Chapter 184 - Older Than Siji (2/2)

I took a small sip of my warm water to hide my laugh. What were we doing? When other people would run away at the sight of this ghost, we just casually shooed her away.

Apparently, this ghost was not a smart one. She must have thought that we were just brave people who had no ability to confront her. Probably with that assumption, she charged towards us while letting out high-pitch laughing.

”Fool.” Sanji took a sip of his coffee calmly.

Before she could reach us, one of my white-clothed army appeared and blocked her way. I didn't know whether that man was too powerful, or that Kuntilanak was too weak, but with just a mere blocking, she was thrown back even further away while screaming so loud I was sure the whole forest heard her.

”Wow, that's a Home Run.” I chuckled as my eyes followed the curve she was flying off. ”Good job!” I raised my thumb up towards the one who had just thrown the Kuntilanak away.

That man bowed down before he disappeared, hiding behind the trees again. Honestly, that was an unforeseen experience. Even though I still saw a red Kuntilanak, but I obviously didn't foresee that she would get thrown away like that.

Well, she was like a bully who picked the wrong victims.

After that, it returned to its peaceful atmosphere. No one talked about the red Kuntilanak, as if she had never been there.

I also returned to my stars seeing activity. No one talked during this time and I didn't feel awkward at all. Only after several minutes passed, Tom's voice broke the silence.

”Are you sure you're okay, Jane?”

I looked at him. It took me several seconds to understand that he was referring to where I was unconscious. I couldn't tell him what I saw, though.

”I'm sure. Maybe I just used too much of my energy.” I reasoned with him.

Tom and Sanji exchanged meaningful glances, but I didn't know what that meant. Even so, I ignored them. It was easier to do rather than to confront what they had in mind.

”You know you can always talk about anything to us, right?” Sanji chimed in.

I faked a smile. I really couldn't smile like I usually did hearing their heartwarming words of assurance. ”Of course.”

They must have seen through my fake smile because the frown between their thick eyebrows grew even deeper. Even so, they didn't say anything. At this moment I chose to return to my tent, to avoid any more questions coming from them.

I'm sorry, Tom, Sanji. I can't share what I saw with you, lest you feel disgusted with it.

The next morning, we continued our search. As we passed the safe area and crossed the line, I could feel something was different. Just one step into the area and I could feel the different sensation and pressure.

I took a deep breath and looked around me. The pressure was different but why couldn't I see any astral beings here? I couldn't find anything, but I clearly felt the pressure of their kind in this area.

Huff… I exhaled in a puff. Both Sanji and Tom looked cautious, but for me, even if the pressure was a bit strong, I couldn't detect any bad intention in the pressure. Instead, the pressure was to keep the other entities to behave themselves.

”Pardon us, Elder” I said softly and as polite as I could. I couldn't see it didn't mean it wasn't there, right? Since I couldn't see it, I would just have to attract it to me.

Not that I wanted to fight it, no. I wasn't mad to the point I wanted to challenge every one. Even though I was able to fight and I had much power, I didn't want to provoke every entity to save me some energy. After all, dealing with the crazy shadows was enough troublesome for me.

The air shifted and I realized why I couldn't see it. It was because it was so big. It had even melded with the forest so well that it was hard for me to spot it if not for the air shifted right in front of my eyes. Whatever this thing was… it must have been older than Siji.