Chapter 48: The Odd Town
Regan ignored her and was about walking away, when her lackeys blockade the way, with their bodies.
She turned around with an angrier facial expression, “and you think I will just let you go, dream on” she winked at her two bodyguards.
They swung into action immediately, by trying to grab Regan, He moved to the side, propelling one of them forward by pulling his arm forcefully.
He stumbled towards the lady and the both of them collided, Regan kicked the other one's loin, and strode away, he left the three of them groaning on the floor.
“The Bastian village festival” he heard a voice announced from the megaphone, he saw fliers floating midair, he caught one, and opened the ruffled paper.
Glancing through it, the flier piqued his interest, he took his car and drove towards the direction, according to the flier.
After a forty-minute drive, he started sensing magic, his eyes dimmed, he stepped on the brake, and came down from the car, looking towards another tarred road, at the adjacent angle, he decided to walk.
He walked for twenty minutes, and stooped abruptly in a mansion, going to the rural settlement, he heard voices, and decided to pay a visit.
He opened the door, and saw no one inside, the corners of his lips twitched “why are you all hiding?” he asked, and swept his gaze around the bouquet hall.
Immersed in their hideout, the people he was referring to, maintained their disappearance “well…” he muttered, and turned around to leave.
“He is leaving”
“I think he is a magician”
“lets kill him”
They engaged in a heated argument, Regan wasn't bothered, he simply had a ten-minute walk to the village, he saw a cat whimpering in a corner.
The village seem deserted, like there was no life in it, he saw a girl emerged from a door, in a white gown, her eyes hollow, and her look distant.
“You are new, let me shoe you our home” she spoke, Regan raised his eyebrows, and turned around firstly “lead the way” he responded.
And the girl started walking away, while he followed from behind, she led him to a house, in the center of the village.
There was a grain store at the corner, she pushed open the door, and stood at the side “they are inside” she told Regan before walking away.
Regan, sensing the black magic put in the place, started looking for the enchantments, he used a magic compass indicating the cardinal points.
He got to one, and was about to burn it “don't” a man spoke behind, a human also, but this time, his eyes glow blood-red.
Regan straightened, looking at the sword in his hand, “or?” he asked, raising his eyebrows with an askance look.
Regan thought twice and decided to let go of burning the enchantment, he grabbed a gallon of fuel, and a matchbox.
He arrived at the mansion, a ten-minute walk from the village, he kicked down the door, and immediately started pouring the gasoline all over the place.
Commotion erupted in the place, some humans like creatures started making their appearances, they had the resemblance of ghost, they float midair, without shape, and dashed out of the house, throw windows, doors, with loud cry shrills.
Regan flung the gallon away, and came out of the house, and saw them suspended midair, they gnawed at him,
with a mischievous smile plastered on his face, he lit the matchbox in his hand, and threw the lit match stick inside the house.
“No!” they shrieked in horror, Regan glanced towards the mountains and saw a thick smock crisped in the mountain top, the spirit like creatures, floated away.
He turned to the village and decided to see what is going on there, the more he approached the village, he started hearing cheerful voices, and was greeted by a lively village.
He strode in the midst of people, and saw a lady begging some men who were having drinks in the open,
“sir, help my daughter” she pleaded, but she was pushed away “go tell the priest, we have nothing to do with that” one of the men yelled at her.
She gathered herself from the ground, and stood on her feet, with tears stained cheeks, she left the place, Regan met her,
while she was halfway home, he glanced over the other side, and saw the church, a cross at the dome of the roof, an ancient medieval church building like.
He smacked his lips, “why have you refused to tell the priest about your daughter problem?” Regan asked, the woman stopped talking, and turned around, grief on her face.
She swatted the tears falling from her eyes “come with me” she responded, unwillingly to speak in the open, Regan followed her, and she led him inside her house.
“Release me!” a lady voice cried out from the house, and a loud bang at the door, and a flesh thud, the woman sighed with resignation, and led Regan to a chair, before sitting on another.
Regan maintained an expressionless face “I work in the church, some Months ago, a new priest came to this town, ever since he entered this town, girls in the town were always inflicted by evil spirit, most of them are virgins, I caught the priest sleeping with one of them, that they brought to the church for cleansing, no one believed me” she spoke with a tired voice, and sobbed.
Regan didn't say anything to the lady, he stood on his feet, and walked towards the door, the girl has been banging, “where are you going?” the lady asked him, she sounded surprise and perplex.
He placed his palm on the door handle and pulled it open, the girl inside hand hang in midair, surprise, and her eyes bulged, she fell backward in a panic.
A dark smoke emitted from her unconscious body, a loud shrilled echoed in the room “trying to escape?" Regan asked with a teasing smile at his lips.