Chapter 68: Seymour's Past
Sadie looked at this scene in disbelief.
At first, when William pointed out the boy's lies, she had observed him multiple times with [Dark Vision].
But she didn't sense any "malice."
Yet the other party clearly possessed a physical body.
It wasn't until William spoke the other party's name that Sadie realized this boy turned out to be an evil spirit.
But she was also a little puzzled.
The boy looked very young, while Gisele was already an old woman.
The age gap between the two was a bit too large.
Sadie had thought Gisele's son would be at least a young man.
At the same time.
After hearing that this human was going to hurt his mother, Seymour completely tore off his mask.
His body decayed rapidly, and his smooth skin became old and wrinkled in an instant.
The whole person looked like a dried corpse.
"You shouldn't have gotten so close to me."
Seymour raised his right hand slightly, and the fallen leaves on the ground began to shake.
He was indeed an evil spirit, not because he was willing to fall, but because he was forced to become like this.
Forty-five years ago, Gisele moved to the nearby factory with the newborn Seymour.
At that time, she was still very young and possessed a youthful and beautiful appearance.
To raise the child, Gisele became a laundry worker.
Single, young and beautiful, with a child.
These labels combined together made Gisele the subject of everyone's discussion.
The men coveted her vibrant body, fantasizing about pinning her underneath them.
The women pointed fingers behind her back, branding Gisele with the stigma of "prostitute" and "whore."
Such "treatment" was also applied to Seymour.
Since he was sensible, the children who went to school with him took pleasure in making fun of his mother.
Seymour had fought back many times for this.
But this also brought trouble to Gisele.
Watching his mother apologize humbly, Seymour clenched his fists.
At that time, he decided to study hard and take his mother away from this place.
This should have been an inspirational story.
But one evening, a laundry worker suddenly found Seymour and said his mother was injured in the dense forest.
Then the laundry worker took him deep into the forest.
Just as Seymour planned to turn around and ask about his mother's whereabouts, the person disappeared.
Just like that, Seymour got lost in the forest.
It got darker and darker, and various eerie movements appeared around him.
Just when Seymour was in despair, he saw a town.
And this became the beginning of his nightmare.
There, he met real monsters.
During this period, Seymour's mother also came to the dense forest.
To prevent the latter from being harmed, Seymour made a deal with the monsters.
Since then, his physical body was tortured, and his soul was left here forever, gradually turning into an evil spirit.
But this also gave Seymour some special abilities.
Therefore, he killed all those beasts who tricked him into the dense forest and insulted his mother.
Seymour raised his head.
Today, he would protect his mother again.
Fallen leaves floated in the air, soon changed direction, and stabbed toward William.
But in the next moment, Seymour's eyes widened.
He found that he had lost control of the fallen leaves.
How is this possible!
He was an evil spirit with deep resentment.
Except for the monsters in the town, no creature in this dense forest could cause him harm.
Seymour didn't believe it and reached out his ghost hand to grab the foot on his chest again.
But as soon as he touched it, his hand burned instantly, and a small half of it melted in an instant.
"..."
Seymour's expression was ferocious, feeling a sharp pain from his soul.
"Who... exactly... are you?"
He struggled to speak.
The human in front of him made him feel the fear he felt when facing the monsters in the town again.
"Luen Crowther, the Bishop's illegitimate son, a dignitary of Miso Cathedral, a family priest for community residents, and also an exorcist."
Sadie touched her nose upon hearing this.
She already knew William's name when they were at Hank's house.
So she was a bit unaccustomed to his act of shamelessly giving a fake name at this moment.
After transferring the hatred, William spoke slowly:
"Can we talk now?"
Seymour clenched his fists. A moment later, he chose to yield, just like many years ago.
"Ask."
William raised an eyebrow.
Unexpectedly, the other party was so easily scared; he thought he would have to use more harsh measures.
So, after some communication, William and Sadie learned about Seymour's experience.
The latter reached a deal with the monsters in the town.
He must lure young men and women to Ambrose every once in a while.
Otherwise, Gisele's life would be used as leverage.
And just as William guessed, Seymour was the "person" behind Gisele.
Relying on the power of the evil spirit, he deterred the monsters in the dense forest from approaching his mother.
At the same time, Seymour often killed some prey.
Then he would go to the edge of the dense forest to lure humans, asking them to bring food to his mother.
This was to avoid tainting her with the evil energy on his body.
Under normal circumstances, Seymour would eventually let those humans go.
But if they happened to fit his deal with the monsters...
Then these humans would be taken by Seymour to the town of Ambrose.
After listening to Seymour's deeds, Sadie frowned.
This was really an evil spirit full of contradictions.
She indeed sympathized with the mother and son's encounter, but Seymour's act of luring humans also displeased her.
William had a similar feeling.
However, he still told Seymour the truth, stating that the two had tea with Gisele not long ago and didn't intend to hurt her.
"Really?"
Seymour looked suspicious.
"I swear in the name of the Lord." William put on a pious look.
Seymour's eyes twitched; this priest didn't have this face just now.
That arrogant attitude even made him think he had encountered some demon.
How could the Church have such a person!
"Have you seen this person in the dense forest recently?"
William took out his phone and showed Seymour the photo of Sasha.
Surprise appeared in the latter's eyes.
William caught this information.
"If you want to find this girl, I advise you to give up."
Seymour spoke at this time.
"Oh? How so?" William raised an eyebrow.
"She indeed came to the dense forest a few days ago."
Seymour showed a look of recollection.
"She didn't go in the direction of my mother's wooden house, plus no sacrifice was needed recently, so I didn't show up."
"But I heard her talking to herself, saying she came here to exorcise demons."
Speaking of this, Seymour shook his head.
"But unfortunately, she encountered the monsters from the town; they took her away."
"How many monsters are there in the town, and what abilities do they have respectively?"
William continued to ask.
In his memory, the combat power in House of Wax didn't seem high.
Seymour looked at William for a moment, seeming surprised by the latter's intention to enter the town.
But then he remembered the other party's ability, and after a moment, he still said:
"Over the years, I have also learned some..."
According to Seymour, there were two brothers in the town who were obsessed with making humans into living wax figures.
And unknowing when it started, all those wax figures lost their arms.
"The older brother is named Vincent, possessing strong physical strength."
"The younger brother is named Bo; his face was disfigured when he was very young. He can erode humans with illusions; even I am no match for him."
Speaking of these, there was still some fear in Seymour's eyes.
He looked at William again.
"I advise you to consider carefully."
"Unless you are a high-level exorcist of the Church, mastering high-age holy artifacts. Or possess extremely strong mental power."
"Otherwise, it will be difficult for you to come out of the town alive."
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