Chapter 129: Silas's Commission
As soon as he saw the content of the commission, William sighed in his heart—too classic!
Spending a small amount of money to get a huge bargain, encountering strange things after moving in, and no one believing the person involved except themselves...
This pattern has almost become the standard trope of American horror creation; more than eighty percent of the works follow this plot direction.
"Looking at it this way, the demon in this commission shouldn't be too strong." William rubbed his chin.
generally speaking, the villains in such works have abilities nothing more than "teleportation, mental influence, and moving objects out of thin air."
William could guess the evil spirit's intentions with his eyes closed.
But when Silas entered, he mentioned that the Church issued a commission rated as "Dangerous."
Could there be something else he didn't know?
William continued to flip through the file.
"According to the report from the local church priest Theodore Turner, this farm has been sold twice in the past twenty years.
Every owner moved in as a family, but in the end, accidental deaths occurred, and the murderer has still not been brought to justice.
After assessment, it is suspected that some kind of Earthbound Spirit exists here. However, no relevant clues appeared in existing incident reports. The exorcist needs to explore and investigate on their own to find a way to make the Earthbound Spirit appear..."
After reading this section, William had a word starting with "F" in his heart that he wanted to say.
What is called "explore and investigate on your own"?
Shouldn't these things be investigated thoroughly when writing the report!
This group of guys in the Church is too perfunctory!
In a world where demons and evil spirits walk everywhere, this is extremely suicidal behavior.
What's more fatal is that the unlucky one is the person who accepts the commission.
As for "Earthbound Spirits," William had read relevant information in Church classics.
Taking a certain house as an example, the relationship between other evil spirits and the house is just parasitic; they still rely on their own power.
But for an Earthbound Spirit, the "house" and the surrounding land are also part of its body.
Therefore, the latter type of evil spirit is very dangerous; they usually control the "rules" of a certain piece of land.
Approaching rashly could very likely lead to being killed by the evil spirit inadvertently.
And the "rules" of the Earthbound Spirit will not be perceived by humans in most cases.
Only when certain conditions are met can they manifest, such as "moving in as a family" mentioned in the data.
Although this condition is already standard in the American horror world.
Seeing this, William suddenly remembered the origin of the commission content.
"Isn't this The Messengers!" He punched his palm with his fist.
But then William looked puzzled.
If he remembered correctly, the original work was just a simple family ethics issue coupled with an evil spirit background.
In short, it was a standardized Hollywood product with nothing new.
But an existence like an "Earthbound Spirit" did not appear.
"It seems that changes have occurred in this event as well." He was secretly vigilant.
Then William discovered another thing.
In the original work, the Solomon family moved to the remote countryside because of bankruptcy.
According to the data description, this point has not changed.
So where did this family get the money to pay the exorcism fee?
Regarding this, William asked Silas, and the explanation given by the latter was—the Church pays.
That's right, the damn Church finally became generous.
In order to absorb new believers across the United States, the Church made this "difficult" decision.
William shrugged.
"Have you considered it?" At this time, Silas spoke again.
"This... hmm... the location is a bit remote, and it's a dangerous Earthbound Spirit..." William looked troubled.
Seeing this, Silas thought, Crap!
He forgot that the other party still had to take care of his daughter, and North Dakota was a bit far from Philadelphia.
"Understood, I'll go check other shops."
Silas spoke hurriedly, worried about leaving a bad impression on the other party.
But William looked puzzled: "What did you understand?"
"You... aren't you refusing?"
"Who refused?"
Silas looked confused upon hearing this.
William tapped the table with his finger: "I mean, you have to add more money!"
A few minutes later.
William signed a contract with the three academy students.
In the end, Bent also decided to agree.
Although he didn't want to cooperate with Silas either.
But seeing the shop owner agree to take the commission, in order to get priority in buying Holy Oil in the future, Bent changed his mind temporarily.
At the same time, in the contract, Judy would accompany William as an assistant.
After getting along these days, William discovered her talent for exorcism.
Of course, referring to the aspect of "caution."
regarding the "Safety Rules" taught by William, Judy could not only memorize them quickly but also adapt to the situation on the spot.
This made William very satisfied; he intended to train the little girl as his deputy.
Not just out of Lorraine's request.
William also held the position of church priest and had to go down to the community from time to time to help the masses solve difficulties.
At this time, someone had to watch the shop.
Regarding this, Lorraine certainly had no objections.
She even pushed back the scheduled church theology class to let her daughter stay here and concentrate.
And when the couple left, William also gave Lorraine a cloth bag containing amulets and Holy Water he made himself.
No choice; this guy Ed suddenly said such a sentence when going out—"When Dad comes back from this exorcism, I'll take you to the amusement park."
William wanted to cover his mouth at that time, but unfortunately, he was a step too late.
This kind of obvious flag-planting behavior was tantamount to suicide in this world.
Therefore, William prepared the holy artifacts; he didn't want to bring an orphan along, it would be too conspicuous.
The date agreed upon for the commission was approaching, and the group prepared to set off today.
Before leaving, William carefully checked the necessary items and also prepared a matching holy artifact cloth bag for Judy.
Watching the tall and short figures dressed similarly, the academy trio stood together and discussed.
"Are these two really not father and daughter..."
"Hmm... I think they must be, at least judging from their looks."
"Where do they look alike?"
"I mean both of them are very good-looking."
"Did the shop owner give you Holy Oil?"
Suddenly, the few looked at each other, and the atmosphere fell into silence for a moment.
Then, Bent and Zar turned to one side, while Silas walked to the corner with a straight face, as if the harmonious scene just now had never happened.
Exorcism Academy.
"Before leaving, we have to go to the Commission House to find Teacher Flora Moody to get the Church token."
Silas walked in front and introduced.
"This way we can get help from the local church."
"Teacher Flora is back? Didn't her husband Wynn Moody die in an exorcism commission a few months ago? I thought she would resign from her position as an academy teacher." Bent asked curiously.
Zar said: "I heard that the commission was related to an evil spirit statue, and behind it seemed to be an evil god from the Middle East."
Silas nodded: "Yes, in order to stop the evil god from descending, Teacher Wynn used his life to activate the Holy Sacrifice!"
"The ritual exorcism of turning whole body blood into Holy Power to sacrifice to evil?" Bent exclaimed.
William frowned while listening on the side.
He didn't expect the Church to have this kind of ritual.
But why does it sound so sinister...
While chatting, the group arrived in front of a building.
After entering the Commission House, they soon found Flora Moody.
This nun had fair skin and a pair of pale green eyes.
After hearing that the group was going to handle a commission that might involve an "Earthbound Spirit," Flora frowned immediately.
"No, you cannot accept this."
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