The spirit was in doubt. She wanted to scare them away. She sensed that she could not play with Lilly, but she had to wait a few more days to leave. She was confused and could not escape, so she wanted to scare them away, but... "You bluffed!" She saw him being so calm, so she teleported right in front of me; her face almost touched Zachary’s face. She glared at him and said, "Ha!"
Zachary was terrified, but he did not even flinch. What the f*ck? I used up so much energy for this! Lilly looked at him and thought, Oh, now Zachary’s reaction is slow again. The scarier it is, the slower he will react. "Master, I think Zachary’s dumbstruck," she muttered.
Pablo shook his head, but he did not agree. None of them know that, actually, he did not have a problem with his reaction; it was just that his body and mind were not in sync. Josh was the Asmodeus, and Zachary was the Mammon. He actually had instinct and skill, but his soul had not awakened yet, so his mind could not follow his body. So he was not scared. Mammon would not be. Yet his body might not be scared, but his mind was, so they did the opposite things. Hence, everyone thought that he had a slow reaction.
"Who are you?" The female spirit looked at Zachary and then at Lilly, who stood behind him. Why aren’t they afraid at all? There were people coming in here before; some came here for the shade, and some did bad things here in the middle of the night. And she always managed to scare the sh*t out of each of them. This was the first time she felt frustrated. The little girl was muttering to herself, and the boy just stared at her expressionlessly. She was getting insane. She scratched Zachary’s face, but a golden light repelled her, and she flung out...
And Zachary suddenly groaned and ran; he finally took over his instinct, and his mind was in control. Yet Lilly pulled his hand away. He yelled, "Ah! I was caught by the spirit! Ah!" Lilly said, "Zachary, calm down!" He continued to yell, and Lilly slapped him. "Zachary, calm down!" She did not really slap him, but the spirit actually spread some of her deathly energy to him, so she slapped it away. He finally calmed down.
He looked at Lilly, and he snapped out of it. "What happened?" And he suddenly saw the female spirit stuck to the wall. It was eerie, but his heart could still take it; he was braver than he thought. "Zachary, go and ask her why she is here and how she died." He replied, "Oh, alright." He was actually curious himself. Was she really steaming to her death? What happened that led to it? Why didn’t she fight back? Why didn’t she open the lid and run away?
"Hey… You… Who are you? Are you one of the villagers?" He asked before he knew it. And the female spirit slipped down from the wall... And she suddenly disappeared! He was shocked. Suddenly there was wind, and he somewhat heard some laughter. He turned around but saw nothing. He did not know that he turned forcefully and accidentally blew the vitality fire on his shoulder. "Lilly… Where did she go?" He asked anxiously, only realizing that Lilly was gone! "Lilly!" He quickly strode toward the entrance as the house suddenly became dim and cold. At least it is day now; I should head outside first...
Yet, he did step out of the entrance, but he suddenly came back into the room! He was terrified, and he ran! But no matter how he ran, he was stuck in this loop! "Lilly… Ah! Where are you?" He was simply running. He felt like he was the only human on earth without Lilly with him.
"He, he, he..." He heard some weird noise. He tensed up and turned around, but he still saw nothing! He now understood that seeing spirits was not scary. It was scary when you knew one was near but could not see it! The female spirit was floating afar and stared at him. These two kids are indeed something, but I know how strong they are, especially with the boy hitting me. They’re so-so! He only managed to slap me to the wall with the hit. If he’s really powerful, I should be totally gone by now.
"This is great... He, he, he." She would turn into a malignant spirit in two days, but she was enough with being steamed inside the barrel. I should scare them and engulf their souls. and maybe I can level up tonight and get away from this place that locked me down for ten years!
At that moment, both of Zachary’s vitality fires distinguished...
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