Messiah reached out almost instantly to block the group's path, her eyes narrowing as golden light flickered within them.
"Stop!"
And at the very moment they stopped, a succession of clear bell chimes slowly rang out from the depths of the dark corridor, in the direction of the great door. The sound seemed utterly out of place in this filthy environment.
"I won't let you through."
Holding her rag doll, Blood Doll slowly emerged from beside the door. Her red dress was as vivid as fresh blood, reflecting her sweet, Evil Spirit-like smile.
At the end of the darkness.
Like an elementary school girl, she sat on the little stool before the door with her doll in her arms, swaying and blinking as she gazed toward Messiah and the other Exorcists by the stairs.
She reached out a little hand and pointed at them.
"The unscrupulous doctor has something very important to do, and he isn't finished yet. So it's very dangerous to disturb him right now. That guy gave me lots of Bio-Armor to guard the door!"
The presence of a little girl inside a factory like this was already jarring.
All the more so given the unusually powerful Evil Spirit fluctuations radiating from her.
Messiah could tell at a glance that she wasn't human!
"Ignore her. Our target is the one from Hell! Break through her! Move!"
At that shouted command.
Roaring golden flames instantly ignited along Messiah's blade. The holy light in her eyes blazed even brighter as she charged straight toward Blood Doll.
Blood Doll tilted her head. "Why won't you behave?"
She flicked her little hand upward.
In an instant.
One head after another erupted from the surrounding walls, each devoid of facial features save for a gaping, bloody maw. They abruptly opened their foul-smelling