Demise

Tai woke up very early in the morning.

It was another day on the Black Nest after all.

For the past few days, the red haired teenager had been slaughtering mundane level beasts.

These were beasts that had absolutely no powers whatsoever.

They were actually nothing more than oversized animals without energy cores.

He had become quite used to using a sword, and had almost achieved the first step of runic sorcery.

As his daily hobby, Tai closed his eyes and began circulating his energy towards the pencil.

A creak followed by a thud, then the pencil crumbled into dust.

Tai sighed and shook his head.

"Yet another one."

The noises must have come from Nikolah, as she was also a freak who woke up very early in the morning for some strange reason.

Tai had his sorcery at least, but what did Nikolah wake up that early to do?

Stretching, the red haired boy put on a shirt and walked out of the room.

"Good morning."

He waved to the blue haired girl.

Nikolah raised a brow.

"Tai, it's nine o clock in the evening."

Tai tilted his head a bit, confusion written over his face.

"It is?"

Somehow, Tai had slept off after lunch in the afternoon and woke up in the evening.

It was odd, as the sword wraith would usually take him on rudimentary sorcery or sword techniques.

Closing his eyes, the teenager tried to call forth the ancient wraith, but strangely, he could not feel anything.

"Weird."

Through out the day, Tai lazed about studying runic sorcery, destroying his almost finished batch of pencils, and killing one or two mundane beasts.

An ordinary day for him.

But he could not shake off the weird feeling that something was horribly, terribly wrong.

Claire walked up to the deck of the majestic flying ship and sat down beside the red haired teenager.

Tai smiled lightly as he waved.

"Hi."

Claire nodded at him and waved back.

Then awkward silence followed.

Tai wasn't really a people person to start conversations, and Claire did not even have vocal cords to begin with.

However, while they sat down in idle silence, Claire began to twitch.

And twitch.

Soon, she was shaking vigorously.

Tai looked worried a little bit at first, but when she began to shake, he got worried.

"Nikolah!, I think something is wrong with Claire!!"

Claire suddenly began to shake even more vigorously, then she suddenly stopped.

"Claire?.. a..are you okay?"

Tai was afraid to touch the blonde girl just in case she was dead.

However, Claire's eyes suddenly shot open.

"Three fools lay dead in pieces on a hill of gold, one in search of vanity and another in search of glory."

Tai frowned slightly.

"What?"

"Three fools lay dead in ashes on a hill of gold, one in search of vanity and another in search of glory."

"Three Fools Lay Dead In Ashes On A Hill Of Gold, One In Search Of Vanity And Another In Search Of Glory."

"THREE FOOLS LAY DEAD IN ASHES ON A HILL OF GOLD, ONE IN SEARCH Of VANITY AND ANOTHER IN SEARCH OF GLORY."

Soon she began to scream at loud decibels far above that of a ordinary human.

Which was extremely strange as the blonde girl had no vocal cords and wasn't even capable of making sounds.

In an instant, Nikolah appeared out of nowhere.

"We have to get her to the highest point on the island!"

Claire had a very odd ability.

She could see a particular scene from the future.

However, when she were to use her ability, her soul would be replaced by that of a random wraith that would speak out what she saw in her revelations.

But this was very dangerous.

When her body was possessed, she would slowly lose her soul, her mind would crumble and if she did not let go as soon as possible, she would die an agonizing death.

Thus, when she lost control, she would have to be taken to the highest point available and tried to be awoken.

If she woke up, then the wraith would vanish to the realms above.

If they failed, however... then she would be lost forever.

Tai and Nikolah lifted the spasming body of the blonde girl who was still screaming.

"THREE FOOLS LAY DEAD IN ASHES ON A HILL OF GOLD, ONE IN SEARCH Of VANITY AND ANOTHER IN SEARCH OF GLORY."

Her words greatly unsettled the red haired boy as she was supposed to be able to see the future.

If she was really seeing the future, wouldn't that mean that Tai, Nikolah, and Claire would die a harrowing death by being sliced in pieces on a golden hill?

Soon, the three had arrived at the highest point on the entire Island.

The Black Nest itself.

It was a twisted mass of gargantuan branches that had a golden light gleaming from it's middle.

Without thinking much, the three climbed up the hill and placed the twitching body on the hill.

Cold sweat ran down Nikolah's spine ad she tried to wake the blonde girl up.

"Claire! Come back Claire!!, Clarence Voyante!!"

But Tai could not shake off the feeling that something was wrong.

Terribly wrong.

However, his thoughts were interrupted as Claire had come to and Nikolah sighed in relief.

But as Tai walked over, she suddenly tensed up.

In a flash, white ice shot towards him and black flames came from behind.

The red haired teenager only had the chance to catch a glimpse of a gigantic jet black eye, then everything went black.

Tai had died.

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