Alien Knights

　　 Todd, who came back from the smelter, went straight into the laboratory, leaving only Hudgens, Edgar, and Jerry looking at each other in the underground hall.

The three people summed up each other, and finally Hudgens came forward and gently opened the door of the laboratory, watching the busy apprentice monks among the piles of bottles and jars, and carefully said: "Todd, if Our opponent is really a demon, maybe it would be better to let people from the church come forward."

　　 Carefully pour the "ferric chloride" solution into a test tube that can be carried around, then seal it and place it on a shelf in a small wooden box. Todd raised his head and looked at the man with some unknownness. The worry and faint fear on the other side's face made him understand what Huggins was thinking in an instant.

The monk apprentice, who was adjusting the chemical materials and packing the big bottles and small jars, stood on tiptoes and patted the man on the shoulder, giving him a look of "rest assured". Unfortunately, Hudgens showed no signs of relaxing at all, and on the contrary, he was even more disturbed. NS.

　　 For several hours in the afternoon, Todd prepared everything needed to "get rid of the curse." After repeatedly instructing the three of Huggins to handle them with care, they handed over the wooden boxes they had carried with them for safekeeping. Then came to the gate of the monastery, and the long-awaited Aiden Kom and other artisans and apprentices set off towards the village of the "cursed".

Starting from the monastery towards the southeast, after less than an hour’s walk, Todd and his party rushed to the edge of the raven forest before the sun set. The destination of this exorcism journey-Thousand Wood Village, also appeared in his In view.

　　 Different from previous lives, the so-called villages here are very small. There are generally only a hundred people in the entire village, and even a few dozen people even smaller. Such densely populated areas are densely distributed over the entire plain like stars, and there are no fewer than two hundred people who can be named.

　　 Qianmu Village covers an area of ​​less than 100 acres. Standing at the entrance of the village, you can look far, and you can even see the border between the end of the village and the forest. Even so, the interior of the village is "small sparrows and complete with five internal organs", with churches, village halls, warehouses, and wells. Due to its proximity to the forest and abundant timber resources, the villagers’ houses are mostly built from logs, which look more beautiful than other places in the plains.

　　 Following Aiden and others, Todd walked through the dirt road in Thousand Wood Village, and the conspicuous monk clothes on his body made the villagers talk a lot.

The residence of the cursed craftsman is close to the edge of forests and fields. It should have been the news that monks are coming to exorcise. A large group of people gathered at the door of the hut early, many of them came from neighboring villages and even towns. Come, these men, women and children with different costumes, each with a variety of expressions on their faces, curious, surprised, suspicious, and confused.

　　 Ignoring the noise of the crowd outside, Todd walked into the low bungalow in front of him under the guidance of the forward team. Inside the room, the unfinished mud floor was strewn with rushes. Although it was early spring in January, the chilly wind continued to pour in from the cracks in the crumbling wooden wall.

　　 The unconscious craftsman was lying on the bed in the middle of the cabin, and a circle of people stood beside him. Aiden Kerm took the initiative to talk with a strong middle-aged man. The latter nodded and walked in front of Todd, his back bowed slightly: "Heavenly Father is here. Sir, we have been waiting for you. Coming here. I’m Ackerman Shaukola, the village chief here."

Listening to the other party introducing himself to the people in the house, Todd was a little dizzy. There were village chiefs in nearby villages, squires belonging to the fief, and respected elders, etc. He just forgot many names after hearing them. The only person impressed him a little bit.

　　 The priest of the Chiaki Village Church, Moore Rupert, the first church member Todd had contact with.

Father Rupert, a very arrogant and somewhat humpbacked young man, always likes to hold his head up to look down at others. He has a silver cross hanging on his chest, and his eyes look at the boy with three-point strangeness and seven-point contempt. It was like seeing "a sheep found the hunter on its own initiative and asked to eat meat".

　　 "Brother Todd, I never thought that the monks would put down the scrolls in their hands, walk out of the high walls, and provide exorcism services for the believers."

　　'S tone sounds aggressive and not very friendly.

　　 Todd rolled his eyes and said, "Volume 3, Chapter 9, Article 31 of "The Enlightenment of the Lord's Words"."

Before the priest could react, the monk had already recited the scriptures: "Serving believers should transcend everything, and don’t delay. If someone asks for help while praying, just go with peace of mind! Treat this behavior as a prayer. Dedicated to the Father. Don’t feel uneasy or guilty for interrupted prayers. The temporary interruption of a good work to God is to complete another good work. Heavenly Father has not been slowed down..."

　　 Ignoring the dumbfounded Moore Rupert, Todd turned his face to the village mayor Ackerman Sauquera: "Let everyone out, I'm going to start preparing for the exorcism ritual."

　　 Some noble people immediately expressed their opposition.

　　 came all the way to see the monk's ability to exorcise demons. There is no reason to be turned away.

　　 is what you are waiting for.

　　 pretending to be embarrassed, Todds thought about it for a while, and finally agreed to the people's request, but the condition was that he could only come in after 30 minutes. The reason was to set up the ceremony venue.

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30 minutes later.

　　 The sky is getting darker and darker, and the crescent moon hangs on the horizon like a hook.

　　 More and more people gathered outside the house, but inside the house there were only the monk Todd and the cursed craftsman. Compared with the silence inside, the outside is like a bazaar scene.

　　 Just when people became impatient, the closed door of the hut opened. Todd, dressed in a monk costume, stood at the door and said to the crowd: "The exorcism ritual is ready..." Looking at the eager people outside the door, Todd continued: "Once the ceremony begins, I can't guarantee what will happen. , Even if there will be a "devil eating man" situation, it is not surprising."

　　 Upon hearing this, people stepped back one after another, and the idea of ​​trying it disappeared.

"From now on, everyone is not allowed to make any noises, otherwise the devil will be alarmed, and Heavenly Father will punish! In addition, there can only be six people in the room. You can decide the list yourself." After saying this, Todd turned and disappeared. Doorway.

In the end, after a dispute, the six people who participated in the exorcism ceremony were as follows: Huggins, Jerry, Aiden Kerm, Father Rupert, a knight squire who had been on the battlefield and returned to his hometown, and a Sheriff of the nearby town.

　　 Village Chief Ackerman and Edgar stayed outside, responsible for maintaining order and keeping the place absolutely quiet.

　　 When the six people walked into the craftsman’s hut, they were surprised by the weird layout in the room and forgot to speak.

　　 windows, stoves, holes, as long as there are black papers on every gap in the room that can lead to the outside world, UU Reading www.uukanshu. Each piece of Com is painted with a cross with white ash.

　　 The craftsman’s bed was moved to the center of the room, and the unconscious cursed person was covered with a brown linen cloth with a white cross painted on it.

　　 Finally, with the bed as the center, a huge cross was painted in white and gray on the floor of the room, and seven candles were placed on the four sides of the cross.

　　 "This is an exorcism ceremony?!"

Father 　　 first raised the question. He participated in no less than a hundred events such as exorcism. In the past, most of them used holy water and scriptures as ritual methods, but let alone scenes like this, I have never heard of them!

　　 Todd ignored him and took the six people to the craftsman’s bed, motioning them to stand at the left and right ends of the cross and the bottom. The seven candles corresponded to seven people. Huggins and Jerry were at the left end of the cross, the priest and the sheriff were at the right end, the village chief and the squire were at the bottom, and he stood at the top.

"Before the exorcism, there are some taboos I want to tell you." In the completely darkened room, under the faint candle light, Todd's face looked a little bright and unclear, and the low voice made people feel numb: "First Article, you must not make a loud noise during the ceremony; the second, before the end of the ceremony, stand where you are now, no matter what happens, you must never leave; the third, you must never touch These papers and linen with sacred relics. If you hear them clearly and agree to follow them, please repeat them."

　　 In the order from left to right, everyone reiterated the three taboos. The voice outside the house became lower and lower, and the strange atmosphere in the air quietly arrived.

　　 took out the scriptures from his arms, Todd looked at the six nervous participants who were on the verge of enemies, covered the hoods of the monks' uniforms on top of his head, nodded slightly and said, "The ceremony begins."