142 KEEP AN EYE ON HER PART 10 (1/2)

Osiris walked around the temple. There was nothing about this temple he didn't know of. He went to the collection room and touched every single artifact. It reminded him of his time when he worked here.

He stopped in front of the last box and saw a broken seal. It was the recent seal that was broken. He took it out and checked it. 'As I thought, it was done by a man, no evil spirit.' He put it down where it was and went out of the temple.

Osiris saw a total of fifty priests of different ages standing in front of the temple. ”They are very obedient.” He commented and climbed down the stairs.

High Priest Wei WenYing stood beside him and asked, ”Holy Priest, how do you want to perform the ritual?”

”First, bring out those three priests who were guarding the temple that night,” Osiris said.

”Yes,” High Priest Wei WenYing ordered those young priests to come forth. They came forward and bowed to Osiris.

Osiris took out a small pink pouch from his long-sleeve and opened it. This pouch had childish embroidery. When Mu Lan was little, she sewed the pouch and gave it to him as a birthday present. He put his hand inside and took out a palm-full of white powder.

It created a circle in the ground with that powder and told those young priests, ”Enter the circle carefully.” They did as he asked and he started to mumble an ancient mantra.

Instantly, the circle glowed and one of the priests fell on the ground. The other two looked confused. The priests who were watching, started to whisper. Some of them started praying. High Priest Wei WenYing realized what was happening and his face turned pale.

Osiris frowned and threw some white powder aiming at the priests who were still standing inside the circle. One of them fell down and only one stood.

”Come forth, evil creature!” Osiris commanded.

The priest who was standing inside the circle started to laugh madly. The priests who were looking at the scene started praying loudly in fear.

Osiris threw the white powder again and the priest who was laughing started coughing. Then he screamed looking at the sky and blood gushed out of his eyes and mouth.

Osiris closed his eyes and recited another mantra calmly. The priest used his last drop of power to get out of the circle but failed. So he used his blood as a weapon and attacked Osiris with his blood arrow.

Osiris opened his eyes and a strong wind blew around them. The blood arrow that was coming at him, vanished instantly and the priest fell down.

Osiris walked toward his body and checked his pulse. ”He is dead.” He declared.

”Dead?!” High Priest Wei WenYing exclaimed. Other priests gasped and prayed for the dead's poor soul.

Osiris stood up and exclaimed, ”Don't get me wrong. I didn't kill him. I only kissed the part of the evil spirit that was inside him. He had no soul inside his body. It turned out that he sold his soul a long time ago along with his fellow priests' souls to feed the evil spirit and then used their soulless body to break the seal of Suzaku. Two of them were inside, so it was easy for them to move around while the one giving them command was outside. So, after they broke the seal, he screamed outside the temple and no one suspected them because they were injured.”

”B-but how? He was such a good person with a big heart.” The priests came forward and expressed their sorrow.

”How can he do that?”

”I don't believe it.”

”He even saved an orphanage by giving away his life's savings.”