THE WARLOCK OF DELIRIUM
"Are you trying something to trick me?" the guy asked me suspiciously.
Even a moron found my offer too suspicious to palate.
"How can I? I don't even have magic, and I can't get off of this cloud peak by myself", I replied to the guy.
"That is true. Alright, I'll have you for a day and a night. Now get inside the cave and clean up while I deal with these adventurers", the guy said to me.
"Yes, master", I replied to him and ran into his cave home.
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The guy in this peak was busy dealing with those adventurers that he kidnapped while I came into his hideout to do chores. Obviously, my friends must come out to visit me while I clean up.
"The man outside looks like you, master", Meera said to me as she came out, teleported out from the Hell Tank.
"No, he doesn't look like Dark Angel at all. He's stupid", Cassandra told them.
"Not his own looks, the one in his soul", Meera told us.
"I don't understand", Cassandra asked.
"Yes, Meera is correct. The guy outside looks exactly like the Dark Angel in my soul realm, with less brains though", I told them.
"How can there be another Dark Angel here in Delirium?" Chash asked us.
When we were speculating about the guy's identity someone came out with something.
"He's an Incarnate of the Dark Angel and you should be careful of him. That is why his mind is not mature", Yasha suddenly told me when she thought about it.
"What Incarnate?" Melroy asked his wife.
"Like your malevolent slaves who can't speak properly", Cassandra told me with her speculation.
"What exactly is an Incarnate?" I asked Yasha.
"All the Angels and Dark Angels have the ability to duplicate and clone themselves", Yasha explained to me.
"Clones?" Sara asked as she turned into several of herself.
Sara had a spell that could create several images of herself. She usually used these mirror images in battle to confuse her enemies.
"Not these magic images. The Incarnates are actually distinct personalities of the Angel and could not be recombined after incarnation", she explained to me.
"Like Aluva's Incarnates?" I asked her.
[Aluva is the current Dark Bishop of the unholy Church of Nerakah.
She or her incarnates were my main foe when I was reborn into this world. The reason I obtained the burden of the Dark Angel was also because of their schemes. But in the end, she became Eirot's most trusted liutenant.
Aluva had a special magic that could duplicate several incarnates of hers that go around wreaking havoc and running her malevolent schemes independently.
One of Aluva's incarnates, Maluva, managed to poison and caused Mistral's death.]
"Yes, like Aluva's Incarnate magic although that is inferior to the Angel's magic, but it originated from the same source, grafted from the Dark Angel himself", Yasha explained to us.
"Why must I be careful of him? Isn't he the subordinate of the Dark Angel?" I asked her.
"Because he was the one who betrayed the Dark Angel to the Angels", Sasha, Melroy's second wife told us to our surprise and shock.
"What did he do?" I asked them.
"He wanted to become the new Dark Angel to replace his master", Gasha, Melroy's third wife told us.
"Damnit, we can't even trust ourselves in this world", I said to her.
"He must be tricked to betray his lord judging from the level of his IQ", Sara told us her opinion.
"Why is he here now in Delirium?" Melroy asked his wife.
"We don't know but he covets the body of the deceased Dark Angel", Mesha, his fourth wife replied to him.
"Why will he want those body parts?" I asked.
"Although he was gone, the body parts of the Dark Angel still contain enormous magic. They are essential for his resurrection and the Incarnate wants them in the hope of resurrecting as the new Dark Angel", Yasha told us.
"Is that possible? Can this moron substitute me to become the Dark Angel?" I asked them.
"That is not possible although the Incarnate might be led to belief that it was possible", Meera added.
"Anybody knows who led him to this belief?" Chash asked.
"The False Prophet of course", Ratatouille told us.
"Euaemon? Impossible she wasn't even in this world when the Dark Angel lost to the Angels", Rinna asked.
"Not the current False Prophet, the last False Prophet and she perished in the last war", Gasha told us.
"All these are speculations. We still don't know if the moron outside is the traitor Incarnate of the Dark Angel", I said to them.
"He is the traitor. The Dark Angel in your soul realm is growling with fury at his presence. They would come out immediately to get rid of him if they could", Ratatouille told us suddenly.
Ratatouille was the only person who frequented my soul realm after the Dark Angel's previous souls were rooted in there.
"I know who the traitor is. There is a creature called the Warlock of Delirium who preyed on conjurers in the Realm of Delirium and took their magic. He must be the warlock", Meera told us suddenly of her theory.
"Warlock of Delirium?" Chash asked.
"I've read about a being called the Warlock who preys on adventurers in Delirium, so this Warlock is he", Meera said to us.
"Why didn't you tell us earlier?" I asked her.
"Sorry, it just came to my mind", she apologized to me.
"And he is the traitor to the Dark Angel", Ratatouille added and confirmed with us.
"Now what should we do here?" Rinna asked me.
"First we clean up this mess before the Warlock comes back and learn more about this place", I told them.
"I am not doing your cleaning for you", Sara told me.
"Don't worry, I don't need you to do my chores", I replied to her as I summoned several of my selves.
"Summon Malevolent Slaves"
My malevolent slaves quickly cleaned up the place.
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