Cap 22 - Necromancer (Two stars are missing from the sky)

When the High Minister felt the spiritual energy expand, he was able to read the spiritual flow that the explosion was caused, almost automatically before the entire forest was destroyed together with all the life forms that the explosion would encompass, he opened his grimoire. "I invoke the bull's eye Aldebaran the most brilliant spiritual beast in Tauros!", At the same moment a figure jutted next to the High Minister, the creature was twice the size of a human being, its head was girded with a bull-shaped helmet and he was extremely burly, his entire body was girded with armor made of gold, in each hand he sported a round shield set in jewels and a shiny long ax. Over the entire site of the explosion, a spiritual containment circle was designed to contain the advance of the explosion. The High Minister's face became somber, something was threatening his academy and he would not tolerate it.

Elyse could only see a big explosion of blue flames coming towards her, her short story was coming to an end. When the girl began to feel the heat of the flames approaching, something curious happened, the mysterious man projected close to her, bringing her close to his body and throwing his right hand towards the flames. At that moment Elyse lost her breath, the surprise of being grabbed by someone strange was so unexpected that she forgot for a few seconds in the situation she was in. When the little girl looked at the man's hands, realized that the flames didn't even touch them, he had literally cut an explosion caused by one of the most complex diagrams ever created. Even if it did not have such developed spiritual energy, that explosion could cause serious damage to any living being. But now, not even the heat of the fire could she feel. After the spiritual flames were extinguished, the inquisitive eyes of her savior were cast on her in total rebuke.

-Do you want to pass away girl? -The man's voice was released showing how much he had found that attitude of Elyse a total madness of hers. -In addition to destroying the entire forest, did you wanted to take all your colleagues together?

Elyse was unable to answer, her body was exhausted and the proportion of the explosion was greater than she expected. Elyse's total ignorance of the terrain made her make a terrible mistake, the explosion of the three trigrams theoretically would happen only within the energy triangle, but the fact is that in the academy, the things were different and in the forest, the amount of energy remaining in the air and on the ground was absurdly large, Elyse struck the match and everything went up in the air. A "domino effect" started to happen, the energy of the explosion that was supposed to be contained was disturbing the others until they started to go into chaos too. But, the possibility of having killed someone with that childish act caused Elyse's throat to close, she fell on her knees on the floor and tears started to come out of her eyes. The more the girl tried to hold on the more they came, Elyse scratched the earth for air the more she was unsuccessful, her eyes were being thrown out and her body was showing signs of the need she had to breathe.

The man took Elyse's hands, startled and she looked up and noticed that his eyes were golden and emitted a glow that made her be ecstatic. When she saw the face of the mysterious man Elyse realized that his lungs had filled with air. Something about that man gave security to the scared little girl, who no longer sported the fearless aura she had long ago. Now the aura of the mysterious man has begun to change and so does his appearance. A reddish glow began to run through the man's body, which now looked youthful and his entire body was girded with gold armor, the sword at his back became so long that it was almost the size of the young man. He looked into Elyse's eyes, helping her up.

-I'm Leon of Lion. - His voice is imposing as if a storm was following your lines. Elyse was left without action with that statement, if that was correct that was one of the twelve celestial spirits who was responsible for holding the firmament. -A long time ago I was sealed here and I had to hide in the form of a warrior spirit. -Leon gave Elyse a curious look. -I don't know what you did girl, but now I feel free.

Elyse did not know what reaction she should have; if she paid reverence to the great celestial spirit, or if you apologized for trying to blow it up. As her mind was already collapsing, Elyse was unable to do anything or say a word. That action in the eyes of the newly revealed Leon de Lion, seemed like an attitude worthy of a child, for the first time in their brief encounter, Elyse showed her age when she expressed such a lost face. Trying to recover little by little Elyse opened his mouth several times, but she couldn't find the right words. That attitude made the great celestial spirit find grace enough to laugh out loud, and that act made Elyse feel pathetic.

-No need to worry little girl, for now, keep your words to you. -Leon pointed his finger at Elyse's hand and as he was scratching the air a reddish mark appeared on Elyse's hands; after he finished, the mark was changing to a darker color until it was completely black. -I recognize you girl. When you have a grimoire, we will be able to seal a contract. -Leon turned his face to one of the corners of the forest. -It seems that the High Minister is about to arrive here with Aldebaran, I don't like to explain myself, you know. So I'm already going, finally, after so long time, I can go home. As soon as Leon finished saying those words, small lights began to flicker, it was then that before the celestial spirit completely disappeared that Elyse screamed like a little girl, "Elyse Bard, that is my true name". She didn't know if he understood those last words, but from the smile on her face, Elyse hoped so.

As soon as the last lights were gone, the strangest thing of the night happened in front of Elyse. The High Minister of the necromance council had a terrifying figure beside him. "That must be Aldebaran," thought Elyse, unable to be afraid, the girl who thought she was seeing hallucinations smiled at the burly figure with a large bull's helmet. When the Minister saw that the source of the great aura was no longer there, he turned to the little girl who was struggling to stand. Before reaching the ground, Elyse was trimmed by the Minister, who, in the eyes of the little girl, looked very much like her father, she felt like staying there in his arms for the whole day.

-Did someone pass away? -This was the only sentence that Elyse managed to formulate.

-No, I managed to control the explosion in time. -The High Minister looked puzzled at the small child in his arms. -It was very lucky, now you can rest.

Elyse only heard the word "no", after that she wandered into a state of unconsciousness. But the expression on his face was one of total relief, with that news his heart can rest easy. The Minister looked at all the destruction around, only where Elyse was had not been destroyed, it left him even more intrigued to know what had actually happened at that location. No longer needing to use his heavenly spirit, he closed the grimoir and carried Elyse to the healing area, the girl was nestled in his clothes without showing any sign that she was going to let go of them.

{Hi, it's me, that one who knows everything! To make things clearer, necromancer basically deal with the spirit of dead people. But in Adorin, great warriors or people who attended high levels end up belonging to the constellations. So, the celestial spirits are one of the classes of the dead. So Aldebaran and Leon are these types of spirits, much later I will talk more about why they are part of the twelve celestial spirits that hold the sky. If you pass by Adorin, do not forget to watch the sky at night is one of the most beautiful views!}