"Life, is full of shit". This is one of the thoughts that possessed my mind as I laid on the cold floor, broken and betrayed.
In the unknown region of Velaria, the atmosphere was chaotic as dark clouds were forming in the sky above me, coving the area with utter despair.
"No!", I thought, "I refuse to give up!". I forced myself to stand up. I was feeling extreme pain and anger, but I had to stand. My vision was blurry; my body was shaking but I kept moving forward.
Then I came to a sudden halt as I saw the back of a blurry figure. Even though I couldn't see properly, I knew who was in front of me.
The blurry figure stood in front of an enormous frame resembling a door. This frame was emitting an ominous aura. Even though I was a dark mage, I still felt chills down my spine. Then the figure raised his hands in front of the frame.
Suddenly a bundle of light appeared in his hands. No… actually there were some artifacts in his hands that started glowing.
They started resonating with the frame as the ground around the frame erupted, causing 6 pillars to rise from the ground, surrounding the frame in a symmetrical pattern.
The artifacts flew from the figure's hands and landed on the pillars. The pillars started to absorb them as the light started to flicker out. The ground started shaking violently as the hollow frame was slowly filling with a violet light and small debris of rocks was floating near it.
I on the other hand was too focused on the figure in front of me. I wanted to kill him. I wanted to rip him to shreds. My mind was filled with anger as I gathered mana on my right hand. A magic circle formed on it and a moment later, dark energy started to seep out of it, taking the shape of a claw.
I casted my arm forward and from it, a ghostly image of the same claw emerged, just a bit bigger. The bigger claw surrounded the man as I used the claw on my hand to control the bigger version and crushed him in a fist.
But then suddenly I noticed a flash of light inside and my claw dissipated. A magical barrier had appeared around the man and my attack was nullified.
The figure turned around and was now in clear view. There stood a young man, with blond hairs and golden eyes.
The man smirked as he said, "Man, you're quick casting is as deadly as always Aiden. But I'm afraid I was prepared in advance". He gestured toward a pendant on his neck that was glowing faintly.
But I knew that this relic must have a cooldown, so I opened my hand as a black magic circle appeared on it. However, before I could cast, it was abrupted as the man kicked me and threw me off to a distance.
Blood shot from my mouth as I hit a nearby rock. The man slowly approached me as I yelled at him, "Why?! Why did you do this? Why did you betray us?!". He grinned and said in a coy tone, "Why..." then suddenly his voice deepened as he completed his sentence, "… because it was fun".
I watched in horror as a devil (demon) emerged from his back and was floating beside him. The devil had a distorted face, red eyes and a genie-like body with its end still attached to the man's back.
I said, "You, you made a contract with a devil?! Are you out of your mind?!". The man said, "Yes, as you can see, I made a contract with one of the 7 demonic generals. Oh, and before you ask why, I'll tell you in advance…"
He bent down in front of me and pointed behind him and said, "Because the contract was in favor of me. Once the Hell's gate opens up, the world will be ruled by us!!!".
The devil went back inside the man's body and he turned towards the gate and was walking towards it when suddenly he stopped midway.
He turned towards me and with a smirk said, "Oh and by the way, thank you for all the help you've provided for our cause…"
It seemed like the devil was talking to me. The man continued, "Because without your help, we would've never found the 6 Zodiac emblems…"