Chapter 5 - The Evil Face

Tereza and Vampiresca were finishing collecting the last pieces of wood to finish the shelter when suddenly Tereza's Hyperlink starts glowing, both find it strange, but Tereza answers, after all it could be a call from Monica. When Tereza answers she is shocked. It was Pavoro, daughter of Azrael and new commander of TekCorp.

- Wow Tereza, I never thought you could kill my father, after all you are nothing but trash. But that's ok, it's a good thing you killed the old man, if it wasn't for you I wouldn't be the leader.

Tereza is speechless and begins to tremble with fear

- As for this little game of yours, give up. You'll never get the stones back, and soon the universe will be reset, the first eclipse will occur soon, and your efforts will be in vain. Your days are numbered.

Pavoro begins to laugh and Tereza sits down on the floor visibly worried, the call is ended and Tereza begins to cry. Vampiresca sits down with Tereza and hugs her.

- Calm down Tereza, don't listen to her. I don't know about those stones but we will get them back. As long as I am with you I will help you.

Tereza, still shaken, smiles at Vampiresca and thanks her

- You know, Vampira, my biggest mistake was getting you involved in this story. Now they're after you too.

- No problem, they'll never catch us!

Tereza gets up and grabs a rock, sits down again and sighs. She then begins to suddenly hit her Hyperlink with the stone, Vampiresca yells at her to stop but she ignores it.

The implant in her wrist begins to crack and lose its shine

- It's working... - says Tereza relieved to destroy her own implant.

- Tereza, your wrist is badly bruised, you couldn't have done that! - says Vampiresca

- It's okay, we still have your Hyperlink. As for my wrist, that should pass. I'm just relieved that I'm no longer carrying a TekCorp invention on my body.

Vampiresca looks worriedly at Tereza, as if the island was driving the poor girl crazy. To take the focus off the whole thing Vampiresca decides to go to the other side of the forest, a side that until then had not been explored.

Walking through the forest it looked like something they had seen before, until they spot a deteriorated temple. Tereza is curious and they go there.

- Hey Vampiresca, do you know what this is?

- It looks to me like a temple of prayer to the gods, but I'm not sure. Let's go inside and see! - Suggests Vampiresca

The two then enter the temple, and their theories prove themselves. Several drawings on the walls representing the ancient gods, holy books and religious articles.

- I have never heard of gods. - Says Tereza

- I have, when I was little my mother used to tell me about them, but you know I never really believed. That's Royale, goddess of the sun and mother of the other gods. In mythology she is the most important of all.

Tereza seemed fascinated by the story and continued asking about the drawings on the wall.

Vampiresca shows Tereza all the gods and their virtues, until Tereza spots something strange and familiar. A broken clock. Tereza found this very curious and asked Vampiresca, who could not answer.

- I think this clock must have been left by some visitor. - said Vampiresca trying to give a solution to the mysterious item.

Tereza then took the holy book and put it in her leather bag. The two girls leave the temple. Tereza looks at the sky and sees the moon appearing in broad daylight, it was far from the sun, but as the days passed it would come closer, just as Pavoro said. A strong light then appears a little way from the forest, it was the obelisk activating itself. Tereza becomes desperate, so Vampiresca suggests going to investigate. The two return to the house, collect water, eggs, and mount their horses. Vampiresca takes Bina, her monkey, along with her, and the two go in the direction of the obelisk.

After long hours of galloping, they finally arrive in the center of Kyoryu Island. Upon looking closely at the obelisk, they realize that it can only be opened with three different keys, a ruby, a topaz and a sapphire. Tereza and Vampiresca had no idea where to find the keys, so the two disappointed women mounted their horses and rode slowly around the obelisk. Near a lake they heard a sweet melody, someone singing. They went to see what was in the lake and to their surprise it was a lady bathing.

The lady had not noticed the presence of the two strangers, Vampiresca approached and spoke to the old woman, asking for information about the keys. The lady quickly got out of the water and dressed in her rags.

- Do you want to know about the keys to the obelisk? Those are just legends...

Tereza and Vampiresca look at each other

Tereza asks the old woman to tell the girls the legend

- Well, young lady, the three keys are in each corner of the island, one in the swamp, one in the snow and the other one on the island of the beasts. Mystical beings hold the keys, but this has never been proven.

Vampiresca and Tereza thank the old lady and mount their horses with the map they has just won from the woman in hand and ride home, they we're not sure if the story was real or not, all they had was hope.