Darkness stretches endlessly.
Not the quiet kind but the alive kind.
Within this abyss, a shadowy figure looms,
its form unstable, shifting like smoke
bound by malice. Before it floats El-Mond's consciousness, anchored to his own body
as if nailed in place.
"What a strange… yet powerful
CONSTITUTION."
The voice is low, distorted, layered
echoing as though multiple throats spoke
at once.
The shadow steadies El-Mond's body
inside his own mind, fingers digging in
as if claiming ownership. El-Mond struggles,
as he grasp himself, trying to adapt to his
current predicament.The figure ignores him completely.
"Boy, you are gifted. Don't worry…
I will put your body to good use."
The shadow leans closer, laughter dripping with greed, staring at El-Monds body.
"Or should I say my body now?
Hahahaha"
Before the laughter can finish
"HEY!"
El-Mond's voice cuts through the void
like a blade.
"Bottom feeder.
I think you've got the wrong body."
It freezes.
The shadow stops moving.
Then slowly its head snaps around.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?!"
Rage erupts.
"YOU LITTLE SHI..."
The words die mid-sentence.
The shadow's eyes widen.
Its entire form trembles.
"…M-MASTER?"
Fear replaces fury in an instant.
Inside his mind, El-Mond's lips curl into
a faint smirk.
"It thinks I'm its master?.
How convenient."
He lifts his head slightly,
posture straightening not in defiance,
but authority.
"Oh?"
"So you've grown the gall to talk
down to me now?"
The shadow panics.
It throws itself to the ground before El-Mond, slamming its head down repeatedly.
"N-NO! NEVER! MASTER!"
"I thought you were an intruder!
I was only protecting my master's
treasured things YES! YES!"
Its voice collapses into incoherent rambling.
El-Mond looks down at it, unimpressed.
"Oh?"
"So you didn't just call me a little shit?"
The shadow laughs nervously,
sweat-like darkness dripping from its form.
"Impossible! Hahaha
impossible!"
El-Mond frowns.
"So now you're saying I'm crazy?"
The shadow's body slams flatter
against the ground.
"NO! NO! PLEASE! MASTER
I WAS WRONG!"
That's when El-Mond extends his hand.
The air tightens.
"Lumica. Candruva. Sinincavin."
Purple symbols ignite beneath his palm.
"BIND VIE FOR ME IN FRONT OF ME."
A violent shimmer of violet light explodes
outward.
The shadow screams.
El-Mond's voice turns cold.
"First I'm not your master. I lied."
"Second I am now!."
The light sinks into the shadow's core.
"I've placed a soul curse on you.
At my will you will suffer agony… or death."
The shadow jerks upright.
"WHAT?!"
It leaps back, slapping at its
own body in disbelief.
Then it laughs.
"You think you can bind a
EMPEROR-LEVEL evolved creature?!"
"Even fallen, I'm still stronger than you!.
I'm gonna rip you apart and take your body"
It slams its fist into its palm and lunges.
The moment it moves
Its body crashes into the ground.
A scream tears through the void.
The shadow writhes, clawing at its head,
howling in pain. Cursing at El-Mond,
Throwing threats.
El-Mond crosses his arms.
And watches.
Minutes pass.
Then more.
Curses turn into threats._
Threats turn into screams.
Thirty minutes later begging begins.
El-Mond ignores it, muttering to himself.
"…fried meat… sweet buns… hot stew…"
Another thirty minutes.
The shadow twitches helplessly,
barely moving.
"Mas…ter… please…"
El-Mond yawns.
Another thirty minutes pass.
"MAS...TER!"
"The stone… the stone in the statue!"
"It can help you evolve from Earl..
to Marquess!"
Silence.
El-Mond opens his eyes.
He walks forward, gaze lethal.
"If this information is fake you die."
"If you attack me this happens again."
"If you try to break the curse…"
His presence changes. For a single second
A suffocating, beast-like aura, No.
Something More ominous erupts from him.
The shadow trembles. As Microscopically.
It's entire being wants to flee!.
"…I will torture you how ever i please!.
Wherever you are."
The shadow bows violently.
Trembling
"Y-Yes… Master…"
The curse deactivates. The pressure lifts.
"Thank you… thank you, Master."
As it bows, the shadow trembles and
wonders internally.
"What is this energy…?
That wasn't human…
A Beast!?. No No No.
I've fought Emperor Level Beasts,
and none felt nothing like this."
"What is he!?"
El-Mond turns away.
The darkness watches him with terror.
TO BE CONTINUED