As soon as the morning sun gave out its first ray of light, Vierne, Akagi, Melissa, Aleksei, Maks, Slavik, Belka, Galkin, Nadia, Evgeni and Lobelia stood inside the rose garden, forming a circle. Aleksei looked at the Maks who raised his arm and looked above. A square formed above the circle which slowly came down, Aleksei was about to open the seal to the Astral world when suddenly all of them heard a loud voice on the seal and stepped back. Cracks appeared on the square as if something was pushing it strongly. All the star spirits formed their respective shields to protect their demigods.

Maks was trying to hold on to the door to the Astral world but it was getting heavier, finally, the door shattered and Lict jumped down. His wings were bigger, his eyes and the region around it was black. His limb tips were black extending up to blood red. He had blood on his clothes, his hands and his hair. His contract mark was gone. Akagi took out his gun and gave seven shots right into his head but nothing happened to him. The bullets fell down from his head and he healed back in seconds.

"Dammit," Akagi shot Melissa, and everyone else shot their star spirits,
"Melissa! Destroy the obstructions and engrave my path! This is an order from your lord demigod himself!" Akagi shouted.
"Belka! Raise a hell of fire! This is an order from your lord demigod himself!" Slavik shouted.
"Nadia! Give the winds of fortune a light of the living! This is an order from your lord demigod himself!" Galkin shouted.
"Lobelia, show no mercy! This is an order from your lord demigod himself." Evgeni said.

The pacts were formed and everyone held their gifts in their hands, surrounding Lict. Their demigods stood before them to protect their star spirits from the curse. Aleksei and Maks stood in a corner and watched the fight. Akagi held Melissa in her second form and attacked first. Lict disappeared,

Akagi's eyes glowed red, "Lobelia, he's behind you!" Lobelia swung her sword and Lict appeared right behind her. Lobelia didn't hesitate on attacking him, and rest others followed. "Belka! Fire tornado!" A huge tornado of fire launched towards a Lict and brought his hands forwards, changing the direction of the fire towards the mansion. The tornado went inside it and the mansion was on fire.

He turned back and swindled his fist so hard against Vierne's sword that it broke into pieces. Plants grew beneath him and grabbed his feet, Akagi rose up with Melissa in his hand. Lict turned back but Vierne punched him but he still held on and grabbed the axe which was coming for his throat. The blight spread all over the axe.

"Milord, it's burning!" Melissa shouted.

Lict grabbed Vierne's neck, "Rose weed!" Galkin shouted and Nadia's eyes glowed green. A huge rose plant grew out from the floor and wrapped itself around Lict. Lict left Vierne's neck and got wrapped in the plant. Slavik and Belka gave out fire from their palms. It wrapped inside the plant and it caught fire, "Burn in hell you monster!"

The redness of the fire slowly turned black. Lict wasn't glowing golden, he was glowing black and purple. Akagi looked at them while washing his axe in spirit water, "He's strong. How are going to defeat him, Melissa? You can't even touch him,"
"I guess you'll have to do it alone, without depending on your star spirits,"
"My Sila isn't made for warfare, I need you."

Meanwhile, Aleksei and Maks ran inside the mansion.
"Maks, get some water and extinguish the fire,"
"Yes, Milord," Maks ran in another direction, towards the bathroom. He took some water in a bucket and threw it around but it was magical fire, water could not extinguish it. Aleksei ran towards the library and began collecting all the twelve books of heavenly secrets that Vierne had left on the table. He didn't know how to carry so many thick books alone, "Maks! Maks come here!"

Maks reached the library. His body was on fire. His hands and chest had burnt badly already, "Maks!" Aleksei shouted as he kept the books aside, "Oh my God, we need to treat you!" Suddenly, the chandelier fell from overhead and blocked the entry.
"Oh lord, Maks!" Maks fainted in the smoke and fell on the ground, "Maks! Maks!" The fire reached the books and Aleksei grabbed them between his arms. If one of them was damaged, the effect would be seen on that book possessed by every other star. And once damaged, they lose their magic.

He dragged Maks away from the fire and sat at the corner. The fire had begun to surround them, "Oh Maks, what do we do now?"

Lict had reached the ground again and Vierne punched his chest but he grabbed her fist, "Lobelia, Rosa Swogaris" Hundreds of swords surrounded Lict. Lict broke Vierne's fist and as soon as the sword launched towards him, he brought Vierne before him. The swords went through her stomach and her chest, "Vierne!"

Lict smirked and threw her aside. He ran towards Evgeni but Lobelia stood before him and made a shield, and stood before it with her sword. Lict made a black sword and they both started fighting. Fire surrounded all of them as Slavik prepared for another attack. Lict was chopping of all the plants leaping on him. Vierne pulled the swords out of her and her body healed.

'Every time I get hurt, my body heals,' She slowly got up, 'And every time it heals, it turns stronger.' She ran towards him with the sword in her hand. He fought both her and Lobelia at the same time.

Nadia and Belka ran towards him, "Perfect," Lict smirked.
"No! Get your star spirits away from him!" Akagi shouted and everyone looked at him. Lobelia jumped back. Lict dropped his sword and rose up. He spread his arms and gave out strong, dark radiation. A circle formed around them. The demigods remained unaffected but all the star spirits inside that circle were blighted.

"Nadia!"
"Belka!" Galkin and Slavik ran towards their star spirt but as soon as they entered inside the circle, Lict rose up the black walls of Vivana Musica and they shredded into pieces. Their bodies gave out spirit energy which was absorbed by Lict.

"Milord!" Belka shouted as her body became covered with purple bruises. Lict was about to kill them next when Vierne interfered. She swung her sword at him and simply dodged her. He grabbed her sword and she kicked him in the stomach.

"Fight me fairly," She winded the sword at him. He made a sword and ran towards her. They were busy fighting when Akagi reached Evgeni.
"I have a plan." Evgeni said, "Lobelia, Vyzov forma dva" Lobelia became a dagger and Evgeni held her in his hand, "We'll finish it with a single hit,"

Evgeni gathered his strength and ran towards Lict. He swung the dagger and Lict turned away from Vierne. The silver light emerged out towards Lict and Vierne ran away from him. Lict's eyes glowed red and the silver light hit him. There were a huge explosion and strong wind. Everyone covered their eyes, "Lobelia, revert," Lobelia turned back to her human form, "There, I've put an end to it." Evgeni said.

But as soon as the smoke cleared, they saw Lict. "No way, it didn't work on him," Evgeni was shocked. Lict was in an absurd posture which seemed like some sort of yoga.

He had bent his knees and lowered the feet close to head while lifting his torso from the ground, tailbone pointed forward.
"It's the Locust position," Akagi said.
"Why is Lict performing yoga in the middle of a fight?" Evgeni asked.

"Its purpose is to empty oneself so that the demon can invade the empty vacuum of his soul and possess it. The possession has started, we are losing him," Akagi said. Melissa looked at the darkening sky, "I can sense a demon,"
"Lobelia, stay here," Evgeni turned towards Lict and his hands began glowing white, "I'll use my Sila,"

Akagi and Evgeni ran towards Lict as the possession was in progress. Lict formed a black ring around himself, like Saturn and as soon as Akagi and Evgeni entered the ring, they dropped their weapons and stood there in awe.

"Milord!" Melissa shouted as the blight covered her. They were in a different world of hallucinations, breaking away from the real world, floating above the ground. Lobelia pulled Evgeni back and ran away. The diameter of the ring increased slowly. Evgeni was unconscious and tired. The mansion was on fire so she ran towards the lake and drew out her wings. The blight reached her and her wings got corrupted. They were bleeding as she flew with Evgeni in her arms.

"Milord," She flew up and blood fell on the leaves of the trees beneath. Slowly, it began to snow. Lobelia couldn't fly for much longer and finally fell down on the ground with Evgeni in her arms. Belka and Nadia lay dead in the blight as the snow began to cover them and bury them. Vierne stood just outside the ring and looked at Lict. Melissa was dead in the blight. It had infected everyone.

She stepped back and looked at the sky above her. She could see hell and demons entering the real world through a portal Lict had made into the sky. The sky had turned purple, the mansion behind her was burning and everyone was dead. She was the only one left. She turned back and ran with tears in her eyes. 'It happened again, so many people died because of me. I don't know if I can take it anymore.

I give up.

-To be continued

Evgeni Medvediva
Dear Ms Lady Demigod