Duke Paxley, Marry Me

Chapter 4

Dark magic was the total opposite of your power so it was no wonder that if you encounter it, your whole body tingles with fear. You took a few steps backward and prepared yourself for whatever was to happen. However, they drew closer with their palms open as dark magic slowly materialized.

"What do you want?" you asked.

"Kill her... kill her," they chanted in synch without looking away from her. Their eyes reflected no sign of emotions at all, making you think that they were not thinking straight and would truly kill you.

You gritted your teeth in frustration because you just confirmed that they were indeed not in their right minds and were under the control of dark magic. And not only that, you can feel the magic growing stronger, making you slowly lose your hope that you can take them on. You may have light magic but you did not know how to fully control it. All you can do with it was create a ball of light like a lamp.

"Your light magic may be special but if you fail to control it, it will be as good as a rusted knife." Those were the words of the sage you once visited back then, thus, it was rather worrying because up until that moment, you have no idea how to manipulate the gift you were given.

Still, you opened your palm and tried to focus on summoning the light of purification. Though, you knew too well that it would not do much.

"Step back if you don't–"

Even before you could finish your statement, you let out a grunt as you threw yourself on the side. Barely dodging the first attack, you hurriedly got back to your feet and outstretch your hand towards them.

"With the light magic bestowed upon me, purify the darkness that surrounds thee!" you chanted.

Seeing the light that slowly formed around your hand, it was giving you the courage and hopes that you would somehow escape from this predicament.  The girls also stopped in their tracks and started to look away in your direction. But after a few seconds, a yelp escaped from your mouth when you were thrown backward and hit your back on the solid ground. 

"Fuck!" you cursed under your breath while holding your hand that started to burn from within. And not to mention, there was also a throbbing pain on your abdomen as if you were just punched. Since you were experiencing that, it only meant one thing and that was because you failed to cast your magic... again.

Getting back up, you turned on your heels and run as fast as you could because the groups of girls started to rush to your side. What even made things worse was the fact that no one seemed to be around that she can ask for help from. Upon making a sharp turn in a corner, you saw a visible barrier that glinted under the rays of the sun.

You slowly approached it in order to examine it. You have read about different types of barriers so to know what type it was, you took the risk of letting a finger be in contact with it. 

"Ow!" you muttered as you take your hand away upon feeling the light yet quick electrocution coming from it. 

Since touching it was already out of the question because you might just get yourself toasted within a few seconds, you grabbed the small rock right beside you and it simply passed through the barrier as if it was never there in the first place.

"The barrier is meant to keep you inside, missy."

Hearing a hoarse voice from behind, you slowly turned around and saw one of the girls. She was totally possessed because her eyes were pure black and you could sense strong dark magic from within her.  And not to mention, the male voice coming right out from her mouth was definitely not hers. You were sure that it was the very person who trapped you within that barrier.