Greenblood: A LitRPG Adventure (My Best Friend is an Eldritch Horror Book 2) by Actus

Author:Actus [Actus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2023-01-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Thirteen

Agony carved through Damien’s chest. He doubled over, unable to even open his mouth to speak as his chest started to tear itself apart. Brilliant lines of white light lit up beneath his shirt, shining through it and illuminating the runes that were etching themselves into his skin.

He clawed at his chest, sweat pouring down his forehead as he desperately tried to block out the pain. Nothing worked. Herald stood over Damien as he collapsed to the floor, gasping for breath.

After what felt like hours but was only truly a few minutes, the pain receded to a violent throb. There was no blood on Damien in the dream world, but his hazy mind pointed out that he’d probably soaked his bedsheets again.

“What did you do?” Damien asked, his heart hammering in his chest.

“Nothing, yet,” Herald replied. The eldritch creature raised a hand and set it on the top of the pillar. Ice filled Damien’s veins as a sense of wrongness filled every fiber of his being. Herald’s hand tightened on the marble.

Cracks spiderwebbed down it, traveling several inches before stopping. Then the top portion of the pillar shattered. Dark smoke surged out of it, rocketing through the air and slamming into Damien’s chest.

He screamed as the pain returned, this time permeating every single fiber of his body. The runes on his chest flared with light as his body contorted. A foreign presence enveloped his mind, pressing inwards and reaching toward his soul.

Damien drew a sharp breath as the pain started to dull. Memories as old as time rose at the fringes of his mind, but they weren’t his. Eons of time, forgotten eras and magic that he never could have comprehended. The world started to spin as his own memories and thoughts were crushed under the sheer weight of the being materializing within him.

It felt like an entire ocean had been condensed into a single block and dropped squarely on top of him. His limbs stiffened and refused to work as more and more of Damien’s personality started to crumble.

“Stop fighting it,” Herald said. “This power belongs to you. It has been bound to your soul for years. Henry simply sealed it away, keeping your strength hidden from you.”

“I don’t want it,” Damien rasped, his hands clenched.

“But it is yours, nonetheless.”

Damien’s eyes narrowed. Through the haze of pain, anger started to build. He’d started to lose count of the times that Herald had done something like this. The anger built, wrapping his mind and pressing back against the darkness.

“No.”

“What?”

“I said, no,” Damien snarled, his face contorting in anger. His mental energy surged forth, pressing against the foreign energy and bringing it to a grinding halt. “This is my body and my mind. I’m not your damned tool, Herald.”

Chains of mental energy ripped out from the core of Damien’s mind, enveloping the darkness and yanking it downwards. The energy struggled against him, but he had the home ground. The runes on his chest flared even brighter as the darkness struggled. Damien willed his shirt off and looked down at the circle on his chest.

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