Fated Encounter Prequel: A Thousand Years

The Voice of Fate

A/N: Contract formed and body suffering from the changes, Dain attacks and sabotages Rhine's experiment. However, as his condition grows unstable, Ishtar summons him back to her side. I hope you enjoy the song for Dainslief.

Important Note: Dain's not cursed yet. What you see is his God Familiar Contract at play and the following abilities that came with it. By Contracting with Ista he's gained the Umbra(The same element as Nyxia & Khaos) Element. He can now also access the leylines freely and tend to Yggdrasil as it's gardener. He is NOT immortal, but has been granted longevity. His arm's also not black yet but has the blue scars.

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The sight of the malicious nebula-like aura coming off the knight captain had been one to startle many, frighten even. The ominous glowing blue vein scars on his left side are creeping like a disease.The elemental energy by now having left him very much shirtless, revealing his fine muscle toned body of a well trained swordsman. Alice and Halfdan had tried to stop him but even Alice couldn't get close as Dainslief moved faster than they could keep up. Stumbling and staggering before the eyes of his friends as he glared revealing his eye that fluctuated from his normal pupils to that of a feral beast. The look of venomous snake hissing and fangs bared. That was the impression they got as they heard his voice gravely, laced with pain he had snapped in a language only Alice knew. "Nolite intermixti mecum(Don't Interfere with me)!!"

Alice was stunned, her ears of a dark elf giving a twitch at the words. Dainslief was talking in the lost language...the old language. He was speaking the tongue of the heavens themselves!! "When did he learn to do that?"she wondered as she held up her hand to hold the worried and confused Halfdan back. Halfdan's eyes could not see it but that scar was full of the power of a god, a really ancient one.

"Alice what's going on why is he behaving like this?"pleaded Halfdan.

"Halfdan there are things in this world only an outsider like me can see. But even then I can't tell you for there are things humanity must never know."Alice turned her eyes as she gave a small nod to the blonde knight. If this really was what she thought it was then there was no holding him back. "If he really did do it...he's marching to the beat of the new raw instinct that has given him."she thought firmly. They could only watch as he with purpose continued towards the palace grounds for the wing the alchemists dwelled in. She had seen the monster she was cooking up in there, and it was not pretty.

Dainslief however was quite lucid and sane, despite what the elf was thinking. However as the minutes ticked by his pain was growing with a rising fever. His body is going through violent changes. The contract made him something not quite human but not quite a beast. Everything felt underwater like he had been tossed into a frozen lake. And yet...he never felt so clear headed. He never could have seen so sharply as his senses sharpened. Trails of elemental and soul particles were left naked and bare before his eyes. Like a snake he had purposed and locked onto one particular trail. His left hand touching the wall burning blue under his touch as he stopped the alchemists and soldiers.

Tossing them aside like they were nothing but rag dolls as he shouted with venom lacing his voice, "Vos non abscondam a me, Aurum(You can't hide from me, Aurum)!!"

"The captain's speaking in the old tongue? When did he learn that language!?"yelped an alchemist that was tossed through a wall. Hit square by a blast of the unstable umbra energy.

"Has he lost his mind—AAAIIIII!?"shouted another that got tossed out the window right into the distance.

Dainslief was on a rampage and the stronger the trail got the more violent and angry he got. It was like a berserker stood before them as he easily got through the guards and those bearing his advance. His powers by now hitting a fever pitch. "Rhinedottir...Rhinedottir!!"came his furious and labored breathing as he entered her lab.