Stucked and Betrayal

While exploring, we came across many cursed spirits. It's been a week and we haven't seen any living humans. It's exhausting because we haven't slept in days. Staying in one place is torture. I've tried everything to find peace - covering myself in energy, wrapping myself in roots, even transforming into animals. But nothing works. Every time we rest, the hellish experience haunts me. The screams and laughter make my ears numb. A few days ago, I couldn't take it anymore and cried. I thought I was mentally prepared, but my body couldn't handle it. Lady Jia was handling the pressure better. She suggested we take turns carrying each other for an hour so we could rest. This helped us gain some clarity and keep going.

While running around the corner, we stumbled upon a human sorcerer in distress. He was clutching his head and screaming in agony. It was clear he had been stuck in that spot for quite some time. Without hesitation, I used my powers to grab him with roots and carried him along as we continued our journey.

As the sorcerer calmed down and fell asleep in my arms, I learned that he was Lady Jia's new work partner.

She explained to me the events that had unfolded in the past few days. It all revolved around an ancient curse deity that both humans and curses worshipped.

Humans prayed to this deity to rid themselves of negativity in their lives, while curse beings revered it for its strength. However, there was a jealous goblin spirit that emerged from the envy of humans. This special grade curse spirit created its own group and rebelled against the deity.

In an attempt to overthrow the deity, the goblin unleashed an ancient curse tool called the curse lock. This tool trapped everything it sucked in, including the humans in the city during a festival held in honor of the deity. The rebellion caused chaos and destruction, injuring many and killing others who resisted.

It was a tale of power struggles and betrayal, with the goblin spirit seeking to claim dominance over the deity. The consequences of their actions were severe, leaving a trail of devastation in their wake.

When most of the humans were gone, the energy source of the god spirit was cut off and his rank was settled at a special grade. The goblin curse spirit used a specially concocted poison to fight the god curse spirit, and eventually, when it was weakened, it was absorbed into the lock tool. Since there was a balance in the country, not many sorcerers were present here, and the fighting power of humans was limited, so they couldn't get too involved. However, when the goblin curse was weakened, all the sorcerers attacked, but they still weren't successful. Only five of them were left when I arrived at that time.

When I heard this, it really was a drastic drama, but I still sensed that something was wrong because I could not detect any remorse or sadness in Lady Jia's tone and when I looked at her, I could see her face contort and turn black. I thought she was poisoned and asked what was wrong, but suddenly she snapped her hand and pierced my chest, it was too sudden and I couldn't dodge the attack and fell to my knee. I was about to heal myself quickly, but I heard something from Jia's mouth, so I just stood motionless and when I heard it, I was shocked. The lady Jia was possessed by a special kind of god curse, who had lost the battle with the goblin, when he was nearing his end, he used a special way to transfer his soul to one of the wizards and possess them,

But possession can't last long because it needs a suitable body to adapt. Lady Jia's body couldn't handle his soul, so it took a liking to my body and decided to end my life and possess me when my soul was at its weakest. However, it didn't know that dealing with souls was my specialty. I allowed it to possess me, but when it entered my body, it tried to destroy my consciousness. I managed to manifest my own consciousness and block its path. The spirit was confident in dealing with me, but it was my mindscape and my soul was more powerful than its own. Dealing with the cursed spirit was easy for me. I noticed that its curse technique wasn't that special - it could only do a mental shock that could attack the soul directly and speak inside the targeted mind. I quickly dealt with it and absorbed its soul.

As soon as I tapped into my soul, I could feel it getting stronger. The curse spirit I encountered had a soul technique that actually nourished mine. It felt like some restrictions had been lifted from my idle transfiguration technique, but I still couldn't change anyone's body, which was a bummer. I knew I could figure it out later though.

After that, I left my mindscape and saw that Lady Jia had passed away. I decided to take her body and belongings so I could give her a proper burial. Meanwhile, the sorcerer on my back was still fast asleep, not showing any signs of waking up. I was worried about Bima and annoyed by the burden, but I couldn't just leave the guy behind. So, I kept moving forward.