Odyssey of the Blind God

Just when Nial had thought that everything would get a little bit better, life slapped the reverse card straight in his face.

His body began to shake as he visualized the head of the third victim the Heligav race had chosen to kill.

It was a totally unexpected target but Nial's blood began to boil when he finished visualizing the head of the woman he had known for years now.

"Master…" Nial mumbled, while the severed head of Miranda was visualized in his mind. The very graphic image of her severed head was etched deep in his mind and heart, making him falter in his steps. For a second Nial lost the ability to function.

He hadn't sensed that anything was wrong in the new shelter, yet, it looked like the Heligav race had successfully assassinated their third target…Miranda, the Witch of the South…

"That cannot be real…" He uttered in disbelief, making his way to the place both Mathias and Miranda had moved in weeks ago.

Nial's slow steps turned into a jog before he ended up running to the house Mathias and his master had bought not too long ago.

He barged through the door and felt a freezing cold shrouding his heart the moment he found his friend leaning over the headless body of the woman that had once been their master.

Mathias was crying bitterly and he didn't even notice that Nial had appeared in the house when he heard a voice from behind.

"No…that's not possible…no…" Nial spoke quietly as all the memories of his master flashed through his mind. Simultaneously, the scene of his mother's death began replaying in his mind, causing Nial to almost black out in shock due to yet another trauma.

Nial froze in his place, while Mathias turned around. He looked at Nial with teary eyes, just to see the blurred image of a shock-shelled Nial in front of him.

"This…is all your fault…" Mathias said silently at first, his sobs drowning his words. Nial had yet to regain his composure and at first he didn't hear what Mathias had said.

Gritting his teeth, Mathias got up from the ground. He wiped his tears away and approached Nial with quick steps.

"This is your fault!!" He screamed at Nial, grasping his collar as he began to shake his friend frantically.

This was more than enough for Nial to regain his senses. However, he was confused.

"What…are you talking about?" Nial could only ask, not understanding what Mathias meant. How was it his fault that the Heligav had attacked Miranda?

For a moment, his sadness was marred by confusion. Mathias' words didn't seem to make any sense.

"How can you just let her die?!? Are you not powerful and almighty?? HOW CAN YOU LET OUR MASTER DIE???" Mathias screamed at the top of his lungs, continuously shaking Nial.

Nail allowed Mathias to shake him for a few seconds before he moved his hands to hold his friend's wrists tightly. He forcefully interrupted Mathias while his lifeless milky white eyes stared unfocused at Mathias.

"What the hell are you talking about??" Nial asked as anger he had fought so hard to control began bubbling up. He had just gotten to know that his master died…how was it his fault that she had been assassinated?!

He wanted answers but Mathias seemed to be beyond salvation. Mathias was struggling and trying to free himself out of Nial's iron tight grip. In the end, his physical strength was not high enough to free him.

Thus, Mathias dared to use his fire affinity to create a massive fireball above Nial, which he shot straight at his friend's head.

Nial took a moment to realize what was going on and he moved a second too late. He could barely lift his hand and release a tremendous amount of dark energy to manifest a shield of darkness above his head.

It was not difficult to block the attack afterward but Nial was flabbergasted. This was more than enough to give Mathias the opportunity to punch Nial straight in the face.

The blind Origin was flung through the room and he landed hard on the ground where he remained for a second, until realization struck him.

'Did he just…hit me?' Nial asked himself before getting up from the ground.

Mathias charged forward as if he had abandoned all reason and logic, seemingly as if he was actually ready to fight his friend.

However, Nial was the wrong target to attack, now more than ever before. He was still grieving the loss of his mother whom he had not too long ago. The wounds of her death were still fresh and the news of his master's assassination had just reached him.

How could he not be agitated, sad, angry and frustrated?!

With a single motion, Nial's dark energy shot through the ground, and the walls of the living room he had entered. Vines of darkess, covered in a bloody red color shot out from the wall and ground at once, restricting Mathias' movements and holding him in place.

"I asked you why I am at fault for our master's death…TELL ME!!" Nial demanded in an overbearing manner as he stepped closer to Mathias. His body released an eerily cold dark energy that was accompanied by traces of the Essence of Darkness.

Mathias twitched the moment the dark energy reached him and he wanted to give his all to free himself under Nial's terrifying power, only to fail miserably.

"Let me go!!" Mathias screamed in anger, but Nial didn't seem to listen to his friend anymore.

He lifted his right hand that was suddenly shrouded in dark energy as it shaped itself into a claw before he reached out for Mathias' neck.

Nial grasped Mathias' neck tightly before his milky white eyes turned pitch-black, causing Mathias to shudder once again.

"I told you to speak!" Nial repeated, his voice colder than ever before. The vines of darkness were retracted, just for Nial to lift Mathias by his neck. The young Original was struggling because he couldn't breathe.

Nial's expression and his attitude made it seem as if he was a completely different human than before. Mathias was afraid and he began to shake heavily when Nial finally decided to let go of him.

Mathias crashed on the ground, where he remained for a few seconds, digesting what had just happened.

"If you have calmed down, get your fucking act together and speak! WHY am I at fault for Miranda's death?" Nial asked, his voice still as cold as before.

Seconds of silence passed and Nial was about to move or yell again when Mathias finally began to speak.

"You should have protected Miranda, just like everyone else you deemed important to you… Why did you abandon us?!" Mathias screamed, his voice getting louder and louder with every word he uttered.

His eyes looked bloodshot as he cried bitterly, looking deep into his friend's eyes and at Nial's frightening expression that didn't change a bit.

"Are you serious right now? Are you actually a dumb idiot??" Nial asked, scoffing as he shook his head in disbelief.

The moment he sold the land where his mansion had been located before the incident with Bella, he had proposed to Miranda and Mathias to move in with his father.

His father was depressed and it would have definitely been helpful to have more people around him. Thus, it was only obvious for him to ask the two people he trusted to come over.

However, Miranda had rejected the offer, saying that it was not right for the master to live under her disciple's roof. Nial never minded that but Miranda had always been rather conservative.

She had even paid some money to his parents as a rent for living in the mansion, which was something that had never been necessary.

Mathias' words made no sense but he seemed to actually believe everything he had just said.

"Of course, you are also saying that I'm a dumb idiot! You are a fucking jerk who abandoned us!!!" Mathias screamed the last words at the top of his lungs, causing Nial to take a step back.

He frowned deeply as he visualized his friend, who stared daggers at him.

"Don't you think it is time for you to grow up, you fucking dickhead?" Nial retorted. He had no nerve left to keep his calm in front of Mathias.

His friend was not the only one, who had lost someone important to him right now. Nial was also hurting, more than Mathias would be able to understand…because everything in his life was currently falling apart.

Nial's mother had been killed by one of his few friends, his father was depressed and he felt like he might do something to himself to get rid of the pain and anguish on most days. Sabrina had just left without saying much, searching for her path to attain the necessary strength to kill Bella, Nial's ex-friend. And to make matters worse, his master had just been assassinated.

How could Nial have the patience to deal with an ignorant fool such as his friend? He really didn't care about Mathias' emotions right now, and released his pent-up frustration, lashing out at him.

"If you have the strength to punch me, and to blame me, you should have gotten stronger by now!" Nial first said in a barely controlled voice before he continued in a much more enraged tone,

"Blaming others is easy, isn't it?! You are ignorant and selfish to think that only you are hurt. If you had worked harder, you might have gained the necessary strength to protect Miranda by yourself! Only real losers search for their own faults and weaknesses in others!"

Nial was fuming in anger and he felt like beating Mathias into a pulp. However, he held back and didn't do anything like that.

Nial was still able to control himself to a certain extent. Even if Mathias was currently the worst kind of human being in Nial's opinion, he was still his friend.

However, Mathias' will was not as powerful as Nial's. Hearing Nial's words caused him to enter a state of utter denial.

He knew very well that Nial was correct and that his friend was not at fault for Miranda's death. Mathias knew that he might have been able to save Miranda if he had just been stronger.

He knew that only the Heligav race was to blame, and his own weakness. But Mathias didn't want to accept this.

How could he willingly accept that his own weak strength had been at fault for his incapability to rescue Miranda? Would he feel better if he had known that Miranda had been killed by some being he would have never been able to defeat even if he had the strength of a Deux Original? Would that really ease his conscience?

Mathias had no idea, but he couldn't accept the reality…he didn't want to.

Nial's words caused the final spark within his body to erupt. He was enraged, mostly about himself and the fact that he had been too weak to do anything when his master had been assassinated.

He witnessed everything but had been too much of a coward and too weak to do anything.

Thus, when all the stored-up emotions erupted within Mathias, he unleashed them at the only person that was in front of him…Nial.

Mathias shot up from the ground, using all his affinities as he punched Nial's face.

Nial understood how Mathias was feeling but he was in no mood to keep getting blamed for no fault of his.

"I've had enough of you…"

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