Ellinda, the mistress of the house, took Arthur to the magic circle painted by the witch.
There was another five-pointed star pattern, and Arthur couldn't help but ask Bess: "Isn't this what you used to summon demons?"
"Sir, the five-pointed star is a symbol of protection in our sect."
"Your sect? Which sect do you belong to?"
At this time, Bess pretended to be very mysterious and said: "Witch, sir, we have a very ancient inheritance."
Scheer on the side said disdainfully: "Witch? If it were in the Middle Ages, I would have the right to burn you to death now."
"That's all the church's persecution against us."
Witch Bess said very righteously.
Arthur suspected that she was delusional, but she did know a bit about the history of witches.
Arthur called the hostess Ellinda again, "Can you tell me about the situation at that time?"
Ellinda looked very sad, "Due to the constant deaths in the town these days, we are all frightened, especially my husband. He said that evil spirits have been surrounding him, and then asked his friends to leave from the city. The witch was invited.”
Arthur suddenly interrupted: "Why didn't you come to me?"
Because Arthur had previously summoned the soul of old Juliano, he was already regarded as an exorcist by the people in the town.
Therefore, Arthur felt that if the man of the house really encountered an evil spirit, he should be the first thing he thought of instead of running to the city to hire a fake wizard.
The hostess was stunned for a long time by the question, but in the end she just shook her head and said, "I don't know, it was my husband's decision."
Arthur nodded, "Okay! Please continue."
"When Witch Bes came, she said that there was indeed something unclean in this house. Then she started drawing formations and gave my husband a potion to drink. I was afraid that after my husband drank the potion, he would run around and There was a lock on his door. When we came down together, we suddenly heard a scream from my husband."
"Please wait, are you saying that this room is not the scene of the crime?"
Ellinda nodded and pointed upward, "It's in the room upstairs."
Arthur asked Sher to take Bess with him, and he and Ellinda walked up to the second floor. Because it was raining today, the light upstairs was very dark, and Ellinda walked in front holding a candle lantern.
The walls on both sides were very flat and seemed to have been specially decorated. At this moment, Bess's face suddenly looked a little hesitant, but when she entered the room, she immediately confirmed: "This is it. When we came in, we saw him There was a fire hook stuck in his chest."
Sher couldn't help but said: "So this is another secret room murder case?"
Arthur didn't answer and walked around the room. In addition to the bed, this room also had a wardrobe, but these two places were not enough to hide a person.
"Who else but the devil could do such a thing?"
Ellinda covered her face and cried.
Arthur walked out of the room again and came to the corridor. He touched the wall next to it, which was covered with a soft cloth.
He tried to go from the corridor to downstairs again. The whole process took less than two minutes, which was not enough time for the murderer to commit the crime.
Sher also thought of this, "Did that witch really attract the devil?"
Arthur came to the body again. Except for the fatal wound on the chest that was pierced by a fire hook, no other wounds were found on the body.
Arthur couldn't help but light up a cigarette, took a deep breath, and then asked the witch Bess: "Did the deceased talk to you when he was alive?"
Bess nodded hurriedly and said: "Of course, he also said that he saw the devil and was very emotionally unstable, otherwise he wouldn't have locked the door."
Arthur scratched his head a little. He didn't believe that Bess really summoned the devil, but she was the only witness now. Unless she was giving false testimony, this case would be really difficult to explain.
"Who is that friend you said you went to see Bess for?"
Arthur asked the hostess again.
Ellinda hurriedly replied: "He will go home after inviting Bes Witch."
"what is his name?"
Arthur rubbed his chin, "Can you invite him here now?"
"His name is Rye Hammond, and he's our neighbor. But I don't know if he's at home."
Ellinda answered hesitantly.
"Is he also a descendant of your masons?"
"That's not true. My husband and I moved here later."
Arthur kept asking questions, which seemed to make Elinda feel a little uneasy.
Under the dim light, Arthur found that the young hostess with a sad face was actually somewhat pretty.
At this time, Sher took out his pocket watch and said: "It will be dark soon, otherwise we should go to the wheat field first!"
Arthur nodded. Although he already had some ideas about this case, the Scarecrow was more important, so he asked Vernon to take the witch Bess back first.
The rain outside has stopped, but there are still no stars in the sky.
The two of them lurked in the woods next to the wheat field. Schell couldn't help complaining to Arthur: "It's such a dark day, do you want me to listen to the sound and hunt ravens?"
Arthur was also very helpless.
"Quack, quack" At this moment, two cries of ravens suddenly came from the night sky.
Schell hurriedly raised the gun, but he didn't know where to aim it. Arthur hurriedly poked him and pointed in the direction of the scarecrow.
In the darkness, the two of them saw two green lights suddenly lighting up in the wheat field, about the size of a fist.
Sher couldn't help but swallowed, "This doesn't look like a raven."
Arthur also saw the shadow, which was larger than a man, wandering back and forth strangely in the wheat field.
"Do you want to take a shot first?"
Sher is indeed brave enough.
Arthur hurriedly stopped him and said, "No, let's see if there is a chance to go in and destroy the magic circle inside."
"How about you lure it away and I'll destroy the magic circle?"
Arthur was speechless. He didn't expect such an upright guy to have a dark side, but now it seemed like this was the only way.
Arthur took out two syringes and handed one to Sher. He had just recovered in the past two days and drew two more tubes of his own blood.
Fortunately, he did not suffer from anemia like Charles II, and he would not give away 400 ml of his own blood in one go.
Therefore, medicine in this era is sometimes more terrifying than witchcraft.
In the dark night, Arthur began to slowly walk towards the demon. The closer he got, the more terrifying he felt.
In the dark shadow, there was a demon with the head of a raven, but a human body, and webbed wings on its arms.
Two slender bird claws stepped on the wheat field, as if dancing stiffly.
It turned its head sharply, its two green eyes gleaming fiercely, and then suddenly placed a winged hand on its abdomen, bowed to Arthur and said: "Dear friend, I am the messenger from hell. May I ask you to find me?" Do I have any news that I want to convey to your relatives?"
