Chapter 69: A Chance Encounter
William was stunned after hearing this. What a coincidence!
He could meet both conditions.
Seeing that this priest still insisted on going, Seymour could only wish him good luck.
Of course, this was just a polite remark.
On the other side.
Sadie's hand holding the revolver had been hovering around the holster.
She was thinking whether to put the gun back, but was afraid that this evil spirit would attack suddenly.
But pointing a gun at the other party didn't seem appropriate either.
The two in front of her seemed to be chatting... quite agreeably?
Sadie was confused; it was her first time encountering such a thing.
From a young age, she was instilled with the concept that "evil spirits are inherently evil," believing that harming humans was their instinct.
Plus the weakness that demon hunters were not good at dealing with spiritual bodies.
This had always been a creed Sadie firmly believed in.
But today... her thoughts changed a little.
It turned out that evil spirits also had their own stories, and they might have been victims too.
At the same time, Sadie was also amazed by William's way of obtaining intelligence.
Extracting the enemy's weakness from the enemy.
This was simply unheard of!
In the West and South, demon hunters fought based on past experience.
If they survived successfully.
Then the accumulated knowledge would become a helper for the next exorcism.
As for getting intelligence from monsters...
Sadie recalled her past exorcism experiences carefully.
Inhumane zombies, amalgamation creatures of metal and flesh, poisonous bees.
These monsters seemed unable to communicate either.
Sadie nodded silently, convinced that it wasn't her lack of knowledge!
However, she still kept this experience in mind.
At the same time, the exchange on the other side was coming to an end.
"Do you know where your remains are buried?" William suddenly asked.
Previously, Seymour mentioned that because his physical body was restricted, his soul was imprisoned in this dense forest.
Therefore, to be liberated, the remains must be retrieved.
Seymour shook his head upon hearing this: "They never revealed it."
Then he looked at the human in front of him: "You don't need to do this; you don't owe me anything."
"Ah, don't misunderstand."
William waved his hand.
"I was just wondering if the curse on your remains could weaken those two brothers in reverse."
"Or, serve as raw material for bone soup when food is scarce."
"After all, you have harmed many people too."
Seymour's mouth twitched: "You guy..."
After this, William successfully persuaded Seymour to lead the way for him and Sadie, with "providing living assistance to Gisele" as the trading condition.
So, one spirit and two humans swaggered through the dense forest, heading towards the town of Ambrose.
Before long, Seymour stopped.
"Walk forward another five hundred meters, and you will arrive at the town."
He pointed in a direction.
"Recently, for some reason, they demanded that I cannot approach the town, so you are on your own from here."
William nodded.
At this time, they were standing on a small path in the dense forest.
And in the direction Seymour indicated, the evil aura almost rushed into the sky.
"Thanks."
William said goodbye to Seymour.
Thanks to the other party, they encountered no danger along the way.
Shortly after this evil spirit left, a roar suddenly sounded from the other end of the path.
William and Sadie looked in that direction and saw a pickup truck driving towards them.
Screech.
The car stopped in front of the two.
Sadie frowned; a strong smell of rotten meat rushed into her nose.
William looked into the car.
He saw a man sitting in the driver's seat, wearing a green knitted hat and a red jacket.
When looking at the two, the man opened his mouth and smiled, revealing a mouthful of turbid yellow teeth.
Beside him were a young man and woman.
The boy was handsome, with thick bangs, wearing a blue hoodie with black stripes.
The girl had curly blonde hair.
She wore a pure white sports vest, her skin tight and elastic, her towering chest undoubtedly prominent.
Compared to Sadie's mixed-race beauty.
This girl was a typical American youth style.
Seeing William and Sadie, the two young people's eyes were full of surprise.
In the dense forest, the combination of a priest and a cowgirl was indeed eye-catching.
"Need a ride? By the way, you can call me Lester."
Lester smiled and said, only the smile was a bit stiff.
"Carly."
"Wade."
The two young people also introduced themselves.
"My name is Luen, and this is..."
William looked at Sadie.
Cough cough... "Dolbora Cooper." The latter cleared her throat and said.
Obviously, this name belonged to one of Sadie's nemeses.
"Then, get in, you two," Lester said.
"There doesn't seem to be enough room in the car."
William pointed to the driver's seat.
This pickup truck had only one cabin, and many decorations made of animal bones hung on the front and rear windshields.
At this time, Lester and the two young people had already occupied the seats.
"There are seats in the back, but you might have to get used to the smell."
Lester signaled to the truck bed. Sadie walked to the rear of the car upon hearing this.
She saw the truck bed was blood red; blood had long penetrated into the car body.
"I am a hunter; these are all left by animals in the forest."
Lester's voice sounded at the right time; he opened the door and got out of the car.
"These two young people can testify."
At this time, Carly and Wade also got out of the car.
"Um... yes, we met this gentleman at an animal graveyard just now."
Carly said.
"Our car broke down, so we asked Mr. Lester to take us to the nearby town."
Sadie glanced at William.
Combined with the information learned from Seymour earlier, she suspected that Lester was one of the two brothers.
And these two young people were the other party's targets.
But William signaled not to rush.
"I see. We also accidentally got lost in the dense forest and were planning to get out."
William shrugged and said.
"Since it's on the way, then please..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Carly.
"How about this, I sit in the back with this cowgirl lady, and you three gentlemen sit in the car."
"I just want to get some fresh air."
Since getting into the car, Carly had felt uncomfortable all over.
She always felt that this Lester was dangerous.
Therefore, when she met William and Sadie, Carly breathed a deep sigh of relief.
Before entering the town, she didn't want to stay with Lester anymore.
Wade had no objection.
So the group assigned seats according to Carly's suggestion.
William took the initiative to choose the seat near the door, and Wade sat in the middle.
On the way.
"Mr. Lester, are there many people in the town? Maybe I can preach the doctrine by the way."
William put on a helpless look.
"You know, the Church is always short of believers."
Lester chuckled lightly upon hearing this; his laughter was a bit hoarse.
"Then you will be disappointed, Father. Since the interstate highway was built, the town's population has decreased a lot."
"Oh? I wonder how many people live in the town currently? More men or women?"
"What are their usual entertainment activities?"
Facing William's series of questions, Lester equivocated.
"Well... not many people, I... haven't counted."
"As for entertainment activities, what kind of entertainment would such a small place have, don't you think?"
Lester smiled and looked at William.
"I was abrupt."
Seeing this, William immediately changed the subject.
"You said you are a hunter; those prey must be hard to catch, right?"
Talking about this, Lester suddenly became interested.
"Oh, sometimes it is, but you know."
"As long as the trap is set in the right place, the prey will come to the door."
"At that time, you just need to draw the dagger."
Lester said as he pulled out the dagger at his waist.
"Stab it hard into their arteries, and they will be obedient after bleeding for a while."
Looking at the blood-stained blade, Wade swallowed hard.
"I see."
William seemed quite interested and continued to ask.
"Is there anyone else in your family? Is the prey you hunt enough to eat?"
"I have a younger brother and an older brother."
Lester put away the dagger.
"They live in the town all year round, so the game hunted is basically kept for themselves."
"Then the relationship between you brothers must be very good, right?"
"Of course."
Speaking of this, Lester showed a stiff smile again.
"Blood is thicker than water for us three brothers."
Thump.
At this time, the car stopped suddenly, and William and the others couldn't help but lean forward.
"What happened?"
Carly's voice came from behind.
"Looks like the road ahead is blocked," Lester said.
The road ahead was washed away by water, and cars couldn't pass.
"I have to switch to four-wheel drive; you have to give me a hand."
Lester said and was about to get out of the car.
"Don't rush."
At this time, William spoke suddenly.
Lester and Wade both stared at him in confusion.
Smash.
William punched the window beside him, shattering it, then opened the door from the outside.
He had observed earlier.
The window of the passenger seat couldn't be opened from the inside, and there was no door handle.
This meant that people sitting here couldn't jump out easily.
"Hey! What are you doing!"
Lester frowned and shouted angrily.
But William didn't answer.
Under everyone's surprised gaze, he quickly moved to the driver's seat.
Immediately after, William pulled out the dagger stolen from Lester and stabbed it fiercely into the latter's shoulder.
"Argh..."
Lester showed a painful expression.
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