"How long do you think you can keep me locked up?A week?Two weeks?Or until I go completely insane?"Nyx slowly stood up, his magic churning throughout the room as the oppression grew.
"Did you think that I would never do anything to you?"
Ellis didn't say a word.
Nyx cocked his head, the corner of his mouth curling into a cold smile, "What if I destroy this place now?"
He casually raised a finger, the magic at his fingertips already beginning to distort reality.The temperature in the air plummeted, the books on the shelves burned and went out silently, and the texture of the floor disappeared in a corner as if it had been devoured.This was magic that was on the verge of going out of control.
"Ellis," Nyx's voice seduced, "you're going to hell with me, okay?I'm so hard, I'm going crazy."
Ellis' heart sank.He realized then that he had pushed Nyx too hard.
Ellis stood in the doorway, his gaze as calm as water, not stepping back or stopping Nyx's demonic rampage.He just looked at him, as if assessing and waiting.
The corner of Nyx's mouth still hung a smile, but that smile had long since lost any semblance of frivolity, and instead carried coldness and danger.He took a step forward, his magic churning as if he would completely lose control at any moment."Are you afraid?"
Nyx stared at Ellis, his voice low and careless, "Didn't you always think you could control me?Didn't you always think you could keep me in line if you wanted to?"
He smiled a little colder, the blood-red pupils under his eyes contracting slightly, giving off an aura of abyssal danger.
"Come on, Mentor-sama."Nyx gently raised his hand, the magic at his fingertips swirling a gale that swept across the room, even causing the entire dormitory to tremble slightly, "Show me how else you can 'discipline' me?"
Ellis still didn't move.
He just looked at Nyx and spoke slowly, his voice too calm for words.
"Nyx."The name alone made Nyx's smile freeze for a moment.
"I'm not afraid."Ellis took a step forward, and this time, Nyx didn't let him stop, just narrowed his eyes and stared at him warily, "I'm regretting it."
Nyx froze for a moment, then sneered, "Regretting what?Regretting locking me up?"
Ellis looked at him and shook his head softly, "Regretting pushing you to this point."
The air grew quiet for a moment.Nyx's magic was still churning, but his demeanor changed slightly.He stared at Ellis like he didn't understand why he would say that.
Ellis walked up to him and stood close, so close that Nyx could clearly see the seriousness in his eyes.
"Your magic is out of control."Ellis' tone was smooth, but it carried an irresistible firmness, "Can't you feel it yourself?"
Nyx's pupils shrunk slightly.
"What does this have to do with you?"His voice was a little low, as if he was forcing himself to calm down, but the churning magic betrayed him.
Ellis was silent for a split second before speaking slowly, "Because I don't want you to actually become what you hate most about yourself."
Nyx's smile froze completely.He stared at Ellis in a daze, his fingers trembling slightly.Ellis was right.He was indeed losing control.Not just the magic, but himself.
From the first day he'd been locked up, Nyx had been holding back, until that patience had completely collapsed, until he himself couldn't even realize how far he'd come.He didn't want to admit it, but he knew that if Ellis had come a little later, he might have actually destroyed this place, or even himself.Ellis had realized that before he had.Nyx's breath caught slightly and his lips quivered as he tried to say something, but no sound could come out of his throat.
Ellis didn't give Nyx any chance to struggle when he completely lost control.
In that moment, the room was churning with magic, and Nyx's rage almost set the entire space ablaze.His eyes were scarlet, his demonic aura was wild and violent, his sharp fangs were slightly exposed, and black demonic lines spread across his skin, like a true son of the abyss had finally shown its fangs.
But Ellis didn't give him any chance at all - forced suppression.