The Price of the Summoned (rohan and I)

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It was a cold night outside of a ruined temple in the hills of Hylith. Amongst one of the may caves layed a deep, dark secret. The nature of this secret was so evil that no one dared go near the place or even speak of it. The only known records of this place rested in the pages of ancient tomes usually kept in the halls of great wizards, ancient magicians who harnesed the power of the elements to do their bidding. One such indivdual was none other than 19 year old Sol Gareth. He was a wizard who had been expelled from his guild for his constant attempts to use forbidden magic. Before he had left, he had found these tomes that showed him the location of this hidden cavern and its secrets. He had also taken a special weapon with him. A weapon he would choose not to reveal unless it was absolutley neccessary.

Once the young wizard got over the initial aura of evil that surrounded the place, he trekked forth into the darkness, his only light being a torch he lit on the way in. Sol had learned that there was a tomb somewhere deep underground. Opening it would require a special ritual contained in one of the many books he brought with him. Soon, he was in a large opening. The only sounds that could be heard were the tiny drops of water dripping from the tips of the stalactites hanging overhead. There, he saw it. Sitting in the middle of the room like a sore thumb. A stone tomb surrounded by runic carvings in the ground which read: "Beware ye who opens this tomb for evil lurks within. This mattered not to Sol though. He had a purpose for coming here this day and he wouldn't let a silly little warning carved in the ground stop him.

After several minutes, the young wizard set up everything according to the book he had. An upside pentagram was drawn on the stone ground with chalk surrounding both the carvings and the tomb. Candles made of wax containing the blood of pigs were placed at each point of the pentagram and in the center were various other objects required to unlock the tomb and take its belongings for himself. All that was left now was to read the passage in the book and release the seal on the tomb. Why was it, however that this young wizard would go to such lengths in the face of certain disaster? His reason was very simple. A reason why most humans would go to such dire extremes with no sense of consequence or fear of death. Revenge.

 

[rohan]

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Unknown to Sol the tome in which he was planning to open contained more evil than he knew of. The tome was that of an acient Demoness named Desoria, who once ruled an empire of her own enslaving humanity until a wizard tricked her into being sealed away in the tome. He then took the tome and hide it in a cave so no one would be able to unleash her agian. But as time grew the cave was forgotten and she stayed thier harnesting her powers to the point where her aura began to seep,out of the tome killing anything that couldn't use magic or withstand it. As he prepared the spell Desoria smilled in her tomb knowing that he had the power to release her and was young enough to do anything. She could sense his motives for finding this place and they all worked in her favor, she wasn't one to serve under a human but she relied on him now and with the right motives could make an uneasy aliance with a human. As the steps to release her got closer to being done more of her Aura filled the tomb making her demonic prensence know to him.

 

[3ngag3]

Even as he placed the objects in their correct positions, Sol could feel the evil aura growing and growing. This made him a little nervous and he hesitated for a moment. Was this really what he wanted to do? Was he really willing to risk his freedom for his quest? As he asked himself that the wizard remembered what had happened to him back then. He remembered the burning flames, the smell of the rotting corpses and of course, the monster that was responsible for it all staring him down. This made him grip the book tightly in his hand. Of course this is what he wanted. He would do anything, give anything to get his revenge.

So with that, Sol calmed himself and began to read the incantation from the book. It was in an ancient language and it sounded more like jibber jabber than any coherent speech. Still, whatever he was saying, it was having some effect. A wind began to blow into the cavern which was weird because he was in quite deep and it would normally be impossible for any wind to blow down here. It caused the lit candles to go out and darken the room he was in. Then came the dark red glow from the pentegram and the purple smoke that rose from seemingly out of nowhere. The tomb began to quake lightly as it opened. At this point, Sol stopped and readied himself for whoever, or whatever was waiting inside.

 

[rohan]

As he finished the incantion a crack formed in the tomb releasing a bellow of purple smoke spiraling utowards the ceiling. The crack continued to grow and sent shockwaves of engergy out knocking sol off his feet and falling to the ground. As the tomb open and a fellow stentch of brimstone and death emerged filling the cave with the stentch. Soon a shadowy figured emerged in on top of the tomb. "Atleast freedom." she said cheerfuly though her voice was not scary but was more seductive than he would expect. She stepped out of the tomb completly naked and only covered by some linger smoke around her voluptous body covered in purple tatoos which gave her demonic powers. she smiled as she walked over to Sol standing over his body. "You must have a good reason for releasing me so speak quickly." She said now sounding more frieghting than before, when it came to mages she didn't trust them since it was one that sealed her away and she just wanted to get back to reclaiming her empire.

 

[3ngag3]

Even though Sol was prepared, the impact created when the tomb opened was enough to knock him off his feet. Whatever was in there was powerful, that was for sure. Then came the stench of death followed by a voice. When she appeared, he was rather suprised at her beauty. He had learned about the demon heirarchy while he was training and learned that only high class demons have more human looking appearances compared to the low class ones. And what's more, this one was totaly smoking hot. But the wizard didn't have time to contemplate over her appearance. There was business to attend to and as she spoke, he stood up and backed away a bit.

"My name is Sol Gareth," he replied after hearing her words. "And i've come to request a task of you. I need your help in vanquishing a powerful monster that roams the land. Whatever price you ask, I will gladly pay once the task is done." And with that, he fell to one knee. It appeared as if he were bowing to the demoness, but in reality, he was a bit exhausted. The summoning ritual took quite a bit out of him. Hopefully, she wouldn't sense his exhaustion, though with her powers, she probably realized it the instant she laid eyes on him.

 

[rohan]

Desoria smiled as she could see how much of a toll sumoning her took on the young mage,a dn he looked like he was in no condition to fight so she could have simply took him as a slave now. But she didn't do that because she needed to repay him for her sumon and taking out a monster was easy. Plus it would allow her to take his land over as her own. "Very well I will destroy this monster for you ad in return you will lose all your freedomin this life and in the after life as well." She said as she tooka step closer to himand liftedhim up to his feet with ease showing off her strength. she traced the outline of his neck and a leather collar appeared where her finger was. This would link her with him her and prevent him from casting spells agianest her. "now where does this beast of yours live?"

 

[3ngag3]

Hearing that the demoness would heed his request was quite a relief. Now Sol had a powerful partner in which to exact his revenge. For him, the price mattered not. There was nothing left for him in this mortal plane now and he could leave knowing that the monster would not be taking anymore people like his friends and family. He was brought to his feet then by the woman. It wasn't suprising that she did posess quite a bit of strength and he wondered how she would be able to use it in his task. But it was then she did something that the young wizard did not expect. She traced a finger around his neck and from the outline, a collar appeared. Before he could have time to complain about it though, she asked him where this monster of his was.

There was a moment of silence before Sol replied. His answer would probably be something that she did not like, but it would be the truth. "I do not know...that is to say, it has dissapeared somewhere that I cannot reach. Some ways off the coast from here is an island. For many years, a thick fog and barrier have surrounded it preventing any outsiders from entering. I heard rumors that a horrifying creature had walked across the water and passed without incident. No one has heard anything scince. I've been taking shelter in a village nearby in an attempt to find a way to get in, but I see now that I will need your assistance.

 

[rohan]

Sol was right that she would be unhappy with his news but it would just give here reason to punish him once it was done. she lead him out of the cave. With the lack of information from him she was gonna need help from her servants so she cleared away some vines revieling a door way carved into the cave with a small basin at the top. she bit her finger drawning blood and filled the basin with it. The blood trickled down filling the markings with it. She said a few demonic words only known to her, once she was done a portal opened to fortress in the demonic world "mortis, thantos get out here now." She said as a demonic horse with purple flames for hair and a demon hound followed it. Mortis was her horse, capable of walking on water, lava and air and was fast oo, Thantos was her hound that could track the living or dead. Thantos went to to Sol and growled and snapped at him. "Relax he is my pet now." Desoria said as she climbed up on the horse pulling him up to. "Take him to where you last saw the beast."

 

[3ngag3]

Though she said nothing, Sol knew the woman was not happy with what he had to say. In a way, he was relieved that she didn't say anything lest it provoke her to do something to him that wouldn't be pleasant. Instead, he followed her to the opening that she created through some vines. There, the young wizard bore witness to a summoning of her own. There before him stood two beasts that looked right out of hell. One was a horse, it's mane ablaze with purple fire. It was almost similar to the one a death god would ride as it made its rounds. The other was a hound, though judging by the protrusions from its back and its intimidating size, it was more monster than dog.

As the dog snapped at him, Sol backed up slightly, holding his staff in a defensive position in case it decided to jump on him. Soon though, the demoness called it off and he quickly found himself upon the back of the horse. It was then he was instructed to lead them to where the monster he sought was last seen and he did as instructed. The swiftness of the steed was amazing as he raced down the countryside towards his destination. There was a point where the young wizard leaned back and felt something soft and supple on his back. He knew then it could only be the ample breasts of the demoness leaning in on him and a slight tinge of red painted his face.

Soon though, he was at his destination. There, beyond the shoreline was the faint shillouette of an island. Most of it was covered by fog and the waters around it swirled violently as if to agressivley deter any intruders from preying upon it. "There," Sol said as they stopped. "That's the place. As I said before, this place is protected not only by fog, but a strong barrier. I'd be more than willing to go there now, but might I suggest we get some rest first? After all, I spent a great deal of energy bringing you out here and I don't want you to have to do all the work if we run into the monster out there."

 

[rohan]

" Fine we'll take shelter in the village nearby." Desoria said as she took the reins and dashed off to the village. It was weak from attacks by the beast they were after and most villagers cowered in fear at the sight of her and her minons, some of the elders even remembered her from her when she ruled this land. "I have returned, to reclaim my land." She annouced as she hoped off her horse and lead it to the stables killing a horse so hers would have space, her hound stayed by it making sure it would stay there and be safe. She lead Sol to the inn and strolled in instilling fear as she claimed the master suite for them."Rest becuase we leave at dawn."

 

[3ngag3]

Sol looked on astonished as he and the demoness approached the village. Indeed it had recentley been ravaged by the monster he sought and it seemed as if they were in the process of rebuilding what had been torn down. As the villagers cowered in fear at the sight of another unearthly being coming upon them, the young wizard looked on with a blank expression. If he had his way, he would have preferred that they arrive incognito and not have the judging eyes of these poor souls upon him.

Then the woman spoke aloud of her intentions which made him growl a bit. There was no need to scare these people any further. But she did just that as she slayed a horse just so her steed would have a nice shelter for the night. It was all making him more upset by the second. Still, Sol followed her as it was his responsibilty for bringing her here and he had to accept the fear and hatred these people felt for him as he entered the inn. Once they got to the master suite and they were alone once more, the young wizard abruptly walked right up to the demoness with a scowl on his face.

"Now you listen here," he said with a hint of anger in his face. "I agreed to give myself to you in exchange for your assistance, but if there was one thing that I won't accept, it's scaring these innocent people. Especially after what they've been through. I want you to swear to me right here and now that you will keep yourself restrained in front of any other civilized people we come across. If you don't then i'll fight you myself. Even if this collar is restraining me from doing so." The look Sol gave her then was one of intent and promise. He wanted to let her know that his words would ring true should he decide to misbehave.

 

[rohan]

Desoria smiled as he heard him get angery about her methods, his fight actualy amused her becuase she knew he could never win agianest her even if she took the collar off of him. She walked towards him glaring angerily as she pushed her to the ground and then stepped on his chest appling pressure to make breathing hard." Listen to me and listen well, you have no right to judge my methods when you freed one of the most poweriful demons, for revenge. you are lucky that i didn't just kill you the second i was free, I don't need you but you need me. now get up and appologize to me." she said as took her foot off him. Her face was angery showing that she could end his life in a mere second, and when this was all done he would pay for it.

 

[3ngag3]

Though Sol's words were corageous, the demoness did not seem to care as he was forced effortlessley to the ground and stepped upon like a bug. He attempted to get up, but found that her hold on him was tight and restraining, so much so that he began to have trouble breathing. With a grimace on his face, he was forced to listen to her as she lectured him on just who she was and why she was brought forth to this world. Though she was correct, the young wizard still did not like her methods. However, she did make an error in believing that she didn't need him as much as he needed her.

As soon as the woman let him, Sol stood up on his feet, his eyes gazing towards the ground. He knew quite well what she was capable of and despite that, he still made the reckless decision to charge her with his staff. No sooner than he did this, the collar glowed with a dark pulse and the young wizard suddenly found his limbs go numb and unable to move. He simply fell on his face right in front of her like a begging animal. But even in this position, he did not relent in letting her know his thoughts. "You say you don't need me?" he uttered through his paralysis. "You've been cooped up for far too long if you think this is merely a one sided deal in your favor."

 

[rohan]

Desoria scowled as he continued to fight back both physicaly and verbally with her. "True, but from what I've seen your race has moved towards your false god of science and technology making mages rare and thus chances of being sealed away are slim. and besides my army can't be killed and i can adapt to these new times." She said as she formed a purple energy whip with spikes on the end. While he was forced down she whipped his back shredding the robes and leaving marks on his back and even caused him to bleed."now kiss my feet and i will spare you." she said holding a foot up to his face expecting him to kiss it.

 

[3ngag3]

Sol struggled to move, but the collar that Desoria put on him kept him paralyzed and primed for her attack. And then it came. He expected something bad when she brought out a whip that would terrify even the most hardened of men and when it came down upon his back, he grunted in pain with each lash. He laid there then, breathing heavy, the pain soaking in and the blood trickling down his back. There had to be something he could do to get back at her. Some way he could circumvent this damn collar and make the woman suffer like he was. It was then her foot came forward and he was ordered to kiss it like some kind of lowly pawn. For a moment, he hesitated, still thinking he could come up with something in time, but he knew she would get impatient if he waited too long so he swallowed his pride and placed a gentle kiss upon the sole of her foot.

 

[rohan]

"good now rest up if you want to help tomorrow." she said as she allowed him to move freely.She left the room and headed back into the town heading towards the blacksmith. While her magic was powerful she needed armor and a sword to be at her full power. Once there she opened another portal and sumoned out a demon black smith who took over the shop and began forging her sword. Little did Sol know that she was not gonna just fear the town into serving her but enslave them and take over replacing all the areas with her minons forming her new capital here.Once she was done she returned back to the inn and laid down on the bed.

 

[3ngag3]

As soon as Desoria left the room, Sol could feel the numbness in his limbs subsiding and soon after was on his feet again. He wiped his lips seeing as having kissed the foot of a demoness was not a pleasant experience. Where she went, he did not know, but he looked out the window to find out and saw that she had occupied a vacant blacksmith and judging by the flash of dark light, he could only assume that she summoned something again. Seeing as she didn't harm anyone in the process, he decided to let her do her thing until she got back.

When she did return, the young wizard was annoyed to find that she occupied the only bed in the room. Though it was quite large and it could hold more than one person, he sighed at the thought of having to share a bed with this woman after what she did to him. He was tired then and decided to do it anyhow despite his reservations. With that, he removed his cloak and the tattered shirt from his body revealing a finely muscled form. Though he was trained in the art of magic, he did keep in shape in case a need for physicality arrived.

 

[rohan]

Desoria wasnt phased by having to share a bed with the human since they would be sharing one alot from now on. She slept easy feeling better now that she was free from her tomb, and once she killed the beast she would begin her conquest to reclaim her empire. She rose early in the morning before the sun was up and headed to the blacksmith to pick up her armor. It was dark black metal with blood red inscriptions on it. the chest was small only covering as much as a corset matched along with a plated skirt and shoulder pads. Even though it didn't cover much the spells on it would cover her. lastly she put on her gauntlets giving her razor sharp claws. her sword. she then headed back to the inn and stood at the edge of the bed."Get up slave." she said raising her voice. she wanted to leave early so they could get there before the sun rose.

 

[3ngag3]

The night for Sol was restless. Not only did he have to deal with sharing a bed with a demoness, but he was also kept up by the constant visions in his head. He would have a dream about when the monster was unleashed unto the world and how it came down, slaughtering anyone that got in it's way. There would be death and destruction all around him, but he would be the only one left alive in the end, standing before the thing responsible. He would charge it, but his small, childlike body would prevent him from so much as harming it. He struggled and struggled, but it was to no avail.

Then, a sharp noise caught his ear and the wizard was pulled from his dream world into reality once more. He groaned and grumbled, a calm sleepiness washed over him as he slowly awoke. Her voice could wake the dead should she choose to use it, he thought. Soon enough, though, he was sitting up in his bed, the sight of the demoness before him clad in some rather exotic armor. With a yawn, he replied, "Yeah, yeah. I'm going." Upon dressing himself and washing his face, he prepared himself for the day ahead. Soon, they would be on a ship and heading towards the perimiter of the island. If they had gotten any closer, the ship might have been consumed by the fog and whirlpools.