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Just as the witcher died from the dung fork.

The witch was also killed by the villagers.

Of course, although the book doesn’t say it, the church certainly played a big role in it, and it was a kind of lynching without permission.

After all, they are very skilled at burning witches.

Overall, this is a story about a witch who pretended to be the Virgin Mary, bewitched the villagers, acted tyrannically, and was eventually killed.

As for the connection between witches and Satan.

Robb doesn't think so.

The famous church witch hunts always link witches to Satan and are unwilling to acknowledge that witches themselves have talents. This is done in order to allow their side to hold high the banner of justice.

In fact, Satan is not that idle. If He had not been forced into a corner by the radicals last time, He would not have broken the peace that had always existed.

"Witch..."

As a new-age witch, Zoe has some empathy for Mary's experience.

not much.

After all, Mary was the one who asked for death first.

Pretending to be the Virgin Mary, she kills anyone who disobeys her. Does she really think the knife of the church is not sharp?

"What's that harvest doll?" Robb asked, getting to the point.

Father Hagen said, "It's a local custom. Putting a harvest doll in the field can bless a good harvest next year. If... it is locked with an iron chain, it means that a very evil spirit is sealed inside."

The black shadow just now was the image of the locked farm doll.

It's almost certain that the farm doll that originally imprisoned Mary's soul was recently smashed by some clumsy guy, which released Mary's residual soul, leading to a series of miracles happening today as recorded in past history.

"Why Alice?" Zoe asked.

Father Hagen said with a complicated expression, "Because Alice's last name is Erno, she is the only blood descendant of Mary in this town."

"The witch's bloodline has been passed down. After Mary's remaining soul escaped, its strength was not as good as before. It could only parasitize in Alice's bloodline and perform those miracles through her hands." Robb analyzed.

Zoe from the witch family agreed with Robb's analysis. She continued to ask, "What is Mary's purpose in making such a big fuss?"

"Ceremony!" Father Hagen thought of something and shouted, "Alice announced during the day that a grand ceremony would be held for the Virgin Mary! She asked all believers to believe in her devoutly! Dedicate their souls to her without reservation!"

"It devours the souls of all believers, replenishes the remaining souls, and then uses the bodies of blood relatives to achieve rebirth. This is a very evil black witchcraft in history. It has been lost now, and only the academy has such a record."

Zoe, who loved reading the college's collection of books, immediately understood why Mary did this.

Father Hagen didn't understand why Zoe was so professional.

The situation was urgent, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly said, "We must stop Mary!"

Zoe looked at Robb.

Robb: "The most direct way is to kill Alice."

Without Alice, her only bloodline, Mary could not cause any trouble.

"Alice is innocent." Father Hagen shook his head repeatedly.

Although Alice was deceived, everything she did was out of the most flawless good intentions.

In addition, Father Hagen, who was a deaf-mute and orphan, raised Alice since childhood and really didn't want this kind-hearted girl with such an unfortunate fate to have any more accidents.

Robb shrugged.

Because of the same blood and the special nature of being a witch, Mary's residual soul used some means to lurk deep in Alice's blood.

If Alice is not killed, it will be difficult to catch Mary even with Robb's methods.

As for destroying the ceremony and proving that the miracle is not real.

It only treats the symptoms and not the root cause.

The combination of believers and the motivation for profit are enough to make people take endless risks.

Wasn’t the Diocese of Boston aware of Mary’s message?

No.

When the miracle happened at Banfield, they must have looked through the parish archives, where the confession of Mary Erno as a wicked witch had been kept.

But so what.

In the face of the huge benefits that Banfield would bring to the Holy Land, the Diocese of Boston chose to ignore it.

The best proof is that the church has not stepped in to stop it until now.

Chapter 491 Ceremony

"There is still a way!"

In order to prevent Banfield from becoming a living hell and for Alice's safety, Father Hagen racked his brains and suddenly had an idea.

"Mr. Daigode, he was ordered by the Vatican to investigate the authenticity of the miracle of healing. He is also a very professional exorcist and may be able to help with the current situation."

Robb did not reject Father Hagen's suggestion.

The church is, after all, a behemoth.

Although his might has weakened greatly now, he must have had some unique skills in being able to chase down witches and other dark creatures and slaughter them.

If nothing else, Father Prescott's method of imprisoning Mary's soul in a harvest doll is worthy of recognition.

The trouble should end it.

Perhaps the person from the Vatican that Father Hagen mentioned has a solution.

Time was running out, and Father Hagen insisted on visiting Daigode despite the lateness of the night.

Zoe went with him to protect his safety.

"I wonder how Father Hagen would feel if he found out that he was protected by another witch in real life in order to fight against the evil witch?"

Robb, who was still in the church, sat on a bench, looked at the cross of Jesus' crucifixion in front of him, then glanced at the statue of the Virgin Mary standing beside him, and smiled slightly.

Faith~~

As a Chinese who worships God when he has something to do, puts it aside when he doesn't, and curses loudly if it doesn't work, thinking what's the point of worshipping God, he will never be able to understand the Western religion.

Fortunately, most of the people around me are extraordinary people who don’t believe in God. They are basically not affected by religion, so I don’t pay much attention to it.

Only when he arrived here did he truly realize what kind of society he was living in.

But that's it.

If I hadn't been interested in taking the religious route.

With his own abilities, he would have become the leader of a religious sect with great influence long ago, using all kinds of tricks to sleep with the brainwashed saints who were willing to sacrifice themselves.

People, after all, must live uprightly.

……

Half an hour later, Zoe and Father Hagen returned.

Dai Gede, who was asked for reinforcements, was also in the queue.

Father Hagen has informed us of all the circumstances.

This thirty-something Italian-born Vatican priest chose to believe.

The moment he entered the church, he said in a swift and decisive manner: "The Bishop of Boston refuses to cancel the ceremony. The devil has blinded their eyes. We must stop it in advance."

Dai Gede, who was highly expected by Father Hagen, did have real talent and knowledge and proposed a feasible solution.

Mary sealed it the same way she did before and still does now.

Robb had no objection.

It would be great if we could succeed.

Dai Gede came to the offering table in front of the cross, took out a prepared harvest doll, wrapped the chain around it, placed it on the table and said:

"As a prisoner, the influence of the doll on Mary has not been completely eliminated. Now I want to use the doll to re-imprison Mary's soul just like Father Prescott did before."

“Next, the candles must be lit with holy fire, the flame representing the appearance of God’s true self.”

Daigod took out the holy box, took out the matches inside, lit it, and was about to continue speaking.

The flame on the match suddenly went out.

The temperature in the entire church dropped a lot at once.

Dai Gede was stunned for a moment and lit another match.

This time, the match did not go out, but accompanied by a strange wind, the spark on the match suddenly fell on the cross in front.

Completely beyond common sense, a fierce flame burst out from the cross.

The cross was about to fall and hit Dai Gede.

As soon as Robb stretched out his hand, the flames and the cross returned to normal instantly.

Except for a little black smoke rising in the church, everything was the same as it was at the beginning, nothing happened.

"Go on," Robb said calmly.

"……oh…"

Daigod came back to his senses and looked at Robb in surprise.

Although Father Hagen had mentioned Robb's peculiarity before.

But verbal descriptions are never as impressive as seeing something with your own eyes.

Time was running out, so Dai Gede forced himself to think, lit the candles, and continued the ceremony.

Along the way, just like the previous match incident, various accidents occurred frequently.

But with Robb's action, all the unexpected things were resolved in an instant.

Finally, Mary's roar of unwillingness broke out in the church without any concealment.

Under the flickering candlelight, Dai Gede, who had reached the final step of the complicated ceremony, raised the cross on his neck with one hand and the harvest doll with the other, and shouted loudly:

"In the name of our Lord Christ and the Virgin Mary! Re-imprison this fallen soul! Marie Erno! Return!"

"what!!!"

The high voice of resentment suddenly resounded throughout the church.

The lights went out at that moment and a strong wind rushed through the room.

In the midst of the noise and movement, no matter how unwilling Mary was, she had no choice but to reveal her true form. In her futile struggle, she was sucked back into the harvest doll.

The plan was successful.

This time, Robb only helped out occasionally, and mostly acted as a bystander, watching all this in amazement.

The church is indeed quite capable.

Throughout the whole process, it seemed that everything was entrusted to God, but in essence it was a very rigorous exorcism procedure.

If it is handed over to a priest with devout faith and strong will, the success rate is often very high.

"Mary Erno has been resealed in the harvest doll." Daigod breathed a sigh of relief.

As his words fell.

at the same time.

Alice, who was chatting with someone, opened her mouth, but suddenly found herself unable to speak.

Not only her, but also the man with high spinal cord injury who had been cured before, the little boy with disabled legs, and others, all lost their strength at this moment and returned to their previous state.

As recorded, after Mary’s death, those who were healed suffered a relapse of their old illnesses.

Not to mention the various consequences brought about by this series of situations.

Back to the present, Daigod was talking about taking the farm doll that imprisoned Mary's soul back to the Vatican and guarding it closely.

Robb stopped him.