Zeref's face grew serious as Orion asked the question. She had been waiting for this mont, waiting for Orion to ask her.
"I want revenge. I want the Archons dead. I want them all dead," she spat, trembling in anger and rage. "This godlike page, all this power ans nothing to if I can't take my revenge. So, please take this page and help enact my revenge. Help kill so Archons."
Orion's expression darkened. Revenge against the Archons? Killing Archons? So far, only one person had done that: Orion Darkwood.
"What are you talking about? Are you mad?" Mark shouted. Revenge against Archons, killing Archons—he couldn't even imagine it. To him, Archons were the epito of power in this world, and going against them ant inevitable death.
Orion didn't seem to hear Mark and looked at Zeref coldly. "How did you know?" he asked.
Zeref replied calmly, "I suspected when I saw Ray was already dead, and soone was impersonating him. I thought, why would soone impersonate a dead guy? That's when your face ca to mind. Only soone who didn't want to be seen would use this thod, but I wasn't sure at the ti."
She continued, "However, after seeing your strength at the assessnt, I was almost certain it could only be you. And now, when you clutched my neck in the blink of an eye and brought to the brink of death, I was one hundred percent sure it could only be you."
Her expression turned to one of hatred. "Help . I want revenge. They killed my mother, and my father committed suicide after failing to save her. My brother is dead because of them, and I want revenge for all of them. I want to watch the Archons die slowly before my eyes.
Only then will I be able to live—or die—in peace," she said, her voice laced with intense hatred.
Orion closed his eyes and pondered. He knew that having one more ally would benefit him, but could he trust her? He frowned. He didn't want to be stabbed in the back at the last mont, so he had to be sure her desire for revenge was genuine.
'Ah, I can do that.'
He looked at the table, picked up the pen, and wrote:
"What happened to Zeref's parents?"
As soon as he finished, a paragraph appeared before him.
Orion read the entire paragraph, his expression turning solemn as he reached the end. It ntioned that her mother was killed by four officials from the Archons when she refused to comply with their explicit demands.
At least he could trust her—but that wasn't enough. Orion wanted more.
"What is Zeref obsessed with the most?" he wrote in the diary.
This ti, only two lines appeared on the page:
"She wants revenge. She wants to kill the Archons who destroyed her family. She wants to watch them die with her own eyes."
Orion read those words and glanced at Zeref, who was also watching him. "Are you satisfied now?" she asked.
"I am, but there's sothing else I want to know," he said, pointing at the page. "If you can change soone's clothes by writing on it, can you kill them with it?"
Zeref shook her head. "No. Killing and reviving people from the dead is impossible. Even this page has its limits."
Orion frowned but expected that. If soone could kill just by writing nas, it would be an overpowered ability. In that case, one might beco a death god, killing as many as they wanted with no one to stop them.
No one could imagine such power, making the ability even more terrifying.
"So, am I in?" Zeref asked.
Orion pondered for a mont. "If you want revenge, I can help you kill the Archons. But know that betraying will only lead to one outco for you—and it might be worse than what happened to your mother. Keep that in mind."
Zeref frowned when Orion ntioned her mother, but eventually nodded. She needed power to enact her revenge, and now she had it. Enjoy exclusive content from empire
"I now know who you are," Mark suddenly said, staring at Orion.
Orion turned to him and smiled. He wanted to befriend Mark because he had the potential to beco one of the strongest in the future. Having soone like him as an ally would be beneficial.
He knew his goal of overthrowing the Archons—destroying them—would be difficult alone. But with strong allies, it was a different story.
"You're Orion Darkwood, the brother of Emily Darkwood," Mark said, his eyes red as he clenched his fist.
"I am Orion Darkwood," Orion confird, adding, "But you should know my sister didn't kill Ray. For so reason, she was there when he died, and I want to know why. I can't contact her at the mont, but I should be able to when we're in the academy. So of my friends will also be attending, so I'll have answers then."
Mark gritted his teeth, unsure what to believe. He trusted the page—it had never been wrong—and what it said about Ray's death was likely true. But he also knew Ray rarely used his talent because it was weak.
He was torn between what was right and wrong.
"We'll talk at my place," Orion said, seeing Mark's solemn expression. "I'm sure you want answers about the things you're curious about. I have so clues."
Mark nodded slightly, lost in thought. He wondered about Orion's goals. He likely wanted revenge, just like Zeref—but what about him? What did he want?
"Wait a minute," Zeref said, writing sothing on the page.
"Done. I've made your halowatch untraceable. No one can see our ssages," she said.
Orion checked his halowatch but noticed no difference. 'Good,' he thought. If there was no visible change, no one would notice the subtle alteration.
"So, how do you plan to do it?" Zeref asked.
Orion considered for a mont. "Do you know where the Dollas Academy is located?"
"It should be in the sa domain as the Archons," Zeref replied thoughtfully. "Actually, no one knows how to enter the Archons' domain from the three domains. I believe only a select few know.
But now that the Archons are willing to train humans from the three domains in preparation for the war against the three races, I doubt they'll care about privacy when the extinction of the entire race is at stake."
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