Chapter nine: A dark light
Leornars leapt on the princess only for a sword to almost beheading him sweeped next to his jaw, he turned to see a female knight dressed in full body armour. His gaze dropped and looked at the princess, the female knight hurriedly stood Infront of the princess.
" Princess Selrose,stay behind me....I'll quickly eliminate this swine" the female knight said as she pointed the weapon on Leornars's way.
" I'll give you one second....move!" Leornars said coldly as he picked up the fallen dagger,he stretched his arms and back, the knight tried to attack for Leornars to dodge by squatting then kicked her on her back as she stumbled on the balcony.
Leornars walked to the princess with the dagger ready to kill, the knight rushed over again and they clashed, the metals clashed as both rushed hitting each others weapons.
" How's this possible? He's adapting to my speed and skills, if this keeps on I'll certainly lose" the knight thought out.
" Physical enhancements, strength of a doom troll" she said confidently as a magic circle formed beneath her foot and rose as her body was engulfed in a green aura. She began to overwhelm Leornars who frowned angrily,he launched himself forward in a suicide attempt throwing his dagger up, then quickly moved on the knight's left side hit her left leg as she knelt , Leornars grabbed her sword and the falling dagger and was about to kill her till the princess pointed a crossbow on Leornars.
" If you miss , you will die" Leornars told her coldly
" Why do we have to fight? Can't we just not kill eachother?" The princess softly said as she dropped the crossbow, the female knight was confused only to get knee jaw kick by Leornars who rushed grabbing the princess by the neck.
" Don't... don't do this! " She said in a chock-full tone
" And why is that?" He asked
" I know you have suffered a lot , I'm not aware of how much but I know you didn't deserve it" she said
Leornars lifted her higher
" There's always another way, I can help you out of this kingdom" she said
" Princess! " The knight shouted
" Harribell don't worry" the princess said to the knight
" And why should I trust you? " Leornars said coldly as he choked her more
" There's no reason for you not to trust me, but...but.. I know of the prophecy and I want this cursed land to be pure once again, I know you lack knowledge on magic, I can give you grimoures on advanced magic, even ones on dark magic " the princess bargained
" Go on " Leornars urged as he loosed his grip
" I know someone who can get you out of the royal capital unnoticed by the guards, you will be out of the kingdom in hours"she added,as Leornars let go of her and walked to the wall , the female knight rushed to the princess to examine her.
" You monster!" She called him
Leornars turned to her in icy eyes and spit on the floor next to her foot,she grinned her teeth.
" I'll kill you for that!" She said angrily
" Harribell, don't, you already lost to him" the princess softly said
The door flung open and the old woman came in, Leornars threw his dagger at her as she dodged it,he rushed forward to kill her with the sword,he swung and she instantly hit him on the head with her wooden staff.
"I see you are done chatting" she said
" Lady oracle" the female knight called out
" Harribell and Selrose, you surely had a funny encounter with the white plague" the oracle said sarcastically
The female knight looked a bit red on her cheeks, the princess softly giggled
" He certainly is fascinating".The princess said
Leornars got up and touched his forehead and picked up the sword, he threw it to the oracle and she caught it and stabbed it on the floor,she turned to him.
" Am not your enemy,son of Emalian " she said
Leornars eyes looked in disbelief and he took a step forward
" You.. you know my mother?" He asked
" Yes,I knew her, she was a good friend of mine.. she was originally born in our world but left it to search for your soul,seems she found you" the oracle said
" Emalian, Emalian, you mean that witch of calamity was his mother?!" The female knight asked in disbelief
" Yes " the oracle replied and walked to Leornars
" I could give you a grimoure of all her spells she wrote down " the oracle added
" What are you getting out of this?" Leornars said coldly
" Just seeing you is enough for this old soul " the oracle added
" Fine, but if I get this is a lie ..I'll kill you " he threatened her coldly,she walked and picked up his dagger and threw it to him as he caught it, and they walked out , the knight Infront of the princess as she grabbed the sword from Leornars's hand .
The walked into the library and Leornars quickly grabbed a few books and flipped some pages.
" I see,I understand it now completely " he said to himself
" What is a grimoure?" He asked
" Oh ! Dear me, I forgot, a grimoure is a book containing various spells and fundamentals of magic scripted by mages and witches" the oracle explained, she walked out of the room and Leornars kept on reading,
" It seems Elemental magic is easier to grasp than I thought " he said
" If he is the witch of calamity's son ,then he is an Avantris child ,rare as he is " the female knight thought" no wonder he quickly adapted to my combat skills "
Leornars's body glowed a red glow as his eyes turned deep red.
" And that's the advanced body enhancements mastered" the princess said
" That fast!?" The female knight said in shock, Leornars stopped glowing
The oracle returned with a old book which had a brown cover, she handed it to Leornars,who took it and opened it... The oracle looked a bit shocked but pretend to act casually
" I see, it's true huh" she thought
Later they were walking to the dungeon and Leornars heard a voice from one of the cages, he walked opened it and saw a demi human, he had two horns on his forehead and a pale skin.
" His resolve seems distorted, he'll die in a day" Leornars said calmly as he walked to the man
" The man looked at him and forced a smile,
" Please,save the white haired priestess, please "the man said in a very low tone as his cracked lips seemed to peel.
" The who?" The female knight asked
" She is held in the town of Dregden in lord Curzon mansion, she has ashen white hair, two black horns " the man said,
Leornars seemed uncaring and uncuffed him
" Do that yourself " he said
" I would have, but I'm exceptionally weak, frail than a human child, I will die in eight hours so please do it " the man said as he bowed, Leornars clicked
" He's a demon, right?" The princess asked the oracle
" Yes, a demon caught by your father and tortured here," the oracle said
" You see Leornars, this is what the world is going through, humanity declared itself superior and turned blaming the demons to be the evil ones and in the name of the gods are executing those guilty " the oracle said
" It's believed that humanity was created by the gods while demi humans and demons were created by the evil god, so humanity has a right to abuse and kill the other races" the princess added
" And how is that my problem?" Leornars asked
" As you can see you are not human, you are an Avantris, a demi human species " the female knight said
" An Avantris,huh" he said
" Take it,I give my gift to you" the demon said as he touched Leornars's foot
" His gift?!" The female knight exclaimed
" This is new" the oracle said
A black fog surrounded both the demon and Leornars and it fogged up then quickly vanished in Leornars's chest, the demon fell, dead.
" New skills attained, hellish and heartless obtained, dark magic level raised to 32... necromancy level 3" the female voice echoed in Leornars's head
" What's necromancy?" Leornars asked the old woman
"It's the ability to control and manipulate the bodies of the dead" the old woman said
" Why?" She asked
Leornars touched the demon's chest and a black fog engulfed it...
" Awaken from the dead and serve me" Leornars said coldly to the corpse as it began to move, the corpse's body was darker it knelt down on Leornars's foot.
" Grant a name to it for power!" The female voice said
"A name,huh? ...I Leornars,grant thee a name...Bellian!" He said as the room fell silence and his voice echoed in the dungeons... The undead's body glowed red and rose .
" He is a necromancer!!!!!" The female knight said in terror
Leornarss body also glowed dark red and he staggered to the wall as he held it,he held his head.
" I see now,if I awaken an undead I gain their trust and experience with some bonus skills" he said, Bellian rushed out of the dungeon and returned with three dead guards.
" I don't even want to know where you got them from" Leornars said as he did the same, he had now four undead knights,
" Bellian, you are in charge of them" Leornars ordered and they vanished in to Leornars's shadow
" What did I just see!?" The female knight said in disbelief
They headed out of the castle on where Leornars saw alot of the guards he had killed when he was invading the castle, without a word he went awakening the corpses , to a total of 120 undead's.
" I guess that's why he's called the plague" the princess said,then they heard guards approachin. The old woman began to chant in an unknown language,a white magic circle formed beneath Leornars's and he vanished.
The guards arrived to see the oracle, the princess and the knight, they looked around
" Go with goddess Minam" the princess said as she turned leaving...
Leornars was teleported to the middle of the road of a different town,he looked around to see people staring at him, he looked to see his blood drenched outfit and long white red hair, he walked to an alley, a few goons followed him..later Leornars came out in new clothes and a normal short hair.
He wore a grey trouser and a black t-shirt with a brown coat with brown boots,
" Now where is lord Curzon mansion?" He thought and began strolling through the town,he had over a few hundred coins he got from the undead knights and from the goons . He went bought an apple and bit it.
" Tasteless!" He thought
" Are you new here?" The shop owner asked him
" Yes,I came from the countryside" he lied
" Oh, then be careful, there's alot of bandits and corrupt guards who'll just exploit you for money" the shop owner said
" Where is the lord's mansion?" Leornars asked
" Why would you want to go to that pests cage?" She asked
" I just need to know the area I need to stay away from"Leornars said taking another bite
" It's three blokes from this street, across the bridge and to the hilltop,there's a mansion there" the shop owner said, Leornars paid and left.
" I did get a new gift,I need to fulfil this agreement and I'm gone " he thought
Meanwhile in the Curzon mansion, the demon priestess was locked up as a blonde girl came to hit her,she mocked the demon girl and left laughing.
The demon priestess looked at the roof, and said
" Someone help me "