Anger surged through Ajjar as he watched the others shrink back!
In the end, he stopped invoking that bullshit god altogether and threatened them outright:
"You'd better come in with me now. Otherwise, the next time you run into an evil spirit, no one will be there to protect you!"
"Don't forget, that red-clothed female evil spirit only fled because she was badly injured!"
"Once she recovers, she might come straight back to take revenge on you!"
Sure enough, those words left the dozen or so people looking terrified.
The Red-Clothed Evil Spirit's brutality was still fresh in their minds!
Without Ajjar's protection, they really might suffer her revenge!
But the problem was, this villa didn't look like anything to mess with either!
For ordinary people like them, wouldn't going inside be no different from courting death?
Even with Ajjar there, could he look after everyone?
For a moment, the dozen or so people exchanged looks, each seeing the hesitation in the others' eyes.
Ajjar had been watching them all along, and his expression grew darker at their indecision.
But just as he reached the end of his patience and was about to explode...
Someone finally stepped forward, trembling, and said timidly:
"Mr. Ajjar, I'm willing to go in with you."
Even though someone had volunteered, Ajjar still looked deeply dissatisfied.
There were thirteen people standing before him, yet twelve of them were backing out!
Good thing I'm not actually kind. Otherwise, heartless bastards like you would piss me off to death!
But soon, Ajjar's eyes shifted, and his expression returned to normal.
"All right, then just the two of us will go in."
"I happened to see lots of Spirit Artifacts inside earlier. I was wondering what we'd do if there weren't enough to go around."
"Looks like we