He led to an even more taller building, the interior structure was incredible. It reminded Malcon of the duel arena that Eckhard created.
The building went rectangular, leaving a small opening in the middle.
"How many floors is this building?" Bane asked looking up, his face flushed in amazement.
"You guys are quite lucky to be one of the first to get here," Eckhard said, noticing how quiet the building was.
"In that case, go ahead and pick any room that suits your taste." he added, "two persons per room." he shouted as they all ran upstairs.
Malcon and Bane settled in room number two hundred. The room was quite spacious with three beds, and a reading table beside each bed.
"why did sir Eckhard tell us two persons per room if they were three beds?" bane asked.
"Maybe he wanted us to meet new people," Malcon suggested.
"I'm tired." Malcon complained as he fell to his bed, and like a baby he slept off.
Bane's eyes sprang open as he heard a sudden noise elude the building, Malcon on the other hand was still fast asleep.
"I pick this one, i pick this one" Bane heard a voice say outside his door. Pointing his hand to the door, sparks of lightning engulfed his finger.
The door slowly opened and an innocent looking boy walked in. He had black messy hair like Malcon and a well curved oval face, his emerald green eyes widened as he saw Bane pointing his lightning-covered finger to him.
"sorry." Bane apologised, bringing down his hand.
For a while the guy stood there, then slowly he moved to the empty bed.
"You guys were fast," he said, noticing they were already done parking and one of them was already sleeping.
"Yes we got here before you guys." bane confessed, as he lay back down to return to his sleep.
"Then you guys didn't go through all the tests right?" he asked, curiosity taking the best of him.
"we did the magic orb thing." bane replied, "that the only one we did before coming here." he added nothing the boy was not satisfied.
"oh that nice…am Loucas by the way." he said, stretching out his hand for a shake.
"Bane ice," Bane replied, shaking his hand.
"I'll leave you to sleep then." Loucas said, arranging his stuff.
With his eyes still closed, Malcon stretched himself.
'I've never had a peaceful sleep without Bane disturbing me' Malcon said to himself, opening his eyes.
"Yo…" he called out for Bane but stopped as he noticed he wasn't on his bed, standing up he went to the bathroom but he wasn't there. That was when he noticed that someone had occupied the third bed.
'He probably went out with the guy' Malcon assumed, as he walked to the boys table. It was well stacked with various books. Going through the books, the first three were mainly about hand to hand combat and human weak points, then how to cultivate.
The door to the room slowly opened and Bane and Loucas walked in only to see Malcon still slapping.
"He sleeps a lot," Loucas commented.
"No…he should have been awake by now, I'll shoke him." Bane suggested.
"That won't be necessary," Malcon said with his eyes still closed.
Loucas couldn't help but smile. 'They know each other too well.' he said to himself.
"Am Loucas." he said, extending his hand for a shake.
"Eden Malcon"
And they shaked hands.
"Like the Eden family." Loucas asked, his eyes
filled with ammesment.
"Huh?" Malcon looked confused.
"Your ability must be shadow right?" he asked.
"Yeah." malcon replied, still confused.
"Wooooo, I have an Eden in my room." he said excitedly, both Malcon and Bane stared at him blankly.
'This guy must be mad,' Malcon said to himself.
"What's the big deal about Eden?" Bane finally asked.
"The Eden family is one of the top three strongest families out of the seven families. Loucas explained.
Loucas statement brought back memories, as he suddenly remembered his dad telling him that he came from a very special and powerful family.
"So what's your ability?" Bane asked Loucas, changing the topic as he noticed Malcon change of mood.
"I don't really know how to explain it, but I'll show you," he said, placing his hand on Bane's shoulder.
Slowly his body began to transform, and In less than five minutes there were two Bane in the room.
For a while Malcon stared at both of them astonished. "Bane," he finally called out.
"Yes" they replied In unison, their voices very much similar.
"That's very cool," Malcon admitted.
"Yeah, but once I activate the ability I only have five minutes before I transform back," he confessed. " but it all depends on the level of the person who i transformed to." he added.
"Can you also do the person's ability?" Malcon asked.
His eyes gave a sudden blue glow and a small spark of lightning slowly formed on his hand, he looked a little bit like he was struggling. But slowly he formed an arrow and a bow using the lightning.
"Lightning magic is quite difficult to use." he confessed, letting the lighting disappear into thin air, "Am more specialised with fire, wind or telepathy" he added.
"but I've never really tried shadow magic before."
he quickly touched Malcon hoping to transform into him, just then he felt it again, an uneasy feeling, and his heart beat gradually intensified.
"No," Malcon said sharply, brushing Loucas's hand off his shoulder with a swift, almost instinctive motion.
They were both surprised with how Malcon reacted.
"sorry." he apologized.
"No it okay, I may have overstepped my boundary. The seven families can be very pridefully with their ability" he said smiling.
Malcon didn't even understand what he was saying, but he was just glad that the boy wasn't angry with how he was turned down.
"I suggest we sleep," Loucas said, yawning, "tomorrow is going to be a long day," he added, heading to his bed.
"Good night," Bane said, lying down.
Malcon lay down on his bed, for a while he had been trying to sleep but for some reason he couldn't.
The image of the old lady who lost her eye, just by looking at him loomed into his mind, then the voice.
'is it all linked up?' Malcon asked himself.
His eyes slowly grew heavy, he fought to keep them open, but they closed against his will.
Opening his eyes he saw himself in the same room. The floor was damp beneath him, and the echoing drops of water weren't comforting. The light was faint, barely enough to see, but with his ability, he moved forward, as he could see clearly in the dark.
Malcon's eyes widened in horror as he instinctively covered his nose. The thick stench of blood hung in midair. Stacks of skeletons were arranged like pyramids. A pool to blood coated the ground, casting a dull, crimson glow to the entire room.
"HELLO MALCON."
The voice was cold, inhuman, slicing through the silence of the room. Malcon felt his heart drop into his stomach, as he looked up, tracing the voice.
"WE FINALLY MEET."
"HELLO MALCON."
The voice was cold, inhuman, slicing through the silence of the room. Malcon felt his heart drop into his stomach, as he looked up, tracing the voice.
Looking up at a towering pile of skeletons was a throne made of bones and skulls, seated comfortably on the throne was a humanoid figure.
"WE MEET AT LAST."
"Who…who…what are…what are you?" Malcon starmed, his face filled with horror.
Malcon felt his heart vanish this time around, as a sudden airwave smashed onto his face, his eyes interlocking with two blood red eyes.
"I am Uthred."
It seemed as though the information was too much, as Malcon's Iris instantly went up and his body fell to the pool of blood.
*******
In a dimly lit up, pin drop silent room, seven captains sat comfortably. The only thing they had in common was the white mask they each wore, although each mask was slightly different in its own ways. Behind each of the captains stood their vice. Unlike the captains, they weren't wearing any mask but there face was void of expression like a mask.
Slowly the captains each stood up as a resounding footstep echoed.
"I, Lord Vemya, second in command of the holy knight, will be the host of today's meeting." the man who walked in said, his voice filled with authority.