Chapter 153 - Basement

Ryan looked around and found the door that will lead them to the basement of the mansion. The group of them prepared themselves and opened the door to the basement.

The entrance before them was pitch dark. Not a single thing was visible before them. Ryan was about to take his first step when the small ghost stopped him.

"Wait master, before you go fire an energy ball in that darkness."

"Okay…. But why?" asked Nagisa. Till then she wasn't believing the small ghost completely and was suspicious about his every move.

"Cough, the thing is," said the small ghost and stopped at that.

"The thing is….?"

"The thing is I have set free some deadly spiders inside. And they can make invisible waves in tons over an hour…. So it will be better if you burn them first then descend."

"Oh, ok," said Ryan and shot a small fireball towards the basement.

Boom!!

Came a sound from inside, and a burning smell was mixed in the air. Ryan and the rest of them understood the attack was a success and got ready to descend down.

First Tom and the small ghost stepped down, then Nagisa, followed by Ryan. After everyone went some distance from the door thud!!

The entrance gate of the door closed itself. Nagisa got startled by the sound and almost shouted out something. But Ryan covered his mouth with his hand and asked her to pipe down.

Nagisa piped down and cringed into Ryan in fear. He turned behind and saw the door was glowing in the dark. Countless blue patterns were engraved on it.

"Tom, you know what to do, right?"

"Aye Aye Ryan," responded Tom and went near the door to inspect it. Up, down, left, right, after checking every corner of the door multiple times, Tom turned around and looked towards Ryan.

"What type of trap is it this time?"

"A trap that's more of a headache."

"Headache?!"

"Yes, headache. This one is another sophisticated, complex architectural trap. One step above the one we saw earlier."

"Oh~~!! But does it do?"

"That's the main problem," Tom replied. According to him, such levels of rune traps were hard to read and interpret. And it was something that was completely out of his field of expertise.

So at last, all they found was that they didn't find anything. And some unknown danger was waiting for them ahead.

While they were pondering what to do next, a question came into Nagisa's mind, and she turned towards the small ghost sitting on top of Tom's head.

"Little ghost, little ghost, tell me something?" asked Nagisa.

"Ask~~"

"You said that you kept our friends in the basement, right? Then how come you don't know about the danger and traps inside? You only told us about those spiders and nothing else."

Hearing her question both Ryan and Tom facepalmed and let the small ghost answer her question.

"Lil girl Nagisa, some hours ago when your friend captured me, he erased the mark of my previous master and put on a mark of his own."

Nagisa "…"

"And that mark was like my unlimited pass, for going anywhere and anytime."

"Oh~~"

"Yes, when I had that pass I could easily pass through that door without even opening and activating the trap. But now since that mark is gone I am on the same boat as you."

Nagisa nodded and understood his answer. While he was letting go of that topic another question came to her mind, that stabbed him hard in her stomach.

'Ehh….. Did the small ghost said Ryan put his mark on him? But when? We have been together all this time…. And putting a mark on a ghost requires someone to perform a variety of rituals… Just who in the world is friend Ryan?!'

And like this, one more mystery about Ryan was created in her mind. She had been with her for three days only, but every time she was with Ryan she found him doing things that should be impossible for kids of his age.

She wanted to ask out and dig out about Ryan, but that was not the right time to do so. She refrained her wild curiosity for the time being and descended towards the basement with them.

Ryan was taking every step cautiously. He was using his divine sense multiple times to find out any trap ahead.

Finally, they were only one step away from the basement. Ryan took a sigh of relief and set his foot on the floor of the basement.

Simultaneously, Nagisa and the others too set their foot on the floor. When they were thinking everything would be fine from now on, luck played a trick on them and a light came out from the ground.

Ryan understood the last trap was on the ground and not on the steps and made a protective barrier around them. But it was already late for them.

The light had already touched them, and the effect was already acting up. Nagisa and Ryan felt somewhat drowsy, their vision became blurry and their eyelid became heavy.

Thud!! Thud!!

Both of them dropped down. The two ghosts got startled by it, and turned around.

"Holy shit!!" cussed Tom and went near them for help.

Hours later~~~

Ryan opened his eyes and found himself in an unfamiliar place. He was getting the feeling that he was laid on a grassy field. And to his surprise, it was somewhat true.

Beside him Nagisa was laid down, enjoying a good sleep of relaxation.

Ryan looked around and used his divine sense to get an idea of the surrounding. Some seconds later came the answer, and yet again it was surprising.

Not a single life was there in a radius of a thousand meters from there. Ryan rubbed his forehead and stood up with some difficulty.

Till then a bell ringing sound was echoing in his mind, giving him a headache.

"Yui, you here?" asked Aryan through a telepathic connection.