Pigsy spoke up. “Has it really lost its effect? Hey Rockefeller, doesn’t that mean mine’s lost its effect too? Do I not need to slog for this old geezer anymore?”
Mystic Maiden was furious. “Who are you calling old geezer, Pigsy?”
She then activated the restriction spell on Pigsy. Pigsy suddenly felt as if its soul no longer belonged to its body, as if it were being choked by a large hand. His soul was being suffocated, while his body felt like it was going to catch on flames, it was simply a hellish sensation.
It fell to its knees, begging for mercy repeatedly. Only then did Mystic Maiden calm down.
“What about the Dairaionji Temple? Did you manage to get in? Have you done what you needed to?” Daya asked. Although concerned about her father-in-Iaw, she didn’t forget about the main purpose of this trip.
“Yeah, you said you were going to find the Ancestral Bodhi Tree in the temple. So did you?” Shirley asked as well.
Everyone looked towards Alex, seemingly curious about the Dairaionji Temple. They even wanted to explore it themselves if they could.
“Yep, I did!” Alex replied. “I already sealed my father into the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, so there shouldn’t be any problems for the time being. The most important thing we have to do now is to catch the b*stard behind the Soul Planting.”
Alex then briefly explained what happened within the temple to the group, and they all froze in shock.
“The temple was actually conquered by a demon?”
However, Alex didn’t tell them about the tree going into his mind palace out of nowhere and unwilling to leave. Not only was it unbelievable, but he also wanted to keep this secret to himself.
***
The beautiful moonlight shone down, while nightingales roamed the forest, chirping momentarily.
As night fell, Alex and the others decided to camp out in this ancient forest for the time being. He had just come back to the group after all, and since it was getting dark, they decided it best to travel home the next day. The group gathered around a campfire, eating spiritual beast meat and drinking soup made of spiritual herbs.
Finally, everyone settled down.
Alex looked up at the starry sky as Daya leaned onto him. The other women around them seemed to be lost in thought as well.
‘Dorothy, I wonder where you are right now?’ Alex thought of his wife.
When he was still in the Underworld, he and Dorothy had a long talk about how to fight Xienna when she got back. She wanted to at least regain control over her own body. She mentioned that she had a plan and would find a way to get herself home…
Despite this, Alex knew that Xienna had most likely sensed that her divided soul had died. Thus, she would‘ve definitely made some preparations.
‘Would Dorothy succeed in fighting back?’
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