"Choose your option, Mira."
Mira. A name sounds so familiar yet so disturbing to hear from his mouth.
"Don't spit my name with that filthy mouth of yours, Erinek."
Loud laugher mixed with the sound of the bubbling lava underneath my feet. Between the red burning hell and me, only a thin road of rock already crumbling. Counting every piece of rock that falls to it's demise and melts away, I can tell that my fate is not so far to resemble them.
"You came here with your own feet Mira, will you let that voyage go in vain? Or will you make the ultimate choice to become invincible"
I don't know. No. More like I don't want to admit it. If I didn't know, I wouldn't have been here, standing in front of this divine creature. This monster. The devil himself.
"Clock is ticking, time is wasted. Will you accept yourself as a week lowlife, or will you seek power and revenge your family?"
Jerk. He knows where to strike. It's shameful enough to come with my own feet asking for his power. It was meaningless to remind me of my objectif.
"Will you let go of all the built up hatred, or will you finnaly become strong..."
"...strong enough to kill...me!"
That loud laugh of his. I can't stand it any longer, I have to put an end to this...now or... never.
I sighed, preparing myself. I steadily walked closer to where this immense creature sat, making sure I don't put my feet through a hole and end up dying.
"Keep it short Erinek. I will do as you wish but of course, you will have to do as I wish as well."
"With pleasure!" Enthusiasm dancing in his fiery eyes." A contract is not something to be underestimated. After all, whoever breaks it might face the primordial judges. Right Mira?"
His point was clear. He was showing me that, even he, cannot make a fool of the primordial judges. While it was a warning for me to not try any dirty tricks.
"I do not play around the bush, Erinek. I will be your right hand, your dirty work performer untill you achieve what you want. In doing that, I seek to retrieve my father's sword and...battle with you, till one of us...perishes."
His face got serious all of a sudden and his dirty smug was wiped away from his huge head.
"Alright then." Changing to his human form, his shape decreased to fit a masculine body. His horns disappeared and his black hair growed to an average length. He quickly covered his naked body by putting on a long, dark red coat and then walked closer. To the point where I could see his drowsy dark eyes that I have always resented, feel his breath that I've always reminisced about making it stop and hear his heart that I vowed to take out since that night.
"Till death do us apart."