The Book of Abbadon

A Request for a King

You hear an incredible whooshing sound as the green aura from Tom's hand reaches out and impales the cloaked figure. The figure drops to his knees out of weakness as his Light is being taken from him and his hood drops from his head to reveal that it's just a man. The man grins creepily as his Light leaves his body and you notice that it looks as if the man has cut out his own eyes.

Mimi cowers behind your legs 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 is protecting her. You feel like your senses are heightened and you begin to see the Light that's within everything that's around you. The only thing that has no Light within it is Tom's body as his silhouette walks towards the man.

You can tell that Tom is holding off on siphoning all of the man's Light and instead Tom has only put the man into a weakened state. 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 aura 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... We all belong to The None. "

Seeing that Mimi is terrified in the moment and there's no point in trying to interrogate the man, Tom's hands glow green once again as he takes the last of the man's Light from him to put an end to his charade. You can see the man's last remaining Light flow through his body and into Tom's hands, then the man's form of only darkness dissolves into dust right after.

Your vision returns to normal as Tom drops the empty black robe on the ground with a frustrated face and looks back at you and Mimi. Tom's gaze then drops to the book and his eyes light up in surprise. As you look down at the book, you see your hand that's holding the book is glowing green like Tom's hands were and you drop the book jumping in shock.

Tom smiles and holds his arm out towards the book. The book then flies up from the floor into his hands and Tom inspects the book as he walks back over to you. He makes a remark as he gives it back to you, and after you hold the book in your hands again, the book then locks on its own.

" You unlocked it. Looks like your powers have finally woken up for the first time in 100 billion years. 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. The Star Faller and I are always going to protect you when you need us to. Plus you still have Faerah's blessing, remember? Those ugly bad guys couldn't hurt you 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 shut behind you. Suddenly you're all immediately surrounded by guards. There's got to be at least 30 of them and they're all pointing their spears at you. You react defensively but Tom puts his arm out in front of you and speaks to you in a calm tone.

" Relax. They're just normal people. "

You take a deep breath and calm down a bit as one of the guards yells.