"Who do you think created that circle to begin with?"
"It was you?"
"Yes, after many trials and errors, having no knowledge in magic, not to even talk about spatial magic, I tried to create one myself and indulge in self tutelage. Of course, the result is what you saw, an obvious failure."
After spending tens of years trying to teach magic to himself, Eir was able to figure out sothing, but even then nothing worked, and it all led to constant failures. He ended up giving up entirely on using magic as he didn't see himself as gifted enough for it. In the end, the answer he sort ca to him in ti, and even then he just couldn't leave, as if he did, the demons would invade the earth once again, so he had to remain to keep them sealed.
"The thing is, my talent in magic might not be the best, and this realm we are in right now is a strange one. All the circles led be back here, just in a different location. Apart from you, there have been around ten others that have ever visited this place after my entry of which I am aware of." Eir said, but before Dustin could ask any questions, Eir continued, "they all died of course, and it actually seems like the gods can't co here maybe, if not I should have gotten one for sure coming here to hand so kind of punishnt or sothing."
"Hmm."
"I'll be direct with you," Eir continued, "you'll have to strengthen yourself if you ever want to leave this place, and be prepared." Eir said. Both of them stayed there a while longer talking, and Dustin just couldn't shake the feeling that he could be swallowed at any mont by the giant monsters behind Eir. But then again, he could, for so reason trust his words, and since he had the sa power and at an advanced version at that, Dustin had nothing to worry about.
"Ok! First of all, before we start anything, you will have to first get used to the available food, the at." Eir said, as Dustin felt him get up and walk away towards the monsters and lied down there. As Eir walked away, two more sizable pieces of the raw at appeared.
Dustin was quick to ask why Eir didn't just use so fire magic to deal with this issue. If he was able to teach himself sothing as complex as dinsional or maybe it was space magic, sothing as basic as fire magic wouldn't be a problem, would it?.. Of course, the answer he received was simple, Eir couldn't. He didn't have the affinity for it, and it wasn't like he hadn't tried.
Dustin, after a mont of resolve, maybe? Picked up the piece of at from the short table before him and took a big chunk just like he did with the last, but he could imdiately feel the difference, as even without knowing, he spit back out the piece within his mouth. 'What the fuck is this? It's not the sa as the first.' Dustin cursed in his mind. Of course he asked why the taste was different, and the answer he got...
"Of course it tastes terrible, the one you ate first was the special one, and that one is sothing of a rare serving." Eir said.
In the end, he couldn't get sothing better, and had to make due with the one he was provided. It took so ti, but after several minutes passed, maybe an hour, Dustin finally managed to finish the two pieces of at he was given. After that, he approached Eir for what to do next, but all he got as an answer was a mocking chuckle from Eir, then he was told to relax first and sit down, "or you can choose to lie down if that would feel better." Eir said.
Dustin was feeling a little frustrated at Eir's attitude, but then again there wasn't much he could do, so he followed the instruction he was given and sat on the ground. After about an hour had passed, Dustin couldn't sit anymore and slowly lowered his body into a lying positioned, as he placed himself on his back.
Ever since he ca to this room, there was sothing he noticed was off, and it wasn't until he tried talking to his system that he realised what was missing, it was his system. Well, the system was still there, as he could still access his status screen and other parts of the interface, the problem was that he could no longer speak to the system as it would just remain silent no matter how long he called out to it.
For the system to not act up until he got here, or was it after entering the room, Dustin was reassured that whatever the power operating in this realm was, it wasn't sothing to hold lightly. Looking at his stats, everything was still the sa, and nothing had changed. He just put it away and remained there on the ground lying down.
After about another hour or two had passed again, Dustin spoke to Eir about what they were trying to do, and all EIr told him was that it was for his own good, and he should just be patient and trust him. Dustin couldn't do anything but just listen to the man. From ti to ti they would speak to each other, and it seed like Eir was most interested in the advancent of humanity than anything else.
It wasn't only till an entire day had passed that Eir called Dustin to the table once again. Dustin had fallen asleep after staying awake for so long without knowing when it was morning or night, and when he ca to, he could sense the plate of at placed on the table, the sa as last ti, two large chunks of flesh. He was told to eat the at, and Eir just sat close and watched him? Maybe.
It was just like the last one, bad taste and incredibly disgusting. Maybe it was just Dustin, but the taste was even worse than the ones before. By the ti he was done with the first chunk of at, and was about to take a bite out of the second one, Dustin felt sothing. At that very mont where he stuck a sizable piece into his mouth, several stabbing pain cursed through his entire body in one motion, and as the pain reached the edges of his body, it started returning to the origin of the pain, his abdon.
Dustin was able to maintain himself amidst the pain, and resisted the urge to make any embarrassing sound before Eir, which made Eir chuckle again.
"Co on now, you aren't less of a man for expressing a little pain." He said.
Dustin sat still through the entire process as the painful sensation flowed through his entire body. After about a minute, the pain finally returned to his abdon where it started, and Dustin was able to take a breath. "What the fuck was that just now?" He asked with a grunt.
"Worry not, like I said, the last thoughts I have are of killing or hurting you." Eir said, "well, you may get hurt a little, but I an good, and you know what they say, the best type of pain is the one that makes you stronger." Eir said.
"What was that? What just happened?" Dustin persisted.
"Oh yeah. The at before you is raw demonic monster at, and to put it simply, that at is a very important part of your foundation, and would ultimately make you stronger." Eir explained, but Dustin on the other hand couldn't exactly say if it was so.
Eir spent so ti explaining a portion of why Dustin had to eat the at, and Dustin shrugged at first, but then agreed. If it ant getting stronger, then he would at least give it a try. He couldn't imagine himself surviving a spatial crack where violent energies continually clashed with each other infinitely. If he stepped into such a place, he would be torn to pieces the mont he stepped foot inside. This also made him wonder just how strong the demons Eir was keeping sealed were. To get here at first, they also had to co through that crack, and they still survived at that.
Dangerous..
"You have to fortify your mind and self. The pain and torture only gets worse from here on, so you will have to fight against all odds." Eir said, his casual tone getting a bit of a serious undertone.
Dustin agreed and picked himself up before dragging himself towards the table a few feet away. He positioned himself before the at, and with a gallop of saliva passing down his throat, he picked up the at and bit into it, bracing himself for the coming pain.
This was sothing he had to do whether he like it or not.
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