Richard's entire body shook in rage as he watched them leave, and once they had disappeared from his sight he turned back to the object of his hatred. May was picking herself up from the ground and had a trickle of blood flowing from her bottom lip, and a bruised cheek from where she had been blindsided. Despite her appearance and obvious pain, she was smiling at him.

'That's the Roku I fell in love with!' she cried happily and wiped the blood away from her mouth. 'Are you ready to go home now?'

'Home?!' Richard growled and his voice was no longer his own. It had a hard and almost demonic twang to it as his magic exploded within his body. His entire body felt hot and he embraced the feeling of rage clawing at his mind. His body was no longer in pain and his entire being was focused on one thing; hurting the one who had hurt Daiya. 'My home is here! Whatever home I had on Earth was tainted by you! All the pain, tears, anger, hatred, and sadness I felt stemmed from you!'

'Calm down, Roku! I can make everything better for you! Just take my hand and we can be together forever!'

'I AM NOT ROKU!' he roared. 'My name is Richard! Even if I am the reincarnation of Roku, I am not the same man he was! You made it that way! I am my own person! All your lies.... all of your deceit made me this way! The real Roku died two thousand years ago, in love with a woman who wasn't you! Just like how I love someone who isn't you!'

Just thinking about what May had just done to Daiya sent a surge of new rage flow through his body and into his mind. His vision was red around the edges and he clenched his fist tightly as he gathered his magic around him. The raging flow of magic that had coursed through his body had suddenly become a tsunami and he lost all control over it. He really didn't care though. All he had to do was point this awesome power at May and let it do whatever it wanted. He wanted to slaughter her, and so did his magic.

'Roku...' May started to say something but he cut her off by letting his power exploded through the area, sending people toppling to the ground for eighty feet around him. His body was releasing so much magic that his bracer couldn't keep up with it, and it actually leaked out around him. He could feel an annoying tingle on his skin and out of the corner of his eye he could see that a thick black cloud of magical power was building up around his body, covering him entirely. His skin was even beginning to turn black slightly from it and he could feel the insane amount of power radiating through the area as his magic was gaining total dominance of his body.

Was this what both Lillin and May had warned him about? They had both told him that if he wasn't careful his magic would come to control him and he would be lost in it. He didn't really care in that moment though. He felt so amazing and so powerful that nothing could ever stop him. His anger was feeding his magic, and his magic was feeding his anger as it propagated further and further out of his control. Even his mind was starting to go blank as the power crept into his very personality. One of the last things he could see clearly was May's face as she stared at him with wide eyes and a look of horror on her face. Just seeing that made him smile inwardly. It was his turn to kick her around now.

'Stop, Roku!' May cried out, but it was already too late. Richard held his bracer out to her and a massive explosion engulfed her as pitch black magic warped the very space where she stood. There was a large plume of red arcane and fire magic and May had leapt out of the way a split second before the entire area had been torn apart, leaving a massive crater behind as chunks of earth fell from the sky and landed savagely on the troops fighting around them.

In the next instant she lashed out at him with her magic, a large and powerful arrow of red arcane power shooting directly at his chest. Without even raising his sword to absorb it, Richard waved his left hand in front of it and made the magic dissolve before it could touch him. It hadn't been the bracer that stopped the attack, rather the thick black cloud clinging to his body and corrupting his mind. It was highly concentrated magic and could destroy all but the most powerful spells. May continued to attack, her spells getting more and more powerful but none of them causing any harm to Richard as he swatted them away like annoying fly's. He laughed at her effort, his voice hollow and savage like it was coming from someone else entirely.

'Come back, Roku' May pleaded and continued to keep up her dazzling assault. She looked frantic and tears clung to her eyes as she realized he was no longer listening; that he could no longer listen.

'MY TURN!' he roared with a horrible laugh and lifted his bracer towards his prey.

He took one step towards May and in the span of a millisecond he was upon her, lashing out with his hand and slamming it into her face again. She was tossed from her feet and before she could fall to the ground he released a tiny fraction of his magic and used it like a sledge hammer, smashing it into her and forcing her into the ground that exploded around her as her body sunk into it. He then raised his right hand and summoned a large orb of white light. The ball hovered like that for a few seconds, but then the dark cloud began to corrupt the light and turn it black until it was a giant orb of blackness. It was so condensed and powerful that it developed its own gravitational field and May was further crushed into the ground from just being near it. She tried to raise her hand to protect herself, but all she could manage was to twitch a finger under the extreme pressure she was being subjected to. Her face was twisted in horror and pain as she looked up at the black orb.

Richard released his tether on the magic and let it fall softly onto his enemy, crushing her brutally under it. She cried out in sheer pain and the ground around her cracked and buckled, caving until she was lying in a massive crater it had formed. The ball sat on her stomach, distending her body in a horrifying way and destroying her clothing as the magic within the ball swirled around. Her mouth was open and her tongue sticking out as her eyes rolled into the back of her head from the pain. A single attack had nearly killed her.

As she lay crushed under the black star, Richard walked up to her slowly and smiled savagely. Her eyes flickered to his dark and distorted form and fresh tears washed over her face as she tried to cry, but there was no oxygen in her body to allow that. He knelt down next to her and reached out his right hand, touching the golden bracer on hers. The instant his skin came into contact with it, the metal liquefied and ran over his fingers and onto his forearm. It solidified and took the exact same form as the one he wore on his left arm, and the instant the infinity symbol appeared on the golden surface he felt a new surge of power flow through his body. He felt whole for the first time.

May continued to stare up at him while all of this happened, but as soon as her own magic had nowhere to go she fell unconscious. She must have been using her power to keep herself from passing out, and once it had disappeared she had instantly been knocked out. Richard stared at her face and the thought of letting his spell continue to crush her until she died flickered through his brain. But in another, deeper part of his brain he knew that death was too good for her. She had to pay for everything she had done to him, and ending her life would only be going easy on her. She had no bracer, no magic, and no friends; if he let her live she would spend eternity alone and hated. That was much more suitable for her crimes against him. So he flicked a single finger against the super dense ball of black light and it flew off into the distance, crashing down somewhere and exploding so savagely that more than three hundred people were killed instantly.

Standing up he looked out around him and saw that the fighting was still going on. The clang of weapons hitting weapons and the powerful explosions of spells rang through his ears and set his teeth on edge. A group of unknown mages had started to advance on him and all at once they attacked, shooting jets of water, fire, and lightning towards him. Not a single attack touched him. They all were snuffed out before they had even come close to him and he instantly unleashed his own attack, causing an explosion of black light where they had been standing. Not a single one of them remained standing and one had disappeared entirely. He looked ahead and saw more mages and soldiers advancing towards him, their focuses and weapons raised as they sought to take out the larger threat on the battlefield. Richard's corrupted body simply smiled as he unleashed a torrent of his powerful and dark magic on anyone and everyone close to him. The battle had suddenly turned into a massacre.

Aura, Coni, and an injured but alive Daiya stood atop a large hill that over looked the battlefield. They watched in horror as a male figure shrouded in hazy black magic tore into the surrounding armies. They had witnessed his amazing power as he laid waste to the woman who had tried to kill Daiya and they could do nothing but watch on in amazement. The power that washed over them from the dazzling attacks was like nothing anyone had ever felt before, and Aura knew that even all the masters combined would quake in fear at the sheer strength that was being displayed. She knew that something was horribly wrong though.

'I... is that Richard?' Daiya asked through a grunt of pain as she limped closer to the edge of the hill. Her eyes were drawn to the massive explosions that were tearing apart the invading army and she shook in fear at what she saw.

'He's... a monster,' Coni whispered and her voice was hollow. Her face had gone pale as she stood there and shivered under the powerful sensation running through the valley.

'Call a general retreat,' the three women heard a stale voice say from behind them. Looking back briefly they found Lillin standing there, her hand on her dagger and a look of panic in her eyes.

'What?' Aura asked in surprise and turned to face the young redheaded woman who had just shown up out of nowhere. 'What about Richard? We have to go save him! What's happening to him?'

'The creature you see out there is not Richard... not right now,' Lillin explained and stepped forward to get a better view of what was going on. 'If you don't call your troops back now they will all die.'

Aura looked at Lillin for a moment but saw the truth of her words in her eyes. She lifted her hand to the air and released a ball of purple magic into the air. When it climbed a few hundred feet she clenched her fist and it exploded, signaling all the Alysian and Elothian troops to retreat as fast as possible. She didn't really need to tell them though; most of the soldiers had already begun to run and Richard stood alone at the front of the lines, massive black explosions ripping through his enemies like they were nothing but mere insects.

'T... tell me what's happened to Richard,' Daiya begged and looked at Lillin.

'He's lost control of his magic. Right now he is nothing more than a vessel for the destructive power that is contained within his body.'

'What can we do to bring him back to normal?' Aura asked frantically and shook Lillin violently by the shoulders. The younger woman shrugged the Daughter of Arcane off and continued to watch as Richard's magic was let loose, felling hundreds of men and women before him with no remorse.

'You can't,' she stated and there was no emotion in her voice. 'If you were to try and go to him right now, he would kill you. Richard's mind is buried deep within his subconscious and the magic has total control. It's using his base instincts to function. Rage, jealousy, hunger, strength; all of these things push him forward right now. Anyone he sees he will consider any enemy.'

'H... how is this possible?' Daiya asked in horror and she looked back out over the slaughter unfolding in the valley. Richard's black form was unleashing devastating attacks with both hands, his black power ripping anyone and everything to shreds. The cries of fear and pain from his enemies could be heard even from where they women stood and watched in terror. 'A person's magic shouldn't be able to control them like this!'

'Roku's magic is different,' Aura whispered and Lillin nodded her head.

'While our magic is created from our bodies and the flow of energy in the world, Roku was weak with that. The magic he created for himself was not only influenced by his emotions, but became his emotions as well. His light magic stems from all of his good emotions; like happiness, love, lust, and contentment. However, there's two sides to a person's emotions. When Roku created the Light Magic, another form was created alongside it. Greed, anger, rage, jealousy, and all the other bad emotions that fill a person created the exact opposite to the Light Magic... Dark Magic. This is why I have been training him, so he could avoid falling prey to the more powerful side of his personality. Because the darker emotions are often more powerful, he has fallen victim to them and lost all self restraint.'

'Is... is there nothing we can do?' Coni asked in a whimper and Lillin shook her head in response. 'Then what will happen to him?'

'To be honest, I don't know. All the information I have on Roku and his magic has been handed down from generation to generation and is incomplete at best. All I know is that the first Roku had been able to control his Dark Magic when he was still young, and nothing was ever mentioned about it again after that. From what I can see though, it looks like the powerful magic flowing through his body right now is corrupting him. I fear that if he doesn't come to his senses soon he will be lost forever.'

Just then there was a dazzling white light that lit up the sky and everyone looked out over the body strewn field. High above the ground was a massive and dazzling orb of light. It was the size of the sun seen from the surface of the world and the power washing over it was so immense that terrible winds and increased gravity forced everyone to their knees, even though they were more than a kilometer away from it. The white light was quickly being eroded away and replaced by pure black power that radiated intense supremacy. Once the entire orb had been tainted with the black magic, it buckled, succumbing to its own gravity and being crushed under the sheer weight.

'What's happening?' Aura cried out but no one answered. The truth was that no one had ever seen anything like this before so they had no idea. They all knew one thing though: whatever was happening was going to be devastating.

The miniature black sun continued to devour itself and the wind that had been pushing at them was now being sucked back towards it. In an earth shattering explosion, the sun collapsed entirely and then exploded outwards, tossing everyone down as the power crashed against them. What was left behind was a large black hole roughly the same size the orb had been originally. It was swirling clockwise and sucking up everything around it; people, rocks, snow, the ground, air, light, discarded weapons, and whatever else was there. In less than ten seconds the entire invading army was sucked deep into the black hole and crushed under the powerful gravity well it had created.

Richard stood beneath it, both hands raised high into the air as he sustained and controlled the amazingly powerful spell that destroyed everything it touched. When the very last person had been sucked into it, the black hole shimmered and then caved in on itself in an impossible way, snuffing itself out. Aura, Lillin, Daiya, and Coni got to their feet and looked out over the broken valley that had once been there. Now it was a massive crater the size of a mountain and easily as deep as one was tall. The only thing in it was a slouched Richard, his head hung and his shoulders heaving. In the very next moment he fell into a heap and stopped moving. The black cloud that had been clinging to his body disappeared and the blackness that had been spreading over his skin turned pink once more.

'I... is it over?' Aura asked in a hushed tone.

'I think so...' Lillin answered and she herself was now in complete shock at what she had just seen. The invading force had been taken out by a single man in the blink of an eye, something that shouldn't even be possible. 'We need to retrieve him quickly.'

Before the word had even left Lillin's lips, Daiya was whistling loudly and a large yellow dragon swooped out of the air, followed closely by a beaten up black dragon. Daiya jumped onto the back of the green dragon and they sped off towards the center of the crater, leaving everyone behind. Aura turned to Lillin then and fixed her with a serious glare, putting her hands on her hips and breathing heavily.

'What's going on?' she asked and it was easy to tell from her tone of voice that she wanted to know everything.

'It's too dangerous for Richard to remain in an environment like this. I intend to take him to Castle Islan for further training.'

'Castle Islan? That... that place really exists?' Coni asked and both Aura and Lillin nodded. 'I thought it was a myth the Masters made up or something.'

'No, it exists, Coni,' Aura said gently and ran her hand over her forehead as if trying to think of something really hard. 'It's a place only the Masters and their disciples can go to, and it has to be done on the night of full moon or the way will be closed.'

'It's the perfect place to train Roku in peace,' Lillin added and the older woman nodded slowly. 'If he remains here where his emotions can run wild, he might never be able to recover from another episode like the one we just saw.'

'I understand. Coni,' Aura said and turned to her younger sister who looked very lost right now, 'tell General Maov that I leave her in command and then return to the palace. Notify Reiea and Dycoz of what happened and where we have gone.'

'Y... you're going?' Coni asked in shock. 'But what about all your responsibilities?'

'This is more important. Now go.'

Coni looked at her sister for a long moment, but then nodded and ran off towards the mass of soldiers that had gathered around their hill and disappearing into the confused and terrified mob. A few moments later two large dragons appeared in the sky above them and Aura could see Richard's limp body being cradled softly in Daiya's shaking arms. The dragons started to descended and once they were close enough, Lillin and Aura jumped onto Loki's back. All at once both dragons flew into the air and disappeared into the dark sky as the torn battlefield disappeared from sight.

Epilogue

May stumbled up the side of an old and massive mountain. Her dragon refused to get anywhere near this ominous place and had dumped her off fifteen minutes away by foot. She hated that overgrown lizard for that. She was in no condition to be walking anywhere right now. One of her arms was dislocated and hung limply at her side, she had multiple broken ribs, she kept spitting up blood, her left leg was twisted badly, and she was covered in the blood of other people. In her entire existence she had never been so badly hurt or scared before.

She slowly climbed the side of the mountain and headed towards the small cave entrance near the middle. She had narrowly escaped dying earlier and had been lucky when her dragon had managed to get away from his fight against Roku's black dragon and came to save her. If she had been left in the crater that had been created from a single spell she probably would have been captured or killed. As soon as Roku had turned his back on her she fled, not willing to stay there any longer and face the monster her beloved had become. He was the single most terrifying thing she had ever seen up close and personal.

She finally reached her goal and limped through the cave tunnels, her breathing rattling off the solid rock walls and spreading out through the area. It had been nearly a full two thousand years since she had last set foot in this place and she had avoided coming back for a reason. But now that reason was gone. The real Roku had probably died here during his battle and the man that had come back was nothing like him. May wanted to feel close to the man she loved more than life itself and this was the only place in the world where she could do that. Even now, two thousand years later you could still feel his magic in the walls and his presence was powerful.

May exited through a long narrow tunnel and came to stand in the entrance of a massive cave with a vaulted ceiling. This is the exact spot the real Roku had stood before disappearing, a small note scribbled onto the wall in charcoal. She could still vividly remember the day everything had ended, like it had only been yesterday. She had been weary from combat, her magic power drained and some nasty wounds on her body that bled profusely. She had been excited to hear that the Demon King had been defeated and she couldn't wait to see Roku; to hug and kiss him and show all those emotions she had been keeping inside herself for so many years. When she arrived at the cave she only found her older cousin, Prince Wales. Roku had already disappeared and left her behind.

The cave had sure changed since that day. It felt darker, and weaker. The power that had been radiating through the walls was beginning to feel dull and May was saddened by that. She had been hoping to feel Roku's magic flowing through her body once more. Just once more before she gave up and let what was meant to happen, happen. But something was wrong here. She quickly noticed that the mirror like surface that had covered an entire wall had shrunk back, revealing another hidden passageway that hadn't been there before. The glass like surface had been a byproduct from Roku's fight with their enemy and not even hers or her cousins strongest spell could put a dent into it. So the fact that it had shrunk back was surprising.

May limped towards the new tunnel and slowly made her way down it, a strange sensation washing over her. All sound ceased to exist the further in she walked and even the sound of her own breathing was snuffed out. Even the pale brown and grey color of the cave and tunnel walls were being leached out of the rock and it was like May was stepping into a vacuum that sucked everything out of the area. Whatever was at the end of this tunnel was powerful and May began to shake slightly in fear, a sensation she was not used to. For more than two thousand years she had never been afraid of anything powerful, and why should she? She was second only to Roku in strength and power. But without a focus she was as weak as a kitten now.

She tentatively stepped though the entrance to another cave, this one smaller than the one she had come from. What she saw stunned her completely. The thick glass that had covered up this entire area had receded back to a single small area of this tiny cave, it's mirror like surface reflecting everything around it. What she saw in the heart of that glass is what truly shocked her. The tall form of a man could be seen and the mirror like surface pulsed with powerful magic, almost like a heart pulsed with blood.

'Come... closer...' a haggard and tired voice reached deep into May's mind as she stood there and gazed upon the strange sight. Against her will she found her feet moving on their own and she slowly crossed the small room, her right hand reaching out to touch the strange object that held someone deep within it.

'Wh... what's happening?' she groaned and struggled to control her own body. No matter how much strength or willpower she used it was no use, she continued to move closer and her hand was now mere inches away from pressing against the glass bubble. She knew in the back of her mind that she was in an extremely dangerous situation, but she could do nothing to stop what was about to happen.

Her palm pressed against the cold and pulsing surface and she felt her entire body seize up as a shockwave of pain stretched through her entire being. Whatever had reached out and grabbed hold of her was quickly draining the magic from her body and she could feel her legs starting to buckle as she lost her strength. The pain was unbearable but she was unable to cry out in agony as her magic was forcefully torn from her wounded and bruised body. The more of her power that was sucked into the mirror made it pulse even stronger and a warmth began to spread across the surface. In the very next instant a massive crack broke over the mirror and it shattered entirely as a savage and warm wind blew out from it, toppling May as she was tossed back against the wall of the cave and hit her head.

With bleary and tear filled eyes, May looked out over the scene before her and gasped loudly as her heart seized up and fear gripped at her entire mind. Standing before her was a tall and fairly well built old man, his long white beard tucked into his belt around his waist and a hungry look in his pale blue eyes. His face was covered in wrinkles and pure undiluted power rippled off him in waves as he flexed his muscles and stared at May with a happy glint in his eyes.

'M... Master?' May whispered in disbelief and the old man smiled at her, showing off a row of sharp looking teeth. 'N... no... you're dead...'

'No, not dead my dear student. Just sleeping!'

To Be Continued.... in Eternal Destiny

Note:

This is the end of Eternal Darkness. I would like to thank you all for reading and Captius and I hope you enjoyed it. The story is not over though. Richard will be back in the final installment, Eternal Destiny! So look forward to the end of this story as powerful forces once more walk the world. I've decided to take it easy on Captius and let him recover in peace, so the next installment won't be posted for at least a week. I am sorry for this inconvenience but I really believe he needs to rest because his injury is still bugging him. He also needs to take a break from this story to recharge his creative juices and give you the best experience he possibly can.

Before I end this off for now, I would like all of your help with something. I've been trying to convince Captius to write me some fiddling material; you know, something that's hot to get me off. The problem is that he isn't very keen to do it because of the subject material. It's less story based and focused more on the sex, which is pretty out there. I'll admit that I am an Otaku... I love anime and manga and hentai. My tastes in my fapping material are a little more vulgar than most, and that's what has him hung up. So since he won't do it for a cute Otaku like me, then I want you to post comments bugging him to do it as well. If we can get enough of you to say you would be interested in it there is no way he cannot do it! The subject matter will be anal, monster, alien, tentacles, forced, futanari, and other things like that. If you have any interest then please say so and we can get him to write it... pretty please?

Alright, anyways... thank you all for reading and we hope you enjoyed this latest chapter. The next one will be posted within a week from this one so look forward to that. As always, rate and comment and thank you for all your support. This has been received better than I could have ever imagined and I can see what keeps Captius writing when all he wants to do is rest.

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