"Heather, you keep an eye on Trey and Serena. I'll go after that thing!"
Roy threw the Cursed Daggers to Heather.
With those daggers, Heather could handle most undead creatures too.
Immediately after, Roy began activating his Hound Ring, preparing to track Antonia Graza.
Just then, Francesca, enduring the damage from the holy light, emerged from the Smith & Wesson M629 to remind Roy.
"Roy, take that cursed diamond with you! That's the core of the vengeful spirit aggregate; it can't stay away from that thing for too long!"
It was a good thing Francesca reminded him, or Roy would have overlooked this.
Maybe Antonia Graza's goal was to lure Roy away so it could come back and reclaim the cursed diamond.
"Got it, get back in the gun!"
The illusory figure of the Hellhound showed that Antonia Graza was constantly moving through various pipes, trying to evade Roy's tracking. There were some places Roy's body simply couldn't fit into.
This forced Roy to revert to his human form, otherwise, maintaining his angel form all the time was too wasteful of Chaos Energy.
Left with no choice, Roy could only summon Francesca again to ask.
"Damn it! Why is this thing constantly running? Francesca, do you have any way to deal with it?"
Francesca looked at Roy with a strange expression.
"Roy, can you tell me why you're an angel first?"
Francesca had wanted to ask this question before. It was also because she saw that Roy was an angel that she chose to warn him in the treasure room.
Otherwise, given Francesca's attitude towards Roy before, she definitely wouldn't have spoken up on her own.
"That question? Actually, I was born with both angel and demon bloodlines. I'm a Nephilim, a combination of both."
Roy didn't hide his identity but didn't reveal where the angel and demon blood came from. After all, he couldn't exactly say he had beaten up an Archangel, could he?
Nobody would believe that anyway.
Hearing this, Francesca's expression became distant.
"So that's how it is. Can angels and demons really combine? Roy, do you think I can go to heaven in the future?"
Roy raised an eyebrow. Had Francesca gotten scared after seeing an angel?
Afraid that she would end up in hell one day?
Indeed, Francesca's actions were certainly enough to qualify her for hell, so it was understandable that she felt fear.
Many people act without fear and dare to do all sorts of bad things largely because they lack faith.
Faith here doesn't just refer to religion; it also means having principles in life.
Therefore, good religions generally encourage people to do good, making them have a sense of reverence in their hearts so they won't do anything out of line.
"Why necessarily go to heaven? I once heard a certain angel say that heaven is extremely boring. Hundreds of years might pass without a single interesting thing happening."
The angel who said this was Adrian (Raphael).
Raphael could be considered an anomaly among angels. Most angels were serious and dull like Michael and Uriel; only he had a free-spirited and casual personality.
At the end of the Silent Hill incident, Elise mentioned that Raphael was always late.
This time, Raphael also found a good excuse and descended to the human world on his own initiative.
That's right, Raphael didn't descend through a church ritual but on his own accord. In order to descend to the human world and have fun as quickly as possible, he even randomly picked a human host to possess.
Adrian was neither a priest nor a demon hunter; he was just a playboy from a wealthy family.
From this, you can see how outrageous Raphael was.
It also shows how truly boring heaven must be, it was almost driving Raphael crazy.
Francesca looked at Roy, dumbfounded.
"Are you serious?"
"Of course, I'm serious! You might as well stay on Earth and live a good life. Maybe one day I can help you reshape a body."
Existing as a soul was indeed quite painful. They practically lost all sensory abilities, couldn't do anything most of the time, and yet couldn't sleep or rest, only repeating the same things day after day.
This is why many ghosts who linger in the human world eventually become evil spirits; they've basically gone insane.
The reason Sadako and Kayako were able to become more and more normal was that Roy constantly injected them with positive energy. With something to look forward to in life, they naturally wouldn't go crazy.
After a long pause, Francesca showed a relieved smile.
"Thank you, Roy."
This was the first time Francesca called Roy by his name, which meant she had truly accepted Roy in her heart.
"Live a good life, don't overthink things, and things will definitely get better and better!"
Francesca hugged Roy and gave him a deep kiss.
"I will."
But Roy only tasted lightly. After all, there were still things to do right now, and he couldn't delay the main task.
Afterward, Francesca began explaining possible ways to deal with Antonia Graza.
"One way is to directly destroy this cruise ship. This cruise ship is essentially Antonia Graza's body. If the ship can be dismantled, it will lose the place it relies on to survive and will have nowhere to hide."
"That's too troublesome. Are there any other ways?"
Roy waved his hand. His strength was indeed very high, but his abilities were mostly focused on single-target damage, primarily against living beings.
Dealing with a cruise ship, he didn't really have a good way. He couldn't just use the Executioner's Blade to dismantle it piece by piece, could he? How long would that take?
"Then we can only focus on the Eye of the Dead. If the cruise ship is Antonia Graza's body, then the Eye of the Dead is effectively its heart."
"According to you, we're currently running around inside Antonia Graza's belly?"
Roy picked up the Eye of the Dead and examined it with a strange expression.
Even in the dark, this gemstone emitted a faint, magnificent glow. Not to mention Trey, the thief, looking at it with greedy eyes, even Roy, a man, felt somewhat reluctant to put it down.
"Are you saying we should destroy this diamond?"
"I'm not sure about that."
Roy rubbed his chin and thought for a moment. He felt it would be a shame to just destroy it. He could sense that this cursed diamond was not only valuable but also possessed extraordinary magical power, possibly a natural magical item.
If such a good thing were destroyed, it would be impossible to find another one.
"Let me use this thing as bait to lure Antonia Graza over."
Saying that, Roy took out his blood from his inventory.
Because drawing his own blood was becoming increasingly difficult, Roy would prepare his blood in advance for emergencies.
Mixing his blood with various materials, Roy began drawing a magic circle on the ground.
Francesca watched Roy's actions curiously. She was becoming more and more intrigued by Roy, feeling that he was full of countless mysteries.
Every time Francesca felt she knew what kind of person Roy was, Roy would always bring out something new.
"Done drawing! Now all we have to do is wait!"
Roy placed the cursed diamond in the center of the magic circle, then stepped back a few steps.
"Ah? That's it?"
Francesca watched, somewhat dazed. When she came back to her senses, she heard that Roy had already finished drawing the magic circle.
It was like being in a calculus class. At first, the teacher was just explaining some simple formulas on the blackboard, then you spaced out for a while, and when you snapped back, the blackboard was covered with densely packed content.
"Quick, hide with me!"
Roy pulled Francesca into the shadow in the corner and put on his ghost face mask.
"Roy, are you sure Antonia Graza won't find us?"
Francesca was constantly fidgeting in Roy's arms. Roy had no choice but to pinch her 'airbags' and motion for silence.
"Shh! As long as you don't talk or move around, that guy won't find us!"
Hearing this, Francesca obediently stopped moving around. After they remained still for a while, they gradually merged into the shadows.
Francesca watched, surprised, as her body became transparent and dark, like a true shadow. This change almost made her cry out, but thankfully, she remembered Roy's instruction and controlled herself.
Antonia Graza continuously traveled through various pipes. This luxury cruise ship had a vast network of pipes, although some might not smell very pleasant.
Suddenly, Antonia Graza realized it couldn't sense Roy's presence anymore, which made it stop its high-speed movement.
How could it suddenly disappear?
Antonia Graza tried to think, but the result of thousands of vengeful spirits thinking together was even more chaos.
One moment it thought about continuing to run, the next it thought about going back to check, another moment it thought about not going anywhere, the smell here was quite good...
cough cough! Maybe an 'Old Eight' got mixed in with the vengeful spirits.
After intense ideological clashes within Antonia Graza's body, one consciousness finally gained the upper hand and became the temporary leader.
"I'm going to get my gemstone back, and then I'll settle the score with that bitch!"
Saying that, Antonia Graza changed direction and moved towards the location where Roy had placed the Eye of the Dead.
Not long after, a gray figure appeared sneakily.
The place where Roy put the Eye of the Dead was actually a boiler room. The environment here was relatively complex with many large machines, so Antonia Graza was extremely cautious.
However, after sensing for a long time, Antonia Graza still didn't detect any other life forms in the room.
So, Antonia Graza came before the Eye of the Dead.
The Eye of the Dead flashed with a magnificent streak of light, making Antonia Graza really want to pick it back up, but the strange patterns around the black diamond made it hesitant and afraid to step into them.
Although it didn't understand the occult, the weird patterns clearly didn't look like anything good.
Antonia Graza fell into indecision.
It could only be said that being trapped at sea for so many years, this aggregate of vengeful spirits lacked too much knowledge.
This is also why evil spirits formed by wizards are the hardest to deal with, because they are truly knowledgeable and understand a lot about the occult.
Ultimately, the idea of retrieving the Eye of the Dead still dominated the vengeful spirits. However, Antonia Graza played a trick, trying to retrieve the Eye of the Dead using telekinesis.
This action directly triggered the magic circle on the ground.
Seven pitch-black chains extended from the magic circle and quickly flew towards Antonia Graza.
This thing reacted very quickly, turning into a gray mist again and escaping, but the pitch-black chains followed closely, and their movement speed was even faster than the gray mist's flying speed.
"How could this happen!"
Antonia Graza was horrified to find itself being pulled by the pitch-black chains. These chains were so strong that even spirit bodies couldn't escape them. It was just being pulled towards the magic circle.
Of course, Antonia Graza was ultimately a combination of thousands of vengeful spirits. In terms of soul magnitude, it was still very terrifying.
The anti-theft magic circle temporarily set up by Roy using ancient wizard methods couldn't completely trap Antonia Graza, but restraining it for a period was enough.
Fear Domain activate!
Thousands of vengeful spirits within Antonia Graza's body simultaneously fell into fear. This was like a pot boiling over, even causing the thing's soul body to become extremely unstable.
Afterward, Roy walked out of the shadows holding Francesca and came before the constantly twisting and deforming Antonia Graza.
"Why is this guy's head so pointy that it falls for any kind of trap? Francesca, go back into the revolver. I'm going to start purifying this thing."
Francesca shook her head, her expression somewhat strange.
"I want to watch this thing be purified."
"Then you'd better stand back so you don't get caught by my holy light."
Francesca hid at a considerable distance, watching Roy enter his angel form once again.
Light Wings, spread!
Roy stood on three halos: Courage, Protection, and Vitality. Among them, the Protection halo was specifically against dark creatures.
Under the combined effect of the Protection halo and the holy light, Antonia Graza's surface instantly ignited with white sacred flames.
The pain on the soul allowed a part of the vengeful spirits within Antonia Graza's body to escape the control of the Fear halo, restoring a small amount of its thought process.
Then, to Roy's surprise, this thing didn't attack him immediately, but instead looked at Francesca in the distance and started cursing.
"Francesca, you slut, you betrayed me again!"
Francesca explained to Roy expressionlessly.
"The one currently dominating Antonia Graza's soul is the leader of the jewel thieves from back then, the one I once betrayed."
Roy showed an expression of sudden realization. No wonder Francesca wanted to watch the process of him purifying Antonia Graza.
Knowing the truth, Roy no longer hesitated and turned the power of the holy light up to maximum.
Under the effects of the holy light and the Protection halo, Antonia Graza, this aggregate of vengeful spirits, finally couldn't maintain itself any longer and exploded on the spot.
[Ding! Obtained Antonia Graza's Fate Treasure Chest! Do you want to open it?]
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