The white haired mage stopped hearing the voice his head drooping a bit at the words the other spoke, he wanted to believe the elder males claim that they would find a way to tackle it together but in honesty he wasn't as sure that it was ever going to be possible. A lacrima like the one he carried was forbidden for a reason, as soon as a soul was inside there was no releasing it only using them for darker purposes; he had felt so bad promising something he knew there was little way of delivering on. He shook his head a little as if to get the doubt out of his head his still wet hair not moving, if anyone was going to do the impossible it would be himself and the male that travelled with him. "There's no knowledge on how to do it Ardi, if there is either the magic parents have it or it's been long lost." he said unsure if either was in fact true so was going on assumption alone.
"Evil?" the youth quirked an eyebrow chuckling a little and the thought of such ideals as good and evil given each of the apparent idea seen the other as evil and themselves as justified. He hated how his mind worked at current knocking at it again almost as if trying to fix what was wrong with it, but in honesty he knew he needed to use a special requiem that tended to what was wrong he just hated doing so. "Whatever it is, it's disrupting the balance of the cycles and needs to be tended to quickly before they get annoyed with me for something that isn't my fault." to be honest when the cycles where unbalanced or something was wrong it rarely had anything to do with the young mage, but their guardians got annoyed with him because his penance for an act he couldn't have hoped to control was to be the one that kept the four cycles completely balanced. It was a lot of burden for someone so young but he had never complained about his task.
Advent sensed something wasn't right as he felt the sharper wind blow past him, he jamp from his spot and landed on the fireplaces mantle quietly trying to astatine what was going on, he didn't like the feel of what was going on "Ardi, you alright?" he called out in the hopes the other had found a place to be safe from the weird energy that seemed to be over the floor at current. The older mage seemed to being having issues of his own and as he was about to leap forward was pushed back by one of his guardians "He obviously needs help! Yuui let me down!" he cried out struggling as he heard the final word fade the guardian in question let him go making advent fall to the floor, barely catching himself he dashed over to where he last heard samurai's voice "Ardi?" he called out his hand going around as if he was trying to find him but there was only silence, his own words echoing around the now empty room.
After a few minutes of trying he sighed realising the two had been separated and let out a huff of frustration "You are starting to piss me off!" he said his voice annoyed "Give me back my friend" he demanded but again he was only met by his echo. He guessed it was to divide them in the hopes the would be weaker that way, they obviously hadn't encountered a youth like him. A youth that you didn't want to get on the bad side of because even if it cost him everything he would end the issue once and for all. "Fine, your house.. your rules but when I win, you let Ardi go.. got it" his voice showed he was past the point of playing games as he went through the door he had been before in the hopes to get this over and done with. He may not have known a lot about the land of Fiore but he knew enough that Ard was an important man within it and losing him would dampen moral in more ways that one, more to the point the elder warrior mage was a friend and you didn't want to fuck with people he was close to something this being would soon find out.
He tilted his head listening to what his guardians where saying "You're the ones that told me to come to this place... you can't blame me that he went missing!" he seemed to be upset with his guardians so much so that he hadn't noticed that he was being followed or that he had just stepped on a magical trap. Feeling the magic suddenly explode his eyes went wide under his blindfold as the amount of things stalking him doubled "Seriously... a lure trap! Guess it's best to get you lot out of the way all at once and save myself some time." he groaned he was annoyed as it was, the last thing he needed was to be slowed down by traps and undead. "You should be within death's cycle!" he proclaimed his eyes narrowing "Leto!" he called out a woman with golden blonde hair dressed in tight formed clothing wearing a mask appeared dashing towards the wraiths and began to strike at two of them making them scream and fade in pain before she herself vanished. Advent had continued walking knowing that the enemy would eventually catch up his eyes going wide as he found himself paralysed. "What the hell, why would someone booby trap a manor?!" he growled only to hear one of his parent's words "Well what happens if they had guest hu?" he was in a foul mood that much was clear.
After several moments he found he could move his limbs again but it was much to late the ten wraiths had caught up with him. His hands moved in such a way that small butterflies made of fire appeared within his hands, he released them they flew quickly towards their intended targets and flew towards two more of the wraiths making them scream in pain as they where afflicted with whatever was inside advent's magic. He winced feeling the corruption reach it's next stage but right now it wasn't something he would bother with it right now. A neutral tone to begin to sound as advent started moving his arms in a fluidic motion as a gentle glowing shield appearing around him, his movements stopping abruptly as within the glow what seems to be ice seems to form almost like a see through barrier. When done he began to continue moving ignoring the things following him, three of them throwing darkness at him only for it and a hidden something be sent back to take them out the shield shattering. "Idiots." he said his hand going to his head 'Wait what if they...' he shook his head a little trying to get his thoughts straight, his eyes opening as he clicked back into reality hearing Ard's voice.
As he was distracted he didn't realise that he had been surrounded, by the last four who came wrenching towards him and managed to slash at him blocking the hits made him cry out a bit the dark death energy on the corrupting marks on his arms and neck more than stinging a bit. Listening to his guardians he dashed down to the end of the hall where it turned left to lead onto a new one he touched a wall knowing full well what gave chase to him, instantly falling to the floor as he had activated a flame trap a smile on his face as he heard the wraiths screaming as they vanished. He knew however this was likely just the beginning and there where more to come which became more apparent and he instantly stepped on a new trap that made him feel like he had a universe on his shoulder changing the gravity to the point he made a creator making him scream out in pain tears falling from underneath his blindfold as he found it near impossible to breath. How this place was getting on his nerves and wished he could just blow the whole damn place up, but if he done that then Ard would be truly lost most likely and he wouldn't want to be the one to say that he messed up and lost one of the strongest mages in Fiore to an evil house because the thing that upset the cycles pissed him off.
He eventually managed to get up his bandages falling off thanks to being cut by his unwanted friends, the corrupting marks plain as day to see on both arms but they looked angrier than the marks on his neck. The softer side of him just wanted to turn around and go home, let others deal with this, but the darker side begged for him to continue wanting to fight things; regardless of how how his soul was this was his duty and he had to see it through nothing said he had to be happy about it though. Before to long he heard another click knowing it meant only one thing, he had sprung another trap. This time three giant blades swung from side to side "Who thought this was a good idea? Seriously. Why build a house like this?!" he wanted to know the houses architect so he could kill the person himself at this point. This would be a bit of a problem for the youth as they where swinging from the ceiling there was no vibration on the floor "And I bet you lot aren't gonna help me." he huffed walking forward cautiously as his eyes closed trying to listen to the closest blade "The three together are like a requiem with it's own tune..." he said as if deep in thought moving past the first one with relative ease.
He covered his ears again hearing Ard's voice through not only through the wind making the voice that much more haunting but the cycles as well, that gave him a bad feeling as he moved forward more of his unwanted friends turned up but before four could get near him they had been impaled as advent stood on a trap inadvertently causing elemental spikes to come out of the wall almost impaling him too. "Why?!" he seemed far more than a little annoyed as he managed to leap over the second giant pendulum blade. He began to hum a tune his hand moving by his side before to long the last two wraith had been knocked back onto the elemental spikes. He hated whatever this was's home and he hated the rules in which he was being forced to play by but he was stuck until he could find a way to get Ard back and get rid of the sadistic bastard that was using him as a rat in this deadly maze. After he finished he sat down his head feeling a bit dizzy, sick and lethargic, he knew he couldn't afford such a thing as time was f the essence but at the same time he didn't want to become part of an experiment or be mounted on a wall due to rushing when he could pause and catch his bearings before moving again.
Letting around five minutes fly by before he stood up, the moving trap seemingly coming to a hault and walked passed carefully not hitting the blade. Moving his pace a bit more wanting to get to the centre of the house in the hopes for answers but before he knew it he had passed by another trap and ended up at the main hall, his eyes narrowing "Aww, come on you jerk!" he called out seriously annoyed at now having to run the whole way back at least he wouldn't have to deal with the traps he had already activated or his unwanted companions, then he heard them just as he got to where the fire trap had been. "More of you guys... Can't you just go back to death's cycle?" he sighed not even stopping as he ran past wincing as he felt their weapons go against his back but didn't stop he ended slid knowing there was a trap nearby and triggered it, as he passed hitting the wall hard but the trap crystallised everything in front of it. Standing he panted walking over to them his hand picking up a weapon and started to smash each one. He was starting to tire but he continued forward but soon found his head hit the ceiling "Anti gravity..." he sighed trying to push himself down but each time he did he ended up floating up again so used his hand to walk across the ceiling. He was tired, he was sore, he was irritated, he was genuinely wanting to blow up the house again "I swear to the cycles, I'm gonna end you for this." had his blindfold his eye colour would be noticeably different but for the moment that was something he didn't have to worry about.
Hearing Ard's voice a little clearer he nodded knowing he had to be getting close and wouldn't let the elder mage down, he wasn't the type to fail when he had his mind set on things and for the poor being that had done this, he was focused and that was never a good thing for anyone involved. His eyes went wide as he suddenly fell to the ground and cried out as he landed in an uncomfortable position. Standing wincing as he massaged his leg a bit, he just wanted to call it a day. It was then he activated a new trap and everything he was use to hearing stopped, his head darted all over the place as he tried to make heads or tails of what was going on, his body visibly shaking as he realised his magic was currently nulled. It was then he was visited by his 'friends' again but they left no vibrations on the ground and he was to scared to concentrate on the ripples within the air; at current he was a sitting duck unable to defend himself tears falling from under his blindfold.
As he felt weapons run through him he couldn't help but scream out in agony, 'Please... Please... I need help.. I... I..' his mind and spirits where in a panic as he hyperventilated unsure what kind of person would strip someone of their magic, more so someone like him, who was so use to hearing the cycles and his parents that such silence was more than a little traumatic for. The blades they used they twisted as they began to draw out. He tried to concentrate on something other than the silence and pain but nothing came 'Y-Yuui' he thought wanting him out of every parent, the one that was the strictest but he realised it was for his and the others safety that he was so strict with him. After a moment he stood looking at them eventually thinking of something in the hopes that when they where gone his magic would return. "Please allow me to return to my parents." he whispered his voice trembling though he couldn't make out the words he could tell they where happy to give him what he had just asked for, but as they quickly moved forward he dropped to the floor making them skewer each other on their weapons.
Hearing the weapons of the wraiths drop he laid on the floor his panting in fear and pain "I don't have my magic right now but I got to press on, it's expected." he said reminding himself of what he was, and duty and honour where two of the things that had been rammed into his head since he was a very young boy. Limping a little he got to a large set of double doors, taking a deep breath he pushed them open walking in after he crossed the threshold to the ball room he started hearing everything like he should it put him at ease instantly, but the fact remained he had been shaken to his very core.
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Traps:
Lure - Paralysis - Fire - Gravity (heavy) - Swinging Blades - Elemental Spikes - Relocation (to the beginning) - Crystallisation - Gravity (light) - Null magic