CHAPTER 63: TRAUMA

Looking at his fingers, he unconsciously ran mana through them, and an orange spark phased across.

His eyes widened at what he saw.

Jumping to his feet, he ran his mana through his fingers, and another spark phased through them.

He increased the amount of mana and electric arcs flashed across them. They increased in intensity.

Unbeknownst to him, his eyes had a faint orange glow.

The arcs slowly formed a large lightning bolt and just when it did, the door opened.

Logan’s eyes darted to the door and he saw an unfamiliar person staring at him.

The boy appeared to be of a similar age, just with blonde hair that had silver streaks and bright blue eyes that seemed timid.

Without pause or hesitation, Logan blurred and ran to the boy.

He gripped his neck firmly and held it like a vice. Innumerable thoughts on how to kill him ran through Logan’s mind.

If it were that the boy had seen him using darkness magic, he could have played it off and been cool with no problem, but lightning Magic was something entirely different.

He just couldn’t take the risk.

The boy wrapped his hands around Logan’s arm as his head and eyes became bloodshot and swollen due to suffocation.

Assessing the situation further, Logan let the kid go.

The boy fell on his knees, gasped for air, and shuffled out of the room and away from Logan.

The latter grabbed his legs and pulled him into the room before closing the door.

"I am not going to hurt you. You have my word." Logan placed him in the middle of the floor and sat on his bed.

The boy still stared at Logan with red eyes and faint sobs.

"Okay. What are you doing here?" Logan couldn’t help but try to break the ice after he assaulted the boy.

"I was meant to meet my roommate in this room."

Tilting his head, Logan asked the next best question.

"What’s your name?"

With a shaky breath, he opened his mouth.

"Liam." His words were soft, yet they rang alarm bells in Logan’s head.

The latter softening face immediately steeled as a scowl formed on it.

In Logan’s hazel eyes, one could see the flames of revenge - or something far worse dancing.

"Soul King right? You have even stopped hiding, haven’t you?" Logan burst into a slightly deranged laughter.

"Soul King? Who is that?" Liam asked with an uncertain look in his eyes.

"Really? Another mage with an affinity for Light magic whose name also happens to be Liam? Come on Soul King. Just tell me your agenda." Logan stared down at the possessed student.

The only reason why he didn’t try to attack or run was because he knew that Soul King could kill him in mere moments Divine Magic or not.

"I’m not Soul King. Who is that?" Liam took a step forward - one that Logan didn’t like.

"LISTEN TO ME, YOU UNDEAD BASTARD!!!" He screamed at Liam before casting a dark shot and aiming it at the boy’s head.

Taking several steps back, Liam raised his hands in surrender for Logan to see while shaking ever so slightly.

The fear in Liam’s eyes seemed so genuine that for a moment Logan almost believed him.

Almost.

With a loud bang, the dark shot pierced Liam’s shoulder and the boy fell to his knees while screaming out in pain.

"You are no different from the Blood Witch, are you? You are just like the Kingdom in their lies and deceit!" Logan spat out each word like it was coated in venom.

Liam was still bleeding out and screaming in pain.

Weaving another Dark Shot, Logan shot his leg.

Then another that went through the poor boy’s arm.

"You may pretend, but I know who and what you are." Logan chuckled slightly before bursting out into a deranged laughter that echoed eerily through the dormitories.

He weaved into existence numerous dark shots and fashioned for himself a Dark Cannon to kill Soul King’s vessel.

"I won’t let you take my mana core away from me again. I DO NOT CARE WHAT YOU DO BUT I WILL NOT HAVE YOU INTERRUPT MY PLANS BY IMPAIRING ME MAGICALLY!!! Not again." The last words were reduced to a little over a whisper.

The metallic smell of blood filled his nostrils but he ignored it.

He stared at the pool of crimson liquid that was starting to spread from the boy.

"Look me in the eye." Logan requested calmly.

"I believe I said LOOK ME IN THE FUCKING EYE!!" He snapped.

Bending to his knees, Logan gripped Liam’s face and took in every detail of his face.

From the swollen red eyes to the shaking lips and snot that trailed out of his nose, everything screamed total fear or submission.

But Logan knew it was a ploy. It just had to be.

"You must be wondering how I caught you in your act." He suddenly let go of the boy’s face and let his head drop heavily onto the floor.

"It was when you said that you came to my room to meet your new roommate."

Normally, Logan would’ve never revealed how he caught onto an enemy’s lie but this time he just felt a strange kind of glee.

"Now..." He turned and aimed the still active Dark Cannon at Liam.

The spell fired off and was about to complete its task when a metallic object clashed with it ending in mutual destruction.

Whipping his head to the door, he saw Orion with a worried look in his eyes.

"Bro, what the fuck are you doing?" Orion charged into the room.

"Oh, Orion. Liam, this is Orion, and Orion, this is Liam, Soul King’s new vessel."

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