Long-term salvation

Standing at the door of the mansion was Father Lankester Merlyn (from "The Exorcist" in 1973). The old man was wearing a neat priest's uniform, with a solemn and faintly respectful look on his face.

"An evil spirit is at work, ladies," said the priest.

"..."

Weihua didn't answer. She turned her head and saw the evil spirit Basshiba hanging on a big tree by the lake, struggling frantically, as if trying to escape from here.

With a cold snort, Michael turned and walked into the haunted house.

The haunted house began to scream like a frightened little girl.

Chapter 400: Summoning the Spirits! (2/3)

At this moment, the seven members of the Perron family were trembling in fear, and the exorcists, who had many wounds on their bodies, were sighing helplessly:

Just minutes ago, the wallpaper had been peeling under the force of the cold rain, like cracked skin, while dark brown mold was growing along the cracks in the walls, forming lines resembling a weeping face. The cold inside was so intense that everyone exhaled a distinct white mist, which swirled and rose in the air, condensing on the ceiling into water droplets that squirmed like maggots.

The rustling sounds of insects crawling in the walls soon turned into the screams of evil spirits, clapping, chopping bones, crying... countless tiny sounds mixed together, wantonly torturing everyone inside.

Whether it's the unfortunate family already targeted or the folk exorcists with clairvoyant abilities, they've all been marked. The evil spirits will gradually tear down the barriers of these warm souls, destroying their once resilient wills, claiming each body as their own and spreading more death and terror.

Even reading the Bible aloud and sprinkling holy water were of no use. The power of the evil spirits lingering here had long been immune to such tricks. Only fire and gunfire could have some effect, but as time passed, even this became meaningless!

The exorcists who were invited and summoned tried to expel a few weak evil spirits, but they soon discovered that the entire land was cursed and soaked in eternal evil:

Every person who died tragically around them failed to return to the original torrent, but instead turned into evil spirits, constantly multiplying like cancer cells. Especially in the past five years, as the tides of the other world rose, the evil spirits became more and more numerous, and at the same time gathered in the mansion purchased by the Perron family.

If Rhodes was present, he might have received another side quest for the movie "The Conjuring", but now, he had just left the Aperture Technology headquarters and was looking at the follow-up action report on Raiden sent back from the Intelligence Department of the Army Without Borders.

Because of this, the girls now need to deal with these events on their own.

When Mary and Weihua walked into the house, the people in the hall on the first floor subconsciously looked back at them——

The coldness around was swept away, leaving only the softness like the warm spring sun, making people feel like they were sticking their bodies to a thin blanket that had been exposed to the sun, and an infinite sense of comfort and security rose in their chests.

But for those with clairvoyance, their entire field of vision was filled with pure white light. When the light faded slightly, what remained was even more unimaginable:

"saint?"

The little nun walking in front was radiating a divine light. She whispered prayers for the Perron family who were suffering such a misfortune, and rebuked those hateful evil spirits - every rebuke made the house tremble and made those evil ghosts speechless.

"Angel?"

The pink-haired girl following closely behind was stretching out her pure white wings, her eyes filled with anger, but she suppressed it instead of directly releasing the power that was enough to "bring down the big red dragon" - wherever her eyes went, the evil spirits that could not dodge in time were directly scattered, and the rest retreated into the cracks in the houses, shivering in the darkness.

“Father Merlin!” Lorraine Warren stood up suddenly. She looked at Mary in shock…especially Weihua. “What on earth is going on with these two?!”

The others looked at each other in bewilderment. Even those without clairvoyance could sense the two powerful energies. As for the black-haired woman at the back, everyone subconsciously ignored her, as if even one more glance at her would drive them insane and mad to death!

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, he will sit on the throne of his glory (Matthew 25:31). ... My friends, the Son of Man has already come into the world, and he is now leading fearless warriors to fight for the Lambs. What you see now is his forerunner."

Father Merlin whispered biblical content that surprised—no, shocked—the crowd. If it weren't for the fact that the exorcists who knew this priest admired his character and morality, they would have almost denounced such nonsense!

"Whether it's true or not... you will eventually see it," Father Merlin said meaningfully. He then looked at Mary and Weihua who were looking around the room and asked:

"Ladies, what should we do now?"

"Well, it's not a very difficult matter," Mary said softly, and her words made the priest feel much more at ease. "But it's not so easy to completely dispel the darkness that lingers in this land. Once this is over, it's best for us to relocate the people living here, then sprinkle the consecrated holy water and scatter the ashes of the burnt offering."

"Understood. I will notify the local church to personally carry out this matter and conduct continuous surveillance. This requires the help of..."

"I'll tell Sensei."

Mary nodded slightly. She sighed softly, turned her head to look at Weihua, and asked in a low voice amidst the mixed surprise and curiosity of the crowd:

"Master Mika, do you feel anything more?"

"I don't think there are any religious demons here, just some weak evil spirits."

Weihua took a step forward, looked upstairs, and stretched out her hand to stroke the wall - just a touch, the wallpaper on the wall immediately returned to its original state, and even the mold spots formed a flattering image of an angel descending - but to the girl, this was more like a provocation.

With her eyes twitching slightly and her fists clenched, Weihua subconsciously wanted to bypass the super brain's command and use her super power directly.

After realizing that he had made a big mistake, the mold quickly dissipated and never reappeared.

"...It seems the veil over this area is too thin, creating a deep intertwining with the other world. It was fine before, but now the rising tide has caused all sorts of evil spirits to manifest." The beautiful girl reached through her long pink hair, speaking in a tone most people in the room couldn't understand. "If that's the case, we can act now, Mary—do you want to contain them?"

"Only one is enough, Master Mika."

"okay!"

The pink-haired girl shouted happily, and quickly put aside the idea she had thought of on the way here, which was to observe how Mary acted and imitate her in the future, and walked towards the hostess of the Perron family.

Feeling a strange fear suddenly rising in her heart, Carolyn Perron's eyes were immediately replaced by darkness. Only the winged angel in the center was emitting a dazzling divine light. Her body leaped up uncontrollably, clinging to the corner of the hall's ceiling in violation of common sense and the laws of physics. She roared at Weihua who was walking towards her:

"Impossible! There's no way you can be Michael!!! God is dead! God is dead!"

Hearing this, Mika stretched out her fingers and brushed through her long pink hair, and said calmly:

"Get down."

"...Come down if you want! I'm not afraid of you!"

Folk exorcists: "..."

The Perron family: "..."

"Ahem... well," Father Merlin coughed lightly a few times, breaking the somewhat awkward scene, "Please finish this quickly. My old bones can't stand the rain."

Chapter 401: Global Occult Alliance Welcomes You (3/3)

Even after coming down from the corner of the ceiling, the possessed Ms. Peren was still breathing at Weihua and dodging as she walked forward.

From the hall to the corridor, the evil spirits kept trying to escape, but Weihua just walked calmly, occasionally punching through the wall, grabbing other evil spirits inside and killing them.

Looking at its "companion" who was beaten to death with a single punch and whose face was scorched with pain and despair by the holy light before dying, the evil spirit Basshiba now only had regrets. He regretted not quickly taking over a physical body and leaving - but it was already deeply bound to this land. Even if it escaped from the house, it would only become a sitting duck in the forest and wilderness.

At that time, the evil spirit Bashiba, who has become the prey, can only consider whether he can satisfy Master Mika.

Even more so now.

"Holy~Holy~Holy~Lord~God~Almighty~"

The lovely girl singing "Holy, Holy, Holy/Holy Trinity Song" stepped closer to the evil spirit, casually swatting away the fishy wind created by the latter, seeing through the strange illusion, and ignoring the furniture that suddenly flew towards her.

These things couldn't even shake her body a little!

The evil spirits controlled by Basshiba had no choice but to follow its orders and attack, but they could only swing their fists a few times. Even the weaker ones would be reduced to ashes the moment they got close!

After a few minutes, when Weihua felt that all the evil spirits in the house had been sold out by Bashiba, she squatted down slightly and exerted force. The floor under her feet suddenly exploded, and she rushed forward like thunder cutting through the dark clouds - the evil spirit could not escape from the body it possessed, and it only had time to scream before being grabbed by the face.

The girl's fingers didn't use much force, but this made the possessed Ms. Perron's skin as red as a branding iron. The resulting intense pain penetrated deep into the evil spirit's twisted soul, making her feel as desperate as if she were in the flames of hell!

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

Weihua nodded, very satisfied with the screams of the evil spirit in her palm. She then clenched her pink fist and lightly hit Ms. Peren's abdomen - Ms. Peren, who was tortured severely, immediately fainted, and the evil spirit Basshiba inside almost lost her soul!

Carrying Ms. Perron, Weihua strolled back to the hall where they started. Under everyone's admiring gaze, he placed the lady on the long table and chuckled:

"Hey, hey, it's almost done. Mary, haven't you been attacked here?"

"Yes," the little nun nodded. She pointed to the bullet holes behind the Winchester brothers and smiled at their faces, which were still covered in sweat. "But I used my weapon to disperse them. They screamed loudly."

Mary shook her cat ears, obviously enjoying the pleasure of torturing her prey like a cat.

After signaling to the Perron family, who were worried about his wife and mother, not to worry, Mary grabbed the wrist of the unconscious Ms. Perron. The latter immediately let out a scream and opened her remaining dark eyes, shouting in a cowardly manner:

"The God I worship, Satan will curse you! Curse you!"

Hearing the name of Satan, the first person to lose his composure was Father Merlin. He tremblingly pulled out a quick-acting heart pill from his pocket and stuffed it into his mouth. After taking a few deep breaths, the old priest angrily rebuked:

"Shut up, evil spirit! Satan will never appear in this world!"

I beg you, God, please don't let me see that blasphemous scene...Satan waking up in the Son's bed or anything like that, please don't!

No one could hear the old priest's inner cry. They all focused their attention on Mary, wanting to see what she was going to do.

The little nun whispered a few verses from the Bible, then spread out the large book she had brought with her - covering Ms. Peren's face with the pages covered with ancient Semitic characters. On it were scriptures copied by Gu Guanyou from the Vatican Library, plus spells to drive away evil spirits from the remaining pages of the Book of the Dead - although it could not contain demons and monsters from the other world, it was more than enough to seal a severely injured evil spirit in it.

Low chanting sounds rang out in the room, causing everyone to feel a little hot, as if a sun was shining brightly here.

Along with Mary's voice, the evil spirit Basheba let out a shrill scream, and the entire vague and ethereal figure slowly emerged and was collected into the pages of the book with a crisp sound like a whip!

Bang! The little nun slammed the big book shut, waking everyone from their trance.

"Huh...it's over," Mary breathed a sigh of relief. She looked up at the Perron family, who were both expectant and anxious, and said with a smile, "Ms. Perron just needs to rest for a while. The marks on her face won't last too long...well, they're gone now. They won't leave any scars."

"Thank you so much! We really don't know how to..."

"If you really want to thank me, then please move out as soon as possible," Mary nodded slightly. She took out a business card and pressed it into Mr. Perron's hand. "We have a complete set of procedures for handling this matter, and someone will contact you later. Now please leave this place first and go upstairs to get some rest. I have something to say to the others."

After this troubled family went upstairs, Mary turned her head to look at the folk exorcists in the house. Just as she was about to say something, she heard Mika whisper to her:

"I can help, too. Before coming here, I carefully read and memorized the information about the Global Occult Coalition (GOC)."

"Ah," Mary was slightly startled, then nodded with a gentle smile, "Then I'll trouble you, Master Weihua."

Watching Weihua explaining the affairs of the other world, the Global Occult Alliance and the Army Without Borders to the exorcists with a serious face, Mary hugged the big book tightly, thinking about what reward she should ask Rhodes for after returning.

After nearly half an hour of explanation, when Weihua herself was a little dry-mouthed, the folk exorcists began to discuss in low voices, their eyes occasionally falling on the two girls.

After another half an hour, the exorcists looked at each other, and then the eldest, Iris, responded seriously:

"We're willing. After all, we're in this business. If we had more support, we could definitely save more lives... To be brutal, some things really aren't worth mobilizing, and if we fall short, we won't die on the spot—so we're willing."

"Well, welcome to the Global Occult Coalition then."

Weihua ended with this sentence with a smile, then she thought about it and added a few more words:

"Although there are no mandatory attendance or exorcism requirements, we still provide a basic salary and medical insurance. If you have children, we can also pay for their college tuition and part of their high school tuition. If your academic performance is good enough, we can even issue a recommendation or even recommend you for admission..."

"Wait a minute, Miss Weihua," the Warrens raised their hands and said helplessly, "You should have said this in advance."

"Eh eh eh?!"

"If the salary was high, my two brothers wouldn't have to work all the time. Although we have some money left at home, it's not appropriate to live off our savings."

"My old bones really need some money for medical insurance..."

Listening to the exorcists complaining about the current social expenses one after another, Wu Hua looked around and could only listen with some embarrassment.

Father Merlin, who was listening, also agreed with what he said, but he immediately broke away from the relaxed atmosphere and whispered to Mika and Mary:

"Please come over here, I have something important to discuss."

Important matter?

The girls tilted their heads slightly, and soon heard Father Merlin say in the corridor:

"The new Covenant Knights have been selected, and the trainees also need some training... Therefore, the Vatican hopes that Lord Rhodes can take them on a mission. There is indeed something that needs to be investigated recently."

"Father Merlin should just tell Sensei about this directly. Why do we need to relay it?"

"There's something wrong with the team leader. I'm worried about angering that lord—Father Alexander Anderson. As a fanatic, he's recently gained the knowledge of the Son of God's existence, so he's prayed to the Pope to allow him to participate in this operation."

"…I'll tell Sensei about this."

Chapter 402 Father Anderson's Audience

As the words "I allow" were conveyed to the Vatican, a special plane took off and crossed the Atlantic Ocean.

A dozen hours later, Father Alexander Anderson and twelve trainee knights arrived outside the town of Arkham - the knights came for pilgrimage, for an audience, to take a vow - as for the priest, he was arranged, coaxed, and induced to come... "tempted."

Some in the Vatican wonder what the Son of God would make of the "fanatics."

So, when Father Anderson set foot on the land of North America and saw the buildings and bustling crowds of the town of Arkham, he realized that his coming would bring trouble to the Son of God.

"This is a real gaffe, a huge gaffe!"

Father Anderson's glasses flickered slightly in the bright sunlight, his teeth clanged, and the rage overflowing in his chest almost drove him to return to the Vatican immediately and shoot the bishop who told him the news of the existence of the Son of God with a rifle and sword!

As for the Pope who acquiesced to this matter...that is something that only the Son of God can handle, and I will reveal everything.

"Father Anderson, what should we do now?" asked a trainee knight. Like the others, he wore priestly attire for cover, but he also carried a long wooden box on his back to conceal his sword and pistol. "Straight to the Covenant Church? Or wait for notification first—we don't even know if the Son of God or his attendants are aware of our arrival."

"They know," the priest said calmly and gently, suppressing his anger.

"?"

"Look up and carefully around you, young man," the priest took off his gloves, waved at the surveillance camera at the intersection, and bowed to the angel statue in the other direction. "Nothing here escapes the eyes of the Son of God. He knows, and He knows forever!"