In a deep, dark cave, a blonde-haired boy with a deep cut in his abdomen lay on the floor beside a 7-tailed black fox that showed mixed emotions on his face.
'Why did it choose him of all people? I mean, he acted like someone who was not even ready to be mage'
*Cough*Cough*
'Man, dying is not that bad after all. I guess I'm in heaven'
Orpheus sat up to observe his surroundings and saw a 7-tailed black fox sitting near him.
"Shit! Why is this fox here? Hey! You made a mistake here... Aargh"
Orpheus holds his stomach as he feels a sharp pain in his abdomen. Looking down he sees the cut made by the fox and realizes that he was not dead yet.
'Aha, I knew it was going to work'
[Keep your mouth shut and stay calm if you really want to live]
"What! What was that? Did you... did you hear Th... That?" Orpheus stammers in shock.
"Relax young man, I'm not going to harm you" the fox tries to calm him down "Just let me explain"
"Now you are trying to kill me by making me go crazy right?" Orpheus yells back
[Just let him explain you idiot]
"Shit! Who in fate's name is saying bullshit? Hey you damn fox, stop whatever your doing to me!"
"Will shut the hell up and let me explain you piece of shit!" The fox snarled at Orpheus making him to flinch backwards in fright "Thank you. For starters, check your wound."
Orpheus looks at the cut in his abdomen and sees it healing at a speed visible to the eyes with some purple mist around it.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!" Orpheus screams in horror
"Just try to calm down. The ability orb that you absorbed was a special darkness ability orb with the will and soul of the owner of the orb. I, Antigonus was placed here to safeguard the orb from any thieving magi while the will in the orb was to choose whoever could absorb the ability," Antigonus, the fox explained. "While you were unconscious, your mind will become weakened and give no resistance to external forces. The soul took that weakness as a chance and entered your mind"
"Okay," Orpheus said while bobbing his head up and down "That explains the idiot speaking in my head"
[Do not call your seniors an idiot you fool and my name is Costas not idiot]
~... Damn you ~
[Same to you]
"He can read minds too? C'mon man"
~ Thank fate I was fast enough to use divine light barrier ~ Antigonus muttered inwardly while staring at the cave's entrance
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At another location on planet Zekros, Kers uses a black dagger to dig out a red stone from the ground.
"Thalia, here's another fire gem"
"And, 200 gems collected. Man, are you sure we should not take some? These are much already. Besides, we have six more days" Thalia looked at the backpack containing the gems greedily.
"That is pointless. The record of gems we have recorded is sent straight to the camp," Kers cautioned "Take half and get punished if you want to"
"Oh C'mon"
~Milady...,~
~Dimitrois, what is the update?~
~The last thing that happened was the human being clawed in the abdomen by the fox~
~Then what was the source of that light~
~The fox casted divine light barrier at the cave's entrance to avoidanyone from getting into the cave~
~It is all right. You can return~
*PANG*
A yellow light shone in the sky indicating that all students should return to the camp
"Thalia, let's hurry back"
"Sure"
…..
"I have to go now" Orpheus gets up to leave the cave after seeing the yellow light "See you old fox"
"Do not call me old," Antigonus barked back
"Whatever old fox" Orpheus said before running out of the cave
'I swear, I am going to chew this human raw the next time I see him' Antigonus growled inwardly
….
[Orpheus, let this old magus show you a darkness ability skill. Stare at your shadow]
"Huh!"
[You did not have to scream]
"Sorry. I am just not used to you talking in my head"
[Just look at your shadow, stupid]
"Fine, whatever" Orpheus stared at his own shadow.
[Picture you merging with it and coming out of the shadow of that tree in front of you]
Orpheus does what Costas tells him with much difficulty but all to no avail.
[Just keep trying. You'll get a hang of it soon]
"How do you expect me to grasp the skill so fast?"
[Shadow teleport is the easiest skill for the darkness ability. When I was your age, I could already perform the shadow bind]
"Whatever man, I'll just keep on trying"
Orpheus grunts as he tries intensely to merge with his shadow. In the subsequent minute, Orpheus finds himself sinking into his shadow before he disappears.