Chapter 284: The Bitchy Pretty Witch (Part 12)
"This aura... is that person," the black-robed skeleton said in a chilling tone.
"Seems he brought some powerful companions... But it doesn't matter, I've accumulated some of my true body's power during this time, enough to kill you all..."
As soon as its voice fell, more black aura surged around the throne, and the black-robed skeleton slowly stood up.
On the other side.
After the monster tide receded, the group took a brief rest and set off again.
During this time, both Fiona and Marie of the Voodoo sect probed indirectly, trying to find out the reason for the monsters' departure from William.
And he naturally claimed total ignorance.
William really wasn't lying about this.
Left with no choice, the two witches could only complain inwardly for a bit, then parted ways.
The subsequent journey was surprisingly smooth; they didn't encounter a single monster along the way.
Even the few dangerous spots Fiona had specifically marked were completely empty when they passed by.
Just like that, the group arrived near the Source Power passage without a hitch, as if they were out for a picnic.
William narrowed his eyes.
At this moment, the surrounding trees had significantly decreased, replaced by many relics left on the ground.
In fact, this situation had already appeared half an hour ago.
Remains of humans and monsters, tattered clothes, long swords and walking sticks...
It seemed a war had once taken place here.
Fiona seemed very familiar with this place. She walked straight to the bottom of a slope, where there was a broad cave entrance.
"The Church's power passage is right inside. It took me a long time to confirm the final location too." She turned around and said.
Before this, William first placed a holy statue in the bushes, and only then sized up the entrance.
"There are indeed traces of Holy Power fluctuations around, and very pure at that," he thought inwardly.
"The Voodoo sect will wait here to prevent anyone from interfering," Marie spoke.
Fiona frowned: "If the combined witchcraft isn't enough to close that place, then we will need your help."
"Heh, Fiona." Marie smiled slightly. "With your abilities, I believe that won't happen."
After speaking, the female leader of the Voodoo sect stepped aside, clearly determined not to enter the cave.
Fiona narrowed her eyes slightly and ultimately didn't try to persuade her further.
"Mr. William." She turned her head again. "You're not planning to stay here too, are you? That item is right down there."
"Is this an excuse to block my retreat in advance..." The corner of William's mouth twitched.
But even if the other party didn't bring it up, he would still enter the cave.
For one, his trip was precisely for the Saint's Remains.
Secondly, he had already made arrangements and could calmly deal with any unexpected situations.
Moreover, as William stared at the cave, the Holy Power inside seemed somewhat special. Just coming into contact with a little bit, he already felt his power surging endlessly.
One must know, even in the entire Church, his Holy Power capacity was considered outstanding.
And now, this feeling had intensified a lot, as if he were standing by a "spring" that could restore Holy Power.
Therefore, he said: "I haven't completely fulfilled my responsibility to help you set up the witchcraft. Of course I have to go down."
Hearing this, Fiona revealed an elegant smile: "You truly are a gentleman, I'm starting to like you a bit."
Marie darted her gaze back and forth between the two for a moment and rolled her eyes.
"Let's go, lest more monsters appear," Fiona said, being the first to walk into the entrance.
The other witches quickly followed suit.
William was the last to enter.
Past the entrance was a downward slope, not very steep overall. Along the way, there were also many relics buried in the dirt.
Compared to outside, the things left here were much more intact.
William even saw a few remains still holding the posture of their last moment before death.
"Judging from the clothing, one side should be the Church, but who were their enemies..." he guessed inwardly.
About a dozen minutes later, the group seemed to have reached the bottom of the cave.
Although the visibility here was poor, the cave walls emitted a faint glow, illuminating the remaining structures nearby.
Neatly cut stone blocks, mysterious statues with wings, and metal crucifixes with their upper halves broken off.
Various signs indicated that this place was once a Church stronghold.
But what William cared about most was a stone well.
The pure and powerful Holy Power emanating from inside even made his own power become active.
He approached slowly, only to see water ripples gently swaying at the mouth of the well.
But looking closely, one could discover that those were actually pools of water condensed from Holy Power.
Two circles of golden patterns surfaced in William's eyes, and then he raised an eyebrow.
"Is this... a halo?"
His gaze pierced through the water pool and discovered the anomaly at the bottom of the well.
This halo was located in the center, pitch black inside, but Holy Power flowed out continuously from all around it.
When handling the Pennywise commission, he had seen something similar at the bottom of the well in the town.
At that time, he thought it was some kind of mutation caused by the clown.
Looking at it now, the halo in Derry town was precisely the source of its power.
"So, Pennywise might not be completely dead yet." William rubbed his chin. "This really fits the laws of the American Horror world."
"I advise you to stay far away from that place," Fiona suddenly spoke at this time.
"Those guys from the Church set up a powerful magic array around the Source Power passage."
She picked up a bone and threw it over as she spoke.
The next second.
Sizzle... Sizzle...
The bone instantly turned into powder.
William had discovered these magic arrays long ago, but he hadn't made a sound.
"Ms. Fiona, according to our agreement, I have accompanied you to... this place." He looked around as he spoke.
"But... where is the item I want?"
Fiona smiled slightly: "Don't be anxious, sweetie. Such a thing naturally wouldn't be casually thrown on the ground."
She pointed to the stone well as she spoke.
"The owner of those remains should be the guardian here. It won't appear until the passage is threatened."
"So, I have to trouble you to wait patiently for the combined witchcraft to finish."
William narrowed his eyes. After a moment, he stepped aside to wait.
Seeing this, Fiona nodded in satisfaction and walked away.
Taking advantage of the moment the other party turned around, William set up a few more holy artifacts.
"Young ladies," Fiona clapped her hands, attracting everyone's attention.
"We have waited a long time for this moment. A thousand years ago, wizards were respected. But ever since that damn Church stepped onto the stage of history, 'wizard' became synonymous with plague..."
"We were slandered, we were spat upon, we were burned..."
"Even today, it's still hard for wizards to find a territory to survive in all of North America. Those 'anti-witch' banners hanging in the city are the best proof!"
"Did we really do anything wrong in all this?"
Fiona shook her head with a calm face.
"We merely mastered supernatural power, making that Church scum feel threatened!"
"And today, all of this will change."
She pointed behind her: "That stone well is called the Source Power passage. It is the very source of all the Church's Holy Power."
"As long as we destroy it, the Church's Holy Clergy Members will completely lose their power!"
"And you all practicing the combined witchcraft so hard all this time, was precisely for this moment!"
"Are you... ready?"
The scene fell into a brief silence.
The next moment.
"We're ready!"
"Overthrow the Church! Let wizards hold their heads high when they go out!"
"Those guys should have stepped aside long ago!"
"..."
Fiona was indeed worthy of being the Supreme Witch; she stirred up the witches' hostile emotions in an instant.
But there were still a few individuals present who remained clear-headed.
Madison slowly backed away, raising her vigilance inwardly: "Damn it... so this woman was aiming for this. Opposing the Church won't end well."
Jenny looked around blankly; she wasn't sure if this was truly a good idea.
Queenie stared at a figure in the corner: "Isn't he from the Church? Doesn't he worry about his own power disappearing?"
Besides her, another person also looked toward the corner.
"What should we do... If he loses his power, Ms. Fiona will definitely kill him," Zoe had a worried face.
William's surface was quite calm.
But for him, a genuine Church priest with orthodox roots, sitting here listening to a hostile faction plot an anti-Church conspiracy.
This feeling... was truly somewhat bizarre.
At the same time, he was also guessing Fiona's timing to strike. Judging from what he eavesdropped on outside the Voodoo sect shop last time, when all these young witches in front of her died, Fiona would also regain her youthful appearance.
If William were in her shoes, he would definitely strike before the remains appeared.
After all, before the target item was in hand, he, a member of the "Wings of Vengeance," definitely wouldn't act rashly.
Thinking of this, William took out a silver crucifix and played with it.
Jenny's eyes immediately changed upon seeing it.
The two had agreed beforehand that the latter would tamper with the combined witchcraft.
Once everything was ready, Fiona immediately ordered the witches to begin taking action.
The young girls immediately scattered into five sections, taking their respective positions in specific corners.
In the final witchcraft position selection, Jenny was still the most suitable candidate for the "Time" part, while Queenie became one of the many assistants.
At this moment, the two stood at the very front of the crowd.
Jenny held a pocket watch in her hand, silently chanting a spell.
Soon, the surging of magic power appeared around the pocket watch, and the items inside the entire cave suddenly flickered erratically.
William narrowed his eyes.
In that instant just now, he saw a broken crucifix restored to its original state.
At the same time, Jenny also revealed a strenuous expression; the magic power in her body was draining at an extremely fast rate.
And opposite her, Fox took out a small knife and cut her palm.
Drip... Drip...
Fresh blood dripped onto the ground, and then actually seemed to come alive, drawing some kind of pattern on the floor.
Madison reluctantly reached out her hand, and flames instantly flared up in the air, completely illuminating the cave.
Immediately after, many water droplets condensed on her body, and the weeds on the ground grew rapidly.
Zoe clenched her fists, then placed her palm on her chest.
A moment later, the huge black silhouette of a spider appeared behind her, and a sweet fragrance also wafted into the air.
Seeing this, Fiona curled her lips.
She raised a hand and pointed in the air. Immediately after, a gust of wind suddenly blew up in the cave, and then many whispers suddenly sounded in everyone's ears.
"I will curse you in hell forever..."
"Witchcraft is not eerie, it's the pursuit of knowledge about the real world..."
"I can die, but please let my child go..."
Accompanied by the voices, a massive number of dead spirits appeared above everyone's heads.
And on the ground, a bright red pentagram magic array had already been drawn.
This was exactly the combined witchcraft Fiona had meticulously prepared.
Using bloodline, time, element, soul, and memory as materials, borrowing the power of witches who died unjustly in the past to cast an extremely powerful sealing spell.
But a spell of this scale consumed a lot.
Just after finishing the setup, the few serving as main witches were already visibly struggling.
Even Fiona's breathing had become somewhat rapid.
"What are you still standing there for!" she roared at the remaining wizards.
The girls were stunned for a moment, then immediately released their own magic power to support the former.
With the new power, the pentagram magic array also became more dazzling.
Subsequently, countless dazzling red lights separated from the magic array and scattered in all directions.
A crystal-clear barrier instantly appeared on the walls, and even the intersection leading upward was blocked.
William's figure immediately appeared at the intersection.
"To think it can even block Holy Power." He hovered his hand outside the red light barrier.
"This way, the people below couldn't escape even if they wanted to."
Through his perception of power, the power level on this hair-thin strand was equivalent to a fifty-year holy artifact.
But fortunately, William could still sense the holy artifacts he had placed outside beforehand.
On the other side, a trace of surprise flashed in Fiona's eyes.
She hadn't even clearly seen this kid's movements just now.
However, as long as the combined witchcraft was activated, no one could get out.
At the same time, more red light vanished into the bodies of the dead spirits above.
An extremely terrifying aura immediately appeared in the cave.
The power of those witch dead spirits skyrocketed, and under Fiona's guidance, they all crashed towards the stone well.
Bang!
Accompanied by a massive tremor on the wall, the protection outside the stone well instantly cracked.
Just as the dead spirits were planning to advance again, a suffocating aura descended within the cave.
William instantly looked towards the rock wall beside the stone well. At some unknown time, a figure had appeared there. The other party was wearing a long robe. Although it was tattered and old, judging from the texture on it, it was an extremely luxurious garment.
Step... Step...
The figure took a few steps forward, thereby revealing its face.
It was a completely crystal-clear skeleton, engraved with many tiny runes. If one looked closely, they could discover those were the contents of the Church's Ten Commandments.
"The Saint's Remains." William narrowed his eyes.
"This is the item you want," Fiona said. "Later I will use the combined witchcraft to stall it; I'll leave the rest to you."
William frowned upon hearing this: "Ms. Fiona, our agreement was 'you hand the remains over to me'."
"Heh, I'm getting it for you right now, aren't I." Fiona threw an item as she spoke.
William let the thing fall to the ground, and only then discovered it was a piece of bone, the one the former had brought out at the Voodoo sect shop.
"This piece of bone comes from that guy." She pointed at the skeleton.
"As long as you carry it with you, it can eliminate its hostility."
William didn't move: "You still haven't answered my question from just now."
Fiona smiled and leaned against the rock wall, making the curves of her legs even more prominent.
"Sweetie, do you have the heart to let a lady go fight a monster?" she said in a pitiful tone. "Now the item you want is right in front of your eyes. Whether to make a move or not is entirely up to you."
"You!" William "gritted his teeth".
"I will remember you."
Fiona revealed a smile again and even blew a kiss.
William forcefully steadied his breathing.
But when he turned around, his expression had already become calm.
Even if Fiona hadn't gone back on her word, he had planned to get this set of remains himself.
From the moment the latter appeared, William was certain the owner of these remains was at least at the Archbishop level while alive.
The bones were filled with divine marrow, and the powerful force even made William's own bones resonate.
And the reason these remains could still move was also relying on this marrow. If Fiona were allowed to strike, a lot of it would be vainly depleted again.
William quickly arrived outside the barrier, waiting for the witches to break the stone well's defenses.
Before long, hearing a crisp sound, it seemed something had shattered in front of William.
Before he could even lift a foot, a shadow darted out from beside him.
He turned his head, only to see that set of remains crash straight into the pentagram magic array.
Bang!
Accompanied by a loud rumbling sound, the entire cave began to shake.
Pfft... Pfft...
The witches present spat out mouthfuls of fresh blood one after another, their auras instantly becoming withered.
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