Chapter 92: 92. Mind Battle
[Inside the Mind space]
{{Who would have thought I would be able to get inside the mind of someone from an entirely different dimension? Another reality? Oh such a wide variety of souls to feast on!}} Possessed Mark talked in a warbled voice as he seemed very intoxicated right now.
{{Now I understand why those who I sought out to were such blazing souls of power and strength. But they just want me to take something on you and give it back to them, their property they said. Huhuhuhu…}} 'Mark' smiled as he seem to be imagining things while appendages of questionable origins started to change his appearance.
{{But for them to want something from you makes me want to take it for myself, whatever this 'System' is I will get it and I shall see the world into my image soon enough.}} 'Mark' opened his arms wide like he was showcasing himself as he walked around the mind space.
"Hey bud…" Mark's cold emotionless voice sounded out as the mind space suddenly went from a normal Saharan Desert into a frigid Tundra devoid of emotion.
"You seem to be getting too comfortable in my mind aren't you? But you seem to forget, this is my territory. And whatever happens here is of my will." Mark's face right now is so stone cold that even the other thing in his mind was shocked.
{{Y-you turned off your emotions!!}} 'Mark' seemed freaked out as he noticed the changes in the mindspace.
[Host has used hypnotize lvl. 95 on himself]
Only the real Mark could hear this in the moment as he walked towards his other self like a mannequin. His actions, mannerisms and even voice were all void and cold, making his possessed self seemingly falter.
"For your Hubris, you shall feel modesty…" as Mark's words echoed only memories of a simple life suddenly flashed within the mind space.
{{W-what are you doing?}} 'Mark' seemed to be uncomfortable as he was drowned within these memories that he has no idea where it came from.
"So full of pride that only such Shame shall be felt…" Mark somehow has total control over the mindspace as he used his Hypnotism skill to the fullest extent the System could invoke it in his mind.
{{Kraa!! What is this feeling?!}} 'Mark' fell back on his butt as echoes of the words Shame sounded out inside the mindsapce.
[Outside world]
In the outside Mark's real body suddenly is in meditating position, and he has been in this position for a whole day already. His situation has been noticed by his wives who woke up beside him but they knew he was okay as his aura could still be felt within the lands.
Mark had not pulled back his divine powers because he is stopping the corruption of Chaos happening all around. One reason he did not want it to be pulled back because he does not want his other self to escape the mind space if it could ever be possible.
From the first moments his other self was showing signs of changing Mark had pushed his divine powers to its limit as he does not want a slight change in the area to escape his notice.
His other self, is highly to have been just affected by the chaos that Slaanesh was able to split a small part of it to slither in his mind. Because if it was the real deal then Mark would have no strength to fight it if Slaanesh is really inside his mind right now.
He had deduced that if his possessed self is not yet in charge of the body means that the part that got is small and wanted Mark to retrieve his defenses so that the Chaos god could possibly feel its small part.
This was just his deductions but he was going with it as he does not want the real Slaanesh to know that he has been successful in planting his self within Mark.
He had remembered how the warhammer fantasy world was when the Kislev patron God Ursun was chained in the forge of souls. A God's soul and body is something other gods also covet, he must not show weakness.
So now he is constantly using hypnotize on himself to raise up his defenses against the small part of Slaanesh, it is small but it is a part of a Chaos God.
Diana was able to feel this because she was able to come near him and inspect him, it was Neferata who suggested this because she was the most sensitive in identifying a divine being and Diana is one of such being.
Her words made everybody relax when she said that Mark was just putting his whole attention on the prevention of corruption from chaos as the winds of Magic had stirred making the Hoards of chaos more manic.
But Diana did not mention that there seems to be a battle happening within Mark's mind right now. Yet she cannot help because she has no idea how to even assist.
[Inside the Mind space]
Deep inside Mark is flooding the possessed part of him to feel the emotions and things that contradict the essence of Slaanesh.
"And with your hunger for sensation there will be numbness in this world." Mark's words made the mind space so bland and empty of any other thing that could describe a person.
{{STOP IT!! STOP IT!!}} 'Mark' writhed as the whole place seemed to suffocate the part of Slaanesh that sent inside.
"Pain will only be pain nothing else and nothing more." Mark was starting to crack in his soul form as he walked forward towards his other self.
{{ARRGHH!!! NOO YOU ARE KILLING US!!}} 'Mark' screamed in pain and no pleasure was even felt, not one iota of it present in the mind space. But this too much hypnotism was starting to take its toll.
But Mark did not stop because the part of Slaanesh is still within, it is still tenacious. Mark knew that if he does not take away anything that represents the Chaos God then he would not be rid of it ever again.
"For you are made by human emotions, then I am no longer human…" Mark's soul started showing cracks as holy light seeped out and this made his other-self scream more as purple gas started leaking out and his other self's mutations abate slowly.
[Outside world]
As this happens there is also a phenomenon in the outside world as Mark was going more and more emotionally empty as he tries to erase the essence of the Excess God within him.
It was nighttime again but this time the whole keep was washed by a holy light as Mark started floating while his eyes glowed golden. But even then his wives and his guest saw how empty and emotionless he is right now.
"This is making me feel worried." Carter said as he looked towards the quarters of Mark glowing, he could see that the light was taken as a good sign by the people and fought harder to defend their homes.
Yet somehow his senses were tingling as he remembered the glowing eyes of Mark when he went to see what was happening.
"Whatever it is, it is somehow changing the nature of his divine powers as minutes go by." Dian had tried looking in but she was not taken inside the mind space but rather was pushed back.
"Is this war not gonna end?" Judy ate a pie as she asked this and looked at the shining part of the Keep.
[Inside the Mind space]
"I am and only me, there is no one else. There is no Excess, I am and shall always be me." Mark's cold voice echoed within the mind space as his whole body started radiating.
{NO! NOO!! THIS IS MINE AND ARRGHHH! STOP!!!}} 'Mark' started to turn back into the normal appearance and as soon as he became normal he started turning into sand particles and floated towards the real soul.
"I am, only one and for being One I will now be…" Mark said as he saw the last hint of purple wisp suddenly disappear and he reintegrated his other persona back into himself.
[Outside world]
"BwaaaH!! HAA!!" Mark opened his eyes instantly as he inhaled as much as he can, he stood up from the bed and wobbled towards the window as he tried opening a small slit.
He panted as he felt himself caked with sweat and grime, he held his knees as he tried to catch his breath but this time he started getting back his memories as both his smart self and his other persona his dumb self.
He stood there viewing his memories but somehow he was non-reactive like he was just watching something normal for him. Even when some memories of him that he had locked away came back.
It was then he noticed something from his peripheral vision, there were hundreds of System Messages.
[System Alert!]
[Foreign Entity Soul is trying to take Host's body]
[Foreign Entity has possessed a part of Host's soul]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[Hypnotize has leveled up]
[Foreign Entity is getting weaker]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[System Alert!]
[Host has used a skill too many times on his body, system suggest you stop to prevent permanent change with you personality.]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[Foreign Entity is getting Weaker]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[Hypnotize has leveled up]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[System Warning!]
[Drastic personality changes has been detected on host]
[System has taken emergency scans of the soul]
[Host soul seem to be still the same]
[Emergency measures cannot be applied]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[Foreign Entity is weakening]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
[Host used the skill Hypnotize]
"…" Mark was silent as he read down on more use of his skill and it wasn't until a different Prompt appeared.
[Host has gained the aspect of absence]
"Absence? How does that work?" Mark raised his brow as the memories in his mind are reorganizing itself as he tries to remember everything he had experienced in his mind space.
So as the memories flowed in Mark looked more into the System Prompts and read more of him hypnotizing himself, the Foreign Entity weakening and his skill leveling up. He stopped until another different prompt was seen and this made him raise his brows.
[Your skill Hypnotize has reached the lvl 100]
[Skill is now evolving]
[Skill has become the Aspect of the Mind]
[Host has now full control of his mind and no form of possession could be done on host. If any entity or being tried to get in they will be felt and noticed by the host]
[You have gained total immunity to mind powers and powers affecting the soul.]
[Host has cleansed the mind of the Foreign Entity]
[Title has been earned: Mind Sweeper]
[Title Effect: Gain more control over the mind and enables the host to strengthen his mind abilities.]
[System warning!]
[Too much essential emotions of Host has been forgotten]
[System is applying emergency actions]
[System is drawing memories within the fraction of Host's soul that has just been cleansed]
[Host's soul is now in complete harmony]
[Host has earned a new Title: Chaos bane]
[Title effect: Chaos could not affect you as easily as before.]
[Host has gained a small part of the Aspect of Love]
Mark looked at the last prompt as he finally was able to reorient himself up. It was then he noticed he was still in his quarters in the Bearsonling's Keep in Kislev.
After dressing up he opened the window wide and he was greeted with the peaceful atmosphere of the Keep.
He looked down and various banners were present in his view, from other nobles of Kislev, Merchant groups, men of the Empire and Wood elves of Laurelorn Forrest are here.
He focused his mind and found a soldier in his command, soon he was up to date of what happened. It seems his mind space battle went longer than he thought and many other armies arrived to prevent the large march of chaos armies from ever going south.
He realized that maybe his wife Neferata has taken action in the shadows as she still have considerable influence over the connections of the Dhampirs.
Only ones left he had not converted were the ones in the lands of Naggarond and Ulthuan, after that then maybe he will have information of everyone all over the world.
But right now he has to handle the effects of his two weeks of absence, Mark did not do anything much other than float down gently towards the front gates.
As this happened man were able to witness him float like the wind was carrying him but here was no breeze or anything. This made the rather bustling space a but quiet as they saw him walk forward slowly after he landed on the parapets.
It was then hundreds of whispers and voices made the keep feel alive while Mark watch over the battle field being cleaned up. He closed his eyes and felt the hundreds of souls of his believers go into his own version of an underworld.
There their souls await his judgment and verdict, but he did not do so yet. He slowly spread his divine power again to push back the residue of Chaos in the lands near his Keep.
This wave was felt all over by his guests who were now coming to see him. His wives were also arriving with Hans seemingly unfazed as he had total confidence with his Lord and Savior.
"You…you seem different." Diana said as soon as she arrived as she felt something more profound in Mark's aura.
"It seems so, who would have thought that the prince of Chaos take interest in trying to possess me." Mark just said flatly as he stood in the wall.
"Man, you are totally calmer and a bit less emotional than before." Carter Hall looked towards Mark as he being the protective one in JSA scrutinized the guy.
"Maybe, but who would have thought I have lost so many men in this battle." Mark said as he looked at the Cavalry he had prepared to help in this fight.
It was the men he had on his fleet that went through the Icy waters of the Seas of Chaos. Thankfully the Ice Breaker boats he had prepared made the trip easier and enable the cavalry to do a pincer attack on the large hoards of deamons a week after Mark was in his mind space.
Hundreds of thousands still left but in the past week at least three hundred thousand of the enemy's forces have been killed. He counted there was about 60,000 men and women in the Keep and beyond in camped waiting for the next wave to arrive as the war was surely not over.
"Thank you, for helping my people fight." Mark saw in his subordinates mind that Carter and Diana fought a Deamon Prince each and they won too making the wave retreat as their commanders were defeated.
"Those things out there, I don't want them going south. I might not be of this world but I cannot ignore when millions of people are in danger in this large group of monsters go beyond this Keep." Carter said as he being a hero felt the responsibility to fight and help.
"I will remember this debt." Mark said as he went thoughtful as his eyes stared at the far north of the wasteland.
"What is it? Did you notice anything?" Judy asked as she was having a blast, hundreds of people thanking her for saving them but she was also quite sad since some good soldiers still died too suddenly.
"This time four deamon Princes of each chaos Gods and their commander a deamon prince of Chaos undivided." Mark reached out his hand and just like Mjollnir his large sword flew towards him as well as his armor from his quarters.
This made those watching be at awe as they saw armor putting itself on a person. But Hans besides Mark heard his words and had the alarms as well as horns sound out.
This made those resting and waiting to stand in alert. Hundreds of warrior men and women started getting busy as they heard the call for formation.
They were skeptical at first until a few elven scouts on Great Hawks landed saying they found another huge army coming down from the north.
"Hans, why have we not yet used the drummers? My Cavalry is already here and I think it is time to show them our years of training and practice paying off." Mark smiled as he put on his helmet, he turned and nodded to Diana and the others.
"Please, let me be the one to handle this wave." Mark said as he felt like he wanted to vent some energy within himself.
"Okay, but if things get dicey I will swoop in to help." Carter said as he flew towards a tower to get a good vies of the field.
"My Lord! The knights are ready!" Hans walked towards Mark feeling excited as he had wanted to fight together with Mark again.
"Well then, let's cue our music."
(A/N: Whew, I barely got time to write but good thing I was too jacked up on caffeine, who needs sleep anyways?
Totally me who still has a busted arm and a groin that is feeling a bit chaffed. But hey, who's fault it is anyway that I forgot that I had drank my fourth cup of coffee to catch up on my studies?
Still me, but my mind is so stuffed with the contents of the books that I can't think anymore. So what did my dumbass brain do? It used the last brain cells to brain enough to distract myself from my lessons.
Huzzah to not resisting the temptation of procrastination! Huzzah to me not giving a shit to my professor's demands of completing my INCs before enrollment day!!
BWHAHAHA!! To the last brain cells!!)
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