Adan slowly walked toward the house. He was scared as he looked at it, afraid that whatever was inside would do everything to stop them from their goal. "Adan, you will be safe. I promise. I won't let anything happen to you. Go to the left, and then you will see a large tree. My remains will be beside it."
"Wow, you remember where you were buried."
"Of course, I can still sense my essence, which is still on my remains. Also, I have been trapped within the house, even if it was remodeled. However, we are close to finally ending this curse. I can finally be at peace."
Adan did what he was told and found the tree, but he realized that he didn't have the one tool he needed: "I don't have a shovel to dig up the ground."
"Oh my. Here I will give you some of my power. Extend your hand." Adan did so, and the dirt began to dissipate. A deep hole was being made, but Samuel couldn't do it anymore. "Forgive me; I cannot extend more of my power since I am close to this house."
"So you being in or close to the house makes you unable to use magic? Is it like a barrier or something?"
"You can say something like that. Delilah ensured that I would suffer just as I made her suffer."
It was silent between the men. "You still think about her?"
"I hold a grudge toward her, but it wasn't entirely her fault. I have much to blame for my situation. Now, all I want is peace. No, you can dig with your hands. I can feel my remains."
Adan sighed as he began to dig deeper into the hole. His hands and clothes were getting dirty, but it was too late to turn back. Suddenly, he felt something in the dirt. The young man tapped it, and it was hard. Adan dug more, and that was when he saw a skull. He let out a yelp and fell on his bottom.
"Do not fear; it's just my skull."
"It-It's easy for you to say! I have never seen or touched a real skull!" Adan felt nauseated and was taking deep breaths. "I can't do this! I don't want to touch a skeleton!"
Samuel sighed. "You must. I am not able to get my remains fully because of the curse. Delilah was intelligent enough to make sure to keep me entrapped. You can do this, my friend. You need to use your strong will. Soon, all this will be over! Now do it!"
Adan looked back in the hole, took more deep breaths, and returned to digging. The skull was in full view, and other bones soon appeared. Adan got a bag in his jacket and put some of the bones inside. Adan looked in for over an hour and got all the pieces. The young man was lying on the ground, breathing heavily. He felt his hands going numb.
"Well done, my friend. We have all the pieces of my body."
Adan was relaxing and was about to get up, but he noticed something in the corner of his eye. There was a light in the house that was turned on. The light was dim, and Adan sat up. "D-Did you see that!?"
"Yes, we must leave immediately. The evil spirit has sensed us."
Adan got his backpack and was about to run away, but as he got away, he felt a pull on his legs, tripping him on the ground. "Damn it! I feel something on my leg. It's pulling me back!"
Samuel then regained control of Adan's body, used some powers he could muster, and got the pull off the leg. He let Adan gain control. "GO AND RUN!" Adan did what he was told and ran far away from the house with the bag in hand. He could run away as far as he could until the house was no longer visible. "Well done, Adan! You did well!"
"Y-Yeah, but it could have cost me my life!"
"Yet, you got my remains, and I am forever grateful."
"S-So now what?"
"We must wait until tomorrow. I must see Abeni and convince her to help me with the ritual."
Adan was silent. "A-Are you sure she can help? We don't know if she can do voodoo or whatever the crap is."
"I can sense dark magic in her. She has the aura that she has practiced black magic. I also sense that she will try to use a love potion. Of course, that doesn't work, but I will try to let her think it works."
"So what happens if she refuses?"
"Oh, she won't. Tomorrow night, everything will come to an end."
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