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Chapter 12 - The High Priest

"Heheh All set" The witch doctor said taking off his gloves.

Mythos shriveled up in angst as the doctor walked away.

"Why is he so damn creepy! And why do these people let him around kids!" He thought.

"Get up you perv!" Mia shouted at Mythos. "You've got work to do right Redface?"

"She's right," Redface admitted "Now that your ten its time for you to start preparing for the Zalzi contest."

"That's what I've spent these last ten years in the forest doing right?" Mythos said. "Tell me what's it like?"

"It's an amazing place" His mother said. "It's where I met your father! Maybe you'll find your love there as well"

"Heh... The thought of this kid having a girlfriend." Mia said cringing. "Freaks me out!"

"What's that suppose to mean!" Mythos said laughing.

As Mythos laughed to himself, a silence fell over his house. All of a sudden, Redface, and Mia had serious looks on their faces.

"Redface" Mia said looking towards the sky "Do you feel that?"

A dark cloud passed over the suns shine, blocking it out.

"Dread" Redface said. "It's him"

"Him... No It couldn't be! Mythos!" His mother cried.

"Too late" A man said gravving Mythos from behind. He pointed his sharp fingernails at Mythos's skull holding him in midair.

"High Priest...Lizhin!" Redface called out.

"I'm going to take this child now, if any of you try to follow he's as good as dead!" Lihzin said

"Noooooooo!" Mythos's mother cried.

And in a flash just as quickly as he had come Lizhin dissapeared.

"What could he possibly want with me?" Mythos thought. "Should I use a spell?"

Mythos focused his essence trying to do an attack.

"It's useless" Lizhin said. "My ability is able to absorb magic, at this range your essence is flowing directly into me"

"Impossible!" Mythos said, shaken by Lizhins words.

They came to a mountain in the distance, finally coming to a stop.

"What is it you want!" Mythos said.

"I was told by my men that you can do Magic! Now show me!" Lizhin said.

With seemingly no other choice Mythos stretched his arms tot he sky.

"Fire magic! Fireball!" HE cried.

A large cone of fire erupted from his hands spreading across the sky with a deep scarlet glow. After a few moments of burning, the flame dissipated, leaving behind a trail of embers.

"So... I tis true... You really are..." Lizhin looked back at Mythos with disgust.

"What is it!" Mythos said.

Lizhin paced back and forth trying to contemplate the situation.

"Tell me Mythos," He said looking at him. "Do you pity me?"

Mythos fell back unable to answer the questions. Pain filled his mind as he remembered ripping off Lizhins arms.

"I thought I was crazy... but you are in fact Mythos, the killer from the realm of humans! Somehow you have turned into a child!"

"NOOO!" Mythos said crying "Your wrong mister!"

"Don't go and try to act like a child now! What is your goal! To infiltrate us! Are you using magic to control a baby since birth!"

"No!" Mythos said. "That's not what-"

"You have come here to infiltrate and study us... learn us... destroy us well I'll have you know it's not going to be that easy!" Lizhin said snarling.

"So much hate!" Mythos said. "Of all the people to figure this out... he's the worst!"

"So Mythos, if you want to stay and learn our Feral culture, By all means enjoy yourself!" Lizhin said. "But it's going to come at a cost."

Reaching into his fur, Lihzin drew out four books with magic encantations on them.

"Use your magic to translate these into Feral language!" Lizhin ordered.

"Ancient Magic" Mythos cried. "Transcription!"

With a flick of his wrists, the book became readable to Lizhin.

"Heheh... Hahahahaha!" Lizhin said. "Now with the power of magic we will slowly learn to invade and take of humanity!" He proclaimed. "And you! You will be our teacher! Every week you will come to this rock and teach me and my disciples magic! You will speak of this to no one! And if you do I will tell our village of your secret!" Lizhin proclaimed.

"Damnit!" Mythos groaned. "What of my feral family? What of me?" Mythos said.

"By all means continue your little field trip!" Lizhin said. "Learn us, study us, as we do you! we will see who gains more! And as you do!"

Lizhin took out a black talisman from his fur and wrapped it around Mythos's neck.

"Ancient talisman of Malsumis!" He screamed "Magic seal!"

Mythos fell to the ground as a black seal landed onto his body.

" Fire magic!" He said waving his hands.

Nothing happend

He felt the flow of essence but it did bot create any magic.

"My... magic..." Mythos said.

"Belongs to me human!" Lizhin said. "I can release it as I please! And once you have finished teaching us its secrets! I'll remove your left arm and eye, kill your master, and make you watch as we take over humanity!" Lizhin laughed.

"No!" Mythos said. "Even without magic! I will stop you! I will become a powerful feral! And take back my magic once and for all!"

"Well, I wish you the best of luck" Lizhin said. "I have a ten year head start!"\

"No matter what!" Mythos screamed. "I won't let you win!"

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