Whispers from the Abyss

On the other side of the portal, a dirty laboratory/study greeted Luke. Luke guessed that this was where the Master spent most of his time. The Master spoke, "I need your help with an experiment due to your unique physique of a half-abyssal being." Luke wondered what the experiment could be, but that didn't last long as the Master told him right after, "The experiment I need your help with will benefit us both if it works. Due to your unique physique of being a half-abyssal being, only half of your being is attuned to abyssal energy, and the other half is attuned to no magical energy. Well, if my research is correct, then I can attribute that half of your being to origin energy, which is the opposite of abyssal energy originating from the harmony realm, which is the mortal enemy of the abyssal realm, but that's for later. In the process of attunement, the second half of you being an unknown variable could arise, which might fuck up the whole experiment and kill you. Are you still willing to help me?" Luke's desire for power was at an all-time high, growing ever since his hometown was destroyed. Luke almost shouted but contained his excitement from the power he could gain and said, "Of course!" The next moment, Luke's vision faded to black.

Once Luke opened his eyes, he noticed he was floating in the center of a ritual symbol. Freaking out, Luke tried to escape somehow, but in the next moment he heard the Master say, "Don't struggle; it will only make it harder for you." Starting the ritual, the Master siphoned out the origin energy in the storage container he prepared. The origin energy slowly started to flow to the ritual symbol and started to light it up. Once the symbol was fully lit up, Luke felt a burning sensation coming from the very depths of his soul, like his very being was crying out in pain. Luke knew that this pain must be coming from his half-abyssal side, with its mortal enemy being attuned to his other half. Over the next 5 days, Luke felt like he was dying, burning from the inside out. The pain was nothing compared to what he would gain, Luke thought, which was the only way he could keep going. Once the five days were over, the ritual looked to be a success and was completed, but Luke still wasn't let down.

The Master then started to cast a spell Luke had never heard before,

"cxv yuaterr'tjyu' cfteryu;ou, yu'tmuyu wserajcxva,

aiad;ouaxd wgexfg;'lu, to'tj iadcxva.

exfgyuwserba hmyur, iadaiadtfgeqwexfg vcuwserr,

cxv yuaterr'tjyu' ./,teruiad, 'tmf hteraexfg teriadwserr.

"

A pain like none other hit Luke; his whole body felt like it was being stripped of its very identity. Luke screamed until his voice gave out and passed out. Waking up, Luke found himself back in the dark, with the beings surrounding the single light source. Luke saw the two beings from before—greed and gluttony—but he saw an extra one this time. This being was all red, with cracks in its skin glowing a dark red. It gave off an aura of wrath. Greed noticed Luke had appeared again and instantly greeted him, "Hello again, Kuzdxy ip dtx zasz. We didn't expect to see you again so soon." While Greed was talking, Luke was checking out the new beings surrounding the fire. Greed noticed Luke was checking out the being and introduced him to Luke. "I see you're curious about who this is. You should know by now that I told you about him last time. His name is Wraith." Wraith interrupted Greed, cutting him off and introducing himself while yelling, "IM WRAITH, DON'T GET ON MY BAD SIDE, AND YOU WILL BE FINE KUZDXY IP DTX ZASZ." Wraith said nothing after introducing himself. Greed started to talk again. "Sorry about that; Wraith probably won't talk much until Kuzdxy ip dtx zasz comes out." Greed then asked, "What brings you back here, Kuzdxy ip dtx zasz You shouldn't be here unless you are in danger. What's going on outside?" Luke was shocked to learn that this place was only accessible when he was in danger. Luke then told Greed and the other two what had happened and why he was here. Luke started to notice Wraith was starting to let out an aura, suffocating Luke. Greed noticed this and told Wraith, "Calm down. Kuzdxy ip dtx zasz can't handle the pressure yet. You have to remember, he's nothing like he used to be." Luke heard this and wanted to know what greed meant. "Greed, what do you mean by how I used to be? Did you used to know me?" Greed ignored Luke's question and instead told him what was going on outside: "That Master folk cast a nasty spell on you called Soul Absorb. It stripped you of your very essence and opened your body for possession, letting him take over your body and absorb your memories. Don't worry, thought Kuzdxy ip dtx zasz, we won't let him take over your body, but if you want our help, there will be side effects due to your body not being able to withstand even 1% of our power." Luke was horrified to learn how strong these beings were and how he was nowhere near their level, but they were inside him. Luke thought about it but found no other way out of this situation, so he nodded, saying yes to help from them.

Greed, Gluttony, and Wraith argued over who would go out and help Luke. Greed: "I've been the most helpful to him so far, and I'm the only one who's talked to him…" Gluttony: "Let me out. I'm hungry. I want to get everything outside.." Once Luke heard this, even if Gluttony won, Luke wouldn't let him out. "Let me at him. I'm burning up. I want to be bathed in blood on the battlefield, like my birthplace again…" Luke was shocked at how bloodthirsty Wraith was, but once he thought about it, it was understandable. The three argued for 5 minutes until they came up with a winner. The winner and chosen helper for Luke is ….