Chapter 104: Result of the trials
As Tom slammed down his hand on the hot stone floor, cracks began to appear. His strength had risen to horrifying levels. After all, this was magically imbued stone. Reinforced with charms to increase its durability to abnormal levels and yet, Tom was cracking it like biscuits on a table.
There were 2 hours remaining and the air around Tom began to slowly churn and swirl. It became dense and thick like syrup. Tom found it increasingly hard to move. Not like he could, the pain would multiply a hundred times over every time his fingers even twitched. But there was something going on. Something that made both Achlys and Drak entranced at the sight of. They were focused on Tom's eyes. one was still the same dark blue it had always been. But the other iris, became white, so white it looked like light itself. But it also had a tinge of gold at the rims.
But that wasn't where the changes stopped, his blue eye that had remained the same all this time, changed to a pitch black.
[A-Achlys do you have any idea what's going on?] asked Drak with puzzlement.
{Mate, do I look like some sort of seer? All I can guess is, it must have something to do with the changes you exhibited. Maybe the change within you has sparked a change in him? After all, you did accept dad's power recently. Maybe this had an effect on him.} he said with uncertainty.
[But why would his other eye turn black then?] he asked.
{Oh that, hehe. I might have seeped a little of my power into him mid reconstruction,} said Achlys with an awkward smile.
[YOU DID WHAT!!!] Drak bellowed.
{Relax, his left eye turned white because of you, and the other turned black because of me. See, perfect balance. This is a way of showing my sincerity. The boy is destined for great things Drak, there are many things we still haven't told him. About THEM. You don't think that you'll win with just you, do you?} he asked rhetorically.
[Yeah, I was wondering why you lied to him about that. If you wanted to cause chaos, joining them would work.] said Drak.
{Tch, that's not a choice, they would simply kill me the first chance they got. I lied since it's not worth alarming the boy over it. better to side with you than them.}
[ I seem. But you're right, we are far from being able to take them on. They have been after us for centuries still thinking that we're causing evil. But you have a point. Only with us becoming one again will we be able to finish this off once and for all. End the battle we started.] said Drak
{Exactly, but you don't expect to be able to do that without me, do you? You both need me in order to stand a chance. I doubt you would make him go through this whole thing just to beat a pompous and arrogant little wizard like Voldemort. Just imparting a few spells would have done the trick.} he said with a laugh.
[*Sigh* that is correct. I didn't bring him here just to beat that ant Voldemort. There are bigger problems than the ones that plague a small country like England. But it will serve as a test for him. After he beats Voldemort, the true battle will commence. And those idiots will all come out of the woodwork when they hear about Tom.] he said helplessly.
{see, so my little trick will prove to be useful. Let me see… oooooh, I like it, the power I gave him has all converged in his eye. It seems to have modified the devouring ability. It can now take the properties of objects and add them to his armour. Simple enough I guess- oh wait nope I missed some other things; it can take the abilities of other creatures or people and add them to himself. Hmmm, vague but I guess that's ok.} he said dismissively.
[Oh? we might be able to put that eye power to use soon enough. Hmm, let me see what my power has given him. Oh?! combat orientated. It seems that he can see 5 seconds into the future when he's fighting someone. There seems to be some illusion ability as well, staring into the eyes of the opponent, he can make them see an illusion. The level of illusion is dependent on the amount of magic he uses. A type of healing magic Is added as well, simple enough, and can establish a visual link between multiple people for a short amount of time.] Drak concluded.
{Tch, they seem pretty useless compared to mine,} argued Achlys.
[What are you talking about, mine have way more utility than yours,] Drak argued back.
Just as they were about to continue arguing, the air began to solidify around Tom's skin. Pieces of metal began to form out of mid-air and stick to his body. It started with the forearm. The metal pieces morphed like playdough and tuned into pieces of an arm guard before searing themselves onto his skin.
Tom howled in pain but didn't move. The black plates of armour continued to form in mid-air and stick to Tom like magnets on a fridge. The process took about an hour and the pain was horrifying, so much in fact that Tom screamed in pain by the end of it. The black suit of armour that covered his now 1.70-meter-tall frame was menacing yet charming to look at. He was much taller than before. But there was something interesting, he had white fluff around his collar that streamed down into a cape made of light particles. It didn't seem solid but didn't seem illusory either.
As Drak and Achlys looked on in awe and excitement at the successful completion of the trials they forgot one thing. Tom's different coloured eyes were devoid of life, there was only pain and suffering. With a jolt, he sprang to life like an animated puppet and got up from his kneeling position. As he walked forward towards the throne, his steps created a massive rumble. Deep indentations were left where he stepped. His black eye had a red hue to it that radiated suffering and pain while the white one was dim and faded.
Drak and Achlys just realised what happened.
[quick activate the Magical circle! This could be bad!] he bellowed.
BOOOOOM
The magical circle burst with a massive bright light the engulfed Tom in it. Tom's screams echoed through the hall as he clutched his head in pain. But his originally faded white eye began to glow again with increasing brightness, counteracting the effects of the black one. It lasted for a good couple of hours before it slowly receded leaving the now naked body of Tom standing there cluelessly. What was interesting was that there was tattoo's running all over his body. They looked tribal in a way, with pictures of Dragons fighting. It depicted the stories of Achlys and his fight with his family. They moved around slightly from time to time showing the progress of the dragons as they fought. It was magical to look at. It reminded people of the moving pictures and newspapers in the magical world.
Tom who was coming back to himself was surprised to see the vast amount of tattoos. he spent a few hours watching the story play on repeat as he watched the different battles, again and again, seemingly searing them into his brain.
"The battles between your family, right?" he asked.
{[Correct]} both Achlys and Drak answered at the same time.
[Look in the mirror kid,] said Drak. Tom was surprised but did as told and summoned his wand that was off in the corner with a wandless Accio and transfigured a piece of stone into a full-body sized mirror.
An: check the chapter comments, I left a picture of the armour. Hope you liked it. tell me what you think of his new powers. :)
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