185 Xiu Ying (1/2)

”How was it, you bastard? You love it so much that you can't answer me, huh? Good to know.”

While the evil spirit was thrashing around midair, Sheila could finally take this time to appreciate the interior of the mansion. Aside from some dust here and there, everything else looks almost as good as new. Though she won't be living here as this would become a headquarter of her organization, it is still much appreciated if the mansion is in good condition.

Nonetheless, the mansion still required some work to be done. Adding to the fact that the evil spirit is trashing around as scratch and crack started to appear on the ceiling and wall alike. If possible, Sheila also wanted to make the basement a lot more spacious so that it could be used for a lot of things as, at the moment, the previous owner of the mansion didn't have much use of the basement at all, it was left to rot.

She had a few ideas regarding what kind of use she had in mind for the basement. But for now, the evil spirit needs to be purified for good. Looking up, Sheila could see the evil spirit still thrashing around, albeit with a weaker strength than before. The evil spirit must have accumulated a lot of mana to be able to withstand it up until now since the talisman should have evaporated it the moment it lands on its face. But it could resist no more as, after a few minutes, the evil spirit has departed to the underworld for good. The talisman also dissolved into ashes the moment it has completed its mission.

”May you rest in peace, no matter who you are once as a living person.”

Sheila softly whispered as she prays that the 'evil spirit' may have a good life if there's one waiting for it. With that done, she went upstairs to check the second time to make sure there won't be a second evil spirit, and once that has been taken care of, she immediately heads out.

”Is it done? We heard quite a loud shriek from here, are you okay?”

”Yes, I'm fine. The shriek came from the evil spirit, and now it is gone for good.”

Ria's tense shoulders visibly relaxed upon hearing her words as she breathes out a relieved sigh. Honestly, she was glad that Sheila has a system's shop where a myriad of items could be bought so long as she had enough funds in hand. If not for that, she would be the one facing the evil spirit. It was at times like this that Ria would prefer having a combat class instead of a support one, especially for a healer. The class in of itself isn't so bad. She hates it because only she, or to be more specific, her class, can take care of undead. Undead were known to be weak to divine blessing, so obviously her class overpowers them.

”How was it? Are you satisfied with this piece of land?”

Sara asked. Since she couldn't see things that are invisible to the naked eyes, she could only ask those who can see it, which in this case, Sheila is the right person. Nonetheless, she was still able to sense the mana in the surrounding, albeit faintly. Honestly, she couldn't understand why her daughter wants to find a piece of land with a requirement like this. True, having land with an abundant amount of mana is indeed good, however, everywhere else would turn out like that too in the near future. Sara thought it doesn't really matter which land her daughter would like to choose, either way as, it would have the same result at the end of it.

”More than satisfied. But is the price, alright? Judging from how wide the land is, it must have cost a lot, no?”

”It is, even cheaper than my estimation. Well, that was as expected, I guess? With abundant mana in the surrounding, no normal person can last that long before they subject to illness.”

Sheila nodded her head in agreement. Just as Sara said, no ordinary people can survive in a surrounding where mana is abundant. No, if they stay for a short while, it won't be a problem. It was like a slow-react poison in this case as, the longer they stayed, the more likely they would fall ill. But that wouldn't be a problem for people with special strength like her small group, which composed of, Sara, Ria, Sylvia, and Anthony. Heck, it gives them benefits instead.

'If I wanted to make more underground floors, I need to have permission from the government, or so the internet said. And if I didn't get their permission and they somehow found out about it, trouble would come knocking on my door. I wouldn't want that, but at the same time, I couldn't tell the government about the reason behind it. Why not just keep it a secret then? No, that won't work. If Sara brought a construction worker, the one that spilled the bean would be them. Hmm, wait. Don't I have that with me? Yes, that should work. They were born to do this, after all.' With that thought in mind, Sheila chuckled.

”What are you laughing for?”

Ria asked. Sheila shook her head in response before saying.

”It's nothing, or that's what I was going to say, but you'll see.”

Ria titled her head to the side in confusion. Sheila ignored her and turned her head toward Sara and spoke.

”This land is already owned by us, right? I mean, it's under your name, right, Mom?”

Sara replied with a curt nod in response to her question. 'Alright, this means I can let them deal with it now instead of later.' thought Sheila as she nodded. By spreading her awareness to the surrounding area, she was making sure that no one was around to witness what she was about to do other than the two standing next to her. Once that is done, Sheila brought the summoning note out of her inventory before injecting a small strand of mana into it.