Chapter 73: The Way to Survive
Discovering the roots and pinpointing the puppeteer were mere sideshows. In this crucial moment for Miles, survival took center stage. His immediate concern was to find a method of avoiding a fatal encounter with the reawakening vengeful ghost.
Nevertheless, he didn’t press the issue with Writing right away, despite the mounting pressure. It would only be when these individuals comprehended the terrifying capabilities of the ghost tamers that they would give up their resistance and willingly offer the information he required.
“A strategy to halt the resurrection of the vengeful ghost?” Upon hearing this, Writing was initially startled, then broke out in laughter. “There actually exists a technique, passed down from an unidentified land. It was considered a stroke of luck. A ghost tamer, possibly graced by divine fortune, managed to endure for a full year without falling to the reawakening of the vengeful ghost.”
A whole year of survival?
Miles’ eyes lit up with sparked curiosity.
A ghost tamer’s lifespan was tied to the speed of their internal ghost’s revival. Even if a tamer refrained from using their ghostly powers, Miles deduced their lifespan would barely cross the half-year mark.
The frequent use of such abilities accelerated the ghost’s resurgence, thus curtailing the tamer’s life. A ghost tamer surviving past a year was nothing short of a miracle.
“What’s the specific technique?” Miles queried, his eyes locked on Writing.
“You wouldn’t want to know,” Writing responded with a mischievous lilt in his voice. “It’s a rarity. Perhaps, out of a thousand ghost tamers, only one might achieve this. It’s nearly an impractical approach. Your kind is fated for brief lives. After all, you’re living on borrowed time, kept alive by the ghost within you.”