A Call

Anton's somewhat hectic morning passed very peacefully; killing had become so natural for him that it didn't pose a problem nowadays. Until he felt mentally exhausted, Anton finished changing and left home directly for the church.

At this moment, some people greeted him with great enthusiasm; everyone was happy that he was back. Even an old lady gave him caramel candies she had in her bag. "Elders are really curious; how can they think I ran away with an imaginary girlfriend?" Anton smiled slightly and glanced over his statistics.

"[... Name: Anton ShadowBane 

[Occupation]: Exorcist 

[Faith Power]: 49,037 

[Overall Power]: 115 

[Spirit]: 225 

[Talent] 5 <> 

[Notable Ability]: Hand of God 

[Notable Ability]: Manipulation of Divine Energy 

[Notable Ability]: Perfect Red King 

[Notable Ability]: Umbrakinesis... "

Seeing that he slowly became stronger as he got injured, Anton didn't feel so bad about the recovery process, where his strength increased. He hadn't been inactive during these days; he had been creating special bullets to eliminate very annoying demons trying to escape from the underworld to cause trouble.

These bullets carried inscriptions, blessings, and a rigorous creation process to eliminate dark entities. While manipulating darkness, he trained with the faith points he gained every day, and his abilities began to increase more and more, improving in the manipulation of skills.

"Now I need to take these natural pills to maintain control." Anton looked at the pink pills in his hand and thought that this was a drug. He hadn't been able to sleep during the night and spent it working; what he needed was to rest, and for that, the pills helped him recover. Facing evil and not being affected is living in a lie; lying down, tranquility didn't disappear even if he lived in a quiet place.

Anton went out to smoke a cigarette, and when he looked at the exit, he was surprised to see the boy who stole wine from a priest during a ceremony. "You, boy, are you stealing flowers?"

"Yes, but it's for a good cause. I need money for my family to prepare butter chicken." The boy didn't want to lift his head because Anton was scary.

Anton smiled and asked, "Are you sure that's not any fish?"

"Whether it is or not, I'll find out when I die, but now I just want butter chicken." The boy smiled slightly, imagining how his favorite dish tasted.

Anton shook his head, put his hand in his jacket pocket, took out a few bills, and said, "You know you can help me with my work whenever you're interested in earning money."

"Last time, the other priest told me he would help me sort corpses... It really sounded very disturbing, so I'd rather not help him." The boy extended his hand backward when Anton tried to give him the bill.

"Get out of here, then. Don't come back to stealing flowers that are happily living." Anton smiled slightly, and now, with a scar on his face, it was obvious that he looked scarier.

Just as he was about to return to the church interior, his cellphone suddenly rang.

Anton immediately stopped moving and looked at his phone screen, surprised by who was calling. "Lorraine?"

What trouble would that woman, who loves to investigate the supernatural, get into now?

According to the customs of this couple, who have always been at the forefront of supernatural events, they usually didn't call him when nothing was happening. In other words, there is a high probability that this phone call is about a supernatural event that they need help with again.

If it's a supernatural event, then there is a high probability that it's a complicated one, making him wonder if he is up for facing evil now just after returning. But maybe it's just a call to see how Anton is.

Some people who have experienced supernatural events and are desperate won't think of finding a church; instead, they will first find Lorraine, who is famous in the world for her stories. Usually, the Association of Light finds people with problems, not the other way around.

As soon as Anton pressed the button to answer the call, Lorraine's voice came out, sounding surprised. "Priest Anton..."

Anton smoked his cigarette very calmly and looked around outside the church. "Lorraine, what's happening?"

Lorraine's calm voice didn't generate panic, but as Anton sensed, he knew this was a new case.

"Ed and I have confirmed another supernatural event. Are you interested in coming tomorrow to take a look? This time it happened very close to where your church is."

Anton didn't hesitate when he heard that there was a supernatural event. "Any event in my area is entirely within my jurisdiction; give me the address."

After saying that, Anton walked to his van and got in directly to go back home.

"Everything evil must be eliminated!"