"The second level of the mausoleum..."
Jacob gazed at the vast burial pit before him, a thoughtful expression appearing on his face.
Everyone turned to look at Chikatilo.
This extraordinary Ghoul did not hide anything and said directly, "There used to be a great number of resentful spirits here... Later, we cleared out most of them. Even now, I don't know what remains here... After all, even the originally harmless first level has become so dangerous."
Crack!
A roof tile amid the ruins surrounding the burial pit suddenly split apart.
Almost instantly, Spet merged with the bone statue in his hand, transforming into a skeletal monster with a goat's head.
The monster let out something like a goat's bleat. Rows of bone spikes violently burst from the ground, stabbing toward the ruins.
Pfft!
Countless fragments of rubble shattered, turning into dust that drifted through the air.
As the dust slowly settled, it revealed a translucent figure within.
She wore a bloodstained white dress. Her features were delicate, yet devoid of life. Curled up with her arms around her legs, she seemed to be whimpering softly.
"A resentful spirit?!"
Fiona was the first to make the call.
A resentful spirit like this was, at most, equivalent to an extraordinary individual who had opened the First Primordial. So long as they were prepared, even ordinary people could use talismans and magical items to destroy it.
"Looks like... the Lotus Eaters' cleanup wasn't very thorough..."
Caslow teasingly winked at Chikatilo.
"Just one fish that slipped through the net by luck..."
Spet extended his skeletal hands and pressed them together.
Invisible black vapor emerged from the void, turning into chains that bound the weeping female resentful spirit.
"Just a single resentful spirit. I can wipe it out with one hand..."
Even so, Spet chose