American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 296 Pointy Head

"Heather, you watch over Trian and Serena, I'm going after that thing!"

Roy tossed the cursed daggers to Heather.

With these daggers, Heather can take care of most undead creatures.

Roy then activated the Hound Ring to track Antonia Grassa.

At this moment, Francesca, enduring the damage from the holy light, emerged from Smith Wesson M629 to warn Roy.

"Roy, take that cursed diamond! That's the core of the vengeful spirit aggregate; it can't stay away from that thing for long!"

It was thanks to Francesca's reminder that Roy would have overlooked the matter.

Perhaps Antonia Graza's goal is to lure Roy away so she can return and take the Cursed Diamond.

"I understand, get back into the gun!"

The phantom of the hellhound indicated that Antonia Graza was constantly crawling through various pipes in an attempt to evade Roy's pursuit, with some places being too large for Roy to fit into.

Roy was forced to revert to human form, otherwise keeping his angel form active would be a waste of chaos energy.

Left with no other option, Roy had to summon Francesca again to ask her questions.

"Damn it! Why is this thing constantly running? Francesca, do you have any ideas on how to deal with it?"

Francesca looked at Roy with a strange expression.

"Roy, can you tell me why you're an angel?"

Francesca had wanted to ask this question before, and it was only after seeing that Roy was an angel that she chose to remind him when they were in the treasure vault.

Otherwise, given Francesca's previous attitude towards Roy, she certainly wouldn't have brought it up on her own initiative.

"This question? Actually, I was born with the blood of both angels and demons; I am a Nephilim, a combination of the two."

Roy did not hide his identity, but he did not reveal where the blood of angels and demons came from. He couldn't very well say that he had beaten the archangel, could he?

No one would believe such a thing if I said it out loud.

Upon hearing this, Francesca's expression became dazed.

"So that's how it is. Angels and demons can actually combine? Roy, do you think I'll be able to go to heaven in the future?"

Roy raised an eyebrow. Was Francesca afraid after seeing an angel?
Are you afraid of going to hell one day?
Indeed, Francesca's actions certainly warrant her condemnation to hell, and it's no wonder she felt fear.

The reason why many people act without fear and dare to do all kinds of bad things is largely because they lack faith.

The faith mentioned here refers not only to religion, but also to life principles.

Therefore, good religions all encourage people to do good and instill a sense of awe in people so that they will not do anything outrageous.

"Why must we go to heaven? I once heard an angel say that heaven is very boring, and nothing interesting might happen for hundreds of years."

The angel who said this was Adrian (Raphael).

Raphael can be considered an anomaly among angels. Most angels are serious and boring like Michael and Uriel, but he is the only one with a free and easy personality.

At the end of the Silent Hill event, Elise mentioned that Raphael was always late.

This time, Raphael also found a good excuse to descend from heaven to earth.

That's right, Raphael didn't descend through church rituals, but rather he descended voluntarily. In order to be able to come to the human world as soon as possible, he even randomly chose a human host to descend to.

Adrian was neither a priest nor a witcher; he was just a playboy with some money.

From this, you can see just how outrageous Raphael was.

This also shows just how boring Heaven must have been, almost driving Raphael crazy.

Francesca stared blankly at Roy.

"Is what you said true?"

"Of course it's true! You might as well stay on Earth and live a good life. Maybe one day I can help you rebuild a body."

Existing in the form of a soul is indeed quite painful. You've almost lost all sensory abilities, and most of the time you can't do anything. You can't sleep or rest, and can only repeat the same things day after day.
This is why many ghosts that linger in the human world eventually become evil spirits; they basically all go insane.

The reason why Sadako and Kayako were able to become more and more normal was because Roy often injected positive energy into them. With hope in life, they naturally wouldn't go crazy.

After a long while, Francesca smiled with relief.

"Thank you, Roy."

This was the first time Francesca had called Roy by his first name, which meant that she had truly accepted Roy in her heart.

"Live life well, don't overthink things, and things will definitely get better!"

Francesca embraced Roy and gave him a deep kiss.

"I will."

But Roy only scratched the surface, as he still had other things to do and couldn't afford to neglect his main tasks.

Francesca then began to explain possible ways to deal with Antonia Grassa.

“One way is to destroy the cruise ship directly. The cruise ship is like Antonia Grassa’s body. If the ship can be dismantled, it will lose its place of survival and have nowhere to hide.”

"This is too troublesome, are there any other solutions?"

Roy waved his hand. His strength was indeed very strong, but unfortunately, his abilities were mainly single-target damage, and they were mainly aimed at living beings.

There's really no good way to deal with a cruise ship. You can't just use a scalpel to dismantle it, can you? How long would that take?
"Then we can only make a fuss about the Eye of the Dead. If the cruise ship is Antonia Graza's body, then the Eye of the Dead is actually its heart."

"According to you, we're running around inside Antonia Graza's belly right now?"

Roy picked up the Eye of the Dead and examined it with a strange expression.

Even in the darkness, this gem emitted a faint, beautiful glow. Not only did the thief, Cui Lin, covet it, but even the man, Roy, found it hard to put down.

"Do you mean to destroy this diamond?"

"I'm not sure about that."

Roy stroked his chin and thought for a moment, feeling it would be a pity to destroy it directly. He could sense that this cursed diamond was not only very valuable, but also possessed extraordinary magic power, and might even be a natural magical object.

If this kind of good thing is destroyed, it will never be found again.

"Let me use this as bait to lure Antonia Grassa over."

As he spoke, Roy took out his blood from his inventory.

Because it's becoming increasingly difficult to obtain blood for himself, Roy prepares his own blood in advance for any eventuality.

Mixing his blood with various ingredients, Roy began drawing a magic circle on the ground. Francesca watched Roy's actions with curiosity; she was becoming increasingly intrigued by him, feeling that he was shrouded in countless mysteries.

Just when Francesca thought she knew what kind of person Roy was, Roy would always come up with something new.

"It's finished! Now all we have to do is wait!"

Roy placed the cursed diamond in the center of the magic circle, then stepped back a few paces.

"Huh? That's all?"

Francesca was a little stunned, but when she came to her senses, she heard Roy had already finished drawing the magic circle.

It feels like you're in an advanced mathematics class. At first, the teacher just writes some simple formulas on the blackboard, and then you space out for a while. When you come to your senses, the blackboard is covered with densely packed text.

"Quick, hide with me!"

Roy pulled Francesca to a corner in the shadows and then put on a ghost mask.

"Roy, are you sure Antonia Grassa won't find us?"

Francesca kept fidgeting in Roy's arms, so Roy had to squeeze her airbag and make a quiet gesture.

"Shh! As long as you don't talk or move, that guy won't notice!"

Upon hearing this, Francesca obediently stopped moving, and after a period of stillness, the two gradually blended into the shadows.

Francesca watched in astonishment as her body faded to a deep black, becoming like a real shadow. This change almost made her scream, but thankfully she remembered Roy's instructions and managed to control herself.

Antonia Grassa moved through the various pipes, which were numerous and abundant on the luxury cruise ship, although some of them might not smell very pleasant.

Suddenly, Antonia Graza realized that she could no longer sense Roy's presence, which caused her to stop her high-speed travel.

How could it suddenly disappear?

Antonia Graza tried to think, but the result of so many wronged souls thinking together was only to make things more chaotic.

One moment I was thinking about continuing to run away, the next I was thinking about going back to check, and then I was thinking about not going anywhere at all, since the smell here was actually quite nice...

Ahem! Perhaps one of the Eighth Brothers has infiltrated the ranks of the wronged spirits.

After a fierce internal struggle, one consciousness finally gained the upper hand and became the temporary dominant force within Antonia Graza's body.

"I want my jewels back, and I'm going to settle the score with that bitch!"

As he spoke, Antonia Graza turned and moved toward the spot where Roy had placed the Eye of the Dead.

Not long after, a gray figure appeared furtively.

The place where Roy placed the Eye of the Dead was actually a boiler room, a relatively complex environment with many large machines, so Antonia Graza was extremely careful.

However, after sensing for a long time, Antonia Graza still couldn't detect any other life in the room.

So Antonia Graza came before the Eye of the Dead.

A beautiful glint flashed in the Eye of the Dead, making Antonia Graza want to retrieve it, but the strange patterns around the black diamond made her hesitant to step inside.

Although I don't understand mysticism, this strange pattern clearly doesn't look like anything good.

Antonia Grassa was caught in a dilemma.

It can only be said that after being trapped at sea for so many years, this aggregate of wronged souls still has too little knowledge.

This is why evil spirits transformed from wizards are the most difficult to deal with, because they are truly knowledgeable and understand a great deal about mysticism.

Ultimately, the idea of ​​reclaiming the Eye of the Dead still dominated among the vengeful spirits. However, Antonia Graza played a trick, trying to take the Eye of the Dead out of thin air with his mind.

This action directly triggered the magic circle on the ground.

Seven jet-black chains extended from the magic circle and flew swiftly toward Antonia Graza.

The creature reacted incredibly quickly, transforming into a cloud of gray mist and fleeing once more. However, the dark chains relentlessly pursued it, moving even faster than the gray mist could fly.

"how so!"

Antonia Graza was horrified to find herself being pulled by pitch-black chains that even spirits could not escape, and she was being pulled toward the magic circle.

Of course, Antonia Graza was ultimately a composite of thousands of wronged souls, and in terms of the sheer number of souls, it was truly terrifying.

The ancient wizard's magic circle that Roy temporarily set up to prevent theft could not completely trap Antonia Graza, but it would be enough to restrict her for a period of time.

The realm of fear unfolds!

The thousands of wronged souls within Antonia Graza's body were gripped by terror at the same time, creating an uproar that made his soul extremely unstable.

Then, Roy emerged from the shadows carrying Francesca and stood before the constantly twisting and deforming Antonia Grassa.

"Why is this guy's head so pointy? He falls into any trap. Francesca, go back to your revolver, I'm going to start purifying this guy."

Francesca shook her head, her expression somewhat strange.

"I want to see this guy purified."

"Then you'd better stand further away, lest you get accidentally hurt by my holy light."

Francesca hid in a relatively far position, watching Roy enter angel form once again.

Wings of Light, unfold!

Roy stood on three halos: Courage, Protection, and Vitality, with the Protection halo being an aura specifically for fighting against dark creatures.

Under the combined effect of the protective halo and the holy light, white holy fire instantly ignited on the surface of Antonia Graza.

The pain in his soul freed a portion of the vengeful spirit within Antonia Grassa from the control of the aura of fear, allowing it to regain a small amount of consciousness.

To Roy's surprise, the guy didn't attack him immediately, but instead looked at Francesca in the distance and started cursing.

"Francesca, you shameless woman, you've betrayed me again!"

Francesca offered an explanation to Roy without any expression on her face.

"The one now controlling Antonia Graza's soul is that former bandit leader, the one I once betrayed."

Roy had a look of sudden realization on his face. No wonder Francesca wanted to watch him purify Antonia Graza.

Knowing the truth, Roy no longer hesitated and activated the power of the Holy Light to its maximum.

Under the effects of the Holy Light and the Guardian Aura, Antonia Graza, the aggregate of vengeful spirits, could no longer sustain itself and exploded on the spot.

[Ding! You have obtained Antonia Grassa's Treasure Chest of Destiny! Open it?]

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