"HOLY SH*T!" Kim said.
"What happened?" Vierne said.
"His curse, the seal broke...his curse is completely out now." Akagi said.
"Seal? What do you mean?" Vierne said.
"Melissa, revert." Akagi said and the hammer turned back to Melissa's human form.
Lict looked at his hands and legs, then, slowly, he started walking.
"Don't get close to him." Kim said to Scar.
As Lict walked on his bare feet, the ground turned dark. Trees started loosing their shine and life, the sky turned dark, the water turned black.
"What is happening?" Vierne asked.
"His body is consuming all the vital life forces of his surroundings." Akagi said.
"Finally, I've been waiting for 50 million years, give me your best, brother." Scar said.
She closed her eyes and drew out her white wings.
She went up in the sky and waved her hands in a circular motion.
Her body started shining and soon, 4 of her clones were created, each of them holding a different weapon.
"Since I can't get close to you, my clones will take care of it." She said.
"Wait... I've read this somewhere." Akagi said to himself.
The clones attacked Lict from all four directions. He dodged all of them and stood at a corner. His face was still expressionless.
For a few minutes, he just defended himself and dodged their attacks.
"HEY! FIGHT ALREADY!" Scar shouted.
"Where was it?" Akagi thought. "The twelve Heavenly Books...5th volume.... second chapter..."
Suddenly Akagi realized something, "WAIT- STOP IT!" He shouted.
"You stay out of it." Scar said.
"No! He's just memorising your movements!" Akagi shouted.
Lict smiled and said "Now, it's my turn."
He moved his hands in a circular motion and formed 4 clones of himself.
"WAIT- THAT'S MY MAGIC!" Scar said.
Suddenly Lict came close to her face and grabbed her neck.
"AGH!!!" She shouted as his curse started spreading to her body and her skin started turning black.
"Stop!" Kim said.
"Kim's sila is 'Absolute Obedience', isn't it?" Melissa said.
"Yeah... but I don't know if it'll work." Akagi said.
"Kneel down before me! It's an order." Kim said to Lict.
Lict looked at him and said "Kneel down."
Kim fell on his knees and looked at the ground "H- How?" He said to himself.
"YOU B*STARD! I'M THE STRONGEST!" Scar shouted and threw her fist in the air.
Lict grabbed her fist and broke all the bones of her fist.
She shouted in pain. Then, she took out a gun with her other hand from her satsh and aimed at Lict.
She shot at him but a huge black shield covered Lict.
"Goodbye." Lict said as he closed his eyes. He touched the ground and produced a cyclone of musical notes.
"WAIT- ISN'T THAT YOUR 50TH SPELL? HOW CAN YOU USE THAT?!" Scar shouted.
The cyclone moved towards Scar and she shouted for help.
"Let's get out of here." Akagi said as he grabbed Vierne's arm.
"But Lict-"
"Leave him." Akagi said.
"NO WAY! LICT!! LOOK HERE!!" Vierne said.
Lict looked away from Scar, whose body was now into three pieces, and looked at Vierne.
An evil smile covered his face as he licked his lips.
"IDIOT!" Akagi shouted as he picked her up and started running.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Vierne said.
"HE'S NOT THE LICT YOU KNOW ANYMORE! HE'S AFTER YOUR BLOOD!" Akagi said as he continued running.
"My blood?" Vierne said.
"They say the bonded Demigods' blood make a star spirit stronger. He'll try to kill you, stay away from hi-" Akagi stopped as Lict suddenly came in front of him.
His face looked expressionless again. He looked at Akagi, and then at Vierne.
He moved his claw like hands towards Vierne's face.
"MELISSA! SHEILD!" Akagi shouted and Melissa formed a sheild in between Lict and Akagi.
Lict punched the sheild and cracks appeared on the sheild.
"It won't last long, run Vierne!" Akagi said as he left her back on the ground.
"And you?" Vierne said.
"I'll try to slow him down, somehow." Akagi said as he took out his gun.
"B- But-" Vierne said.
"Hey, it's the least I can do. Otherwise, I would really become a disgusting man, wouldn't I?" Akagi said.
"I'm.... I'M SORRY!" Vierne said and started running in the opposite direction.
Lict broke the shield and stood in front of Akagi.
Lict smiled as he looked at Akagi for some time and disappeared.
"Where did he go?" Melissa shouted.
"He was only after her! Stop her, Melissa!" Akagi shouted.
"*Huff Huff* I'm not quite used to running this much." Vierne said as she ran through the forest.
"Don't worry, Milady. You won't have to ever run after this."
She looked up at a tree and saw Lict standing on one of its branches. Then he disappeared and reappeared in front of her.
"I- I won't give you my blood!" Vierne said.
"It's okay, I'm not here for the blood anyways" Lict said and grabbed her hair.
"I just need a little spirit energy." He said and bit her neck.
"AGH! Get away from me!" She shouted.
'His teeth are cold, and so is his skin. It's scary and it hurts.' Vierne thought.
'It's as if... I'm losing all my strength and energy.... I can't even move my body anymore....'
Again, she was surrounded by the blue light.
Lict quickly moved away from her "Tsk! Just when it was getting good." He said.
"Lict, please turn back to...nor...mal…huh? Why am I feeling so...dizzy...." Vierne said and fell on the ground.
"Vierne?"
"LICT!" Vierne shouted as she got up from her bed.
"It's not Lict. It's me, Melissa." Melissa said.
"Was that a dream?" Vierne said.
"I wish it was." Akagi said as he stood at her door.
"Lord Akagi?" Vierne said.
"That blue light saved us. All of us." Akagi said.
"Yes....But, what happened to Lict? He was so... scary" Vierne said.
"His seal broke." Akagi said.
"How?" Vierne said.
"Looks like he overexerted himself." Akagi said.
"Isn't there someway to fix all this?" Vierne said.
"No. Now, nothing can be done anymore. We have to kill him. The sooner, the better. He's only a threat to all forms of lives." Akagi said.
"But then.... what will happen to music?" Vierne said.
"...We'll have to get used to living without music." Akagi said.
"THAT'S INSANE! WE CANNOT DO THAT! I'D RATHER DIE!" Vierne said.
"SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S OKAY TO DIE RATHER THAN LOSING MUSIC?"
"YES!"
"YOU- *Sigh*....What should I say...Either way he'll die soon. His body is eroding even as we talk. He'll turn into dust…within this week."
"Can't we stop it somehow?" Vierne said.
"We can't stop it, but we can surely slow it down." Akagi said.
"HOW?" Vierne said.
"Your spirit energy, if he drinks it, he'll live a little longer." Akagi said.
"THEN I'LL GIVE IT TO HIM-"
"If you do that, then you'll die." Akagi said.
"I don't care." Vierne said "This life is anyways worthless, if I could use it to save music, then, that's the best death I could ask for. And, anyways, there's nothing much I've been able to do till now. That's why, even if there's a small thing I can do to save him, I'll do it.
"Why do you want to do it so badly?" Akagi said.
"Because, I promised him, that I'll protect him. Because I want to be useful. Because I want to be strong. Because I love him and I wanna spend the rest of my life with him."
"....This is gonna be very difficult, Vierne. Can you face such hard circumstances?"
"Lord Akagi, the same boiling water which softens a potato hardens an egg. It all depends on what you're made of and not the circumstances you're in." Vierne said with a smile.
-To be continued