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The next day

Arian could be seen making her way from the main gate towards the forest. In her hand was a massive bag at least twice the size of the one she brought with her when she first came here.

"She's back"

Asher said out loud drawing Lance's attention, Lance was previously focusing on the forest, when Asher's voice drew his attention. It was very early in the morning when the priestess woke Lance up. In fact he hadn't even had breakfast yet.

Still he was skeptical about the whole helping Arian to cast out spirits thing. Firstly he knew there was no spirit in there and didn't want to waste his time, and secondly he did not trust Arian one bit.

What if the whole thing was a trap? Would he be able to escape or squirms his way out of trouble like before? The more he thought of it the more annoying it became.

"Hey are you guys ready"

Arian arrived beside them and said. She had a look of excitement on her face, everything she ordered came without hiccups. There was no way any spirit would escape her.

"Well....."

Lance was hesitant, however Arian tried her best to assure him that nothing bad would happen. She even said that because he was still under the noble restrictions, which didn't allow him to get hard, he was much safer than her.

Of course, everything she said sounded correct, but she didn't know that Lance was not worried about all that. What really put him on edge was her.

"Okay don't worry I'll take point guard, and if we fail today I'll get my superiors involved."

Her superiors getting involved was the sign that she had given up. The main reason she was here was for Glory, but if her superiors got involved the glory would be stripped from her.

"Okay I guess it's okay then..."

Lance nodded, showing that he would go along. Seeing this, Arian sighed in relief before making her way into the forest.

Meanwhile Lance had an bitter smile on his face as he watched her move further and further away from them. Only he knew what was going through his mind

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Inside the forest

Arian distributed small incense pots to lance and the other. She also gave him robes to put on. And certain powdered substances

All the substances were meant for the 'ritual' she was preparing and as for the dress pattern...Lance had no idea what that was for.

But immediately after reaching the middle of the forest she stopped

"Form a line and begin the chanting."

Arian commanded them. From the tone of her voice one could easily tell that this was really important to her. It felt like this moment would determine her future and that to her, failing was not an option

"Hmmmm"

She took in a huge breath of air, then she began swaying around. The incense pot in her hand spontaneously lit up. Not even a few seconds later a murky green gas began emitting from its sides

"It's beginning"

Ember commented. She watched as the priestess Arian swayed around before breaking into a hypnotic dance.

"Start it up"

Arian shouted in the middle of her dance. Almost immediately the incense pots in their hand also lit up and began emitting a water gas. They then went on to form an arch around Arians dance

The ritual had truly begun

She Danced, changed incense powders, and in fact went to the extent of doing a blood sacrifice with a rabbit.

She was pulling all stops at this point

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"Yawn!!"

Lance yawned even though he knew that it was distracting. After the first few hours of doing this it became boring.

Who would enjoy standing there and watching someone dance for close to three hours?, Lance had a plan though. One that would end this farce one's and for all

She spoke of bringing in her superiors if this plan didn't go as she was expecting, so Lance decided to give a show that would end all this.

"Hm"

Lance looked over at Asher and nodded his head. This Was the signal for them to start their plan.

And not long after a sound echoed from the distance as a shadow sped through the forest

"There!!!"

Arian noticed it and immediately gave chase, finally she was able to draw out the spirit after all this while. But she didn't know that it was all part of Lance's plan, or so he thought.

"What the hell? That wasn't mine."

Asher's confused voice rolled into Lance's ear causing him to freeze.

"I don't understand"

"That was not what I planned, whatever that was, had nothing to do with me."

Asher had a look of confusion on his face, he even went forward to show Lance where the trigger for his plan was and truly it hadn't been set off yet.

Immediately shivers went down Lance's spine. Was there really a spirit in this forest? Lance couldn't believe it.

"Let's take a look"

Lance wanted to get to the bottom of this. It didn't make any sense that there was a spirit here and he didn't know about it. As such, him, Asher and Ember followed behind the priestess. They went deeper and deeper into the forest, and not long after they got to a point in the forest that even Lance had not seen before

The priestess remained one step ahead of them though. Until, she suddenly stopped before a formation of rocks.

"Did you lose it "

Lance, Asher and Ember approached Arian from the back as asked. Arian then slowly looked back and signaled to them that the spirit was inside.

"Oh?"

Feeling curious Lance poked his head out and looked into the distance. There in front of him was a cave connected to a mountainous formation, more importantly was what was inside the Cave. From this distance it looked like a blurry white shadow hovering in the darkness of the cave.

"Listen, all I need from you right now is to chant these verses, that's all, I will do the main work"

Arian assured them, at this point she was close to accomplishing her goal. Lance understood her emotion so he nodded affirmatively.

He didn't know there was a spirit here, but since there was he had to help. Not because he was on some crusade or anything. It was strictly for his Home.

A short while later they prepared themselves before approaching the cave with caution. However, with every step they took the figure of the spirit became clearer and clearer and when they finally stepped foot into the cave it dawned on them

"What the…."

The spirit was a wooden structure covered In white clothes, it immediately sent alarms through Lance's mind.However before he even react a massive boom resounded in the air

"Boom!!!"

Lance immediately looked to the side and saw that Asher and Ember had been pushed to the wall of the cave by a spell

"Shit!!"

Lance tried to rush back immediately after realizing what was happening but it was too late. An ice cold hand grabbed him by the neck and slowly lifted him off the floor

"You thought that you could f*ck with me right?"

The owner of the hand was none other than Arian. After seeing the wooden structure in the barn last night Arian became insanely angry. These guys had been punking her ever since she came here. Was there even any spirit to begin with?

The thought of all her efforts being wasted on her last chance to prove herself to the church drove her mad.

"I can easily snap your neck here and tell you father that the spirit got to you before I could vanquish it. That would be believable right?"

Arian threw Lance to the floor causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood

"Arg!!"

She then went over and began stumping on him. With every strike she made lance squirm, she wanted to inflict as much pain as possible

"Better still, I can kidnap you and bring you to the church where I can have all the fun I want with you, and if your parents come I can simply have them killed"

She stood hovering above Lance like a giant, there was a bountiful amount of hate in her heart for him, she didn't like this pompous brat that didn't know what was good for him, he dared to pass up the opportunity to join her holy church? He dared to waste her time on a wild goose chase?

He had to suffer

"I change my mind, kidnapping a spoilt brat like you is too much trouble, you will only stain my church with you filt. But I will make sure you are no longer a threat to me or the church, you must die for it is the will of God!!"

"Die!!!"

A red magic circle formed in her hand as she drew in mana. This was a killing spell, she was going to release the spell and murder Lance in cold blood just because he had offended her.

However

"Boom!!"

All of a sudden she felt a heavy object collide against her skin causing her to fly backwards into a wall

"Roar!!!!!"

In front of Lance was a massive black bear-like creature with horns staring down Arian with murder in its eyes.

"Puu!!"

Arian spat a mouth full of blood to the floor before scanning the area, and before her very eyes she watched as As Ember shed her human form and morphed into a similar creature

"I…knew it!!"

Arian's eyes glowed with not only shock but also excitement. She had gone fishing for a mere spirit and had found a Demon incarnate. She would be rewarded massively by the church once she reports her findings.

"Capture her and bring her to Me!!"

Lance, who had just managed to pull himself up, commanded Asher and Ember to attack. She had tried to kill him, there was no way he would let that slide