Infinite Terror: This Middle Continent is Rebellious

Chapter 52: Exorcism of the Church (Revised)
Nancy glanced at Christine, who had calmed down, and said to Wen Lie, "Pastor Wen, I want to gain a deeper understanding of the glory of the Lord. Can we talk alone?"

The glory of the Lord?

Wen Lie didn't think he could talk to Nancy about the glory of the Lord. He only had a vague understanding of Christian doctrines, and Nancy would just treat him as nonsense when he talked about how advanced Jesus' science and technology were.

However, Wen Lie still went with Nancy.

Of course he understood what Nancy meant.

Coming to the corner of the corridor, Nancy asked cautiously, "Reverend Wen, are there really demons in the world?"

"You also encountered that dream demon." Wen Lie's forehead glowed slightly, and a cross mark appeared between his eyebrows. His eyes were empty and lifeless, looking directly into Nancy's eyes. "It was six years ago. He wore a dirty brown hat, his skin was severely burned, and his right hand was like a sharp blade. He was a sinner who fell into hell."

Seeing the cross mark on Wen Lie's forehead, Nancy opened her eyes wide, took a breath, and her face was full of awe.

"Reverend, Reverend!" Nancy's excited voice drew disapproving glances from the medical staff. Lowering her voice, she asked in a voice that seemed to float, "Do you possess the divine power bestowed by the Lord?"

"When I first passed by Elm Street, the demon had already returned to Hell. I didn't expect him to make a comeback. All the teenagers in this hospital who suffer from pattern nightmares are haunted by the demon."

Wen Lie answered the question irrelevantly, and the cross mark on his forehead disappeared.

Nancy grabbed Wen Lie's arm and said sincerely, "Reverend, you have to help me. Freddy killed all my companions six years ago. I can't let him hurt more people!"

Wen Lie clenched his fists and said without hesitation, "I came here to destroy the dream demon. I will help you, and you must cooperate with me to gather those children. I must be by their side in time when the dream demon drags them into the nightmare."

As long as Freddy dared to appear in front of him, he could beat Freddy to ashes.

It wasn't that he was arrogant, but it was a 2C-level side storyline—[As long as you understand and analyze the method, you can complete it without any danger.]

The eyes of the vampire hunter are the key to completing the mission, and are also the reason why the difficulty is only level 2c.

Especially when he was parachuting in space, he overcame his instinctive fear and fully mastered the ripple qigong. His strength was one C level higher than the exchange attribute, and the actual difficulty of killing Freddy should be reduced by one level.

This is mainly because the Nightmare on Elm Street world experienced by the 15 newcomers and two pseudo-veterans has not been modified by the main god, so the difficulty is not high.

If those two pseudo-seniors had completed the difficult C-level side story, they wouldn't have been unable to unlock the genetic lock before the two horror movies.

The biggest difficulty of this mission is the lack of cooperation from the characters in the story.

The two materialistic doctors would not trust the pastor's pretense, but this problem was left to Nancy to solve. Wen Lie left first and drove to the local church.

Priest? Pastor?
When Wen Lie entered the church, an old clergyman walked towards him.

"Immanuel, I'm Father Brown here."

The other person uttered a greeting and made the sign of the cross with his fingers.

Well, the other party is a Catholic priest.

As soon as he saw his gesture, Wen Lie understood.

"Emanuel."

Wen Lie greeted him but did not make any gestures, and the priest immediately understood Wen Lie's identity.

However, he did not show much hostility.

Although heretics are more abominable than pagans, not all clergy are so crazy.

The two chatted awkwardly for a few sentences. During the test, Wen Lie discovered that although the priest had no supernatural powers, he did know Freddy and believed the rumors that Freddy turned into a demon and harmed minors.

But there was nothing he could do about it.

People on Elm Street didn't believe in superstitions like the devil, and Freddy wouldn't kill minors when there were adults watching.

"Then how do you usually exorcise demons? How do you make this holy water?"

Wen Lie took a look at the holy water in the basin and the various Christian symbolic items hanging in the church. He could feel the sacred power contained in them.

Just, not much.

The Lord God only sells a shield blessed by an angel for 2000 reward points. The holy objects here are at most only one percent of the quality of the Holy Light Shield.

The priest said uncertainly, "There shouldn't be much difference between our two families' methods of exorcism."

According to Article 1673 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, exorcism occurs when the Church, acting with public authority and in the name of Jesus Christ, prays for the protection of a person or thing against and from the control of the devil.

The priest demonstrated to Wen Lie how to make holy water.

Just plain water, recite the prayer, make the sign of the cross, and then add salt in the sign of the cross. "May the salt and water be mixed together in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!"

A basin of holy water was made, and the water indeed contained divine power.

Ordinary materials, ordinary spells, and an ordinary priest—none of these three factors constitute supernatural powers, yet they succeeded.

"Idolatry? Ritual magic?"

Wen Lie couldn't figure out the reason and could only guess.

He tried to do it again, but failed.

Seeing this, the priest took out an exorcism textbook from the Vatican from the church.

Wen Lie opened the exorcism textbook and took a quick look through it.

It's a little bit mysterious.

Wen Lie activated the first-level gene lock to enhance his comprehension ability and read it again.

Faith.

The book does not involve the use of energy, the emphasis is on firm belief.

If your faith is weaker, you can exorcise demons with holy water and a cross, like the protagonist in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3.

If one has a stronger faith, one can use the ritual to give the sacrament the power of baptism.

The sacraments are important rituals in Christianity. The Church believes that they bestow upon the recipients the invisible grace and blessing of Christ through certain visible forms.

This is indeed very similar to the idol worship in Toaru Majutsu no Index and the sensory magic of the occult.

The same cause can produce the same result, and things that are similar to each other can produce the same effect.

"Oh, water, God created you. In the name of His Son Jesus Christ and with the power of the Holy Spirit, I pray to the Almighty Father on your behalf, asking God to grant you the power to dissipate the enemy's power and eradicate it..."

Wen Lie tried again. While reciting scriptures, he strengthened his inner thoughts, or rather, suggested to himself, to believe in the great power of God.

This was not difficult for Wen Lie, as this priest might not be as powerful as he believed.

A cross mark appeared between Wen Lie's eyebrows, and the water and salt naturally blended together. Wen Lie's eyes could see clearly that there was a divine power growing in the water, and it was twice as strong as the holy water made by Father Brown.

Wen Lie felt a little tired, and he subconsciously touched the marks on his forehead.

Although he did not feel the flow of energy, he had a sense that his cross mark was of great use in the formation of holy water.

As a holy symbol of Christianity?

Father Brown was a little surprised, but the shape was not like the common stigmata, and Catholicism only recognized the stigmata of St. Francis, so he did not say much, but just looked at Wen Lie's eyebrows in surprise.

Wen Lie was satisfied having learned another trick from the world of horror movies.

The power of prayer learned from the exorcism textbook can not only be used to make holy water, but also in various Christian sacraments. Although it has great limitations, Wen Lie's control over Zheng Zha has increased again.

After learning new skills, Wen Liela recruited Father Brown to join the gang and went to the hospital to perform exorcisms together.

At the hospital, Nancy had convinced the other two doctors in charge by using the excuse of psychological therapy through exorcism.

After Wen Lie and Father Brown arrived, two clergymen, seven patients, and three doctors gathered in the group therapy room.

Afterwards, Wen Lie's reminder made Christine recall her ability to pull people into dreams. Because of Nancy's persuasion, Dr. Gomo brought in the pendulum used for hypnosis and hypnotized everyone.

The only person who refused to be hypnotized was Father Brown. As a last resort, he walked outside the door and planned to wait until the hypnosis was successful before going in.

"I want you to stare at this pendulum. Put aside all other distractions, stare at the pendulum, take a deep breath, and relax. Start from your toes, relax everything, and let your body no longer feel tense. Continue staring at the pendulum, and you will find that you are tired. Now I really want to have a good, deep sleep..."

In the closed room, the pendulum reflected light rhythmically under the illumination of the desk lamp. Everyone followed Dr. Gomo's hypnosis method and looked at the pendulum. Wen Lie also used ripple qigong meditation to relax his brain and remove his mental defenses.

An unknown amount of time had passed before Wen Lie was in a trance for a moment. When he came to his senses, the people around him were still the same, and the group therapy room with the desk lights on had not changed at all.

However, Wen Lie could see that the space in the group therapy room had become distorted.

It's like the optical phenomenon caused by heat on the road surface under the sun at noon in summer.

(End of this chapter)