Chapter 76: Darkness
After the meeting with Agniz, Duncan then stays at his office as he chooses to go home late while the others had left to prepare the guild's alliance process with the Warblade Guild.
During his stay, he suddenly sense something in the air, something so eerie that the air itself changed its atmosphere suddenly.
"( God dammit... )" Duncan says as he realizes what this feeling means.
" Huh, I can't believe it... "
" You really know how to spook people, didn't you? " Duncan says as he looks to the dark parts of his office, the section filled with darkness since the light was turned off.
As Duncan says that, a voice replied to him that he didn't mean to spook Duncan, but only wants to congratulate him for his Guild's official alliance with the Warblade Guild.
" Don't praise me, goddamn you... "
" I know you're actually laughing at me behind that very darkness... "
" If I light up your place's light, I can immediately see your true behavior inside the darkness. " Duncan says to him, threatening him that he is not afraid to use the light to fade his 'darkness' before he even dares to do something.
" Relax, relax, Duncan. " the person says.
" You really can't take any joke, didn't you? " he says while still maintaining his position as he doesn't want to reveal his body.
" This is not a joke, you wretched demon... "
" You're here itself already tells me that I have to be serious in order for my family's safety from your machinations. "
" Especially after you set your eyes upon Donovan. " Duncan says which made him silent for a bit.
" Oh, so you have seen it... "
" Very good..., so you finally know why it turns like that back then, right? " he asks.
" Your Raid in the Double Dungeon? "
" Yes, and it seems whatever happens... "
" It pleases you so much..., isn't it? " Duncan asks as he then adds another question to him regarding Ardun, his old rival.
" Why did you think like that, Duncan? " he asks and wonders,
" Of course, I do, you wretched bastard,"
" I mean, why the hell do you still keep Ardun alive after his cronies failed to attain whatever else inside the Double Dungeon? "
" Knowing your horrors, I never thought you would spare him after that since you always punish all of your pawns if they make a mistake, didn't you? "
" T.N.N? " Duncan finishes his question and the person in the darkness just laughs.
" Oho Duncan, it seems you think of me so badly... "
" The fact is, I never once think Ardun's failure to be..., part of 'my concerns'... "
" O really? so it was not your scheme, after all? " Duncan asks him.
" Of course, whatever happens when you find your 'son' and afterward doesn't include me inside it at all, no... "
" Oh really? " Duncan asks.
" Of course, my concern for you and your family only came after Donovan did my other siblings dirty which really pleases me. "
" After all, both Draco and Selene are but trash in my sight, my father should've thrown them into the rubbish after giving birth to them rather than raising those failures," he says to Duncan.
" You horrific fiend, you even view your siblings like that like their lives meant nothing to you at all!? " Duncan asks while being angry as he can't take the idea of a person viewing their other family members like that.
" Well, that is what it is, Duncan... "
" You were right about me for being 'horrific' " he says to Duncan.
" After all, I was born to be like this and after some time, it kinda suits me... " he says while explaining himself.
" You know, sometimes horrific monsters are often scarier if they continue to hide inside the dark. "
" Unilluminated by the light and use the very darkness to show the horrific side of them. "
" I see, so what's your point? " Duncan asks again as he can't reply anything to T.N.N, the person he's talking to right now.
"( I must only ask him questions in order to evade answering him. )"
"( If it fails, I must precautiously think of my answers first before saying things to him. )"
"( For what I know, he enjoys striking other people based on what they say to him. )"
While Duncan thinks of it (while he still gives T.N.N more questions), Duncan then realizes that he needs to get him out of there no matter what for he knows that the longer he does a conversation with him, the longer he may get the advantage for having more time to think on how to make Duncan says what he wants.
" You seem panicked, Duncan? " he then asks.
" You're asking too many questions just now, are you that afraid to answer mine? " he asks Duncan says yes since that is obviously what he's thinking right now as he tries not to lie to him, not because he's a fool, but Duncan knows that lying to T.N.N is a bad idea for whoever talks to him.
" Of course, aren't you that good at extracting people's thoughts...? " Duncan asks as he then recounts T.N.N's rumored abilities in order to have some alibi on not answering his questions T.N.N then laughs after hearing what Duncan tells him about the rumor.
As he tells about it. Duncan then recounts the rumor of T.N.N having Mental Magic, Mind Control Magic, Hypno Magic and etc etc etc.
" Oh, Duncan those are just rumors... "
" For now... " he says.
" For now? So you mean, you will have those in the future or something? " Duncan asks him again which T.N.N laughs.
" Of course, I will... "
" I am working on it while you're working on your new alliance. "
" It seems the most rivaling guilds are now in under one banner, huh? "
" Seems nice, but Duncan, it is not enough though... " T.N.N says as his voice then slowly disappears.
" For your guild will never fight my people... " he says as he left from the place, returning the lights on in that section which made Duncan relieved after seeing it.
"( Finally, he left!!! ) " Duncan says as he was relieved that the terror was over.
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Extra:
Name: T.N.N
This is the same guy that possesses Investigator Richard Tracer in the Medic Room back in Chapter: 55 Trace (3)
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