《The Darkness In Your Mind》V1 - Ch 3 A heart of sorrow
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We all went to the guild to collect our reward for completing the quest yesterday. Once we arrived the lady at the desk called me over the momment we got our reward. I walk up to the front desk and say "Hello why did you call me over here?" she responds with "Ah well Brine you see there wasn't any records or anything here about your magic or class."
I respond "Ah I see, well thanks is that all?" She responds "I also wanted to let you know that you should be extremely careful because this magic might be very dangerous since nothing is known about it yet." I respond "Alright thanks for letting me know I will be careful from now on." she responds "Okay bye then."
Once I finish talking to her John says "Hey Brine are you alright with us doing another quest now?" I respond "Yeah that's fine, did you have one in mind?" He says "Yeah actually I do, I found one that is to get rid of some Red Eye Wolves that are bothering a nearby village and killing the livestock." I respond "Alright that seems like a good quest lets do that one."
We then make our way to the village where the wolves have been attacking lately. It's a 30 minute walk to the village, this is because we don't have any horses or a carriage and the walk there was uneventful. Once we arrived in the village we immediately notice how bad it is. All of the livestock pens have either been busted or knocked down and have claw marks on them.
There are also a few dead sheep in some of the pens. But most of the sheep have been eaten completely so only a few are actually visible. We decide to ask the village chief if they know where the Red Eye Wolves nest is. He says "Ah yes, actually one of the farmers followed the wolves back to their nest. He managed to come back safely and told me where it is."
I say "Alright could you tell us please so we can go take care of it for you?" He responds "Oh yes gladly, the farmer said that it was in the forest to the right of the village. If you keep going straight from there you should find an abandoned shack. That seems to be where they have made their nest." I say "Alright thanks for the information, come on guys lets go get rid of those wolves."
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We then go to the location that we were told the wolves are using as a nest. We see the abandoned shack and also the Red Eye Wolves which are everywhere. I count how many wolves are outside of the shack, I'm so surprised that I say out loud "THERE ARE 20 OF THEM?!" Everyone jumps in shock and says "Shhh" I realize what I did wrong and cover my mouth.
Suprisingly it doesn't seem like any of the wolves heard me. If they did then it doesn't seem like they care. I tell them a plan that I came up with on the spot. The plan is that John and Timmy will rush in and fight as many as they can. Just like they did in the cave but this time I will follow behind them. I will be taking out the wolves with my Shadow Bullets that's what I decided to call my first spell.
As usual Alicia will stay back and use support spells to keep us healed and safe. Everyone agrees to this plan and we start on the count of three again. I say "One...Two...THREE!" Then everyone starts doing what they are supposed to. John manages to take out five wolves and Timmy manages to take out five as well. Using my Shadow Bullets I managed to take out the remaining ten.
Or at least I thought I did, but I did a quick count and realized I only got nine! I then hear a growl and quickly notice the last wolf is behind Timmy. I shout "TIMMY LOOKOUT BEHIND YOU!" He manages to jump away in time just before the wolf clamps down its teeth, then John stabs the wolf in its back. Timmy says "Phew thanks Brine a second later and I would've been dog food."
I respond "I'm just glad your okay anyway we should probably check what's inside the hut, there might be loot in there." He says "Alright I'll open it since it might be locked, I'm assassin and magic class mix so I'm able to get locks open in case I need to." Timmy checks the door and it actually turns out to be locked, he then pulls out a lockpick from his pocket and unlocks the door.
Then it happens the worst possible thing appears right before my very eyes. A pack of wolves burst through the door and jump on Timmy scratching away at him, then a big one comes out of the shack and howls. It appears to be the leader of the Red Eye Wolves, I know because a bunch of them come out of the woods and into the area we are at, then they start jumping on us one by one.
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First at Timmy, then John, then Alicia, and finally me. They started scratching us nonstop, everyone is screaming out in pain and fear. Then the wolf that was on me shattered the necklace I was wearing into peices, it was destroyed so easily, and the moment it was I looked over at my friends. They are all laying on the ground being attacked ruthlessly.
They were all screaming out but Alicia was screaming the most, what she said brought tears to my eyes she said "BRINE BRINE HELP ME PLEASE PLEASE DON'T LET ME DIE TO THESE WOLVES, I STILL HAVE TO TELL SOMETHING, I HAVEN'T TOLD YOU MY FEELINGS FOR YOU YET BRINE DON'T LET ME DIE BEFORE TELLING YOU!"
Then she slowly says with tears in her eyes and a forced smile on her face "Brine, I love you." One more swipe and her hand hits the ground as she falls silent. John says "Well, I guess this is it huh? It was great while it lasted." Timmy says "Brine you were a great freind it was fun going on adventures together even if it was short." They both stop moving and fall silent shortly after.
I then begin crying uncontrolably and start screaming at the top of my lungs. I feel my emotions fading. Only two things remain, sorrow and a pain to my heart, it's like a massive hole has been ripped into my heart. At that moment I look down at my hands and realize something, my skin is disappearing what's happening to me?
I shrug it off because nothing matters right now, nothing except getting rid of these damn wolves. I instinctivly get up pushing the wolf that's on me away so hard that it crashes into a tree. I then feel something come to my mind, A NEW SPELL! I chant out the spell immediately "Shadow engulfment awaken, take my enemy's lives so they shall disappear never to be heard from again."
Once the chant is finished something happens, a giant purple mist in the shape of a head with two grey horns, red eyes, and razor sharp teeth appears, it then eats the entire pack of wolves whole. With that I have avenged my freinds, the sorrow and the pain in my heart have disappeared. I examine my 'body' and I appear to be a complete skeleton now, I'm gonna to have somehow hide how I look now.
I then look in the shack and notice a ragged old brown cloak, I guess it's better than nothing so I decide to put it on and luckily it covers me up enough. The only ways you would be able to tell I'm a skeleton is if I took the cloak off, or if I put the hood down or looked up to far. I then go back outside and decide I need to somehow give their bodys to their family's.
I go back to the village and when no one is looking I put them in front of the village cheif's house. They each have a cloth over them and I put a note on the door of the building saying "My freinds died in battle to the wolves, and I can't bear to face their family's so please take them back to their homes for me, I am to sad to do it myself."
I also left a note on each cloth giving the address for their home. I then decide that I probably can't stay at the inn no more than final night because I can't risk exposing what I am. I will pack up and leave the inn tomorrow, I have got enough money from the reward of yesterday's quest to afford the things to camp out until I can get my own place.
I then go back to the inn and lay in my bed for the rest of that night, I was unable to get any sleep I guess that's to be expected. After all I am literally a skeleton now and I don't even have Eyelids anymore. Since I didn't get sleep I didn't appear in the void like I have been lately, but the silhouette of the man appeared in my inn room.
He says "Ah well that is unfortunate you changed even though you were warned. But I guess there was no stopping it in that scenario. Hey at least your still mentally stable so that's a good sign, oh, and let me give you some advice." I respond "Alright what's the advice you have for me?" He says "Sometimes, doing something bad is required in order to start something good."
He continues "So don't feel afraid to do some bad whenever you feel it is necessary." He then disappears and the room falls silent, I start to think about what he said and then say to myself "So sometimes bad choices can lead to good outcomes huh?"
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