The Understated Dragon Lord

Chapter 248 Better Than Nothing

LightS's response represented the sentiment of the majority of the team members. Although no one had ever seen a malevolent spirit, they'd all grown up hearing stories about them, leading to a mindset of 'better safe than sorry.' And indeed, smearing some ash on their faces wouldn’t really hurt anything.

With most of the team members choosing to believe Daniel, those who were initially undecided also accepted Daniel’s offer for help. Eventually, only Shitstrong remained consistent with his original attitude, being the sole person who didn't accept Daniel's assistance.

"Shitstrong, are you sure you don’t want this?" Daniel offered one last reminder.

"No!" Shitstrong’s reply remained decisive.

"Since Shitstrong doesn’t believe my words, there’s nothing more I can say. My advice is, to avoid getting scared to the point of wetting yourself later on when we enter this building, you might want to prepare a diaper or something like that."

Daniel's comment infuriated Shitstrong to the point of stomping his foot. "Scum, are you insulting me?"

“Let’s go! Let’s find Mia inside the building. She won’t run away because she is ready; she wants to kill us all and use our bodies to nourish malevolent spirits."

With a wave of his hand, Daniel led the group into the building.

Creak...

Daniel pushed open the half-hanging, paint-peeled, and extremely worn wooden door, stepping inside first. The others followed, but as they did, a strange gust of wind caused the barely hanging door to sway back and forth.

Creak... creak...

sound seemed like whispers from malevolent spirits. Oddly enough, there were no windows in the room, nor was

Ava, looking frightened, asked Daniel, "Where's

running around inside! The energy from their incorporeal forms brings the

the door? It’s been creaking back and forth; surely it’s not the spirits shaking it, is

so if it were truly the wind causing the door to sway, the door should only tilt in one direction. However, as it was creaking

smarts, Sarge. You

this room is architecturally unique, causing the airflow to seem chaotic. If the wind

of malevolent spirits, Shitstrong put on a brave face and declared, "Scum, didn’t you say spirits are shaking this door? I'll go

walked towards the

it. Although the spirit shaking the door isn’t particularly powerful and can’t kill you, a spirit is a spirit, and if it can’t kill you, it will still likely give you a

248 Better Than

malevolent spirit, they'd all grown up hearing stories about them, leading to a mindset of 'better

members choosing to believe Daniel, those who were initially undecided also accepted Daniel’s offer for help. Eventually, only

don’t want this?" Daniel

reply remained

doesn’t believe my words, there’s nothing more I can say. My advice is, to avoid getting scared to the point of wetting yourself later on when we enter this building, you might want to prepare a diaper

point of

building. She won’t run away because she is ready; she wants to kill us all and use our bodies

wave of his hand, Daniel led the group into

Creak...

open the half-hanging, paint-peeled, and extremely worn wooden door, stepping inside first. The others followed, but as they did, a