Hellish Feuds | Marik's B-Ranked Exam

I see... I guess it's time...
As the demon guild master explained Marik's task, a low laugh came out form his mouth, an exam was something he had never done before. "A B rank Exam?... That's funny, I didn't know dark guilds did that... But if this is just so you can get an something back, then I totally understand it" Marik thought to himself, staring at the long hallway and asking himself, how could that relic be.
Laycie was sending Marik for a relic, a special relic that she needed but couldn't get by her own. Marik was excited, he was going to find many creatures in there, and he was going to pass through many obstacles in his way to the center of the hallway. But... Then another thought appeared, the center of and endless hallway was impossible to find, it was just impossible to find the center of something like that, but that wasn't the point of the job.
Another thought that appeared on Marik's head was about the magic scripture. Was Laycie really not able to enter the hallway? Was that actually true? And if it was... Did that mean, that Marik was going to find stronger creatures that Laycie? Creatures beyond demons, it was not going to be an easy task, that's why Marik got even more excited. His whole body was shacking, his teeth were crashing with each other hardly, he was ready, he was ready to destroy everything inside that hallway.

A small smile appeared in Marik's face and his eyes turned red. A bloody red covered his eyes. One of his feet moved slowly to the front, passing next to the black haired woman and whispering "Return alive?... Is that really a challenge?". The black haired man walked through the long hallway, entering the endless room and taking a heavy breathing. Starting a new task, starting his B rank exam.

When Marik's first step entered the hallway, a space between him and another wall broke. Reaching the other side in less than a sec. "So... Where should I start?" Marik thought to himself placing his palm against the hallway's wall and moving his head to the right, then to the left, trying to see where should he go. "There is no right, there is no left... I guess I'll have to go straight" Marik tried to destroy the wall but nothing happened, it seemed that it had more scriptures that he thought, the wall was not going to break with a simple spell. Some dust moved slowly against Marik. The wind was calm and so was the hallway, it was too calm.
Marik kept walking straight, but then something appeared. A man made out of rock, a dead man made out of stone.

Marik placed his right hand on the man, surprised. His smile was gone and so was his confidence, what could've don't something like that? it was too weird. A magic aura emerged out from the stone body, like if the stone was made of magic or something.
The basilisk fang mage took out his umbrella and slashed the body. The rocks fell around the place, it broke just like a normal stone, but then... Why did it feel like magic. Marik kept walking, finding each time more status until the point that the status stopped appearing. He was confused and nervous, he couldn't understand what happened to them, or how. The status seemed to be dead, but they use to live like an ordinary human. This seemed to be one of the reasons why people never went out from the endless hallway... It seemed like there was something else near, something that would stop anyone or anything trying to defeat it, and Marik had no idea, of how strong could those three creatures be.

"He is handsome sisters" a female voice appeared behind Marik, then another one interrupted the fist voice, it seemed like if that voice was closer from Marik "But he is a human... I don't like humans". The black haired mage took out his umbrella and closed his eyes, trying to fell his opponent's magic power, but it was useless. "Even if he is a human, he would be another nice statue". Marik's eye opened quickly after hearing a third voice. Those three creatures were the reason of the statues.
The black haired mage took a heavy breathing as the creatures started to appear. When Marik stared at one, a bright flash appeared on the creatures eye. The dark mage opened his umbrella to ignore the flash. He didn't know what was going to happen, but he didn't want to see either. "Come on... Look at my eyes, they are beautiful" The third voice seemed to be older, the other two voices were almost the same thing. "Does he know that he'll turn into stone if he sees you?" one of the creatures said scared. Her eyes were the reason the stone figures were there.

Marik took a heavy breathing and held his umbrella tight. "So, are you saying that... I just need to close my eyes to defeat you? Easy" the man whispered with a small smile in his face. One of the woman's tail moved slowly next to the umbrella, Marik stared at it, waiting to see if it was going to be necessary to do something. The tail stopped moving. The dark mage took out a knife from his pocket, the tail kept still without moving.
Marik moved his hand quickly against the tail trying to stab it with his knife, the tail moved back immediately and a woman with sharp teeth and many snakes as hair jumped against the dark mage with long claws pointing at him. The black haired mage laughed and jumped back, letting the knife fall and taking the umbrella with him. His eyes were closed, he wasn't going to stare at those snakes.

"How do you pretend to fight without vision?" one of the weird creatures said moving quickly against him. The snake was behind him, but Marik kept still without moving at all. "How?... Let me explain you something" the dark mage whispered as his hand started moving quickly, slashing the creature's face with his umbrella and breaking her chick completely "You talk too much". The snake fell next to her mouth, a big amount of blood was coming out from her. The body didn't stop moving, it was trying to reach Marik but it was too slow. The dark mage opened his eyes and stared at the broken body in the floor. One of the other creatures shouted at the mage and moved quickly towards him.
Marik stabbed one more time the creature's body and repeated it again and again until it stopped moving. One of the snakes jumped against the dark mage pointing with her sharp claws at him. Marik turned around and jumped back pointing at the creature with his umbrella. His eyes were closed, but one of the creatures was dead already.

The dark mage took a heavy breathing and placed one of his feet in front of him and the other one behind him. A yellow aura surrounded his body, it seemed like his power was growing. The third snake jumped against Marik while the other one was moving with her body in the floor, both creatures pointing at Marik with their teeth, claws and eyes. The dark mage took the woman in the air from her head, the snakes tried to bite him but just when their teeth were going to stab Marik's hand. The creature's face crashed against the other's neck, breaking the floor with both bodies. "You are too weak for me..." one of the snakes jumped against him trying to kill him. The dark mage stabbed her mouth with his umbrella, stopping her and leaving a big whole in her mouth. When the other one moved against him, Marik pointed at her and with a quick spell he blew her head by just shooting a beam.

Both snakes fell, dead. Marik took a heavy breathing and took his umbrella out from the creature's mouth, he laughed and kept walking with his umbrella opened, covering him from the shadows.

After walking a while, the hallway became to feel longer, the walls were growing and then returning to their normal size. The floor was becoming each time harder, but then it felt like a liquid, like mud.
"My body... Is falling. I can't... I can't move. What is happening?... Why am I this weak?..." the floor  became a gray mud, the dark mage's legs were falling, he was feeling too weak and wasn't able to move even one finger. When the floor reached his knees, the body stopped moving, it stopped falling. "Do you really want to free the world Marik?" a low female voice appeared in the room "What... Who... Who are you?" Marik wasn't feeling well, it wasn't easy for him to move or talk.
A blonde young girl walked out from the shadows, walking while crying and laughing at the same time. "Do you really want to free the world being this weak? Brother".
Hanna, Marik's younger sister was there, standing and staring at him, crying with blood around her neck "Hanna..." Marik whispered with a tear falling out from his eye. "Why are you crying? Are you really that weak, brother?... I knew it... If you weren't able to protect me, how could you even free the world". The girl said laughing and using her hand to clean the tears from her face. Marik without talking went out of the mud. He placed one of his hands in the wall and used it to pull himself out "Hanna..." he whispered again. The girl surprised gave a step back. "Hanna..." he whispered one more time this time staring at her with a bloody smile and big red eyes "You were never my sister... You are just a distraction... You are nothing else than a dead body".

The black haired male took the girl from the throat and lift her with one hand. "Fear... It's a stupid weakness... I don't feel any fear anymore, I can't get scared... Why do you keep trying?" the girl turned into mist. A cloud of mist that went out of the place quickly by just moving around.
The black haired mage sated down after a heavy breathing, he was tired and he wasn't even close from the center of the hallway.
Marik placed both of his hands behind his head and laid down, just to make the place more comfortable. His umbrella was next to him, but it seemed like he wasn't going to use it anymore.

The dark mage closed his eyes. A blue haired man with an ice cream appeared in front of him smiling. Marik opened his eyes quickly and took his umbrella, but it seemed to be only a dream. "I can't rest right now... I have no time..." By placing the umbrella in the ground, Marik stood up using it as a support, and kept walking.
The ground shacked. It shacked again. And one more time. The ground move until Marik almost fell. He quickly started to run straight, with his umbrella in one hand while taking out one of his gloves with his mouth. The hallway became bigger, instead of being an endless path, it turned into a giant room, with an exit at the other side "What is this?" Marik asked to himself. It was quiet, nothing was actually happening in there, or that's what Marik thought. When a big drop of saliva fell on top of the dark mage's head. A big roar appeared from behind. Marik took a heavy breathing and turned around slowly. A giant creature with many heads was next to him, hungry. The dark mage smiled and gave some steps back laughing "It's a shame... You would've been a very nice pet". With a jump, Marik landed on top of the creatures head, landing a fist that did... Nothing. The creature threw Marik to the air by just moving his head. The black haired man crashed with the wall and fell on top of the hydra again. He rolled down his head until he reached the floor, taking the umbrella with one hand and placing the other one on the floor, just like if he was going to run. The dark mage appeared on top of the creature's head in a second. The umbrella slashed the creatures head, making it fall. The creature fell in pain, but after some seconds, two new heads went out from the creature's body.

"It can't be" the dark mage thought to himself. The 5 headed creature stood up. With his five heads, he attacked Marik. Many jaws hit the floor, even if the dark mage was evading everything, he was each time getting more tired. After some minutes of jumping, running and blocking. Marik tripped. One of the heads moved at a very high speed against him, crashing against the floor and breaking it. Then an idea appeared on the mage's head.

Marik stood up and ran towards the exit. One of the heads blocked the door, opening his mouth to eat the black haired man. Marik jumped and took out his chain. The black haired male threw the chain against the wall and pulled himself against it.
When Marik landed on top of the beast's head, he took a heavy breathing and jumped against another one. Leaving his chain in the wall. The Basilisk mage placed both palms together standing just on top of the creature. Two magic circles appeared, one of them appeared 10 meters under the ground, the other one on top of him and the creature. A big explosion appeared between them "If I can't defeat you... I will bury you!". The explosion destroyed the ground under the creature. Some heads bit the ground trying not to fall. There jaws were too strong, the ground broke with them and the body fell. Marik jumped and opened his umbrella to fall at a very low speed.

The creature was there, alive but with out being able to move. Marik walked towards the exit and entered to the next room. A big aura of magic was there, he was able to feel it. The dark mage smiled and ran towards the shadows. A relic was at the middle of the room, the relic Laycie wanted him to get.
When the man's hand was going to touch it, a melodic voice interrupted his smile. "Marik Anderson. How could you? Your soul was very strong. How could it join the dark?" Marik turned around, a man with two big wings was there, standing "Who are you?" he asked. The stranger smiled "I am Samandriel" he said. The angel gave a step close to Marik. The dark mage took a heavy breathing and kept making questions "How do you know my name?" "Your name is not important" Marik stared at the man while holding his umbrella tight. "You are part of Basilisk Fang now, I see. You have chosen the wrong path Marik" "I haven't chosen any path... It chose me" the angel laughed and kept talking "You were strong Marik, you used to be strong. But now... You have nothing to fight for, how are you suppose to become stronger? When you joined Sabertooth, a big aura appeared from you, an aura of kindness, power. You were a good person, you were going to free the world" "I'm still going to free the world" Marik said interrupting Samandriel "In my own ways, but the world will finally be peaceful. The humanity will find what they always wanted, peace" The angel's smile disappeared, he seemed to be mad, or maybe disappointed "That's sad Marik... Very sad. You still have much to learn. Why don't you leave that relic and come with me? "Let's give peace to the world in our own way the man said stretching his hand at the dark mage. Marik smiled and stretched his hand at the angel. When both hands reached each other, the dark mage laughed and pulled the angel, stabbing his chest with the red umbrella "Did you really think that was going to be enough to change my mind? You need more than simple words to change me. Maybe I still have some "light" inside me if that's how do you like to call it. But believe me, I have become stronger, and I'll achieve my goal no matter what" the dark mage took the umbrella out of the angel's body. He laughed and walked to the object, taking it with one hand and teleporting to where he started. "What was that?" the dark mage thought to himself, was it a dream? Or did that actually happen? Marik took a heavy breathing and took a glove out form his pocket. "I guess it's over"