Chapter 104 - You Killed Them Both

After he has completely absorbed all the blood that is contained within Henry, Jason begins to search his robe for any valuables he could find before leaving the scene. 

"We have to find the others and inform them of this happening before someone becomes a victim" said Jason.

"But how do you plan on finding them considering how big this world is" asked the bracelet.

"That is the problem right now. I don't know how I am going to find them" replied Jason with a sigh.

"The only option you have in finding them is through the use of spiritual energy which could only happen if they were in danger" said the bracelet.

"Meaning I would have to wait for them to be in danger before their location will be made known" asked Jason.

"That is the only way that I can track them down" replied the bracelet.

"Oh well, we'll just have to continue with the search for treasure while we wait for them to use their spiritual energy. I find it hard to believe that I am the only one who has faced two possessed beings since entry here" said Jason.

"Since you have encountered two of them already, they should have and it depends if they were able to shake whatever that is causing it off" replied Jason.

Jason continued to walk around as he went from one room to the other in search of treasure, Jason came across a sword that was pinned to the ground as he forcefully pulled it out of the ground before giving it a short swing before giving it a look.

"This sword seems to be at the mid-tier" said Jason as he turned the sword around.

"I don't think this sword has been around for a long time for it to still be here without turning to dust" replied the bracelet.

"Maybe it belongs to one of those family members that were possessed" suggested Jason before putting it away.

"I think so. This should be the first treasure you have seen after coming into the world" said the bracelet.

"Yeah which is a sign of bad luck to me" replied Jason before continuing with his search.

While he was still searching for treasures, a huge explosion was heard coming from the east as Jason stopped what he was doing as he turned to the angle where the explosion came.

"It seems like someone is in trouble" said Jason.

"Seems like that so are you doing to sit it out or are you going to help whoever that is in trouble out" asked the bracelet.

"Of course I am going to help out" replied Jason before setting out at full speed before the fight would be over.

Meanwhile, what was actually causing the explosion was Austin who walked into a trap with the door closing him in while the room began to compress with him being in the middle.

"How come this door won't budge even when I am hitting it with all that I got" complain Austin with a frown on his face as he continues to smack the door in the hope of destroying it but it seems like all his effort is in vain as he can't even leave a scratch on the door.

"At this rate, it won't be long before I get crushed" said Austin as he stopped hitting the door.

Giving up on attacking the door, Austin just waited to get crushed but the words when he heard a sound coming from the outside.

"Hey is anyone in there" yells Jason from the other side of the door.

Recognizing who the voice belongs to, Austin quickly speaks out as he finally finds hope.

"Hey Jason is that you".

"You got that right. What is the situation there" asked Jason.

"I guess I walked into a trap and the door won't open no matter what I do and there is a problem with the walls closing on me and it wouldn't be long before I get crushed" replied Austin.

"Hold for a while let me see if there is any way I can get it to open from this side" said Jason before taking a step back as he began to search for the lock to open the door but no matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find it.

"You need to hurry up Jason, I don't think I will be able to hold on any longer" said Austin.

"I am trying my best here but it seems like the lock just disappeared" replied Jason.

"Look at the top of there is still any strange pattern" said Austin.

Jason did as he was told and he could see the pattern that Austin was talking about.

"I see it, now what" asked Jason. 

"Good, now place your hand on top of it" replied Austin as he let out a sigh.

Doing as he was instructed to, Jason placed his hand on the pattern and it let out a red glow before the door began to slide to the side. Not wasting much time to stay inside, Austin quickly ran out as he sat on the ground while wiping the sweat off his face.

"It feels good to be out of that place, I never thought I would be able to make it out alive" said Austin with a bitter laugh.

"That is what happens when you become very greedy" commented Jason as he took his hand off the pattern.

"It was not greed my friend now tells me why were we sent into the ruin in the first place if not to look for treasure" replied Austin.

"Let's leave that for now, I have a question that I want to ask you" said Jason as he turned to Austin who was still trying to catch his breath.

"Ask away then" replied Austin as he finally stood up.

"Have you come across anyone that is attempting to take your life while acting strange" asked Jason.

"No, I have never seen anyone after we went our separate ways. Did something happen on your end" replied Austin before asking Jason.

"I met a member of the phoenix family who came rushing at me with the mindset of taking my life and the worst part of it all was that he did not seem to be conscious of his action and it was the same thing with Henry who I even gave him a beating on the hope of knocking some senses into him but it was not working. Then there is this black that comes out of their body once they are dead" said Jason with a serious look on his face as he narrate what happened to Austin.

"Wait a minute, did you just say that you killed them both" asked Austin with a surprising look on his face.

"I never plan to take their lives but I have no choice but to do it since I would be the one to die if I let them be" replied Jason with a painful look on his face.

"I think you have no choice then but don't you go around telling the others that you killed them, else they won't take it lightly with you as I did" said Austin.

"Why would I do that, I only told you because I trusted you won't say a thing" replied Jason. 

"The problem now is how are we going to inform the others about what you just told me before they the encounter whatever that caused Henry and that guy to go insane" said Austin with a frown. 

"My guess is that there is a being that is inside this ruin with us which is causing all this racist. If we can find it, I am certain that we will be able to take it down before it gets to the others" suggested Jason.

"Do you know where this being is" asked Austin as he turned to look at Jason.

"No I don't and besides it was just a hush" replied Jason.

"Since you are not sure yourself if there is really someone manipulating them from somewhere, then it is better we look for the others" said Austin.

After deciding on what to do, Jason and Austin begin to look for the rest and at the same time talking about what they have found since they separated and that is when Jason told Austin of the room filled with array formation that he has to go through to get to a treasure chest only for him to see that it was empty and Austin couldn't help but laugh at him.

"For someone like you who can't do without finding anything valuables, you really deserve to be a scam" said Austin as he can't stop himself from laughing.

"You can laugh as must as you want and if I am not mistaking, you almost got yourself killed because of your greed were it not for me who saved your life" commented Jason as he also begin to laugh at Austin who suddenly stop laughing when Jason spoke of his misfortune.