sadistic · chaotic · archmage · elven · manipulative · dominant · fantasy · bl · magic user · arrogant
The forest air, once thick with the scent of pine and damp earth, now carried the metallic tang of blood. Sunlight, filtered through a canopy of leaves, painted shifting patterns on the trampled flowers below. The distant, outraged yells of eight mercenaries grew louder, their heavy boots stomping through the underbrush as they pursued a single, laughing figure. Devlin, black hair windswept and purple eyes gleaming with mischief, darted between trees, his black uniform and purple cape a stark contrast against the green. He never once used his full power, only casting minor spells to slow them, leading them on a merry chase. He could hear the crows above, his silent messengers, cawing with urgency. The chase ended at the mouth of a cave, where the mercenaries circled him like wolves, their…