22 Ghost Mansion (1/2)

[later]

Solo just got out from Meia's house after she gave him his reward, even if forced.

Solo: 'I need to defend myself from those puppy eyes…'

He sighed and just walked away for some seconds before he met with Luka and Alice again.

Luka: Hey Solo, how did it go?

Solo: ...It was good… Now where do we go?

Luka: Let's head to the haunted mansion to the north.

Solo: Haunted mansion?

Luka: Oh yeah, you weren't there, it seems that at north of San Ilia there is an haunted mansion, full of ghosts.

Solo: Ohhhh? Interesting… Let's go.

Alice was glaring the two of them while they ignored her.

[night]

They arrived at the mansion, under the dark sky, making everything even more creepy.

Luka: ...It's bigger than I thought.

Solo: you didn't see yet Las Noches…

While Solo and Luka were observing the mansion, Alice had a calm expression, but she was trembling with fear inside herself.

Luka: Hey, look… There's a graveyard over there.

Luka was talking to both Alice and Solo

Alice: I already saw that! But even then, I didn't mention it! Why are you pointing out obvious things?! You don't understand a woman's heart at all!

Solo: Jeez, they weren't joking, this place is full of dead people….

Alice froze in the spot after hearing him, since his words meant that the place was full of ghosts, and her entire body trembled.

Solo: 'Maybe I exaggerated... ' Well, I am going to clean everything… How it was… Oh right.

Alice and Luka were curious from what he meant until he heavily exhaled, and then inhaled with as much strength he could.

Meanwhile the entire mansion was glowing, and a wave of reiryoku coming from it entered his mouth, as if he was sucking the life out of something.

Luka and Alice were seeing everything and heard the many screams of agony coming from those particles of reiryoku, until they disappeared and Solo stopped using Gonzui.

Solo: *Cough* *Cough* Ahem, ok, the ghosts disappeared, and it seems that some people down there escaped my Gonzui…

Luka: What did you do?

Solo: I eaten the souls of everything that couldn't resist my Gonzui in the mansion, but some still saved themselves.

Alice: So… Does it mean that there aren't ghost anymore?

Solo: Depends on what are the survivors in the mansion, let's go.

Luka and Alice followed him inside the mansion, when they reached the main hall, Solo looked at the floor under him.

Luka: What is happening?

Solo: Prepare yourselves.

Luka and Alice were clueless about what he meant until he raised his left foot and slammed it in the floor with enough strength to destroy it.

Solo, Alice and Luka were falling in a tunnel that was under the floor.

Some dozen of seconds later, they reached another floor, Solo and Alice fell safely, while Luka fell on Alice's arms like a princess, then Alice threw him in the ground.

Luka: Ouch!