Kill through American horror, starting from the witches' coven

It is easy to deal with the shadow, but it is impossible to capture it alive.

This is not its true body.

After Robb controlled it, seeing that the situation was not good, the shadow left a harsh word and disappeared directly.

The solemn church returned to peace.

Father Hagen coughed several times, and finally recovered. He stood up weakly and thanked Robb and Zoe:

"Thank you for your help, may God bless you."

"God will not bless us." Robb shook his head slightly, "Father Hagen, you should tell me why you got involved with that ghost thing just now."

Father Hagen took a deep breath, nodded and replied: "Because I know its origin and the truth of all this."

"The truth?"

"Yes! What Alice saw was not the Virgin Mary, but an evil spirit!"

Father Hagen took out a very thoughtful old book from his arms, which recorded the church's records of the town's past.

Banfield was built in the early 19th century by Catholic villagers, and the earliest record in the county annals can be traced back to 1852.

Banfield also represents a place of disaster, a strange and terrifying place of vision.

Here, all kinds of possibilities exist.

Two-headed cows, black goats, demons, etc.

Among them, the very famous witch is of course indispensable.

Coincidentally, in the records of the church, there is such a very real witch case in the history of the town.

"About the witch and the bride of Satan, Mary Erno. This is an exorcism case recorded by Father Prescott."

Father Hagen opened the old book in his hand, facing the pictures and words on it, and told Robb and the others whose expressions changed slightly.

"Mary performed a miracle, she can heal diseases. She claimed that the Virgin Mary talked to her. As long as you give your heart to her, she will heal you."

"Exactly the same as Alice." Zoe glanced at Robb.

Robb nodded and continued to listen.

"As long as you give your body and soul to Mary, you will be healed. If someone opposes, you will not have a good end."

When reading this, Father Hagen subconsciously touched his bruised neck.

"Finally! One day the villagers began to resist. Mary was caught and pushed into the freezing cold river."

"Mary admitted to obeying Satan. As a punishment, a mask was embedded in Mary's face, showing the image of the Virgin Mary."

"Mary was hanged under an ancient oak tree protected by the church. Her body was burned, and her bones and soul were imprisoned in a harvest doll."

"After Mary's death, her miracles no longer existed. Those who were cured relapsed."

A very old and frequent story was presented to everyone.

Just as the demon hunter died on the dung fork.

The witch was also killed by the villagers.

Of course, although it was not mentioned in the book, the church must have played a big role in it, and it was the kind of unauthorized lynching.

After all, they are very skilled in burning witches.

In general, this is a story about a witch pretending to be the Virgin Mary, confusing the villagers, acting arrogantly, and being killed in the end.

As for the relationship between witches and Satan.

Robb doesn't think so.

The famous church witch hunt always links witches with Satan, and is unwilling to admit that witches themselves have talents. This is done to allow their side to hold high the banner of justice.

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

"Witch..."

As a new-age witch, Zoe has some feelings about Mary's experience.

Not much.

After all, Mary was the first to die.

Pretending to be the Virgin Mary, killing anyone who disobeys, do you really think the church's knife is not sharp.

"What is that harvest doll?" Robb asked, finding the key point.

Father Hagen said: "It is 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 shadow just now is the image of the locked harvest doll.

It is almost certain that the harvest doll that imprisoned Mary's soul was recently broken by a guy with a dirty hand, and Mary's residual soul was released, which led to a series of miracles like the historical records in the past.

"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 the town now."

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

Zoe, who came from a witch family, agreed with Robb's analysis. She continuedAsked: "What is the purpose of Mary making such a big fuss?"

"Ritual!" Father Hagen thought of something and said loudly, "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!"

"Devouring the souls of all believers, making up for the remaining souls, and then using the bodies of blood relatives to achieve rebirth. A very evil black witchcraft in history, it has now been lost, and only the academy has such a record."

Zoe, who likes to read the academy'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 hurriedly said: "We must stop Mary!"

Zoe looked at Robb.

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

Without Alice, the only bloodline, Mary couldn't make any waves.

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

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

In addition, Father Hagen, who was a deaf-mute and orphan, raised Alice since she was a child. He really didn't want this kind girl with a bad fate to have any more accidents.

Robb shrugged.

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

If Alice was not killed, it would be difficult to pull Mary out even with Robb's means.

As for destroying this ceremony and proving that the miracle was not true.

It was just a temporary solution.

The believers plus the motivation of interests were enough to make people take endless risks.

Didn't the Boston Diocese know about Mary?

No.

When the miracle appeared in Banfield, they must have looked through the diocesan archives, and the confession file of Mary Erno, the evil witch, had been kept.

But so what.

The Boston Diocese chose to ignore the huge benefits of Banfield becoming a holy place.

The fact that the church has not intervened to stop it until now is the best proof.