Noctem

" Spawn of darkness, you dare challenge my authority in my domain!." The wraith yelled, a large vein was clearly visible on the side of its head as it spoke.

Its hands were on Nox's face, exactly the same position they had been before they entered the illusion created by the wraith.

It took its hands off Nox's face and proceeded to grab Nox with its left hand, its usual carefree smile was now replaced by a contemptuous scowl.

" Don't think I can't kill you where you stand, you're only alive due to the complexity of your soul."

Nox's body trembled as he barely suppressed a laugh . A soft chuckle escaped his lips and that soft chuckle soon turned into a crazed laughter.

The mist wraith's scowl deepened but confusion flickered in it's eyes, it tightened his grip on Nox's neck but that didn't stop Nox from laughing maniacally.

" You know, you were right about something, you damned wraith."

His lips curled up into a wild unnatural grin. Beneath his grin were fangs, subtle yet visible. His eyes–half lidded reflected a malevolent intent within them.

" I am a killer, I don't intend to hide that fact. Playing the hero you say.. What hero? I will drown all my enemies in a sea of blood and I'll destroy anyone who dares to stand in the way of me getting my revenge, I don't care who or what they are.. Be it the Gods, Demons, the supreme beings, the monarchs. "

The wraith smirked.

" You're crazy.. you're talking about destroying anyway one in your way when you're going to die right here."

" You say that but you look nervous, do you think I'm stupid?You say you're going to kill me but we both know that you can't, infact I'm probably still alive. This white room is merely one of your illusions as well." Nox spoke while peeling off the hand of the wraith from his neck.

The wraith felt a quiet dread growing in its chest, he was, without doubt scared of the current Nox.

' What is this feeling? I... an entity made from the essence of a god is scared of some pathetic hybrid?'

" What's the matter, wraith? Are you scared of me?." Nox asked, suddenly appearing in front of the mist entity with an eerie and vile smile.

The ominous aura around Nox surged and the wraith couldn't help but flinch at the overwhelming pressure, the wraith was stunned for a second before it regained its awareness.

" Don't get ahead of yourself, why would I be afraid of a mere hybrid!"

" That's good, I would have been disappointed if you lost your ego just because of this.

Nox leaned in close then hissed.

" By the way, that face you're using it's sickening,"

He grabbed the wraith by the face and slammed it on the ground.

" You mocked my parents by creating a scenario where they had to beg with my life as an exchange just so they could be spared, when in reality they gave up their very lives just so I could escape!. You know if there's anything I loathe, it's when my parents are insulted, especially by lowly bastards like you who don't know their place."

Nox's grin deepened, his eyes flashed with malice as he spoke, his voice came across as a calm murmur.

" So.. I'm gonna kill you now, hope you don't mind much, then again, I don't care if you do."

The wraith looked at Nox with contempt, half of its face was covered with Nox's hand.

It couldn't believe that he, an entity created from the essence of a resentful dead god, was being humiliated by a mere hybrid and by a spawn of darkness no less.

But on that note, a spawn of darkness, this was the first it had ever encountered one, a child born of darkness itself.

It had seen many spawns throughout its years of living but never had he seen one birthed by darkness. It was a well known knowledge that the element known as darkness had never created a spawn before, it only had masters and even those were a rare occurrence themselves and they were known to be insanely powerful.

If that's so then it was lucky to have encountered one who hasn't yet manifested his power, one that had a fragile mind. Absorbing a soul such as that would surely be worth it or so the wraith had thought.

The soul of the spawn of darkness before it was quite complex. It was something it had never seen before, it was broken yet stable and because of that the wraith couldn't absorb Nox's soul.

The wraith forced out a smile.

" Well.. Well would you look at that, a mere abomination dares to threaten me? I AM THE CURSED FOREST ITSELF!!! YOU CAN'T KILL ME, HOW EXACTLY DO YOU INTEND TO..."

A squelching sound was heard as Nox stabbed his hand into the chest of the wraith without waiting for it to complete its words.

He leaned in closer until he was met face to face with the mist wraith.

" How exactly do I intend to kill you? If you're the forest then I'll burn you up, I'll erase you from the very face of the world till not even your ashes remain."

The wraith had a stunned look on its face, it craned its neck to look at the hand that was buried deep within its chest.

The wraith remained stunned for a few seconds then it burst into laughter.

" Wow.. this is a first, I'll remember you Nox Ráu Vlad, let's see how long you'll be able to stay alive." It said as it started fading away.

As the mist wraith faded, the white room began to fall apart at a rapid pace.

Nox was tossed into an abyss of darkness below the crumbling room, he watched as the last of the white room vanished then laughed maniacally as he fell deeper into the abyss.

****

EARLIER

Eren was fighting a hoard of countless beasts and monsters, their ferocity and powers proved to be quite useless in front of him but their numbers were the problem.

No matter how much he killed they kept on coming, increasing in sight at a rapid pace.

His student Nox was currently fighting against a feliscor, a deadly creature that possessed the ferocity of a tiger and the toxicity of a scorpion. An adversary that would be quite difficult for his student to handle currently.

Still he couldn't help but smile a little when he saw his student holding his own against the feliscor. More than that, the kid had dealt with some beasts that were by no means weaker than a D rank beast and he did so with a wooden sword.

Eren manipulated the mana around him, creating a small swirling orb which seemed like it was made of liquid. He aimed it directly at the feliscor that was engaging his student in battle.

As soon as the mana orb flew towards the feliscor with piercing speed, a few beasts among the hoard of beasts intercepted it, getting hit by the mana orb instead.

A subtle frown appeared on Eren's face, he created more mana orbs with more destructive power then shot a few towards the feliscor, and just like the last time a few beasts strayed from the hoard and took the shot, stopping the attacks from meeting its intended target.

' That's strange, it's like the beasts don't want me to interrupt the battle between Nox and the feliscor!..'

A thoughtful look was clearly visible on his face as he evaded an attack from a lizard type beast.

' Could it be..'

His eyes suddenly widened as he realized what was happening.

The unusual pattern of the beasts and their unnatural cooperation as well as the overwhelming numbers, all of it suddenly made sense now.

A scowl graced his face as he muttered.

" Damned forest, what are you playing at!"

The rain was still falling relentlessly, as the wizard thought of a quicker way to destroy the hoard of beasts currently surrounding them his frown deepened.

Due to the heavy downpour, he couldn't use a fire spell, so instead he opted for another spell, one that couldn't be quenched by the rain, and was equally, if not more destructive than a flame spell.

He had avoided using any of his own spells because it could expose his whereabouts to some unwanted guest, now he had no choice but to do so, the life of his student was at stake.

Inhaling deeply, he released a bit of his mana, his gray eyes glowed mildly and he began drawing a runic circle with his finger then mouthed the words.

" Sixth tier advanced creation magic, Basilisk!"

As soon as those words left his lips an enormous black serpent came into existence.

With a swipe of its tail, countless beasts were sent flying while some with weaker bodies were instantly torn apart by the sheer impact of its tail.

The basilisk quickly created a path leading to Nox for Eren and the eccentric wizard wasted no time.

He quickly ran over to the spot where the feliscor and his student were battling but he wasn't expecting what he saw when he got there.

His student lay lifelessly on the floor, a large hole was visible on his chest, where his heart should have been.

The feliscor was about to pounce on the lifeless body of his student but was stopped by Eren who shot an absurdly fast swirling mana orb at it.

The feliscor exploded as soon as its body came in contact with the orb. Blood and bits of flesh splattered in various directions, staining the ground crimson.

Eren quickly took care of the insects that were trying to bite into his students' flesh as well as the buffalo-like beast that was running towards him.

Hurriedly grabbing Nox, He dashed into the cabin while the basilisk was taking care of the hoard of beasts outside, Then stabbed his hands into the air, an action one might label him as crazy if anyone saw him.

A magic circle appeared in the air and his hand went through. After a few seconds his hands came out of the spatial storage and in it was a vial filled with a black ichor.

He placed his other hand above the hole that the feliscor had made on Nox's chest and made a runic circle.

" Ninth tier advanced creation magic, Restoration!"

Nox's organs, which were destroyed by the stinger of the feliscor, began repairing themselves. The process was swift and gentle, it didn't take long for Nox's heart which had been destroyed to repair itself and then Eren opened the vial.

As soon as he did that, the forest trembled and he could feel the numbers of the beasts diminishing as they ran off in fear.

While he had created a new heart for Nox with his magic, his student was already near death and there was nothing he could do to revive him except what he was about to attempt.

" Do forgive me Nox, but I have to do this!" He said in a barely audible voice.

He poured the black ichor into the newly created heart of his student which absorbed the black liquid like a sponge taking in water.

A slight tremor ran through the body of his student and the remaining part of his damaged body healed up.

Eren sighed bitterly as he looked at his unmoving student. Nox was dying and Eren couldn't revive him with the current amount of power he had so he had no choice but to resort to the last method he had in mind, despite not wishing to do so.

Left with no other choice, Eren had used the blood of the fallen shadow god which he had found in the ruined temple.