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"Good you are successful in calling me I see. Now let me look at you clearly first since I could not see you clearly when I was in my domain."
My body started to glow a red hue but it only lasted for a moment.
"Hmmm, 25 points of energy. This is worse than a chick that had not grown its feathers, this is a chick that has just hatched out of its egg and is still wet. Ugh, you could not even kill a nightmare origin swimming at the twilight zone boy. How did you even defeat the tyrant like that..."
Ferox started to mumble as he criticized me.
"Uhm, sir?"
"Sorry for getting distracted boy. I was just amazed at how weak you are."
I could feel a pang inside my chest.
"Sir I had just awakened from my powers not even a month ago."
"Right, right, how could I forget. The previous students I taught had already been trained by that "Bitch" and would be stronger and more mature than this boy."
He looked at me as if he just realized something. His astonishment quickly turned into a frenzied smile.
"That's right, you are my student that has not yet undergone the bitches training. HAHAHA! This would be fun."
I could see Ferox inside my head starting to crack his neck and his fist.
"You there, lass. Yes, you, the one that is in that artifact. En already told you to follow me right?"
I just noticed how quiet Eclaireuse was after I called for Ferox, my eyes grew wide as I saw her shaking, even the sextant was shaking a little.
"Y-y-yes sir, En had already told me, sir."
"Relax lass, I would not bite...For now. HAHAHA!"
Eclaireuse flinched as she saw Ferox laughing. Although she had a lot of experience dealing with cruel men since she had seen her fair share when her original owner, a female pirate during the golden age, would encounter and fight these types of people. But after seeing Ferox, it was like the cruel men she had seen before were just mere babies in front of him. His aura alone would make the barrier she made in order to protect Phil from the miasma tremble due to how oppressive it was.
"Okay boy. First, we need to change that pitiable energy limit you have. And the quickest way for you to do this is to manifest my sigil. This will also help in lessening the burden from using your powers and hasten the recovery of your energy."
"Okay, sir! What should I do."
I stood alert like a soldier in front of his commander.
"Close your eyes boy and try to delve inside your mind. Follow my voice so that you can arrive where I am."
I closed my eyes and concentrated.
"And you lass, can you control your barrier and manifest some holes in it?"
"Yes sir! I can."
"Good. Prepare your barrier and I will tell you when and how big the holes are so that we will have some of the miasma enter your barrier."
"Okay, Sir!"
Ferox then put two of his fingers near his ear.
"En can you hear me? Yes, we are about to start. Yes. Okay, the being is ready as well? Okay then, I will start after the boy arrives in front of me."
Just as Ferox finished contacting En, I arrived in front of him. Just like what I saw when I tried picturing Ferox inside my mind, the wild and cruel man appeared in front of me.
"Now then boy."
Ferox beckoned his hands and I started floating towards him. I was now head level with him and I could clearly see his crimson eyes.
"Now boy look into my eye."
Curiously, Ferox did not point towards his eyes but towards the center of his forehead.
A small part of his forehead then started to tear vertically. An eye started to emerge and slowly opened, the third eyelid opened after, revealing an eye with an X-shaped pupil. Different from Ferox's main eyes, this eye was not crimson, the pupil was deep black, the darkest black you could imagine, the iris was yellow or golden with large holes like those of a pumice stone.
I could hardly breathe as I started at the eye. The X-shaped pupil was pulling me inside of it, I could feel the sensation of falling as my surrounding started to darken.
"Lass, let in the miasma."
I opened my eyes and arrived at a familiar place. My house. I was sitting on the couch in front of the T.V. as it reported a string of murders in my neighborhood.
"Another family found dead and maimed inside their home. Their brutal deaths welcomed the police as they responded to the neighbor's call, concerned upon hearing the screams of their neighbor. The police deputy has been interviewed and this is his statement"
"We are doing our best in order to find and locate the suspect in all this case..."
I watched the news with indifference. Someone died so what. I thought and scoffed.
I hummed and proceeded to head towards the kitchen.
"Hello mother, hello father. Hey Eric."
The three figures did not answer my call but kept on sitting in their seats. I did not mind, it was normal for them not to answer. I kept on humming and opened the fridge.
My eyes went wide as I looked at the fridge that was filled with fresh meat to the brim. The head of an animal was in the freezer being stored, countless entrails hanged inside the fridge.
"Dangit, I forgot to buy milk. I guess I need to go out and buy some then."
I sighed and walked towards the sink.
"Oh no, mother and father you are leaking again. You should be like Eric, look at him clean as he can be."
I quickly used the rug that was on the sink and wiped away the liquid that was pooling on the floor, don't want to stain the floorboards with it.
I then squeezed the rug in the sink and it quickly dyed red, I hummed as I washed the rug and took a large knife from the holder, I carefully fastened it in a sheath on my back.
"I need to go buy some milk guys, no need to see me out."
I smiled as I went out of the house.
I quickly arrived at a convenience store near my house, I entered and quickly moved towards the store's fridge and took a carton of milk. I headed towards the cashier as I look at the store. It was perfect at these times since there was no one else inside the store. The cashier was a boy, at least 18 years old in age, I arrived in front of him and smiled, the boy scored at me and proceeded to scan the milk.
"That would be 100 pesos, sir."
"Okay."
I reached towards my back and quickly unsheathed the large knife. And with a swift motion, I slashed the guy's throat.
His eyes went wide as he stared at me, he touched his neck that was spraying blood. It was funny looking at him as he stared at his hands that were filled with blood, I could hear his gurgling as he tried to speak. He started to fall down still clutching his neck, I hummed and jumped over. I then dragged the cashier towards the bathroom. He was still somewhat alive when I started to disembowel him, I hummed during all this process, but something inside my mind was telling me that all of this was wrong, but I shrugged and kept on doing my job.
After a few minutes, I was satisfied on my work. I left the store's bathroom and headed towards the breakroom. There I looked at the locker and saw a couple of shirts and pants, I started changing and kept my blood-soaked garments inside a plastic bag. After doing so I took the milk carton and headed home.
"I'm home guys! And I brought milk!"
I slammed the milk carton on the dining table, proud of my achievement. Father slumped from his seat towards the seat because of this.
"Oops."
I propped him up and carefully balance him, thankfully rigor mortis helped a lot. I hummed and was startled when I heard a knock on the door.
"Phil? are you there?"
I made my way towards the door and slowly opened it, I popped my head out and saw it was Sonja.
"Oh hi, Sonja, what brings you here?"
I smiled widely at Sonja, but something inside my head wants to tell her to run away. Why would I tell her that, she's already here, why chase her away.
"Have you seen Eric Phil? He's still missing and hearing about the news I am worried for him."
"Oh, you're looking for Eric. Don't worry he's here, he's talking with my parents right now. Why don't you come in and see."
"He's here? Thank god. I was looking for him for so long. Why didn't tell me about it?"
"Well come in and ask him yourself."
Sonja entered my house.
"They are in the dining room."
I told Sonja and she slowly made her way. I started humming and locked the door, I took the wooden bat that was propped near the entrance and followed Sonja.
I watched as she stopped in her tracks looking at the dining room, she was about to scream but I swung the bat on her head and made her unconscious.