Another man stood up and asked questions to the ghost. Ghost also answered them with great interest. Meanwhile, other men thought of the questions they would ask him. Tafadzwa's man asked questions till he ran out of things to ask. Then the ghost killed him.
The cycle continued for long. Roderick didn’t realize it from the tunnel, but it was about time of sunset. Roderick and his group stayed quiet because Tafadzwa was losing his people. The matter went so much out of Tafadzwa's hand that he could count his men by his two fingers.
"Stop." Tafadzwa stopped his man from asking.
Tafadzwa watched the ghost's excited face, which looked like he had been waiting for him.
"How can I destroy you?" Tafadzwa asked.
The ghost's smirk came to an end. In the end, the ghost made way for them. Those who had survived asked the same question to the ghost and followed Tafadzwa with their loaded guns.
Tafadzwa pointed his gun at Waylon. His men ensured everybody was at gunpoint.
"You shall not kill here, Tafadzwa." Ghost said, "Bloodshed happens here under my terms."
"What would your terms be?" asked Tafadzwa.
"A sacrifice from one person of the group which wants to take the treasure."
Tafadzwa shot his one man.
"Now the treasure is mine." Tafadzwa grinned.
Ghost laughed madly, "It must be a willing sacrifice. Not a murder."
Tafadzwa looked at his men. None of them were ready to give their lives for Tafadzwa to take treasure.
"If you don’t do sacrifice, then you can't go out of here with the treasure." Ghost added.
"I will not kill myself." Tafadzwa's last man dropped his gun.
Barry went closer to Waylon and said, "Waylon, I am ready to make this sacrifice for you three escape."
"No! You don’t have to." Waylon frowned.
"One has to do this. Let it be me."
"Nobody has to do anything." Roderick said, "I will kill this ghost instead."
"Hey ghost." Roderick called him, "I am going out."
"Beware, Roderick." Ghost said, "I will kill you if you go out without a sacrifice."
"HOW CAN I DESTROY YOU?" Roderick roared.
The ghost was stunned.
"HOW CAN I DESTROY YOU?" Roderick repeated it several times as he got past the ghost. His voice reverberated and bothered the ghost more.
"Stop!" Ghost begged.
Roderick asked the same question again. He ran, but the ghost floated behind him. He could have caught up with Roderick but stopped when he found that those men with the treasure were also about to use the same trick on him.
Ghost flicked his arm, and a formed a transparent wall which blocked sound from reaching his ears. The ghost – confined in the tunnel could not go outside. He closed his eyes and duplicated himself.
"Go and kill Roderick." Ghost ordered his doppelganger.