. I desire to keep the meeting between us secret from those paranoid gods of Anantra."
Marcus felt an unexplainable emotion in him. He was even contemplating in himself about what sort of emotion he should feel in front of this vast universe. the first thought he felt was
'beautiful'. but the exhilaration of his soul did not last long when he noticed some creature far away that looked like a small insect from his location but he could feel the humongous body it had he knew that it was easily larger than the moon and it was unnaturally visible in the vast darkness almost as if it emitted light on its own. And he felt that the small object was coming towards them due to his newly gained affinity with chaos. Loki pointed his finger towards it and said "that is a Void being it uses the chaos energy and it has a body that is partially physical and partially ethereal. seems like it sensed us it is coming in our way. By the way, it has a speed comparable to light. it is just a few light minutes away from us ".
Marcus's soul shivered from the information.
Loki pointed at another star which was so much brighter compared to the Void being and said "it is the star that protects the system of Anantra from the chaos energy. As for that mark, it helps in the cultivation of chaos energy in the initial stages until your soul and body properly get accustomed to the chaos it causes ".
He continued "I can't come anywhere near that system because I made a lot of enemies among the gods that look over that system. So, I will send your soul back to your body ."
"as for our doubts, I will clear the next time we meet. Remember you can use any goddamn energy like magic or aura in the Anantra due to your special physic. But use the chaos sparingly if you are not strong enough you might get torn apart ."
he increase his pace and said
" Remember, I heard that Amborgia is planning to invade Anantra many prophetic gods prophesied its destruction, so you along with the two others whom I have induced into the system of anantra are variables. So, only you guys have the chance to change the fate of Anantra. But, you don't have to go around masquerade as heroes, you just have to push the right buttons and the fate of Anantra will change due to its butterfly effect. Anantra was a great help to me in the past and the present. So it is time for me to repay the debt. And be careful of the gods, they are starting to get paranoid due to the incoming invasions from hell. They might even loot and abandon the System altogether. Although there is still more than a decade for that to happen. you have to be careful. do not trust a god even the most gracious one can feel fear when they hear the name of Amborgus the lord of hell. My children can help you with the impending catastrophe and they are the best shot you have for surviving the disaster".
In the end, he bade farewell with a cheerful smile "farewell my champion. Do try to poke as many asses of gods as possible."
then he snapped his fingers. TAP
WHOOSH!
Marcus felt like he was sucked into some sort of hole.
The next moment he was able to feel himself in his body. He gave out a sigh of relief in reflex but the very next second he felt fatigued all over his body. He was unable to move even a single inch. He knew the reason for the fatigue.
'The Chaos Energy'.
That was the last thought that passed through his head. He slowly slid into a deep slumber due to the accumulated mental and physical drain.