Capítulo 31: Kindred Heart to Heart
Cyrus had managed to take Victoria away from the woman just as she was about to touch her. Placing her behind him he summoned Delrune into his hand ready for a fight. But what he didn't expect to hear from her was a cry for help.
"P-please... I can hear... voices! So many voices, my chest..." He thought he had more time but it looked like his time was running out. Cyrus had to figure out what he could do to defuse the situation. He could see the surging of energy in her chest. It was starting to swallow her dark blue energy in black swirling tendrils.
The woman's body was beginning to manifest changes as her arms and chest grew darker. Blackened flesh and eyes began to appear all over her body. He ran forward without knowing he was already in motion. Cyrus felt every inch of his body react on their own as his mind tried to recall anything that could save her.
That is when saw time begin to slow down, as a bright white light reached out to his left hand. A woman's voice came to his ears as he saw the face of a woman he had seen before. "Reach out to her heart, cleanse her soul from within." As she finished speaking, his left arm began to glow with a white and blue energy. Time began to return to normal but his left hand had reached out to her chest.
Symbols ran up his arm, circling his wrist and his forearm as he touched the woman's chest. In that moment, the world went dark as he was surrounded by many eyes and teeth. He attempted to summon Delrune, but nothing happened. He looked to his right arm and saw that his arm was gone. No shackle, no arm, nothing was there.
As he reached for his missing arm he found that his left had remained. But that wasn't what surprised him, for it still had the same glow from before. Looking at it he saw the light was dim, weak in its current state. The shadows around him noticed this, going for him quickly.
"Stay back!" He cried out as he stuck out his hand. A flash of white made the shadows recoil as they hit a barrier. But it seemed to crack under the first strike. Cyrus not understanding what was happening tried to feel out his situation. That is when the woman's voice cried out for help. Somewhere deep within the mass of shadows her cry managed to reach his ears.
"Please, someone help me! I don't want to hurt anyone! I don't want to die!" Hearing those words caused Cyrus to move. Though he wasn't sure if he was moving, for it was just eyes and teeth around him. He kept hearing her call out as the shadows attacked his white barrier. Through the darkness he could hear the shadows whispering to him.
"You will fail," a voice came from his left, "we will devour your energy."
"We will use your body as a host!" Another from his right much deeper than the previous one. "Use your power to destroy all that exist in the realms!" Cyrus didn't want to hear them any longer. He kept pushing, his shield about to break. That is when the whisper of Celeste, the woman who gave him his first blessing.
"Focus, you have to focus child! Your power is weaker than it should be. I shall help you this time, but you must use our blessings together!" As the shield was beginning to seal the cracks he recalled Whisper. The flame that he had given him from his donation and completion of the sub quest.
He closed his eyes and drew out the holy fire to his left hand. The strange runes on his left arm lit up blue as the flame manifested in his hand. Cyrus thrusted the flame out towards the shield. Just as the shadows went to attack again the sphere was ignited in a blue flame. As the shadows neared they were incinerated.
Cyrus could feel the shadows failing to reach the sphere. With Celeste's help he managed to break through to a section of the shadows. Inside, bound by the shadows was the woman. The shadows holding her were peeling away from the light. For she now could see who it was.
"Please! Help me!" She cried out, as she tried to pull herself free. But the shadows still held her tight. Seeing this, Cyrus reached out with his left hand.
"Take my hand!" As he reached out, the shadows went to strike at him. However, they got burned but not enough to destroy them.
"No you can't free her! You will not! This body belongs to us and we will spread across the worlds of Order and Chaos!" The shadows yelled at him. But Cyrus ignored them pushing his body forward. As he got closer the barrier had began to crack again. More shadowy limbs came crashing on the shield. The flames not stopping them any more meant he was out of time. It was now or never.
She managed to break free her arm and reached out to Cyrus. His glowing hand within reach as they locked arms. As they did, Cyrus could feel a sudden explosion from within himself. It felt like someone fed a bunch of coal to a furnace. As his body lit up causing the surrounding shadows to evaporate.
"Noooooo!" It cried out, as it was being destroyed. After a moment Cyrus found himself on the ground looking up at Victoria who was over him. He saw her speaking at him as his eyes were slowly opening.
"Cyrus! Cyrus, wake up!" Victoria called out giving his face a good tap. He blinked as she finally was now not on top of him. Turning his head, Cyrus saw the lady in blue on the ground as well.
"What happened?" He asked out loud. Victoria had no clue what had happened.
"One minute you were reaching out for the Duchess of Knareve, Malinda. The next you two fell to the ground and were out cold." He looked around and saw that he was out for a bit as other guests had poked in. Cyrus looked for his right arm and found it exactly where it should have been. Gripping his arm he sighed with relief.
Turning to look at Malinda, the lady in blue, he saw her energy slowly returning to normal. The shadows having done a number on her as she needed time to recover. More over the fact that the shadow presence had completely disappeared. However he didn't know why, or how it happened. All he could remember was reaching out and then blacking out and waking up to be on the ground.
Looking at his recent notifications he saw that his stats had increased by 1 point each. Leaving him a notification as to why, he opened it.
[Mass Shadow Cluster purified! Gained 1 stat for each, Skill List "Order" added, plus level 2 Hand of Purity, and level 2 Holy Fire.]
[Hand of Purity 2: Can control weak enemies only. May cause time to be broken and fragmented.]
[Holy Fire lvl 2: When channeled, can be used to infuse a weapon in your left hand. Weak Shadows can not be near it or they will be destroyed.]
Cyrus did not expect that many messages, but there they were. He had no idea what had happened but he received bonus stats. Cyrus couldn't complain he just wished he knew what happened. Chancing to look at his left hand and arm. He found nothing out of the ordinary.
Victoria stared at Cyrus to guess whatever happened to him and Malinda was quite serious. Going over to check on Malinda she could still hear her breathing which was a good sign. She was alive and stable, whatever Cyrus did had saved her and all those in the hotel. But now there was a crowd so she stood and told them to prepare a bed for Malinda.
Various men and women parted ways to let the waiters in. They lifted her up gently and carried her to an unused room. While Victoria dragged Cyrus off to a separate room to themselves. Closing the door and locking it she then turned around and looked him dead in the eyes.
"Start explaining Reinhard, what did you do?" She was also embarrassed by him pulling her so close. Though she knew it was to save her but it was something she never thought would happen. Cyrus just stood there a little lost, unable to bring words to life.
Victoria walked over and stood a foot away from him, "Cyrus Reinhard, you have saved a woman you don't even know. A vampire no less, for a human such as yourself," she looked at him again, "though I doubt you are fully human. You are now responsible for this situation. So you better explain what is going on!"
Cyrus stared at Victoria, taking a deep breath as he explained about his powers. Now the second person he has told. She listened to him explain his powers that weren't of their world. He also told her about him being referred to as an Inheritor. A human able to inherit the powers of "god-like" beings.
He told Victoria he couldn't remember what happened after he blacked out.
She however told him that his body was slightly glowing and flickering. Like something was attacking his very essence. After what had seemed like mere moments had passed he woke up. Leading to the events of had happened up to this point.
Cyrus stared at her still confused, "I am just unable to tell you what happened. I don't remember, just clouded darkness and voices. But I am unharmed and not corrupted by their shadow. My powers help prevent me from being taken over." Victoria looked at him, then sighed.
"I guess I can accept that, but if you're going pull anything like that again." She place a hand on his and squeezed it, "Let a girl know so you can be helped, instead of tackling problems on your own."
Raising an eyebrow, Cyrus stated, "But I wasn't alone, you were with me and helped me. I am a stranger to your world and know nothing about the hierarchy. I am only trying to save my world, but if that helps out your world too. Then I will do all I can, but I don't understand the rules here."
Victoria had a thought that Cyrus was being selfish, but not like it was him being against vampires. More as that his world was in danger, which would allow for their world to be saved in the process. She looked into his stormy grey eyes and gave him a soft smile.
"Well I don't know if you should deserve this, but," Victoria leaned forward and planted a kiss on his cheek. His face became a cherry about to explode. She could imagine smoke coming out of his ears as she could hear his heart racing. Turning to head to the door she looked at Cyrus who was still stunned. Then she unlocked the door to find two men with swords at their hips. As well as a fully covered man in plate armor wielding a great axe.
One of the two men turned to her and asked, "Have you seen a man by the name of Cyrus Reinhard? I am prince Chase Galihath and we must find him." She froze, staring at the two princes of the lord of the castle. She bowed to them out of respect.
"He is in this room, though my prince, he is in a bit of a shock." She couldn't help but smile. As the two entered the room seeing Cyrus just mouth hanging open and standing completely still. Chase looked at him then to Victoria, "Just gave him a small reward for his heroic deeds," she said as she dismissed herself.
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Xander_Everflame
Xander_Everflame Welp, that happened! Cyrus got moved on by a vampire duchess. He wasn’t expecting that and now something deep within the castle is making its move. They better hurry before the shadows make it out to the world of Earth.
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