章節 95: Dead End 5

"I'm sorry but I can't help you," the female bowed in front of Lia.

Half an hour passed since Lia came with the little boy. During this span of time, Lia has told the female about her and the other hidden families' plan to take down the Ghost King.

A little girl came running out and tugged on the female's clothes, "Big sis, you won't leave me right? Big sis!"

"I won't," she patted the little girl's head and motioned her to go back. The little girl stared at Lia before rushing off.

"You see I have a family to take care of."

"Yes, they're very lovely."

"They are," the female had a sad smile, "My siblings are all I have left. If I go with you and leave them alone, I can't bear it."

She turned to Lia, "You came all the way, I'm sorry to disappoint you."

Lia was at a loss about what to do. She understood her wish to stay with her family but on the other side, the U family despite being so small would be an asset as an ally.

"Ah, I'm Nana by the way," the female introduced herself.

"I understand," yet Lia didn't want to give up. She took Xavi's words to heart and knew as the future Immortal King she had to be able to move people and make them follow her.

Nana wasn't willing right now and Lia couldn't force her but Nana was one of the hidden families, meaning one of the families that supported the Immortal King. Even though Nana and Lia had no relationship and were strangers, in some sense Nana was still one of Lia's people indirectly and Lia wanted to do something for Nana.

Seeing how Nana lived with four younger siblings in a small house in a desolate area afraid of being found out, afraid of ghosts, afraid for their survival and afraid of their own identity, Lia couldn't just stand by and do nothing.

In her opinion, this was the worst someone could do, even if someone took the wrong side, it was better than just letting things happen despite having the power to do something. Having a belief was better not having any, this was what Lia believed in.

She took a step towards Nana when Nana's expression turned frightened.

She stammered, "Why… How?... Impossible!" before running back to her house, however, she stopped midway and ran back to Lia, grabbed her hand and pulled Lia into her house.

It happened quite fast and Lia didn't register what just happened. She had no idea what was going on before she found herself in Nana's small house and heard the click of Nana locking the door.

Her siblings flocked around Nana seeking her embrace. In quiet voices, they whispered, "Are we going to die? Will they eat us?"

These words made Lia abruptly rush to the window and look out. Not far from them a bunch of ghosts were approaching the house and soon would surround them.

Lia's eyes widened and she assessed the possibility of ghosts roaming around. Obviously, not all were sealed but what were the chances of them encountering some when the other ghosts were sealed behind the walls.

Nana whispered reassuring words to her sibling. Three boys and a girl. The house had only one room with four beds pushed together to form a large one taking up most of the space of the house. A tiny kitchen and a bathroom in the corner behind two walls made this an even sadder sight.

For a hidden family to fall like this. Just what happened to the U family? But there was no time for Lia to ask. The children hid underneath the blankets on the bed and Nana turned to Lia.

"The ghosts shouldn't be here. It's strange they've appeared but since we're the only people they're attracted to our life force and won't leave! What should we do?" Nana bit on her nails and lowered her voice. She didn't want to worry her siblings.

"Is it strange for loose ghosts to appear?"

"After they've been sealed, we haven't seen any. Maybe there are new ones or maybe they broke out of the seal. Goodness, I hope it's not the latter."

Breaking the seal… Lia remembered the weird pattern on the walls here.

"How do you break a seal?"

"Usually, the one who cast it is the only one but someone else with power could- Oh no, if the ghosts could do it themselves…"

"I highly doubt it. What do you do to break the seal?" what Lia wanted to know was the method to open a seal because a bad feeling rose.

"I guess you would have to touch the seal so it loses its effect."

Lia's bad feeling came true. She stared at her hand, if it really was as Nana said then letting the ghosts free was Lia's fault. She had briefly touched the seal. It was her fault that everyone was endangered. Mika's words truly hit home, Lia was too reckless and caused everyone's safety to be threatened.

Lia was powerless and she cursed her decision to do things herself. From now on, she had to be more diligent and grow as a person, become more mature and most of all, she had to accept that relying on others was also an option.

Even if she felt useless, she should accept it and let others help and carry her. Lia now wished the others would come quickly but it was still night and they might've not even noticed she was gone.

"I'm sorry," Lia apologised to Nana who threw her a confused stare. One look outside told Lia they were already surrounded by the ghosts.

Fortunately, the ghosts couldn't pass walls or doors themselves but they couldn't sit here and have their bloodthirsty eyes follow every movement of theirs.

It was also out of question to wait hours for Xavi and the others to arrive, maybe even days. There was no other option than for Lia to take action. She caused this mess and she had to clean it up.

The most worrying thing was that even though the ghosts couldn't come in through the doors or walls, if they found any reasonable sized holes to enter the house, they were doomed.

Lia's chest still felt unwell and the fact there were no corpses wasn't reassuring. But thanks to Mika, Lia has found out that her soul could also possess and control other objects. The drawback now was the possibility of Lia fainting and passing out again and or that the pain was so great she couldn't stand it.

"What should we do? Their faces are pressed against the widow!" Nana whispered to Lia and brought her back to reality.

"Don't look up ok? Stay underneath the blanket!" Nana told her siblings and agreeing sounds emerged from the bed.

"Do you have any knives or anything sharp?" if Lia's assumption was right, she could transfer her soul onto knives and control it to attack the ghosts.

Or even better the knives would have her purging powers and Lia could use them like the weapons from Min, so she didn't even need to control them, which also meant that Nana was able to sue them.

"We have!" Nana quickly rushed to the kitchen and took them from the cupboard.

"Ok, good do you also have," Lia bit her tongue, "Something like stuffed animals or toys?"

"What?"

"Do you?"

"Erm, wait."

It was still best to have something that could move on its own and in the worst case protect the children.

Nana brought back a little stuffed dog. Lia closed her eyes and slowly, gently as possible infused her souls into the three knives and the dog. The pain came lightning fast and Lia panted. Yet it wasn't unbearable, at least Lia had something to use.