Trafford’s Trading Club

Chapter 1344: Chapter 71: Resentful Spirit

The continuous [thump thump] sound made both Boss Luo and the maid’s fingers pause, also awakening the lightly sleeping Maria.

[Norman] opened his eyes at some unknown time and looked towards the entrance of the residence—the gigantic mouth of the red dragon skeleton—tracing the origin of the sound.

“What’s happening?” Maria quickly stood up, “Weren’t we told that those things wouldn’t find us here?”

“It seems, it’s not those things,” Luo Qiu glanced once and said in a low voice, “It’s something else.”

“Something else… what?” Maria couldn’t help but swallow hard.

At this moment, [Norman] directly headed towards the temporarily sealed entrance. His footsteps were incredibly light, as if his weight had disappeared, like a shadow sweeping past.

At the entrance, there seemed to be a mechanism at work. [Norman] gently turned one of the dragon’s teeth near the side of the mouth, then faintly heard a very weak sound.

It seemed as if there were no changes, yet the numerous white bones sealing the entrance suddenly loosened slightly… revealing a crack about half a finger wide.

At this moment, [Norman] leaned in close to this crack… as his sight passed through the tiny fissure and glimpsed the outside, he instantly shifted his gaze away.

Turning back, he looked at the people inside. His expression didn’t change much, but his gaze carried a hint of confusion, and… tension.

Soon, he once again moved his sight back to the tiny crack.

He hadn’t spoken for a long time.

“What… what’s outside? You… speak!” Maria couldn’t help but softly call out.

[Norman] now slowly moved his gaze away again, and then quietly retreated step by step… his movements remained silent.

He returned among the group, meeting their gaze, and after a while, he squeezed out the words, “I… I also don’t know what it is. Seems like… children.”

“Children? What kind of children?” Miss Witch couldn’t help but be stunned.

Boss Luo at this moment looked at You Ye. The maid immediately got up and walked straight to the spot [Norman] used to observe the outside, starting her inspection.

Meanwhile, in the corpse pit, there remained the faint glow of ghostly blue algae… those strange and highly aggressive vines were now spread all over the place.

Like cobwebs, or like veins, they clung to various heaps of bones, wriggling aimlessly on the ground… but outside of those things, there were dozens of small figures, slowly moving through the corpse pit.

Very small… really very small.

Silhouettes, only as tall as little legs, naked children… they shuffled along or crawled slowly on the ground.

No talking… not even any exchanges.

These naked children were filthy, while their faces bore eerie smiles… Their eyes were unlike those of normal people, completely black.

“Hee hee… hee hee…”

“Hee hee hee hee, hee…”

And that intermittent laughter emitted from the mouths of these children… The vine of [Lost Canine] that attacks any living being seemed to ignore these small figures, letting them crawl, walk… even roll in their territory.

Under the ghostly blue light, their skin seemed gray or even gray-black… Perhaps originally it should be a pale color.

Maybe because of the maid’s overwhelming calmness, Maria driven by curiosity, slowly approached, learning to peek at everything outside through a tiny crack.

But almost the next moment, she directly reached out to cover her mouth, the edges of her eyes began to twitch lightly.

At this moment, You Ye gave Maria a casual glance, then lightly moved her steps back to her master’s side.

Unlike [Norman]’s cautiousness, the maid casually said in her usual tone, “They’re probably some spiritual bodies.”

Then, the maid described to Luo Qiu what she saw and continued, “I read in the diary, the people who lived here once killed all mutated offspring… Probably because of the mutation, their spiritual power is stronger than ordinary children, so after death, they became spiritual bodies. As for this environment… absorbing deathly aura over a long period, the spiritual bodies turned into resentful spirits, roughly like that.”

Although it was spoken with a tone of conjecture… the maid’s deducing had never been wrong since Luo Qiu encountered her.

“So, it’s just resentful spirits.” Golden Dragon listened and didn’t pay much attention… To the last surviving Golden Dragon, though either facing directly or being ambushed, was easily crushed by the true dragon from the East, besides Long Xiruo the violent old lady, Fafnir (Na) fears no one— at least in the [Unhuman Domain], there hasn’t been anyone to make it tremble.

Still, there were some it needed to be mindful of.

The Golden Dragon lost interest, but Boss Luo now piqued with curiosity… Luo Qiu, who wouldn’t let go of any intriguing moment, spontaneously rose before thinking.

But as he was about to observe, suddenly something unexpected happened—Maria, for some unknown reason, stood still at the entrance… as if she didn’t hear the conversation earlier.

Suddenly, she twisted her neck… in an inconsistent and eerie manner.

Her eyes suddenly lost their whiteness… without speaking, Maria abruptly waved the magic wand in her hand— a bolt of lightning-like light shot out, directly blasting the skeleton [Norman] used to block the entrance.

Just as Maria showed this bizarre abnormality, breaking the seal of the entrance, instantly a figure shot out like lightning—[Norman]!

At extreme speed, he flashed in front of Maria, without any warning, raised his hand to punch Maria in the abdomen, knocking her unconscious to the ground.

Yet at this moment, at the destroyed entrance, were rapidly advancing the terrifying tentacle-like vines of [Lost Canine].

Growing from all around, they spread rapidly, soon covering the entire area around the entrance… even now, [Norman]’s legs were directly ensnared by the roots of these vines!

He acted decisively, swinging his palm… as the tips of his fingers became sharp, directly tearing apart the root tendrils gripping his legs.

But a scream echoed from inside the residence… it was the terrified cry of young Mina!

Root tendrils had already invaded the residence, and at this moment young Mina, both her legs and lower waist were already entwined by a layer of wriggling vine roots.

Norman’s pupils turned cyan in an instant, and the vampire fangs already showed at his slightly parted lips—he moved like a gust of wind.

The roots attached to the girl instantly snapped, and she was already embraced in Norman’s arms.

He ignored Maria, who was knocked unconscious on the ground, due to the need to rescue Mina. The moment he left, the roots had already wrapped Maria entirely.

Fafnir acted, releasing a blaze of Dragon Flame to destroy the roots at the entrance, then retrieved Maria—though he disliked women, he couldn’t remain indifferent as harm befell his reader in front of him.

The Maid retreated to Luo Qiu’s side, lowered her head, and looked at the advancing vine roots, preparing to act as the Golden Dragon’s fingers waved.

The scarlet Dragon Flame ignited instantly, incinerating all the roots around into ashes.

The flames illuminated the Golden Dragon’s face, making it appear even more vibrant… In the firelight, the Golden Dragon chuckled softly: “Don’t be afraid, I’ll protect you well… These things, I’ll be right back!”

—Watch my heroic demeanor!

With those words, Fafnir let out a coquettish laugh, charging directly out of the entrance… The flames spread around as it moved.

Norman said nothing but picked up Mina—this place had been invaded, staying would make him a trapped beast fighting futilely, he needed to leave this confined space… to ensure visibility at least.

Without even greeting Boss Luo and the Maid duo, he swiftly rushed out right after the Golden Dragon did.

Boss Luo glanced at the Maid, then walked toward Maria… just as he approached, Maria, who had been knocked out by Norman, suddenly opened her eyes.

Her eyes were entirely black as before.

In a moment of shock, Maria opened her mouth, and the sound coming from her throat resembled both a snake’s hiss and a beast’s roar… suddenly, she extended her hands to strangle Luo Qiu’s neck!

She was fast, but the Maid was faster… before her hands were fully outstretched, the Maid’s fingers already grasped her forehead, pressing her directly into the ground… burying almost half her head in the dirt.

Without any words, the Maid’s eyes were like icy blue crystals, as she raised her palm, and a cross sword of black smoke appeared.

She whispered into Maria’s ear: “Maria, Helmet—do you want to give me a legitimate reason to… pierce your heart.”

Maria’s eyes suddenly showed a hint of pain… then she let out a horrible scream, as black gas spewed from her mouth… finally, black particles gathered in the air.

It formed a black-haired, all-black eyed, naked little boy of about one or two years old, displaying a strange smile—after Maria expelled this black gas, she once again fell unconscious.

At this moment, the resentful spirit that had invaded Maria’s body and sabotaged the entrance flew towards Luo Qiu.

The Maid immediately fired the black flame cross sword in her hand… the instant the resentful spirit pounced, it was pinned to the Red Dragon Skeletal Residence rib.

It struggled in torment and fear as if subjected to extreme punishment.

“Is Miss Maria okay?”

Seeing this, Boss Luo gently asked.

“Just unconscious, and possibly three broken ribs while restraining her.” The Maid smiled slightly: “She should be fine… Plus, two of them might have been from Mister Vampire’s punch.”

Indicating she only [accidentally] broke one rib… or something?

Luo Qiu slightly parted his lips… then walked towards the resentful spirit pinned on the bone.

It couldn’t escape from the cross sword, while the flames on the sword continued to burn its entirety—its cries of pain came from there.

Luo Qiu waved his hand, stopping the flames on the cross sword… or halted their spill, merely maintaining the sword’s shape.

With the flames ceased, the spirit seemed less tormented in its pinned state… momentarily halting its struggle.

He came before the spirit, gazing into its pitch-black eyes, “Was that you knocking earlier?”

It had no eyelids, the fully black eyes just stared… without sound.

“Is this… your home?” Luo Qiu softly asked again; “Was it?”

It grew completely silent, slowly tilting its head slightly from right to left, then from left to right, before slowly extending a hand.

It opened its mouth… babbling some unintelligible syllables.

Luo Qiu gave a sincere response, extending his finger. In the air, its tiny finger eventually touched Luo Qiu’s… Boss Luo then gently closed his eyes.

The roots of the Lost Fangs grew once more, invading the Red Dragon Skeletal Residence again.

No Golden Dragon showed off its prowess this time—the Golden Dragon was wreaking havoc in the Corpse Pit, for any listener it wasn’t hard to imagine.

Nor was Mister Vampire, as he called himself Norman.

But the Maid remained by Boss Luo’s side.

As Luo Qiu closed his eyes and connected with the spirit, the Maid whispered with an emotionless voice: “Do not disturb my master. Otherwise, I don’t mind digging you up from the earth and sending you into the sun to burn… Cain.”

The madly growing roots suddenly began to wither… Soon enough, the roots that had invaded the residence cracked and dried.

Luo Qiu suddenly opened his eyes, extended a hand to the Maid, and smiled: “You too, come.”

The Maid smiled brightly, stepped closer to her master, intertwined her fingers, and gently closed her eyes.

What opened was the spirit’s once, fleeting life memory.

Meanwhile, outside the Red Dragon Skeletal Residence, Golden Dragon Fafnir, for the sake of winning the lady’s smile, had become… an arsonist.