CHAPTER 2: THE EXPLANATION
“Hold on, are you sure you’re actually a court mage? Or are you lying? No one here has ever heard of this so called ancient magic.” Ruairi was confused and put his hand on his sword as he questioned Clement.
“Of course you wouldn’t know! The King had discovered a new dungeon of ancient origin about a month ago. Inside there were many curious things like the colour magic on display, it had a very unique colour that was captivating and held an almighty power and sparked the greed in us all, we had left some people behind to study the magic as we pushed forward and delved deeper in the ruins. Eventually we had come across a jewelled door which had contained the same colour as that magic, due to the seal weakening after many years it was easier to get inside before we hit the treasury and to the right the library.” As Clement continued his story of the ancient ruins things had begun to become clearer for Ruairi and Alice.
CLEMENT VERSAILLIES
Behind the treasury was a massive door with many traps and warned use not to enter in the old aetheric language. Greedy, we opened the door expecting to find more treasure, but behind that door was an absolutely horrifying scene, there was two colossal beings surrounded in the purest of dark magic, curious, we threw in a canary which we had brought along and slammed the door, from the other side it was silent until we heard the bang on the door and a bloodcurdling scream had erupted from what we had assumed to be from one of the colossal beings, many of us had passed out and others were readying their weapons and magic until the roaring stopped. We were all frozen when the door had opened and the dark magic which had flooded out caused the ones who weren’t strong enough to transfigure as their limbs had changed and the sounds of their bones popping echoed throughout the dungeon as blood dripped from their eyes. As their bodies got more and more and more disfigured any wisp of life or willpower they once had was completely gone, as if they were but a shell. We had closed the stone door again and sealed it up using part of our lifespan as a catalyst, afraid that if these colossal beings were to get out then it would be the end of the world. We had put the deceased on the cart and moved to the library where there were a plethora of books about magical theory, arrays, alchemy and magic conversion, we collected all of these books on a separate cart and left back to the kingdom to study these books.
RUAIRI FORTHORN
“Due to my studies of the books I have learnt the magic theory of suspending air and manipulating it to my will to help me fly or create a vacuum around my body.” When Clement finished up his story on the ancient ruins, the air in the room was heavy.
“So you’re telling me, my son contains this magic, I believe you called it ancient magic? How do you know its not just some kind of new colour magic?” Ruairi had shown clear disdain and confusion on his face, refusing to believe that his son has the same dark abilities as those colossal beings.
“My subordinate here has memory magic, he can show you the contents of the book that identifies their magic, for what we call them, we refer to them as the ancient clan.” As this was explained Alice was already passed out holding Niles in her hands, he seemed to reach out to Ruairi before falling asleep.
“What have you done to my family?!” Ruairi exclaimed as he drew his sword and amplified it with magma and gravity magic and pointed it at Clement before feeling drowsy.
“This is the process of memory magic, we are keeping your butler awake as he can defend your family well enough on his own. Don’t worry, nothing will happen.” Being reassured Ruairi stopped his mana flow and passed out.
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