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Chapter 5

I was frozen with fear as the scout's head was separated from his body. Blood flooded out from his neck and formed a puddle beside me. I wanted to let go, but I was frozen with fear.

"Hikaru." Raisu pried my hand off the body and pulled me away. "Hikaru, you ok?" I couldn't reply.

"Priests." Dante said silently so not to panic the others. "Take the body and prepare a proper burial for the man." Five Priests appear before the general and bow before rushing over to the corpse. A body bag was given to them and they put the body and it's head into the bag before carrying it to the Prontera Church.

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"Is he ok?" Crono's voice could be heard in the room as I woke up.

"Yeah, just fainted, that's all."

I opened my eyes and sat up. It felt like I was hit by a herd of PecoPecos.

"Hey, dude!" Crono rushed to my side and gave me a pat on the back. "I didn't know you were afraid of blood!"

"I'm not." I replied coldly. "I need to see Dante." I tried to get up from the bed but was pushed back down by a strong hand.

"I'm here." I looked up and saw the Crusader taking a seat on a stool beside me. "I need to know what happened. How did the man get beheaded so suddenly?" I shuddered at the thought. The red, evil light seemed to attack me at the same time it killed the poor scout.

"A red light..." I closed my eyes and tried to keep calm. I was scared. "It appeared on the right side of his throat, and then slashed across." I look a deep breath and Dante gave me a comforting pat. "Next thing I know, his head was on the ground."

"Hikkie." Raisu came also and sat beside Dante. "What was he saying? I couldn't hear a thing..." She took my hand. "It sounded like he was trying to tell us something important, or else he wouldn't have tried so hard."

"He said something about..." My memory of what the man said was blurred, so I hesitated before replying. "Something about someone coming and death...then about Geffenia...and Lucifer's something." After thinking through what I had just said, I felt like a total idiot. Dante, however had the 'oh my God' look on his face. Raisu looked over at him with a worried expression.

"What? What!" Crono was getting edgy with all the staring and started to bombard the two commanders with questions about what I had just told them.

"Geffenia..." Dante muttered. "The Ancient City of Gods..."

"And about the item..." Raisu's hold on my hand tightened, almost hurting. Dante merely nodded.

"Lucifer's Lament." He said. Crono and I looked at each other, confused. Dante laughed faintly at us. "I will explain tomorrow. Rest up; we have another long journey ahead." With that, he got up and left the tent.

"Raisu?" I looked over to the Knight. "What's Lucifer's Lament?"

"An item of legend." She replied with a faint smile. "Something that might not even exist...and we might need to find it to save Rune Midgard."