38 Felix arrives! (2/2)

”You ran right over, so it worked right?” John retorted as he sipped his tea. He then continued looking Felix right in the eye, ”You owe me a large favor, so I knew you would take it seriously.”

The use of the death mark required mutual karma between two participants. If the karma is small like a passing dislike or even casual friendship, the death mark would have little effect, causing at most a rash for a few hours. However, were the karma to weigh heavily on the soul of the receiver, it may result in a long-term haunting. The ghost can harass or even greatly hurt the haunted at any time.

But if the karma doesn't weigh on the receiver, the effect will be close to null. If Terry Lohkam received John's death mark, it would do little. As Terry considered killing them no different from slaughtering animals.

There is a distinct difference between the karma that connects people, and the negative and positive karma one generates through deeds. The karma that connects people is like a chain of mutual connection, hate to hate, like to like, or created through obligation or contracts. While the karma generated by deeds creates an aura that affects the heavens.

Felix wanted to cry to use such a curse just to force him to hurry over. 'What a bastard,' he thought as he grabbed another chair and sat down. ”So what do you want?” he asked as he picked up his own cup of tea.

”Well you know Terry Lohkam has sworn to destroy us right?” John asked casually. Felix raised his eyebrow as he sipped his tea. ”Of course that's why I said you should run instead of playing stupid pranks,” he stated.

”So do you think you can make an inscription to seal away this garden?” John inquired with a scheming smile. ”Pfft,” Felix spat out his coffee and gave John an incredulous look. ”He is known as a super master at almost every occupation! Is this a joke?” Felix protested.

”So you can't?” John inquired ignoring his friend's disbelief. Felix grabbed his chin and looked deeply into his cup. He began to mumble strangely to himself. John just relaxed as he watched the man sink into the multitude of calculations, it took to create a complex inscription. After an hour Felix stirred from his deliberation.

”No, it's impossible to seal this place away from him,” Felix concluded. He then took a sip of his tea only to grimace. ”What kind of joke is this? To give me cold tea?” he berated John.

”You took so long to decide that your tea went cold! Why did you waste so much time if it's impossible? You must have thought of a plan at least,” John retorted. He then seized a new teapot and poured new tea for both of them.

”Well, we could transport it away with a special trick I came up with recently...” he paused to look at his friend in hesitation, ”but There is no way you could activate it with your strength.”

John laughed happily at this news. ”As long as that bastard can't get a hold of it that's good enough. It's my own petty victory,” he said jovially.

”What about the problem of activating the inscription?” Felix asked curiously. John waved his friend's doubt away and declared ”Isn't a strong man coming here? Using people like him is my specialty.”