Perhaps it was the fear of some unknown monster hidden in the darkness outside the church, or perhaps out of reverence and piety, the townsfolk were initially afraid to speak for a while after Clement left, but after a long time, the townsfolk could not contain their nervous spirit and began to whisper.

Although the townsfolk kept their voices down, they exchanged their heads in the church, discussing the current situation that disturbed them. It's a pity that even though everyone kept their voices down as much as possible, the large number of people still made the holy church seem a little noisy and noisy.

I didn't expect the witch hidden next to us to be Joey

Is it also the witch's magic when it's dark outside?

But isn't it true that the witch can't use her power during the day?

Maybe the legend is still a little wrong, right?

After Clement left in a hurry, the townspeople talked quietly in a state of high tension to get through the initial dazed and nervous, but as Pastor Clement said before leaving, although there was still an inky darkness outside the church, and the deep darkness seemed to be surging into the church like a substance, but the light inside the church did not affect and waver in the slightest, and after talking for a long time, the townspeople who gradually understood the current situation became a little bolder.

In fact, we should have thought it was him

It was the loss of his wife at an early age, and he finally brought up his children and became a family, and they also died in an unfortunate accident outside, leaving only his granddaughter to return to the town alone, such an obvious goal we should have thought of a long time ago, it must have been him who blinded us with the power of a witch

When you say that, his behavior does seem to be very suspicious, do you remember? A few days ago, he seemed to have had a big quarrel with Old John over the witch trial, but within a few days, Old John was

No way?

It's true! I once saw him stabbing a small puppet in the middle of the night in front of the mayor's house with a small needle, probably trying to harm the mayor, but when he found me, he ran away in fright, and later saw him fly up from the cemetery on a long pole at night, and then quickly disappeared into the sky

It's horrible! Joey is really a witch

Slanders, false accusations, and unfounded slanders followed, some with appalling speculations, some with half-beliefs and fears, others with convincing confirmations, and soon more malicious rumours were fabricated.

No wonder I always see a lot of painful souls around him, those who have been killed by him!

Are you sure? Do you see something that terrible?

More than that, I've seen him

At first, some people will be skeptical of these statements, but as more and more people claim to have seen the scenes of Joey using witchcraft to harm people, even they themselves believe these fabricated rumors without any evidence to support them, and the narrators are sometimes terrified, sometimes swearing, everyone is describing their views of Joey as if they are crazy, and the malice is rapidly fermenting

Rogge stood in front of the pulpit, frowning as the townsfolk began to discuss louder and louder, feeling extremely uncomfortable in his heart.

They are lying.

As the mayor of the town, who manages the affairs of this town, he is actually very familiar with the events that happen in this town, so he can easily tell from the strange stories told by those townspeople that more than ninety percent of them are malicious slanders and false accusations, and the remaining one percent is the product of fantasy adaptation without any evidence and logic based on what they see.

The mayor of the town, who has a fairly good memory, even found several townspeople among those who slandered Joey who had a holiday with the grave keeper, or had a conflict and broke up unhappily.

Rogge certainly knew why they persecuted Joey so much.

There must be a witch in this town, not only to end the misfortune in the town, but also for the townspeople to make the crazy persecution a foregone conclusion, no one wants the persecution to fall on their heads, no one wants to remain neutral or speak for the witch, and be judged as a witch's collaborator, so everyone actively shows their justice.

There is never an option to remain neutral among the forces of the Witch Trial.

Is it really necessary for us to try to save such hopeless people?

It's not your fault, Rog just when the boredom in his heart became more and more intense, Ilson's voice interrupted Rogge's thoughts, the latter raised his head in surprise, but it happened to meet his gentle gaze, you and I both know that in fact, the situation in Melas Town has long been unchangeable, but you still hope to give those witches a way out, so that the curse will be broken forever in Melas Town, and it is precisely because of this that I will choose to help you

In the face of such a strong tradition, it is normal for us to fail even if we are alone.

Ilson's gentle and whispered reassurance seemed to calm Rogge's self-vacillation, and the latter sighed and showed a bitter face: I didn't expect Clement to be so aggressive, nor did I expect him to have the means to influence the minds of the townspeople, the situation is beyond our control, what do we do now?

I think Wu Ming and they should be credible Ilson smiled brightly, and patted Rogge with his hand in his sleeve to cheer him up: They should be trustworthy, and that foreigner Anna, if you unite them and tell them the truth, they may help you fight against Clement

Do I unite them? What stupid things are you talking about

Listen, Rog However, Ilson did not give Rogge a chance to speak, but interrupted him bluntly: In order to solve the current dilemma, you must unite all the forces that can be combined in order to solve the crisis in the town of Melas

The sunny and kind smile on Ilson's face gradually receded, and his expression became serious and solemn, although it was the first time for his friend to see Rogge, he gradually heard that something was wrong, and immediately became alert: What's wrong? Did something happen?

There was also a witch in the church Ilson looked around, and after making sure that no one was paying attention to this side, he whispered, I don't know if the spell left by Clement has an effect, or the other party doesn't want to take the risk, so he didn't act blatantly, but it will be dangerous to stay here, you leave through the back door and go to the cemetery to ask for help, I want to find a way to see if I can drag the witch here

As soon as Rogge heard that Ilson was about to risk his life, he immediately objected: No, the other party is a witch, how are you going to drag him down?

Don't worry, I'll be fine

But Rogge was still a little hesitant.

No, let's go. Seeing that Rogge was still hesitating, Elson gently patted the latter's arm with the hand tucked in his sleeve, revealing a smile that reassured him, the faster you move, the less danger I have, and besides, as the priest of the town, I also have some means, otherwise how do you think I survived the gargoyle attack last night?

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