Chapter 223 - Making The Lure (1/2)

”If it's all closed up, how will we get them back in?” I ask looking up at the solid ceiling. Eris gives me a knowing smirk as she says ”We need it closed to keep them sealed but we don't need it open to put them back.”

Confused, I slightly nod my head and say ”I'm gonna let you, do you... Guozhi will be back with the Baby's Flesh soon.” She gives me a grateful look as she says ”Thank you. Now I can focus on the trap without having to stop.”

We all go to the top side and when she looks around the blackened ground, she whistles low and says ”What a nasty person... he didn't even spare the children...” I look over to where she's gazing at but I see nothing but scorched remains.

I look back to Eris and wonder if she knew this was a town and how she knew even children were killed but when I see her still focused on a certain spot, I turn to look again. Nothing... I slowly turn back to her and watch her closely.

Her silvery blue eyes stare into the emptiness with an intense gaze but when I see the mournful look, full of compassion, pass her pretty face, I quickly realize that she's truly seeing something that the rest of us can't.

Bai Lei places his hand on my lower back and watches Eris closely. Suddenly, she says ”I will release them all and help them pass over. It happened so quickly, they don't understand what has happened...”

Before I can ask her anything else, she says ”Videre” in a haunting whisper. It echos in a way that makes it feel as if more than one person saying it at the same time. Suddenly, a powerful wave of energy washes over me, making me shiver.

I watch in a mixture of awe and horror as hundreds of ghost-like figures begin to show up... or maybe they were here the whole time and I'm just now able to see them!? I cling to Bai Lei's side as a ghostly body passes by us, heading straight for Eris.

Bai Lei watches everything with large eyes but he doesn't seem freaked out like me. I look back over to Eris to see her slowly kneeling before a small ghostly frame. It's a child... she's saying something to the child as multiple children begin to show up around her.

I almost want to move closer, almost, but I keep my distance and keep my mouth shut. I don't do scary very well, never have, but this girl looks like she's completely in her zone. At complete ease, as she speaks to the ghosts surrounding her.

”What is she doing?” Bai Lei finally asks making me slightly shrug as I say ”She said something about releasing them and helping them pass over. I think these are all the townspeople that were here when it blew up... I think she's trying to help them.”

When we both hear a gasp, we turn around to find Guozhi standing behind us with the old, bald man in tow. They both stare at the large mass of ghosts with the same look I had, awe and horror. Another wave of energy pulses out of Eris making all four of us step back.

It was a strange power... foreign but strong. She suddenly starts humming a tune that has me clutching my ċhėst. I grit my teeth and struggle to keep standing as my soul feels like it's crying out in sorrow.

Eris slowly turns to look at me with a frown before slowly walking over to me. I struggle to breathe as tears begin to fill my eyes. The ghosts around us begin to glow brighter as her beautiful voice echos all around us like a beautiful nightmare.

Even Bai lei and the others seem to be affected but not as badly as I am... Eris stops in front of me and because we're about the same height, she stares into my eyes like she's seeing my very soul. I can't look away from her... the tune she continues to hum is so beautiful and yet, so heartbreaking.

She slowly reaches out and covers my ears as large tears stream down my face. Everyone including myself seems to be in a strange trance but as soon as I feel her touch, it feels as if my soul is suddenly released from the strange hold.