Chapter 118: Silas's "Prank"
"William! It's really you."
Judy ran excitedly to the cashier counter.
"Mom received a commission recently, so we came here."
"Where is she then?" William asked, seeing only Judy alone.
"She and Dad went to the shop next door to buy Holy Water."
Judy looked around the shop.
"Is this your shop?"
William nodded upon hearing this: "Just opened yesterday."
"Then why didn't you hang the commission sign?" Judy pointed to the door.
"Sign?"
After Judy explained, William learned that these shops opened next to the Exorcism Academy not only sold holy artifacts but also undertook some exorcism commissions.
Most of the clients came from the academy.
Every month, students were assigned different exorcism tasks.
The completion result of the task was directly linked to credits.
At the same time, these students could also seek assistance from local church forces, just like Rune did earlier.
But local churches could at most provide a facade; few people could be like William.
Therefore, in most cases, the commissions were ultimately completed by the students themselves.
This required high "exorcism experience."
But students who just entered the Exorcism Academy had no actual combat experience at all.
So those who chose this way to complete commissions usually had some "background."
In this way, there was a second method—outsourcing commissions.
Students would contact some third-party exorcists to accompany them to complete the commission.
The latter's remuneration was advanced by the students.
This behavior was essentially spending money to buy credits and exorcism experience.
And the shops next to the Exorcism Academy naturally wouldn't let go of such an opportunity to make money.
As for why the academy didn't send teachers to lead the teams.
Actually, they had always been assigned.
But due to the sharp increase in the frequency of evil events, the number of exorcism teachers was far from enough.
In one commission, a teacher even led more than a dozen students.
In this way, the exorcism experience each person could learn was naturally much less.
In the long run, this method was very inefficient.
So the Church tacitly accepted the existence of "outsourcing commissions."
William rubbed his chin; this was exactly what he needed.
Now, the promotion of [Voice of Redemption] still lacked a lot of proficiency.
He had to constantly look for evil spirits and demons.
At this time, the shop door was pushed open again.
William looked over and saw it was the customer from yesterday.
"Hello, I want to buy a few more bottles of 'two-week' quality Holy Oil..."
At the same time, on the street opposite the "House of Repose."
A sneaky figure was hiding behind a lamppost.
"Is this the place? I want to see what secret Bent is hiding." Silas narrowed his eyes.
The failure in class yesterday made him extremely angry.
He couldn't accept a "mediocre" person surpassing him in front of everyone.
At the same time, Silas knew Bent's strength very well.
He also knew that Bent's family was not wealthy and couldn't afford the cost of a high-vintage Holy Oil.
Therefore, there must be a big problem with that bottle of Holy Oil yesterday; maybe some tricks were used.
"I will personally tear off your disguise."
Thinking of this, Silas took out a glass bottle from his robe, containing some dark green liquid.
This was the "teaching aid" used in class yesterday.
Usually stored in the material room, ordinary students could hardly access it.
But Silas successfully mixed in with his own "talent" and stole a bottle of the original solution.
This was even more dangerous than the diluted solution; once handled improperly, it could easily cause an evil spirit event.
Silas came to the front of the shop with a calm expression.
Through the window, he saw Bent talking to someone.
"Old shop, weird interior layout... maybe this is a stronghold of some wizard force."
Silas thought to himself.
If Bent openly used methods outside the Church in class.
This could very likely be judged as the crime of "offense."
"Let me take a good look at what you are hiding."
Silas looked fierce and opened the bottle cap.
He planned to create an "anomaly" event.
But then Silas was stunned.
"What's going on? Why can't I pour it out?"
He vigorously made a "splashing" motion, but the liquid in the glass bottle clung tightly to the bottom.
Silas frowned; this situation had never happened in the material room before.
He held the bottle in front of his eyes and shook it; this time the liquid returned to normal.
"Did I use too much force?" He thought to himself.
So Silas splashed forward again, using very little force this time.
But the liquid in the bottle adhered to the bottom again.
Silas: ???
He tried repeatedly several times and finally realized something was wrong.
As long as the splashing direction was not towards the "House of Repose," the corrosive original solution would not show any abnormality.
Even once, Silas tried splashing towards another shop.
Wait for the liquid to flow to the bottle mouth and then instantly turn the direction.
But the next scene surprised him immensely.
Those liquids actually "actively" shrank back!
How could this be?
Silas looked puzzled.
Some abnormal objects might indeed retain the power of demons, thus having certain "activity."
Does this mean... these liquids are very afraid of the "House of Repose"?
Or rather, afraid of something inside.
Silas had never seen this situation before.
But this also confirmed his previous guess—there must be something wrong with Bent!
Thinking of this, Silas retreated a few steps to ensure enough distance from the shop.
Then he gripped the glass bottle tightly and smashed it hard against the shop wall while no one noticed.
During the bottle's flight, the liquid inside became active again.
They kept hitting the bottom of the bottle, trying to stop the glass bottle.
Silas saw all this, making him even more curious about what would happen next.
But what happened next exceeded his expectations again.
The glass bottle seemed to shatter against an invisible barrier, and then all the liquid inside spilled out.
In the next moment.
A large amount of white steam appeared in the air.
In an instant, those corrosive original solutions were purified cleanly.
Silas looked shocked.
"What kind of method is this!"
Outside an unremarkable small shop, there was actually a powerful exorcism array.
Who on earth is behind this!
At this time, Silas regretted a little.
If the person he offended had the Church behind them, this might be detrimental to his future clerical path.
At the same time, someone inside the shop seemed to notice the anomaly.
Before the other party came out, Silas fled the scene hurriedly.
William came to the window.
He saw a figure leaving in a hurry.
Although he didn't see the face clearly, judging from the attire, that person should also be a member of the clergy.
At the same time, William also noticed the glass shards on the ground, as well as some residual "evil" aura.
He immediately raised his vigilance.
After some investigation, William confirmed that those auras had been completely purified.
Just to be safe, he cleaned it a few times with Holy Water before relaxing.
"Who was that person just now?"
William asked himself if he had made any enemies at the Dei Academy.
In the past, he used other people's names when facing enemies.
And the quality of all goods in the shop did not exceed three years.
Therefore, it was unlikely to be this reason.
"Could it be him?"
William looked at Bent; the person's clothes just now were very similar to his.
"Shop owner, can you really not make a few more bottles? I am willing to pay a high price!"
Bent pleaded.
William refused the other party at first.
After all, Holy Oil of a few weeks' quality was purely a waste of materials.
But at this time he changed his tune: "Fine, come pick it up in a few days."
Although the person just now was likely targeting Bent, William decided to investigate clearly.
Only then could he sleep soundly.
After sending Bent away, William was about to return to the shop.
At this time, a voice sounded behind him.
"Father William?"
William turned around and saw a couple walking towards him.
One of them was Lorraine Warren.
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