Page 95 of Defying the Relic Hunter

A portal appeared above us. Hundreds of glowing blue orbs streamed from the rock and whizzed joyfully around us.

Xenia laughed in delight.

Adan ducked and dodged the orbs as they vanished into the portal.

Raj’s tentacles quivered.“Wonderous!”

Uncle Saul watched them carefully.

“Pretty awesome, huh?”I did a little happy dance.

Quinn asked,“Those orbs were their souls?”

“Yep.”

“The ghosts didn’t look like that before,”Ethan said.

Granny Annabel materialized next to me wearing her Indiana Jones outfit.“This is a place of magic and it allows you to see their true form.”

Unease crawled up my spine.“I’m sensing some bad juju.”

“The portal to hell is nearby,”Granny replied.

I opened my psychic senses and followed the voices whispering in my head to a stone wall. Huh? I ran a hand over the sandstone.

It’s an illusion,”Granny stated.

“So, a ta-ta spell should work?”

“It will.”

“Ostium fluminis sont ibidem solus novem construxit,”we chanted in unison.

The wall vanished.

“Holy Goddess,” Xenia gasped and pulled her laser pistol.

The breath froze in my lungs. The darkness inside the cavern was like a black thing crawling out to engulf us.

Adan landed on the General’s shoulder.“We are not alone.”

Uncle Saul pulled his modified six shooters with salt bullets.

Raj slithered up beside me.“Ceti is here.”

“Oh yay. Sugar, could you chuck one of those holy water grenades in there?”

“Yes ma’am.”Ethan hurled the grenade.

Bam!Something inside shrieked in agony.

Everyone looked at me.

“Nothing to worry about, probably a ghoul the Thunder God left to guard the place.”

Quinn had a grenade in each hand.“Is it dead?”

“I sure hope so.”Turning my flashlight on, I cautiously checked the narrow tunnel for booby traps.

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