Arc 3 - Chapter 4: Fourth Circle: Passion

The fourth floor of the abyss is the chasm, it allow the abyss to connect with the outside world, allow people who finish the trial in the Limbo to be rebirth to the world. The fourth floor is a hall, the marble on the ground shine and even for a place under the depth of the world, the dome above reflect the sky on the ground. The chasm is the end of the hallway, the magic circle can't lead Yhaovi to the chasm, it only can help Yhaovi with a part of the road. Yhaovi have to walk the rest of the road, according to the record the hall is the final test for determination. 

"A little too much walking can hurt you a lot my author."

"So quill, how many things are you going to hide from me ? I know there is still something i don't know about my past."

"My deepest apology my author, since the day the black quill created some of my memories is taken by the black quill, the black quill after the battle of Lavern and Or is lost."

"Stop ! Don't come closer, i am on the brink of controling myself."

The man at the end of the road, his hand covering half of his face and Yhaovi knows there is something isn't right. The place where his hand placed on is burning, the red flame seem like it is holding something back. Yhaovi choose not to walk to him because he know and he respect the person who choose to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the one they love. But he also promise to Yuzur and Logos to save everyone. 

"I can't control it, please, i don't want to hurt you, i can't control it anymore longer so please, leave."

"I can't because i make a promise with everyone, with Logos and Yuzur, i will free everyone from this curse. Allow me to defeat him and i will save you too."

"Who are you ?"

"My name is Yhaovi, the high bishop of Emprerys Order, this pilgrimage to the end of the abyss with my real intention is the end of this curse to this world. And i heard of you from your brothers, Luford, you have a strong heart, your will help you to fight against the chaos inside you. Now, let me help you free from the passion you are suffering."

The garden rises around Yhaovi, his hand guide the vine and his intention is to lure the shadow out, if the shadow can take full control over Luford then Yhaovi can process to attack and push the shadow out like how he did with Logos. The only thing Luford can do to help Yhaovi now is to stop resist and trust this stranger, the vines approach and the moment it reach Luford the vine is cut. 

"Still being an one trick pony huh ?"

"Just a simple bait to lure you out, you pitiful creature. Morphis !"

"Your butterfly boyfriend ? You know i know everything about him and this is the most powerful brother in this abyss. I think i have to thank you for your action of taking over this."

"What do you see, dream or nightmare, butterfly or spider ?"

Morphis used the string to swing pass Luford and whisper into his ear, before the sword slash through Morphis, he turned into smoke and appear next to Yhaovi. He knows his lord command, the string changed, rather than floating in the air unpredictable, it turned into a static formation.

"I never want to show my darkness, my nightmare. But if lord Yhaovi asked me to that i will never decline, my reason for existance is to become his sword, his fang and claw. Mariposian Weapon: Nightmarish Spider Web."

Morphis is a Mariposian, one of the highest noble in Kritias, the power of the Mariposian is the manipulation in the weapon they carry. The Mariposian can control all weapon they created, with the fact they have, the weapon they use is special in attacking enemies physically and mentally. Morphis's wire formed a spider web, Luford jumps but the web expand faster than his speed, the web soon cover the fourth circle and it captures Luford. This is the method of mentally attacking enemies of the Mariposian, the spider web sprung out wire and tie Luford, hanging him in the air. From the web on the ground, a purple smoke appear.

"Welcome to the abyss, of course in this world the power you take from your victim is unusable. This is the world of terror, becareful, if you can't escape you will trap in this nightmare forever."

The world slowly constructed and a maze appear, but this is different than the maze used to trap the shadow use a lot of trap but the real reason for the trap is to drop the subject into another zone of the nightmare. The wall shift every second, the clocktower in the middle of the maze is the source of the maze but no one ever know. But no one follow the rule, no one play the game, no one break free from the maze and they all try to defeat Yhaovi. The shadow create a spear and throw it toward Yhaovi, the spear is blocked by a wall of vine then countless arrow created from black dust appear. 

"If you don't stop this foolish i will be the one who end this. You dare to fight against the darkness, do you even know who i am ?"

The shadow command and the dark arrow pierce toward Yhaovi but it didn't know, this is the nightmare Yhaovi want him to have and in this nightmare nothing have power against him. The dark arrows leave a cut on Yhaovi's face and nothing else, the cut on his face recover and the dust is removed. 

"Quite intelligent and try to control me by using the black dust but i don't think you are in the right place to negotiate, this is not Luford's dream. This is my dream, the spider web used to tie Luford is just a distraction, i pulled you out of Luford and absorb you. You are staying inside me and you are in the world of my nightmare."

A risky move Yhaovi planned ahead, to take the nightmare inside himself and let Morphis transfers the word to Luford about this plan. Entrap the shadow inside him and deal with the shadow with his own power, Yhaovi can't do this on Logos and Yuzur because he was afraid to show other his darkness but now is not the time to afraid of something so small. This time everything has to end, but what happened to the father of the abyss, maybe he is sealed since he can't be controlled because Or gives him the power almost like Wynria.

"Well, since you don't play by our rule mean you are not following the direction we give you. So let's end this."

Yhaovi control the dark dust as a part of him now and enhance his nightmare further. The blessing of nightmare enhance the spider web, the nightmare grew darker and finally the light is gone. Darkness cover every corner, they bring fear for anyone who trapped in this world even with one who control darkness.

"Where no one escape, the deepest world of the nightmare, you failed to escape the maze. If you look into my memories really close you should know everything and now i have a question for you ?"

"What is it you want to ask !"

"Pretty bold for someone who doesn't know their place but well for that courage of your i must say i am impress. So i will ask you with kindness, who are they the organization that kidnap me when i was young ?"

"If you want to know that much, why don't you find that on your own, you think i will tell you everything about my master ? Are you an idiot ?"

"Fine then i will find on my own. Morphis. Morphis's power in this form is more on mental side, it allow him to inflict various of mental state, one of them can make you spill even the darkest secret from you. Why am I not do this when you were Logos or Yuzur you may ask ? Simply, when i faced you as Yuzur i am not in my stable emotional state and when i faced you as Logos i must restraint you afterall and to scare a kid with this kind of darkness is not something i am comfortable with."

Morphis's wire start to creeping toward the shadow despite not having a physical form anything in the nightmare world can be hurt like having a physical form. The wire act like a spider, slowly creeping toward the prey trapped in its web, inject its poison into the victim. The poison weaken the mind of his opponent and even a small question will receive a honest answer.

"Who is your master ?"

"My master... I... don't... have."

"Are you sure this is enough of poison Morphis ?"

"I think this is enough my author or that memories of him is sealed even he wouldn't know about it."

"I was so close, so close to reach them, this thing is not worth my time anymore, torment those i love and dear, you can do whatever you want to that thing Morphis, i don't care if you break it. The true culprit wait us in the fifth circle."

"Yes my author."

The dream start to fade and reality start came into, as Yhaovi opens his eyes he sees Morphis looking at him, but that eyes can't show emotion, Mariposian have their emotion restricted in order to lead other noble of Kritias. Their emotion is hidden so they can act on the way they want and their emotion won't be able to stop them, the fact Morphis can show some emotion for Yhaovi is because of the resurrection event that changed his life forever.

"Are you alright ? To let you carry this burden i felt nothing but ashame of myself, you are so young based on my judgement you should be as old as Logos. Both of you are so young and both of you have to carry so much responsible."

"Don't worry about that too much, there is something in life i just need to do, as long as i live i want to protect everyone i give affection and by saving you i can help my friend. But what happened ?"

Luford starts to tell Yhaovi about everything, just after the end of the glorious author - Or, a shadow appear and try to take over father but because of Father's power it can't do anything so it sealed Father in a giant crystal and attack all of his children. Luford is the last one standing but the shadow can't cause the riot in the abyss because Fafnir's illusion power is too strong. Yhaovi knows this because after Fafnir fell asleep the illusion on the prisoner in the limbo still exist. 

"The shadow try to taking over you isn't the one behind all of this, i checked his memories but there is nothing inside it about the fifth circle. This one is just a servant, the true mastermind seem to have something he want with your father. We only can discover the truth if we reach the fifth circle."

"I will come with you."

"No you need to stay here and rest and prevent any other disaster break loose, after all you are the only one who can defend the gate to the outer world."

Yhaovi walk toward the direction Luford show him, a fall in middle of the abyss, the stream flow toward a lake shine like crystal. Everything is peaceful down here, the way lead to the fifth circle is the lake, Yhaovi plunge himself into the lake, the water embrace him as he fell deeper into the last circle of the abyss.




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