My Unconventional Lover: Seeing A Different World

159 The Tears of A Mother (2)

(Tom’s PoV)

I was still watching her, ignoring the couple who was still hugging each other the bed nearby, when she turned her head towards me sharply. Her red eyes bulged out as she glared at me. Her face was still wet from her tears, but it only made her appearance even more ghastly. Her lips stiffened and growl was heard from her throat. The dark mist around her thickened, creating an even more eerie atmosphere.

There was no doubt the two nearby were affected, especially Nita who was obviously not in a good condition. Her mental was still shaky, a perfect condition for a human to get possessed. But no, she was not possessed entirely since she became linked to the ghost because of the dark mist.

I was startled seeing the ghost was standing upright with her chin up as she looked down on me. The same happened to Nita who got out from Rama’s embrace and stood on the bed. She got the same posture as the ghost as she glared at her husband.

“Nita? Baby? What’s wrong with you?” Rama asked carefully, a bit surprised with his wife’s behavior. He was probably feeling a bit scared, too. I mean, who wouldn’t be scared when someone was glaring at you with all her heart?

I went back to my body and got into the room. “You had better gone out now.” I advised him without breaking eye contact with the ghost.

“But...” Rama was about to protest, but I didn’t let him.

“Just go! Get some help! Don’t let her approach the living room!” I shouted at him. “Trust me.”

Rama grunted in distress but he obeyed what I said. Actually, it was just an excuse. I didn’t want him to see me fighting with invisible force. Of course, I wouldn’t fight Nita. I had my chain to restrain her movement and another chain to seal the room so that the ghost couldn’t escape, but the main issue was the ghost herself.

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How do I deal with her when I don’t possess my chain?

“Be careful with her, human. She is dangerous. I smell something rotten from her. Big chance that she sold her soul to the devil to acquire this disgusting ability.” Putra’s voice travelled to my ears. Even his way of talking which was usually mischievous and overbearing sounded serious.

This ghost was a real deal. She was even more terrifying with those in the air plane. I wonder why, though.

“I know.” I said between my gritted teeth.

My body went full alert, every movement of the ghost made me flinched. The pressure was strong, but I could stand it. I guessed I could say it was all thanks to the first trial. My shield was getting stronger after my encounter with Putra Semesta, but somehow I felt that I was still lacking in some ways.

I knew how to fight the ghost, after all I managed to capture all the shadows in the airplane before. Compare to this ghost in front of me, there was a huge difference of number. How could I take care of more than a dozen shadows but feel helpless against one ghost?

Of course, the difference was I could freely capture those shadows before since I was in my spirit form, but here I needed to make sure that Nita would be left unharmed. I could use my chain to restrain her and the other chain to seal the place so that nothing could come and join in the fight.

But, how could I fight her without my chain?

I knew how to fight them without weapons, but to do that, I needed to be in my spirit form to better use my spiritual power. But, to be in my spirit form, I needed to make sure it was safe for me. What if Rama came back and saw me unmoving? He might think something had happened to me and making them even more panic was the last thing I wanted to do. Not to mention all the troublesome explanation I needed to give to them.

On the other hand, fighting with my physical form was not entirely useless. If only I could use my spiritual power better, including fusing it with my physical form, I didn’t have to worry about anything. To be frank, I was bad at it.

Was there any easy way to master it?

Without my chains to back me up and without the ability to use my spiritual power freely, what else could I do? But, it didn’t mean I could only sit back and do nothing.

Why didn’t I use the chain to capture her instead of sealing the room? I would say, nice idea, but no. I needed to know why this woman haunted Nita and Rama. For that, I needed to lower her guard or defeat her. After that, I could enter her mind or coax her to let me see her past.

On the other hand, her dark skill she obtained from selling her soul to devil was pretty powerful. If I didn’t seal the room, our fight would attract other ghosts here and it would create a worse situation. Therefore, I opted for sealing the room and dealing with one ghost instead of directly using the chain to eradicate more of them.

Well, I knew the basic of fighting ghosts since I had done it so much when I was still in comma, let’s just do it and pray that I could somehow do it well with my physical body. It didn’t have to be perfect, it only needed to be useful. What else? I needed a good strategy, but what strategy could be used in this sudden situation?

“Hey, you killed her son, but why are you crying?” I asked, tried to distract her attention.

She sneered. “An innocent baby was harmed, what kind of creature am I not to cry over this?”

I was stunned. Did she really just say that? “You’re the one who harmed him! Don’t you think it’s a bit conceited for you to cry for him?”

“SHUT UP!” She roared, gale of wind created a havoc in the bedroom. Whenever she talked, Nita would start talking as well. It was as if they were one being. But, because she was restrained by my chain, she couldn’t move.

I couldn’t say the same towards the ghost, though.

With a sharp scream she pounced on me. Her claws were extended towards my neck and her eyes glowed red. I put on my shield as I tried to focus my spiritual power on my hands. As her claws bounced back from my shield, I reached out and tried to grab her arm.

Unfortunately my hand went through her as if she was just a smoke. There went my first attempt. It seemed like I needed to put more spiritual power into it. But, it went through again on my second attempt.

Scorn appeared on her already sinister face as she realized I couldn’t touch her. Damn, she was mocking me! The most infuriating thing was I couldn’t say anything since I really couldn’t touch her. How much spiritual power did I need to put into my hands so that I could grab her?

“No human can prevent me to kill this woman if I want to. Not even you! Foolish human! Only with that tiny bit of power you think you can subdue me? Not even in your dream!” She screamed elatedly. Her face showed sinister expression but she sounded happy when she reprimanded me, I must say she was definitely crazy even when she was a human before.

Her attack grew faster and more frequent. If I had not had my shield with me, I would have been torn into pieces by her claws. Not to mention the dark mist emitted from her fingers looked suspicious.

“Tell me, is there a reason for you to kill her?” I tried to talk to her again, to slow down her movement.

“Reason? Hah, of course!” She sneered as her dark mist started to envelop my body.

Well, not good. I watched my surroundings as it started to turn dark. I had never heard about a ghost with this ability, not even shadows. What kind of ability did she get in replace of her soul?

“Young man, if only you didn’t interfere, I would have spared your life. But now, you can only become the part of my power. You’re running out of your spiritual power, right? Your shield won’t be able to hold up for long.” She said.

She was right, but I didn’t want to say it out loud. The lights in the room flickered and died. I was lucky since it was still bright outside, but still her dark mist covered almost all of the room.

If this went on, I was sure I would only be her part of power. I didn’t want that, of course. But, I didn’t think I could summon any more spiritual power. Even my shield started to run out of juice after accepting her attack one after another. It was proof that she was strong.

Maybe I should take a gamble. Since my shield was formed from my spiritual power, too, I might be able to grab her if I used all the spiritual power in my shield towards my hands. But, the risk was too great. What if she decided to attack me? Without my shield, I was sure I wouldn’t escape unscathed.

But, sometimes we needed to sacrifice something in order to gain for the best result. As long as I could dodge her attack and minimize the impact of her attack, I wouldn’t die. I might get some scratches but I wouldn’t die. This was my only chance, I needed to grab her and entered her mind.

I had made up my mind. This time, I didn’t use my shield. Instead, the power I usually used for my shield was transfered to my hands. I could feel the difference and after making sure that it was the best I could do, I started to make my way towards the woman. I was still surrounded by her dark mist and it almost made me unable to see even my own hands, but I could still feel where the sinister aura was the thickest. I could still see her glowing eyes. I knew where my target was.

Without wasting my time, I charged forward. As I got closer to her, I could feel prickling sensation as if I was being pierced by super thin needles all over my body. At first it felt itchy, but then the needles turned bigger as if wanting to make holes in my body. It was painful, and it grew even more as I got closer and closer to her.

But, this was my only chance!