Aunt Haruno is a kind-hearted middle-aged woman, probably in her thirties. When she first came to the town, she took care of Tianluo and Akeno a lot, and she also gave them a lot of ingredients for cooking on weekdays.
Tianluo and Akeno usually wouldn't stay in one place for too long. Since they had decided to set off again, they packed their bags early the next morning and went to Haruno's house. They said goodbye to Aunt Haruno and thanked her.
It seemed that she didn't expect the two to leave so soon. Aunt Haruno was also quite regretful. In her opinion, Tianluo and Akeno were both poor homeless children. Although she offered to take them in again, they were politely declined.
They had already planned to leave, but suddenly discovered something. Tianluo and Zhu Nai looked at each other, and a hint of suspicion flashed in their eyes.
"Aunt Haruno, is there anyone else in the family besides you?"
Akeno asked with a serious look on her face.
"Besides me, there's also Ichiro at home. What's wrong?"
I don't know why Akeno suddenly asked this, but the simple Aunt Haruno still answered truthfully.
"There's an ominous aura coming out of Auntie's house. If we're not mistaken, one of Auntie's family members is possessed by an evil spirit or something."
After thinking about it, Zhu Nai finally told Tian Luo about his and Tian Luo's guesses.
After hearing what Akeno said, Aunt Haruno was shocked.
There are countless monsters and evil spirits in this world, and they often possess ordinary people to absorb their energy, so even ordinary people believe in their existence.
Aunt Haruno did not doubt what Akeno said, because she also noticed that her son Ichiro had been acting a little abnormal these days. He always looked listless and slept for a whole day yesterday. He did not respond when she called him to get up this morning.
"What should I do? What should I do…"
There was no wizard who could exorcise evil spirits in this remote town. Aunt Haruno didn't know what to do. Her face turned pale and she was sweating profusely.
"Aunt Haruno, Akeno and I know some spells to exorcise evil spirits. If you trust us, let's give it a try."
After all, the other person had taken care of them both, and Tianluo thought it was time to repay him, so he said.
"Will this work?"
Although Tianluo's words were somewhat tempting, Aunt Haruno was still a little hesitant. After all, Tianluo and Akeno were not much older than her Ichiro, and it was hard to believe that they could destroy evil spirits like the powerful wizard.
Seeing Aunt Haruno's indecisive look, Tianluo and Akeno smiled at each other but did not explain.
Although they are not yet considered masters, they can easily deal with a few small monsters and evil spirits, and they have done a lot of similar things in the past six months of traveling together.
In the end, Aunt Haruno, who had no other choice, chose to believe the two men. After telling them to be careful, she invited them into her home and took them to Ichiro's room upstairs.
Ichiro is the only son of Aunt Haruno. He is an ordinary-looking boy of eight or nine years old. He was sleeping quietly when the three people walked into his room.
Of course, this was only the scene seen by Aunt Haruno, but in the eyes of Tianluo and Akeno, the young man named Ichiro was being strangled by an evil spirit and was sucking his energy away, while he was lying on the bed, struggling and calling for help.
"Aunt Haruno, please go wait outside for a while. No matter what noise you hear, don't come in."
The young man named Ichiro can't hold on for much longer, Tianluo said solemnly.
Although she couldn't see the evil spirit, Aunt Haruno had no choice but to trust the two of them at this moment. After promising that she would not come in, she left the room and closed the door.
"Akeno, be careful."
"I know. Tianluo is the same."
After reminding each other, Tianluo drew out the long sword behind him, and Zhu Nai also released several of his little ghosts.
These little ghosts were a group of little guys that Akeno met when he was wandering alone. For some reason, they became friends and Akeno has been keeping them with him. Although they are not very strong, they can still help out as familiars.
At Zhu Nai's command, several little ghosts screamed and pounced on the evil spirit. The evil spirit, which was originally absorbing the essence of the spirit, became very irritable after being disturbed by the little ghosts. It opened its big mouth and was ready to bite these annoying things to death. However, the little guys were very smart. When they saw the situation was not good, they fled in all directions and then returned to Zhu Nai.
The enraged evil spirit was not willing to give up. It let go of Ichiro's soul and roared as it flew towards Tianluo and Akeno.
"Good to be here!"
With a sharp light flashing in his eyes, Tian Luo rushed towards the evil spirit, and at the same time mobilized the spiritual energy in his body to cover the sword.
Ordinary swords cannot harm evil spirits, but swords covered with spiritual energy can do it!
With a flash of cold light, the evil spirit in the air was cut in half by Tianluo!
"ah!!!!!"
The chopped evil spirit let out a painful scream, its ferocious look became more and more ferocious, and it was ready to bite Tianluo regardless of the consequences.
"Thunder!"
The coordination was perfect. Akeno's voice was heard from the side. The girl pointed her jade finger, and then a flash of lightning shot out, directly blasting the evil spirit in the air into ashes…
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"Wow wow wow…Mom, I'm so scared, so scared!"
"Wow, wow, wow… Oh my Ichiro, you scared your mother to death."
In the living room of Haruno's house, Tianluo and Akeno stood aside and did not disturb Haruno and his mother who were hugging each other and crying.
Although the two of us were just doing it out of convenience, it feels good to help others occasionally like this.
"Ichiro-kun, can you tell us what happened and why you were possessed by an evil spirit?"
"Yes, Ichiro, tell mom what happened."
Seeing that the mother and son had almost stopped crying, Tianluo asked, and Aunt Haruno also asked anxiously.
Xiao Yilang was a little evasive at first, but he finally told the truth under his mother's questioning.
It turned out that he received a flyer while playing outside a few days ago. On the flyer was a strange magic square, and the person who gave him the flyer also told him that as long as he sincerely called out to the magic circle, he could summon the devil. The devil was omnipotent, and any wish could be fulfilled for him as long as he paid the corresponding price.
The little guy took the flyer back home doubtfully, but he couldn't help his curiosity in the end, and tried sincerely to summon the devil to the magic square. What he didn't expect was that he actually summoned the devil!
The devil is not as scary as the legend says, but rather kind, which makes Xiao Yilang, who was a little nervous and scared at first, relax. After asking the devil many questions, Xiao Yilang finally uses his favorite toy to exchange with the devil for the ability to talk to ghosts temporarily.
After gaining the ability, Xiao Yilang found that he could see many ghosts floating in the air. Not only could he talk to them, but he could also play with them. Everything was fine at first, but then he saw a dark ghost. It didn't respond when he talked to it. When he invited it to play with everyone, it pounced on him, strangled his neck, and sucked his energy. Then, everyone knows what happened later…
After hearing what Koichiro said, Aunt Haruno was stunned, but Tianluo and Akeno were not too surprised. It was very common for the demons in this world to sign contracts and trade with humans for various reasons.
Tianluo also specifically asked Xiao Yilang if he knew the name of the demon with whom he had a deal, but the little guy shook his head. The other party only told him that he was a subordinate of a big demon in the underworld.
But when the little guy said the big devil's surname, Tian Luo was surprised, because the big devil was actually one of the legendary 72 pillars of heaven, and his name was –
Graymory!