Chapter 54: Did You Really Thought I Don't Know About You?

When the hidden door to the underground opened, a strong stench assaulted all four of them, which took them by surprise.

So they hurriedly exited the church to get some fresh air.

Especially Hayley and Freya, whose senses were higher than normal humans.

"How did we not notice such a strong stench until the door was open?" Hayley asked in disbelief, still recovering from the impact, as she was the one who was very close to the door.

Even though they have killed many, this was the first time it made both Freya and Hayley look disgusted at the dead body.

'Such an evil act. What will Kalus do when he finds out Hope came here?'

Freya looked at Hope who was standing with Jojo, looking at him without blinking.

"Jojo, you said the ritual was held three days before. But the stench is too strong for that."

Freya looked at Jojo for his answer.

"The cause must be the demon who was resurrected using the ritual."

Jojo nodded his head while thinking about his vision where he saw the demon that absorbed some kind of blood essence from the cult people.

"Jojo, what should we do now?" Hope, who was listening to Jojo eagerly, asked him.

'I want to see how Jojo handles the case. I want to know him deeper.'

Hope noticed Jojo who was seriously discussing with Freya and her eyes shifted to his hand which was close to her.

Gulp...

With a gulp, Hope slowly moved her hand towards Jojo's to hold it a little nervously.

"Hope."

When the gap between their hands was a needle, suddenly Jojo turned their head and called Hope, which caught her by surprise.

"I... I... I was..."

Hope's face turned red and she started to stutter in a panic, not looking at Jojo.

"Hope, you stay here. Aunt Freya and I will go and investigate the secret base," Jojo asked Hope to stay outside with her mother while he and Freya investigated the underground room.

Hope nodded her head. Her mind was blank, thinking about how to explain to Jojo.

"Good, let's go."

Jojo turned to Freya and started walking towards the secret door which was opened under the broken cross.

Jojo and Freya entered the underground with stairs descending towards the underground.

The underground room was pitch dark, but Jojo and Freya could see clearly in the darkness like it was daytime.

Jojo took a lighter from his pocket and lit the torches placed in the underground room.

"Their blood was completely sucked out of them, but there is no trace of injury on their bodies."

Freya examined the dead body which looked like a mummy and had not even a single drop of blood in its body.

"Disgusting idiots."

Jojo looked at the mummified body with a disgusted look on his face.

"Their blood was completely drained by the demon. His name is Rex."

Jojo walked towards the coffin, whose door was broken with many wooden pieces.

The inside of the coffin looked very clean, but there were several markings on the inner side of the coffin.

"Ms. Freya, can you come and look at this?"

Jojo called Freya who was still examining the body to see if there were any abnormalities.

When Freya looked at the marking, she started to try to decipher the meaning of the carvings.

"Can you understand it?"

Jojo asked, looking at Freya who was trying to read the unknown marking.

"Hehe~ I have done much research on unknown and old languages."

Freya boasted with a smug look on her face.

"It seems you didn't waste your long life."

Jojo muttered, looking at Freya with an impressed look.

"What did you say?"

Freya narrowed her eyes hearing Jojo's words.

'Shit! How can you speak about a woman's age before her, Jojo?'

Jojo clicked his tongue, realizing he slipped up about Freya's age.

"I mean... I was not talking about your age... you look young for your age... I mean you look..."

Jojo tried to come up with a reasonable excuse but none came to his mind.

"You know what we are?"

Freya came straight to the point.

Sigh...

"Yeah, I know when I first met Hope and her mother. Why is there a problem?"

"____"

Jojo asked Freya, looking at the blank look she was giving.

"Wait, don't tell me... you guys are thinking I don't know about you guys."

Suddenly Jojo's eyes widened in realization of what was going on in Freya's mind.

"How do you know about us?"

Freya started to question Jojo about how he found out there were no humans.

"Wait... wait..."

Jojo stopped Freya who was asking continuous questions without giving him time to answer, looking at him silently.

"Well, you should know I was not a normal human, right?"

Seeing Freya's reaction, Jojo chuckled and asked, pointing at himself.

To which Freya nodded her head but widened her eyes in surprise at the realization.

"You... you know me and Hayley were following you and Hope yesterday."

Freya asked while thinking how she and Hayley were thinking they were not discovered while tailing him.

"Now let me explain. How do you guys have names like vampires, werewolves, and witches? I am known as Ghost Rider, the spirit of vengeance."

Jojo started to explain in detail about himself.

"So you don't mean any harm to Hope,"

Freya asked the question that she and Hayley wanted to know the most.

"No, I will only hunt sinners who have committed sins."

Jojo shook his head, took his mobile, and started to click pictures of the markings in the coffin.

He went to the dead bodies of the priest and the cult members and searched their bodies for any weird tattoos like the one he saw at the unknown cave.

To his delight, he found a marking, but it was different from the marking he saw on that day.

The tattoos looked kind of creepy, with a rose blossoming from the eye socket of the skull along with small thorns on it.

Jojo snapped pictures of them and the markings on their hands.

While the priest had the same tattoo on his back.

Freya, for the whole time, didn't speak. She stood in the same spot thinking about where she heard the word 'spirit of vengeance'.

Camera flashes caught her attention when Jojo was taking pictures of the dead bodies.

"What are you going to do with those pictures?"

Freya asked Jojo curiously, with a smile on her face.

Her doubt about Jojo going after Hope has vanished which lifted a stone from her shoulders.

"Well, I need to file this information, which will be useful in solving the case or a future case, so I need to save the data about it."

Jojo explained why he was taking pictures of the dead bodies.

"OK, can you tell me, were you able to read what was carved inside it?"

Jojo pointed at the coffin to which Freya shook her head.

"I read some part of it which was written in Greek, which says 'Prison of Rex'. Unfortunately, after that, I don't know what was written on it."

Freya looked a little embarrassed a few minutes before she said she could read it.

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