7 Chapter 6

Everybody retreated to the perimeter of the chamber and the Lord and Council of Summoners moved to surround Dark, "Let us commence"

Dark fell to one knee, his jaws clenched, a frown present on his face and sweat appearing on his brow and back.

"It is not wise to remain silent, release the pain through your voice, Summoner" the voice spoke again.

Dark started groaning, then his voice grew in volume, until he was roaring and snarling like a wild Nova Beast. Everyone present could see that the blood red markings on Dark's skin were writhing, as if they were fighting back against the Will of the Council of Summoners.

The markings started writhing faster and faster, until they seemed to explode from Dark's skin. When this happened Dark's snarls and roars changed to a subsonic bass scream that bottomed out in a sonic boom. After panting a few times, Dark started to stand up and everybody could see that he was taller, as if he had grown an additional 20 cm. His body seemed more streamlined and seductive. His wings had doubled in size as had his tail, a vicious looking tri-blade attached to the tip. His face was smoother with a blood red flame-like mark between his eyebrows. He looked even more like a devilish angel than he did before.

"Ah yes, this is what a Demonic Summoner is supposed to look like. An angel and a devil inhabiting the same body at the same time" the voice sighed in admiration.

Dark knelt on one knee again, "The Demonic Summoner thanks the Lord and Council of Summoners for releasing my Shackles", his voice was smoother, deeper and more magnetic than it was before.

"It was our duty, Demonic Summoner. Now we will fulfil the request set forth by your Kin, we apologise for this, Demonic Summoner" the voice spoke, Dark looked surprised as he had been completely immobilised, "The one called Bazooka can now come forth and speak to the Demonic Summoner"

Bazooka walked up to Dark, "Angel, I have some news that I know is gonna piss you off, so this is why I asked for you to be retrained. Here goes, Killer has been assigned to your Dorm and his room is next to yours"

Dark eyes widened and started changing colour, becoming crimson, then blood red and deepened to a deep maroon colour. His wings also changed, losing the feathers, doubling and then tripling in size, the dagger-like appendages growing along the top. Horns completely covered his head like a helmet, with two longer imperial horns sprouting from his forehead. His nails had shredded through the gloves he wore, his fangs were a full 20 cm in length. His tail had followed the size increase of his wings, it was now almost 20 metres in length and was fully armoured, his height had increased to 2.5 metres from 1.9 metres before.

Everyone looked at Dark in absolute terror, while the two Councils looked on in curiosity, "I have to admit that this Hell form truly is interesting, it has traits of all Demonic Races present and the terror he projects is higher than we had expected"

"We concur"

Dark at this time was struggling against the bonds and because he couldn't get loose, he further Transformed. His irises and pupils were now indistinguishable, both being black. His horns doubled in size, as did his body size, wings and tail. His tail now had dagger-like spikes running along the entire length of it and the tri-blade at the tip had changed to a deca-blade. His teeth had all changed to fang-like teeth and scales had started appearing on his skin.

"Ah, this must be the Abyss form, it seems like his Transformations are aligned with the Void Demons"

"We concur again"

"Okay, time to calm him down, I don't think his Kin can handle him changing to his Void form"

"We agree, we shall calm him down" Loquentium walked up to Dark after saying this and spoke in the Demonic language to him. Dark snarled an answer and Loquentium laughed before continuing to talk to Dark in an almost crooning voice.

"Ah, I forgot just how pleasant it is to hear the Demonic language being spoken" the voice sighed.

The others at this time had snapped out of their terror-stricken dazes and supported each other to stand steadily. They looked at Dark being talked down by Loquentium in absolute amazement.

"Ah yes, Kin of the Demonic Summoner, I recommend that this person called Killer be coerced to undergo a punishment as devised by the Demonic Summoner. This is to prevent him going full on Void form and wiping out the planet he is on as well as the neighbouring solar system in his rage" the voice spoke.

"Void form?" Brain asked confused.

"Yes, that is his fifth and last form" the voice answered happily, "Only the strongest Demonic Summoners have this form and Dark just happens to have it, this is why the Speaker of the Demonic Council is talking him down.

By the way, he is talking him into implementing just what I recommended to you, having Killer undergo a punishment devised by the Demonic Summoner, with no permanent injuries or death allowed. From what I'm hearing, he is being enticed to use psychological means to torture his psyche. This is something Demons are Masters of and the teachings can be quite profound. I can guarantee that no one can withstand them" the voice sighed enviously.

"Well, that would resolve a lot of issues to be honest" Brain replied airily.

"I am quite curious as to what this Killer did to solicit his reaction" the voice asked, curiosity clearly present.

"He stole a kill from Dark" Brain replied honestly.

"Yep, that'll do it every time. Demons are predators and not one predator likes it when their prey is stolen" the voice replied in an understanding tone.

Meanwhile, Loquentium had managed to calm Dark down and his Transformations were retracted.

"Our advice would be to only hide the Summoner's Mark and leave the rest as is" the voice spoke to Dark while releasing him from the invisible shackles so he could move again.

"As the Lord and Council of Summoners command" Dark and the Demonic Council replied while kneeling on one knee.

"This hereby concludes our time today. Oh by the way, Demonic Summoner, we strongly recommend that you do not attempt to kill that one, he has his uses" the voice spoke lightly before the 21 being disappeared in a flash of light.

Dark looked at Loquentium, who looked back with an expressionless face and then he nodded, "I'll let him live, but he will suffer"

All the Demons nodded and looked relieved, "Summoner, you can go and freshen up in the next room. We will prepare refreshments before you leave" Loquentium spoke.

Dark nodded and went to the next room to freshen up. As soon as he left the main chamber, the Magus erected several barriers and Loquentium started speaking at a fast pace, "The Soul Stone that you have received is used to locate and determine the Summoner's Destined Mate, which we call the Guardian.

This is shown by the light emitted by the Stone, the more and deeper the light the closer the Guardian is to the Stones location. The reason the Summoner was advised to not kill the one called Killer is that there is a suspicion that he is the Guardian. The reaction the Summoner had to having his prey stolen by him is too large, this usually occurs when Demons encounter their Destined ones"

The rest all nodded solemnly after which the Magus retracted the barriers and conjured several tables in front of the chairs and served tea, "This is Soul Tea, it has a positive effect on the growth of the Soul Strength and also repairing any hidden or visible damage to the Soul. Please enjoy it, but do not drink more than 2 cups a day to avoid your Soul becoming unstable" Loquentium offered.

Dark had just returned and happily sat down and sipped his cup of tea in bliss as did the others.

When they finished drinking their tea, they got ready to return to their plane and the Demons had stuffed a large amount of tea and foodstuffs into their hands, "The Summoner's appetite will have increased, now that he can access his full power. Please use the foodstuffs we provided to feed him, there is enough to last him 1 month. Zerg meat will no longer provide enough sustenance for him. We will provide more every month. Instructions and recipes are in the bag" Loquentium spoke.

"We understand" Bazooka nodded.