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Chapter 6

After briefing with King Tristan III, the whole plan of attack and defense of Rune Midgard was changed. Apparently, a prophecy from thousands of years...before Geffenia was locked by the elves, told about something similar to the current situation.

"The Dark Lord enters..." I whispered to myself as I lay in the tent so not to wake the rest of Valkyrie's Requiem that was in the tent. We were on our way to Geffen, the City of Magic. "...all that shines, fade away...hidden key of stone shall reveal light when the Moon of Day glows...the secret lies within Purity."

"Still awake?" Raisu turns over and sits up, brushing aside her hair. "Trying to make sense of that prophecy huh?"

"Yea..." I replied rubbing my head. "It's giving me a headache..."

"Well..." She leans back, holding herself up with her arms. "The 'key' would be Lucifer's Lament. We know that, and it's held in Geffen Tower...so we got that covered." I nodded.

"And the Dark Lord would be either..." I added on. "The God of Darkness himself, or just Dalmar." I took a deep breath. "But what is...Purity?"

"And the 'Moon of Day'?" Raisu crossed her arms and looked concentrated on thinking. "Do you..." She says after a long silence. "Know what you said when the Sword of Purity was formed?" I shook my head.

"I'm not educated in ancient language, only the higher ranked Crusaders are."

"Well, let's assume that the Sword of Purity is what 'Purity' is in the prophecy." I nodded in agreement and Raisu continued on. "There were engravings on the sword, correct?"

"Yea."

"And the examiners couldn't read it either." Raisu muttered. "I'm suspecting it to be in ancient Geffenian." I looked up.

'Of course, she's an elf, she'd know.' I thought. "No one alive can read it, how are we going to get the message even if it did say something?" We both fell silent. There was no way we could read ancient Geffenian without someone...like a God. However, Jaylor needs to be with his people right now, to protect them from corruption. We can't ask him to come with us on this journey.

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"Saddle up! Ready the carriages!" Dante ordered his men to gather up the camp along with the other generals sent, Tonkie and Kairong. The three generals readied their men as the Valkyrie's Requiem set forth to scout since we were a much smaller group.

"Seems clear here." Crono said after we left the camp for about ten minutes. I nodded in agreement and tugged on Raijin's reins.

"Ok, let's go back." Raisu said ridding ahead of me. I heard a slight rustle in the long grass just a few feet from the group. Halting Raijin, I jumped off and unsheathed my flamberge and headed for the grass. "Hikaru?" I turned around and put my finger to my mouth.

Raisu and the others fell silent as I approached the grass. Hwan strung his bow with a few silver arrows for an Arrow Shower.