Chapter 982 – Debt Collector Ghoul
They moved again.
This time, the place did not feel like it was trying to lose them.
The stairway beneath the spring curved downward at first, then rose gradually through a tunnel of living root and old stone. Silver-green light pulsed beneath their feet with each step Ely took. Lux remained just behind her, still letting her lead but close enough that Sira noticed he could pull her back before anything touched her.
Greed's protective radius was obnoxious.
The deeper path into Hollow Mountain was different from the earlier trail.
Less pretty.
More honest.
Some sections had revived after the spring core returned. Fresh moss spread across stone. Small silver flowers bloomed along cracks. Clean water trickled in thin streams beside the roots.
But other parts remained dead.
Blackened.
Burned.
