"I almost didn't make it back. There was... a Devil living inside that human's body!"
Even after escaping, Paper Money Eerie still had lingering fears.
"A Devil?"
Jiang Ziyang narrowed his eyes. "Yet I can't see any signs of a fight on you..."
"Or are you saying that, as a dignified Tier 9 Eerie, you didn't even fight and got scared back by a human?"
Jiang Ziyang suppressed his fury, every word squeezing through clenched teeth.
Though humiliating, Paper Money Eerie still forced itself to say, "That human's eyes... I've only seen them on one Eerie before, and that Eerie was Tier 10!"
"If I'd been even a moment slower, I wouldn't have had any chance to escape!"
Jiang Ziyang snapped coldly, "All I know is that you did nothing, while I wasted three paper money offerings!"
Paper Money Eerie's face darkened. Under normal circumstances, how could a lowly human have the chance to push it around like this?
But this barren land was governed by Dungeon Order. The other party had indeed burned three paper money offerings, and once an Eerie accepted an assignment, if it failed to complete it, it had to continue serving the House Guardian.
What it feared was not humans, but the governing Eerie Dao.
Thinking back on it now, being scared away outright was indeed absurd. Its mind had gone blank at the time, ruled by fear... At the very least, it should have tested the waters first.
But realization came too late.
"I can continue acting until that 'Xiao House Guardian' is dead."
Paper Money Eerie could only say that.
Jiang Ziyang gave a cold snort.
What angered him was that Paper Money Eerie's scent could only mark someone once. Such precious time had been wasted, and if things kept getting delayed... there