"Old sir, thank you!"
Misty thanked Wolfe, unaware that this old man was the one who had persecuted Carrie.
Carrie didn't recognize him either, because the old man had previously worn a loose, dark red robe, but he had specifically changed his clothes today.
So, Carrie only felt that the old man looked somewhat familiar, and didn't realize that he was the cultist bishop who had been trying to brainwash her in her dreams.
"This isn't the time for that. Gillespie has already discovered my actions, we need to leave here now!"
Before making his move, Wolfe had arranged for some trusted followers to keep watch, but these followers definitely couldn't stop Gillespie in the slightest. So now, the old man was extremely anxious, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
Without the restriction of Gillespie's magic circle, Wendy had already regained some of her strength, although there were still many marks of torture on her body.
"What's there to be afraid of? If that guy hadn't ambushed me before, I wouldn't have been caught by her so easily! This time, I'm going to properly repay her for taking care of us these past few days!"
In the past two days, all three witches had suffered greatly at the hands of the cultists. They would torture them, then heal their bodies, and then continue torturing them.
It was almost non-stop, 24 hours a day. It was only just now that Wolfe had tricked those torturers into leaving, otherwise Wendy would have definitely killed them with her own hands.
Wolfe quickly dissuaded Wendy.
"No! Gillespie is invincible in the church! She has the Red God's relic in her hand, capable of summoning the Red God's great power!"
Although Wolfe's wording made Misty feel a bit strange, the swamp witch also advised Wendy.
"Wendy, shouldn't we leave first? We can talk about revenge later. Look at Carrie..."
Misty looked at Carrie with a worried expression.
Carrie's mental state wasn't very stable to begin with. After experiencing nearly two days of torture, her mental problems had become even more severe. She was now starting to hallucinate at any time and in any place.
Wendy looked at Carrie and saw that even in a safe state, she was trembling all over, her eyes unfocused and wandering. The problem was indeed very serious.
"Alright, then let's leave first, rest for a bit, and then come back to get revenge on Gillespie!"
This was exactly what Wolfe wanted.
"Follow me, I know a secret passage to get out of here!"
However, this secret passage wasn't in the dungeon area, so they had to leave the dungeon first.
The guards in the dungeon had already been successfully replaced by Wolfe's men, so the old man very smoothly led the three witches out.
Escorted by four subordinates, Wolfe and the witches passed through the complex church corridors and arrived at the back door.
Along the way, they didn't encounter any obstacles at all. The process was so smooth that both Wolfe and Wendy frowned.
Although being smooth was a good thing, being too smooth made them suspicious.
Nothing happened until they entered the secret passage leading out of the church, which made Wolfe breathe a slight sigh of relief.
"Hurry up! Once we're outside the church grounds, we'll be completely safe!"
The three witches mustered their strength and quickened their pace, but just as the group saw the exit, they all stopped.
That woman seemed to have been waiting in this place for a long time.
"Wolfe, you're still as foolish as ever, choosing to go against me."
From Gillespie's tone, it wasn't hard to tell that she and Wolfe were very familiar with each other, which made Misty and Wendy become alert.
"Hmph! Gillespie, do you think I can't hear your lies? You liar! You deceived the previous archbishop, then you deceived your daughter, then you deceived your disciples... and now, you even dare to deceive the great Red God!"
At this point, Wolfe no longer bothered with pleasantries with Gillespie and unhesitatingly exposed her true colors.
What the old man said was actually correct. Gillespie's entire life had been built on lies, and lying had almost become her instinct.
With this kind of ability, Gillespie should have become a chosen one of the King of Sloth. It was a complete waste for her to be with the King of Wrath, who was just a mindless and grumpy fellow.
It was a pity that the King of Sloth had no interest in causing trouble in the human world. The only time he made a bet was when Roy brought it right to his doorstep.
"You saw through it? Sorry, Wolfe, I thought you were just like those other fools, that's why I let you live until now. So you knew all along."
Gillespie looked at Wolfe expressionlessly, her eyes as still as an ancient well.
This attitude actually made Wolfe even more nervous. He gritted his teeth and looked at the four trusted followers beside him.
"Everyone, it's time to offer your lives to the Red God!"
Upon hearing this, the four trusted followers simultaneously took out quail egg-sized purple pebbles and swallowed them, then began reciting prayers.
If Roy were here, he would recognize that the four had swallowed Seeds of Silence, except the Seeds of Silence they had swallowed were quite different in size from the one in Roy's hand.
One was the size of a quail egg, and the other was the size of a duck egg.
"Blood oath illuminates, holy fire burns the body;
Prairie fire lasts forever, the Red God descends with might!
..."
While reciting the prayers, these four trusted followers also took out daggers and slashed their own bodies, letting the blood flow out.
This scene made Gillespie feel uneasy. She immediately conjured a huge fireball in her hands and threw it at Wolfe's four subordinates.
Boom!
The fireball exploded!
This fireball had the explosive power of a high-explosive grenade, but it didn't kill Wolfe's four trusted followers. Their bodies ignited with a dark red flame completely different from the color of Gillespie's fireball, and a large number of tentacles began to grow around their bodies.
At this moment, the four men had lost their self-awareness and began instinctively walking towards the nearest person, which was Gillespie.
Gillespie's expression became very ugly. Realizing that the flames had no effect on these four guys, she released a blood mist attack.
The blood mist corroded the four men's bodies, and the effect was also very limited, mainly because their flesh regenerated too quickly.
Moreover, with the continuous erosion of the blood mist, the surfaces of the four men's bodies underwent further mutations, and they began to grow a special organ that also spewed out some strange gas to counteract the blood mist.
This situation surprised Gillespie greatly.
The most terrifying aspect of the Seed of Silence was that it would mutate during battle according to different situations.
Therefore, you absolutely couldn't fight a prolonged battle against a hatched Seed of Silence, otherwise you would find yourself unable to win as the fight went on.
Realizing this, Gillespie directly used the divine power of the old church, and countless red spikes pierced through the four men's bodies, precisely destroying the Seeds of Silence within them.
But by this time, Wolfe had already vanished without a trace.
The three witches had run even earlier. As soon as Wendy heard that Wolfe knew Gillespie and was also a high-ranking member of the Follower sect, she immediately realized that he was trying to use them.
So, while the two were talking, she used magic to create an illusion and then quietly left with Misty and Carrie.
Wolfe, who knew the truth, was almost in tears. The people he had risked his life to save had actually just run off like that?
Out-of-town gangs really have no manners!
But there was nothing he could do. Wolfe could only run first, otherwise he would definitely die at Gillespie's hands.
Fortunately, within Gillespie's faction, the only ones who could pose a threat to Wolfe were Gillespie herself and her disciple, Walter Sullivan.
Before taking action, Wolfe had already investigated and knew that Sullivan was not around, which was why he had started his plan.
In this way, as long as the four trusted followers could hold Gillespie back for a while, Wolfe could escape safely.
"Damn it! How did things turn out like this?"
The more Wolfe thought about it, the angrier he became. His plan could be said to be quite perfect, and he had even made contingency plans for the possibility of being discovered by Gillespie.
Those four fanatical followers were prepared for Gillespie. The Seed of Silence had extremely strong resistance to magic and energy attacks, a fact that Roy had personally verified.
The four people who had hatched from the Seeds of Silence were enough to hold Gillespie back for a few minutes. The problem with such a good plan actually lay with the three witches.
The only one to blame was Wolfe himself, who only wanted to get Carrie and didn't understand Wendy and Misty's abilities well enough.
In the end, Wolfe still managed to escape the old church grounds. Gillespie had just finished dealing with Wolfe's followers and chased after him. The two faced each other across a street.
Gillespie realized that her backup plan had failed, and she was naturally very angry.
"Wolfe, I will definitely kill you!"
"Gillespie, your conspiracy will eventually fail! I will return!"
The two old rivals exchanged a few harsh words and then hastily ended their confrontation.
"Silent Hill can't be stayed in any longer. It seems I can only go and have a good talk with Mr. R."
Wolfe took one last look at the old church in Silent Hill, then stepped into the thick fog.
At the same time, Misty and Wendy had just escaped the church with Carrie. The three of them were actually not far from Wolfe's location, hiding in a residential building.
Carrie's condition was getting worse and worse. Her body had begun to spasm from time to time, and her eyes were bloodshot.
"Misty, what's going on with Carrie now?"
Although Wendy's combat power was stronger than Misty's, Misty was more professional when it came to healing.
"Carrie's mental state is very bad. She has the kind of constitution that's easily possessed. It's probably because her will is somewhat collapsing, so she's being influenced by the surrounding spirits!"
"Why was nothing wrong in the prison?"
Misty looked at Wendy helplessly.
"The church has the divine power of an evil god, equivalent to a fortress of faith, so there are no spirits there. But it's different after leaving the church."
"Misty, is there any way to exorcise Carrie?"
Witches also performed exorcisms, but their methods were quite different from those of the church.
Wendy herself wasn't good at exorcism, but Misty was very skilled.
"I can only try! But the effectiveness of the exorcism ultimately depends on Carrie's own will! But Carrie's current condition..."
Carrie's personality was originally quite weak, and she had suffered all kinds of torture these past two days. Where would she find the willpower?
Misty's words made Wendy silent.
Although they had only known each other for a few months, Wendy quite liked Carrie.
Whenever she saw Carrie, Wendy would think of her own youth.
In the end, Wendy made up her mind.
"Misty, let's still try. We can't just watch Carrie like this!"
"Alright! Wendy, let's look around nearby to see if there's anything that can help me complete the exorcism ritual!"
Under Misty's guidance, Wendy found flowers, soil, twigs, and stones.
The exorcism ritual officially began!
Misty first arranged the stones in a regular pattern, then placed Carrie in the center.
Next, she smeared soil on the surface of Carrie's body and then sprinkled flowers on top.
The final step was to place the twigs on Carrie's chest and recite the exorcism incantation.
"Alright, whether it succeeds or not depends on Carrie herself. It's a pity we don't have swamp mud and vines, otherwise the effect would be better."
This was a unique exorcism method belonging to the swamp witches, and currently, probably only Misty knew it.
Wendy looked at the calmed-down Carrie and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Misty, this seems to be quite effective!"
Misty shook her head.
"Things aren't that simple. My exorcism ritual only temporarily calmed Carrie's body. The real battlefield is actually within Carrie's heart. Only by defeating those evil spirits inside can she regain consciousness, otherwise..."
Misty didn't continue, but the omitted part was obviously not good news.
"She will sleep forever, won't she?"
"Maybe even worse! Carrie's self-awareness might be completely destroyed by the possessing evil spirit, and she'll become another person."
These words made Wendy fall silent. After a long while, she asked Misty in a dry voice, "Is there any way to help her?"
Misty sighed deeply.
"Perhaps, if her friends and family appear, it might help her regain her will. Other than that, there's no other way."
Wendy couldn't help but shake her head. Although they had been together for a few months, because Carrie was a quiet person who didn't like to talk, she and Misty had limited understanding of this young witch, only knowing her general situation.
For example, Carrie, like Wendy, was born into a Christian family and had almost been killed by her devout mother.
This was also the reason why Wendy liked Carrie. Although there was a difference of two or three hundred years in their ages, their childhood experiences were surprisingly similar.
Three hundred years ago, Wendy had also almost fallen into darkness until she met Misty.
As for Carrie, she met the other three young witches of the Apocalypse Society.
"It seems we can only leave everything to fate."
At this moment, footsteps came from outside. Wendy immediately released magic to create an illusion.
Not long after, two men in full protective suits walked in, took a look, and then left.
"Damn it! The Follower sect's people are still searching. We can't stay here! Misty, can we take Carrie away in this state?"
"Yes, but we have to handle her gently and carefully, and we can't damage the layer of soil on her body!"
"I see. Then let's wrap Carrie up and take her away."
With a wave of her hand, Wendy made a tablecloth fly over and wrap Carrie up like a mummy, then she made Carrie's body float.
From this series of actions, Wendy's superb magical skills could be seen.
"Let's go!"
Carrie