First Stygian Diviner:Apocalypse

Isiah's frustration was written all over his face, yet Richard couldn't even say a word to console him nor to extract information from him .

Till the day of the accident, Richard couldn't stand looking at his face and thinking of this meeting between them was just making him realize how much progress he achieved.

Richard never thought that someday they would have a conversation like this ….he was always skeptical about his intentions .

He used to bully him with or without a reason, Isiah's walls were always so down that everyone around him messed with him at some point.

However,Isiah always tried to stand for himself even when he knew deep down that he couldn't win a single fight.

"I am going to teach you…What do you want more than this !" Richard said..

"You just can't ".

"And why is that ? "

Isiah clutched his clothes in despair then said:" Do you think that the mages from higher regions didn't consider the possibility of …A dumb person…Who would be willing to teach me magic ? "

"Who are you calling dumb? If you were in a good shape right now I would have kicked the shit out of you "

"Like you could! " Isiah challenged him.

" When you go back to your normal state I will kick your ass…Just hold on"

Isiah smiled slightly, he couldn't keep his face straight when he was talking to Richard, he was bringing his soul into the conversation and that made him feel angry …but alive .

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The two days went fast, surely the first day was tough for him but the second day was just like any other day, he got used to being alone and he adapted to serving himself .

That evening he heard footsteps as he was sitting in the garden all by himself, he stood right away because of anticipation.

He was very patient even in that situation, he just waited for the person to talk, Adelita's voice reached him then.

"Did you miss me, Isiah ?"She smirked at him as she opened the door followed by her friend.

" Is he here? "

The man walked towards him with a creepy look in his eyes and started to check him out, he walked around him for minutes before saying:" He looks like him, you know"

Isiah captured that new voice in his ears, so he focused on the person standing next to him but Adelita grabbed his hand and helped him sit on the chair.

" Just don't be triggered, he was taking a look at you, it is his way of communicating "

Isiah bit his lower lip because he felt very exposed to this new person while he didn't know anything about him.

" Isiah, relax and give him a chance so that he could help you retrieve your sight "

"Just hurry!" Isiah said impatiently.

"Does Lucas visit sometimes!" The man said.

"Jivan!!!" Told you already …It is a sensitive topic …don't speak rudely around here …people might mistake you for a bad person".

Jivan's laugh was very loud as he said after that:" We are bounding ! I am not allowed to do this with this kid !"

Adelita yelled at him again then said:" Just do what you are here for, your sick jokes make me want to puke every time I hear them, you are not funny Jivan you should at least accept that by now"

" Well well well …I guess being a teacher made you very boring, that's why you have a lot of misbehaving kids in your classes," Jivan said with a smile on his face .

Jivan was a middle-aged man, he was in his fifties, and looked creepy with his winter coat that he was always wearing until it started to reek with an awful smell of dirt.

He used to be living in the district one year ago, before the opening of the hell gate in this world, he was social back then but not anymore .

The only person he held contact with was Adelita because she was the only persistent part of the relationship.

The relationship between them was not that good, but the bond they created years ago lasted till this moment .

" Are you sure of his abilities? He sounds like a loser !"

Isiah said when he smelled that awful smell reeking out of him.

"I am sure of his abilities"

" hmmmm…you have a big mouth kid, I am not sure if you're going to say this when I am finished with you "

The man standing in front of him seemed to hold his laugh .

Then all Isiah felt after that was pain, and for the next hour he just laid on the ground feeling pain all over his body, he didn't know why he was feeling that way, so he tried to just adapt to it no matter what.

That's the thing about pain, it doesn't stay at the same intensity forever, at some point your brain will shut down and will not let you feel anything, nor think of anything….

Everything at that point seems unreal, just like a hallucination, an endless cycle of events that happens inside of you for a permanent brief moment that leaves you too drained to even breathe .

Isiah was not even capable of screaming to stop Jivan.

For that period he was under his control, he couldn't do anything, That man had tremendous powers and he has mistaken him for a looser while he was so powerful

Isiah didn't even reclaim when that sequence of torturing him psychologically ended, he knew that he was the one who messed with a high-ranked mage and he had to pay for what he has done .

" Are you okay !! Are you listening to me… Isiah …"

He now could hear what his teacher was saying, for the past hour that felt like an eternity he was not able to see her or ask for her help…

He grind his teeth trying to not show his exhaustion, then said in a husky voice:" I am okay …don't exaggerate with your reaction "

" This boy got some nerves…I should tell you that Adie"

That's how Jivan calls Adelita most of the time .

" You went back to your sick games again…this is why I always try to avoid asking you for help because you always make me regret it.."

" Adie…"

" You were always like that "