303 Deity of Bloodshed, The Demons Past During the Time of Unrecorded History (1/2)

Day 44 – 1:20 PM - San Marcelino, General Nakar, Quezon

Everyone gathered around Mark but no one tried to touch him due to Amihan's warning. Despite being unconscious, they could see Mark trashing around, gritting his teeth and was releasing a fain growl from his mouth. His forehead was heavily frowning. From this signs, it was obvious that he was in deep pain.

”Amihan, you said its possession. Can we do anything aside from watching him suffer like this?”

Karlene asked while feeling helpless as she watched Mark suffer.

However, she did not receive any reply. She turned to Amihan just to see her standing in front of a weird altar like contraption under the acacia tree. Karlene walked towards the altar to take a look at it and she saw Amihan. She was crying. Finally, Karlene heard the little sylph's reply.

”I don't, I don't know. What my lord is undergoing is not just some normal possession.” Amihan said as she tried to wipe her tears with her arm. ”This altar, I heard of it before. What is trying to possess my lord is not just some evil spirit or a normal demon.”

”What do you mean?”

Karlene asked with further worry. The conversation of the two immediately caught the attention of Edzel and Miracle. Amihan turned to look at Mark and the black smoke emanating from his body and answered.

”When other spirits that are capable of trying to possess people try to possess someone, specifically a human, the disparity between vessel's body soul and mind will hinder the foreign entity to some extent. When the possession succeeded, he one that possessed the person would not be able to control the body to full extent and ends up having strange movements, growling and at worst cases, they and up not being able to stand at all. It also applies to normal demons. It is because they could only possess the body and not the soul. If that was the possession my lord is undergoing, he should be fine afterwards. But…”

”But what?”

”The one trying to possess my lord is not a normal demon. If I'm correct, it's a strong demon born of miasma. In the worst case, it might even be the demon sealed thousands of years ago.”

”What are you saying? How are you sure of that?!”

Karlene started to panic. Her voice even started to rise.

”Miss Karlene, calm down! Look at Miss Amihan before going hysterical.”

Edzel hurriedly tried to intervene and forced Karlene to calm down. His voice made Karlene look straight at Amihan. The little sylph was biting her lip that it almost bled. She was even shivering. Compared to everyone here, she was the one with the weakest mentality. Yet, she was trying her best to keep as calm as possible. She was crying but still answered Karlene's questions. What Karlene did was just plain unreasonable.

”I'm sorry.”

Karlene apologized and Amihan shook her head.

”I-Its fine.” Amihan then turned to the altar. ”This altar looks like something that is used to seal a formless demon, a demon born of miasma. They are demons that are not too strong at first but grows by absorbing negative energy. Also even though they are not immortal, they are very hard to destroy. Their kind had no bodies so they always try to possess people and take over their bodies. But since they had no bodies in the first place, it became easier for them to adapt into a human body they possessed taking over the victim's identity in the process. After they succeeded, the victim's mind and soul is destroyed permanently.”

Amihan took a deep breath. Even though the air was quite unpleasant in the surroundings, she had no problem as she could purify the air around them.

”Also… This altar is more complex to normal ones. The demon sealed here should be a very strong one. I just wish that this is not the altar that I heard about or it will be hard for my lord to come back to us.”

”That's…”

Karlene slumped to the ground while Edzel gripped his fists tightly.

While the three were feeling remorse for Mark's possible outcome, a child's voice was heard.

”Such impudence. His Majesty will not fall to such filthy creature.”

It was Miracle. It was not surprising for Amihan but Karlene and Edzel were shocked to the unfathomable change that they saw.

”Aephelia…”

Amihan voiced.

”Little one. Shouldn't you put more trust in His Majesty?”

Aephelia admonished in a strict tone accompanied by a glare.

”I'm sorry… Will My Lord really overcome this?”

”I told you to put more trust, didn't I?”

With those words, Aephelia started working. Even though it could not be helped that her king had to lie on the ground, at least, she wanted to clean the surroundings. After all, the aftermath of her king's battle caused the surroundings to become unsightly.

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