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Landing softly on the ground Sacarius brought a hand up to his chin and looked up at the ruins ahead of him, Yep, still how I remember it, seems like nobody has come by here in quite some time, guess nobody cared to investigate he thought to himself before shrugging lightly and walking up the steps towards the ruins. The stone ruins and arches were covered in moss and had vines hanging over their edges, a burned out lantern stood neglected for centuries, the ruins were deep in the heart of the forest so it would explain why very few people had seen it or even known about its existence. Sacarius continued on his way up the steps before stopping just underneath one of the arches, brushing the palm of his hand against the side of it, underneath the dust, and moss were words of a long dead language, oddly enough Sacarius seemed to have known what it said "Kyahaha! Oh that one gets me everytime!" he exclaimed laughing at the writings on the wall.

Just as Sacarius reached the top of the steps and approached the large broken doors of the ruins he stopped, spinning around and extending his arms outwards like a ringmaster at a circus "Ladies and Gentlemen! I present to you, the ruins of the priests of the Jade Flame, last known location of the Rerumusureiyā!" he announced loudly, before giving a light chuckle and then leaning up against a nearby column "Alright, time to end the sneaky act, I know you're there, I led you here for a reason y'know" he said, his tone shifting from smarmy and joking to more serious, which was completely uncharacteristic of him.

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Sacarius nodded as the man explained that the purification process might not work on him, "I see, I would say more but I'm afraid my knowledge on the rituals is rather limited, I have yet to test them myself" he replied, shrugging lightly and slipping his hands into his pockets, he began to wonder exactly what the man needed purified, as coming here of all places to attempt a purification process could be seen as a rather desperate act. Sacarius took a few steps down the stairs before sitting down on them, lifting his hat off his head and twirling it around on his index finger of his left hand, "Hmm... I would take you to the school myself but I'm afraid I have business here, but I believe it won't last long" he answered with a sly smile on his face, "If you want you could wait here until my work is done and then I can bring you to the academy myself, otherwise you'll have to walk through the forest until you reach the main dirt path and from there you'll want to take a follow until you hit the fork in the road and then take a left" he explained giving Yang two options, either to wait for Sacarius to finish his task or to take the directions he gave him and leave as soon as possible.

Raising an eyebrow Sacarius studied the way Yang bowed, it was almost too old-fashioned, making him wonder if the appearance of the young man was nothing more than a ruse, "Like wise, it really is uncommon to see anyone with manners anymore in this day and age" he answered, chuckling lightly at just how old-fashioned he was now sounding. He stopped twirling his hat around on his finger when he realized something, he had lost the spiritual energy he sensed earlier, meaning that either the one he had expected to show up had gone out of Sacarius' range or had hid their presence to attempt a sneak attack or to continue listening in without being spotted. The thought buried itself into his skull, although his face showed the same smug look he always had, I should probably move quickly now, don't know how much time I have left before this guise is useless to me he thought to himself as he returned to his feet and placed his hat back on his head, tilting it forward to obscure his eyes once again.

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As Yang made his way up the stairs silently Sacarius couldn't help but wonder if he was missing something about the man, there was something nagging away at him that he just couldn't put his finger on. Looking over his shoulders he watched as Yang began to pray to the temple, "Heh, no point in praying to this temple. All of its spiritual power has been sucked dry, like a soulless corpse" he remarked, sounding rather uncaring almost as if he had a grudge against the temple. Which wasn't too far from the truth, however Sacarius wouldn't speak much about why he cared so little for the temple or what had caused him to think like that. Crossing his arms over his chest he turned away from Yang, staring once more into the forest ahead of him, tapping his foot impatiently against the ground the loud clicking in his shoe once again ringing out in the empty air, Must've got caught in traffic or something he mentally joked as he continued to watch over the area.

His train of thought was cut short when Yang asked what he had been waiting for, spinning on his heels Sacarius faced him bringing a single hand up with just the index finger extended "Now that would be telling, let's just say that I was hoping to find someone who could sense my spiritual power, in other words, someone who can track me if I'm not careful. There was one I had in mind, but they seem to be... pre-occupied, by what is driving me wild but I s'pose I can wait" he responded, giving a somewhat helpful answer but one that still didn't give away everything he was working up to. Yang would probably have noticed by now that Sacarius was a big talker, loving to hear himself speak since he always seemed to have an answer for everything.

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Sacarius tilted his head forward and wrapped his right arm around his stomach with the left elbow resting on that and his left hand holding his hat to keep it from falling "Ehehehe, you misunderstand, the spiritual energy was not for absorbing, it was the essence of the Jade Flame's god, if you prayed to the essence the god would hear it, but due to the lack of divinity the god faded away and the remaining essence dissipated over time" he explained, chuckling as the man was unfamiliar with this topic, the Jade Flame weren't a very well known group, especially since they were a religion made over centuries ago. He returned to his usual stance and walked over to Yang, crouching down besides him, "Praying to a temple to feed your own faith is not a bad thing though, personally I believe in quite a few deities, hell, I've had to deal with a few of them" he stated, flashing his usual smile.

Sacarius tilted his head to the side when Yang accused him of trying to trap an enemy, "Nope." he put it bluntly, returning to his feet and walking over to a nearby column to lean on it, "You think of me as some sort of coward? Setting up traps and sneaking about in the background? You wound me sir. No, the reason I am here is to actually speak with them, one who could track me makes a better ally than an enemy, yknow? Killing them serves little purpose and pissing them off is only going to wind up biting me in the a** later down the line" he explained crossing his arms over his chest and staring out to the forest, wondering if his supposed follower had heard any of that, he hoped not, it would ruin the dramatic flare of things. Although then again, Sacarius hated having to repeat himself it just made things annoying, so he supposed that it was a good thing if they had.

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The way that Yang seemed to repeat everything Sacarius said made him wonder if the man was half parrot, but without skipping a beat Sacarius flashed a toothy grin "Yep. Y'see, something must've happened to prevent the priests from praying and therefore feeding the god's divinity, as to what that thing is I can't say. As I said before, my knowledge only goes so far, reading the text and a few rituals is the best I can do for you" he answered, explaining the circle of prayer equaling divinity equaling a stronger god and finally meaning better prayers to be answered.

When Yang called to him using his last name he tilted his head to the side, he seemed very questioning but never asking anything that wasn't outside of Sacarius' knowledge. This new question however he could only be answered properly by a priest here and those were long dead, "Uhh... Hmm... Well, from what I've gathered it would seem that the deities purpose was, like any other deity, to become stronger through its followers and from there it depends on how it uses its power. This god seemed to have a thing for cleansing, although not the regular kind, cleansing by fire seems to be written on a few walls somewhere here, I may need to read it again in case there are any words that could be easily mistranslated." he explained, gesturing towards the temple itself which had carvings all along its walls, some were just basic drawings of the priests bowing before what appeared to be a large creature with a lizard-like head with one eye emerging from the center of its face, demonic looking wings and legs like a horse yet it appeared to not be covered by fur but rather scales.

Sacarius pushed himself off the column he was leaning on and approached the temple's walls, placing one hand along the wall to brush away any moss or dust and the other holding up his chin. His slit-like eyes seemed to scan the markings, mumbling a few words under his breath as he began to translate a few parts, "Dramorrogoth, the Jade Flame himself, uhh... this part is alittle hard to translate but I got the words "purification of the land, crawled out of the shadows, a Plague to rival the Flame, ascended to demi-god... hmmm... that last one seems out of place, if Dramorrogoth was a god he wouldn't have ascended to a lower rank." he stated reading off a few bits and pieces of text, it seemed as though he had little trouble reading the carving but was skimming through it for certain parts of interest.

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Sacarius noticed Yang's silence as he began to think about what used to be worshiped here, whatever you wanted to call that abomination no longer mattered as it has been dead for centuries now, and the essence of its energy drained from the temple by some unknown source. Yang had so far refused to reveal why he needed a strong purification ritual but there were other ways of figuring out, "Saaaay, you wouldn't happen to want spar, would you?" he asked, flashing a confident smile. If Yang could sense Sacarius' power it would only show that Sacarius was of average strength, which might make one question how he got the title of Duelist of the Green Rose.

Sacarius intended to try and push Yang's abilities so he would be forced to show his real strength, the end result would allow Sacarius to judge just how strong the white haired man really was. Sacarius didn't appear as much of a threat and his clothing seemed too formal to allow for quick movements, if anything it seemed like an easy win for Yang.

His slit-like eyes scanned Yang, taking in his hopeful opponent's equipment, or lack thereof, "So, whattya say? Up for a friendly little skirmish to pass the time?" he asked again, lifting one hand up to his head and placing it onto his hat. The shadow of his brim obscured the view of his eyes now and he seemed to give off a slight chuckle, "I'll understand if you'd rather not, just need to do something to keep me pre-occupied, y'know?" he added, the same smile that he always had plastered over his lips.

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