Chapter 1672 Built Different

Even Whitley found the situation bizarre. Logically, a wraith that had transformed into a malevolent spirit would never regain its senses, especially with constant provocations only worsening its condition. Ultimately, it would become an earthbound spirit and affect its surrounding humans' fortune. Throughout history, an earthbound spirit's emergence tended to disrupt an entire city's fortune. Whitley recalled that people would pray to him to rid their village of such spirits, claiming that they would do anything in return for peace to be restored. But when Whitley intervened, he discovered it was the villagers' greed that had brought the earthbound spirit into being. Mortals faced retribution either as divine punishments or constructed disasters in ancient times. And the more earthbound spirits there were, the weaker Gaia's protection over the people became. While having bad luck at work wasn't a major concern, the city's fortune might be drained once the earthbound spirits est