Chapter 141: Summoning Altar
"What is this?"
Valakh couldn't help but take a few steps forward, but seeing William shake his head slightly, he understood instantly.
"Hey, you humans, get out of here quickly; only the guy making the deal can stay."
After saying that, he didn't wait for a few people to answer, and waved his hand immediately.
In the next moment.
Except for William, everyone else was shaken out of the house.
But when they touched the porch, they were steadily caught by an invisible barrier.
Seeing this, Valakh narrowed his eyes.
"You only have a human body, yet you can even usurp the authority of a demon; truly unpleasant."
"Let's get back to discussing the cooperation." William pulled the topic back.
But Valakh sounded suspicious: "Is that bottle really 20-year vintage Holy Water?"
"In the Church, this vintage can already be called a 'Minor Sacred Relic'. How do I know if you faked it?"
Hearing this, William immediately splashed a portion into the air.
"You guy!"
Valakh looked anxious, hurriedly dodged underneath, and opened his mouth.
"...This feeling of Holy Power purifying the body." He closed his eyes tightly.
A moment later.
"How do you want to cooperate?" Valakh's tone was enthusiastic.
If other clergy members saw this scene, they would definitely be stunned on the spot.
Let alone the Church.
Looking at the entire Hell, no one had ever been able to make a demon willingly discuss cooperation.
Ten minutes later.
William's figure appeared on the porch, holding the boy Ben with his right hand.
"Oh, my child!" Denise ran over crying and hugged the boy tightly.
"Is he... okay?" Silas looked puzzled.
William nodded: "The demon has been sealed by me."
As he spoke, he took out a wooden jar covered with paper strips written with symbols.
"Despicable human! Liar!"
The wooden jar suddenly shook, and a muffled voice came from inside.
Seeing this, although everyone still had doubts in their hearts.
But associating it with Father William's previous actions, they roughly guessed what happened in the house just now.
"Even a demon was deceived by him..." Silas exclaimed inwardly.
Bent reached out and poked the wooden jar: "Then is our commission... completed?"
William shook his head: "Don't forget, there is still the Sacrificial Ritual."
He pointed to the farmland, and everyone looked in that direction.
At this time, without the suppression of Valakh's power, the sunflowers resumed growth at a speed visible to the naked eye.
But Roy couldn't be happy; he understood that this meant the ritual was about to begin.
"The Church has appointed a priest from the Special Department, but he won't arrive until noon at least."
Bent looked at William with worry.
"Should we take cover first?"
"No problem. Please take Judy and leave. I still have something to discuss with that gentleman." William said as he walked to the path outside the house.
Earlier, he didn't let Colby enter the house, and the old salesman was already somewhat disheartened.
"You can summon the demon now." William looked down at the other party.
Colby looked hesitant: "I genuinely don't think this is a good idea."
"I can respect your opinion if you plan to give up this rare opportunity." William's tone was flat.
The old man lowered his head and pondered for a while, then stood up: "Sorry, I understand."
Before long.
A small altar was set up next to the sunflower field, with items such as a crow statue, black goat blood, and candles placed on it.
Colby held a dagger and knelt in the center of the altar.
"Don't forget what I told you." William reminded from the side. "Demons cannot defeat humans as long as your heart is full of courage."
This sentence was not meant to comfort him.
In the American horror world, the setting of "Courage" does indeed exist.
Colby took a deep breath and nodded vigorously.
Everything was ready; he cut his palm open with the knife.
Blood dripped onto the crow statue and soon seeped into it.
"The Gate of the Abyss opens, symbolizing the seventy-two pillars of human depravity..."
Accompanied by Colby's voice, gusts of strong wind began to blow on the farmland.
Sand and green grass were brought into the air, quickly forming a vortex on the altar.
A moment later, an extremely oppressive aura surged from within, dyeing the surrounding space pitch black.
Colby trembled all over, and sweat oozed from his forehead.
"What is your wish?"
A deep and thick voice sounded, ethereal, as if from another world.
"Tr... True Lord, I want to make another deal with you." Colby spoke with difficulty.
The surroundings were quiet for a moment.
A cloud of sand surrounded Colby, then gathered into the shape of a crow.
Heh... heh.
A hoarse and creepy laughter sounded.
"You, your daughter, everyone in this town."
"Your souls already belong to me."
"What do you have to trade?"
The demon's voice was like a mountain of despair, pressing down on the old man.
Colby could almost not maintain his kneeling posture.
William's words kept echoing in his mind, and finally a trace of courage emerged in his heart.
"Valakh! I captured him."
Colby's words silenced Malphas for a moment.
"Impossible! You are lying."
"I... I joined forces with a Church priest and ambushed that demon." Colby gritted his teeth.
At this time, another voice sounded: "He is right."
Malphas turned his head immediately: "The stench of the Church! Damn slave, how dare you..."
"Hey, hey! Calm down."
William pulled Colby back within a certain boundary.
"Check the goods first."
Holding a crucifix, he gently untied a corner of the wooden jar.
Sensing the aura inside, Malphas narrowed his eyes: "It really is that guy."
Immediately afterward, it sensed that the "Ritual" on the farm had resumed.
This point could not be faked.
"How did you catch him?"
"It doesn't matter; this Valakh just happened to be on my commission."
William said as he pointed to Colby.
"And this gentleman claimed not long ago that he was willing to join the Church, but his soul is with you."
Malphas looked at William with sand crow eyes.
"Those priests who made deals with demons in the past eventually betrayed the Church. You humans are really interesting."
William shrugged: "Save the sarcastic remarks."
"Why are you so sure I will agree?"
"This depends on you, of course, but I don't mind releasing the thing in the wooden jar back to the farm. For the Church, it's just losing one believer."
Malphas fell into silence again.
"Good, you indeed have the qualification to make a deal." It spoke again.
Then, a dark yellow parchment floated out of the vortex, with text written in blood on it.
"Give Valakh to me, and this man can regain his soul."
"It's Colby, Colby's daughter, and all the souls controlled by the Demon God Malphas in the town of 'Manitou'." William corrected.
"Human, how dare you negotiate terms with a demon!"
Oppressive roaring echoed through the farmland.
William said nothing, just making a motion to throw the wooden jar towards the house.
"Fine, I agree to your conditions."
Malphas's tone instantly returned to calm, as if nothing had happened just now.
Seeing this, William turned his head and glanced at Colby, the meaning self-evident.
"Human, one day you will pay for your offense."
This demon uttered another harsh word, seeming to want to save some face.
William knew this was just a cover-up by the other party.
In the condition just now, Malphas mentioned "give Valakh to me."
This could refer to the manifestation of part of the power, or the demon's main body.
And the wooden jar only contained the former part.
But he didn't expose Malphas's trap.
At the same time, the parchment also floated to Colby's feet.
The latter bent down to pick it up and quickly read the content on it.
"Is it the one you signed originally?" William asked.
"Y... Yes!" Colby nodded excitedly.
After getting confirmation, William waited no longer and immediately splashed a bottle of 20-year vintage Holy Water on it.
"Human! You seek death!"
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