Chapter 78: Dark matter

"How can you badmouth your buddies? Alas, I never thought I would witness such a day. As much as I hate you hurting but I can never forgive you for the betrayal. If not for you, the master's plan wouldn't have been delayed. Master was generous enough to not kill you even after a betrayal but not others are so generous. I just hope you could be safe. Desella you once asked me to leave the darkness and come to light but alas, I am not that lucky. A child born from the darkness can't leave the darkness. Even if I leave the outside darkness, my insides are filled with darkness. I am alive because the world is dark. It isn't my choice but my fate to survive on darkness." Tishn softly mumbled.

A rare gentle expression covered Tishn face. If someone had seen this side of Tishn, they would never believe that this is the same Tishn who was bathed in mortal blood from head to toe. However, the expressions soon faded and were replaced by cold ones. He looked away from Desella and was concentrated on the whirlwind in front of him.

To be honest he really thought Severus to be a weakling but no one had ever survived his spell for so long. He was shocked that Severus was alive even after being struck by his dark matter. For heaven sake, he struck him two times with the black matter but all it did to him was just causing a small amount of blood to spill.

Desella was already aware about his powers that's why she got terrified while witnessing a blood spill. 'Useless Lil DELL', but Tishn knew the force and impact of his attack. Any normal man would have died under his spell not to mention getting struck by dark matter.

'Any normal man here means, any normal chosen one'

A smirk came upon Tishn lips as he crossed his legs on his throne," Let's see Mr Knight, how much longer, can you endure"

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Inside Baroque mirror

Parallel world

Black Mist

Severus was kneeling there in the middle of the black mist. Severus was minutely shocked when black mist engulfed him. He didn't know how should he fight with them but to his surprise, these mist didn't attack him instead they started revolving around him but as the time passed by, he felt weak and short of air. It was at this time that he knew he was fucked up. This whirlwind wasn't a normal whirlwind but was a void. It was made from the particles of black void that was slowly but efficiently sucking up his powers. He knew that if he didn't do anything to stop it, this void will suck him completely not leaving a particle of him alive. But what can he do? Desella told him not to use magic but if he didn't, he will die. If he did then also he will die since the void will absorb his powers fastly. The more he will give, the more it will suck. 

Severus fell in a Dilemma. What can he do? What should he do? Should he use his magic or not? Will Desella be okay there or not? Various questions were revolving in Severus mind but there was no one to give him the answers. Despair, loneliness, fear, helplessness and such emotions started gripping his heart. He felt the same fear he felt when he was stabbed by Crown prince. 

"No, no this is all because of this spell. Desella told me that he will pals such cheap tricks. No matter what, I shouldn't give in", Severus mumbled inside his heart however he needs to respond to the situation. 

"Something, there would be something to kill this whirlwind. It's not like it will be non-breakable, I just need to find the eye of the whirlwind and struck it." With this thought in mind, Severus started concentrating as he heightened his senses. Although he still wasn't able to listen to what they were talking outside but he surely found out something. As he concentrated he felt energy swirling around him. Needless to say, it was dark energy. However, Severus felt some something strange around him. This dark matter, Severus felt like he can absorb them too. He didn't know how was he able to do it since it was no joke. The dark matter were not the things you should joke about, as they were made from several cruel and desolate things that you cant imagine. Every negative emotion takes part while making it. Pain, suffering, agony, sadness, loneliness, bleakness and many more. You just name them and you will find them but unlike Tishn who was born from darkness, at the least that's what Desella told him. Although he wasn't sure how could anyone be born from darkness but then again, wasn't a Desella a will. An odd existence. So he didn't go deep in this matter. The shocking thing was he was able to absorb darkness but unlike Tishn he didn't felt any power within him when he absorbed it. 

He saw the scenes that could even make a heartless man cry. He saw the sadness, despair. Oh no he didn't saw but he experienced them. It was like he was existing in a particular time frame and experiencing them all but at the same time, he was present there. These dark matters that have absorbed various emotions were now playing scenes in Severus consciousness.

He saw bloodshed, betrayal, murder, assassination, heartbreak, loneliness, suicide and what no. He saw everyone and everything like a play. Every scene was playing in front of his eyes but he couldn't touch anything there. Severus concluded that these dark matters coming from negative emotions may have absorbed the donor's memory and emotion that's why when Severus absorbed it, he can see them too. But this power was actually were cruel. It was a double edge sword. The wilder of this power was fated to suffer from both sides. Aside from his own pity and sufferance, the wielder needs to suffer the pain of others too. 

Inside his mind, Severus commend Hades for coming up with such a plan, It was the exact meaning of the quote,' Having a taste of own's medicine. All these years Tishn not only increased his strength but he also killed his will to live. Day by day, his will to live was shortening. It was a miracle that he held up for so long. Maybe his ego was bigger than his will for survival. 

"This is insane", Severus mumbled.

Now since he solved the mystery of Tishn existence, it was now time for solving the mystery of sword. This made Severus flabbergasted. According to Desella told him and what he observed about Tishn, one thing was sure that Tishn didn't found the sword, but even if he wasn't able to find then how can Severus find it in such a short time.

"Ahhhh, uaaaaa"

Severus groaned in pain as he clutched his chest with one hand. The pain was now becoming unbearable. 

"I first need to break this whirlwind otherwise I am not surviving." With this Severus stood up and closed his eyes as he joined his palms and made a striking pose. Severus had now put all of his bet on him. He chanted his spell. It took all of his efforts to continue chatting that spell. Crimson blood trickled down fro his mouth as his hands and feet started shaking but he didn't falter. He continued chanting.

Soon the whirlwind started rotating at full speed. It was countering the powers of Severus.

Seeing whirlwind going out of control Tishn was shocked. It was the first time that he saw dark matter not obeying him. It wasn't foreign to him but it used to happen when he was new here. At that time it took him several centuries to level up and have the dark matter under his control but now, this sudden chaos made him drown in panic. He knew that something must be wrong for chaos to happen in his world but, what went wrong?

It was the question that came in his mind.

Tishn fell in deep thoughts.

"Either It's Hade's intervention or it's Severus, but is he that much strong to create chaos here" Tishn mumbled.

Before Tishn could wake up from his thoughts the black whirlwind which was furiously raging around Severus was now becoming calm and calm. Soon it was revolving very slowly around Severus but it covered his body. He was ell hidden inside the mist so Tishn was not able to know exactly what was happening.

At this time Desella too woke up from her unconsciousness. However, it wasn't the same scene that she saw when she lost consciousness.

Slowly the mist stopped revolving and a blurry figure appeared. 

Who could it be if not Severus?

Desella was overjoyed but Tishn face paled and lost all the colour. His iris bulged and utter shock was apparent on his face.