Note from author

Name: () speaking out loud

() saying it in head

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(Wendy Pov)

Wendy: (Huff! Huff! Father hang on just a little longer!)

Dammit what did we do to deserve this? First humans kill my mother and siblings. Now were being hunted by a bear that uses wind as a weapon.

Gerard: (Wendy... Huff... go ahead... i'll by you some time.)

Wendy: (No! If I lose you i'll have no one else!)

(This is bad, father lost a lot of blood and his breath is really weak. HUH!)

Suddenly the ground is black and were sinking.

Wendy: ( FATHER WHAT'S HAPPENING?!)

When I turned to look at father he was trying to move but he couldn't. Even the fireballs he conjured didn't do any damage. He struggled some more until only his head was above ground. He then looked at me.

Gerard: (Wendy, I'm sor...)

He was sucked in.

Wendy: (FATHERRRRRR!!)

Then I was sucked in.

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(Where am I? Why is it so dark?)

After I thought this I was greeted with pain. I immediately screamed out. I screamed for what seemed like hours until it eased up a little.

Wendy: (Huff! What the hell was that?)

Then I immediately felt really sad and I started to cry. But I not only felt sad I felt a rage start to burn inside me.

(What could possibly cause this?)

I began to try to focus on the source. The source of all this suffering came in the form of a human.

(No that's wrong. This thing isn't a human.)

I don't know how I know this but I just do. It seem's that he has suffered more than me. Then I noticed something odd.

(Is he holding more in?)

When I looked at him more closely I could see what looked like dark fog leek out of him. When I touched it I immediately went through the same suffering as earlier. Then something stabbed him from behind and immediately the black fog leaked out from him.

(AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!)

This was completely different from before. It feels like something is gnawing on my innards. Then the black fog was sucked back into the boy.

(Huff! Huff! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!)

I was filled with rage. The black that greeted my eye's was turning into a dark red. Like the color of blood. Then I felt nothing but sadness. I cried again. The feelings of being in pain, being sad, and being pissed were much, much stronger then when those human's slaughtered my family.

(The suffering I went through can't even be compared to his suffering. It seems he is unconsciously blocking most of it out. ...I-I want to help him ease his suffering.)

I then thought about the only way I could help him. I then proceeded to see if we were compatible.

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(Lucien pov)

It's been about a few weeks since I came to Aerthon. During this time I enslaved some goblins, gave them more power and gained a companion, and trained them in combat because I doubt the human's would offer themselves to the darkness willingly. Gerard's master was apparently a powerful wizard who was considered a genius in everything except fire magic. So when Gerard became his companion he became a master of fire magic. Also he picked up a few tricks and some knowledge from his master on the general things about magic. But his master was killed in a war and thanks to this he could become my underling.

I decided to put Gerard in charge of any animal-like creatures that fell pray to the darkness. I did ask him if he could teach me about magic. Apparently magic has 3 main categories Light, Dark, and service magic. Light and dark magic allowed you access to attack magic like fireballs and necromancy. While service magic was for workers like blacksmith's, alchemists, and enchanter's. But apparently not everyone can use magic and if they can it's sealed until a special orb unlocks it. The only beings that have their magic sealed are the human's, elves, dwarf's, and beast-men. But only the human's and elves can fully unlock their magic power. The dwarf's have a weaker version of service magic. While the beast-men can't use magic at all.

Lucien: (Wait. So does this mean i'm like this orb thing since I unlocked something inside the goblins?)

Gerard: (Not exactly. The goblins that lived a long time ago were said to be much stronger and could use magic but they slowly turned into the current weak, ugly goblins of today. If I had to guess i'd say you gave them back that power.)

When I heard this I wondered how I could easily give them such strong power. Then I asked

Lucien: (Does this mean the darkness I manipulate is my magic?)

Gerard: (Not exactly. While your darkness does have some magical properties to it, it is easier to say it is a part of your very being. When I was in the darkness I could sense your power's but they are sealed which means you need the orb to unlock them.)

Hearing this I was immediately depressed. Than after a few minutes of thinking

Lucien: (I guess this means I have to attack a human village and take an orb.)

However when I looked at my little army I frowned. The goblin's were still fascinated with the new strength they received. The animals though I could tell they weren't used to working with other species beside their own. Also Wendy was still trying to figure out what her powers were.

(These guy's are far from ready to fight and if I do it alone someone might escape and alert others of my existence.)

I wasn't all that worried about normal weapons but I wasn't sure about enchanted weapons and magic.

(Could they harm me? Guess I won't find out staying here.)

I then decided to have the goblins and animals go through training which was just attack, defense, and teamwork. I made it so that they can converse using the darkness. I also had Gerard teach Wendy and the goblins, that used attack magic, how to understand and use their power's. This would go on for the next week and a half. During this time there was an incident where a fire ball a goblin conjured got a little too close to my head. So as punishment I ripped off his leg's, cut off his fingers one by one, and pulled out his tongue. When I finished doing this I used the darkness inside his mind to make him go through his biggest fear again and again and again. This served as a way to satisfy my hatred which has been growing recently nearly consuming my mind and serve as an example to the other's. Of course I put him back together again.

After this the other's tried even harder not to disappoint me and become the next outlet for my wrath. Every now and then Wendy would look at me with a little sadness in her eyes.

(Hmm, it seems no one is getting tired or hungry. Guess it's a side effect of the darkness.)

Because of this they were always training only stopping to make more wooden clubs or spears and arrows when they get to damaged. Wendy knows a little more about her powers. She seems to have a power called which allows her to summon strings that attach to a beings body and manipulate it. While under her control she can make the creature exceed it's limits making them stronger and faster than their body's allow. After a few day's I had them go out and hunt the creatures in the forest. They were to severely injure any creature they came across and toss it into the darkness. But as soon as they stepped out of the cave, which was covered in darkness, the darkness expanded around them. Like me the darkness surrounds them covering where they step.

(Guess I didn't notice since the cave is just rocks and dirt and is covered in the darkness.)

However the darkness only goes out to 2 ft around them. But this just means I got a big break.

(This means the more creature's I control the more the darkness spreads.)

Wendy got 10 Steel wolves, 5 large rabbits which are surprisingly quick, and 3 giant snakes that look like branches.

Gerard and his animals got 28 steel wolves, 15 orcs, 8 giant snakes, and 1 lizard-man thing they found in a river.

The goblins only got 4 steel wolves, 1 giant rabbit, and a giant bear.

(Well I guess this is enough to attack a village. There's a village at the edge of the forest but I don't know if they have an orb.)

When my little pawns returned I announced my plan's to attack the village and they all cheered. Apparently the human's at the village like to hunt and slaughter the creatures of the forest. While everyone else was partying and getting ready for the fight I went to my own little corner of the cave which I separated from the rest by raising the darkness like a wall till it reached the ceiling.

???: (Can we talk Lucien?)

I turned and saw Wendy standing behind me.

Lucien: (Sure, come in.)

She and I entered my little room and I made a little blob thing she could sit on since a rock is uncomfortable.

Wendy: (There's something you should know about when we did the contract.)

Lucien: (Oh?)

Wendy: (You see, ...when we did the contract... I saw some of your memories.)