Chapter 192

Back in the car, the couple quickly looked for things.

The cross from St. Patrick's Cathedral, a hardcover Bible, concentrated holy water after mass...

Knock knock knock!

The car window was suddenly knocked.

Ed immediately turned his head to look, only to see a slightly handsome young man greeting them with a smile on his face.

For some reason, this youth was only slightly handsome, but he had a feeling of attracting attention, making people unconsciously put their eyes on him, especially those eyes, which were very spirited.

But before Ed could say anything, Lorraine had already pulled his sleeve in panic.

Ed's heart shook violently, and he directly raised the cross.

"Amen!"

Outside the window.

???

Looking at the cross aimed at him, Louis had a weird expression.

Damn it!

Did they take me for a demon?

His mouth twitched, and Louis stopped maintaining his smile, "Ed Warren, Lorraine Warren, have I done anything to offend you?"

In the car, the Warrens looked at the expressionless Louis with suspicion.

Seeing Louis speak, Ed was stunned, "It seems it was a misunderstanding. Of the two possibilities, he is probably the first one."

A powerful wizard.

A moment later.

In a coffee shop outside the school.

Louis and Ed were drinking coffee, completely without the awkward atmosphere just now.

After a simple conversation, both sides cleared up the misunderstanding.

"So, Louis, you are actually a priest." Ed looked enlightened.

"That's right, according to your way of saying it, yes."

Louis took a sip of coffee and said, frowning slightly. He still couldn't get used to coffee; he always felt it was weirdly bitter, even with sugar added, it was still weird.

Putting down the coffee, Louis looked at Ed, "Ed, what is the church's view on people like us?"

From the lecture just now, although Ed was a member recognized by the church, he obviously wouldn't cover anything up for the church in his conversation.

Louis was right about people.

At the moment, Ed told the church's view on people like them, as well as the cause and effect, exactly as it was.

Ed first said a cold fact that violated common sense, such as witch hunting was actually not initiated by the church, but an additional product of a political movement initiated by nobles plus some marginal church figures.

Just kidding, supporting and launching a witch-hunting movement would be equivalent to publicly admitting that there are miracles in the world other than God?

This is against the doctrine and is blasphemy!

So the church did not admit this point at all, nor did it support the witch-hunting movement.

But this point became looser and looser after the church declined more and more in the future, especially after the church split into several branches, and Protestantism, which occupied the dominant position in America, gave everyone the qualification to interpret the Bible.

It looks like progress, but it is actually a disaster. A large number of cults that distorted the Bible were born, hunting and killing witches, mediums, and other supernatural power users on the land of America.

The Salem witch trials happened under such circumstances.

The processed film and television works of later generations saying that witch hunting was led by the church were not entirely wrong, because many prototypes were done by cults under the Protestant background.

Of course, this situation changed completely after the darkness ended, the church's power declined greatly, technology advanced, and it entered modernization.

The church no longer had the ability to restrain other forces, plus the change in thinking, so that today, it has become a default attitude toward other supernatural existences.

It even allows private contact with each other, and even reaches the point of using their power.

"Darkness ended?"

Getting the answer and learning a cold fact by the way, Louis was not satisfied, but keenly discovered a term in Ed's words.

Darkness? What darkness?

Ed was stunned, only then realizing he had let it slip.

Lorraine beside him hit him lightly.

Ed smiled embarrassedly, "Forget it, this kind of thing actually just barely touches the edge of secrets. Some ancient forces should have records of it, it's not a taboo. I don't know much, but I can tell you."

"However, Louis, you have to answer some of my questions first."

"Do you accept?"

Louis was noncommittal, let's see what questions he will ask first.

"What's going on with the evil spirit in your belly?"

Louis raised his eyebrows, "This, it's a special witchcraft I practice, which can seal evil spirits in the belly."

"Then what about the blood color and wailing on you?"

"Oh, it's also a kind of witchcraft, just borrowing the souls of evil spirits to practice."

Under the table.

Lorraine grabbed Ed's hand violently.

Ed tightened his whole body and nodded, "So that's it, then I have no problem."

Subsequently, Ed began to tell Louis about the so-called darkness.

This has something to do with the Middle Ages.

The so-called Middle Ages refers to the period from the 5th century to the 15th century AD. In the early and middle stages of this period, the church's power reached its peak.

In the secular world, it can be said that it achieved the achievement of the Kingdom of God on Earth. The vast majority of countries needed to be bathed in the light of God. The divine right of kings was completely formed in this stage.

And in the later period, that is, in the 11th century, the church began to decline. In the secular sense, it was because of changes in systems, ideas, technology, wars, etc., and humans began to awaken.

But in occultism, it was actually because the church was suppressing darkness, leading to exhaustion of power and decline.

Darkness refers to those countries that do not submit to the church, pagan gods who do not want to be downgraded to angels, alien races who do not want to be dominated by humans, etc.

A war that lasted for more than a hundred years launched by uniting coincidentally.

The secular and the mysterious were intertwined and influenced each other at that time, and the turmoil caused was also incomparably huge.

In the end, the church suppressed the vast majority of countries in Europe and defended its supreme divine power.

It knocked down the few remaining pagan god positions and turned them into angels or demons.

It slaughtered countless alien races that wanted to compete for living space.

The whole process was simply incomparably bloody, revealing a glorious martial achievement.

But, this was also the last glory of the church. Since then, the church's power began to decline, its control over the secular world plummeted, and it was finally taken off its supreme crown during the Renaissance.

"So, the so-called darkness is actually a rebellion against the church?" Louis summarized.

"You can say that, but it's not just a rebellion against the church. After all, the church also did good things at the time, otherwise those alien races wouldn't have let humans have an easy time." Ed added for the church.

"Later on, there were actually a few more darknesses, but none of them were on such a large scale, especially with the rise of human technology. Many darknesses were not opponents of human hot weapons at all."

"And the last darkness was probably a hundred years ago, a counterattack led by alien races like werewolves, vampires, trolls, etc., mainly in Europe."

"But it was suppressed by an exorcist of the church and the Holy Knights at that time."

"In addition, this is just the darkness starting from the Middle Ages. I heard a rumor within the church that it seems darkness also existed before the Middle Ages, but that belongs to the category of God."

"At that time, it was probably the Lord dealing with..."

Under the table, Lorraine grabbed Ed's flesh fiercely again, making Ed grin in pain.

"This, this is the darkness I know."

"I speak relatively broadly. In fact, there are many things in this, such as church division, disputes between secular kingdoms, the fall of gods, etc."

"I don't know very clearly. This belongs to the secrets of ancient times, not something we modern people can clearly understand."

After listening to what Ed said, Louis was thoughtful.

Pagan gods, alien race armies...

The mysterious world at that time was really prosperous, and the power level was also very high.

Look at it now.

Hehe.

And this darkness is really dark.

After all, the church, in a sense, has completely merged with the humans at that time.

The darkness to the church is also the darkness to humans.

However, the church is indeed very powerful.

Just through the description, Louis could slightly imagine how prosperous the church was in the Middle Ages. The divine right of kings, suppressing all nations, even eroding the myths of other countries, belittling the other party's myths, modifying the other party's culture, and taking away the other party's weapons.

Domineering, too domineering.

Fortunately, it declined.

Wait.

Why would a church with God decline?

Just because darkness led to the consumption of a large amount of power and manpower?

God just doesn't care?

Isn't He known as the Lord of Hosts, the God of Gods?

Could it be that He had already started to rot at that time?

Shouldn't be.

Obviously, there may be deeper reasons for this.

But this is not a problem Louis can explore now, and he shouldn't even think about it too much.

Anyway, he just needs to understand the church's current power and action guidelines, and determine that it will not denounce him as a heretic and then crusade against him. As for other secrets, when his strength is enough, they will naturally emerge.

Louis has self-knowledge.

Things that shouldn't be touched are best not touched, otherwise it's just looking for trouble.

Now, it's time to ask the Warrens about Annabelle. Remember Annabelle was the beginning of The Conjuring series, just in time to confirm the time.

This is putting action into reality.

And Ed opposite was exchanging eyes with his wife Lorraine at this time.

Regarding Louis's words just now, Ed is not a fool; how could he be fooled so easily? Having walked on the road of exorcism for many years, he even has a sharper intuition for lies than ordinary people.

He directly distinguished that many of the things Louis said just now were lies!

Or rather, four parts true, six parts false.

It was only because of his wife's reminder that he chose to explain quietly.

No matter what the background of the Louis in front of him is, at least he has no malice toward them now, so don't provoke him. It's better to appease him and not provoke him if possible.

This is the conclusion Ed reached after exchanging eyes with his wife.

(End of chapter)