Chapter 152 - Fill In The Blanks Given Below

Seeing the tensed expression on Nagisa's face and the giggling expression on Ryan's face, Tom got a confused expression on his face.

He knew about Nagisa's tensed expression. And it was expected, too, to get tensed after hearing this. But Ryan….. 'God knows why this boy is laughing.'

"So what's the method, mentioned in the book?" asked Aryan. Now that he had dug this further, he wanted to know everything about that book.

"Hm… Telling. In the book it's mentioned to get a demonic body overnight you have to offer the life force of twenty-five or more children to a demon called the Demon of J."

"Demon of J~~~~!! What kind of name is that?" asked Ryan. When he heard the word J, only one thing came to his mind, Joker. The Demon of Joker.

"I don't what J stands for but it says he is a great demon who does this sort of trading in the spirit world."

"Okay~~~ anything else it mentioned?"

"No, nothing else. The rest are empty pages. And the last three pages contain spells and rituals procedures and stuffs."

"Oh!! I better stay away from them. Learning them may have negative consequences on me."

"Yes, you shouldn't."

Now that their talk was over, they had yet to figure out what to do next and how to get out of that place. Ryan and the group went to the ground floor and tried to open the door. But to their dismay like any other haunted house, it didn't open.

If wanted, Ryan could have sliced it into two. But something was telling him not to do so, at least not this time.

While they were pondering what to do next, Tom went near the door and started touching it here and there. Seeing the weird actions of Tom Ryan was creeping out in fear.

"Master, don't be afraid, he is perfectly sane. He is just removing the ghost runes on that door." Said the small ghost.

"Ghost runes?"

"Yes, ghost runes. That only us ghosts can use, draw, and see. Seems like my previous master had set a complex rune on the door and the entire house."

"I see."

"Yes, and not only complex, but it's also a high-tier ghost rune. With a sophisticated fundamental architectural base."

Ryan "…"

Nagisa "…"

The last line completely went above their head. Ryan was already having a hard time to digest all the new information he had got till then. And now this "Sophisticated Fundamental Architectural Base" completely blew up his mind.

Tom was getting ready to make them understand about it. But Ryan stopped him and asked him to focus on solving and erasing the runes before them.

He didn't want to torture his brain by adding more information in a day, while it was already getting overloaded.

After sometime Tom backed off and breathed out heavily.

"Finally, work done."

"Really?!" asked Nagisa and Ryan in unison. They had been waiting for some time and getting bored without any action.

"Yes, really. Only one percent is done. It will take me some time to solve the others."

Ryan "…"

Nagisa "…"

Small Ghost "…"

"And how much time do you need?" asked Ryan.

"Ah… Probably, three hundred sixty days something."

Ryan "…"

Nagisa "…"

Small Ghost "…"

While they were showing their dumbfounded expression, Tom spoke again.

"Fck, isn't that close to a year already?!! Damn, this rune will take me a year to solve!!"

Ryan didn't know what to say at that time. He had an urge to blast off the gate and see the consequences later. But before he posed this idea to others, Tom intervened.

"I really have an urge to blast off this door. But doing so will kill your friends kept in the basement."

"What?!!"

"Yes, it has multiple traps set on it. And if you try to rescue them first then open the door you will get a curse on yourself."

"I see, then this ghost is a rune genius!!"

"Yes, seems so." Tom replied.

"So, what should we do now?" asked Ryan. They can't get out of the house. They can't save their friends... And to add up the frustration the main antagonist disappeared!! 'What the hell will we do now' shouted Ryan.

Amidst of his thinking, a voice echoed in his mind. And asked him to go and help his friends first.

Ryan closed his eyes and started a convo with Yui.

"Didn't you hear him? I will get a curse like that!!"

"Master, don't worry," Yui said in a solemn voice. "You as the chosen one and the 8th sage of the universe will have no effect from that curse."

"Really?!!"

"Yes, really. Also, if you want, you can even erase that rune with just a touch. But doing so will attract everyone's attention."

"Hmm… Yes, you are right. I will do as you said. Save the friends first."

"Yes."

"Thanks for the information, Yui. Love you three thousand." Said Ryan and opened his eyes.

Seeing a smug on his face, both the ghosts and Nagisa became curious. 'Did he find a way out of here?' was the question that flashed in their mind.

Seeing Ryan kept on showing his smug face and wasn't revealing anything, Nagisa took the initiative and broke the ice.

"Friend Ryan, what's the reason for that smile on your face? Care to share with us?"

"Ahahahaha, hahahah, hahahaha," laughed Ryan.

Seeing him laughing like that, all of them became sure that he found a way out of there. The way was just a step away from asking, and Nagisa did that work.

"Friend Ryan, did you find a way out of here?"

"Hehehe, yes. I found a way out of here. But before that, we must save our friends."

"Okay~~" responded Tom and asked about the rune and curse.

"What will you do about the curse then?"

Ryan grinned and told him not to worry about such matters. Now their priority was to save their friends in the basement.

The group of four headed towards the basement, thinking it will be a child's play for them.. Unknown to the fact that the basement was a ________ world in itself.