Chapter 107 - Walking In Circle

Watching as the black smoke begin to fade away, Austin and Sam couldn't believe it for once they thought that the smoke was coming for them with the way it just suspended in the air above them. 

"Do you believe my words now or do you still need some more samples to clear away your doubt" asked Jason to Austin whose face was completely covered in sweat.

"I believe you alright but the problem now is how are we supposed to find where the main body is hiding before someone else gets possessed and becomes difficult to take down" replied Austin with a serious look on his face.

"What do you mean by the main body" asked Jason with a confused look on his face.

"Wait a minute, did you think this is the actual body of whoever that is possessing people" said Sam with a surprising look on his face. 

"That is what I thought all this while, so you mean it is not the main body" asked Jason as he still can't believe it.

"What you just saw is a manifestation of whoever that is possessing them. So unless we find where it is hiding else there will be no end to all this" replied Austin.

"Which is more reason why we should go look for the others before the unexpected begins to happen again" said Sam as he stood up after gaining some strength.

"Relax man, with that technique of yours, I find it hard to believe that we won't be able to take it down if it comes at us again" replied Jason with a carefree look on his face.

"That is where you are mistaking, you see my technique is not really the favorable type for it might work sometimes while other times, it would just prove to be useless. Although the success rate of the technique depends on if the enemy is seriously injured or else it would be a waste of my energy to use it in the first place" replied Sam as he shook his head in disappointment.

"So you mean to say that the only way it could work against the possessed was because it has already been injured by Austin's attack" asked Jason.

"Yes Jason, if it were to be me and you against the possessed, then I believe we should have either been dead by now or we are still dragging it out with it" replied Sam.

"Since that is the case, let's go look for the others for I am not ready to bet my life on a cripple technique" commented Jason as he also got up.

"Are you trying to mock my technique" asked Sam with an angry look on his face.

"Is not like I am mocking your technique but I am just stating the fact. Who would like to stake his life against a technique that doesn't guarantee fifty percent of success" replied Jason.

"If I am not mistaken, you didn't use your technique the whole time so why are you criticizing mine" said Sam.

"If you are saying that I did not use my technique, then tell me what did I use to break the shield that was protecting the possessed" replied Jason.

"Knock it off guys, we are supposed to be searching for the others before the possessed catch up to them and you Jason why do you like causing trouble everywhere you go" said Austin as he tries to stop them from fighting.

"I wasn't trying to cause trouble here alright" replied Jason as he back away from Sam.

Seeing that they have stopped their argument, Austin let out a sigh as he spoke out.

"It is not going to be an easy task to find the others based on the size of this place".

"You are right about that, just imagine if it could take us that long before we were able to see half-dead Sam, how long is it going to take us to find the others" replied Jason as he placed his hand on the cheek.

"It is you and your family members that are half dead" cursed Sam.

"Wow take it easy man, the people you are cursing are not half dead but instead they are already dead" replied Jason as he placed his hand on his stomach and he begin to laugh like crazy.

"If you don't feel like going to look for the others, then I don't mind leaving you two behind" said Austin with a frown on his face as he look at the two.

"I don't mind leaving this freak behind and go look for the others" commented Sam.

Jason just giggled as he followed them in the search for the others but they suddenly had a problem after walking for an hour. The group came across a skeleton on the ground which Jason recognized too well to be the first possessed that came after him while he was searching for treasure.

"Something is not right here" said Jason with a frown on his face.

"What did you discover asked Austin who came up to him to take a look at what he is looking at only to see a skeleton on the ground.

"It is just a skeleton so why are you worried over little things" said Sam who also rush in to take a look.

"Don't you two feel like we are walking in circles" asked Jason as he turned to them while waiting for answers.

"Of course we are not, if we have been walking in circles then why haven't we arrived at that room that almost got me killed" replied Austin.

"Same with me here, ever since we have been walking, I have never come across any familiar place that I have been to" added Sam.

Jason was just staring at the skeleton while not minding what they are saying since it is likely that they did not take the path he took while they were searching for treasures. After observing for a while, he let out a sigh before turning to the others as he said.

"We have returned to the path that I took while looking for treasure and I can clarify that I am saying the truth with this skeleton laying here".

"What does the skeleton has to be the proof to show that you have been here before" asked Sam.

"That is because these skeletons laying here happen to be a member of your family who attacked me earlier as a possessed" replied Jason as he pointed at the skeleton.

Now taking a closer look at the skeleton, Sam was able to identify that it was actually someone from his family and although he couldn't tell who it was since there was no skin attached but with the family symbol that was attached to the robe that it was wearing makes it clear that it was a member of the phoenix family.

"Wait a minute if you said that it is a member of my family who attacked you, then why did you say you shake them off in the first place" asked Sam.

"If I were to tell you that I killed a member of your family, won't you have a clash with me in the name of avenging your family member" replied Jason.

"I wonder how many people you have killed while you are alone here" said Sam as he ignored Jason's word.

"Who knows, maybe you would have been added into the equation if you were to turn into one of those possessed" replied Jason with a chuckle as he tap the halberd.

"I can see that you are having pleasure killing everyone since we disagreed with you having the beast core earlier since you don't belong to any family" said Sam.

"And why would I put such a thing in mind when I can just sit back and watch you all fight for it and let me remind you, I don't find pleasure in killing but if you decide to come for my life, then I won't mind taking your life" replied Jason with an evil smile on his face.

"Alright that is enough you two, you will have enough time to battle it out once we come out of the ruin so until then, let's try and look for the others" said Austin as he was beginning to get angry by the two. After seeing that they are no longer saying anything, he continued with what he was saying.

"Jason, since you believe that we have been walking in a circle, I believe you must still know the way that leads back to the path that you took so that we can try another path and if luck were to be on our side, we might meet up with someone". 

"Do you know that ever since I have known you, I thought you don't have any brains and only know how to fight. It is really shocking to see you bringing up a good idea to find the others" said Jason.

"You better watch your mouth if you don't want to see the bad side of me" replied Austin with a deep frown on his face.