The empty church seemed to mock them.
Evil spirits were never welcome.
They couldn't be allied with, hard to control, their true forms hidden in unknown places, all attacks on them like clowns wrestling with smoke.
Fortunately, these entities that were once human, like malevolent spirits, had more interest in humans.
"We should leave."
Before leaving, Lu Li asked the twisted figure about the cure for Katerina's vortex transformation.
"You'll be back soon... there will be a way then."
The cultist relayed a response that hinted at the Twisted Church's follow-up arrangements—they wouldn't do nothing, and the twisted figure wouldn't allow his sister to be trapped in the Land of Vortex.
They bid farewell to the twisted figure, and the church members escorted them back to the Elm Forest.
"If you want to know about my master, you can come to me anytime."
The tentacle cultist whispered and retreated with his companions into the burnt Elm District.
