This means that he has other, richer options when it comes to forced confessions.
The path he took was to major in the 'Tower'. Now he has only opened up the first essence. He is a 'scholar', known as the 'servant of wisdom' in ancient times!
The 'scholar' does not provide any strong physique or extraordinary abilities, it just makes William's thinking more flexible and he can be more focused when studying.
With his enhanced learning ability, he learned many practical spells and rituals from Aaron.
After coercing Mrs. Sugar into a remote alley, William only used some small tricks to make her enter a state of unconsciousness.
"Tell me, is Isabette still alive?"
William asked with his last hope.
"Dead..." Mrs. Sugar replied with a dull look.
William almost pulled the trigger, took a deep breath, and continued to ask: "Why did she die?"
"Sacrificially sacrificed to..."
In the middle of speaking, Mrs. Sugar's expression suddenly turned painful: "I...I can't...I can't say that honorable name..."
"This kind of performance? Is she bound by other rituals and contracts?"
William's eyes narrowed: "Honorable name... does it involve evil gods? There is indeed something wrong with this Holy Spirit church! Tell me, what's wrong with the church on Mary Street?"
"I...I can't say..."
Mrs. Sugar's expression became extremely painful. She suddenly came out of her confusion, grabbed her neck, and pinched herself until her eyes turned white.
"No……"
William quickly stopped him, but found that the old woman's strength had become stronger than imagined.
Finally, Mrs. Sugar fell to the ground, showed a pious smile, and spit out black blood from her mouth: "I have drank that blood..."
Before she finished speaking, her head tilted and she stopped breathing.
William's expression gradually turned dull as he looked at Mrs. Sugar's body.
He knelt down and searched Mrs. Sugar's body, but found only a few copper pennies.
The lady's clothes were shabby and she looked quite poor.
The only incongruous thing is that he wears a pendant around his neck. It is an image of a blood-colored human figure, tied to a dark thorn tree.
"Huh?"
The moment he saw the statue, William was suddenly inspired. He held the pendant in his hand and observed it carefully.
The black and red parts seem to form a contradictory yet unified combination.
Underneath the black symmetry of thorns and ironwood that could pierce the sky, the figure looked even more blood-red.
Wearing a simple cloth robe, he opened his arms as if he wanted to embrace the world, but his face was blurry.
William suddenly felt a chill all over his body, as if he had been glanced at by something in the dark, and his soul was trembling.
"This...it...involves the evil god!"
He suddenly looked in the direction of the church: "That church has a big problem!"
His sensibility at this time made him rush into the church desperately, looking for the hidden secrets and avenging Isabette.
But the cold rationality is warning him that he is just a rookie, unable to participate in such things, and does not have the strength to avenge Isabette.
William covered his face with his hands and began to sob lowly: "Isabette...I'm sorry...I...I'm a coward, a coward...but I will anonymously report this matter to the Bureau of Investigation...you will definitely not
He died inexplicably."
Tread!
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps coming from the entrance of the alley.
"who?"
William subconsciously pointed his gun at the other person and saw a young man wearing a priest's robe slowly walking over.
The other person looks handsome, but at this moment, there are black blood vessels crawling and squirming on his face...
Bang bang!
William subconsciously fired, but found that the moment the bullet passed through the opponent, the young priest suddenly turned into a black shadow.
"No! It's a phantom!"
William exclaimed in his heart and felt a huge force coming from the side, knocking him against the wall. His internal organs seemed to be displaced in pain, and the gun in his hand flew far away.
"Ha... turns out to be just a rookie. I thought he was a hyena from the Investigation Bureau."
Priest Im walked out of the darkness, his eyes were cold: "Tell me... why are you investigating this matter?"
"I……"
William tried hard to curse, but he ran out of energy.
Just as he closed his eyes and waited for death, fire exploded in the darkness.
Bang!
An even louder gunshot tore through the dark tranquility.
Priest Im's body flew backwards like a broken sack.
"Did you see that? A rookie...should aim and hit like this."
A figure holding a double-barreled shotgun slowly walked out of the darkness with a crazy smile on his face.
"Are you...'Crazy' Carl?"
William said with difficulty.
"Hey, hey... don't die. I accepted the commission and want to bring you back alive."
Karl stepped forward, checked William, poured a bottle of potion into him, and then immediately took him away.
The previous gunshots must have attracted attention, and it would be too late if he didn't leave.
…
Inside the Hunter Bar after closing time.
Karl took the money and left happily.
Aaron turned to look at William, whose chest was wrapped in white bandages and whose ribs were broken. He looked like a mummy: "So... what's the result?"
"That church involves an evil god, and all believers have been subjected to a contract ceremony. The specific content cannot be disclosed...I only found this."
William took out the black and red pendant: "But after the priest is killed, the investigation bureau will definitely get involved, and the church will definitely be liquidated..."
“Interesting gadget.”
Aaron showed an interested smile on his face and played with the pendant in his hand.
He did not rush into divination, after all, it involved an ‘evil god’!
Although the image does not appear to be twelve years old, nor is it the hidden existence he knows, but it may be a mask and disguise.
"You stay here and rest."
Aaron gave an order, left the bar, and returned to No. 27 Phoenix Street.
After arranging everything in the bedroom, he chanted the honorable name, summoned the "spirit of vanity", possessed Eau Claire, and went to Mary Street Church.
"Although a shooting occurs and another person dies, the police station will definitely be alerted...but there is still a time lag from the time when something is wrong to the time when it is reported to the investigation bureau and someone comes from the investigation bureau."
When Aaron came to Mary Street, he saw that the area near the church had been designated as a warning area and police officers were patrolling.
But they couldn't see the evil spirit at all and allowed Aaron to walk into the church and wander around.
"There is an aura of depravity..."
Following his inspiration, Aaron passed through wall after wall and suddenly came to a secret room.
In the center of the secret room, there were traces of a fire burning, and a blackened mummy was tied to a dark and mottled iron pillar.
This is an altar of evil!
And this dark and thin mummy actually gave Aaron a familiar feeling.