"Dark Magicians? That's impossible, haven't they been done away with for a very long time " Iode said in shock.
The dark magicians were a terrorist organization whose ideology is to create a new nation, devoid of it present state of authority, where the whole world would be one, no more borders, no races, just one worldwide nation with the freedom to communicate with celestials.
However, the Dark Magicians proved to be a very dangerous organization that threatened the peace of the entire world, they manipulated a project that was meant to stop people from conversing with demons and turned the former Theron into the modern magical nation with ten tribes.
They also manipulated the whole world by introducing a magic experiment called Project Kaiju. The world was star struck and began creating Kaijus as the new normal, however, unknown to anyone, the Kaijus have been tampered with. Nations like the kingdom of Amoriti and Owo fell to ruins as a result. Kingdoms of Castor and Invik also fell to ruins when they couldn't keep up with the needs of their Kaijus.
The leaders of the Dark Magicians attacked the then Wizarding five ( now called the original five), however they failed and perished, but one of the leaders who goes by the name Zenobios Bruggen, did not attack when the other leaders did and as a result gained total control of the organization when the others perished.
Zenobios together with the surviving members waged war against the magical nation. He would have been victorious however, the Kaijus that he used as armies turned against him. The kingdom of Turf (Turflandia) also allied with the magical nation to fight Zenobios.
At the end of the day, Zenobios fell and died during the war, many of the surviving members were later fished out and the total annihilation of the organization was complete – or so they thought.
"Yes, that is how is supposed to be, after the fall of Zenobios, we fished out the remaining members, it seems some survive...". Igor was saying but then, he remembered something.
"What is it Igor ". Iode asked.
"I just realized that there is one principal member we failed to apprehend, Zalmore the kobold, Zenobios' right hand man, that man was never found till date ". Igor said.
"So you think he is the one behind this ". Iode questioned.
"That is not out of the question".
"What! You are saying if he is the one behind this, he lived for freaking three thousands years? ". Iode said in shock.
"We can't say, he might have delved into a forbidden magic to lengthen his lifespan ".
"Or have a successor like the original five did". Iode completed Igor's word.
"Maybe, or he just had a literal successor to carry on his will after his death ". Igor said.
"Yeah, right, no one in their right mind would play with their souls like you five did ". Iode said.
"Kid, you take pleasure in dissing me don't you?". Igor said.
"Hmph, to maybe ".
"Enough talk, how do I get out of this hypnosis ". Iode asked.
"You don't ". Igor replied.
"Huh? what do you mean, I can't get out of the hypnosis?!". Iode said.
"No genius, I mean let yourself get led on by the hypnosis..."
"You lunatic, you want to figure out the dark magician that put me under the hypnosis spell ". Iode yelled
"Indeed, with you, we can lead the green tower brigades to the perpetrator and end the dark magician's millennium hiding". Igor said.
"I hate that I'm used as a bait, Tsk ". Iode clicked his tongue.
"How can I see what I'm doing outside, I'm feeling uneasy staying in the dark—Literally". Iode said.
"..."
"Uhm, isn't there something you could do first legendary mage?". Iode said.
"There is, but I won't " Igor replied.
"What! why won't you?". Iode asked raising his voice.
"Because this is a space shared by us both, you have absolute control over this place, like I do, however, your control is greater than mine because you are the host ". Igor replied.
"I have absolute power here? I can do and undo anything because the space is in my soul ". Iode repeated.
"Clearly I used the word Host not soul ". Igor said.
"Same thing, my soul is the host ".
"Alright, let me try this, think of my eyes as I would see in the waking world ". Iode breathe in and have his eyes closed.
Before him and Igor, a large screen showing Iode's point of view was displayed.
"Impressive ". Igor smirked.
"You ain't the one who created this place did you? ". Iode asked.
"Maybe ". Igor responded.
***
Outside Iode inner consciousness, he could be seen walking around a forested area, behind him, two individuals chased after him.
"How can someone be walking and be as fast as someone who is running, does this make sense to you Melissa?". Maythan asked.
"Of course it doesn't, how he got under that spell doesn't also make sense, it goes beyond reasonable logic". Melissa said running.
At a point, Iode stopped in his track and stood still. His two pursuers also stop at their tracks, wary of what he might do.
Suddenly, a magic circle appeared underneath Iode and glowed violet. The magic circle was large and has numerous runic inscription drawn in it.
It glowed a very bright blinding light that shot up into the sky. Maythan and Melissa were forced to cover their eyes as the light was just too bright.
After some minutes passed, the light dimmed and disappeared all together. The two colleagues who chased after Iode removed their cover slowly, and what they found shocked them.
"Uhm Melissa, where is Iode?" Maythan asked.
"I don't know, he has disappeared from my radar...". Melissa said with panic.
They both glanced at each other with anxiousness in their faces
"Oh no...".