Chapter 31: Percy Iliad
"Are... are you okay?"
Seeing the priest staring blankly at her, Percy hurriedly waved her hand in front of his eyes, wondering if she had knocked him silly.
"I'm... fine."
William snapped back to reality.
"Long case, leg bindings..."
This outfit immediately reminded him of the previous expo.
If he guessed correctly, this girl should be a Knight.
"I'm really sorry."
Percy suddenly leaned close to William, looking apologetic.
"I'm Percy. I came here to exor... cise demons, but I couldn't find the place after I came in, so I climbed a tree and happened to see you..."
William instinctively took a step back, keeping a distance ready to run at any time.
At the same time, he confirmed that Emma was far away from him, and only then did he relax.
Listening to Percy's chatter, William roughly understood what happened.
In short, this girl was named Percy, had no sense of direction, and was a chatterbox.
William raised his hand to interrupt her: "So you were also invited to Jim Niken's house to deal with that murder case?"
"Mhm! Mhm!" Percy nodded vigorously.
"Are you a Knight?" William asked tentatively.
"How do you know!"
Percy looked surprised.
"My father was a descendant of Knights! But he passed away! I inherited his cross sword and started practicing swordsmanship at a young age..."
This time it was William's turn to be surprised.
He didn't expect that with just one tentative question, she would reveal her entire family history.
According to Percy, she came this time for the $50,000 reward.
Because her father died early, she was raised by her mother.
And her mother fell ill due to overwork, costing a lot of money for medicine every day.
"Um... that's about it."
Percy tilted her head, thought for a moment, and summarized.
But then her face changed, and she instantly pounced on William.
William raised an eyebrow immediately.
She was very fast. If he hadn't persisted in applying holy oil these days, he might not have been able to react.
Immediately after, William felt a pair of hands grab his head.
And then started shaking it vigorously.
"Oh no! Mom specifically told me to talk less when I go out and not tell others my identity. Forget it quickly!"
While shaking, Percy tilted her head and stared at the other two: "You too!"
Gordon and Emma tacitly took a step back, leaving ample space for William and the girl.
William felt like his body was falling apart.
Another impression of this girl was added—dense.
It took a lot of effort to calm her down, and after swearing not to gossip under Percy's gaze.
William finally got a chance to breathe.
He immediately distanced himself further from her.
On the other side.
Knowing that Percy was also an invited exorcist, Gordon moved his hand away from his waist.
Under her constant pleading, William had to bring her along.
They were just about to return anyway.
So the four returned to House No. 24.
At the door, they met Dirk again, who mentioned that a priest from the Church had just arrived, and Mr. Niken was talking to him in the reception room.
At the same time, Dirk confirmed Percy's identity with Gordon.
"I can take you to the crime scene," he said.
But William waved his hand: "No rush."
Since it was confirmed that the evil spirit was hiding in this house, the next steps were naturally easier.
William took holy water, crucifixes, and other items from his bag; these were his tools of the trade.
Then he circled the house again and began to set up.
At first, Percy was looking forward to meeting the demon, jumping up and down and punching the air.
Later, seeing William walk to the side of the house, she followed curiously.
Emma looked around, and her eyes lit up.
She was just about to find a chance to slip away.
But looking back, she found William staring at her, so she had to walk in front of William with a straight face.
Ten minutes later, William wiped his sweat.
Seeing him stop, Percy thought he was done, so she got up to enter the house.
But then she saw him take out another pile of items.
Just like that, half an hour passed.
Percy looked miserable; she was bent over, almost unable to walk.
"What is this priest doing!"
She wanted to go up and ask, but was afraid she couldn't control herself and would spill more personal matters.
So she could only shut up.
Emma was also sweating, her hair sticking to her forehead.
She pouted gloomily, shaking her leg on the spot.
Only Gordon was relatively relaxed, taking the ice water handed by Dirk and watching the show.
At the same time, William finally finished.
Just like before, he still set up three layers of protective circles.
Since he could make holy water of different ages, he had improved his exorcism process.
Previously, William simply arranged identical holy artifacts in three layers.
But now, he used a progressive method.
For example, the first layer closest to the house used 3-year-old holy artifacts.
The second layer used 10-year-old ones, and the outermost layer used 20-year-old ones.
There was naturally a reason for doing this.
Based on William's current exorcism experience, general evil spirits showed signs before harming people.
At this time, William could lure them into the protective circle.
If the opponent couldn't even break through the first layer, it proved that its strength wasn't great.
William could return calmly and destroy it.
If the opponent easily broke through the 10-year-old protective circle and showed signs of continuing outward.
Then relying on the 20-year-old holy artifacts could also buy William a lot of evacuation time.
On the other hand.
Evil spirits and demons were mostly cunning.
For example, showing weakness to the enemy and then escaping; such examples were numerous in American horror stories.
Therefore, once an evil spirit wanted to slip away, it would encounter the first protective layer.
William could also glimpse the opponent's true strength through this.
And when the evil spirit finally broke through the first layer, the second layer would make up for it in time.
This could delay the opponent's escape progress and wear down its will.
If they really had that thing.
In short, this improved plan could attack or defend, leaving room for maneuver in various situations.
William was very satisfied with this.
"Let's go."
He patted the dirt off his hands and turned to greet the others.
At this time, Percy squatted on the ground with a bitter face.
After confirming repeatedly that William was really finished, she finally jumped up excitedly.
So the group of four found Dirk again and was quickly brought into the house.
They crossed the living room, preparing to go to the garden.
But at this moment, a dull thud came from the top of the stairs.
Several people looked back.
They saw a woman who looked like a nanny rolling down the stairs.
Her face was extremely pale, seeming unable to breathe; she reached out to them and then stopped breathing completely.
Dirk's face changed; he immediately took out his service pistol and moved up along the stair wall.
Gordon followed closely behind.
"Don't move!"
William shouted to stop Percy, who wanted to check the body, and then raised an eyebrow.
At this moment in his eyes, a certain evil aura remained in the nanny's abdomen.
This aura extended all the way to the second floor.
Crash.
At this time, a sudden noise sounded from behind.
William turned around and saw Mrs. Dale, with a broken cup at her feet.
"Carol!"
Dale shouted a name and ran past the nanny towards the second floor in panic.
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