Chapter 209: Bring Her With You (1/2)

Thud!

A dull thud echoed from behind.

Bruce had collapsed on his knees as his teeth chattered unceasingly.

Ron Samuel quickly took a vial of essential oil from his pocket and he crushed the vial in his hands before chanting...

”The hearts of men are with the Goddess, their body is her temple, and thus—we are under her protection.” A burst of divine light enveloped the oil in his hand as Ron Samuel splattered it onto the others.

When the oil landed on Bruce's body, it sunk deep into his skin, and the fear that gripped his heart mysteriously vanished.

”Thank you, Captain...” Bruce said apologetically as he calmed his nerves and prepared his fighting stance.

”What's with this Specter, Calvin?” Ron Samuel asked, ”Could it be that you have gone mad?”

The expressions of Ashlynn, James, and Bruce blanched. It has to be known that those that had frequent dealings with the supernatural had the tendency to go mad and cross over to the other shore. After all, if one had the resolve to believe in a god, they must endure the whispers and murmurs of evil gods that wanted to bring them over to their side.

Ron Samuel was asking if Calvin was now on the side of monsters, similar to the owner of the monster that had tainted the Village of Tulog.

Calvin shook his head, ”You're misunderstanding me, Captain.”

”I'm not on their side.”

”Stephanie might be a Specter, but she sure is not evil.”

”Not evil?” Bruce raised an eyebrow, ”Are you joking, Calvin? A Specter is a monster! It's a beast! That's why they are in the Bestiary! It's because they are beasts! Wild beasts!”

”Sigh...” Calvin let out a sigh, ”Can we set aside our differences first? A Specter is not a pure-bred monster similar to the Ancients and Elementals. They were once human too.”

”That's right, they were once humans.” Bruce mocked, ”But they've abandoned their humanity the moment they were taken over by their resentment.”

”Really? I didn't expect you to have such a narrow mind, Bruce.” Calvin retorted.

”Calvin!” James Branzuela cried out, ”Explain to us, what is going on... Right now! Or else, we will have to dispose of you along with that monster that you're rearing!”

Calvin let out a sigh, ”Madame Liz, can you come out now? I'm afraid if you continue to stay in hiding, my comrades will probably take my head off my shoulders for being a traitor...” There wasn't a look of anxiousness on Calvin's face at all. It was because he was confident that the others would understand everything the moment they saw Madame Liz.

”Hahaha...” Someone laughed from one of the three shacks behind them.

Then, another transparent figure came out from one of the shacks. The transparency of the figure made it obvious as to what was her identity, but the moment she came out of the shack, the pupils of everyone aside from Calvin constricted.

”A Specter?”

”Wait, that's strange...”

”Why can't I feel any resentment from her?”

Bruce muttered.

Ron Samuel furrowed his eyebrows.

His mind furiously scanned through the countless entries written in the Bestiary until he finally reached the answer he was looking for.

”A White Lady!”

”That's right...?” Calvin nodded his head, but there was confusion on his face.

A White Lady was still a Specter, but they were unique due to the fact that they weren't made out of resentment.

Instead, they were created from the strong emotions of their previously living self.

White Ladies were one of a kind Specters because they weren't made out of resentment. In short, they weren't as unstable as other Specters made from hatred.

”Calvin... Are they your friends?”

”Yes, Madame Liz. We came here to return your daughter to you.” Calvin gave a good-natured smile.

”Captain...?” Ashlynn asked in doubt.

She had already prepared a spell to use if things went awry.

Ron Samuel shook his head in response.

Ashlynn let out a sigh in relief as she dispersed the spell that she had prepared.

Bruce and James Branzuela also let out sighs of relief.

To be honest, it wouldn't be a problem for them to fight, but if a fight could be avoided... Why bother fighting?

These Cavaliers liked fighting, but they weren't barbarians. They knew decency and when they saw how the White Lady didn't seem to be out here to harm them. Their expressions softened as they followed Calvin and the White Lady into a wooden shack. The insides of the wooden shack and its design were within the expectations of the Cavaliers.

Since there were no seats aside from the stone bed that Calvin had occupied, the Cavaliers remained standing.

”Madame, I'm here to return your daughter to you. She has been a great help to me and honestly—if not for her, I would've died countless times back in that damned village.” Calvin handed over the Bloodstone to Madame Liz.

But she didn't take it from Calvin's hand. She just stared at Calvin with this mysterious smirk on her lips.

The Cavaliers stared at each other in astonishment.

A Specter had helped Calvin survive in that village?

This was unprecedented!

This was the first time that the Cavaliers heard of such a thing!

So that was the case.

We actually misunderstood everything.

It wasn't that Calvin had gone over to the other shore.

The reason why he was able to summon that Specter was that she was helping him survive in the village!

After looking at each other, the Cavaliers weren't so hostile to Stephanie anymore.

They were staring at her with renewed and apologetic light in their eyes.

Madame Liz seemed to have detected the changes in their expressions as she laughed once more, ”It's okay... My daughter will not hold such a petty grudge.” Then, she swept her gaze across her daughter before her eyes landed on Calvin, ”To think that you would actually be successful. That young man sure was powerful, but you were able to defeat him and let my daughter consume half of his soul.”

WHAT?!

The eyes of the Cavaliers almost bulged out of their sockets.