Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1190

Shannon and Lexie cocked their heads at Janel.

He felt rather shy by their scorching gazes, continuing, "Mr. Darkwood… No, that demonic cultist initially said we have geomancy problems in our village and offered to resolve a few strange incidents.

"The villagers were all convinced by his abilities, so they allowed him to stay without a question."

Even his family believed in Alaric's words at that time and deviously attempted to force Sonia's return with the ghost marriage. In the end, he suffered the consequences himself.

"He lives in a house at the west end of the village, right next to the old storage warehouse where they used to keep corn. I've delivered things to him there a few times before."

One night, he took a stroll in the wee hours and surprisingly saw Alaric, who usually stayed home, went to the half-abandoned well at the village, muttering something under his breath. He threw a few talismans and some other objects into the well.

The well had been there for many years, and the water was connected to several wells in the village, including the one at Janel's house.

At the time, he hadn't thought much of it. He was already forced into the ghost marriage, and with Gary tormenting him daily, he had no mental energy to think about anything else.

Since the night he witnessed Alaric tossing talismans into the well, Gary forbade him from drinking the water at home.

As soon as he did or ate anything his mom cooked that used the water from the well, he would immediately possess his body and puke everything out for him.

After a few more similar incidents, he was so tormented that all he could do was nibble on bread each day.

Then one day, he noticed a portion of the villagers began acting strangely.

Initially, they seemed to dislike the sunlight, staying inside their houses the entire day and only coming out when it was nighttime.

Soon after, there were frequent disappearances of chickens and ducks from the village. When the animals were found, all that remained was a pool of blood.

Later, even the stray dogs around the village mysteriously vanished one night.

Since then, he never left the house again. It would be futile to do so, anyway, because the entire village had been sieged with an unknown barrier, preventing anyone from leaving.

After Janel recounted everything that had transpired in the village, he patiently detailed the route to find Alaric for Shannon and the others. Truth be told, he didn't believe that a young mystic like Shannon could handle Alaric.

However, if the group could create even the slightest hindrance—whether by sacrificing their lives alongside Alaric or merely injuring him enough to weaken his barrier—it would be enough to give him a chance to escape the village.

As for the other villagers? He couldn't care less about them.

While concocting his little scheme, Janel tried to conceal his plan and pointed at Gary. "I'm physically weak and will only hold you guys back if I tag along. But you guys can take him. He's very familiar with the village."

Although he owed his life to Gary, the latter was still someone who'd failed to take him out of the village. Hence, he deemed him a liability—not to mention the many humiliations he had suffered while with him.

Truthfully, Janel had been dreaming of the perfect opportunity to discard his ghost husband.