You hear a whooshing sound as an invisible telekinetic spear reaches out from Tom and impales the cloaked figure. The figure drops to his knees out of weakness from his wound as Tom takes the Light that makes up his existence from within him. The red hood then drops from the figure’s head to reveal a man who's grinning creepily as the Light leaves his body, and you notice that the man is missing his eyes. You can see dried blood that appeared to be running down his face from his eye sockets, almost as if the man had cut out his own eyes.
Mimi cowers behind your legs with her eyes shut and starts to panic in fear, so you put your hand gently on her back to comfort her as she hides behind you. You don't like how this is scaring her and all you can think about now is protecting her. These emotions cause your senses to heighten and to your surprise, you can now see the Light that's within everything around you. The only thing that has no Light within it is Tom's body as his black silhouette walks towards the man.
You can see that Tom is holding off on siphoning all of the man's Light, putting the man into a weakened state as he clings onto the edge of existing. There is only a small amount of Light left within him and it's very dim as the man falls to the floor. Tom then retracts his telekinetic spear and asks the man another question while grabbing him by the collar of his robe.
" What is your purpose here? "
The man spits blood between his teeth as he cackles and responds to Tom.
" This world will fail… Day by day his forces grow stronger… Doomed… No God can save us… All will become None. "
Seeing that Mimi is terrified and there's no point in trying to interrogate the man, Tom's hands glow green once more as he siphons the rest of the man's Light to put an end to his charade. You can see the man's last remaining Light flow from his body and into Tom's hands, then the man's form of sole Darkness dissolves into dust right after.
Your vision returns back to normal as Tom drops the empty red robe on the ground with a frustrated expression, looking back at you and Mimi. Tom's gaze then drops down to the book in your hand and his eyes light up in surprise. As you look down at the book in your hand, you realize that your hand is glowing green like Tom's hands were and the book is unlocked, which causes you to drop it in shock.
Tom smiles and holds his arm out towards the book. The book then telekinetically flies up from the floor and into Tom’s hand before he inspects the lock on the cover, walking back over to you. He makes a remark as he hands the book back to you, and after you hold the book again now that your hands aren't glowing anymore, the book locks itself.
" You unlocked it. Impressive. Looks like your powers have finally woken up for the first time in a hundred eons. Did any memories come back to you? "
" No. "
You tell Tom in an astonished tone.
" But I definitely felt and saw things differently when Mimi got scared and hid behind me. "
Tom then kneels down in front of Mimi and gently wipes the tears from her face. He speaks to her softly as he looks her up and down to make sure she's alright.
" There's no need to be scared. Star Faller and I are always going to protect you. Plus you still have Faerah's blessing, remember? Those ugly bad guys couldn't hurt you even if they tried. "
Mimi nods her head and smiles softly as she looks back at Tom. Tom then stands up and says one last thing before the three of you head into the castle.
" Let's go talk to the King. "
You all walk inside the castle and the doors immediately slam shut behind you. Suddenly, you're all surrounded by armored guards and there's got to be at least thirty of them pointing their spears at you. You react defensively but Tom puts his arm out in front of you, speaking to you in a calm tone.

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The Book of Abbadon
Fantasy[PARTS 100/100 PUBLISHED] [PARTS 93/100 REVISED AND EDITED] ⭐ Ranked #1 on Wattpad for "Cosmic Horror" and "Thought-provoking" Categories ⭐ Artwork for this novel is available on the Official DeviantArt Page here: https://www.deviantart.com/aizariki...