Sorry for the short chapter last time. I didn't want to mix and match the chapters together. Anyways Conrad is missing, Yozak is injured, Yuuri can't use his magic and is unconscious, All of the nobles are injured and some unconscious. Murata is trying his best to keep everything in line but he is only one human...sorry Mazoku :P

Chapter 5: Awakened memories

Greta peeked into the library at the Temple, no one was around. She wasn't really surprised it was the middle of the night and most of the priestesses were sleeping. The teen quietly moved in the huge room. Her goal in mind, she wasted no time in browsing heading toward the 5th desk from the end of the room toward the front. It looked the same as any other yet it had a distinctive feel about it that intrigued the girl. Lisa had disappeared with Shinou during the day and hadn't come back yet.

Greta allowed her hand to softly touch the surface of the desk. The feeling she got intensified going from a soft probe to an almost painfully call. It faded once she took her hand off the desk. I suppose I should use Psyke. Whispering the name softly, she waited until the spirit had formed in front of her.

Psyke was a spirit that took the form of a woman in her late 50's, her clothes were made of living writing that changed every second. She was transparent and colorless except for her eyes which were a pool of multicoloured light flashing across a black pool.

"What can I do for you Mistress?" asked the spirit with a soft voice. "Show me the memories that the desk holds, the ones that have caused it to imprint spiritual energy." Asked Greta laying a hand on the desk once more. Psyke looked at the furniture and dipped her head in consent. Placing an incorporal hand the girl's hand, she started to glow. Greta fell to her knees as her surroundings become white and warm.

(The next part is a flash back and is what Greta sees.)

A priestess was writing rapidly in a small note book, she keeped glancing up at every sound and was extremely nervous. With pale and sweaty skin, she looked frail and sickly yet her eyes held a deep conviction that didn't waver.

The priestess closed the book with a thump. Getting up quickly she took out a small silver dagger. "By the 6 elements, I summon you kings and queens of spirits. Answer my call, warrior of shadows, defilers of light! Descend from the light and rise from the dark. With this blood and my life, allow the will of the True darkness to enlightened the Mazoku! With my soul and wisedom, allow the rebirth of the True light to bring darkness to Shin Makoku! I call upon apocalypse and bring destruction to all Humans!"

As she chanted the words, the priestess plunged the dagger into her forearms and then into her chest. The blood that spilled from her body feel to the floor; moving by itself it formed a circle around the summuner. The area within the circle darkenedfrom crimson to black. From within the darkness came light that crisscrossed in the area delimited by the bloody ritual.

The door to the library crashed open, guards and priestesses filling the room and surrounding the dying woman. Several men moved forward, none daring to approach too close to the circle of power. The head priestess Ulrike was standing with them, her gaze filled with hurt and betrayal.

"Why? Why have you turned your back on Shinou?" she asked desperation filling her voice. The dying priestess coughed blood as she fell to her knees. "It's too late!...cough... The ritual will be completed in a minute. You cannot stop it!" she replied her voice weak from the bloodloss.

One of the men roared in anger as he took up his sword and ran into the circle. "I won't let you destroy Shim Makoku!" The swordman used all of his strength to ignore the pain filling his body as he entered the circle, swinging his sword toward the kneeling mazoku. As the sword came in contact with the summuner's neck, the circle broke with a resounding snap. At the same moment the dagger emitted a wave of light and disappeared.

The man was thrown brutally against the wall, energy pouring from the circle on the floor. Outside of the energy laid the head of the betrayer, her body being consumed by the unleashed forced. Ulrike screamed "LISA!" as she witnessed the death of her priestess.

Greta jerked out of the dream-memory, panting and shivering. Two things stuck out of her mind with vivid clarity. One, the priestess that had unleashed such a destructive energy had looked exactly and was name like Lisa, her spirit who had become like a mother to Greta. Two, the man who had attacked the priestess looked exactly like...Gwendal!

Well thats it for chapter 5! So who has an idea about what is going on? Those who answer correctly get a treat and a surprise!

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