10 Spirit Scroll Shikigami

Standing in this secret room right before a miniature altar, Acyuta was in a daze. If one were to look at him it would appear that he had been standing there for a long time, in reality, merely not even a minute had passed. Acyuta was absorbed in the memory he is witnessing. This memory was not one of his own, rather, it was something that suddenly came after opening the scroll that was left next to the deity on the altar.

In that memory, Acyuta was back in the forbidden valley but the everything was different from his recent experience. He was not part of the memory but a spectator. Acyuta discovered that he could see the situation from any angle or point he chooses from.This memory that was revealed to him was a seen of something big going on. Over a hundred soldier like beings were present. Phenomenal black fames happend to cover their form, actually, the flames appeared to be non different from their being and their faces was very vulgar.

At first, Acyuta had thought that the faces were just helmets but after closer inspection he found that they were transparent black skulls. These skulls were there actual head. Acyuta understood what they are. They were the ghostly beings that haunted the secret valley. More shocking to him was that there so many of these horrible spectres.

From what Acyuta knew from his holy teachings was that for a ghost to make the environment a haunted grounds, this was something difficult and was rare for a ghost to succeed in. Such ghosts that did succeed were in no way ordinary. Haunted grounds was the place were apparitions would stay for survival. It is the place were they could convert the subtle world energy for their nutrition but even then it was enough for just one ghost to survive, otherwise they will gradually dissipate and enter the cycle of birth and death, if not entering Hell.

With that being the case, it was illogical for hundreds of apparitions to exist in a single place. Acyuta couldn't think of a precise answer for what was happening here. In the next instant Acyuta was viewing the scene from another angle, then another and another.... eventually he saw something other than the black flaming spectres.

Amidst the crowd of phantasms was a being shrouded in lightning blue aura, the being could be clearly seen as male. He was dressed in the traditional monk attire and amongst the dark apparitions he looked like a celestial who has come to save the world. The monk was levitating in the air and hovering around him was another lightning blue object. Acyuta recognized it, it was the very same scroll he had that he just opened.

????: Hahaha! How long has it been since we had a game. Some years?

????: Hey! We won the last one, right?

????: BULLSHIT!!! US THROW UP'S DON'T LOSE!

????: WHAT!! YOU WANT US TO DEVOUR YOU?

????: BRING IT!!!

Acyuta slightly trembled at the deep voices, "How can such terrifying beings still have there intelligence?" After thinking briefly, he realized that the current world was just as unbelievable as this memory. As he had thought about this, a crazy battle had just begun. He was going to pay more attention but for some reason the illusion before him came to a stop. Before he knew it, Acyuta realized that he was back in this secret room.

Was this room secret? He had just strolled in as if it was nothing. The room was definitely secret, Acyuta had never come to this room before nor had he known of it's existence. Previously when the temple was still functioning, it was definite that this room did not exist. More than a thousand years later and this room still appears to not have been touched. "Oh! I did think that a barrier was protecting this place", said Acyuta as he stared at the scroll floating above him.

The scroll? It was the one that he had seen in the memory. Exactly as he had seen it in the memory, it has the bright blue aura. When Acyuta looked at the lengthy page he could clearly see words, self inscribed words appearing on it.

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[NAME: SPIRIT SCROLL SHIKIGAMI ]

[CONTRACTOR: ACYUTA SINGH ]

[LEVEL #1]

STATS-

ATK: F

DEF: D

AGI: D

SP ATK: E

SP DEF: D

[SPECIAL ABILITY]

[LINKED LIFE FORCE #1]

DESCRIPTION:

Life is shared with contractor.

[SEALED #2]

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[COMBAT TECHNIQUE]

1- SHIELD BARRIER

2- ENERGY SHOT

3- ____

4- ____

EXP: 0/100

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'What was this?' Acyuta couldn't help question, he knew what a shikigami is but this creation looked like it was modelled after a game or something. It was interesting though, especially seeing that the contractor was him. He felt as if he had gained a treasure from his ancestor. But with treasure comes trouble, Acyuta knew that well.

The Spirit Scroll Shikgami floated motionless in the air, Acyuta wanted to experiment with it. However, now was not the time. He sent a mental command to the scroll, it did not do as he wanted but it did come closer to him.

"Return!"

Acyuta then gave a verbal command, this time, he was successful. The shikigami page rolled up and came to Acyuta. He spread his palm out and caught the scroll. The scroll itself, no longer gave off any supernatural effect, it became no better than an ordinary page. On the other hand, Acyuta was feeling pretty proud of himself. He only thought of something from his past a said 'return', seeing that it actually worked made him happy.

*****

It was still night outside, Acyuta remembered after reminiscing in his property. He wanted to turn back and return to the transportation shell. He'd feel guilty to make them wait for him, and more so, he feared being left behind. After taking a few steps back, he tilted his head down. Looking at the ground, he remembered that his feet still had no footwear.

Acyuta proceeded to search quickly, the entirety of the room. "There must be some shoes here somewhere", Acyuta muttered to himself while opening a cupboard. Eventually, he did find something. It may not be what he desired but he appreciated the wooden sandals that he had taken. The difficulty in using these old fashioned sandals will take some time to get used to, it merely needed some toe strength to use unlike the modern slippers.

One step, two step. Acyuta was practicing his walking with the wooden sandals, simultaneously he was heading to the passage that was the exit to this room. When he directly stared at the way in which he came here, he saw that the passage was nothing but darkness. By his instinct, he understood that a barrier was protecting this place. so without hesitation he walked out.

????: WOAH!!!

Just as he walked out, Acyuta felt his face being covered by incredible softness.

'What happened?' Acyuta thought as he became slightly bewildered.