Chapter 14: The Power of the Ruler!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The figures walked very slowly, leaving the road bit by bit. 

It seemed that their movements were very stiff. It was not an action that a normal person could imitate. 

“Now, we are sure that those are deadly ghosts.” Maron narrowed his eyes and looked over. 

“Where did these deadly ghosts come from?” Mary also saw that there were countless deadly ghosts crossing the road. 

“Judging from the clothes, these people should be employees of the clothing factory,” Maron said. 

“Clothing factory?” Mary was deep in thought. 

Without waiting for her to think about anything else, Maron pulled her back. 

“What’s wrong?” Mary asked. 

Maron didn’t answer immediately. The speed of his retreat became faster and faster. 

After retreating for dozens of meters, Maron stopped. 

“They are coming.” Maron stared at the ghosts that were less than 100 meters away from them. 

Mary looked over. Sure enough, those ghosts were very close to them. 

“How did they find us?” Mary asked curiously. 

Maron said, “They should be listening. They heard our voices.” 

“Listen…” 

Before Mary could finish her sentence, Maron had already gagged her. 

Being suddenly gagged, Mary tried to subconsciously avoid it, but she was still gagged by Maron in the end. 

She didn’t mind, however, Maron was too sudden with his movements. 

Maron leaned close to her ear and pointed to the front. 

“They are coming.” 

[You realized that something was wrong a minute later. You used the Strength of a Thousand Djinn to escape.] 

Seeing this notification, Maron understood. 

There were a lot of ghosts here. 

If it was just one ghost, Maron would not think of retreating, but there were too many ghosts now. 

Even if Maron could hold on for a while, his stamina would eventually be exhausted. 

Suddenly, those ghosts turned around at the same time and looked at Maron and Mary. 

Their scarlet eyes were staring at them. 

“Run!” Maron shouted in a low voice. 

Then, he ran with Mary in his arms. 

[Your legs are running too slowly. You have awakened the Strength of a Thousand Djinn.] 

The notification lit up. 

Suddenly, Maron felt that his legs were full of strength. 

His running speed became faster and faster. 

He could only see an afterimage! 

Even the ghosts couldn’t react in time. 

‘Are we ghosts, or are you ghosts?! How can you run faster than us?!’ 

A large wave of ghosts gathered at the place where Maron and Mary had stayed. 

Some of the ghosts seemed to have smelled the residual scent in the air. 

Then they headed in the direction where Maron had left. 

The ghosts followed behind them and a minute later, Maron appeared at his home. 

His feet were already resting. 

“Huff! Huff! Huff!” Mary lay on the sofa and panted heavily. 

She was scared to death. Maron was too fast. 

It felt like a trip to hell and it was very uncomfortable. 

Maron was fine. His legs were tired and he needed to rest. 

He was already overworking himself. 

Mary recovered a little and looked at Maron, who was sitting on the sofa without saying a word. 

“How do you have such an ability?” Mary was very shocked by Maron’s ability. 

Maron let out a heavy breath and said, “This is my ability that I got from absorbing the Deadly Spectre Puzzle.” 

Hearing Maron’s explanation, Mary thought of the ruler she had obtained. 

She had never used it since she got it, so she didn’t know what kind of ability it had. 

“How many Cursed Tools do you have now?” Mary was very interested in everything about Maron. 

She was also very interested in him. 

Maron thought for a moment, then said, “One.” 

Mary immediately understood what it meant to have a Cursed Tool. 

She had seen Maron’s Cursed Tool before. It was that chainsaw. 

There was also the Ghost Fingernail Deadly Spectre Puzzle that Maron controlled. 

These were all known to her and she knew that these did not have the ability to make run so fast. 

Thinking of this, Mary not only thought of the image of Maron kicking her father away. 

From this, it could be seen that Maron was not an ordinary person. 

Or, rather he had an extraordinary ability and it was just that he did not easily show it in front of the world. 

“Don’t move.” Maron looked at Mary warily and said. 

Mary, who had been immersed in her imagination, was suddenly stunned. She did not know what Maron was going to do. 

Seeing Mary’s puzzled gaze, Maron explained, “There is a malicious ghost behind you.” 

Hearing Maron’s words, Mary was suddenly shocked. 

There was a malicious ghost behind her. Why didn’t she know about it? 

She did not feel it at all. 

Mary wanted to turn her head to look, but was stopped by Maron. 

“Don’t move. This evil ghost is very different. It shouldn’t be easy to deal with,” Maron said. 

As soon as he said this, Mary panicked even more. 

She knew very well who Maron was. The ghost that could even make him feel fear was definitely not an ordinary ghost. 

Mary did as Maron said and didn’t move. Instead, she looked at Maron for help. 

Maron looked over carefully. 

[You’ve discovered the secret of Mary’s ruler.] 

At this moment, the blood-red notification in his eyes lit up. 

‘Ruler? Could her ruler turn into a malicious ghost?’ Maron didn’t quite understand. 

“Where’s your ruler? Take it out and let me have a look.” Maron looked at Mary and said seriously. 

“Oh, okay,” Mary answered, then took out the Teacher’s Ruler from her back and handed it to Maron. 

Mary didn’t ask much about Maron’s strange behavior. 

Even if Maron wanted her ruler, she would give it to him without hesitation. 

After all, without Maron, never mind getting a Cursed Tool, she might even have lost her life. 

After Maron finished, he looked at it carefully. 

[You have discovered the secret of the ruler. There is a malicious ghost in the ruler that provides power to the ruler. The ruler’s ability is: Slowness.] 

After seeing the notification, Maron knew that after using this ruler, the target would become slow. 

Maron took a look at Mary. What was he thinking about? 

When Mary was looked at by him like that, she suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. 

It was almost an instinctive reaction because there was something wrong with Maron’s gaze. 

“You…” Mary wanted to say something but hesitated. 

She had just organized her words and was about to say it when Maron suddenly raised the ruler in his hand and gently knocked Mary’s head. 

Mary was stunned. She did not know why Maron would do that. 

“What… did… you… do…?” Mary spoke, but she spoke very slowly. 

In an instant, Mary realized the changes that had happened to her body. 

She seemed to have become slower. 

“It’s okay. I’m just experimenting,” Maron said, then lowered his head and continued to study the ruler. 

Mary said, “If you… want… to… talk… about… things, I… don’t… mind… talking… about… things.” 

It took her almost two minutes to finish this sentence. 

It was clear how powerful this ruler was.