Eryk started to speak loudly enough for his voice to be heard by all the summoned spirits gathered."Hi, guys!" greeted Eryk carefully and awkwardly. "Thank you, guys, for coming."All the night birds summon spirits only stared at Eryk with flat looks. Black smoke seemed to evaporate from all over their bodies every time Eryk looked at them. It was as if those invisible black smokes were a part of their life and every breath they took. Seeing that terrible scene, Eryk suddenly felt goosebumps.'I can't do this,' thought Eryk. "Or White and Black will laugh at me."Eryk started to straighten up and straighten his dirty and wrinkled clothes. He took a deep breath and then took turns looking closely at the night bird-summoned spirits."My name is Eryk Wayland, son of Elisabeth Wayland. I'm a bird summoner. And this is my mother's grave."The tomb was utterly silent. None of the birds gave any response or reaction. As if they all thought Eryk was never there.Eryk's confidence suddenly fe
"Please, spare us!" asked the spirit of a mockingbird. "We all had a difficult time during the black summer and after. We also lost our loved ones. And with the power of our remnants, we could finally seal Venom in the land of the dead. If we opened it again, he would return to the human world. The risk is too great compared to just helping a human girl."Eryk looked irritated. "She's not just a human girl."An old grey owl approached Eryk. "She is indeed a summoner and even the granddaughter of Evan Harris. She should have known what she had done. She has enough capability to be aware of her choices and the consequences she has to accept.""Please, end this meeting and spare us. We will help you no matter what, but not to open a portal to the land of the dead," said another.Eryk was powerless. He couldn't force the spirits to summon the night birds he had gathered. Attempts to convince failed. He turned to White desperately. And, White replied with a soft shake of the head."I under
They sat quietly in the camping car. Joker started running her fingers over the keyboard and doing a search on the computer."I'm going to do a database search regarding the unusual power movements of summoned spirits recently. Hopefully, those clues will lead us to Alyssa."On the monitor screen that Joker showed, a map of the Rockwool City area was visible. There are lots of red dots on the map."What do those red dots mean?" Eryk asked."I made an app. Where this application can read the movement and energy of summoned spirits. However, this application could be better. It could only read the direction of the summoned spirit's energy. The red dots on the monitor screen are the summoned spirits with great power within the Rockwool region. While those that cannot be read on the monitor screen, the number may be much larger."I understand," White said. "Alyssa is a powerful summoner. Of course, the summoned spirit that went with her has a lot of energy too."Joker snapped her fingers
"Intruder! Intruder!" shouted a bat spirit with sharp fangs.Suddenly the bat spirit shot towards Eryk and Joker. His red eyes flashed sharply. Joker swung her claws to attack the bat spirit until its wings were torn apart."Wait, stop!" cried Eryk. "He is the guardian summoned the spirit of the Evan Harris residence. I don't think he's dangerous.""Of course, he's dangerous. Because he mistook us for intruders. Yeah, although technically, we did infiltrate here.""Maybe he still recognizes me," Eryk pleaded. He couldn't bear to hurt a summoned spirit that had lost its summoner."It's useless. He's already dying," said Joker. "Try it if you want to give your life to him."Eryk strolled toward the sprawling bat spirit. He can no longer fly because Joker's cat claws tore his wings off. But his pair of eyes kept alert and emitted infrared light."Intruder," the bat spirit repeated before it died and turned into black smoke."Eryk, you have to see this!" shouted Black, who flew back after
"They have stolen thousands of wild summon spirits that we have subdued and collected over the years."Alyssa noticed the former basement, gaping with a large hole, and the roof directly adjacent to the free air."Before, this is where grandpa kept the summoned spirits that had been sealed. We can't use all of the summoned spirits. However, we sealed them to make them harmless.""You mean, now the destroyer summoners have taken over and overpowered those dormant summoned spirits for their own benefit?"Alyssa nodded. "It seems that was their intention from the start. They didn't appear to get my grandpa but to seize the collection of summoned spirits we have here. And… my grandpa has their bonuses.""Apparently so," muttered Joker. "They also came looking for me and took the Owl Soul. Because they know I collect things related to summoners, like the weapons they used. Meanwhile, Evan Harris gathers the wild and free summoned spirits out there.""Do you think Venom and his crew want to
“Thousands of summoned spirit collections that we have frozen,” Alyssa answered glumly.“Is it true they will form a large army using those inactive summoned spirits?”Alyssa nodded. “That could happen. We never know what they are thinking and planning. But one thing is clear: our collected spirits are not randomly summoned. They are all the strongest summoned spirits that we have subdued. If they were to escape the seal, they could wreak havoc even more than the Dark Summer. These summoned spirits were mostly Venom followers when the dark summer happened.”“Why are we wasting time here?” cried Eryk. “Shouldn’t we chase and search for them and reclaim those summoned spirits? We are far superior to them. Because we are the only ones who have access to the land of the dead. No matter how big an army they have, as long as Venom can’t be revived, isn’t it all for nothing?”While they were having a serious discussion, there was a very loud flapping of a bird’s wings in the air, and it drew
"We'll be at our destination," shouted Joker while keeping her eyes on the map on her camper car monitor.Eryk peeked out of the camper car window. It was still dark outside in the morning. A lot of fog enveloped the area. Vaguely in the distance, Eryk saw lots of steep rocks filling the scenery before him.The volcano is very arid. There are almost no living trees and plants. If anything, it is a type of thorny plant whose fruit is very poisonous.The camper stopped in a clearing surrounded by thorns. The car cannot go any farther. They have reached the limit of the road that can be passed by vehicles."We have to walk from here," muttered Joker, exhaling in annoyance. "I hate having to walk. My feet will get swollen and blistered."Brum… Brum…They all turned to the side. Amidst the dense fog, the headlights of an approaching motorized vehicle could be seen slowly.Joker immediately pulled over. Right before her, Alyssa deliberately stopped the spo
They immediately scattered toward the area pointed out by White. The white owl was already perched atop a sharp rock staring out at the vast expanse of barren desert that glistened with a reddish-purple hue. The field was heavily covered with purple rocks–the same rocks they had found in the ruins of Evan Harris' mansion."Impossible! This much?""I told you. These rocks are only found in volcanoes, incidentally only in this place. Not with other volcanoes. Because the characteristics of the lava from this mountain are very distinctive.""But, I have a bad feeling looking at all this beauty," Black exclaimed. "So contradictory.""We just need to find a way. Hellboy must live around here. Is it possible that he is in the crater?""Guys… look at that over there!" cried Alyssa. "There is a small hut. The only hut separated from the village we just passed. Do you think this place is the lair?"Without thinking, Eryk immediately stepped closer to the direction of the accommodation. Joker i