PLUMBING THROUGH BATTLE REALMS
"I don't know myself. This is a transportation magic that the king gave to me. We should be back in Trogdol by now. I don't know why we are still trapped here. We should attempt to break out from this place", I replied to him.
"Transportation Spell?", Mamane murmured to himself before he added, "in some circumstances, transportation magic will fail and bring us to unknown destinations. This must be such a situation".
Mamane quickly cast his magic to break free from this space but to little avail.
Unfortunately for me, judging from Mamane's actions, he was still way stronger than I can handle at the moment. Despite losing his source of magic, he still carried plenty of magic inside his body.
It would still be impossible for me to kill him now.
"It is impossible to break free from this transportation realm with magic alone", Mamane complained to me.
Then I thought of something.
"Maybe we need to release some of your magic. This realm couldn't release us because your magic is too strong for it. Your power could break the exit to this transportation channel. Imagine a pipe that is clogged, water will not flow through. We must plumber through this transportation channel", I told Mamane although I didn't know what I was talking about.
However, fortunately for me, Mamane didn't either.
"That is possible although I am not an expert in space magic. How do I release my magic? It's contained inside my heart", Mamane told me.
"I can relief some of the magic from your heart and see if the transportation channel will activate to release us", I told Mamane and agreed to let me try.
So, Mamane bared his heart to me to allow me to draw magic from him. He thought that would allow us to pass through this transportation channel finally.
Suddenly, a swirling vortex appeared before Mamane's heart that quickly sucked in the magic from his heart at an enormous speed.
"Dark Vortex of the Dark Angel"
Suddenly, Mamane realized something wasn't right.
"You are not releasing some of my magic. You are trying to take all of it from me", Mamane screamed at me as his tentacles shoved me away, breaking my Dark Vortex.
"That is not my intention great ancestor. Plumbing work is not an exact science, I could have taken a little more than I should but that is not intentional", I protested to Mamane.
Mamane was unsure about my intentions although my reason was acceptable to him.
Before he allowed me to continue draining his magic, suddenly a loud and course voice screamed out from the depth of my soul.
"Fool you don't know you are trapped inside a duel to the death. You will only escape from this place if you kill your opponent", the voice warned Mamane suddenly.
Mamane was alerted by the voice of the Dark Angel.
"What? Who is talking?" Mamane shouted out to ask.
"Damnit, shut up", I scolded the Dark Angel in my soul.
But the damage was done.
Mamane looked around himself and finally realized that this wasn't a transportation magic that went awry. This was a magical duel space.
"I recognize this space now. This is your Battle realm", Mamane told me about the space we were in.
"What is a Battle Realm?" I asked him.
"Don't pretend you don't know since you brought me here. This is a special realm that powerful beings create to lure opponents into battle. This is your Battle Realm", Mamane shouted to me angrily.
"I don't understand", I protested again but Mamane would not believe me anymore.
"I will kill you", Mamane screamed to me.
"Lies, the voice is lying to you. What if we can't get out of this realm? You will become lonely. I am the only one to talk to you now", I told Mamane.
"I am used to being lonely", Mamane shouted back as his tentacles came toward me to strike.
"Damn", I complained when something struck Mamane first.
Massive energy in the form of fabrics of lightnessness rushed into Mamane's heart. The dark energy penetrated his heart and consumed it before consuming the whole of Mamane.
"The Sword of Malevolence"
"Damn", I complained again.
The last thing I wanted was to summon the Sword of Malevolence again.
Mamane was killed but before I was released back to the world again, the voice in my soul spoke to me again.
"See, my Incarnate. In the end you will always need me. There is no escape from it. Accept your fate", The Dark Angel's voice told me.
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"Master, you have returned? Where is Mamane?" Meera asked me.
"Taken by the Sword of Malevolence", I replied to her.
"Yes, that is wise. You finally listened to me", she said to me.
"With that Sword of Malevolence, there are no Boss you cannot kill", Ratatouille told me with an evil grin.
"Yeah, the more I use that magic, the sooner the Dark Angel will resurrect and take over my body and soul as his. I will be dead by then", I complained to myself.
Then I remembered something and asked Sara.
"Sara, have you heard of Battle Realms before?" I asked Sara.
Sara copied almost all the knowledge of the entire continent into her database. If there was such a thing in the Ten-Kingdoms, she would know about it.
"Battle Realm? Never heard about it before", she replied to me.
"Why are you asking about Battle Realm?" Rinna asked me.
"Because that was what Maname described the arena of my magic duel with him, the Realm of Gemini Divided", I replied to her.
None of us knew much about Battle Realm except one, the oldest of us all here.
"Battle Realm eh? Are you a divine now that you can summon your own Battle Realm?" Ratatouille asked me.
"You know about this Battle Realm?" I asked him.
"I've heard about it many years ago during my time with the Ayen Gods. According to them, those powerful beings who attained divine magic could bring their enormous, cultivated realms into battle to influence their chances of success", Ratatouille told us about Battle Realms.