She moved towards the skull with the Devine eyes then grabbed it with her long hand from a far, placing it on the ground she then turned to me.
Then she said-
"Keep your eyes open for a second"
Then without warning me, she immediately pierced my eyes and pulled them out with one move, I screamed in pain and convulsed on the ground as I tried to cover my wounded face with my hands with no results.
The pain was beyond comprehension, it was far too torturous.
Then I heard the sound of bones breaking with the collision with stones.
She then grabbed my hands to reveal the blood sockets where my eyes used to be, and without giving me time to resist, she put two foreign objects into the bloody socket in my head.
The pain rose to tenfold, even worse then breaking a bone or tearing the flesh.
I felt so much pain that my nails engraved into my skin and tore into my face.
I screamed even louder but nothing changed, it wasn't because of the injury that I screamed but because the Devine eyes were burning through my brain, and recreating my memories from the first one.
What those eyes are doing to my memories is to recreate them as if I've always had those eyes, as if I was born with the Devine eyes.
Somehow this was much much more painful than burning alive, I rolled around over the solid ground, until the pain slowly faded.
Through all of that the terrible ghost just kept laughing out loud and repeating "I'm free!! Finally I'm free! Fuck those pieces of garbage and fuck the lord of the underworld!!!"
I was breathing heavily as the pain was slowly fading bit by bit, but it didn't disappear yet...
On the other hand I couldn't close my eyes, they are always open.
The good thing is that those eyes don't seem to get irritated by dust and they don't need to be blinking all the time like normal eyes.
I slowly lifting myself then sat down, I looked around with those eyes, none of what I saw surprised me because those damn eyes changed my memories as if I always had them eyes.
The devine eyes can see energy which is a weird concept, I can see trees bright but it's hard to see stones, I can also see the waves in the air, and I can see spirits and living things much brighter.
But I can't see my reflection in mirrors nor on the water, which means that those eyes can see through false images and through solid walls, I also am not effected by optical illusions as well as mirage.
All in all it's a trade, I'll never get my eyes deceived but I can't see my reflection.
And I can see energy through all things, a weird type of energy that is, one that exists in ghosts as well as humans and also magical objects like the gem.
After a while of cooling down as well as adjusting to those new eyes...
And after a few seconds, she said-
"How is your new eyes? Are they really Devine??"
I was about to say something but then hesitated, after a few seconds I said-
"Nah not evən close, I just can see through delusions now... that's all"
She stared at me with an irritated expression then said-
"Fuuuuck, fuck that bastard of the underworld"
I replied-
"Isn't he a lord, Aren't you scared?"
She replied-
"I mean, he can torture me, or just kill me, but guarding these junks is torturous enough"
- "I guess so.
What's your name anyways, you terrifying chain ghost?"
- "Nice nickname.
Call me avatha, whatever that name means.
What about your name weirdo?"
I hesitate then replied-
"I ee~ , you could call me Odd"
She stared for a few seconds then turned her head away, then said-
"I'll call you Ode then"
I stared at her with confusion.
She lingered then said-
"Can I ask you for a favor... e- before the faver, your friend is coming here, the shroud I mean"
My eyes widened-
"Shit, here is the worst place for a fight, I can't burn him or crush him"
She turned her head towards me then said-
"Since I took your tasty eyes, I guess I might as well help you"
- "Can you harm a shroud?"
- "Probably not, but I can possess chains, and also I'm a very strong ghost, I can tie him up easily"
- "And what should I do? Punch a shroud?"
She lingered for several minutes then said-
"We can do a contract... it might help you a lot"
I turned my head towards her then said-
"Let me guess, contracts with great beings can make me similar to them in power?"
- "Not a bad guess.
Contracts are just a connection between the souls, but the connection is dictated by the contractor... so, you might just get scammed or devoured"
- "Well... what is your contract?"
- "... I just wanna leave this cave"
I thought for a second then replied-
"I just wanna survive"
- "I guess that's a good enough contract, I could possess your tools or weapons and give them life and powers... sort of"
- "Wait can't you just leave the cave by yourself?"
- "Yes, but the ruler of the underworld will hunt me down in seconds, but with a contract I'm practically invisible... sort of"
I thought for several seconds as sweat slowly dripped down my face, I then said-
"I excəpt the contract then, possess one of these chains so we could deal with this damn shroud.
Also I have a dumb plan to try..."