The Understated Dragon Lord novel Chapter 247

"Why?" Ava asked with a touch of wistfulness.

She felt victimized, as if she was on the verge of tears from being bullied by this scumbag. Not only had he verbally mistreated her, but he had also marked her face with this ugly blemish. She had never been humiliated like this in her life!

"Your fate is closely intertwined with malevolent spirits. If you wipe this away, the moment you step into this building those spirits will latch onto you, and even the greater malevolent entities may come to trouble you. The best-case scenario is that they'll only cause you to have nightmares. In a worse case, they might kill you, and not just you but your family and friends as well," Daniel advised earnestly, but Shitstrong's untimely laughter rang out again.

"Ha ha ha ha..."

Once his laughter subsided, Shitstrong scornfully asked Daniel, "So, in your opinion, am I also someone likely to be targeted by malevolent spirits? If I don't do anything, will they also ensnare me?"

Daniel cast a glance at Shitstrong and nodded seriously, "Your fate is somewhat different, Shitstrong. Even if malevolent spirits get hold of you, they can’t take your life. As long as I'm here, the spirits can’t kill you. If you’re unwilling to dirty your face, I don't mind. Anyway, once we enter this building, you’re definitely going to wet your pants in fright."

Shitstrong felt tremendously insulted by Daniel's words and jumped to his feet. "What did you say? You think I’ll pee my pants? Do you know what I do? I'm a forensic pathologist! I deal with dead bodies on a daily basis! Your little bag of tricks might convince gullible young girls, but do you really think I'd believe such nonsense?"

"I'm just kindly reminding you, but if you don't believe me, I don't care. After all, it won’t be me who ends up scared witless later; it’ll be you!"

Saying this, Daniel looked around at the other team members. "Do you guys need this? If you don't want it, don't blame me if you get possessed by malevolent spirits once we enter. The best outcome if you're haunted is a few nights of nightmares, possibly bedwetting. The worst case is you’ll get tormented by the spirits into madness, or even, your body will be taken over, leading them to kill you and then your family members. I've said what I had to. Anyone willing to smear this ash on their face, come line up. I'll apply this ash to your faces in order."

"Ha ha ha ha..."

Daniel’s speech provoked another burst of loud laughter from Shitstrong. "Scumbag, do you think these team members are like those gullible old residents from the countryside? They’re smarter than you. Do you really think your words can frighten them? Do you really believe they'll buy into your bullshit?"

As soon as Shitstrong finished speaking, a few team members 'voted with their feet,' walking over to Daniel to line up for the doll ash. Their actions stunned Shitstrong.

"You... you actually believe this scumbag's nonsense? You seriously believe in the existence of evil spirits? You really think this building is inhabited by them? Are you living up to the uniform you wear?"

Shitstrong's questioning didn’t change the team members' decision. "Shitstrong, why don't you try it too? Smearing some ash on your face won’t do any harm. What if there genuinely are malevolent spirits inside, and what if this stuff actually works?"