Bastian..

Almost immediately, Cyclops and Cerberus made a kneel as a figure from the six figures came out with a calash and placed it in the middle of the symbol. Going back to the position he was before.

At that moment, a voice was heard and it Don Illinois's as he began chanting some spell while the rest of the six figures remained silent.

"Tete.. tete.. garume decume tres sante hojom dium.." He chanted and chanted till all of a sudden, the Grimoire began glowing and instantly lifted itself in the mid. Almost immediately after that, the Grimoire began flipping its pages by itself till it got to a certain page and it stopped.

On top of the page was written...

*ALCHIMIA ANIMA MUNTANDI*

(Meaning: Alchemy of soul shifting)

Almost immediately when Don Illinois's eyes saw the book stop flipping, he grabbed the book and made a soul sign before he began chanting the spells written in the page.

Immediately, he began chanting the spells, the six figures who stood at the edges of the symbol began going round the symbol chanting a spell in unison.

However...

As the six figures went re going round the symbol, Don Illinois also was going round Michelle's corpse that was laid on the muttering some spells.

All of a sudden, a sudden heavy wind blowed in the middle of the symbol, making the candle lights to go off instantly and something strange began to happen.

Black mists began coming out from inside the calabash that was kept that the middle of the symbol and at the same time, going into Michelle's dried body through her nostrils.

At that instant, black veins appeared on Michelle's dried body and slowly her body began changing back to how it was when Michelle was still alive. It was after a while that the body recovered back fully and at that moment.

Michelle's eyes opened.

Her orbs which were forest green was no here to be seen as her eyes were pitch black and void any hit of whit.

Looking at her now, one could say that she was possessed as her face was pale and void of any emotions. At that moment, her hair slowly turned white completely including her eye lashes and brows.

*****

~~ INSIDE CLAWS OF BLOOD ~~

Meanwhile...

At that same time, inside a cave of claws of blood located somewhere in the deep forest of North Moon. Selene, the woman who had been chained inside the cave for thousands of years she opened her eyes all of a sudden. Her eyes were as white as snow including her orbs. Anyone who'd look at her would think she was blind but she was not.

Suddenly, black mists from no where began engulfing her and at that moment...

"Ahahahahaaa...."

A menacingly laughter echoed inside the cave and and her once plain white eyes turned glowed greenish-yellow light before it turned to pitch black..

At that moment...

The woman began groaning in an extreme pain, her soul was beginning to leave her body. But however, the woman's groans shows she could be in an actual excruciatingly painful state but her face showed the opposite.

She had a deep horrifying smirk on her face as her slowly closing eyes burned with a flame of an unknown aversion and she muttered inwardly with a scoff.

"Finally..., At las.."

Before she could finished what she wanted to say her body slumped to the ground of the cave with a thud and she died instantly.

Almost immediately after she died, her body dried up just Michelle's and at the same time, at the cursed castle Michelle's body came back to like again.

But just that soul inside her wasn't her's but Selene's whilst her soul died along with Selene's body at the claws of blood.

Meanwhile, Back at the Cursed castle. After Michelle's dead body came back to life, Don Illinois was still muttering the spells as the ritual has not yet been completed when the unexpected happened..

Don Illinois was still chanting the second to the last page when his eyes caught the supposed last page of the Grimoire and his eyes widened.

The page was blank..!

No!, the last page was actually ripped off..!

No..!, this can't be happening..! He thought a his eyes went towards Lucia and Graciela who was still standing at their positions oblivious of what was happening.

At that moment...

Don Illinois suddenly stopped chanting the spells,what was the use of chanting the spell when it was yet to be completed. Almost immediately all eyes went to him in confusion as to why the sudden stop when all of a sudden, Don Illinois sped like a flash towards Lucia grabbing her neck instantly.

"What is this..?!" He roared in anger as he showed her the supposed last page that was ripped off and Lucia's eyes widened.

"I.. didn't.." before she could finish what she was about to say, what Don Illinois feared the most began happening.

Selene's body began to move before the ritual could be completed..!

In a swift motion, Selene who was now Michelle lifted her upper body without a single trace of emotion on her face and her plain black eyes was void any hint of white.

Since the ritual was not completed, Selene's Alchemy of soul shifting was not completed too. Right now, she was just the part of selene's soul driven by her thousands of year pains and agony of getting revenge on the lycanthrope who took her powers and locked her up in excruciatingly pain cave for two millenniums!

At that moment, Don Illinois's eyes which were bloodshot from anger cleared, immediately he saw his mistress on her feet:

Seems there was no need completing the ritual then. He thought, then left Lucia's neck and she staggered.

He was still looking at the Grimoire when....

"Bastian..."

Don Illinois's body stilled immediately he heard that name.

There was only one person who calls him that and it was none other than Selene, his mistress.

How many years has it been when he last heard it?

However...

Having been summoned by his mistress again after thousands of years, Don Illinois found his legs speeding towards her that immediately he got to her, Kneeled in respect, so was the other six figures and the guardian beasts.

However...

Unknown to Don Illinois, a trace of darkness flashed on Michelle's face and she signaled him to come closer and he did with delight.

However...

Once he was within her reach, Michelle grabbed him by the neck without wasting much time that before he could know what was happening it was already too late for him because Michelle muttered an enchantment spell on him before he could react.

The other six figures didn't know what was happening as all they did was watch their Alpha and his mistress discussing but unknown to them, they were casted an hallucinating spell.

However...

Knowing fully well the power of his mistress's enchantment spell, it took Don Illinois almost all his strength to snap himself to reality but with much difficulty. It was when he snapped back to reality that he realized what was going on..!

They were both now at the middle of the symbol the six figures were standing at and by then Michelle has already began her incantations. Slowly, she slit her palm with a small dagger that she picked from the alter, muttering some spells. Immediately a dark portal opened and she dropped a few drops of her blood into the portal.

Don Illinois's eyes narrowed as he saw what was happening and it was then that realization dawn on him, that the woman in front of him was not who he thinks she is but she is just a soul filled with anguish and drive by the spirit of long starved revenge.

However...

As Don Illinois could not move at the moment, his mouth could talk at least.

"Please mistress, I have served you faithfully over the years... Please spare my life.." he pleaded but the next words from his mistress left his hoes shattered.

"Bastian, you are the only servant I have that has a soul strong enough to hold onto something for thousands of years. And for being loyal to me, I will make it less painful for you... It's finally time for me to put you to good use.." Michelle's said coldly.

Almost immediately, Michelle dragged him into the portal with her powers and so was the other six figure who weren't even aware of their doom. Not long after, screams were emitted as they dropped into the abyss of no return.

All of a sudden.., the portal emitted a yellowish- green light showing that her ritual worked.

Almost immediately, seven beasts crawled out of the portal, standing at attention and were all at her disposal. They were Don Illinois and the other sis figures she had thrown into the portal earlier.

"Ahahahaha...hahah."

A hysterical laughter erupted inside the cursed castle and immediately, Michelle signaled two beasts which were the beasts that Lucia and Graciela turned into and she whispered and order to them. They obeyed and instantly, they disappeared.