Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 140

Chapter 140: So not good.

The general sighed and ordered his soldiers to return to the surface and wait patiently until he gave the order for them to return and start on the retrieval mission.

“Be careful Amon, the national seal must be damaged, it’s worth over ten billion. That money will come from your pockets if the seal does not come out intact.” he warned before leaving.

Edward sighed in relief and he gestured at Phoebe and Andre, his children. They needed to leave as well, whatever Phoebe had grabbed was enough. He even used his hands to grab their hands, preparing to drag them along like a father taking two stubborn toddlers away from an amusement park against their will. As they all turned to leave, they heard something being moved and felt the ground tremble so they turned around.

One of the soldiers for some reason had disobeyed a direct command from the general and not left but rather stayed behind. While everyone had been relaxing gradually, he had inched forward bit by bit and now he was standing there, holding a large red pigeon sized ruby in his hands with a demented smile on his face.

Unknowingly, he had also just destroyed the protective shield entirely. Suddenly the fire lit torches which the grave robbers had been using went out. The cave would have been plunged into darkness were it not for the headlamps attached to the hats everyone was wearing on their heads.

Those lights however started to flicker, and inhumane whisper like noises started coming from different directions___, above, below and to the sides. A pungent smell suddenly wafted into the cave out of nowhere as if someone had opened a bucket with hundreds of rotten eggs.

“This is not good.” someone whispered.

Of course it’s not good, that idiot has just opened up a path for at least a hundred starving evil ghosts that have been looking for a way out for hundreds of years, Phoebe wanted to say. She didn’t say it, she didn’t want to spook anymore than they already were.

With the way her father was clutching on to her arm, he was about to faint at any moment. Even Andre was freaking out, his arms were trembling and David’s face was all dark. He had a gun in his hand and he was pointing it ahead, aiming uselessly since ordinary bullets could not kill ghosts anyway.

Phoebe didn’t know why everyone was still standing around, especially the ghost catchers. Now was the time to act, the ghosts were still unaware that they had been released.

“Salt now.” Phoebe barked.

Amon let out a loud frustrated growl and those with special abilities immediately scampered, running around to block every possible exit and trap the evil ghosts. Nobody cared about the treasures, all they cared about was how to contain the evil.

Phoebe opened her bag and started throwing out talismans. As they touched the ground, the cave became lighter because each emitted enough light to brighten up the room.

Then, she got more talismans and staffed them in the hands of the men.

“Slap them onto the walls.” she instructed.

Other ghost catchers were already doing that anyway, slapping their own talismans which they came with onto the wall of the cave. Others were creating a protective circle with the salt and some were already chanting spells and shaking their bells.

Phoebe bumped into someone and she looked up to see Rekha who was already reading from a book, commanding the path to purgatory to open up. In order to help the ghost catchers, Phoebe started burning some incense as well as she stepped back.

She gestured at Edward, Andre and David to step back then and allow the ghost catchers to get to work.

“If you are scared, look away.” she told them.

It was not easy seeing a ghost being dragged away to purgatory, the experience did not leave one the same. It certainly forced you to have a rethink of your life choices. For some, it gave nightmares for days, weeks and even years.

Many high pitched wails filled the cave, sharp enough to burst an eardrum. Phoebe opened her bag and got the large furry pair of headsets she had in her bag and gave them to her father.

“Dad, cover your ears.” she encouraged.

“You.” he said in turn, asking her to cover her ears.

She shook her head. “I am used to such things, you are not.” she assured him.

Edward hesitated for a few seconds and then accepted them gladly and covered his ears. Listening to Connie’s selection of girly pop music was better than the cries of a hundred ghosts. Phoebe had noise cancelling headphones too and she handed them to Andre. He shook his head, rejecting them. As scared as he was, he was frustrated and he wanted to capture every single moment.

David was a puzzle to Phoebe, he didn’t seem to be scared. In fact, he just kept following her around like a puppy and using his hand to shove her back if one of the ghost catchers came too close.

The reason why he kept trying to shield her is because the battle inside the cave was also physical. As some ghosts tried to escape, they had to be beaten back by whatever weapons the ghost catchers had.

“Well, they seem to have everything covered.” The Saxon spirit commented.

Phoebe had to agree, the ghost catchers were moving in sync like highly trained special soldiers that had done this many times before.

They were even more impressive when they climbed up the walls of the cave in ways normal humans could not or how high they flew up to grab the ghosts that wanted to escape through cracks in the cave.

“Woah!” Andre gasped.

To his astonished eyes, they were like stuntmen without any protective gear or natural laws holding their bodies down. What kind of training did these people put their bodies through to be able to do such maneuvers?

“This is so cool.” He gushed.

Phoebe scoffed a little, thinking that Andre was either too simple minded or an idiot. Had he quickly forgotten that the cool people were fighting evil spirits and not acting a fictional movie?

“They are actually practitioners.” the Saxon spirit observed. “I didn’t think practitioners were still in existence, does this mean sects still exit too?”

Everything that it was mentioning was all new information to Phoebe’s ears. She had not heard about practitioners and sects before. What were they? Was it something like cultivation which she had read about in fantasy novels? Was she going to encounter people that split mountains apart with the flick of a finger? What about the ones that flew on swords?

“Your mind really goes to weird places.” The Saxon spirit shoved Phoebe’s head and laughed at her.

Phoebe sighed and pulled her father and David to sit down.

“We should sit down, it’s going to take at least an hour for them to finish.”

She didn’t bother with Andre, he was completely mesmerized by the ghost catchers. If she asked him to sit down he would probably turn her down.

“Let’s discuss practitioners.” She communicated to the spirit. “Is it magic?”