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Chapter 15 - Awakening Hate

Lucium: He rose from the depths of darkness, emerging into a dimension shrouded in swirling black smoke. Wisps of ethereal white strings floated around him, weaving intricately through the air like delicate threads of a dream. Soft, glowing circles pulsed gently in the surrounding darkness, illuminating the scene with an otherworldly light.

"Ah, my Shadow Realm! The twisted domain where chaos dances between black and white—how I have craved this place! It beckons me like a siren's call, and oh, how delightful the madness feels!" He exhaled, staring at the misty floor until suddenly his smile dropped and he grabbed ahold of his head. "Dammit!"

He slammed his fists onto the ground, roaring into the abyss: "That Radna person is becoming more and more of an issue. How does he know so much about me?! Every move I make, he is already prepared to ambush me. He would've completely ruined my plans if I hadn't figured out how to reopen my dimension! I need to figure out a way to throw them off my trail."

He sighed, "All of this stress is making me hungry." He reached his long claws through one of the white circles, pulling out a random male human. 

????: "AGH WHAT IS HAPPENING! WHO ARE YOU-" Before he could react anymore, Lucium's mouth ripped open from cheek to cheek, biting the innocent man in half, slowly devouring the entire corpse.

Lucium: "Perfect source of brain food, now I know exactly what I can do." He raised his hand, thrusting his claw into his side, black blood spewing out from it, he dug his fingers in deeper and deeper until he ripped out a glowing black gear.

His skin healed itself after a short while, he stared at the gear as it slowly created a small cloud of black smoke around it. "I have always wondered why I couldn't destroy this Corvex Gear, perhaps now is the time for me to use it."

He placed it on the ground, opening his hand over it, strings ripped out from his hand, wrapping around the gear firing some negative magic into the gear in hopes it will awaken whatever entity lives within it.

????: A large amount of black smoke flowed from the gear as energy surged into it, A humanoid figure formed from the smoke, a stripped tux formed around its foggy body with slick black pants. Its claw-like feet dug into the shadowy floor, it lacked any features on its head other than red eyes and glowing red sharp teeth. Spikes ripped out from his shoulders and elbows, and he bent his claws. He stared at Lucium, not speaking to him at all.

Lucium: "I was not expecting that to awaken you, but I am glad that it did. I need you to do something for me." He approached the smokey figure, "I need you to help me in defeating a couple of 'Heroes' so they stop interfering with my plan."

????: He placed his hands behind his back, staring up at the slouching abomination. "I have no business dealing with such earthly complications...if you are struggling with weaklings then that is entirely an issue with you."

Lucium: He snarled at the figures' snarky remarks, "Listen to me. I summoned you using my own magic. You are going to go after that bastard, the Golden Warrior, and his friends—" The figure interrupted Lucium mid-sentence.

????: He raised his hand. "Did you say The Golden Warrior? As in Star?" He approached Lucium, levitating to get face-to-face with him. "You met Star? How many times? What is he doing?"

Lucium: He raised an eyebrow, not understanding how this figure was able to understand so much of everything when he was just born, "I have run into him numerous times and beat him on other occasions as well, he was incredibly easy to beat, but in terms of what he is doing I'm not sure. But who cares! I just need you to destroy them or at least keep them busy."

????: He paused for a moment and said, "Very well, I will assist you in defeating this small group of characters. As a token of gratitude for bringing me to life, I will heed your every command."

Lucium: He let out a laugh, grabbing the figure, "This is going to be great! I entrust you to deal with the rest of them while I attempt to get my power back! What is your name warrior?"

Amon: "My name is Amon, I am the embodiment of hate." He shifted himself out of Lucium's grasp, resting his feet on the ground.

Lucium: He smiled widely, "Amon...The name is fitting, I must go find something that will help reawaken my power, go find where they are, and eliminate them one by one." He crawled into a nearby white circle, transporting him someplace else.

Amon: He stared at the circle that Lucium entered, then stared off into the distance, hearing a voice in his head, echoing around the dimension. "Hmm..."

????: "Find the scepter Amon, and use it to break the wall between Negativity and Positivity. It is the only way I can breach into this world, do not let Star figure it out first." The voice echoed into Amon's head, empowering him.

Amon: He nodded, "Yes Sire...I will ensure that Star does not reach the scepter first, I will blend in as Lucium's servant and kill them all for you."