章 63: The bid (IV)
"These are a special type of talisman." Rei was looking down upon me, and he squatted down.
"Nobody around here can see that these talismans are magic. Compared to your magic that seems to be vibrant with energy, these talismans are quite different. I got this from the Buddhist temple. I was worried that it wouldn't work, but apparently, it does fairly well." He chuckled.
I spat in his face, furious at what he did.
"That is disgusting, princess." Rei whipped the spit off his face. Another set of five talismans was wrapped around me, causing severe pain to my chest. What the hell? I couldn't believe these fourteen talismans were able to create such a strong force?
"The more you struggle, the more you will lose your strength, princess." Rei chuckled. "Doesn't matter to me though, it makes my job a lot easier if you know what I mean."
"I despise you." I sharply spat out, getting angrier and angrier.
"Please do. I do not mind at all. It actually makes things a lot more easier to see. To have an enemy to go after. Maybe you will turn into some chaos dragon and ruin this world? How fun would that be?"
"You're insane."
"That's your second time saying that. Thank you very much. I can't seem to get enough of it, Princess." Rei reached over and lifted up my chin. My hair fell in front of my face covering my eyes.
Anger rose up from the pit of my stomach. This was not how I was going to end! With all the strength I could muster, I pushed up onto my knees. I blew fire from my mouth towards him and the talisman hoping it would burn it away.
A couple of them caught on fire, while the others were protected by some kind of barrier. I pushed to the point where every single one of the chains broke simultaneously. Excited, I got up and rushed towards Rei with my hand clenched in a tight fist.
"Eat this!" My fist bee-lined towards his face, Rei sidestepped out of the way. He grabbed ahold of my hand and threw me over his shoulder. What the heck? Stultified at the sudden throw, I fell onto my back.
"Too bad, I had the feeling you were just a beginner in a fight. Do you think I'll let you hit me with that tremendous strength? I am not that stupid, you know."
Once again, a paper talisman spewed out chains wrapped around me, but this time there was a completely different paper talisman that was three times more powerful than the ones that he threw before.
Like a wild animal, I screamed. "Let me go!"
"At the rate, you are thrashing around, you'll look like a fool."
Fire erupted from my stomach to my mouth. Everywhere I spat, the intensified heat pushed Rei backward. Even still, I was not able to touch the paper talisman. I changed the direction of my magic and spat out icicles around me in the hopes of one of them hitting the talisman.
Rei rushed in and knocked out the icicles from the air with his bare hands. Each time he hits them out of the air, I use this chance to redirect my aim. More and more were slowly coming together in certain areas, becoming more specific. I couldn't help but snicker at Rei's little dance as he was forced to jump around, knocking the icicles out of the air.
At this rate, he was going to tire out first, then me losing my magic. I could go on for hours.
Continuing with spewing out flying icicles, this time, I aimed upwards towards the lights. The lights exploded and turned off. I felt that things were now going more in my favor. Without the light, Rei will have a much harder time stopping the icicles.
The number of icicles in the air increased by three folds, making it ten times more difficult to deflect. Not only that, my control of magic was exponentially growing. My only thought was that it was because of my life and death battle.
"Princess, you need to try better than this." Rei punched through every single one of the effortless. He was not even breathing heavily through this whole ordeal. His fist was glowing red light that I have never seen before. "You actually believe that I don't believe in magic? It was all a show. A show." Rei laughed. This time, he rushed towards me and aimed downwards towards my exposed stomach.
Instinctively I pulled up an ice barrier around my exposed stomach. Layers upon layers were thickly condensed into one. I had no choice but to create the thick layers of barrier before I could get hit.
Rei pounded downwards, breaking apart the ice barrier as it splintered into a thousand pieces. The force of his hit made my stomach reel in pain. Black and white spots burst through my head, temporarily blinding me. I coughed in pain.
"Don't worry, Princess. I'm going to take care of you very well. Selling you to the highest bidder and seeing the destruction of the world begin. You do not understand how long I have waited for this." Rei grabbed my hair, and he whispered into my ears. "Haven't you ever wondered how I can use more potent magic? I'm actually a Residence of Torren."
I couldn't help but be shocked at Rei's words. Did the Goddess of Light truly bring a dangerous person over to Earth?
"I'll tell you a secret. I, too, was once a Legendary Creature. A Titan."
"W-What?"
"Don't you know all defeated Legendary Creatures of the past are thrown here on Earth. All our past powers and our original body stripped from us. Instead, we are cast into this human body that can barely do anything. We are thrown here in this god-forsaken world where magic is almost barely usable. Not able to go back to the world that I used to call home. Destruction, Power, Wealth, and Women were all at the tip of my fingertips, till those damnable Heroes came and took it all!"
Rei's words were with such venomous that I felt a deadly chill down my back. He took a deep breath and calmed himself.
"The moment you stepped into this world princess, magic has doubled. All the powers this puny human body had acquired had double to do things that I was dreaming of. You are a catalyst for magic princesses." Rei chuckled, looking at me as some kind of item. "Even if I cut you into pieces and send parts of you around the world, magic will constantly flow from your body and enrich it. Do you know how special of an existence you are?"
"No, but I'll make sure to destroy you."
"Oh, really, Princess? You're stuck in ancient magic that I have uncovered in Ancient Egyptian culture and around the world. I have lived on Earth for over one thousand years and found many things. I am the only Legendary Creature that was alive till you came. The others had dwindled into a human's mindset and have forgotten the world of Torren. Those disgrace of a creature." He spat.
"Though I have to wonder why you are allowed to keep your form, but I am not."
"I don't know, but you, for sure, don't deserve to go back to your original body."
"Really now? I will get what is mine, even if I have to kill you."
"You can't kill me." My voice cracked. I was actually starting to get scared for my life. I thought he was just an average human, but he was not. He was from the world of Torren and a past Titan. His knowledge of what a Legendary Creature was a lot more than me.
"You really think so? Princess, I told you, didn't I? I have collected thousands of artifacts about what your kind can do at the ancient tombs of China. What Xing had said is true. Her family had married the past legendary dragon from the world of Torren. The so-called Red Dragon."
"The Red Dragon. He was here." My eyes became wide. "The Dragon's Legend just ended a few days ago. How?"
"Then, that means the reign of the Black Gryphon shall begin. Then finally, it will be my time again." Rei's eyes sparkled with excitement. "I've been waiting for this day. Have you heard of the Reign of the Lightning Titan's Reign?"
"Lightning Titan's?"
"It seems you don't know. Damn, never mind. It is no concern for me." Rei picked me up like a lifeless sack of rice bags. I couldn't move a single inch, nor was I able to use magic. How was this possible? It did not make sense at all.
"Like I said Princess. You will be taken care of either in pieces or married off to mingle your magic with humanity. But don't worry, I will not cut you into pieces yet, not until you are an adult. Your magic is not in its prime yet; by the time you are fully grown, magic on Earth will increase by a hundred folds. By then will be the perfect time to pluck the ripe fruit." He chuckled. "But don't worry, I'll always be beside you even if you get sold. I only need a puppet to do what I need to be done."
"I wouldn't be so sure about that." A male's voice spoke out loud from the darkness.
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