The Understated Dragon Lord

Chapter 839 The Accusation

Chapter 839 The Accusation

"Yes, Chloe!"

Daniel quickly pulled a charred stick from the torch and started thrashing it at the water where Jax was struggling.

"Ah! Ahhh!"

"Daniel, why are you hitting me? That hurts, you freak!" Jax yelled from the water.

"I'm not hitting you; I'm hitting the ghost that's holding onto you," Daniel explained. He continued thrashing the stick. With each strike, the dark smoke wrapped around Jax dissipated a little more. After 81 strikes, all the black smoke had vanished.

The ghost holding Jax down was finally driven away.

of something holding his foot vanished, and Jax felt free again. He scrambled onto the shore,

shaken, was visibly scared

"Jax, how do you feel? Not so pleasant being dragged underwater by a

I didn't see any ghost! Daniel, your nonsense is just that - nonsense! There are no such things as ghosts!" Jax refused to admit any belief in ghosts. He

That's

and yet you're still so stubborn? If it

you, soaked

Wasn't it the ghost?"

no

end up in

up in

hesitated, his mind racing for a plausible

is wet, and it's slippery! That's why I fell