The next few days were pure bliss. Dad recovered quickly and the things that were broken in the fight were quite cheap and were fixed easily. Only a few people in this in this shithole of a school were brave enough to mess with me. After all, i was friends with allia, one who was accepted into barion academy. And although i knew my situation would return to normal once she left for the journey to barion in less than week, i enjoyed the momentary peace heartily. But when i got home, instead of being greeted by allias hug or her bonds licking, i heard screaming.
Immediately i felt a rush of adrenaline and the most mana i had ever produced pumped through my vains as i dashed towards my home. I opened my door to see my family fighting black toad members. WIth a blast of water, Allia had knocked a lackey to the floor. But when she noticed me, she screamed for me to run. The lackey on the ground used to oppurtunity to stab at her leg, which she narrowly avoided.
Felix and merium were far less talented then their daughter, nor did they have a bond to assist them, so they were doing far less favorably. Meriums illusion magic was her specialization, but she was saving it as a trump card, And using her thunder magic and an enchanted beast staff as her main offense. Felix on the other hand used earth and fire as well as a short sword the was made from the teeth of a beast but lacking any assistance from a magic core. They continued to stab and electrocute some thugs. But i could tell that they were getting fatigued and wouldn't last long.
Suddenly Merium yelled, "Everyone run to the basement! I have a plan! Immediately everyone ran to the basement, When everyone was there, dad closed the door before anyone else could come on there is enough enchantments on this door to hold them for a while, but it wont hold forever. And Allia, i know you are strong, but there is no way for you to defeat all of them. I am going to use illusion magic to fake your death. As for you, damion. They will not care about. They have set the house on fire and likely believe that you will eventually die in it and you can be disregarded due to your lack of mana. What they dont know about is the enchantments that have been put on this door. Allia, do not mourn us, what matters is that you and damion live on and are happy. Damion, i want you to no know that we always loved you as if you were our own. Im sorry that i could not tell you more about who your parents truly are, But trust that it is better you find out on your own. We love you more than you could ever imagine.
With that, they began to walk towards the door. Allia lunged towards them for one last hug, but it was too late, and the door was already closed.
Allia broke down in tears as i did my best to comfort her. But it seemed i was ineffective, So i walked towards the door to see what i could gather about the new situation. "Hah, thats what you get brat!" i heard. It looked like the idiots had taken the bait and genuinely believed that they were torturing the fake girl. But it really did make me wonder for what would have befallen my friend if these guys were stronger or knew about Mrs. welx illusion magic. Did she know this would happen?
It seemed like they were finished with the illusion, with the welxs letting out a shrill cry of despair and laughs from the gang members that would have convinced even me, if allia wasnt a few feet away from me.
Suddenly a gang member said "now its your turn." Now i was hearing pained screams of genuine pain. They sent shivers down my spine and it frustrated me that i could do nothing to help them. Eventually the screams stopped. "Thats what you get," A gang member spat as he walked around, kicking things and searching for anything of value. I just couldnt take it. They had killed the only people who ever cared and now they were ruining any memory me and allia could us to remember them. I had to do something. I began opening the door. "Wait", allia yelled. Allia dont stop m-
Ill go with you. If you die, i will too. You are all i have besides milly. Her bond purred in response. I opened the door, but was not prepared for what i saw. The beaten and dead bodies of the welxs. In my anger i gathered all the mana in my body into my fist And ran at the nearest thug. It connected with a his body and... nothing happened.
"Whos this brat?" the man asked. He slammed me into the ground. Istantly defeated, i lay paralyzed. Allia screamed and shot 3 icy spears into the man. He died in seconds. The bald man who had been beaten by allia yelled in rage at being tricked. and ran towards allia and hit her. THe instant that happened. Something inside me cracked.
Allia's POV
I usually would act rationally if a situation like this were to occur. I would act rationally. But these people had killed my parents and hurt the boy i loved. I couldnt sit back and do nothing. I Conjured my most deadly spell and threw it at the one who hurt damion and gave him what he deserved. Unfortunately, that balled man noticed me and threw i fist i couldnt react to. It had barely done anything. But before i could punish the man, something strange happened. An inky black substance .started to emerge from damion, covering his entire body.
At first i thought damion had finally awakened his magic, but then i realized i could sense absolutely no magic coming from him. But still, whatever the subtance was, it had struck fear into everyone in the house. and everyone had frozen still. Suddenly, dark creatures began to emerge from the dark void that was damion. But was even stranger was his eyes, that became spheres of ethereal white light as he dominated the entire room.
The bald man was the first to regain his composure. "G-get him!" the bald man yelled. "Kill that freak." An old looking short man was the first to go forward, but the second he stepped forward, Inky tentacles restrained him as he desperately fought the tentacles that were slowly tearing into him. "I cant cast magic!" he yelled, "Its draining it out of me!" The gang members that tried to free him met his fate, so most of the gang members cowered back. I used there distraction to run toward damion.
I grabbed onto him, and his tentacles reached out toward me, yet instead of harming me, they sofly caressed me. An incredibly soothing feeling fell over me, And i fell asleep.
Damions POV
Now that i had Allia in my arms and they couldnt use her against me i could let loose. I conjured my void creatures to go and attack my enemy and a gory seen unfolded. They could do nothing against my creatures as the scum were slaughtered and devoured. I laughed hysterically. The now desperate bald man yelled "RUN" and bolted toward the door. So i spread my void across the door. The gang members that ran toward the were sucked in. The other gang members were deterred by the cowards screams of agony and ran towards the beasts for a quick death. But i made them avoid the bald man just like i made them avoid allia. At this point he was in the corner, shivering. I lifted him up with my void and brought him toward me.
He shivered as he stared into my eyes as i dropped him to the floor. He quickly got to his knees and began to beg for mercy. I sent a tentacle to crush his balls. Blood gushed as he screamed and grabbed to remain. I decided to lash him with my tentacles and surround his head with inky void until he stopped moving. I fed his body to my creatures before i went to sleep.