After the Beginning

The massacre started! A being that is covered by light, the supposedly power of hope began to kill people mercilessly. The same being who the people of this Kingdom looked up to. Nobles, knights, commoners, and even innocent children were no exception. He was smiling along with tears of rage as he slaughtered the innocent people of this Kingdom. The massacre continued for hours, the Kingdom was painted by blood of the innocent people trying to flee from their corrupted Priest. 

He was unstoppable, a monster, a pyscho, a devil. But, Merlin the Sage of the Kingdom who disappeared for hundreds of years miraculously appeared and confronted the psychotic Priest. 

Merlin's seclusion was hindered by the people's voices. He heard his people, he heard their suffering. As the Kingdom's Sage, he could not bare to ignore the cry of his people. He must save them, put an end to the entity that made them suffer. 

The Sage appeared infront of the entity. He thought that it was a monster, a demon that wreak havoc to his Kingdom. He was wrong, it was a priest. It was an unexpected variable that he never thought. 

The priest wasn't only a priest, but someone who possesses a power that could rival his. It was a familiar power, a power that he already knew. It was the Power of Light. His Kingdom's most valuable treasure, a power that is meant to protect his people. 

Merlin was astonished knowing the fact that the same power to protect the people was used to annihilate them. 

"Who are you my child? Why are you doing such sin to our people. You possesses the Power of Light, the power that should be used to protect them. It is still not too late my child.  Don't let the light dazzle your eyes, don't let it deprive your sight. You were chosen by our people for a reason. Comeback to us my child."

The Sage was hopeful, he thought he could reach this child who lost his path. Merlin thought that he could still save the child from the hellish path that he is taking. He believed that there is still hope. 

" Who are you? You dare stop the chosen, you dare stop me!" 

The Priest was grinding his teeth as he show hostility to the Sage. He was annoyed by this sudden individual that is hindering his revenge. He felt no fear, even though he knew that this certain individual is far from ordinary. 

" My identity is not important my child. What's important is yours. Who are you?" 

The Sage asked the priest with his face expecting a logical answer. 

"They know me as the naive priest Luci, but I am Lucido, the last remaining royal of the Kingdom who was destroyed by this Kingdom, and I am here to take retribution." 

Luci answered with tears coming from his eyes, as if he was regretting everything. It was as if hatred and regret is fighting inside of him. 

"Then who is Luci my child? Was he never you?" 

Luci's face became puzzled as he heard the Sage's question. He knew that he wants to stop, but he couldn't, because he could never go back. Even though he is a fallen prince, he is also this Kingdom's Priest. He also loved this Kingdom's people, what he showed to them wasn't an act, it was real, his love for the people was real. But his hatred for this Kingdom was also real. His hatred already consumed him as he was grieving from his shattered life. 

"I am Lucido." 

Luci shouted with rage, and fired his power to the Sage. It was already too late, he was already consumed by his own anger. He attacked the Sage and went to a rampage. He was no longer a human. He's already corrupted, a demon in a form of human. 

Merlin felt sadness as he was already to late to save this pitiful child. He had no other choice but to stop him, even if he needs to kill him. 

"Agni Spirit of the blazing fire, heed my command. Appear in my front, and destroy my enemy with your hands."

"Sylphid of the elegant wind, hear my voice. Help me protect my people, help me defeat my enemy." 

Merlin summoned two spirits and used them to defeat Luci. 

Agni the Spirit of the blazing fire, is a high class spirit that even the Spirit King of the fire acknowledges his strength. 

Sylphid of the elegant wind, is a middle class spirit. Despite being a middle class, Sylphid is still a powerful spirit that even the other sages could not ignore her strength. 

The two spirits weren't only powerful, they are also good at teamwork. Sylphid made a tornado so big and powerful that it could easily devour a village. On the other hand, Agni used his fire and combined it on Sylphid's tornado creating a fire tornado. 

 

It was a very powerful attack, powerful enough that even with the combined forces of Kingdom and the Church's Knights could not rival. 

The fire tornado reached Luci. He was devoured by the Tornado. Everyone watching the fight thought that Luci is finished. But an unexpected thing happened. The Blazing fire lost its light, the fire became black. The black fire tornado started to shimmer, it regained its light but the color was different. It was white, a fire that possesses the color of white. 

Luci appeared unharmed, and obtained absolute control of the fire tornado.

The fire tornado that Luci stole, sucked the two spirit and teared their physical body. Merlin's summons was defeated. 

"Is this all? Is this your true power? You can only do this much old Sage!"

 

Luci was grinding as he insulted the Sage. 

"You made me no choice but to use this my child." 

Merlin had no choice, he had no choice but to use dark magic. A  forbidden magic that could suck his own life force, but it was his only choice, the only power that could stop the psychotic Priest. 

"King of the darkness, heed my call, I offer a span of my life so that my people could survive." 

The light that was emitted by the psychotic priest was covered by the darkness made by Merlin. He casted a dark powerful spell that covered the Kingdom which weakened the power of the psychotic Priest. 

In just a few minutes Luci became powerless as there were no sun to provide him light. Finally, the massacre stopped, but the battle between the two powerful beings did not stop. Merlin casted his final blow, the shadow meteors. Hundreds of balls of darkness were formed and surrounded Luci. Boom! All the shadow meteors were fired in the priest killing him instantly. It was a merciless kill, his body was crushed intensely that the remains couldn't even be recognized as a human body. But...