Chapter 117 - The Mystic Lamp

With a smile on his face, Jason sat down as he waited for them to get to him which didn't take long before people begin to come in and that is when Steven saw Jason sitting on the ground with a smile on his face.

"Why is he still alive" said Steven as he pointed at Jason.

"Looks like someone is wishing for my death" replied Jason with a chuckle.

"Where is Sam?" asked Diana as she took a step forward.

"That is he lying there" replied Jason as he turned to the skeleton by his side.

Turning to the side to look at where the body is only to see a skeleton there and they couldn't help but frown.

"Is that Sam?" asked Diana with a confused look on his face. 

"That is him alright" replied Jason.

"How come he is like this" said the member of the phoenix who did not believe that Sam had turned on them.

"After consuming too much energy from that thing that has been kept in prison, he suddenly begins to wither and then this happens" replied Jason as he came up with an excuse to cover up the technique he used.

"So you mean if we can take it down, then there won't be any problem with our hunt" asked Trace as he lifted his head to look at the cage.

"As long as we are able to take it down, I believe searching for treasure will be easy since it is the reason why we have been on edge all this while" replied Austin.

"Since that is the case then what are we waiting for, let's take him down" yell trace.

After giving the command, different attacks begin to land on the cage until dust begins to rise before long they can no longer see the cage. After attacking for a while, they stopped as they waited for the dust to settle down but when the dust began to settle down, they were surprised to see that there was no scratch on the cage.

"How can this be possible, with all our attacks combined it should be strong enough to rival the attack of a goldcore practitioner so why is there no scratch on it" said Trace with a surprised look on his face.

"Hahaha, you insolent fools, do you really think that you can destroy me with those weak attacks of yours" replied an evil voice from the cage.

"Is that the being that has been locked up" asked Diana.

"That's him alright, always trying to persuade others to do his bidding" replied Jason.

"Since we can't destroy the cage, how are we supposed to kill it" asked Austin.

"There must be a way we can open the cage and attack him" said Trace.

"Are you crazy, do you actually think that we will be able to stand our ground against it" replied Jason as he shouted at Trace.

"Then what do you suggest we do cause I don't see any other way that we can destroy him without setting it free" said Trace.

"This is really troublesome. Come on let's take this time to think of ways in which we can destroy him" said Austin.

"That is a good idea" said someone from the crowd. 

With the idea in mind, everyone became business thinking of a way to bypass the possessed defense while others began to go round the place in search of any scripture that was set in place. While they were busy searching, a cry of agony suddenly rang out and everyone attention was drawn to where the sound is coming from only to see that it was actually coming from the cage as they can see one holding on to the cage while his skin begin to withered like his spiritual energy is being drained from his body.

"Don't go near him unless you also want to go through the pain that he is in right now" yelled Adam at Diane who was running forward to pull him out of the cage.

Coming to a stop, Diana could not bear to hear the man scream anymore and ran out of the place. After screaming for some time, they discovered that the man was beginning to dry up and before long, he had turned into a skeleton as he fell on the ground.

"Look like we have more things to think about before thinking about setting him free" said Jason with a sigh as he looked at the body now lying close to the cage.

"What a waste of resources" mutters Jason to himself.

After what happened to the man, the morale of the crowd began to die down, and seeing the state that they are in right now, the possessed couldn't help but burst into laughter as he said.

"Hahaha, I thought you wanted to get rid of me, so why is it that you guys are the ones losing more men".

"You are really beginning to get on my nerves" said Jason as he grit his teeth in anger.

"There has to be a way we can harm this thing" commented Adam who couldn't stand the possessed making fun of them.

"Boom"

Shocked by the explosion, they turn to see what caused the explosion only to see Diana breathing heavily while holding a lamp in hand, then Jason turns to look at the cage only to see that there was a crack on it.

"Is that the lamp you took from the treasure vault" asked Jason with a confused look on his face.

"That is right, although it is quite demanding of spiritual energy, I don't mind using it all to bring him down" replied Diana angrily.

"So you have finally discovered its use" asked Austin with a smile on his face.

"Not quite, I just have the feeling that it would be very useful against the cage which is why I put some of my energy into it and this is what happened" replied Diana as she looked at the lamp in her hand.