Chapter 28: SILENT STEPS

In one of the innermost rooms of the church, a ritual was happening.

Despite being completely devoid of any decoration, the room seemed to be covered in a holy atmosphere.

In the middle of the room, standing over a large concentric circle in the form of a pentagram, Camelia could be seen with her two arms stretched and bleeding from the slit made on her wrists.

She kept mumbling about a blessing from her "mother" as she bathed the circle, that was drawn in a special chalk, with her own blood.

This blood, even though it was seemingly coming from a human, had a slightly golden hue.

Her expression was as pale as a sheet and her breath was getting weaker. Still, she did not stop.

Next to her, a young blonde-haired girl wearing a blue knight armor had a worried expression as she opened and closed her mouth again and again but still didn't voice her worry.

She knew that any words getting from her could disturb the entire ritual and since Camelia had been bleeding herself out to the limit of