Pov leo
Magic
It is the ability to cause pre-existing phenomena that can be understood through supernatural means, implying that the only limit is human intellect.
While it is possible to bring out phenomena that cannot be understood by man at the time it was used, this is very rare and goes beyond the natural range of normal magic.
When I tried to ask Doom more about it, he said he couldn't tell, at first I thought it was because of the lack of trust, but that was not the case as he stood up from his chair only to return instantly with a paper that I could surprisingly read.
That's when I realised something I hadn't thought about in all these days since arriving at this star:
'Why can I speak the same language as the natives of this world and understand it?'
It's possible that I didn't notice because I didn't have a second to think about it before, but now that I do, i only thought.
'It's pointless thinking about how I got this ability now when I have almost no idea about where it came; the best I can think of is that it was a help I received from the boss (Earth) when I came here.'
taking a look at the paper that Doom handed me
"A contract?"(leo)
"Yes, it's a contract I signed in the military academy, read it carefully first"(doom)
"The military academy's contract
Binding Target – doom
If the following conditions are met, this oath will become a commandment binding the target.
Oath:
To the healer doom, son of jack: regarding the content learned in the academy, you are forbidden from spreading them unless you have been given the right by either the academy or the royal family." after reading that, I thought
'isn't this just a paper as long as doom tells me and I don't tell anyone nothing will happen' and as if he could read my mind, doom said
"Unlike what you think, that paper is a magical contract in other words a geas."
geas is a familiar word that I read in irish books in earth before coming here .
geas in Irish folklore ,means an obligation or prohibition magically imposed on a person.
According to Irish mythology A geas is both a curse and, paradoxically, a gift. If a person under a geas violates the associated taboo, the infringer will face dishonour or even death.
The geas is very common in hero tales, such as that of Cú Chulainn in Irish mythology. Traditionally, the doom of heroes comes due to their violation of their geas, either by accident, or by having multiple geasa, which then come into conflict.
For instance, Cú Chulainn has a geas to never eat dog meat, and he is also bound by a geas to eat any food offered to him by a woman. When a hag offers him dog meat, he has no way to emerge from the situation unscathed; this leads to his death
In some cases, the placing of a geas can lead to tragedy even when it is not violated. Aoife imposed three geases on Connla, her son with Cú Chulainn: he cannot turn back once he starts his journey; he must not refuse a challenge; and he must never tell anyone his name.
She then sent Connla, aged seven, to seek out his father, but he was a child of such extraordinary skill that he was seen as a threat after having defeated all Ulster heroes who met him. Because of the geas placed on him by his mother, he refuses to identify himself, which leads to his own father, Cú Chulainn, killing him in single combat using the Gáe Bulg before recognising too late who he was.
He then introduces his dying son to the men of Ulster as a fitting hero.
While geas in this world, as I heard from Doom,was not that much different from what i read before as it is putting a curse over a target that imposes a magical restriction over one's action with the consent of both parties, going against it imposes an unbreakable curse on the violator that manifests as his worst fears that can be realised without harming outsiders.
after realising what I was doing,I sincerely apologise to him for requesting such a rude and an impossible request.
"It's okay you really don't know a lot so its okay i will gradually try to teach you what you should know at least common sense so you won't throw yourself in trouble just because you don't know some traditions. if it was someone else, he may already come at your life as you are basically asking him to die by that question hahahaha"(doom)
he laughed, but I couldn't ,as something like that could really happen.
So—
"then please teach me a lot of things from now on doctor doom and thank you"'(leo)
"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry about it."(doom) said that as he was still laughing at me
after that conversation Days had passed by.
my days went like this, first waking up morning in the prison underground the colosseum ,do some light training while waiting for a meal to come even though I was a slave and more of a prisoner at the same time they surely take care of me giving me a lot of food to eat and even giving me new clothes every two days.
but that was after all not from their kindness but only to make me able to carry out my duties.
The first is what happens after I eat my breakfast, which is torturing! Unlike before, what tortured me was not the mayor but some professional looking torturers .
and unfortunately they were not only looks but instead the real thing ,i don't know how many people they tortured to get to that level of skills .
their skill were good enough that if it wasn't for me using my ability i would have been screaming a long time ago even though, i thought such a thing wouldn't happen with my willpower but it seems i overestimate myself .
well i am still young and the number one fault of young people is overconfident ,thats what i though at that time
After a long torturous season, I went to Doom to heal before going to my second duty of the day, which is participating in the Colosseum. Unlike the first day, a lot of gladiators come and ask me to teach them.
I don't mind doing so, but I only choose those who change the disrespectful attitude they had towards me.
Others, I didn't care about, so in the next 30 matches, most of it was teaching instead of fighting.
strangely With the exception of a few, the audience did not show the same disdain for this act as they did yesterday.
There is also another thing that changed when the criminal appeared in 30th matches like yesterday, none of the audience stood up from their seats leaving like before, but this time I could understand why .
its because they believe that I would not kill anyone, which is true.
There are also some of the criminals who asked me to learn fighting, some of whom are women and children, and I had no problem with doing so.
As usual, an arrow would fly to me after each criminal was knocked out.
and a month has passed in this month my torturer has become more severe by the day when I think I am used to it they come with another type of torture that is stronger than the previous one.
always taking me to my almost limit.
it as if they have found a new toy and want to play with it as much as they can,as even though their goal was to break me down but they weren't angry they couldn't do so , but instead they were happy that I was able to keep up with thier torture,so they can use and experiment new ways of torturing in me.
My will power was tested throughout this month, and if it hadn't been for my goals and other people's encouragement, I would have already lost it.
as the days passed, my will became firmer and the pain became less and less, as they say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and at the end of the month, although torturing still hurts, it doesn't hurt so much that I didn't even need to use my ability to keep up with the pain, but apparently I wasn't the only one who realised that, they also did .
so as they took another step to upper the level pain i was feeling
After some thought, they realised that only physical pain would not suffice, so they decided to torture me as usual, but this time when I went to the Colosseum stage, I would go with my eyes blindfolded.
and that is when the real hell began for me.
Being suddenly blind was not an easy experience; although I could still fight using my other senses, particularly my ear, being familiar with the stage helped as well, even so it was difficult to move at first, let alone fight, so from that day onward ,My body began to get injured more, especially from those gladiators who I hadn't agreed to train before ,as if they had found their chance to seek revenge on me.
What made them even happier was that because I was afraid of accidentally killing someone, so I wrapped a strong cloth around the spearhead so I wouldn't kill or injure anyone. As a result, the scars that were disappearing after being healed by Doom's healing magic in the first month weren't disappearing anymore, and most of them became permanent scars.
After about half a month later, I became accustomed to losing my vision while fighting, so they installed four chains in the area where I usually fight.
In the stage, they cuffed my legs with it, giving me a very small space to dodge approaching attacks, making fighting even more difficult than it was, despite my skill growth in this months and half .
then two months after coming here. They finally went and plugged my ear as well, and from there, another hell that was more severe than when they blindfolded my eyes begins for me.
That was not only physically but also mentally exhausting.
After another half-month, the torturers finally lost patience and were about to kill me for real.
that day The coloseum was closed because I couldn't participate as I was in a state close to death because the torturers while being irritated cut a long wond in my neck if not for doom being close there at that time i would have already died.
since they plugged my ears my mental state was not in a very good state and finally in this day i asked myself questions I didn't really wanted to ask before
"Why is this happening to me?"
"why me?"
"Is what I'm doing even worthwhile?"