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Geraldine looked at her right hand and focused her mana essence on her index finger. Slowly, her index finger started to harden and turned silver and the tip of her finger becomes pointy with a red line in the middle.

Seeing a tiny transformation nearly sent Geraldine into panic as a burst of bloody memory washed over her mind that nearly trapped her for another brink of insanity.

"Master!! Master!!! Is there something wrong?" A loud pounding on the floor could be heard from above as Alexjin is trying to enter the basement but cannot find the key to the entrance. They could hear the screams of Geraldine from downstairs that she didn't even know she was screaming.

"I'm fine Alexjin, I just saw a rat!" Geraldine shouted back and wipes away the sweat forming on her forehead and neck, she felt like she's standing in a hot oven.

Alexjin didn't reply back but she could feel her presence above her, patiently waiting for her to come out. Geraldine looked at her tiny spear finger with pain and slowly walked beside the man.

She touched his arms and legs before pointing her finger over his forehead and slowly insert it into his skin, blood started to drip from his forehead as Kanisha chanted incantations, "Ang pera ay parang coke, kung indi sakto, palaging zero!"

The air became dry and cold that it makes harder to breathe, the red line on her finger started to glow as it guzzled hungrily over the mana of the man. It was hard for Geraldine to control her powers as her body is not made to hold such power so the timing of releasing must be concise to prevent her from killing him.

As soon as she retracted her finger, a force nearly blew her away meters apart. Her air pathways become constricted due to the mana that contains poison being absorbed into her body which is rejecting it as it's not used to occupy both mana and poison of huge amount.

Geraldine checked the man to see that the paralysis is no longer there and his breathing becomes normal. A laugh echoed in the darkroom as her whole face lit up knowing she succeeded.

"I d-did it... I did it!" She looked at her finger which is glowing with mana and instantly went to the other one and repeat the process for the remaining three men.

Each process was a blow in her young fragile body that caused her to puke blood after it was all done. Her body is still adjusting to the additional amount of mana and poison settling into her blood.

"Ugh! I need exercise, this body is so d*mn weak!" She wipes the blood at the corner of her lips and grab a dirty towel from the corner and used it to wipe the blood she puked on the floor.

Seeing the four men doing fine, a sigh of relief escaped her tired body as she collapsed on the floor, she could hear her loud heartbeat as the poison slowly traveled throughout each part of her body.

"If not for the huge amount of mana I accumulated for decades I should be dead by now," She mumbled under her breath as she chuckles at her situation, "Well it's time for you all to come out to light!" She stretched her body a few times before pushing a single tiny stone at the corner of the room to make the floor door opened.

Instantly, Alexjin's head popped out and looked worriedly at Geraldine, "Master, are you hurt? are you okay?" He went down and checked around Geraldine to see any wound as he smelled blood coming out of the room.

"I'm fine Alexjin, you don't need to worry, help me bring them back to the living room, we can settle them there," She motioned towards the men and Alexjin diligently follow her instructions. She was about to help him carry but saw that her index finger has still remained as a tiny head of the spear and the red line in the middle is still glowing.

"You go ahead first, I need to check up something from him," Geraldine went to the nearest man on her and bend down, acting as if she's checking his pulse. Alexjin nodded his head and went upstairs with a man hanging on his shoulders, Geraldine was amazed at his strength as he was able to carry a man twice his size.

She instantly looked at her finger and hold it with her other hand as she enchants another spell so hard to bring back her finger to normal.

"Master?" A voice softly called out to her.

"AH!!" Geraldine screamed in horror when she saw that Alexjin is back so early than expected, this makes her heart leaped out of her body due to anxiousness.

"Ah, um, wow, you're back early," Geraldine smiled and scratched her head as she stepped aside for Alexjin to take the other man.

"I was just wondering what master is saying, I can't understand a word," Alexjin spoke innocently as she takes the man and swings it in his shoulder.

"It's a healing chant, nothing more," Geraldine looked at his bright blue eyes to prove that she's saying the truth which isn't true.

Alexjin's lips formed into a smile, "Okay, master!" He then went away with two men hanging on both of his shoulders that got Geraldine to worry that he may break his back and be the next patient she needed to treat.

Even though Alexjin act as if he didn't know and mind anything, Geraldine was able to notice a sudden change of his expression for a split second before turning his facial expression into an innocent one.

It was cold and cruel, even though it's only a mere second, it stayed on Geraldine's mind like a permanent marker that cannot be taken erase even though she wanted to.

"I wonder what are you hiding for all these years... Alexjin."